A/N: I hope you guys don't think this is too dark. My friend Emmy was reading it and she thought that it was heavy and sad…or at least those are some of the words she used. I promise all of you the mood does get lighter later on in the story. It's a Jack/OC pairing how could not be 'light'. Anyway…on with the reading!

Deception, part 1

Maggie groaned and Jack knew that she was awake. He stealthily moved over to her and held a hand to her shoulder. "Don't try to move."

"Why not?" She asked blinking several times. Her eyes had yet to adjust to the light.

"I don't want you to reopen you wounds. We had a hard time getting your bleeding to stop."

"We?" She asked confused.

"Casey and I." He sat back comfortably knowing the girl wouldn't strain herself. "I don't believe we've formally met. I'm Jack."

"Maggie." She was suddenly very tired again. She took a deep breath so she could yawn and a sharp pain tore through her side. "Ow!" She gasped loudly. Jack tensed at her random cry of pain but at seeing her recover he relaxed once again.

"Are you okay?" He asked as a precaution.

"Yeah." She looked around as much as she could form her spot on the cave floor. "Speaking of Case, where is she?" Jack looked around himself.

"You know, I think she took off somewhere early this morning."

"Oh, she does that everyday." She looked somewhat disappointed.

Jack saw the look on Maggie's face. "You and Casey are pretty close huh?"

"I like to think so. Casey isn't real personable but she seems to open up to me." She smiled at the thought of being trustworthy to someone like Casey.

Maggie really looked up to Casey. After all, Casey was everything Maggie would hope to be. She was successful and beautiful. She was smart and funny when she wanted to be and very professional.

Maggie just hoped that someday she could be as prominent as Casey was.

"Do you know why she's so…quiet?" Jack wondered out loud, startling Maggie to a degree.

"I don't understand."

"She always seems so professional all-of-the-time. Do you know why she's so uptight?"

"Not really. I always thought it was because she can't have any children, she doesn't date and there's a guy at work that won't leave he alone."

"Wow, I guess those are some reasons to keep your personal life on the down low." Jack thought about what Maggie had just told him. He found it strange that Casey didn't date. She was endearing at times and she was good looking. It was beyond Jack as to why men didn't come around to Casey.

"Yeah, I think she's had it rough for a few years now. Her sister died when she was young too. I don't think she ever really got over that either." Jack didn't realize how complicated Casey's past was. She obviously had a lot of inner turmoil and she didn't want to share it with anyone. Jack suddenly felt badly for Casey. I knew that everyone had problems, even he had problems over the last few years with his dad. But he had found one way or another to deal with them. Whether it was Kate drilling him on his past or something arose that made him think of things. Casey was just…suppressing her pain, by working.

"Well, we all have problems." Jack went back to the first few things Maggie had told him. "Do you know why Casey can't have children?"

"No. She never told me that part. It makes me feel bad for her. She wants a family so bad she can't see straight."

"Maggie?"

Maggie sat up slightly to see who had called her name. It was Casey. She was breathing heavily and was dripping with sweat.

"Hey Casey. I'm just talking with Jack. Are you okay? You don't look so good."

"I'm fine. I went running. What were you guys just talking about?"

"Nothing." Jack piped quickly. "We were just talking."

"Why did you tell him all of that stuff Maggie?" She looked sorry for the wrong she had done Casey. The last thing she wanted was to upset her. "Didn't we agree not to tell anyone anything we talked about?"

Casey looked as though she was going to cry. She really didn't like other people to know about her business. "I'm sorry, Casey, I didn't know. I didn't realize…I'm sorry. He asked me a question and I answered." Casey's look softened.

"I'm not mad. It's okay. I'm just glad you're okay." Casey looked at Jack. "You should probably get some rest. You had a big day yesterday." Maggie nodded and lay down again. "Jack can I talk to you?"

"Sure." He followed Casey out of earshot of the cave. When she knew no one would hear them talking she turned to Jack again.

"What all did she tell you?" She asked emotionless as usual.

"She told me about the guy at work and how you never date. You can't have children and how your sister died." Jack softened his tone. "I'm sorry about your sister. I know what it's like to loose someone so close to you." Casey stood with her back facing him. She was silent. "You know I would help you if you needed me too. If you ever wanted someone to just listen to talk…I'm always free."

"Jack, just stop. You're acting like your father." Casey instantaneously knew she had made a mistake of telling him that. He wasn't supposed to know about his father.

Jack felt like he had just been smacked up-side the head. "How did you know my father?" He asked quietly.

'Should I answer that?' Casey didn't know if she wanted to answer Jack's questions from then on. She turned around and decided he needed to know.

"I did my interning under him. He always…I don't know. He never left me alone. It was like he was constantly watching me. Even after I became a full-fledged doctor your dad left me alone." Casey paused to look at Jack's facial expression. It was worse than she thought. He was confused. She went on, "I worked in the Maternity ward and he worked in the operating room. He would always come and 'check up on me'. Every procedure I did he was there, every patient I had he knew about. He thought I was the worst doctor on the face of the planet I'm sure."

"Why?" Jack couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"He would always rub it into my face how great of a doctor you were and…"

"Wait how great of a doctor I was?"

"Yeah. He knew about the fact I can't have family of my own and that I wanted one so badly and he would just make everything worse." She paused to calm herself down. "I'm sorry Jack but I don't like your father."

"Didn't…you didn't like my father." Jack sighed.

"Why do you keep using past tense. I don't like your father."

"He's dead Casey." She was shocked. Christian was dead. How could he be? He was healthy as a horse. Yeah, he drank but she didn't know how badly.

It was quiet. Scary quiet. It was just Jack and Casey standing there in the jungle with no one else around. At least that's what they thought. The sound of a gun going off caused them to duck to the ground.

"What the hell was that?" Casey whispered to Jack.

"I don't know." He slowly got up and made his way in the direction the bullet came from.

He pushed back a few bushes revealing Danielle. "Did I get her?" She asked in her French accent.

"Get who?" Jack asked. Casey pulled up behind him and laid a hand on his shoulder. He backed out of the way to let her see.

"Her." Danielle said pointing the gun at Casey's face.

"Me?" The lump in her throat began to grow. She couldn't talk even if she wanted to at the moment.

"Yes. You are one of them. You're the one who took my Alex." Tears built in her eyes.

"I don't know any Alex." Casey said quickly in her defense. "What are you talking about."

"You were the one! YOU TOOK HER!" Danielle began to scream. She brought the gun down but kept her eyes on Casey.

'What the hell does she want with me,' Casey was scared for her life.

NEXT CHAPTER: Deception, part 2

Danielle thinks that Casey is the 'other' that took her daughter. She vows to kill her if she doesn't give her back. Casey really has no idea what the old woman is talking about. She tries to calm but will it work?