A/N: Jaye: Also called Fighting Sephiroth Is A Pain In The Arse!

Lily: Yes, indeed, Sephiroth IS a pain in the arse! Especially with his stupid tornado twisty attack! I bet you probably think after what I just said, that I wouldn't be able of writing such an excellent story. WELL YOU'RE WRONG PSYCHOPATHS! BACK TO KINGDOM HEARTS!

Court: Oooo burn Sephiroth! Go back to supporting!

Lils: Yes, well, now I must reply to our wonderful reviewers!

Irionelissa: How is it confusing? And Court doesn't have any other work. She can't really get on the Internet at home, and her computer is messed up so that she can't set up an account.

Luthien and Tari Oronar: Wow, you certainly have a lot to say…IT WAS ALL JAYE AND COURT'S IDEAS TO HURT CHARLIE, NOT ME! And Mel and Carter are Jaye's characters, and about Kate being bad…I don't know if she was ever really good, although I do feel bad for her after what happened to Tom…and it is so fun to make Rousseau a loon, like you said. I mean she is a character we can really make interesting. In an insane sort of way. Haha. Thanks for reviewing!

Jaye Black: Yeah yeah…blah blah blah about the Harry Potter book…you know, I find that if you read it too fast you loose some of the details of the story. That's why I took my time! Simpleton.

Dandan2300: Yeah, we're pretty sure we're 13…oh wait. WE STILL HAVE ONE PRE-TEEN IN THE GROUP! But don't tell Jaye, she doesn't like it. Do you Jaye? (cackles) Anyway, I so agree with you! Sark is hot and so are Vaughn and Charlie, but Jack's a little…I dunno…not my type. Yeah, and poor Syd as well. That was Court as you know…and do we really sound like one brainy person? Cool. Thanks for reviewing! We hope you enjoy the chapter!

Mizzle fo' Rizzle: Squee? That's funny. And we're glad you were glad we updated! Now that I think about it, a lot did happen in that last chapter…and I think we'll stay at three people, although, sadly, Court's visits will be scarce (sniffle) My poor best buddy and her computer deprivalry!

Lils: Now, a big thanks to all of our reviewers! See? THANKS! That's pretty big, innit? Now, on with the chapter!

Chapter three

Miracle Medicine

Sydney woke up to a sleeping Vaughn at her side.

"How you feelin'?" asked Jack as he entered the tent.

"Better I guess," Sydney replied in a near whisper, trying not to wake Vaughn.

"You know, he's been here all night watching over you. So, are you guys a couple?" Jack asked curiously, "Not that it is any of my business but…"

Sydney cut him off. "In a way I guess, but I'm not sure what he wants to be."

"Are you Agents that blind, come on, you know he likes you," Jack replied with a snicker.

Sydney just smiled. Just then Vaughn woke up.

"How long have you been up?" Vaughn asked as he wiped the sleep from his eyes.

"Not long, I guess," she replied with a smile, "I didn't get to go on my run, though."

"How are you feeling?" Vaughn asked, concerned.

"Not bad," Sydney said as she began to sit up. She stretched, wincing slightly, but the pain had numbed somewhat from yesterday.

"I have good news," said Jack after a pause. Sydney and Vaughn looked at him expectantly. "We found Charlie…Kate brought him back…along with some others."

"Others?" Vaughn wasn't sure why, but he didn't like the sound of that.

Jack, sensing his concern, put a hand up in the air. "Don't worry," he said, "they're two teenagers…the odd thing about them is…that they survived the crash."

"Well so did you," Sydney pointed out. Jack nodded.

"Yes…but I was in the front half of the plane." His face grew troubled. "The thing is, up until now, we thought everyone in the back section of the plane had…died. There were no traces…"

"Up until now." Vaughn scratched his head, and Sydney looked around her makeshift hospital.

"Can I see Kate?" she asked finally, causing Jack to snap out of his bodily trance.

"I don't see why not – "

When Sydney went to move, however, Vaughn held her down. Jack smiled. "No miracle medicine, remember? I'll go get her. You stay here. Rest."

"Oy, Syd, you feelin' better?" a voice said from next to them.

"Charlie!" Syd gasped. "You're okay!"

"Yup, perfectly fine…what happened to you?" Charlie asked, seeing her battered condition.

Sydney explained the day's events.

"Hey, Charlie…" Vaughn started.

"Told you I'd find him, didn't I?" Charlie smiled, but then flinched against the pain in his neck.

"What did Sark do to you? Are you ok?" Vaughn questioned in concern.

"He just re-opened my scar and drugged me. Not as bad or dramatic as hanging me," Charlie stated sarcastically.

Sydney sat up, ready to go out and find Sark, but was pushed back down by Vaughn.

"Vaughn, I'm fine! I am practically healed, and someone has to kill Sark," Sydney said impatiently as she tried to get up again.

"Syd, your not fine. Plus, you're bleeding again!" Vaughn said frantically. " Charlie, get Jack."

"I'm on it," Charlie said as he ran out.

"Vaughn, it's not that bad," Sydney stated, " Why are you making such a big deal about it?"

" I just don't want you getting hurt again. You shouldn't be like this," Vaughn said shakily. "I should have objected to having Sark aboard. I am sorry, Syd."

Just as Vaughn finished, Jack walked in with Kate.

"Hey Syd," Kate said softly.

"Hey…" Sydney wished she could say more, but for some reason, she couldn't think of anything. Her tongue felt limp in her mouth. All she could manage was a weak smile. "So…"

"So I guess you heard about those two teenagers, huh?" Kate sat down next to Sydney and Vaughn.

"Yes." Vaughn's expression turned thoughtful again. "Who are they?"

"Mel and Carter," Jack said from a distance off. Kate rolled her eyes.

"Melanie Simms, and Carter Phipps," she said formally. "They – "

"Survived the crash in the back of the plane, I know," Sydney commented. "And they helped you find Charlie?"

"Not just helped," Kate admitted. "Without them…" Her glassy eyes slid over to Charlie, who was still sitting next to Sydney, as if in a daze. "I don't think…well…"

"I know." Sydney gave them all grateful smiles. "Thanks for coming to see me…I'm fine, really…but this doctor won't let me get up."

Vaughn and Jack laughed.

Michael, Jin, and Sawyer were at the beach, working on their raft. After it had been burnt down the first time, they were taking extra precautions to keep it safe… Such as moving their shelters closer and having "idiots with pointy sticks" on patrol at night.

Carter and Melanie were sitting off to the side, watching and talking.

"You think we should tell Ana Lucia that we found them?" Mel asked.

"Yeah. Probably."

"Well…should we go by ourselves, or ask someone to come with us?"

"I say we ask someone to come with us," Carter said. "Maybe that Vaughn guy and the doctor."

"Yeah, okay. Now, or later?"

"Let's go."

"Hey, you're Jack, right?" Carter asked.

"Yes. You're…Carter?" Jack replied.

Carter nodded. "We need to go back. There was another person with us. She's the one that told us about Charlie being missing. Heard it from Rousseau. We were wondering…if you and that Vaughn guy would come with us."

"I'll go," Vaughn said. "We can't just let you go by yourselves with Sark out there."

"Who's the other person?" Jack asked, curious.

"Oh, Ana Lucia," Mel answered.

Jack's eyes widened. "Ana Lucia…She's alive?"

"You know her!" Carter and Mel said in unison.

"In a way, yes," replied Jack as he stared off into the distance.

About twenty minutes later Vaughn and Jack were packed and ready to leave. Before they left they both stopped in to check on Sydney and Charlie.

"The both of you need to take it easy. We will only be gone for about a day," Jack said, hoping that he got his point through.

"Kate will be here to help you with anything that you need," Vaughn alleged as he turned to leave, "Oh, and Syd, …"

"Yesssss…" she asked.

"Take care." Then Vaughn turned and left.

As Vaughn caught up with Jack he noticed him smirking.

"You should have told her," Jack said with disappointment.

"Told her what?" Vaughn asked casually as if he didn't know what he meant.

Jack just shook his head and walked off. After a few minutes, Vaughn followed.

"You're making…a raft?" Sydney stepped out on to the beach, eyeing the crude framework that had been set up in the sand.

Michael looked up at her.

"Yeah," he replied, pausing from his work.

"Your second try?" Sydney surmised.

"…Yeah. How'd you know?"

"I talked to Hurley down the beach." Sydney came up to him. "What happened to the first one?"

"Uh…it was…burnt down," Michael stated. Sydney nodded.

"Oh."

"So…you're an Agent. Really?" Sydney smiled.

"Yup. So. Can I help?"

Mel and Carter led Jack and Vaughn through the jungle.

"Are you three the only other survivors?" Jack asked hopefully.

Melanie shrugged; Carter ducked his head. They cut through the jungle in silence the rest of the way, Jack keeping his gaze on the forest floor, while Vaughn kept his eyes wide, sweeping his surroundings for any sudden movement.

After all, Sark was still out there…and he couldn't get the sense of danger from his mind.

Although he said nothing, he thought of this whole venture as a distraction to the real situation. He should be trying to find the weapons…trying to find Sark…trying to get off this island. He looked at Jack. How long had he and the other crash-members been there? Close to fifty days? What would he do if he and Sydney were stranded for that long?

What would he do if no one came for them at all?

Melanie stopped short, nearly causing the others behind her to topple over in a crippled domino effect.

Jack looked up, the air catching in his lungs. Sitting in front of him was a tiny middle section of the plane.

"Ana Lucia, we're back!" Mel shouted.

A dark haired young woman walked out from the plane segment. She smiled at Mel and Carter, and then her eyes strayed to Vaughn and Jack. She gasped.

"JACK?" she questioned, surprised. "You survived?"

"That seems to be a very common question," Vaughn said quietly.

"I'm glad to see you too," Jack smiled. "I thought…What happened to you!"

Ana looked towards her arm, which had a belt connecting it to the back of her neck, in a makeshift sling, then back towards Jack. "It was from the crash. I'm just glad Mel here is a little accident prone, or she wouldn't have known how to make a sling…and I would've been toast."

"Well…we brought them back. So do you want to come to the beach with us?" Jack asked. "There are about fifty of us there…You might feel a little less isolated."

"Sure. You guys all right with that?"

Mel and Carter both nodded. "Guess what? We saved him! Helped anyway—Charlie, I mean—and he SMILED at me!"

Jack and Vaughn snickered. Carter rolled his eyes. Ana smiled widely.

"Good job, kiddo," she laughed.

"So…. you need some help with your stuff?" Vaughn asked, urging to get into the conversation.

"What stuff?" She asked with a smile.

"Oh…right." Vaughn smiled back at her, and they began walking back to the beach.

Jack shrunk behind the majority of the group, next to Ana.

"How did you…what happened…" He couldn't get the words out. Luckily, Ana laughed, and placed a finger on his lips.

"When the plane split…I guess…while the back portion was falling, the friction…or whatever…pulled the half apart again. Mel, Carter, and myself were the only ones that…made it."

Jack nodded, taking it all in.

"How did you know about Charlie?"

"That," grinned Ana, "was by accident. Mel and Carter were out…and they say they saw him getting dragged away after they heard a shout." Her pretty expression darkened. "Who was that?"

"Long story…" Jack sighed.

"We have time," she said, looking up at him with her beautiful, wild eyes.

Jack and Vaughn switched off, catching Ana up with what had happened.

Ana raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything until they finished.

"Agents?" she said slowly. "Wait. If you were an agent, then why would you be telling people?"

Jack took this in and stared at Vaughn.

"Because someone wise arse thought we were coming to kill them all," Vaughn said defensively. "And we would have ended up telling them anyway, after Sark kidnapped Charlie."

Both looked at him suspiciously.

"Jack, don't tell me you're turning against me," Vaughn said. "We ARE agents. It's the truth. We came to get another agent."

"Who then?"

"Agent Kate Austen. You knew she was an agent because of Sark. You knew we were coming to pick up an agent. Put it together, brain surgeon."

"Sydney! They're coming!" Kate warned, "Ooooo, Jack and Vaughn are going to kill you."

"Hey Syd, what are you doing out here?" asked Vaughn in frustration.

"I am just enjoying the view," she stated calmly.

"Well, let's get you back before Jack blows his top," Vaughn stated with a concerned smile.

"Hey, Syd, you got a lot done today!" Hurley bellowed from across the beach. "The raft is really coming together."

"What! You worked on the raft?" Vaughn cried in disbelief. "Do you want to get hurt?"

"No, see… I just gave them some ideas." Sydney shot back.

"Oh come on, give your self some credit," Hurley injected. "She built AND installed the mast! She was great – well she fell once – but I guess you agents can take a lot of battering."

"Yeah, I guess we can," Vaughn grumbled dryly, as his eyes burned into Sydney.

He then grabbed her arm and silently took her to Jack.

"Vaughn…you know, you really don't have to…"

Vaughn shook his head, but he couldn't seem to stay mad at her.

"You know, if you don't kill yourself, Jack will."

Sydney laughed, and put her head on his shoulder as they made their way across the beach and into the caves.

"Oh. I see…you were out doing what?"

Jack turned from cleaning up Charlie's wounds with a disappointed frown on his face.

"Enjoying the view…and helping out a bit on the raft," Sydney replied steadily. Jack rolled his eyes.

"This isn't a real hospital – "

"I know. No miracle – "

"No, there's no locks on the doors. Otherwise I would have you locked in, Ms Sydney Bristow."

Sydney swayed on her heels for a moment, before cracking a grin.

"Thank you, Dad, for your concerns."

Jack came up blank, but Vaughn snorted into his sleeve. ((A/N – Lils: You guys get it? Sydney's dad's name is Jack…and so is this doctor. Ha.))

"Look," Jack moaned. "I can't keep treating you. We don't have enough supplies or time – "

Sydney shook her head in agreement.

"You're right. Then I'll be on my way."

Across the island, Sark cracked his knuckles and began to think up another plan…

TBC…

END OF CHAPTER

A/N: Jaye: Yes. That was a short chappie, I know. Well, short for us in this story anyways. The italics is Courtny Potter, our great friend and guest writer. (waves) Hey Court! So yuppers!

Lils: So you may have noticed our previous chapters have been very long. So we've given you a break! Go get some popcorn, and maybe a drink, and get ready to review! Lils oooooooouuuut!

Jaye: YOU STOLE THAT FROM ME! (Ooh. Boo hoo, Jaye)

Courtny: Hello! This is my first time, so don't flame me! (drops down on knees) PLEASE DON'T FLAME ME! JK! Okay. (laughs) Hey, hey, hey! Stop that! Jaye! STOP! Uhhh! Estupido! Stop it Jaye! (scowl) Courtny out. Courtny has left the building. It's gonna be Jaye next!

Lils: NO! I SMACKETH THEE!

Jaye: I'm typing what they're saying if you're wondering about the last two A/Ns. (Lils is fighting Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts for the bajillionth time.) Bwa ha ha.

DISCLAIMER! We own the plot, and Jaye owns Mel and Carter! JJ Abrams, unfortunately, owns Charlie, Vaughn, and Boone, so yeah, that sucks. BUT DON'T SUE BECAUSE WE FINALLY PUT THE DISCLAIMER UP!

Lils: I have one more thing to say. REVIEW AND WE'LL SEND YOU ON A FLIGHT THAT WILL CRASH ON THE VERY ISLAND WHERE CHARLIE IS WAITING FOR YOU WITH A HANDFULL OF MANGOS AND HIS GUITAR! Or, if you're like me…where Sark will be…waiting…(drifts off into wonderful daydream) Anyway, you get the picture. Review!