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Okay so this is the chapter that many of you wonderful reviewers here have been waiting for. Luckily this is soooo not the end, so no need to worry.

Riding On The Wings Of An Angel

Chapter 7: Jason

Sawyer:

"And the doctor runs off to save the girl. Story of my life." Sawyer grumbled to himself as he entered the beach camp. After the storm incident and Jack's disappearing act, Sawyer had spent half an hour crashing through the bushes trying to find any sign of which way Jack had gone. Finally giving up Sawyer high-tailed it home… to a tent on the beach that is.

That night sawyer didn't sleep much. Something kept nagging at him. No matter how hard he tried he couldn't get the nagging to go away. A fitful night ensued, Sawyer got up in the morning before all the other survivors.

Lighting a cigarette, sawyer stood outside of his tent staring out at the water and thinking to himself. 'Can't say I didn't try.' Sawyer shook his head almost wistfully. 'Not like they need my help anyways. Never helped nobody, not 'bout to start now.'

"Sawyer?" Sayid's voice held confusion as he walked towards him. "What are you doing here? Where is Jack? Did he find Kate?"

"Ah, the almighty Ali. Wondered when I'd see you 'round." Sawyer baited Sayid, ignoring his question.

"Sawyer." Sayid raised his voice a notch, attempting to get Sawyer to answer his questions.

Sawyer let out a smoky breath, dropping the cigarette to the ground he stomped it out. Throwing Sayid a deadly look, "How the hell do I know?"

Sayid gave an exasperated look. "How do you not know?" His voice held a note of accusation.

When Sawyer didn't respond, Sayid went on. "You were with him. What happened?" Then before Sawyer could respond, "I knew it was a mistake to let Jack go with you as his only backup."

Sawyer's head shot up. "Excuse me!"

"You heard me." Sayid kept his gaze steady on Sawyer. "I should have insisted that someone else go, someone who…" Sayid's gaze flickered and he stopped.

Sawyer took a menacing step forward, "Someone who what?" His voice held an anger that threatened to explode. 'Who the hell was he to judge me, he has no idea what happened!'

"Someone. Who. What." Sawyer repeated through clenched teeth.

Sayid threw up his hands. "You know what. Forget it. This is useless. YOU are useless." Sayid said and walked away.

As Sawyer watched Sayid walk away, a hard knot formed in his stomach. The words Sayid had said bothered him.

Yelling after Sayid, "I'm not useless!" The words sounded hollow, not coming out quit right. 'I'm not useless! I do a lot around here.' Sawyer thought for a minute about everything he did, then gave up. 'I do a lot for myself.'

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Kate:

Kate woke with a start, she was covered in a cold sweat and was disoriented. 'Where am I?' Fear shot through Kate before she remembered the polar bear and being injured and… Jesse.

Turning her head she saw the early morning light and shivered but not at the morning air. She had been having a nightmare. 'Nightmares, now there's a familiar word, haven't had that nightmare in a while.' Remembering it brought a hatred and sorrow that Kate had been trying to forget for the last two and a half years.

Morning brought a freshness to everything. Including the pain from Kate's injures that had been dulled the previous evening. Sitting up Kate tried to ignore the pain and the spinning of her head. 'At least I am alive, now all I need to do is make it back to camp. No problem.'

A wave of pain splashed over Kate and she doubled over coughing. 'I take it back, it is a problem.' Another wave hit and she was left gasping for breath. 'I can't do this!'

Breathing deeply she corrected herself, 'Yes you can! Kate you have gotten though worse. Pains no big deal. Just think about the bank heist.'

Slowly standing up she paused. She could hear something. A noise. 'It sounds so familiar' Searching through the fog that was starting to form in her brain again, she almost found the answer before her thoughts were interrupted by a voice.

"Let's go play in the water." Jesse appeared. "I'm hot!" Jesse whined, pouting.

"Jesse, Mommy is really tired." Kate sighed. "I'll help." Jesse ran over to Kate and lifted her arm onto his little shoulders. Kate couldn't help letting out a little laugh.

"Okay. Swimming it is." All the pain slide away like the receding of a tide. The world looked brighter, whiter and a happiness planted itself in her heart.

…Still something wasn't quit right.

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Flashback:

"Are you tired yet?" Kate asked, her mind working out a million things at once.

"Yep." Jesse responded in a tired, quiet voice.

"Okay, you go to sleep. When you wake up we will have some fun." Kate smiled leaned over and kissed Jesse on the head. "Night, Sweetie."

"Night-night, mommy." Jesse yawned and was out like a light.

Kate closed the back door to the car softly, hopped into the drivers seat and started the car. They had just stopped at a gas station to use the restroom and by some snacks for the road. 'Jesse is being so good, but I can tell he is scared. It's taken him two three hours to wind down and fall asleep.'

It was almost midnight. They had been on the road for a few hours. After grabbing as much as they could, everything was hastily shoved into the trunk and backseat of Kate's rusty little car. 'At least it runs.'

A bed of blankets and stuffed animals were laid out on the backseat with Jesse where he slept. On the floor were some of the few possessions Kate had grabbed as she rushed Jesse out of their small apartment. They had to leave. They had to leave now!

A tear snaked its way down Kate's face as she drove aimlessly in the dead of the night. Her face had stopped throbbing, but her ribs still ached every time she drew a breath. 'At least there was only one on the face this time.'

Another tear escaped and then another and another until it seemed they would never stop. The fear was so great, and the anxiety almost took over her. Only thoughts of Jesse were enough to control the overwhelming enormity of the situation she was in. They were in.

'Jesse, I promise I will get you out of this in one piece. I promise. If it is the last thing I do, I will save you.

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Kate:

"Kate!" A voice slipped through the fog. "Kate!" There was a voice calling her. "Kate!" There it was again. 'Who was calling me?'

The voice came again, but sounded further away. Kate opened her eyes. 'No! Come back. It sounded like… like, who did it sound like?' Everything was getting so confusing again. 'Sounded like JACK!'

"Jack." Kate had intended to shout, but could only crock the name. She lifted her head. "Jack." A little louder this time. A coughing fit ensued. Laying her head back down she closed her eyes to the spinning world. "Jack…"

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Flashback:

"JASON!" Kate was screaming. "STOP!"

"You little bitch! Where is he?" Jason rushed at Kate and grabbed her shoulders, squeezing hard. "WHERE. IS. HE."

Kate bit her lip trying not to cry out in pain. That only made it worse. "He's not here." Kate answered quietly.

The pulsing vein in his forehead amplified the rage on Jason's face.

"You lying little slut." Jason screamed as he slammed Kate against a wall. "You tell me where Jesse is or I will kill you this time.

Still gasping for breath from being slammed into the concrete wall, Kate desperately tried to think of a way to get away from Jason…alive.

Relaxing Kate made it feel as if she had stopped struggling. She just stood still staring at the tattoos on his arm while he yelled and shook her.

When Jason finally fell for the trick she took the opportunity to knee him in the groin, then punching him in the head she made a desperate dash for the door.

Even though Kate had some training in fighting, she couldn't take on a six foot two, two hundred pound man hell bent on getting his way. No matter what.

Racing to the door, Kate fumbled with the lock and handle, heart pounding in her head, a cold sweat breaking out on her. Finally getting it open, she raced out of it only to hear Jason right on her trail.

Rounding a corner she stumbled, hearing a shot ring out she practically flew down the stairs and ran out the door to the street. Turning left she entered a large crowd of people milling around and kept running. She heard yells; from the people in the crowd or from Jason she didn't know. Her thundered with the sound of her heartbeat and the only thing she could think about was getting away. Her mind kept repeating as if stuck in a constant loop, 'Away, away, got to get away. Away, away, away.' A broken record, that's what she was… broken.

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Jack:

A voice calling out caught Jack's attention.

"Jesse."

It came again. The voice was filled with anguish and it was distinctly Kate's.

'Kate.' Fear constricted Jack's throat. Breathing deep he tried again. "KATE!" he called out. "Kate!" 'Where is she.' She called out "Jesse" again. Turning a bend Jack heard the sound of running water before he saw her.

"Kate…" he breathed as he rushed over to her.

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Next chapter: So thisis the beginning to Kategetting well, but how will this experiencechange Kate? Will the hallucinations stop? Were theyjust hallucinations?(Okay so that's pushing it...maybe not. Mahhh hahhhhhhahahhhhaaa).Whenwill sawyermake an appearance? Laughs insanelySo many questions and iam not telling you points finger any of the answers.

Thanks to myAWSOME reviewers:

CrAzYhOrSeGiRl88: Trust me it just gets better from here. I really love doing the haunting stuff. Glad you love it. Trust me there will be many sparks flying...Jack/Kate...Kate/Sawyer...whew, will Kate ever make up her mind. read and see.

FanOfLOST: O- good i am not they only one. The i never game was so hilarious and shocking! My sister and i were sheiking so much my mom came upstairs to tell us to be queit or no watching lost. Needless to say that shut us up. So ya, we got to see some of the evil Jason, and next chapter some more of him. Poor Kate. Actually next chapter is like "Poor confused Jack." you'll see...

Teyla Sheppard: So there you have it a little more Sawyer, too bad, but at least you got to know what the HECK happened to him. Unfortunatley he will cause more trouble..well its not like that is a surprise! Rolls eyes Yeah- i loooovvveee writtng Jesse, unfortunatley all good things must come to an end (Who said that, whoever he is should be shot, it is such a stupid saying. Okay so maybe that was a little melodramatic. but what can you expect...i write fanfics!)

Oreata: That is good you can handle the tough stuff, cause the next chapters will have intermitent fluff with a main meal of drama. Warning: NOT for the weak of heart!

rain1657: More Sawyer fun to come. Just hold on to you horses... "Whow boys!" and it will come.

MegaWriter: I know it took a while for Kate to be rescued, but now you havwe it! More fun to come, in the form of suspence, angst and flashbacks...luckily there will be a few fluffy scenes inbetween.

Evermore: you know Sawyer, he went home, but i think he is going to battle with his jerk-i-ness of leaving the hunt for Kate. Yeah, like in the form of dreams and guilt. "O- this'll be fun!"

Sailor-Sara-Moon: I am sooo glad you love it soo much. The more readers the better. Keep reviewing it make me feel good.-)

Austin B: Yeah, so Kate's a mom. Pretty surprising. Wish they would do something like that in the show...I can always dream... More surprises to come. Hope i can keep on fooling ya.

Next Chapter: A misunderstanding lead to things said that can't be taken back. Plus Sawyer makes a reappearance and intefears...surprise, surprise! Keep the reviews comming!