CHAPTER 2:

Pain rushed through Kate's body as she tried to sit up. Her head was throbbing, her arm aching, and her ribs felt as though a thousand daggers where stabbing at her flesh.

The pain was of such intensity that she could barely breathe. Her eyes began to flutter, as she felt herself falling. Her body went limp, and she dropped back to the ground, unconscious.

Back at the caves, jack was becoming increasingly worried about Kate. He hadn't seen her since their confrontation at the beach, hours ago. He got up, and walked around the cave, asking anyone he came across of they had seen her, but all gave him the same answer, no.

He made his way down to the beach, as quickly as he could. He knew that something was wrong. He had a terrible feeling that something had happened to her, but what?

As Jack came out at the beach, he quickly scanned around, looking for her luscious , chocolate brown locks, but he didn't see them.

As he continued to ask the beach dwellers if they knew of her where-abouts, he grew un-easy, and his heart beat quickened. There was definitely something wrong.

Within 10 minutes, he had asked all but one person. Sawyer. As he made his way over to Sawyers Make-shift tent, all he could think about was Kate. What had happened to her? where she had gone? and was she even alive?

Jack walked up to the opening of Sawyers tent, and called out to the occupant, but nobody replied. He pulled back the flap, and saw that it was empty.

"SHIT!" he thought to himself," the one time when he could have been of some assistance, and he isn't even bloody here!"

Jack heard footsteps coming towards him, and spun around just in time to see Sawyer walking towards him, looking extremely pissed off.

"What the HELL do you think your doin doc!" Sawyer called out, his fists balled up at his sides.

"have you seen Kate?" jack replied a little agitated now. "I haven't seen her all day and I'm getting worried. " Jack regretted saying this as soon as it came out of his mouth. The last thing he wanted was for Sawyer to know he was falling for Kate.

Luckily for Jack, Sawyer didn't hear his last comment. He was to busy wondering where on earth kate could be.Sawyer suddenly snapped out of his partial daydream when he saw Jack staring at him.

"Why the hell would I know where Freckles is?" Sawyer snapped back at Jacks constant stare, but being unable to hide the traces of worry in his voice.

"look," jack said, his voice now raising in anger," I really didn't want to have to come here and ask for your help, but you're the only other person on this god dam island that knows Kate well enough to have an idea where she would've gone, but if your just going to piss around, then forget it!"

Sawyer took a step back in shock, it really wasn't like doc to lash out like this, something really MUST be wrong, and he wasn't just going to sit back and allow him to bask in all the glory and be the hero again, and anyway, he wanted the girl, and he would get the girl.

"Fine!" Sawyer exclaimed as he stalked off behind Jack," ill come with ya, but only because there ain't nothing else to do, and I ain't planning on sittin on my ass all day doin nothing! Bloody Jackass"

Within 20 minutes, both Jack and Sawyer where ready to go. Jack had asked some of the other survivors to come with him to help, but they all had other priorities, Charlie had Claire and Aaron, Sayid had Shannon, Micheal had walt, and as for locke, well, Jack just didn't trust him after what happened to Boone.

It didn't take long for Jack to pick up a trail, which he and sawyer followed for a good 2 hours, not without a lot of moaning on Sawyers part.

Jack was just about to give up on the trail, when he saw a pool of blood, at the bottom of a formation of rocks. He rushed over to it, closely followed by Sawyer.

He bent over the pool of blood, and noticed another trail, leading off from it, a trail of blood. They followed it for a couple of minutes, and then they saw her, Kate, lying deathly pale, in yet another pool of blood, dead.