Rain pelted down around the group as they made their way deeper and deeper into the jungle. "Maybe going in under the cover of darkness wasn't the right idea Captain Jack" Sawyer mocked as he strolled along behind the doctor his gun firmly in his hand.

"Shut up Sawyer, if I want your opinion I'll ask for it" Jack grumbled as he continued to scan the surrounding area squinting to see his way. Unfortunately though after walking for half an hour he knew they were lost.

"Jeez Jackass what's your problem, Lucy not giving you enough" Sawyer smirked in Jack's ear but before Jack couldn't even respond Sawyer felt a sharp pain on his head where Ana had hit him with the butt of her gun.

"Sawyer quit it you jerk" she muttered through gritted teeth as she walked alongside Jack her gun aimed at the trees ahead. Something didn't feel right.

"Sawyer this is not the time" Sayid said from behind the Southerner his voice laced with frustration. For someone of his age he could be so immature.

"Alright Abdul keep your beret on" Sawyer grumbled rubbing his head tenderly. The rain continued to pelt down around them and it was becoming increasingly harder to see where they were going.

The group stopped for a minute and studied the surrounding area each with a puzzled look on their face. "We have not been here before Jack" Eko said as he studied the ground, this trail was not familiar to him what so ever.

"I know" Jack conceded as he eyed the surrounding undergrowth. "Look this was pointless I think we should go back, there is no trace of the other's here" Jack said turning to look at the rest of the group.

"No we need to keep searching, just to make sure, if you want to then you can go back but I'm intending to keep looking" Sayid said as he began to walk forward again. He knew this could be one of their only chances to find something out about them.

"Me too" Charlie said from behind them and carried on after Sayid. Everyone slowly began to follow Sayid no one willing to stop the search.

"Just a suggestion" Jack muttered to Eko as they followed behind the Iraqi. Trailing in the back was Ana and Sawyer.

"Hey Sawyer do you see that" Ana said suddenly stopping and pointing down at the small teddy bear on the floor. It seemed to familiar to her. Sawyer nodded and the two walked forward and without hesitation Sawyer picked up the bear.

But all of a sudden a net emerged form the ground and scooped the two of them up into the air.

"Hey a little help here" Ana yelled and she heard the scurry of footsteps as the rest of the group arrived back at them. She fidgeted around trying to push herself as far away from Sawyer as she could but that was difficult and only ended up pushing them even closer.

Sawyer on the other hand seemed to be enjoying the close proximity way to much. "So Lucy I didn't know you wanted to get to know me so up close and personal" he laughed inching his head closer to her's.

Jack and Kate were below the net each looking on with a look of envy on their faces. Jack deciding Sawyer was pushing his luck raised his gun and aimed at the rope that was holding them up although he really wanted to aim it at Sawyer. "Ana I'm gonna shoot the rope, brace yourself" he called up and Ana nodded back to him.

A shot rang out and suddenly the two found themselves plummeting back down to the ground. With a loud thud the two hit the boggy floor. Once Ana shook the dizziness away she noticed that she was lying on top of Sawyer who was grinning maniacally. Quickly she pushed herself off of him her face a bright crimson and untangled herself from the net.

"You okay" Jack said putting a hand on her arm and checking her over though that was difficult in the current light.

"Yeah" she said shaking herself off and re grabbing her gun which was on the floor next to her. She looked up at Jack and noticed he had quite an angry look on his face and she knew why.

"Hey look at me" she said grabbing his chin and pulling it to face her and pull his gaze away from a still grinning Sawyer. "He means nothing okay, you're the only one for me you stupid man" she laughed and finally a smile broke onto his face.

"I know" he whispered and kissed her gently. The two turned around and looked over at Sayid who was starting to walk away and decided to follow. But they had only moved a few steps when suddenly shots rang out and bullets flew past where they were all standing.

"Run" Sayid yelled from the front as he spun and began to run backwards the way they had come from. Everyone followed suit and sprinted as fast as they could trying to dodge the bullets that were inching ever nearer to them.

Sayid stopped and began firing off rounds as did Ana, Eko, Jack, Kate and Sawyer. Everyone else had carried on running not noticing that they had began to open fire on the other's. Ana ducked behind a tree and she could see Jack on the one across from her firing off as many accurate rounds as he could but that was difficult.

"Lets keep moving backwards" Jack suddenly yelled knowing that their fightback was useless and he turned and sprinted the other direction the other's following suit.

Ana sprinted in a blind panic as she caught up to Sawyer who was clutching his arm tightly. She could see Jack up ahead who was pulling away from them at speed. She was about to call out to them when from behind her she felt someone slam into her and she crashed to the ground. As she fell she also saw people jump out from the trees and attack Eko and Sawyer.

She punched the man hard in the face before flipping him off of her and getting to her feet but as she did this another hand crashed into her face and she tumbled back hitting the tree behind her.

Sawyer ignored the throbbing in his arm as he repeatedly punched the man who had attacked him. Knowing he had the upper hand he kicked the man hard in the face and he was instantly knocked out. Looking over he could see the two men who had jumped onto Eko and began trying to help the big man stop their assault not noticing Ana who was in a slight bit of trouble herself.

Ana headbutted the man hard but still he hadn't released her arms which were pinned above her head. Once more she slammed her head into his and finally his grip loosened. Taking advantage of this she ripped her hands free grabbed a hold of the nearby rock. Picking it up she slammed it across his head and he fell limply to the floor.

Pain racked her small frame as she staggered to her feet struggling to see through the blood which was flowing freely down her face and into her eyes. Her head and chest throbbed painfully and everything seemed hazy as she clambered gingerly over to the other two men who were fighting off their opponents. With the same rock she had hit the other man with she smashed it hard across another ones head and he fell to the floor. As she did this Eko pounced and in a flash the man was knocked out. At the same time Sawyer had knocked out his man and the three stood there breathless.

"Come on we need to get out of here" Eko said looking at the other two around him. The rain seemed to be coming down even harder then before.

"Which way did we come from" Ana said as she spun on the spot swaying slightly.

"I don't know, every way looks the same" Sawyer said cradling his arm to his chest painfully. "Look I don't care what way we go, we just need to get out of here" Sawyer said and he turned picked up his gun and walked off in an unknown direction the other two following him none the less.

"Ana are you okay?" Eko asked softly as they began walking after Sawyer. He noticed that she was walking slower then usual and the amount of blood which was covering her face didn't seem like a good sign.

"Yeah I'm fine" she said painfully as she tightened the grasp around her stomach which was throbbing uncontrollably. She knew she wasn't. Her head hurt like hell and she could feel herself swaying around but she was not going to say that to him.

"Are you sure?" he asked knowing she was lying. Why are you so stubborn Ana? he said to himself as he walked alongside the Latina.

"Yes Eko, I'll be just fine okay" she snapped trying to shake the hazyness away but that only made it worse. "I just" she began but all of a sudden stopped. "I just need to sit down for a minute" she said her free hand going to her head. But before she could even sit down her legs went from under her and she was unconscious.

Eko who had seen it coming caught her before she hit the ground. "Jesus is she okay" Sawyer said as he approached Eko. He had been lost in his own painful little world and hadn't noticed the two behind him.

"She just needs to rest" Eko said and lifted her up easily and began walking once more a sleeping Ana in his arms.

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"Where the hell are they?" Jack shouted as he tried to catch his breath. He put his hands on his knees as he sucked in lungfulls of air. He had been running for god knows how long and he could have sworn that Ana was behind him.

"I don't know" Kate said as she looked around at their surroundings. They had definitely been here once so at least they were on the right track.

"ANA" Jack yelled loudly as he called out for his girl. His heart was pounding heart, not just because lack of oxygen but in fear for her. What if they had her, what if she was lying in the jungle somewhere dead, what if she was hurt and all alone walking around?. All these thoughts were racing through his head at lightning speed.

"Jack we're drawing attention to ourselves" Sayid said knowing that the mans yelling would attract the other's t to them. But Jack completely ignored him and continued to yell and in a flash he took off running the way that they had run from.

Thinking fast Sayid jumped forward and caught Jack from behind pinning him tightly to his chest. "Jack no, if you go back in there then you'll end up getting yourself killed" Sayid said in the struggling doctor's ear.

Jack continued to thrash against Sayid wanting nothing but to just run and look for her but he knew deep down that he would be no use to her dead himself. So with a sigh he stopped struggling and Sayid left him go. He looked towards the way he was going run and he couldn't stop the tears that were welling up in his eyes.

What if I never see her again?. What if the kiss in the jungle was our last?. With these thoughts he reluctantly ripped his gaze from the trail and turned and walked after Kate and Sayid who were swiftly trying to keep up with their friends who had continued to run before them.

So chapter nine is up guys. I know I've been away for a while - PLEASE FORGIVE ME - Hope your enjoying and if so please review. Thanks.