Chapter 5: Alarming Sounds

Kate and Jack were now sitting down side by side on the opposite side of the ravine. Twenty minutes had past and Sawyer and Sayid had still not been able to find a vine that was long and strong enough to reach the bottom of the ravine.

"Hold on!" yelled Sayid. "Sawyer just found a huge tree covered in vines. Be back in ten, we have to cut one down." And with that he left the ledge.

"What fun this is." Kate said sarcastically. Jack laughed.

"Oh yes, stuck at the bottom of a ravine." Jack said. Kate smiled.

"Come on let's get up." Said Kate. She got up and waited for Jack to follow suit. He stood, leaning against one of the few trees that littered the bottom of the ravine. Kate walked forward when suddenly she felt the ground shake. She looked up at Jack who moved away from the tree.

"What was that?" asked Kate. Then suddenly, the loudest alarm she had ever heard went off. It was the monster.

"It's that thing again!" called Jack over the wailing. Kate nodded as the ground began to shake uncontrollably. She fell over and Jack caught her. Kate covered her ears as Jack continued to hold her. Then the worst came.

Rocks began to fall off the side of the cliff. Jack let go of Kate and grabbed her hand. The both sprinted up the ravine towards a large tree that was standing near the opposite side. They dove under it as more rocks fell. The alarm was unbearable. Kate felt like her ears were going to fall off. She was then slammed against the tree and Jack covered her. She held her self tightly against his chest as the rumbling and shaking subsided.

She felt him jerk as another rock fell, but he didn't move from his position. She could feel tears stinging the back of her eyes and her body was shaking uncontrollably.

"Kate… Kate... calm down." It was Jack. She opened her eyes. Her face was still buried into his shoulder. She slowly removed her head and looked up. Blood was dripping down the front of Jacks face.

"Oh my god." Kate said. She could feel his arms around her back and holding on to her sides. All she could do was stare at him.

"What?" he asked. Kate shook her head and removed herself from his grip.

"Jack your bleeding." Kate said. She turned him around and set him down against the tree. She removed her sweater from her waist, which was still amazingly tied on. She then took it wiped the blood off of Jack's forehead.

"Do you remember what happened?" she asked. Jack looked into her eyes.

"Rock fell through the branches, hit me in the head." Said Jack. He reached up towards his head. Kate slapped it back down.

"Don't touch." She said. "Do you have water?" Jack nodded and pointed to his pack, which was still on his back. Kate went around to his back and undid the zipper. She pulled out a water bottle and poured some onto her cloth. She then dabbed it on his forehead.

"Ahh." He said in pain. She could feel him recoil against the pressure.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Just let me clean it out." Kate said. Jack sat there content as she finished. She ripped the sleeve off her sweater and then tied it around Jack's head.

"There." She said. "Until we can really fix you up." Jack smiled and placed his hand on the fabric.

"Thank you." He said. Kate smiled.

"Let's go and make sure Sawyer and Sayid are all right." Kate said with a smirk as she helped him back up.

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"We need to try to find him." Said Charlie. There was now a large group huddled around by the edge of the forest.

"We can't." said Sun.

"And why not? He's one of us. We should help him." Bernard said. Many others agreed.

"Look, all of our strong people are gone. We can't just leave." Said Claire. Charlie looked over at her.

"Strong people? We aren't strong?" he asked. Claire closed her eyes.

"No Charlie. I mean, the people that know what they are doing. We can't just go out there looking for someone." Said Claire.

"Jack, Sawyer, and Sayid went out to look for Kate, and whether they found her or not, we don't know. But John, he's only one person. What if more of you go missing? How would that impact us?" Rose said. Charlie let out a breath.

"She's right Charlie." Eko said. "Don't worry. Everyone just go to sleep. We shall talk in the morning." The group then melted down to just him and Charlie.

"Your incredible, you know that don't you." Said Charlie, "and I don't mean that in a good way." He turned but Eko caught him by the shoulder.

"Charlie, you must come." He said. Charlie crossed arms.

"No Eko. No more stupid treasure hunts." He said. He ripped his arm out of his grip and walked over to Claire's tent.

"Don't even bother asking again!" he yelled.

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"I swear, if that thing comes over here again, I will kill it." Sayid gave a small laugh.

"You do that Sawyer." Sayid said. He grabbed the rope and pushed it over the ledge without looking down. He smiled as Sawyer still rambled on about the monster and then focused on the ravine below.

"Sawyer…" he started.

"Stupid alarm, I mean, we didn't do anything-"

"SAWYER!" Sayid yelled. Sawyer stopped.

"What?" he asked. Sayid pointed to the ravine.

"What more water?" asked Sawyer. He let out his breath and walked forward. His whole body stiffened as he looked down.

The bottom of the ravine was covered in rocks, and the dirt below was only visible in spots.

"KATE!" Sawyer yelled. Nothing. "JACK!" still nothing. He looked over at Sayid who had already tied the vine around the tree,

"We need to get down there." Sawyer said.

"Let's go then." Sayid said as he stepped away from the front of the vine. "Ladies first." He beckoned. Sawyer gave him a harsh look then began his decent down the vine. A minute later Sawyer dropped to the ground and shook the dirt off from his jeans.

"Okay!" he yelled. He then saw Sayid's figure emerge from the end of the ravine. Sawyer turned around and looked around the ravine. He searched frantically for a sign of either Kate or Jack.

Sawyer had to admit it but Jack and Kate where the closest thing to friends that he had. Even though him and Jack didn't get along so well all the time, Sawyer still considered him his friend. Kate on the other hand meant more to him. He liked Kate, even though he always told himself that she was too good for him. He knew her and Jack had a thing for each other no matter how he liked it.

"See anything?" asked Sayid as he came up behind him. Sawyer shook his head.

"No." he said. They both began to circle the ravine in search for some sign of where they were.

"Sawyer, they were sitting over here." Said Sayid. They both wandered off to the opposite side where something caught Sawyer's eye.

"Sayid!" he exclaimed. He ran forward and picked up the object that had caught his attention. "It's Kate's backpack."

"Thanks, can I have it back now?" Sawyer and Sayid turned to see Kate and Jack standing a few meters away from them. Kate had dirt smeared all over her shirt and a few scratches on her face while Jack had dried blood on his shirt and a cloth tied around his head.

"What happened to you?" asked Sayid.

"Yeah what's with the Jet Li look?" Sawyer asked. Kate glared at Sawyer.

"He got hit in the head with a rock." Said Kate. Sawyer looked down at his feet and then back up at Jack and Kate. She was looking at Jack.

"You okay now?" she asked him. He nodded in response.

"Good." She said. She looked up at Sayid and Sawyer. "I don't know about you two, but I would really like to get going before we have to spend the night here." Kate said as she pointed up to the sky. Sawyer followed her finger. The sun was close to setting and it would be dark within the hour,

"Then let's go sugar dumpling." Said Sawyer and he stepped forward taking the lead.