Thank you all for the wonderful reviews! This chapter was a little hard to write, I couldn't get the words to come out the way I wanted them to, so I hope it's ok!
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Kate looked around nervously, Emma hadn't returned, she and Jack had asked everyone, but no one had seen her. Kate slipped on her backpack and walked farther down the beach, waiting for Jack to meet her. A minute later, Jack was walking towards her with Charlie right behind.
"Sorry Kate," Jack said as he looked behind him at Charlie. "He wanted to help look for her."
"Claire is worried," Charlie said as he moved closer. "Freaking out of more like it, she thinks they took her."
Kate exchanged glances with Jack.
"Should we go?" Jack asked.
"Yeah, you ready Charlie?" she asked.
Charlie nodded. "You bet."
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"Can we please stop? I'm thirsty." Emma begged, her hands ached from the rope that was tied around her wrist tightly.
"I told you, not a word." The man barked.
Emma nodded.
The man pushed her down to the ground. "Ten minutes rest." He said.
Emma rolled over onto her back, pain shot up her arms. This is what the man did, took a ten minute break every hour. It didn't give anyone enough time to sleep. But this time was different, the man walked farther into the jungle. Emma took the opportunity to pull her hands over her legs, she began to bite the knot to untie it. She heard the footsteps coming back, she pulled off the rope and hid behind a tree.
"Emma?" the man called as he walked back to where she should have been. "EMMA!" he began to look around furiously for her.
Emma held her breath. The man walked in front of her. "EMMA!" He shouted, his back faced her, Emma swallowed and kicked him, the man fell to his knees. She kicked his headand he fell to the ground. Emma hesitated then hurried and ran, she didn't get to far before she fell to the ground. She was exhausted, she crawled into a bush, out of sight, and fell into a deep sleep.
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Jack, Kate and Charlie had been walking for little over an hour before they found anything.
"Look!" Kate said as she pointed down at small footprints. "They're Emma's."
"You sure?" Jack asked.
Kate looked up at him. "Yes," she said a little annoyed that he was second-guessing her.
"Are those horseshoe prints?" Charlie asked sounding confused.
Kate looked a couple of feet away. "She rode it…" she muttered.
"What?" Jack asked.
Kate looked at him again. "The horse, she rode it."
Jack's forehead wrinkled. "What?" he asked. "A horse? There is a horse on this island?"
"Why not?" Charlie asked. "We've seen and heard stranger things."
"Why didn't you tell me about the horse?" Jack asked.
"Jack, not now please. Can we just try and find Emma?"
Jack nodded. "Lead the way."
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Kate stopped suddenly and Charlie bumped right into her.
"Sorry," he muttered as he backed up a bit.
"What's wrong?" Jack asked.
Kate shook her head. "The trail's gone." She said as she looked around. "It… it just stops…" she looked up.
Jack began to look around. "How is that possible?" he asked.
"On this island anything is possible." Charlie muttered.
Kate looked over at Charlie.
"She's probably back at camp Kate." Jack said.
"Yeah, she probably is safe at… home." Charlie said.
"You guys can go back." Kate said. "I'm not leaving her out here again." She said.
"You didn't-"
"Jack! She's eleven! She doesn't know who she is! Those other people were after her! They got her! She was missing for weeks! I don't know how you can stand there and say she is probably back at camp OK!" Kate shouted.
Jack sighed. "I'm just-"
"Jack," she said.
"Kate, can we do this my way this time please?" he asked. "Let's go back, get Locke, maybe he'll be able to pick up a trail…"
"Yeah," Charlie said. "I thinkwe should form another search team."
"Jack… remember Ethan? Do you want Emma in hands like his?"
"Ethan is dead, Kate." Jack reminded her.
"That doesn't mean anything, there are still other people like him!"
"Kate-"
"Guys..." Charlie interrupted. "Look," he pointed to something farther in the jungle.
Kate and Jack looked up to see 'the' horse.
Kate slowly walked over to it.
"Kate, maybe that's not such a good idea, it's a wild horse." Jack said.
"I know this horse." she said.
"What? How?"
"I just do." she answered.
"Guys, what is he doing?" Charlie asked.
The horse was shaking his head, as if he wanted them to follow him, then it slowly began to walk away.
Kate began to follow it with Jack and Charlie right behind.
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Ok, so it wasn't the best chapter in the world, but I hope it's ok. Hopefully, I can word it better next time. Thanks for reading this! And please, if you have the time... REVIEW!
