Chapter 9 : Missing

"HELPPPP!" Sawyer was sitting in the corner of the room which held the entrance to the hatch. Charlie was still standing and he had been yelling for the last few hours.

"HELPPPP!" He called out again. Charlie was coughing and losing his voice. Every time he yelled, Sawyer could feel his head pound.

"HEELLLPPPP!" Charlie called. Sawyer quickly stood and went over to Charlie knocking him off his feet.

"Would you SHUT UP for just ONE SECOND!" Sawyer snapped. He quietly turned back to the wall he was sitting at and sat down. Charlie sat there dazed and looked at Sawyer hard in the eyes. Sawyer wasn't paying attention but finally felt his gaze on him.

"What do you want now sugar pie?" Sawyer asked. Charlie straightened his back.

"You wanted to get out of here. You DO realize there is nothing we can use to get out." Charlie explained. Sawyer brought his hands up to his head and rubbed his head.

"Just give me a few minutes of quiet." Sawyer asked.

"Please." Charlie then nodded and let out a large sigh. He looked back up to the sky.

"You know, it's already starting to get dark and we have no food, or water." Charlie announced. Sawyer stared.

"We had mangos." Sawyer replied. Charlie shook his head.

"That was hours ago!" Charlie said. Sawyer looked at the bag Charlie had with him.

"Are you sure there is nothing left?" Sawyer asked. Charlie quickly clutched the bag.

"Positive," he replied, "I started getting hungry again."

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Jack slowly opened his eyes. He looked around to see an unfamiliar tent and bit of clothes sitting beside him.

Kate's tent he reminded himself.

Wondering why he was in her tent he slowly got up and put his hand to his head. He looked outside and saw the sun starting to set. He had probably gotten a good 6 hours of sleep. He exited the tent and looked around. People were out eating dinner, and starting their fires. He then noticed that Sayid was walking up to him.

"Hey Sayid." Jack said. Sayid nodded.

"Hello Jack." Sayid answered. Hurley then walked up to Sayid and poked him on the shoulder.

"Ready to go dude?" he asked. Jack looked quizzically to Sayid.

"And where are you two going?" Jack asked. Sayid laughed.

"Don't worry. We are not going too far." Sayid exclaimed.

"Yeah. We are going to go get some more fruit. All the trees around here are picked clean." Hurley mentioned as he hoisted the back pack over his shoulder.

"I remember seeing many mango trees by the hatch door, so I thought we would go out there for a while and bring back what we can find." Sayid mentioned. "You're welcome to come if you want." Jack shook his head.

"Nah, it's okay." He said. "Have fun guys." Jack turned to leave as Sayid called out.

"Hey Jack! How is Kate?" Jack looked over at his own tent suddenly realising what he had forgotten.

"Kate!" He said quietly as he ran towards the tent. He quickly opened the flap of the tent.

"Sun. How is she-" Jack stopped in mid sentence. When he looked in the tent, Sun was not there. And neither was Kate.

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It had been hours since Kate had been brought into his cell/room. They were both feeling very tired and very hungry.

"I am starving." Kate mentioned as she moved yet again to a better position. Jack humbly nodded.

"Me too." he replied. "They usually would have brought some food around by now." Kate looked up at him nodding at the same time. She got up from her position and came back over to Jack. She had moved before to find a good spot but she never felt comfortable before. Sitting down beside Jack she gave a huge sigh.

"When is Alex going to be here?" Jack asked. Kate shook her head.

"She never told me when." Kate said. Jack nodded.

"Do you think the others, you know, Tom and Henry, know you're in here?" Jack asked Kate. All she did was shrug.

"I have no idea. All they did to me was..." Kate slowly stopped and slapped her hand to her head.

"Kate?" Jack asked as Kate moved her head forward. She was gritting her teeth, as if she was in pain.

"Kate?" Jack asked again as he moved his hand to her shoulder. "What did they do to you?" Kate looked up again, removing her hand from her head.

"They took tests, lots. They gave me needles." Kate said her breathing increasing rapidly.

"I don't know what they were." She quickly added as she noticed Jack open his mouth. "I keep getting headaches thou." Kate said and she lifted her hand to her head again. Jack rubbed her back as she pushed her head forward again and gritted her teeth.

"Let's just hope they didn't do anything bad to you." Jack said. Kate nodded but didn't say anything. She put her head to the side and layed it on Jack's shoulder.

"Ow." She said. She gave a small laugh and Jack laughed. At that moment, a small knock came at the door. A head popped in and Kate raised her head from Jack's shoulder.

"We're ready." Came the voice. Jack and Kate looked at each other. It was time for them to leave and go back home