Hey. Thanks for the reviews. Here's the next chapter. I have like, four chapters after this one done as well (forgot that I had it posted on this site) so I'll probably have the next chapter out tonight. The faster the reviews come, the faster the chapters come. Hope you guys enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Lost.
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Jack's eyes opened groggily. He looked over at Kate. No change. He sighed, he hadn't expected her to be awake.
He hadn't left her side at all. It had been three days since she had been brought to him. Three days since she'd opened her eyes. Three days since he'd seen or heard from Sawyer at all. Everyone was staying pretty far away from the hatch. Seeing Kate like this was hard on everybody.
Jack stood up. She had even stopped tossing and turning the second night. She just lay there, not moving. She looked almost dead.
She was almost dead.
Jack walked out of the room, he needed some room to think. He needed to get away from that room. Away from her.
Sun looked up from the computer. She saw Jack walking into the room.
"Jack? Is everything alright?" The doctor looked up at her. He nodded in silence. "How is she?" Jack shook his head.
"No change." Sun looked back down at the keyboard as the alarm went off. She sighed, typing in the numbers.
"I'm sorry Jack." Jack looked at the door.
"I need to go. Get out for a walk." Sun stood up.
"Do you want me to keep an eye on her?" Jack looked at Sun with tears in his eyes. He looked down at the ground.
"Sure. You could do that." Sun saw the look on Jack's face.
"She'll be fine Jack." Jack nodded, not looking Sun in the eyes.
"Yeah... she'll be fine..." Jack walked over to the door and pushed out without another word. He got out into the woods a bit and sighed, looking back towards the hatch.
"Just like Boone was fine."
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Sawyer opened his eyes and groaned. He pulled himself off his makeshift bed and stumbled over to the water. Kneeling down, he splashed some water onto his face and just sat there, staring at his reflection.
"How long are you gonna wait Sawyer?" Sawyer turned around to see Claire standing behind him, Aaron in her arms. He sighed, shaking his head, turning back to the water.
"Wait for what?" He stood up and brushed himself off. He still didn't turn towards her.
"Wait before you go to Kate." Sawyer growled. He had half expected Claire to walk away, but the girl was persistant.
"I ain't goin' anywhere." He looked back at Claire, then turned back around and started walking to his tent. Just hearing her name made him feel sick to his stomach.
"Sawyer... how can you act like this isn't killing you? How can you pretend that it's just another day when you know that she's down there, fighting for her life?" Sawyer shook his head, the girl sure knew how to get to him. But he wouldn't let her see that.
"Aw Golly Mamacita... I'm afraid I just don't get what you're trying to say to me..." Sawyer was sickened by his own voice. He hated this man.
Sawyer didn't hear anything, he turned around to see that Claire was shaking her head.
"I give up Sawyer. I just... I give up." He watched her walk away, baby Aaron balanced on her hip.
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Jack walked through the jungle. He pushed past branches and stepped out onto the white sand. The sun still stung his eyes. He hadn't been outside since Kate got back.
He sighed, looking out to the ocean waves as they lapped onto the shore. With a troubled mind and heavy heart, he made his way to the water's edge.
"What are you doing out here?" Jack turned his head to see who had spoken to him.
"Sawyer..."
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Kate leaned up against a tree. She had cuts and bruises covering her body and her clothes were stained with blood. She didn't remember much of anything that had happened to her since she got there.
She heard a noise to her right and she jumped, feeling for the first time, the tight ropes that held her arms together behind her on the tree.
"Kate..." Kate looked up.
"Wayne?" Her eyes filled with tears of fear and dread.
"Hey sweet cheeks."
"What... what's going on?" Kate's voice was frantic and terrified. She felt so much like a helpless child.
"A war... and the battle is just begining." Kate pulled on the ropes, but she couldn't budge. The man before her laughed. "It doesn't matter how this happens, in any case, I'm leaving the war with a prize." Kate cried out, but she was alone again, with no one in the jungle to hear her.
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"Aren't you supposed to be with Kate?" Sawyer walked closer to Jack. Jack sighed.
"Why should I be with her? You aren't."
"But you're the doctor." Jack shook his head.
"Doctors don't treat dead patients." Sawyer turned to Jack. He felt tears spring to his eyes.
"Dead?" Jack shrugged.
"Might as well be." Sawyer felt anger building inside of him. He didn't understand why. Hadn't he just said that he didn't think she'd live? Hadn't he already pronounced her dead in his mind?
"What the hell Doc?" Jack shook his head.
"There's nothing more I can do." Jack shook his head. "She's gone Sawyer. Kate's dead." Sawyer stood up.
"Not yet!" Jack turned to Sawyer, as if he was just realizing how emotional Sawyer was getting.
"Like I said... might as well be. What the hell does it matter to you anyway? You don't care about her at all. You walked out on her three days ago Sawyer."
"You're the doctor. Go fix her!"
"I can't!" Jack screamed, they were had drawn a crowd now. Everyone who had been on the beach, or close enough to the beach in the jungle had gathered around them by now. "Kate is dead Sawyer! That's it! Plain and simple, she's gone!" Sawyer balled up his fist and brought it square upon Jack's temple. He punched the other man as hard as he could, sending him down onto the sand and into the water a bit.
"Damn you Jack!" Sawyer turned and pushed his way through the crowd, there were tears on his face now, but not many, he was more focused on his goal. He needed to get there quick.
Sawyer ran through the jungle and reached the hatch. He grunted as he pushed open the door.
"Jack..." Sun walked into the enterance room and froze. Sawyer shook his head. Sun nodded. "She's in there." With that, she walked to where he was standing. "I'll leave you here alone." Sawyer looked down at her and nodded. Sun smiled and walked out of the hatch.
Sawyer went into the room where she was. He looked down at her. She looked a lot worse then she had before. He bit his lip and walked up to her. Falling to his knees, he took his hand and brushed some hair out of her face.
Silently, he leaned down and kissed her forehead, then brought his lips down to hers and lightly brushed against them. He pulled back and caressed the side of her face with his hand.
"Hey Freckles. It's me." He paused. "I'm here. I'm not leaving you." He brought his lips down to her ear.
"I'm sorry Kate."
TBC
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