A/N: This is a story I made up in my head last night. It's Jate-ish, as you will see in the story. Sayid has gone missing, and Kate and Jack go to find him.
"The baby is fine, Claire. It's just like the last time it was sick. The fever should go down." Jack said, looking down at Aaron.
"Are you sure Jack? He won't stop crying and his fever is worse then last time and…" Claire said, but Jack cut her off.
"Claire, Aaron is fine." Jack said, looking Claire in the eyes. Claire nodded, and looked down at the baby again.
Jack sighed. Today was like any other day on the island. Jack was helping people. Claire had thought her baby was really sick this time, but it was just the same thing as before. Jack, Kate and Sawyer had been set free by the others, and were back at camp. Everything was back to normal now, although Jack didn't understand why they had gone to all the trouble to catch them, and then just let them go after a few tests.
"Thanks Jack. I just…worry about Aaron, you know?" Claire said.
Jack smiled. "Nothings wrong with the baby Claire. Rousseau is crazy. No one is infected." Jack said.
"Hey." A voice said from behind them, and Jack immediately knew who it was.
"Hey Kate." Jack said.
"Can I talk to you for a minute Jack?" Kate asked.
Jack nodded. "Sure." He said. "I'll check on the baby again in a few hours." He told Claire, and then got up.
He and Kate walked for a little bit before Kate said something. "Jack, Sayid's gone." She said.
Jack stopped. "Gone…where?" He asked, looking at her questioningly.
"Yesterday he ran into the jungle. Steve said he saw him run in there, and he hasn't come out sense." Kate said.
"Steve's dead. Scott's alive." Jack said.
"Scott, Steve whatever. That's not the point. People are really starting to worry about where Sayid went." Kate told him.
"Look, Kate. I'm sure he'll turn up in a few hours. He probably got lost or something." Jack said.
Kate looked down, thinking. "I saw his trail in the jungle. I followed it for a bit, but I turned back when I got about a half a mile inland."
"You went into the jungle alone. Without a gun?" Jack said, turning to her.
Kate smiled slightly. "Worried about me Jack?" she asked him playfully.
"It's not safe Kate." He said.
She looked down for a minute. "Still doesn't answer my question." Kate said.
He paused for a second, and looked at her. She didn't look at him, but she was smiling. He sighed. "I'm worried about everyone Kate." Jack said.
Kate didn't respond for a while. Jack could tell she was thinking. "What do you think we should do about Sayid?" Kate asked him, suddenly looking up.
"He'll turn up Kate. He knows his way around. He's not lost." Jack said.
"What if he doesn't turn up? What if he's hurt? If we can't get there in time…" She trailed off, looking directly in his eyes.
"Well, what do you think we should do then, Kate?" Jack asked.
Kate looked down again. Jack could tell he wasn't going to like the answer. "I'm going after him, with or without someone else." Kate said, not looking up again.
"No." Jack said simply. "It's too dangerous. Besides, you don't even have a gun."
"I can get a gun." Kate said.
"Well you sure as hell aren't going alone. In fact, you're not going at all." Jack said.
"You can't make decisions for me Jack. I can do whatever I want." She said.
Jack thought for a minute. Kate had her mind made up, he could tell. She was going. "Well, you're not going alone." He said.
"That's kind of what I'm telling you for…no one wants to go." Kate said, giving a half smile. "I've asked everyone. They all said they can't, or they just don't want to."
Jack sighed. "Alright, I'll come. Just go and get the guns from Sawyer, and we'll get going."
Space
Kate still couldn't believe Jack was going along with this. She was surprised he had even let her come actually. Now all she had to do was get the guns from Sawyer, which made her think back to when she had asked for the asthma medicine. Of course, she knew where the guns were now, so if he didn't give them to her, she would make him.
"Hey Freckles. What brings you around here?" Sawyer asked, looking up from his book.
"I need some guns, Sawyer." She said. She didn't want to waste time playing games.
"I heard you were going after Sayid. So who's goin' with you? Charlie? Hurley? Or maybe you got the hots for Jin now?" Sawyer said, giving her his dimpled smile.
Kate smiled back. She couldn't help but smile when Sawyer made a joke. "Actually, not that it's any of your business, Jack is going with me." She said.
"Ah. You and the Doc gonna run off into the woods together? My, my. We all knew it would happen one day." Sawyer said.
"Are you going to give me the guns, or what Sawyer?" Kate said, with an embarrassed smile on her face.
"Sure. But, you gotta trade me." Sawyer said, with a grin on his face.
Kate sighed, knowing he would say that. "What do you want?" She asked.
"Hmm…what do I want?" Sawyer said. "Well Freckles, can't think of a thing now. Tell you what. I'll give you the guns, if I get a favor from you later. Whatever I say."
Kate sighed, seeing it was the only way she would get the guns. "Fine, whatever Sawyer." She said.
He smiled. "Good."
A/N: Next chapter is there trip through the jungle. Review please! There will be a few chapters. Probably three or four. Maybe more. Hey that rhymed! Anyways, chapter two should be up real soon. It will be long, trust me. –Cough- Review –cough-
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