Chapter4

Hi.Sorry if i just cut off like that it was just a too long chapter and i always wanted to leave a person on edge like that..anyway emotions run high between jack and sawyer as they try to find kate and where she has disappeared to...will they find her? will the search parties come in time?

"kate!kate!" jack called frantincally.

"save your breathe doctor,we've been screaming n hollering for a hour and trampling through these damn forests and have'nt found any clue.if you have'nt relized were not great trackers."

"well i have'nt given up yet.kate's counting on us and what if she's hurt? she needs our help! what if-if the others or the monster---?"

"don't say that!"sawyer said angerily,now you listen to me! i want to go help kate as much as you do but there's no way we'll find her in the dark! and even if we do we would be to tired to help! your not thinking rationly doctor,no sirre,your too love sick---"

A surge of anger rippled through jack and he grabbed sawyer by the shirt dragging him closer.Sawyer stared at him with calm,cool gaze in his eye.

"what-cha going to do doctor? kill me? i'm sure kate would love that."

"just because you don't care for anyone and your heart is made fo stone and----"jack stopped and closed his eyes,"your not worth the effort.i'm gonna find kate and you can stay your butt here being safe,waiting for searchparties and morning till you want.bye sawyer." jack lit a torch and walked off staggering a little from weariness and an aching shoulder.

"fool"sawyer whispered softly,your not going to help kate this way."

It was useless though.Try as he might to get some rest,sawyer could'nt sleep.Everytime he closed his eyes he saw kate,helpless perhaps a knife tied to her throat waiting for him...and when his eyes were open he heard her scream,over and over echoing in his mind.

He tossed and turned.Guilty,worried.Sad and angry.Wondering where jack was now...

The sun came up and sawyer stood up immediatly a determined expression in his ragged face. "here i go.."

Locke bent down and inspected the bent twig,his blue eyes narrowing.He heard the shuffling of feet behind him and he felt a twinge of annoyance as he stood up.

"they went this way" locke said and looked at the other too who had joined him.

Sayid and Jin.

The three had been tracking sawyer,jack and kate for the night.They stopped and rested sometimes before heading up again.They stooped forward and suddenlt locke stopped,halting the others.

"what is it?"sayid whispered.

Locke moved out of the way and then sayid and jin saw what he had.blood.Blood trailed across the floor a beeline in the right direction amass a mess of footsteps.

"lets us keep on moving" locke said and they followed in silence.

Kate.Kate...Kate! it was the only thing on jack's mind.He had wandered the forest all night and went round in circles.He could barely move his feet and there was dark circles under his hooded eyes but he would rather die then admit that sawyer was right and see his satisfied smirk.

"dammit"he muttered.He blinked back his tiredness and gazed at the floor.Everything was moving and becoming blurry before his eyes in a sea of green...but wait..he htought slowly..what is that?...what is that...?.. there was something blue in the sea of green...

Jack rubbed his eyes.A ribbon,a blue ribbon,kate's ribbon.( i don't know if kate has a ribbon but i could'nt think of anything so go with me on this).His mind moved faster, the wheels turning.Yes,it was definatly kate's,black hiar winded in the ribbon as jack clutched it.

which way?...which way?...

Let me think...let me think...it was'nt behind him because that was where he had come from...so north,east,or west...Jack closed his eyes, a feeling inside him was telling him to east...insitinct.

Jack was a doctor and believed in firm facts but having no clues or knowledge,and waiting there was unbearable,so he trusted his guts and walked forward to the east.A few minutes later he was getting more confident for he had never been in this part of the forest before.The feeling grew and when he saw the cracked watch on the floor that had belonged to kate he was positive.

hold on kate..i may not be a good tracker but i swear i will find you! he tried not to think what would have happened if he came to late...

Jack stumbled as he strained his eyes...i think..i think...is this the end of the forest? He plodded on eagrily.The trees and branches were lessening and he could see up ahead.He had no doubt this is where kate was taken captive...He pushed past the last bush and gasped...

Charlie fiddled with the gun in his hand gazing absentmidely into space.His forhead was creased with worring.They have'nt come back yet,he thought,first kate,jack and sawyer for two days and now locke,sayid and jin...i hope they're alright...i hope the monster has'nt got them...

"charlie,charlie?"

"huh?" charlie said and snapped back into attention.

"oh hey claire"

Claire stood looking at him with a concerned look in her eye,her baby in her hand.He wanted to ease her mood but just could'nt lightnen up and put a smile on his face instead he sighed and slapped his palm on his forhead.

"there going to be alright charlie"claire said."locke is resourceful and sayid is strong...jin..is well he can speak chinese."

Charlie snorted.

"do you mind if i sit beside you?"claire asked.

"oh-uh-no not at all!" he scampered to the side as she sat beside him.

she's so beautiful..i want to proctect her and her baby always...

He gulped but put a shaky hand on her shoulder and to his suprise claire did'nt shrug it off.She smiled at him.They sat there side by side and charlie wished this moment could last forever,unfortunately it could'nt.

Screams and yells echoed from people farther along the beach.Charlie bolted upward as if springs were attached into the balls of his feet and ran towards the noise.He pulled out his gun and dropped it.He swore picked it up,cocked and ran towards the noise but not before shouting.

"CLAIRE! STAY AWAY FROM HERE UNTILL I SAY IT'S SAFE! TELL AS MANY AS PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO STAY AWAY BUT ASK ANYONE STRONG TO HELP !

charlie ran as people ran opposite him.

"what is it?what's over there?"he asked them but they were to busy screaming and running to answer.It did nothing to help h is mood.He stopped dead as he came across the bushes,scrapping his chest and saw what they did.

"so help me god,he said softly,boars!"

well hoped you liked it. What has jack found and how will charlie survive against the boars stampede.all in next chapter.bye.