Ok Back again, I'm glad you liked the ending I hope you found it amusing. I also borrowed a couple things from the finale because hey it makes sense why fight it. All right on to Chapter 11 it's kind of boring so please don't abandon me I promise I can do better.

Chapter 11

Kate had heard the phrase time stopped still but never realized what it meant until she looked up to see people looking back at her. These weren't just any people though these were her friends. Sayid was struggling to bite back a smile, Shannon was grinning from ear to ear, Locke was pretty much stoic looking but Kate didn't miss the slight twinkle in his eyes. Then there was Sawyer who looked like someone had dumped a bucket of cold water over his head. Kate felt a little bad for him but she had made it clear from the time she and Jack brought Michael back that Jack was her choice. She snuck a look at Jack who was leaning on the doorframe with a small smirk on his lips. He glanced at her and gave her a wink and gently placed his hand comfortingly on her shoulder. Before they could say anything Sayid broke the awkward silence.

"I just invited Locke and Sawyer up here to discuss what Michael told you." He said finally giving into his smile.

Kate glanced up to Jack she had come to talk to him about Michael and had ended up having earth shattering sex with him. She watched his reaction but he was still relaxed as he gestured for everyone to sit down.

"Charlie is on his way, by the way Jack nice shirt." Shannon said not even trying to wipe the grin off her face. Sawyer scowled at her.

"You're awfully happy for someone stuck on the island from hell" he said glaring.

"Are you kidding me, this is awesome" she said gesturing to Jack and Kate who both looked embarrassed by Shannon's exuberance.

"What's awesome?" Charlie asked entering the hatch.

"Oh my god" squealed Shannon, "you totally just missed…."

"Ok so I talked to Michael" Jack said interrupting Shannon. "How about we talk about what he knows."

"He just told you everything?" Sawyer asked looking at Jack suspiciously

"He has no reason to work against us and he wants Walt back, and he knows that's exactly what I'm planning on doing so he is being a hundred percent cooperative." Jack said looking a Sawyer.

Kate relaxed a little as she heard Jack speak, he was telling the truth Michael had cooperated and Kate was relieved that Jack wasn't forced to do anything he didn't want to.

"From what Michael has seen the best plan of attack would be to have three teams. The first team would be the bait, basically they would follow Michael's trap except they won't follow it all the way through they will stop to rest and wait for our signal. It doesn't sound like they have strong numbers so most of them will most be likely waiting at the trap. The second team, which will consist of Sayid, Eko who has agreed to help after some convincing, and myself will go into the camp to get Walt and any other prisoners we can find." Jack explained.

"Ok so while you're off playing James Bond what happens to the so called bait? Plus is it really smart to have the three people they want dead just walking into the camp." Sawyer asked with attitude.

"Jack and I have had experience in things like this before plus we need Eko to help identify the people from the tail section." Sayid said

"As for the people leading the trap our strongest fighters will trail them. When we have Walt we will give off a signal of black smoke. When the signal is seen the first team will make an excuse to come back" said Jack

"What?" exclaimed Sawyer "I thought the whole point of this mission is to hunt and kill these bastards, not let them go back to their little huts."

"The whole point of this mission is to get Walt back, there is no way we can engage in a fight with them on an area that they not only know but probably have trapped as well. And if they do attack that's why we have the third team to follow them. But there is no way you can go to war out there especially not without myself and Jack" said Sayid.

"Ok" said Charlie "So what happens if that works, our group suddenly gives up and comes home, they're gonna see what we've done when they notice their prisoners missing, and they are going to retaliate on us."

"Exactly, they are going to have to fight us on our turf, on our land. We're not talking about doing this tomorrow you guys. Michael isn't expected to return for another week. That gives us seven days to plan and prepare. We have forty people on our side and they have guessing between what Michael has seen along with Danielle twenty to twenty-five. Plus Jack will be following them back." Sayid said.

"What?" asked Kate looking over at Jack, "What does that mean?"

Jack cleared his throat he knew this would not go over well with Kate. "Well, Sayid and Eko can get everyone back on their own. I will trail them to see what their plans are, when they get to a certain point I will set off another signal and you will know they're coming."

Kate didn't like this plan at all there were way too many things that could go wrong. "What if Michael's wrong? What if there are more of them then you expect?" she asked worried.

"I'm going to scout out their camp before any action is taken" Jack said softly. Every head besides Sayid turned to Jack in shock.

"Are you out of your ever loving mind?" Charlie asked incredulously. "What's to say they won't catch you, you'll never make it out there. Like you said it's their turf."

Jack sighed, "I can get out there, not be seen and get back. It will be fine."

"All right, I think it's time to have a talk" Locke said looking at Jack. "You want to keep your past secret and I understand the need to want to do that, but you're putting other lives at risk and I think we deserve at least some kind of explanation as to why we are supposed to just believe you can do it."

Silence overtook the room and he knew Locke was right, it wasn't just him depending on this mission there were more lives at stake. Jack felt Kate stroke his back, he knew she was upset about the plan and he knew he'd get an earful later on but right now she was quietly supporting him and that meant the world to him.

"Before I became a surgeon I was in the military there I was an Army Ranger. My assignment was as an assassin. My job was to get to unreachable targets and well reach them" Jack said feeling uncomfortable as everyone looked at him shocked. "I was good at it and soon the army lent me out doing work with the CIA and Interpol. I have mastered long and short range shooting, weapons training, hand to hand combat and guerilla techniques. I have been on missions where I have waited for a target perched in a tree for three days no food no water. I have infiltrated compounds where targets live that are heavily guarded. I'm not talking twenty odd people I'm talking a hundred militia guards all armed with Uzis. I have gotten in hit my target and gotten out and they never saw me coming. I was trained to be a ghost so when I say I can disappear in the jungle and not be detected, I mean it." Jack sat back and waited for the fall out but took comfort in the fact that Kate was still rubbing circles on his back.

"Wait" Locke said holding up his hand. "Since we've been here you haven't been able to track, when Claire went missing you were going in circles. Ethan got the best of you"

"Deniability" Sayid said and Jack gave him a grateful smile.

"As of the day we crashed yes I was a spinal surgeon but I was also in the employ of the US government. I could be called up for a mission at any time. I've been lucky that I haven't had too many of those calls though since I left the military. However in the beginning especially when Claire was taken I went after her, I also knew you'd follow me so I made fake trails as well, unfortunately you caught up and I wasn't able to go on alone. If you remember Kate and I went the correct way, most of the time with me leading. You just thought I was being impatient and reckless the way I took off" Jack gave Kate a sheepish smile. "As for Ethan, killing him wouldn't have helped I had no idea where Claire and Charlie were so I played dead gave him time to move and then followed. Unfortunately there were too many variables that went wrong and I was too late. Yes Locke I played dumb asked you to pick up trails that I know I could've easily found on my own. But you have to understand what Sayid meant when he said deniability. If we got rescued and somehow my name was brought up, for my safety and the safety of others people should only know that I was a spinal surgeon that's all. Also people who are hurt can't be afraid to come to me that's why this information needs to stay here amongst us and us only." said Jack.

"Unbelievable" Charlie said shocked at what he learned about his friend. "That's insane, kinda cool but insane."

"Look is that enough to assure you that when I tell you I'm going out in the jungle tomorrow, that I will be back in a couple days completely safe and unseen?" Jack asked. He and Sayid had to know the mission was a go otherwise they were going to have to refigure a whole new plan.

Everyone nodded except Kate and Sawyer. Both for different reasons Sawyer because he still didn't believe all of Jack's story and Kate because she did believe it and she knew he would be leaving her.

"Prove it." Sawyer said boldly.

Jack raised an eyebrow, "Prove it?"

"Yeah let's say we take you outside pick a couple of targets and see how well you do." Sawyer said with a smirk.

"Sure whatever" Jack said getting up. Soon everyone followed him out of the hatch. Kate held his hand and stayed close to his side as they walked out into the jungle. On the way out Sawyer grabbed a revolver and a rifle. When they all gathered, Jack's eyes took in his surroundings the way he always did whenever he was out. Sawyer handed him the revolver. Jack pulled the clip to see it loaded. As he was looking at it Sawyer was speaking.

"All right doc there's a mango sitting to the left of …"

BANG everyone jumped as the gun went off. They all looked to see Jack standing there relaxed gun in hand. 'Was that the mango you wanted?"

Sawyer looked in pure shock to see the mango he had chosen crushed on the jungle floor. Without a word Jack handed the revolver to him and took the rifle. He checked the ammunition and waited for Sawyer's instructions. Sawyer looked around and he saw a very small flowered bush off in the distance.

"Hit one of the purple flowers" Sawyer said confidently, the flowers were small and almost completely out of sight, there was no way Jack could hit it let alone maybe eve see it. Once again he was wrong. Within seconds Jack had the gun up, fired, hit the flower and then brought the gun back down.

"Good enough?" Jack asked Sawyer "I would love to do this all day but I'd hate to waste any more bullets."

Charlie, Locke, and Shannon all broke out in applause for Jack. They had truly been stunned but impressed as well by Jack's hidden talents. Sayid gave him a pat on the shoulder and headed back to the hatch. "I will be inside as soon as you want to finish up your plans for tomorrow." Shannon followed him as well as Charlie and Locke. All that remained were Sawyer Jack and Kate. Jack smiled slightly at the stunned Sawyer and handed him the rifle. Sawyer took the gun looked at Jack one last time and headed toward the hatch.

'I think that's the first time I've ever seen him speechless." Kate said standing next to Jack.

Jack smiled at her and reached out his hand to brush the hair from her eyes. "So how much trouble am I in?" Jack asked looking at her.

"Oh you're screwed royally buddy" Kate said crossing her arms across her chest. "I went along with the whole you go rescue Walt mission, hell I was even accepting the idea of you trailing them back, but going in the jungle by yourself to scout them? That's totally unacceptable Jack!" she exclaimed.

"Kate I'm an Army Ranger this is what I'm trained to do this will be ok I promise." Jack said attempting to appease the brunette.

"I don't care if you are the god damn President of the United States Jack. Guess what, you're my lover and I think I get a say in this. I mean you knew when I came in that this was the plan didn't you? Why didn't you say anything to me then?" her voice rising.

"Well Kate when you came in the hatch you asked me what I did to Michael at that point I thought you were cutting your losses and leaving me, all thoughts of the mission went out of my head as I tried to figure out what I was going to do without you. Then we made up and ended up have mind blowing sex. We came out of the bedroom and went right into discussion. I wasn't trying to hide it from you Kate; there was just no time to talk about it." Jack said trying to explain himself. He watched as Kate's face softened. He moved in and took her in his arms; she resisted for a second but then melted into his embrace.

'I will be ok baby, I promise ok" he said stroking her hair. "Do you have any idea how much I love you? I would never do anything to jeopardize that love. I swear I will be careful, I've been on worse missions before, trust me there were a couple of times that I was lucky to get out alive"

"Not helping Jack" Kate said squeezing him tighter. She heard him chuckle softly and she let out a tiny smile.

"I'm just trying to say that I lived and that was with nothing to come back to imagine how careful I'll be now that I know that when I get back you'll be waiting for me. At least you better be." He growled in her ear. She giggled and tilted her head back.

"Ok I'll support this but I swear to god Jack Shephard if you don't come back in one piece I will kill you myself" she said sternly.

Jack smiled and leaned down taking her mouth with his. Kate sank into the kiss allowing their tongues to make love to one another. After a few minutes they heard a slight cough. They broke away to see Shannon looking at them.

"I am so sorry to break this up I mean really sorry, but Sayid was wondering if you were coming back in and I thought maybe Kate and I could walk back together to the beach you know for safety." Shannon said.

"Uh yeah I'll be right in" he looked down at Kate, "I'll meet you back at the tent ok? We'll eat dinner and turn in early" he said his voice getting low and husky. Kate nodded and Jack leaned in and kissed her again. He pulled away gently touched her face and walked towards the hatch. As he passed Shannon he noticed she was beaming he shook his head amused and gave her a smile.

As soon as Jack was gone Kate looked over at Shannon knowing that there would be more to this hike then safety in numbers. She smiled at Shannon and the two walked quietly for a few minutes. Kate could tell Shannon was absolutely chomping at the bit. Suddenly Shannon couldn't take it anymore.

"Oh my god!" she squealed grabbing Kate's arm. "I'm sorry but that seriously sounded like the best sex ever coming from that room. It's not like we were trying to listen we just kind of walked in on it." She said excitedly. "Please you have to talk to me I swear I thought Sayid and I were the only people on the island having sex well except for Susan but I don't want to talk to her. Now I totally have someone I can confide in. Real girl talk it's been so long since I had that. Wait until Claire finds out she is going to freak. She has seriously come up with so many plots to try to get you and Jack together. You are going to tell her aren't you?' Shannon spoke so fast that Kate thought her head might spin.

"Whoa easy Shannon, let's just take it easy ok? I really don't feel comfortable talking about my sex life it's nothing personal I just never did that whole slumber party girl talk thing before" Kate said trying to calm the girl.

"Well then you had crappy friends" Shannon said giving her a look, "Besides you are going to be on your own for the next couple of days while Jack is gone, it's a perfect time to hang with me and Claire, come on maybe we can even get Sun to come."

Kate thought about how it was going to be with Jack gone. Technically her and Jack had only spent two nights together but it was enough for Kate to know she wasn't going to be able to sleep well without him. She looked at Shannon; maybe a slumber party would help take her mind off of what could be happening to Jack and make the time pass. "Ok" she said "tomorrow night we will have a slumber party, no boys allowed though because if I can't be with Jack then you guys should suffer as well." Kate said with a smile.

"Ooh great I'm so excited" Shannon said clapping her hands together. "Ok we'll raid the hatch for junk food and we'll make our camp down the beach where we can't be bothered but can still keep an eye out for polar bears and what not." The two reached the beach and Kate turned to go the opposite way from Shannon towards her own tent. "And don't forget Kate" Shannon called out to her. "We're having hardcore girl talk so leave your insecurities and modesty behind cause we're gonna talk sex."

Kate laughed as Shannon turned and headed for her own shelter, what the hell had she gotten into. She never had girlfriends growing up she was always a tom boy so she wasn't exactly sure what she was going to have to talk about. She had a feeling it was going to be wild though. As Kate approached her tent she saw Sawyer standing near the entrance.

"What can I do for you Sawyer, and before you say anything what you're thinking isn't going to happen." Kate said watching Sawyer have to bite back the sarcastic comment he was all ready to launch at her.

"Where's the boy toy?" he asked looking around.

'If you're referring to Jack he's finishing up at the hatch and will be back soon, why you want to talk to him." Kate asked.

"Why the hell would I want to talk to him, it's not like I got anything itching or burning at the moment" Sawyer said.

"Nice Sawyer, real nice" Kate said rolling her eyes.

"Actually I came to talk to you. I just can't seem to figure you out." Sawyer said

"Oh why's that?" Kate asked an eyebrow raised.

"Well Jack is like GI Joe even with the whole killing people he is still Good ol' Super Doc and I can't figure out why a common criminal like yourself is shacking up with him, I mean he has to be the most boring person ever Freckles. You need danger in your life sweet cheeks someone like me." He said leaning his face close in to hers. Kate backed away she didn't mind the harmless flirt here and there but Sawyer was not getting it that she and Jack were together end of story.

"You know why I'm with Jack?" Kate asked harshly. "I'm with him because where you say common criminal he doesn't think of me as a criminal or as being common. He loves me like no other man, no other person including my own family has ever loved me. You see boring Sawyer, not even close. I see a real man. When I'm with Jack it's earth shattering, you think I need danger well guess what? I'm with a trained killer, maybe it gets me off to know he can snap my neck with his bare hands during sex. It wouldn't surprise me if I got off on that, I get off on everything else he does to me." Kate spat out angrily and turned to enter her tent when she felt Sawyer grip her arm hard. Eyes flashing she bit out, "Get your hands off of me now"

Sawyer almost seemed shocked at his action and immediately let her go. He turned and quickly walked away down the beach. Kate watched him and hoped he got the point. She wasn't scared but maybe seeing if she could stay with Claire while Jack was away might not be such a bad idea either. Kate turned her head and saw Jack walking towards her. She smiled and awaited his arrival.

Yeah I apologize this chapter sucked I promise to do better next time.