Kate had spent the morning in then jungle picking fruit and was heading back towards the beach when it started.
She was humming to herself and daydreaming as she made her way along the trail when bright arc of light flashed before her eyes, obscuring her vision. Kate steadied herself against a nearby tree and waited. It soon happened again, and stars floated down, as if from the sky.
"God damnit", she muttered. She knew what this meant, what was coming. Soon the familiar tingling began. It started in the fingers of her left hand and inched up her arm. She cursed again and resumed walking.
She knew she was going to have to face Jack. They had barely spoken since that night in the jungle. The night she had been taken by the others. She had tried, but he was so angry with her. She didn't want to approach him again, just to be rebuffed, but she didn't have a choice. She had finally run out of medication, something she had been dreading since the crash, and she was now working up to a killer migraine, if this aura was any indication. Hopefully Jack would have something in his stash of medications that would stop it in its tracks, or at least lessen its severity. Kate wasn't too far from the hatch, and she made her way there. Hopefully he would be there.
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"Hi Kate", John greeted her as she entered the hatch. He was sitting on the couch, a book in his hands. Before she could speak, the buzzer went off and Kate flinched. John held up a finger, silently asking her to wait.
John watched the timer roll back to 108 and then turned back to Kate. "What brings you down here, Kate" he asked with a kind smile.
"I was out picking fruit", she gestured to her overstuffed bag. "Is Jack around?"
"He was. I'm not sure where he went off too, but I think he should be back at some point this morning, if you want to wait".
Kate sighed. "Never mind, John. I'll catch him later". She tossed him a mango and turned to leave, waving at his thanks.
After leaving John's sight, Kate quietly headed towards the bunkroom where Jack treated patients. She knew where he kept the medications and decided she'd have to look around herself to see if he had what she needed. He might be mad if he found out, but it wasn't like she had much of a choice. If she waited until she could find him, it would be too late.
Kate kneeled down in front of the small shelf that served as Jack's apothecary and began to look through the bottles. She rubbed her temple, which was beginning to tingle and ache dully, as she tried to concentrate. Spots and flashes of light obscured her vision, making it difficult to read the labels. The door suddenly swung open, startling her, and a bottle fell from her hands. She scrambled to find it and looked up to see Jack standing in the doorway.
The look on his face told him all she needed to know. He was livid.