Last time…

Kate dropped to Emma's side. "JACK!" she shouted.

Emma sat up. "It's better now," she said. "But, my head hurts…"

Jack came running into the room. "What?" he asked.

"Emma," she said. "Something's wrong with her!"

This time…

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Emma shook her head. "I'm-I'm fine," she mumbled.

Jack put his hand to her forehead. "She has a fever," he said.

"I'm fine!" Emma said. "Nothing's wrong with me," she said trying to convince herself. She stood up and imminently fell to the ground. "What's wrong with me?" she whispered.

"I don't know," Jack said. "But we'll find out,"

"Jack…"

"What Emma?" he asked as he lifted her into his arms.

"It's been going on for a couple of days…" she said.

"What has?" Jack asked he sat her down on another bed.

"What's wrong with her?" Sawyer asked as they came into the room.

"Everything, I-" she fell into a deep sleep.

"Emma?" Kate asked. '

"Doll face?"

"She's really burning up," he said. "Kate, I'm going to need-"

"I'll get it!" Kate shouted as she ran out of the room.

Jack lifted Emma's eyelids open. "Emma? Can you hear me?" he asked.

There was no reply.

Kate rushed back into the room with a wet wash cloth and some medicine. "Is she going to be alright?"

"I don't even know what is wrong with her!" Jack said.

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"Emma?"

It was Kate's voice, but it sounded so far away…

"Emma? Can you hear me?" Kate asked.

It seemed a little closer, Emma opened her eyes. "Kate?" she asked.

Kate smiled. "Hi there," she said with a smile.

"Emma," Jack said as he looked down at her. "You said it has been happening for a couple of days, what has?"

Emma swallowed. "Everything would go bleary, and my hands would shake… and sometimes, people would sound weird…" she said.

"Why didn't you tell someone?" He shouted.

Emma swallowed. "I'm sorry,"

Jack rubbed his forehead. "Umm, have you been hit on the head by anything, or have you ran into anything?"

Emma nodded. "I was hit when the 'others' tried to take me," she whispered.

Jack sighed. "Uhh, were you thrown against anything after that?" he asked.

"I fell… on a rock, but it didn't hurt that bad," she said.

"That would do it," he said.

"What's the matter?" Kate asked.

"Well, in cases like this, she would need an operation…" Jack said. "But we can't give her one," he added madly.

"What will happen if she doesn't get one?" Kate asked.

"I won't be able to move anything," Emma answered as she stared up at the ceiling. "And after a while, I'll be paralyzed… right Jack?"

"How'd you-"

"I've watched a lot of TV," she said. "It was in an episode of the Walton's…" Emma said. "I didn't think of it before..."

"Paralyzed!" Kate shouted.

Jack nodded. "Yeah,"

Tears slid down Emma's face, it wasn't fair! "I don't want to be paralyzed!" she shouted. "It's not fair! I'm already... missing a leg!" she sobbed.

Kate looked down at her, she brushed her hair out of her face. "Emma-"

"Don't say everything's going to be alright," she said as she tried to calm herself down. "Because it's not going to be!" she turned and faced the wall.

"Emma," Kate said, she sat down on the bed next to her.

"Kate," Jack whispered.

Kate turned to him.

"Come on, she needs some time alone," Jack said.

Kate turned back to Emma then nodded and walked out of the room. "Jack? Is there anything-"

"She needs an operation," he interrupted. "Badly,"

Kate covered her mouth with her hand, and started to cry, Emma felt like a daughter to her.

"Hey, hey, hey," Jack said smoothly. "It's going to be ok,"

Kate shook her head. "No, it's not..."

Jack knew it wouldn't be the same, maybe there was some way together off the island.

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Emma began to cry again, she would be paralyzed, then she wouldn't even need her prosthetic leg!

"Hey doll face," Sawyer said from the other bed. "Ya know, cryin ain't gonna change anything," he said.

Emma bit her lip, she had forgotten about Sawyer. "No, but it feels good," she said.

"I bet it does," he said. "Ya know," he started as he walked over. "It's good for your eyes,"

Emma giggled and wiped the tears away. "Thanks Sawyer," she said.

"No problem, now, no more crying, and get some sleep, ok?"

Emma nodded. "Ok,"

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So? How was it? Does anything make sense? Am I totally confusing you? Anyways, please review!