The door swung open with a loud creek. Jack had followed Missy all the way down the hall again and to another one of the solid doors.
He walked in slowly, carefully; he tried to be precautious as to what was inside.
Missy just traipsed in like it was no big deal. She looked back at him. "This way." She nodded toward the room.
The room was white with row of beds along each wall. Most of the beds were filled with people. The small space was eerily quiet.
"What is this?" The doctor asked.
"This…" Missy started. "This is our sick room."
Jack looked around. There was a good amount of people in the room. Something in him was unsettled by all of this.
"All of these people are sick?"
"Yes. And your job is to make them better."
"But I can't …"
"You are a doctor, aren't you?" Missy gave him a stern look. "That's the reason we have you. So, you can fix them."
Jack was silent for a moment before going over to the bed closest to him. He leaned over and took the person's pulse. It was weak.
………
"This is where we were." Shannon stated frankly. She was still shaken up by the whole thing. Fear still carried in her eyes.
"Are you sure?" Kate asked gently.
Shannon nodded then walked back to where the rest of the group was.
Kate could tell she felt badly about everything. Her body language said it all. The blonde stood with her arms crossed and her shoulders rounded and she never met anyone's eyes with her own. She couldn't.
"Alright." The brunette yelled to get everyone's attention. Sayid had done a pretty good job of getting people together. They had a fairly large group to help them. "We need to split off into small teams and go separate ways. I'd say by the looks of things maybe five or six in on a team would be plenty." Then Kate went up to join her own team.
Her little pod of people consisted of Sayid, herself, Sawyer, Shannon, and some other man Kate knew only well enough to know that his name was Jonathan.
Everyone looked around for a moment as people started off in their own directions.
"Shall we." Sawyer said sarcastically, taking the lead.
Kate just stared at him as he walked a ways in front of them, and then turned around to yell, "Y'all coming?"
The collection of people took off after him at a slow pace.
Shannon approached Kate with vigilance. "Kate?" She said to get her attention.
"What?" Kate stopped to acknowledge her.
The blonde caught up and walked beside her. "I just wanted to let you know that I feel really bad about all of this." She swallowed hard as Kate just glared at her.
It wasn't a disdainful glare like she had expected; it was just…a look. "I'm sorry for what I did. And I'm sorry I…" she trialed off. She took a deep breath and exhaled. "I'm sorry for everything, and I hope that there's some way you could forgive me."
Kate's expression melted. She smiled slightly at the girl's apology. "It's okay. You don't need to apologize. You didn't make those men take Jack." Her dark curls bounced in her face as she turned towards Shannon. "It means a lot to me that you care though."
Kate left Shannon's side to trudge towards the front of the group. All while swarms of thought raced through her head. 'Jack…' she thought. 'Pleas be okay.'
………
Jack pulled his stool up to yet another person. He'd been working all night, taking stats on everyone and observing their condition. Whatever sickness was plaguing them…they all had it.
The doctor turned down the thin white blanket of his next patient only to be met with shock.
The girl lying in the bed bore a striking resemblance to Kate.
Her dark hair framed her small pale face. 'Kate…' Jack thought. 'Oh my god…Kate.' He hadn't thought about her once since he was brought to this place.
Jack wondered what she was doing. Whether she was scared, or somber, or if she even cared if he was gone. Was she looking for him?
He hoped she was because he'd be the first one out looking for her if she was ever missing. He found himself caring for the girl in the bed a little more than the other patients. He'd take her on as a project.
Jack told himself, if he had to save only one person it'd be the girl right here…right in front of him. He put the name 'Katie' at the top of his observation sheet for the time being. He'd have to learn her name later but he was sure that 'Katie' suited her nicely.
'A beautiful name…for a beautiful girl,' he thought.
A/N: Sorry about the wait guys. I'm having a bad case of writers block. I know this isn't the best chapter but I just needed to get thought it. Now, I think I know what I'm going to do for the next chapter. I'm also going to have a contest. I need a name for 'Katie' but I can't find any that I really like. When you submit your review leave a name or a few if you like that you think should be 'Katie's' real name. Thanks for reading. Please review!
