Chapter 8 : Now We Wait

Sun looked up at the blazing sun. It was coming down her back and he couldn't stand the heat. She was sitting in front of the ocean folding her laundry. She was watching Jin catching more fish for the castaways. She smiled. She really loved her husband. Of course, at the back of her mind all she could think about was Jack and Kate. She looked back at Jack's tent. It had now been over 24 hours since they had been back, Jack had slept for 1 of them. Sighing, Sun folded her last piece of clothing.

"Hey Sun." She heard as she turned.

"Hey Hurley." Sun replied as she let out a smile. Hurley cocked his head in the position of the tent.

"How is she?" He asked. Sun picked up her stack of laundry.

"I'm not sure. The same I suppose." Sun said. She began to walk back up the hill.

"Hey dude wait!" Hurley ran after her. Sun turned to face the man.

"Um.. Do you know where Charlie is?" Hurley asked. Sun looked around.

"He's not here?" Sun asked. Hurley shook his head.

"No. Claire has been looking for him again." Hurley said. "Thanks thou." And he turned on his heel. Sun continued up the beach and back to her tent. She quickly went back to her tent to drop her folded clothes and wandered over to Jack's tent.

"Jack?" She poked her head inside. Jack was sitting there with his hands under his chin. His eyes were very red and warn.

"Jack!" Sun said. Jack looked up.

"Hey Sun." Jack said as he pulled back. Sun looked at him worriedly.

"You need to sleep." Sun said as she entered the tent.

"No I don't." Jack said.

"Yes you do." Sun said.

"I'm fine! I just need to-"

"JACK!" Sun said. Jack stopped with surprise at Sun's intensity.

"What?" He asked. Sun took a deep breath.

"You need to get some sleep." Jack stared but did not answer.

"You have been up for over 30 hours!" Sun said.

"Let me take over." She moved towards Jack as he reached out and grabbed Kate's hand.

"No." He said. "I need to be here when she wakes up." Sun moved closer.

"I can wake you up when she starts to wake up," Sun suggested. Jack shook his head with a smile.

"No. I have to be here the whole time. She needs to know I am here." Jack said.

"Jack. She knows already and I know she is very grateful. But she isn't going to want a very tired doctor working with her. Now please Jack. Go get some sleep." Sun said desperately. Jack jutted his jaw as he contemplated. Sun watched as he stroked her hand.

"Fine... Fine.." he slowly rose from Kate's side. He took a longing look at her then exhaled.

"I need you to wake me up the moment you see her even move." Jack said. He looked up at Kate. "Please just do that for me." Sun smiled.

"Yes of course Jack." Sun replied and Jack left the tent. After leaving the tent, Jack was relieved but yet very worried at the same time. He trudged over to Kate's tent where he was to have a very small nap.

Just a short nap he said to himself. He settled down inside her tent and closed his eyes.
Just a small nap...

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We are going to escape?" Jack asked quietly. Kate nodded her head.

"Yes." Kate said. "Do you remember when Claire came back?" Jack nodded.

"Yeah. Why?" he asked. Kate smiled.

"Alex, the girl that brought me in here, she helped her escape. No one suspected a thing." Jack nodded.

"So she is helping us." Jack said proudly.

"Exactly." Kate said. Jack was starting to hear the whole story now. When Kate had first been brought in, Jack had no idea it was here. Glad that she was finally back with him made him feel so much better, but at the back of his mind, he still felt query.

"What about Sawyer?" he asked. Kate inhaled sharply.

"Well... that is a bit of a problem." Kate said. Jack shifted his position and leant forward so he could hear her better.

"Why is that?" Jack asked. Kate too also leaned forward so she was only about a foot away from him.

"Because, he has not been cooperating. He's been kicked, punched, beaten. I could hear him yelling." She said. Jack nodded.

"He is coming right?" Kate sharply looked up at him.

"Yes, hopefully. Alex is bringing him in tonight, when the rest are eating their dinners." Kate said.

"So then I guess we leave tonight then?" Jack mused. Kate smiled.

"Bingo." Kate said.

"Well then," Jack started, "I guess now we wait." He moved towards the wall and leaned against it. Kate scrambled over to him and sat down beside him in the same position.

"Yes," said Kate, "Now we wait."