Chapter 3: Sense of Worry
Kate finally trudged over the deep soil of the garden. She looked around to see that Sun was not here.
That's odd she thought. She had been almost certain that Sun would be here. She did not see Sun at the camp, and she was told she had been here all day. I even saw her carrying those plants back at the beach. She turned thinking she should go back and check for her. She looked to the ground to see a bucket with many seeds in it and a few unearthed bulbs beside it. Kate smiled and kneeled on the ground. She shrugged picking up some seeds and began to work as she waited for Sun.
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The man began to circle the garden to make sure that no one else was around. He watched the woman place her hand in a pail and deposit the beads into the soil. He watched as she carefully filled the small holes with more soil and patted it down. He looked around one last time before placing his hand into the nearly empty bag in front of him, taking out a long piece of cloth. He began to move towards the solitary figure out in the garden.
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"Need some help with that?" Jack asked. He was looking at Jin who was cooking the fish he had brought in. He shook his head and held out a cooked fish.
"Fish?" he asked. Jack smiled.
"Thank you Jin." Jack said. Jin nodded. Jack took that as a 'your welcome' and went to join the group that was sitting by the fire at the opposite end of the beach. They already had their fish. He sat down beside Sayid who was talking intently to Bernard.
"So you really were a soldier?" Bernard asked.
"Yes. I was." Sayid said. Bernard's eyes widened.
"Well that's very interesting! And I thought you were making all of those stories up!" Bernard said. Sayid laughed.
"I'm not that good of a story teller." Sayid said. He smiled and turned to Jack who had settled beside him.
"Hello Jack." Sayid said.
"Sayid." Jack said. Sayid placed another piece of fish in his mouth.
"Doesn't it seem different this time?" Jack asked as he nodded towards the fish he was holding. Sayid nodded.
"Yeah. It must be the herbs that Sun had added." Sayid said. Jack nodded.
"She's quite smart." Jack said. Sayid nodded in agreement.
"She sure knows how to cook that is." Sayid said. Jack looked up at the darkened sky.
"When did she do this? Wasn't she at her garden all day?" Jack asked. Sayid swallowed down another piece of fish.
"She was there a few minutes this morning, getting the herbs that she needed, but other than that, she was with Jin all day." Sayid finished and took another bite of fish. Jack suddenly felt a sense of worry. He didn't know why but he didn't feel too good.
"Jack?" Sayid asked. Jack felt dizzy and he didn't understand until he looked over at Sun.
"Kate..." he said to himself. Sayid stood.
"Is there something wrong?" Sayid asked. Jack looked around. He had not seen Kate all day. He knew he shouldn't get worried and worked up over not being able to see her, but he didn't know any better. He couldn't help but feel that way.
"SUN!" He yelled. She turned and smiled.
"Hi Jack." Jack walked over to her.
"Have you seen Kate at all today?" Jack asked. Sun shook her head, but then nodded.
"She was swimming with Claire earlier today." Sun said. Jack nodded.
"I know that." Jack said. Without another word he bounded off straight towards the garden.
"Jack!" It was Sayid and Sawyer. They had followed him.
"What?" Jack asked as he quickly turned around.
"Are you sure everything is okay?" Sayid asked. Jack stared but eventually shook his head.
"I don't know," he said, "For all I know, everything could be fine, but it could also be really bad." He turned again. "I just need to make sure she is okay." Jack said. Sawyer followed him with Sayid right on his heels.
"I guess we will come then." Sawyer said as he trudged up the hill after Jack. Jack then turned the corner and pushed through the bushes towards the garden. Sawyer suddenly collided with him as Jack stopped in mid step.
"What now doc?" Sawyer asked. Sayid walked up behind them.
"Did you hear that?" Jack said. Sayid nodded.
"It was talking." Sayid said. Sawyer hissed.
"Talking?" Sawyer asked.
"More like whispering." Jack said. He cautiously stepped forwards into the garden. Right before his eyes were three men standing in front of him.
"Hello Jack." came a familiar voice.
