Chapter 7- S.O.S Part 1

Disclaimer: I don't own LOST.

A/N: So here is it, the episode that I have been wanting to write. So this is my take on the episode, of course up until the last scene. Then that's where it's going to get different.

Kate sat up against the tree enjoying the scenery. She told herself that she was going to set aside the day as a day for her. She'd do what she wanted, and she certainly not go anywhere near Jack. She watched Sawyer walk across the beach and realized that he was coming up to her.

"Hey." Sawyer said. To Kate it seemed like he was nervous.

Kate didn't say anything but just looked at him.

"So.. what are you doing?"

"What does it look like I'm doing?" Kate realized she sounded mean, but she was fed up with both him and Jack.

"Well if you're not doing anything…"

"What do you want?"

"Well I'm thinking of getting some mussels. You wanna help?"

Kate smiled at how hopeful he was. This was obviously his way of apologizing to her.

She let him stand there squirming for a couple seconds before she answered. "Sure." She stood up and walked with him to the shore.

She lost track of how much time they spent together, but she had a lot of fun and she had forgotten all of her problems. Sawyer usually did that to her.

But Sawyer was having a lot of fun with making fun of her, so finally she had enough. "You want to help or not? Because I've got better things to do with my time." She stared at him and he stared back at her.

But then his gaze shifted somewhere else. "Oh happy day, here comes Doctor Giggles."

Kate looked back and sure enough there was Jack.

"Hey." Jack looked at her.

She just stared at him.

"Hey yourself." Sawyer said.

"I'm going back into the jungle to talk to our friend with the beard, see if we can make a trade." Jack said.

He was still looking at her. Why was he still looking at her? He had to be inviting Sawyer. He would never want to endanger her again, that had been obvious from the last time.

"Ah the old prisoner exchange. And you're inviting me along because you want a gun. Huh?"

Jack looked at Sawyer finally and Kate allowed herself to breathe.

"I'm not inviting you. I'm inviting Kate. And I've already got a gun, but thanks for offering."

Kate's heart leaped into her chest. Had she just heard correctly? He was actually reaching out to her.

"How the hell did you get a gun?" Sawyer asked. To Kate he seemed to be hurt that Jack was asking Kate instead of Sawyer.

"Does it matter?" Jack asked, and then he looked down at Kate.

Kate looked up at him. "I'll get my things." If Kate hadn't have known better, she might have thought that Jack's eyes had lit up in that brief second.

Kate grabbed her backpack from her tent as Jack followed her.

"You ready?" he asked her.

"Ready when you are."

They started the trek with Kate following Jack, and for a while neither of them spoke, but finally Kate decided it was time for them to talk.

"I'm flattered."

Jack looked back at her. "Yeah why's that?"

"Because you chose me to go with you instead of Sawyer."

"I asked Sayid first but he turned me down. And I only asked you because they don't want you. They grabbed you, had you at gunpoint. They could have kept you but they didn't. Then again, they didn't really want me either."

Gee Jack, thanks for making me feel special. She rolled her eyes but kept on. "Damaged goods, both of us."

Jack stopped and they both looked at each other. Kate felt the intensity of his gaze, and she fought to keep contact with him, but then he started walking again.

Kate watched him for a second, and then looked away and spotted a doll. "What's that?" she moved towards it and she heard Jack call her.

"It's a doll." She reached for it and she heard Jack yell at her but she ignored him once again.

It was a blur to her but Jack had his arms around her as they both were scooped up into the net.

"Sorry." Kate said immediately. At first she tried to stay away from him, but then she realized that there was no use and so she let herself fall up against him. Kate waited for him to reprimand her.

"You okay?" Jack asked her breathlessly.

Kate looked at him. "Yeah."

He smiled at her and Kate couldn't help but smile herself. "Oh good, so you can hear me?"

Kate looked away.

"This isn't one of theirs." Jack said.

"No, it's not sophisticated enough. It must be one of Rousseau's traps, so hopefully she's not far from here."

"It could be a week before she shows up."

Kate's heart sank. Then again, She thought. It wouldn't be all that bad to be trapped with him for a week.

Kate realized that Jack was moving around so she asked him what he was doing. He told her he was trying to get the gun. Without thinking, Kate reached around his waist and grabbed the gun for him. She tried to stall as much as possible because she loved the feeling of having her arms around him.

"Give me the gun." Jack told her.

"Why? What for?"

"I'm going to try to shoot the rope."

Kate started to aim for the rope as Jack protested. "I'm a better shot than you are."

"Oh really?"

Kate glanced at Jack and saw that he was smiling at her. "Yeah, I told you. I grew up hunting with my dad." Kate aimed, but at the last second she decided to miss on purpose. "Damn!"

"Well at least they know where we are. Okay, now give me the gun."

"Are you going to waste another bullet?" Kate had no idea if Jack had ever shot a gun so she was sure that this was going to be fun.

Jack laughed and Kate felt her heart burst with excitement. "We'll still have thirteen more to shoot each other with." He gave her another smile. "Come on."

She hadn't seen him this carefree in a while. "Fine. You have a better angle than mine anyway."

"Oh that's going to be your excuse when I make the shot?"

Kate realized that if Jack did make the shot then he would probably rub it in her face. "When you make the shot."

Jack aimed and shot, and suddenly they were falling to the ground.

They both broke out in laughter as she lay on top of him. "Nice shot." Kate said.

They laid there recovering and Kate wondered how long Jack would let her lay on top of him like that.

"Okay so how are we gonna get out of this?" Jack asked.

Apparently he wouldn't let her lay there for long.

"Well, I'll try to slide over, like this." Kate slid to the side and soon she was laying on her back beside Jack in the net.

Jack got out quickly and noticed that it started to rain.

"Here." He lended her a hand as she slowly stood up. They stood there like that for a second before they continued on. Kate sighed. She should have known that it wouldn't have lasted long.

"What did you mean back there?" Jack asked.

"What?"

"In the net, you said they were sophisticated. The Others."

Kate's heart sank. She had slipped and now she had no way out of it.

He stopped and turned to look at her. She stopped in front of him.

"Last week, when the baby got sick, Claire and I went into the jungle, and uh, found another hatch."

"What?"

Kate could tell that Jack was getting mad.

Kate told him about the medical station and watched as Jack seemed to look betrayed.

"When were you going to tell me this?" Jack demanded.

Kate watched him for a second, not believing what she was hearing. "When you decided to let me back in the club." Jack gave her a look and started walking again. "What? You can keep one of them locked up in the hatch for like a week and say nothing, but then when I-" Kate stopped as Jack stopped in front of her.

"We're here."

"Are you sure?"

Jack started pointing at places and soon he was in the middle of the clearing yelling.

"Jack!"

"I know you're out there, I know you can hear me!"

"Jack they're not here!"

"I'll be right here until you talk to me, I'll be right here!"

Kate groaned and realized that it was going to be a really long night.

A/N: I'm so sorry that this took so long! I know I said I wanted to finish this before December ended but I just got too busy. I will update sooner and that will be the last chapter.