Disclaimer: I ain't own nothin', get it straight already.

Me: Sawyer, it is "I don't own anyting."
Sawyer: "Your point?"
Me: Sighs I get i don't have one... whispers to the crowd "He's hopless."
Sawyer: "I head that!"
Me: Yeah, what are you gonna do about it?... come and get me...
Sawyer: "Nah... I am too tired. All that crying kept me up."
Me: Four eyes!
Sawyer: "Okay that is it, i am so takin' you down!"

Author's Note: Okay, just a heads up that the flashback in this story with be from before Jesse was born and all of the Jason stuff. So don't get confused.

Author's Note 2: Please please please review and tell me how this chapter was. Did you like it? Hate it? Tell me what you thought of the flashback or just give me a sentence to tell me you read the darn thing. :)

Riding On The Wings Of An Angel

Chapter 11:Collision Course (Part Two)

Leaving, leaving, gonna have to go.

Leaving, leaving, trin' not to show,

All the feelings I have,

Locked and buring me up inside.

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Jack:

"Kate, Kate… are you okay?" 'What is she looking at?' Worry flooded Jack all over again. 'I thought she was getting better.'

"Kate?" Jack looked over to the spot where Kate was staring transfixed. She slowly started to rock back and forth. Pulling her knees to her chest and then wrapping her arms around them tightly she moaned.

"Talk to me… please." What could he do? She was recovering from a major trauma and now she was… what? What was happening to her? And just after everything that had just happened.

"Jack—" Tears started to fall and she sobbed silently.

"What's wrong?" He asked but got no response. "Please talk to me… please…" Jack begged.

It seemed as if she wasn't going to respond when suddenly her face went stony and she spoke. "I killed him."

"What…?" Shocked, Jack backed off suddenly. How? What? What was she talking about? This wasn't what he had expected her to say.

"Jesse… Jesse… I tried to save him…" Kate was crying harder now with the mention of Jesse's name. "But he got him—"

"Who? Who got Jesse, Kate?"

Jerking her head to the side Kate looked at Jack with haunted eyes. "Jason." She whispered. The weight of the word made her shoulders sag.

Taken aback by the look in her eyes, Jack reached out to comfort Kate but she jerked away, fear shooting into her eyes.

She jumped up clenching her teeth against the pain Jack could see she was in. "I told Jesse I would keep him away from Jason. I swore I would keep my baby safe." With tears running down her cheeks Kate ran as fast as she could out into the jungle on the path leading to the beach.

Jumping up Jack rushed to follow Kate. Rounding the bend he saw Kate nowhere. "Kate." He yelled.

His thoughts were all jumbled. 'Kate! You had a baby?' His mind was baffled, he would have never guessed.

With his mind swirling with thoughts and questions, Jack started on his way to the beach.

"Jack!" A panicked voice called out. "Jack You got to come quick, it's Claire!"

His mind suddenly switched gears and his thoughts darted to the ordeal of the day before and the possible complications that could be occurring.

Dashing off, thoughts of Kate were pushed to the back of his mind. She would just have to wait.

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Sawyer:

He could hear sobbing, not that he really cared, but it was starting to get on his nerves. Everyone was devastated by the events that had happened the day before, but this insistent crying was driving him bonkers!

"It's either one person or another." Sawyer growled, talking to himself. "Claire or Shannon, or heaven forbid BOTH!"

Suddenly he just couldn't handle it. The sobs had lessened but the heart-wrenching sound of them pulled on his heartstrings whether he was willing to admit it or not.

Jumping up he stalked to the tree line where he could hear the crying more clearly. 'Odd, why wasn't Sayid or Charlie… or someone comforting them.' Someone was always around comforting one or the other.

"One big hug fest, makes me sick!" Sawyer scoffed.

Getting up from his airplane seat he stomped closer to the crying. "Might as well see who it is." He grumbled to himself. "So I can shut them the hell up!" He added as an afterthought.

In his haste he tripped on a branch left over from one of the campfires. "Hell!" Sawyer yelped in anger as his left knee hit the ground. "It always has to be the bad knee don't it?" He busily brushed the sand from his soar knee. By the time he was listening for the crying again, it was gone.

"Good riddance! Now I can try to get some sleep 'round here." Sawyer started back to his tent. As he reached his tent, he searched the tree line once more. As like before he didn't see anyone, but this time he looked further down the beach and noticed something.

Claire and Charlie sat near the water rocking her new son. Jack was just leaving them. They seemed happy… Claire's fair face had no trace of tears on it.

A strange feeling settled in his stomach, a little more quickly—Sawyer scanned the crowd some more.

Yep. Just as he had suspected, there almost out of site sat Shannon in Sayid's arms. Sawyer looked at her face closely, again there was no trace of tears. Shannon' face was stony, cold… any youthful softness in it was lost on her that day.

"Damnit!" He said it a little too loudly and several of the castaways looked in his direction. Now he knew who the crying belonged too… and why it had sounded so familiar.

Rationalizing to himself that it wasn't her, that it was a waste of time to go looking for her, to make sure she was okay… didn't work.

In spite of his better half telling him to forget it. That the doc would take care of it, he always did, Sawyer continued walking to the tree line. Kate needed him.

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Kate:

She had regained control of herself. Wiping away the tears, a hot rage boiled in her. 'How could I have let HIM take my little boy. How weak was I. How come I didn't fight harder.' Standing against a tree she smashed her fist into it, relishing the physical pain that distracted her from everything else.

"Errr!" Kate started to pace back and forth. "I am such an idiot!" She growled as some of the rage boiled over.

A twig cracked as her head wiped in that direction.

'Sawyer.' He was standing almost nervously, shifting from foot to foot a pensive look on his face. 'Great, just great!'

Kate waited for him to say something. He didn't.

"What!" She barked icily.

Moving towards her, Sawyer spoke gruffly, "Thought I heard someone crying."

"And you thought it was me." She scoffed, then more sarcastically, "Since when do you come t o anyone's rescue, Sawyer." The last word held a bite to it.

An angry look flashed across Sawyer's face before he covered it up with a coy grin. "I ain't coming to nobody's rescue, Sweetcheeks."

"Then WHAT are you doing here, Sawyer."

"I came to shut-up the crybaby who was disturbin' my beauty sleep." He cocked his head and stretched his grin further, "That don't happen to be you does it, Cookie."

Kate turned her face away. 'What a jerk.' Turning around she faced Sawyer, her eyes boring into his, "Good-bye, Sawyer." Was all she said before she stalked off into the jungle.

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Kate:

As Kate continued on her way back to the caves the anger started to dissolve. Her heart started to ache. As if a physical pain had occurred she pressed her hand to her chest.

A buzzing sound was heard and a giant mosquito flew towards her. She slapped it down easily, unreasonably angry at the stupid bug. At that moment she realized that anger was a lot easier than pain.

Stomping off some more she dredged up every detail that she hated about this stupid island. Making a list in her head as she went.

'Number one: Can't run away, cause last time I checked, people can't walk on water.'

She clenched her fists.

'Number two: Always around the same people who think they have you ALL figured out.'

An cynical laugh escaped her.

'Number three: Fish, fruit and boar. And that is if Locke and Boone decided to bring back some boar. 'Cause they sure as hell aren't trying.'

'Number four: The freaking Monster, polar bears and murderous kidnapping psychopaths. --Actually put THAT at the top of the list.'

"Stupid, monster infested, freaking, polar bear inhabited, misplaced, HORRIBLE HELL HOLE OF AN ISLAND." She swore.

"Kate!" Wiping her head up she saw Jack coming towards her.

'Damn!' Kate hadn't realized how close she had gotten to the caves. Jack must have been looking for her.

"Are you alright?" Jack's voice was tinged with concern.

She looked at him carefully for a moment before responding. "Yeah…fine."

She looked away to avoid looking in his eyes, knowing that he wouldn't buy that answer for a second.

"Uhm…Okay. Come on you should rest. Doctor's orders." He half smiled, trying to elicit a laugh out of her.

All he got was a cold stare before she walked off to her sleeping area.

'Number five: You are never alone.'

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Flashback:

The music raged deafeningly and a strobe light flashed manically as if it were on drugs.

Slipping through the crowd, Kate came carrying a tray of drinks. Dressed in tight-fitting jeans and a dark blue low-cut top, she maneuvered over to the table.

"Here are you drinks." She smiled a winning smile. Stooping over to place the tray down she allowed the men just a peak of what lie beneath her shirt. "Have a nice evening."

She moved on. 'No tips from that table.' Most of the time smiling her disarming smile and tempting men with her other assets contributed to her getting good tips. 'Not like waitressing at this club pays well.' Her mood darkened and she forced a smile to the surface as a man walked by. 'Got to keep up appearances.'

Kate and her younger sister lived in a small apartment a few blocks down. Trying to stay under police authority radar, support a ten year old sister, keep her in school and pay the rent was… well… challenging…

Suddenly she bumped into someone and the tray of now empty glasses she was holding started to slip. 'Crap!' Her mind screamed, 'Now I am going to get fired for breaking some dumb glasses.'

A man appeared and grabbed the tray just in time. He was a little taller than her, muscled with a small goatee. His eyes were dark, almost black, inky deep and mysterious. Then he smiled, a charming, charismatic smile. 'Wow!'

"Hi." He said in a seductive voice, as he helped her right the tray.

"Hi!" Kate replied breathlessly. 'Was this the man of her dreams?' All Kate could do was stare as his dark pools for eyes swallowed her up. 'Maybe things would start to look up now.'

"My name is Jason." He grinned as if laughing at a private joke.

Thanks to all of those wonderful people who have reviewed my last chapter. I really appreciat it! Okay chapter twelve will be up on this coming weekend so tune in for that. I hope you enjoyed and don't forget to REVIEW!