Kate and Jack were completely alone in the caves. No one lived there anymore, and since Michael's water line from the spring to the beach was still working great, there was no reason to be there. Everyone felt safe on the beach. Jack still preferred the caves, it was much cooler. Kate took off her backpack and set it on the ground at her feet.

"I guess she's not here," She said.

"Ya…" Jack looked around, all the memories of the past months, just flooding back to him. The cave-in, the whole thing with Charlie and Claire… Boone. So many bad things had happened in this place, yet Jack didn't want to leave. It was like a security blanket but he had no idea why.

"I guess we should go then," Kate suggested. "She's probably back at her camp by now, anyway." Kate picked up her backpack and threw it over her shoulder. "You know, sometimes I miss this place."

"You never lived here, Kate."

"So? I was here all the time. Just because I didn't sleep here, and I didn't have my tent set up here, doesn't mean I can't miss it." Kate was saying how she missed the caves, but really what she meant, was how much she had missed Jack. It hurt her so much that he had stopped talking to her, or asking her for help. And when she got to help him again, with Haley, it just made her feel so good again. So alive. She was staring into his blue eyes, trying to figure out what he was thinking. But she didn't need to wonder for long, because Jack stepped in closer to her, and kissed her.

"It's gonna rip my leg off!" Haley screamed.

"No it won't! I won't let it!" Charlie yelled.

"But it will! It's doing it right now!" The thing wrapped around her foot, was pulling so hard, it finally pulled her knee out of the socket. It made a loud popping noise, that the both of them heard. Haley couldn't even scream from the pain, it hurt so much that it took her breath away. Charlie saw the expression on Haley's face, and the tears welling up in her eyes, and knew that that gut-retching sound couldn't have been good. "Are you ok?" He asked, without thinking. Of course she wasn't ok. "Well it has to let go some time!"

"Maybe it's thinking the same thing about us."

"Let go of her, you monster!"

Haley tried prying it off her foot, with her other foot, but all it did was pull on her leg more, and make the thing tighten around her ankle even more.

Kate and Jack finally stopped kissing, and just stared at each other. Neither of them were sure what to do at that point. Kate finally took her arms off from around Jack's neck, and stepped back a bit.

"Maybe we should go," She whispered.

"Ya." Jack didn't want to back away any farther from Kate than he already was, but he knew he had to.

They didn't say anything to each other on their walk back to the beach. But it was when they were about half way there, that they heard the screams.

"Was that Charlie?" Kate asked.

"And Haley." They ran in the direction of the cries for help, and found themselves in the middle of the golf course. Jack saw Charlie lying on his stomach, and grabbing onto something he couldn't see.

"Where's Haley?" Kate asked. They ran towards them, so see Charlie keeping Haley from falling into the hole.

"Something's been trying to pull her in," Charlie explained.

"Just get me out!" Haley screamed.

Kate and Jack both grabbed onto Haley's arms and helped try to pull her out. Haley yelped in pain, but let them all work together in saving her life. But it wasn't working. Whatever was holding onto her ankle, wasn't letting go any time soon.

"It's the security system," Jack said to himself.

"But doesn't that thing make a noise?" Haley asked.

"It has before. But who's to say it always does?" Kate suggested.

"We'll burn it." Jack threw off his shoe, and started pulling the lace out. He found two sticks lying a few feet away, and started tying it to the two ends of one of the sticks. He twisted the lace around the other stick and started pulling the bow he had made, back and forth really fast, until smoke started to appear. Haley watched in amazement, as Kate and Charlie held tight onto her arms. Jack grabbed some grass and threw it on the flame, and they all watched as it got bigger and bigger. Finally, Jack stood up and tossed it down the hole. They all heard a high pitched whimpering for a few seconds, and then it went away.

"It worked," Haley said, feeling the relief around her ankle. The three of them pulled her out of the hole, and let her collapse on the ground. Jack saw her mangled leg, and put his palms on either side of her knee. "Don't touch it," She said.

"Haley, you're knee is dislocated."

"Wonderful. We can just leave it like that, and I just won't walk anywhere."

"Haley…"

"Ugh. Ok, I know, you're a doctor, you want to be the healer."

"I need to be."

"But it's not even hurting that much anymore. I can hardly even feel it. It's pretty numb, I'm good."

"Haley, that's not good. It's probably pinching a nerve or a blood vessel. If we leave it, you're leg might die."

"My leg is going to die?"

Jack looked at her, and once again, Haley saw the pain in his eyes. The pain, but also the want. The want to do good, to help. It just seemed like he wanted to make up for something. Maybe something he did wrong in the past. Like if he helped people here, it would cancel out the other stuff. Haley let out a deep breath and closed her eyes. "Do you're work." She layed her head back onto the ground, and Charlie grabbed on to her hand. She squeezed it as hard as she could, she knew this was going to hurt.

"Kate, can you hold onto her shoulders?" Jack asked.

Kate nodded and took a hold of her. Jack wrapped his hands around her leg and pulled as hard as he could, leaving everyone with nothing but the sound of a loud crack, and Haley's scream.