Chapter 3
"The water! It's coming in! The waves! … The whole beach is flooding!" Claire cried.
Kate looked at her, shocked. "What!"
"You should go try to save your stuff. I need to find Jack." Claire cried as she ran towards the hatch.
Not giving herself a moment to think, Kate bolted towards the beach.
Back in the hatch, Michael tried his best not to show his shock at how Kate and Jack just interacted. "So, Rose was right about her husband being alive."
"Yeah, wish we all had her optimism, huh?" Jack smiled. The two sat there for a few moments talking about everything and nothing.
"Hey man, welcome back!" Michael said as Sawyer walked in.
"Hey Mike, thanks." Sawyer replied, then he was quiet for a moment, "really, thanks for everything, if it weren't for you…" he continued in a tone no one had heard before.
"Don't mention it man," Michael nodded.
Sawyer turned to Jack, who knew exactly what Sawyer was thinking.
"Drop it Sawyer," Jack said before Sawyer could say anything.
Sawyer shook his head and sat down, "so, what do you guys do for fun in this tin can?"
The other two smiled but all three jumped as a wet, panting Claire ran in. "Jack… quick… you have to go down to the beach… the whole place is flooding…" she managed to say, breathlessly.
"What? ... Michael let's go. Claire you have to stay, the button, ok? Don't forget. And get Aaron warmed up." Jack said as he started towards the door.
Michael and Sawyer followed Jack to the door, Jack turned to Sawyer, "you better stay, your shoulder… and you need stay with Claire." Jack said as he rushed out followed closely by Michael, leaving Sawyer to comfort the shaking Claire.
Halfway down the path to the beach, Jack and Michael saw what Claire was talking about. The waves were crashing against the trees at the entrance of the jungle, meters away from where the beach ended. The water was so high and strong it was shaking the trees and the spray of water was hitting their faces.
A few meters down the path, the survivors were running back to the caves carrying what they could salvage from their stuff, their faces aflame with fear.
"Jack! Jack!" cried Charlie. "Did you see Claire?"
"Charlie… she's fine, she's in the hatch. Are you ok? Is everyone ok? Did everyone make it back?" Jack quizzed him.
"Yeah fine. The bloody ocean just attacked. It is crazy…" Charlie started.
"Is there anyone still back there?" Jack interrupted.
"Sayid and Jin went back to help a few who are still back there…" Charlie replied as Jack and Michael continued back to beach. "…and Kate. Jack, Kate is still back there." Charlie added.
Jack froze for a moment and then took off, before Charlie could add another word, like a man running for his life.