Chapter 5

Hey guys I'm back with a long awaited update to this story and I'm sorry that I never updated earlier, it's just that I was suffering with a little writer's block with this story, but I'm all better now so without further interruption here it is and thank you to the people who have read and reviewed this story and if I had a jar of freshly baked cookies, you guys would be the first ones to get it, but the best I can give you right now is the next chapter so I hope that does. Hehe.

Enjoy

"Are they gone?" kate asked softly, her head tucked tightly under jack's chin and his arms embracing her and his son to him, afraid that they might be taken away from him any minute. He looked down at her for a few seconds and then looked toward the closed door for a few minutes hoping in fact that they had gone but he knew that things were never that black and white, especially when it came down to Ben. Over his brief stay with the others, he constantly witnessed Ben to be one of these people who like him, hardly gave up on what his mind and heart wanted to do. So with that in mind jack just placed a kiss on the side of kate's head and told her to lay low for a little longer.

(Meanwhile outside)

Sawyer was now tied and gagged securely and the three people standing over him were starting to get really worried at the fact that Ben hadn't returned yet so after waiting for a few more minutes, Tom took it upon himself to volunteer to see what was keeping Ben and the other two wordlessly agreed, because to be honest they didn't even wanna be here in the first place, so with that the elderly man made his way through the dingy entrance of the medical station.

"Ben are you there?" Tom asked walking down the sloped hallway to the medical station. In response he got no answer, but as he continued to walk down the hallway and checked each room along the way, he was suddenly alerted to a slight noise coming from the examination room area and at first he thought it was nothing but it happened again and this time it was louder and more defined and that was enough to satisfy his curiosity, so he now headed towards the direction but as he was about to enter the room and investigate the source of the sound which was behind a white door he noticed, Ben appeared out of nowhere startling and stopping him from what he was about do.

"What are you doing in here Tom. I thought I made it clear that I wanted you guys to wait outside." ben said, his voice dripping with annoyance and anger at not being listened to once again. He was sick and tired at the fact of people not listening to what he had to say lately.

"Well believe it or not Ben, we were worried about you but if your gonna behave like this with your own people then go screw yourself and find someone else to do your dirty work. "Tom replied to the stunned and now wide eyed man, who just hung his head for a few minutes and wordlessly walked out leaving Tom to really think of what he had just said. As he made the move to follow Ben, he looked back at the door once again and couldn't help but feel that there was something behind there, but as he heard Ben calling out for him from down the hall, he abandoned the crazy feeling and followed the small man out with their new prisoner in tow.

The whole time jack and kate were listening closely in on the conversation happening outside, and when they finally heard the sound of the double doors being shut, they knew from there on that they were safe, for now, although jack couldn't get past the fact that Ben may have gotten what he came for. They were just the people standing in the way, Jacob or sawyer was the real deal judging by the power display he was a witness to.

Kate on the other hand kept on looking at jack with a confused expression on her face but then the realisation started to hit her, the realisation of the fact that they were missing someone and with that she ushered Chris gently into jack's arms and bolted out of the bathroom door, looking for her friend although a part of jack couldn't help but feel slightly discouraged and jealous over her constant and immense concern over the southerner.

With that in mind he followed out wordlessly while trying to calm down a crying chris who was scared at the fact that he couldn't see his mama anywhere and with hearing that clearly, kate was at his side in seconds assuring the little guy that she wasn't going anywhere. To their good luck the little guy's cries soon subsided and then kate went to tuck him into his temporary while jack just stood there thinking of what he was going to tell her, what he saw. Would she even believe him? he asked himself.

"Hey jack is everything okay?" kate asked and at first he couldn't help but flinch at the slight annoyance in her tone but he just nodded wordlessly and asked her if they could talk which she was against at first but the minute she heard sawyer's name mentioned, she was all ears. So with that he signalled for her to sit on the bed situated in the corner and when they did, he simply took her hands into his and silently counted to five in his head before saying what he had to say although kate was getting more agitated and impatient by the minute.

"Jack just tell me what's going on, please. Your scaring the hell out of me." kate said, her eyes widening in fear and terror over not knowing what had happened to sawyer.

"They got what they came for" jack simply said making kate knit her eyebrows into further confusion of being completely lost now so jack took a deep breath and went on with telling her everything he had seen and when he was done kate just broke down completely for not being there when he needed her, instead she was thinking about satisfying her own pleasure in the room right next to his. Jack however wordlessly took her into his arms and rocked her back and forth like you would a child and he kept on assuring her that there was nothing they could do and he hoped from there on that his calm words would sooth her but he was a tad bit surprised at the fact that she suddenly became frantic and started muttering incoherently about how she should have stayed with him and talked to him about what was happening and what he was going through and in return all jack could do was reassure her again that it wasn't her fault in any way and when it didn't seem to work he simply leaned forward and pressed his lips against hers in an effort to soothe her and as the time went on she gradually gave into it and grasped him as tightly as he was her, giving into the present comfort he was offering her, or at least he thought she was.

After a few more minutes of staying in that loving entanglement they broke apart and as jack went to stroke her face, she surprisingly pulled away completely from him and without saying a word she got up from the bed and walked towards the direction of Sawyer's room leaving jack behind to wonder what had just happened and he also wondered just how much she cared for saywer and the very extent to where it crossed the barriers of friendship. He wondered sitting alone on an empty bed, feeling even more empty inside.

(Meanwhile back in sawyer's room)

She walked into the dull room and sat down on his cot, embracing the scent and warmth of him that still lingered on the sheets. As she sat down she wondered what was happening to him at the moment, was he even alive? Was he even alive? She wondered and as soon as the thought hit her, her eyes were flooded with tears that she never expected in the slightest to happen, and from there on she wondered herself just how much she cared for him. When she was staying with the others, she remembered about the countless number of times he had come to her asking for something more than friendship, but each time she turned him down because she knew she had someone else, but she wondered, would she turn him down now, because she cared enough for him to consider it, no matter who he was.

Hey guys so there it is. Sorry I had to do this but I promise it will get better, I just wanted kate to sort out her emotions because at the ending of the prequel "Left Behind" I kind of had the thought to plan something like this out in the sequel. So what will happen next??

Please review and let me know what you think. Thanks :)