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Chapter 3

Fix It

"Hurley!" Jack screamed into the walkie talkie but there was still no answer.

"Do you think Lukas could've found them?" Kate asked, worried.

"I don't know." Jack dropped his arm and looked up at the sky peeking through the trees. The clouds were turning grey and moving fast.

"We can try again later." Kate said, trying to keep the mood positive, even though she felt like screaming out in frustration.

"Let's just keep moving." Jack turned off the talkie, not wanting to waste the batteries and kept walking in the direction they had been going.

"Get over there!" Lukas yelled as one of his men held a man from the Hostiles, who had tried to escape, by the shirt and shoved him back to the group. The man fell to the ground with a thud and held his hand on the back of his head where he had been hit by the butt of a gun. "Next time, you'll think twice before trying to get away," Lukas spat, "And that goes for all of you!"

He looked at the frightened faces of these people. An Asian woman had gone over and knelt down to attend to the man on the ground.

He and the men who had arrived with Marcus had tried to talk to these people, but no matter what, they all insisted on lying to them. Lukas was getting sick and tired of their lies.

"Lukas, they're back." Lukas turned around to face the tall black man, Marcus, his good friend since the tragedy.

"What?"

"Dawson and Cainin, they're back." Marcus pointed towards the two men exiting the jungle, looking worn out and filthy.

He waited until they had gotten closer to talk to them.

"Marcus." Cainin and Dawson nodded a hello as Marcus nodded back.

"What happened?" Cainin gestured towards the man who had tried escaping and the woman still trying to look after his wound.

"He tried to escape." Marcus said.

"Have any of them said anything about Naomi?" Asked Dawson.

"Nothing new. They all keep saying that this John Locke guy did it." Lukas spoke.

"Where is she?" Dawson noticed that the body was gone from the spot she had been laying on.

"We moved her. No one wants to look at a dead body." Marcus said.

Dawson stepped forward and snarled in Marcus' face, "No one touches her but me!"

"Calm down!" Lukas yelled.

"Where is she?" Dawson glared at them.

Marcus pointed towards the helicopter, "She's behind there, under a blanket."

Dawson immediately stepped back and walked over there, taking one more vicious look at Marcus.

"Desmond! It's so great to see you!" Hurley grabbed the tired and damp man in a giant bear hug.

"Where is Jack?" Desmond asked as Sayid handed him a bottle of water.

"At the French Chick's tower. We're just waiting for a-" Hurley stopped talking when he realized that something was wrong with this picture. "Uh… Where's Charlie?"

Jack turned on the small radio again as he and Kate stopped to drink some water. He held down a button on the side as he spoke into it, "Hello?"

Desmond looked at the six faces waiting patiently for an answer. How do I tell them? He took a long sip of the cold water; it felt great on his dry throat.

"Is Charlie all right?" Bernard asked.

Desmond let out a sorrowful sigh and looked at his feet, "Charlie is… He is…" he couldn't form the right words in his mouth. He felt like crying as he looked up into their eyes, "Umm… Charlie-"

"Hello?" Desmond quit talking when he heard a familiar voice speaking.

"Jack?" Desmond said.

"Charlie is Jack?" Sawyer asked, not amused.

"No, don't you hear that?"

"Hello! Anyone?" They all paused and listened as they heard the voice too.

"The radio!" Hurley shouted then turned and ran to a spot in the sand and picked up a small black object, "Jack?"

Jack almost leapt off the ground when he heard Hurley's voice reply, "Hurley! Is everyone okay?"

"Yeah, we're fine."

"Has anyone shown up there?"

"Besides Desmond, no. Why? Is the rescue on its way?"

Jack paused for a moment to think, "Hurley, let me talk to Juliet. Is she still there?"

"Yeah, dude she's here. Is something wrong?"

"Just put her on."

"Why do you need to speak to her?" Kate asked from Jack's right, she didn't sound very happy.

"Jack?" Juliet's voice came over the radio.

"Are you all right?" Jack asked.

"I'm fine, we're all fine. You?"

Jack ignored her question, "Do your people know any man named Lukas?"

"My people?" She sounded offended.

"Juliet!" Jack wasn't in the mood for this.

"Jack, what is going on?"

"Do you know anyone named Lukas?"

It was quiet for a second and then she spoke again, "No. I don't know that name at all." She was telling the truth.

"Look, I need everyone there to listen to me." Jack said.

"What is going on?"

"Just put Sayid or Hurley on."

"Jack?" Sayid's voice came on the radio.

"Sayid, get some guns and take everyone there to the caves immediately!"

"Is something wrong? How is the rescue supposed to find us there?"

"They're not."

It was quiet.

"What do you mean they're not?" Sawyer's voice yelled over the receiver.

"I can't explain it right now. These batteries are going to die soon. Just get to the caves and stay there!"

"Is everyone okay?" Sayid asked.

"Please, just listen to me!"

"Tell us what's going on, Jack!" Sawyer shouted.

Kate looked at him, "You have to tell them."

"Just get off the beach. And stay together. We'll be meeting you at the caves, I'll explain then."

"You and who?"

There was a struggle on the other end and then Desmond's voice came over shouting and speaking very fast, "Jack! What happened? Who was it? Who were Naomi's people?"

"Desmond?"

"Jack, is everyone all right?"

"Just do what I said and don't forget the guns! Hurry!" Jack shut off the talkie and looked up at the sky. It did not look pleasant.

"Jack!" Kate looked at him, shocked. "Why did you do that?"

"The batteries are going to die."

"They need to know what happened!"

"Not yet." He started walking.

Kate grabbed his arm and turned him around, "What is your problem?"

He looked at her and then looked away, "Let's just keep going. We have to hurry."

"Jack!"

"Let's keep moving!"

Suddenly hard rain started pouring down on their heads.

"Oh, this just makes things a whole lot better!" Kate shouted.

"You can still find the way can't you?"

"Yeah I can, but it's going to take a little longer."

"Then let's keep walking."

"Jack," Kate looked at him, "tell me what's wrong."

He looked down at the ground then back at her, "It's not fun." He paused. "I didn't even want to be this; I didn't want to be their leader. Everyone looks to me for the answers, for the directions. I can't handle it anymore. When something goes wrong, it's always my job to fix it."

Kate watched Jack as he stood getting drenched in the cold rain. She couldn't tell if he was crying or not because it was pouring down so hard, but she could feel his pain. She wanted to comfort him, to say something but she didn't know what.

"I don't know how I'm going to fix it this time…" Jack said.

"Let's just keep moving before it gets dark." Kate spoke. It was the only thing she could think of to say to him at the moment, since she really had no idea of how to respond to that.

"Yeah." Jack nodded and they both started walking again.

Jack glanced up at Kate as she walked in front of him through the rain. The rain had let up a bit in the last hour but it still kept coming down. Kate had hardly said a word to him the whole time they had been walking. Jack wasn't even sure if they were going the right way or not.

Is she mad at me? Why won't she look at me?

Jack watched as she stopped and tied her wet hair up into a bun on top if her head. They had known each other for just over thee months now and he really didn't know anything about her. Who is Kate Austen? What is it that she did? Is she really a ruthless murderer? No. I can't believe that. I won't believe that. Not Kate.

Kate started walking again.

Should I say something? I hate this silence between us!

Jack was about to speak when the rain stopped pouring down. Jack looked up at the sky, it was still gloomy but at least it was quiet now.

"Kate."

Kate peered up at the cloudy sky. It would be night soon. She didn't know how much longer it would take them to get to the caves. A part of her wished they didn't have to go there. She couldn't stand thinking how they would react to the news. Jin and Bernard both have wives back there with those men…

"Kate." Kate heard Jack's voice call her name. She wasn't sure if she should turn around right away, or pretend she hadn't heard him. Pretending would give her a little more time to think. Say my name again. Please talk to me.

Is she ignoring me? Jack felt his heart stop for a second when she hadn't responded. Maybe she didn't hear me? Should I try again? Jack stood there for a moment as she kept walking ahead. I have to talk to her. He jogged up behind Kate and lightly placed his hand on her shoulder, "Kate."

Kate felt his strong hand on her shoulder as he said her name again. She was about to turn around when something in the distance caught her eye. Something black. What? Kate blinked a couple of times and looked again. It was still there. It's back! The black horse from her past stood, staring at her. The last time Kate had seen the animal was the day she had kissed Jack, the day she thought she was going crazy on this island, the day she almost regretted.

"Kate?" Jack stepped in front of her. "Are you ignoring me on purpose?"
She didn't look at him; her eyes were still on the mysterious creature. Doesn't Jack see it?

"Kate? What are you looking at?"

All of a sudden the horse spun around and took off running. Without thinking Kate shoved past Jack and sped off after it.

"Kate!" Jack called but she couldn't turn around.

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