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Chapter 2

Kate walked slowly, allowing her bare feet to sink into the warm sand. She had no intentions of turning back. She knew what was going through Jack's head at that very moment, and frankly, she thought he deserved to worry. Kate admitted to herself that she liked both Jack and Sawyer. They both infatuated her in very different ways, heck, they were exact opposites. Jack, in a way, reminded her of her childhood sweetheart, Tom. He was smart, handsome, and respectful. He was a doctor, he had a lot more going for him than conman Sawyer ever would. Although Jack reminded her of the only man she had ever loved in all her life, Sawyer captivated her. Sawyer was quick-witted, sexy, and dangerous. He roped her in with his southern charm. Wait, charm? Sawyer was hardly charming… he was just different from all the guys she knew, just as she was different. He had past demons that, she could tell by the loud screams coming from his tent at night, haunted him. He was a mysterious bad-boy, he mystified Kate. Thinking about Jack had her heart beating ten times it's normal pulse… but thinking about Sawyer sent chills up her spine.

Although Kate wanted to agonize Jack, she decided it was too dangerous to keep going, especially when she didn't know where she was headed. After all, this island had mysteries she couldn't even fathom; monster's and murderers, "the others" and mysterious hatches.

She started walking back when something in the distance caught her eye. It was glimmering, soaked in water as the sun reflected it's yellow color. Kate began walking towards it when she thought twice about it. Why would she walk up to something, which she didn't even know what it was?

Kate let her curiosity get the best of her and started running to the mysterious source of the sparkle. About ten feet away from it, she knew what it was almost instantly.

"SAWYER!" Kate screamed and ran up to the lifeless body laying in the sand.

She put her hand on his neck and checked for a pulse. His body was still warm and his heart was still beating. She called out his name a few more times and realized that he was unconscious. Then, to her horror, she saw the blood coming from his shoulder. He had been shot. Kate sat next to Sawyer, her mouth hanging open. She thought about dragging him back to camp with her, but she knew that would be impossible. She decided to run back to camp and get Jack. She had only strayed about a mile away, which, she remembered, in PE she ran in less than five minutes.

She dragged Sawyer's unresponsive body further away from the shore to ensure that he wouldn't drift away and began running back to camp.

Back in the caves, the whole camp had gathered around Jin. He was explaining what had happened out in the ocean and Sun was translating, a huge smile across her face. Jin was back. From what he recalled, they had encountered what he called 'pirates' who had, at first, seemed to want to help, but then took Walt. They had also shot Sawyer and burned the raft, to leave them all for dead.

Jin said he tried to save Sawyer but couldn't swim with Sawyer on his back, so he put him on a piece of the raft and pushed Sawyer as he swam. Michael was nowhere to be found, so Jin started swimming. He wasn't sure of which direction to go in, but went in the direction of the tide.

Along the way, the waves had separated him and Sawyer from each other. And there he was… alive. It was a miracle, Sun had said. They must have been at least ten miles out… and for Jin to wind up where he did was nothing short of one.

The reunion was cut short when Kate came in, screaming and panting.

"Sawyer! He's… alive," she managed to say before she caught a glimpse of Jin.

"Jin?" she whispered, not believing her eyes.

"Yea. Jin made it back…" Jack started and told Kate the whole story. Everybody was in disbelief at what happened. This event just restored their fears; there were other people on the island. Those pirates Jin spoke of must have been the others Danielle warned them about. So, Danielle wasn't crazy after all.

"But Jack, Sawyer's alive. When I was walking, I saw him. I checked his pulse and he's alive, but he's unconscious. We have to go get him…" Kate said, joyful tears streaming down her face. She couldn't believe both Jin and Sawyer were alive. They had all assumed them to be dead.

"Kate, lead the way. Sayid and Charlie come with us and help us carry Sawyer. Let's go…" Jack started, packing a bottle of water in his backpack and following Kate.

Kate walked in the direction she had taken an hour ago, telling the guys the story about how she found him. Once she saw the place in the distance where she had left her shoes next to Sawyer, she pointed and started running towards it.

Something was awfully wrong, Sawyer wasn't there. Kate's heart started racing as she swore he was right there. She had dragged him and put him there… where was he? He was knocked out, he couldn't have just gotten up and walked away.

"SAWYER?" Kate started screaming. Jack, Sayid, and Charlie looked at her as if she was crazy.

"Kate… are you sure you saw him?"

"YES," Kate said, looking around for blood in the sand to prove it to them, but the water had washed it all away.

They had searched in the nearby forest and looked for him, but they had no luck. Jack didn't know what to believe, an unconscious body couldn't just disappear… but he knew Kate wasn't crazy.

Kate was sobbing, swearing she saw Sawyer. Charlie had come up and sat next to her on the rock and asked her if she was sure.

"I told you I was sure, I touched him with my own hands," she yelled, angry. Why wouldn't they believe her? It did seem farfetched that someone she found isn't there anymore, but anything could have happened.

"We need to start heading back to camp. It's getting dark. If you really did see Sawyer, we'll find him eventually," Jack said, not believing Kate.

"Damn it. I saw him; I saw the gunshot wound and the blood. He was real. Don't label me crazy Jack. You know me," Kate said, tears streaming down her face.

"I know, Kate. But you were walking with the sun hitting you full on, you could have been hallucinating," Jack argued.

Kate didn't say another word the whole hike back to the caves. She knew that Sayid, Charlie, and Jack thought she was crazy. She was one hundred percent sure of what she saw. Why wouldn't Jack believe her? This was insane. A body can't just disappear out of nowhere. But it did.