"I'm so sorry," Walt said. He stood up from Sawyer's back. "I-I was running and…"

"Bumped into me!" Sawyer finished for him. Walt nodded. "What the hell are you doing out here? Why aren't you at the caves? And where were you!"

"I don't know!" Walt cried out. "I've been missing for days! Haven't you noticed?"

"Actually… no, I haven't," Sawyer said, frowning. "How long have you been missing, kiddo?" Walt shrugged.

"Two or three days? I don't know. I got to get back to camp. My Dad is worried sick, I bet," Walt said, and ran in the direction of the caves. Sawyer still stood there, trying to figure out what he just went through. Okay…, he thought. Sure, why not? He shrugged it off his thoughts. He turned around and ran back to camp.

When he finally got there, he saw a few people huddled around something.

"What the hell?" Sawyer said aloud. No one turned to face him but Kate, but she turned back around quickly. Sawyer made his way to where the commotion was, pushing some people out of the way. "What in the world is going on?"

"Sawyer," Kate started to say, "shut up, okay? Walt just came back from…wherever he was, and Jack just dropped!" Confused, Sawyer made his way to Michael, who was killing Walt with his hugs. He gave them a confused look. They both looked up at him.

"Oh," Michael said. "I bet you three are confused about Walt, huh? Well, you've been gone for a long time so I guess you had no idea what was happening at the caves here."

"Oh…," Sawyer said, raising an eyebrow. "Okay, then." He made his way back to Kate, pushing through people again.

"Sayid, what's wrong?" Kate asked for the millionth time.

"I told you, Kate, that the poison must've already been transferred through his veins," Sayid answered calmly.

"Well, what are we going to do about it? I have no clue what to do in times like this," Kate said. Then she stood and mumbled, "1...2...3...4...5." Kate looked up at Sawyer. "Sawyer, could you please just find out where Walt was? I'm sure Jack is going to ask so…I think you should ask him ahead of time, okay? Thanks." She looked back down at Jack and then to Sayid with a worried expression. Sawyer could swear that Kate was trying hard to fight back tears. He could see tears already forming in her eyes. He actually felt sorry for her.

"Okay, Kate," he said quietly, then started to walk off. But someone's hand stopped him. He turned around. It was Kate.

"You called me by my first name…?" she said, not knowing if she had asked a question or not. Sawyer shrugged.

"You should get back to Jack-o," he said, continuing to walk over to Walt and Michael. When he was there, he asked Walt, "Hey, kiddo, do you know where you went? Or who took you? Wait- did someone take you?" Walt nodded.

"Yeah," Walt said. Then he added quickly, "But I don't remember."

"…Right," Sawyer said, giving Walt a suspicious look. He turned back to Sayid, who was smiling. He caught the words he was saying as he read his lips, "Jack will be fine in the morning." Sawyer smirked, then ran over to Sayid.

"How long has Walt been missing again?" Sawyer asked abruptly.

"Three days," Sayid answered.

"But that doesn't make sense," Kate said before Sawyer could say anything. "We were gone for only two days… Wouldn't we have noticed too if Walt had been gone or not? We were at camp still. I remember him being here, too. It's all really clear."

"I agree with Freckles," Sawyer agreed. "Man…Isn't this a nice time for Jackass to pass out!"

"C'mon, don't say that!" Kate said, hitting Sawyer. Sawyer looked back at Michael and-

"Walt's gone!" Sawyer cried out, running to Michael. "Where's Walt?"

"Walt?" Michael asked sadly. "He's been missing. I already told you that."

"What? No!" Sawyer cried. "He was right here!" Kate looked at Sayid sharply.

"Keep your eye on Jack at all times, Sayid," she ordered. "I'm going to be right back." She ran down to where Sawyer was standing.

"I haven't seen Walt for days!" Michael cried out. "Someone took him."

"But you were just talking to Walt!" Kate said, frustrated. "He was…"

She turned around and made her way to Sayid as fast as she could.