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Authors Note: here's chapter four right on schedule. I'll update every Thursday. By the way, this is Skate.
Chapter Four: Separated
Sayid defiantly walked ahead of Kate and Sawyer, whom every once and a while would shout a complaint or something at him. But something had perked his sense, and he was curious. Not to mention, that they needed to find some sort of hiding place before the Other's found them, which, in Sayid's mind was possibility. A big one.
All Sawyer wanted to do was protect Kate. He had seen her get shot by that dart. He had heard her cry out in pain. It haunted his mind. As he watched her, waiting for her to wake up.
Kate finally grew tired of the silence, her nerve's were already shot and she figured 'what the hell?'.
"Sawyer?" She asked finally, formulating the question she had in her mind. How to word it without pissing him off.
"Yeah Freckles?" He asked softly, much to gentle for the Sawyer she and everyone else was used to seeing. This wasn't Sawyer. She thought quietly. This was the real him. This was James Ford, even if he abandoned the name long ago. She tuned her gaze to meet his, as they continued to walk around the murky cave. Following the glow from Sayid's torch.
"I want to talk to you about...about what you said a couple days ago, on the boat." She said quietly.
"What is there to talk about." He said quietly. "I figured I was gonna die, so might as well tell ya. Ya know?" Sayid stopped and motioned for a break. Sawyer leaned up against a rock wall. "I was scared." He looked away then as if not to show her his vulnerability. Kate however moved closer to him.
"Sawyer?" She whispered. He turned to her, his mind going into awe as he saw how she looked, hair placed up into a pony tail , and the firelight reflecting her features. Making her, in his mind, even more beautiful.
"I'm glad you did." She said finally. He turned to her. "I'm glad you said it." And then to his utter surprise, she hugged him. Not a friend like hug, it was something more intimate. Something more...real.
Jack watched Alex through the fire. His eyes never left her. Although his thoughts did. He thought about Kate, Sawyer and Sayid. He had already figured that he wasn't going to get the girl. And he was excepting it. Slowly, but he was. He just hoped they were okay. Kate, no matter what he felt for her, was his friend. And he was worried that the Other's had found them. He also didn't understand how Alex, who had shot Sawyer, and helped capture them, wanted to go back to there camp. Was she telling the truth, or was she lying? He couldn't tell. Not like he ever could. Like a few days ago when Sawyer had called him a friend. That, was probably one of the last things he thought he would ever hear from the man. He figured Sawyer hated him... well, this was a weird world after all.
Alex turned then. And he quickly removed his gaze, looking into the jungle. When she looked back into the fire, he went back to keeping guard on her. This time, he thoughts went to her. Was she the french women's daughter? Or was she a spy? Either way, he though to himself, she was beautiful. Yet sad somehow.
Her eyes held regret in them. And also a lack of something...? Her past maybe or perhaps her future. Was she scared like hr was or was she oddly calm? He didn't know. He guess that se was around sixteen perhaps a little older or younger.
Jack sighed. Some many things had happened. Ana and Libby dying. Michael's betrayal, their capture, their escape and now, they were separated. Maybe not to see each other again.
SSSSSSS
"Sayid, are you sure that you know where we are? We've been wondering the cave for hours now." Kate said. Standing next to Sayid and meeting his gaze. Sawyer was right behind her. Wither or not he wanted to show it, she saw him growing more and more exhausted. She also knew that he had barely or refused to eat while under capture from the others.
Sawyer was worried about Kate. He knew she was fine. But, after seeing the dart...he was perhaps a little to overprotective. He placed his arm around her waist quietly. Closing his eyes for the reacting. He felt her lean against him. And he opened them. Smiling. He had gotten the girl after all. And he had figured that, him being the third wheel in all this, would end up with nothing.
"Fine, we head back." Sayid said finally. "But if we get captured by the Other's or worse then do-" He stopped. They all heard a sharp cracking noise from the wall on their right. Slowly, it opened. Revealing a passage way. All three met eye contact. And Kate took Sawyer's hand as they slowly moved towards it. Right now, Sawyer wished he had a gun.
TBC