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Author's Note: I LOVE reviews. Thank you to all the wonderful fans for reviewing. Keep the wonderful reviews coming. So i tried really hard and i got this next chapter out to all you wonderful people.

Did you all like last nights episode. I was rolling over laughing when the boar kept stealing sawyer's stuff. Hee Hee. Oh and the 'I never' game was priceless. Who would have guessed Kate was married?I could go on forever, but i am sure you want ot read this chapter so i will save some of this speal for the next chapters a/n.

Riding On The Wings Of An Angel

Chapter 6:Clues

Jack:

Jack left the clearing after a bit of searching… well, not really. "Damn, Sawyer, where did that red neck go." Jack was stomping through some underbrush. The area was unfamiliar, but there was a faint path that seemed to be man made. "The ASS says he's going to come along- scratch that the ASS doesn't even say he's going to come along, he just does. THEN he slows me down with his annoying comments and dumb questions about whether or not we are there yet!"

Jack slapped a branch out of his way and continued to rant. "As soon as a little obstacle pops up, Sawyer switches gears and high tails it back to his little tent in Branchville!"

Jack was breathing herd from his yelling into the empty jungle when he rounded a bend in the path. Suddenly his foot caught on something and he fell with a dull thud.

"Oof." The wind was knocked out of him. Growling he started to get up, as he did he noticed some blood on his hand. 'That's strange.'

Jack turned his hands over and over then checked himself to find where he was bleeding. 'Where am I bleeding?' Jack checked his arms and legs and face but could find no source of the blood.

"What?" Jack couldn't figure it out. He was deep in thought as something out of the corner of his eye caught his attention.

"Blood…" The word got caught in Jack's throat as a lump started to form. Kneeling down he reached out and touched the puddle of blood on the ground. His eyes followed the trail of blood smeared on the trunk of the tree. It ended about ten feet up. "Kate." Jack frantically looked around. "KATE!"

Jack paced around the area looking for clues while screaming Kate's name. There was no doubt in his mind that it was Kate's blood he was standing over.

Jack noticed animal prints in the soil around the tree. Big ones from what looked like… 'A beat.' "A BEAR!" Jack had no doctor-type restraint to hold down the welling panic that was threatening to overflow. 'Please, no.'

Jumping up Jack started to follow the trail, which was occasionally spotted with blood. "KATE!" He kept calling although his throat was getting raw and he was losing his voice. 'Please answer.'

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Kate:

Kate was slipping away. She knew it. She had only felt this way once before. The pain had been greatly reduced an hour or so ago. At first Kate had been greatful for it, but then it had started to worry her. She couldn't feel much of anything, never mind pain.

A strange sense of calm had set over her. She wasn't in pain, she had Jesse, she… there was something she was forgetting, something kept nagging at the back of her mind. Something…

"Jack." Kate whispered. The name popped into her head. 'How could I have forgotten about him?' This was getting so confusing. 'Why do I want Jack…' A twinge in her side brought the answer back. 'I'm hurt. I need Jack…right.'

Suddenly Kate couldn't remember what she had been thinking about. Jesse appeared at her side. He took the toy plane from its place intertwined in her fingers. "Mommy, want to play now?" One look at his dazzling smile and Kate didn't care. 'Who care's. I have Jesse back.'

But something still nagged in the back of her mind, trying to worm its way out. 'Right?'

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Jack:

'You're close, Kate. But where are you?' Jack could feel that Kate was near -if that was even possible. But in this part of the jungle, how was he going to find her before an animal did…if one hadn't already. 'Jack, don't you dare even think something like that!' Jack scolded himself.

He had just found a muddy part of the path with footprints and handprints in it as if someone had fallen. It was sprinkled with bloody spots.

Jack was really getting worried. He had been following the trail of blood for a while now. 'How much blood is she losing?' Or even worse, 'How much more blood can she afford to lose?'

Jack's well-trained doctor side kept sticking its nose into the situation reminding him of how hopeless it all was. 'She'll need a transfusion, but you can't do that on a island without proper medical equipment.' It said.

Trying to ignore it Jack squinted trying to find more clues. For the last ten minutes there hadn't been any more clues to Kate's whereabouts.

The sun was nearly finished setting. Another few minutes and Jack would be in almost complete darkness. 'She'll need antibiotics.' It said again.

Jack stumbled, and then mentally scolded himself for not paying more attention. 'Kate needs you. You can't help her if YOU get hurt.'

'Jack you won't succeed. She will die just like your other patient.' This time the voice sounded distinctly like his father's.

"NO! I WILL do this." Jack yelled trying to drown out the voice.

'Yes you will try. Pathetically enough you will not quit while you are ahead.' Jack's dad replied calmly, his voice filled with disgust and disappointment. 'Still you are the failure, Jack will you ever learn?'

"NO! No, no, no." Jack shook his head vigorously. "Kate, I will find you." He vowed. Then directing his words to his father, "You can't control me anymore!"

'No Jack, I can't. But ask yourself one question. Do you even care if she dies or will you just be relieved that the lying murderer is dead!'

Jack covered his ears with his hands. "I won't listen to you anymore."

With that Jack focused harder on his surroundings. 'Kate, I WILL find you. I have too. Kate please, I have to tell you, I…'

Before the thought could be completed, Jack found a backpack on the ground. It was half hidden by the underbrush, but when Jack pulled it out he could see clearly that it was definitely Kate's. "Kate."

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Kate:

Kate was shivering again. Since the sun had gone down, it had gotten even colder. Her teeth were chattering and her fingers felt like ice. Kate curled up in a ball the best that she could.

She though about making a fire, but try as she might she couldn't make her body do it.

She thought about getting a sweater from her pack, but couldn't make herself do that either, besides she had a sneaking suspicion that it was lost somewhere. In fact Kate couldn't make herself do much of anything. 'That doesn't matter though. I'll just sleep and then do it in the morning after I have breakfast with Jesse.' Were the last words Kate thought before she fell asleep.

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Flashback:

"Jesse!" Kate called out in a panic filled voice. "Jesse!" A sob caught in her throat as she touched the quickly colouring bruise on her cheek and the split lip. A tear raced down her face and she hastily wiped it away as Jesse ran into the room.

"Mommy? What's-"

"-Jesse, quick go get dressed, we're going on a trip." Kate faked a smile.

"A trip?" Jesse frowned. "Isn't it my bedtime?" Kate kneeled down, "Jesse, my little man, listen carefully, okay?"

"Okay." A worried little face peered back at Kate as it scanned her bruised face.

"We need to go on a trip somewhere special. But the trick to get there is that we need to leave right now." Kate whipped another tear that rolled down her cheek and paused to get control of voice.

"So, I need you to go and get dressed. Put on the clothes on that I put out for you for tomorrow. Got that?" Kate said kindly, trying to keep the worry out of her voice.

"Yes, Mommy." Jesse turned to leave, then turned back. "Mommy…?" Jesse looked at Kate imploringly.

"Yes, sweetie?"

"Is daddy back?"

A sob escaped Kate and she struggled to regain control of herself. 'He doesn't need to see me this way.'

Jesse ran and put his little arms around Kate's neck. Letting go he fingered her bruised cheek. "Does it hurt?" The innocence in his eyes was so precious, but Kate asked herself. 'How much longer will it be there?'

"I'm okay, now go. Get dressed." Kate pushed him away gently but firmly. "We have a trip to take!" Kate emphasized with fake excitement.

Jesse gave Kate a long look as if to see if she was telling the truth, then he ran off to his room.

Kate sank down on the kitchen floor shoulders drooped with tears stinging her cut lip and asked herself the never ending question. 'Where will we go? Where will this special trip take us?'

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Thanks to my wonderful Reviewers:

Oreata: I know i just love writting those flashbacks. unfortunatly they may get a little more intense, but i will try to keep the Jesse/Kate sweetness in them. Tell me what you think of the one in todays chapter.

rain1657: I know Jack and Sawyer are so enjoyable to write! Unfortunatly therewas none of them in this chapter or the next. They will be in chapter nine though...so just hang in there and enjoy the rest of it.

FanOfLOST: Yippe, i have succeeded in makeing someone an addict. Luckily for you i will perscibe a night of fan fic reading and suggest you seek help at LAA- Lost Addicts Annoynmous. Devilish Grin Yes i admit it, i have been known to go there occasionally.

Evermore: The storm. Goodie, i was hoping i would get a review about this. Did it make sense, you understood what happened? Sawyer and Jack both in the field after the storm, but not together. (Is that some sort of oxymoron or paradox or something?) Well, your on the right track with them being the only two that experienced it!

Phoenix-Talon: I really wish it were a rumor about Kate's secret. unfortuantely it came straight out of my imagination and onto paper. If you know ANYTHING about Kate's real past secrets feel free to share. I am soooooo dieing to find out. Faints Oh and i will check out your stories. I am always up to find new lost fan fics-)

Teyla Sheppard: You are the winner! so i will sing you a song... breaks a bunch of glasses and the window cracks, the pets hide under the couch and the family runs for the hills...maybe not! Your reward is another chapter updated as quick as possible and another on tomorrow or the dayafter!

Now for Kate's son. you will find out what happens to him, just not for a little while. I will be leadingup to it...maybe you will get a bit of a hint from this chapter. Enjoy!

tfm: Thanks, i was much more careful in this chapter, although i may have made some mistakes cause i was so anxious to get this next chapter out to you wonderful fans!

Next Chapter...We meet the man that beat Kate up!