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2nd January 2005

"This is it we're finally going home!" Jack cheered, happy to be leaving the place once called home for the survivors.

"Dude I thought we'd never see this day" Hurley took Jack into a friendly hug expressing his happiness, finally believing that he was free from his curse that being rescued showed her was no longer cursed.

"Come on guys we leaving or not?" a man from the rescue plan asked.

Kate looked around ignoring the man's words 'where was he?' she thought looking at the island, their camp which held so many memories for all of them. Not realising everyone had got on the rescue plane Jack place a firm hand on her shoulder

"You coming?"

Kate turned round smiling "Yeah just give me a minute" she replied sweetly. Somehow she thought that maybe he would come to his senses and see that surviving meant getting on this helicopter.

Looking round somehow she thought it was unlikely for him to turn up, when after all he was just as stubborn as she was and when they had their minds set on something it was hard to break that.

Getting one last call from the helicopter, she knew she had to go "Goodbye James" she whispered and then made her way to the plane. She took a seat next to Jack and watched out the window as the helicopter rose in the air and the island soon began to get further and further away.

Rescue had arrived for those who wanted it, and from then each survivor was choosing their own destiny to either stay or leave.

2nd January 2008

'Who could be ringing at this hour' she thought being woken from her sleep by a ringing cell phone. She peered at the clock only 5.00 am, now whoever this was must be desperate she thought. She leaned out of bed and got her cell only to look at the caller id and then express a moan.

"What does he want now?" She asked.

Finally deciding to take the call she opened her cell "What?" She whispered tiredness showing in her voice.

"Kate?"

"What Jack?" She asked not in the mood for another one of his 'we have to go back' stories.

"They're back"

This time Kate was confused by his words who were 'they' she wondered. "Who's back?"

Jack was silent for a minute, 'how could she not know it was all over the TV' Jack thought he then braced himself and replied "The rest of the survivors."

Kate couldn't believe what she was hearing they were back, but as soon as it hit her Sawyer was possibly back she closed her phone not wanting to hear any more.

It wasn't true she thought, she was just living a bad dream and she would wake up any minute and return to reality, or maybe it was another plot by Jack to get her to meet him again when after all since they were rescued he was a mess.

There was only one way to find out as she took a steady pace out of her bedroom and over to her television. She slowly turned it on, hoping the noise wouldn't wake him. Flicking through the channels happy to find that there was news on this time in the morning.

She sat on the sofa and lifted her knees up to her chest, listening to the news reporter. Then she saw it.

'Breaking News: More Survivors of 815 rescued'

She couldn't believe it, the news was true. She paid full attention to the TV listening to the woman's words 25 survivors. A number appeared at the bottom of the screen for family members of the passengers to phone to see if that person was on board the rescue plane.

Kate didn't know what to do, phone or not. She knew he had no family, no one looking for him. She then listened again hearing the woman say that they would be landing in LA at around 7 in the morning.

What was she going to do? Did he want to see her after everything? Did she want to see him after everything?

There was only one way to find out, she knew she would have to make a couple of calls. She dialled the first number hoping that she would pick the phone up.

"Hello"

"Sun, hey have you heard the news?" Kate asked hoping her friend would have heard about it.

"Yes, do you think..."

"I don't know, in a way I hope so but then again if he was everything changes" Kate explained "Are you going to go and see them?"

"I don't know, it's not just about Jin and I anymore we have a family"

"Yeah I understand that, if you're not gonna go do you think you could...?"

Kate didn't even have to finish her sentence Sun understood

"Yes sure Kate if you can come by on your way there"

"Thanks Sun, I'll see you later" Kate finished the call. She had stayed in contact with most the people who got rescued that day, the only people she didn't have much contact with now were Hurley and Jack. She was never the same with Jack since they got rescued and he began to act weird always phoning her at the most ridiculous times, trying his hardest to find the island again.

She paced around thinking whether she was doing the right thing, whether going there was the best thing for her, when she had a life now and she knew everything would change bringing him back into her life. Would he want her to be there, after everything that had happened, would he still be the same person she knew; she didn't know.

She then thought that this wasn't just about her anymore, she had a new life: a different life to the one she had on the island. She wasn't the same person either.

An hour and a half later Kate was on her way to the airport, she didn't phone the help number she wanted to go and see for herself and thought it may be good to go and see some of the other survivors from the island anyway. She had passed Sun's and Sun told her to tell the survivors that she said hi and wanted to know how they were all doing.

As Kate reached the airport her heart began to beat faster, nervous but then also anxious waiting for the plane to come into sight. As she made her way through the airport there were many news reporters and journalists waiting for the return of the other survivors. She hoped that they didn't see her otherwise the media would also be on her, a survivor going out to meet the rest of them.

Passing through she heard their 6 names mentioned but then heard that only 2 of the 6 came to see their fellow survivors return. That must have meant Jack and either Hurley or Sayid.

When she got to the grounds that the plane would be landing on security was high and the only way she got through was by saying she was a fellow surviving, she looked round noticing many friends and family waiting anxiously for their return.

Then everyone started to get louder as they could see the helicopters coming into sight. This was the moment of truth for her, as the helicopter got closer and closer she began to feel sick, sick with nerves.

What felt like the longest 20 minutes of her life waiting for the helicopters to land and the passengers to come out.

One by one they left the air craft's, seeing the masses of people looking for their loved ones. Kate managed to see some people she remembered from the island her friends: Claire, Aaron, Desmond.

Reporters were now out on the field covering the latest news story of how 3 years later since 6 passengers from 815 had survived and were rescued that now many more had been found.

Families were swirling round their loved ones, tears of happiness and joy were formed when passengers were reunited with their loved ones.

As they announced everyone had left the air craft's Kate looked around frantically, she hadn't seen Sawyer come off did that mean?

No she didn't want to think about it, he would want to be rescued wouldn't he?

So many thought were going around in her mind that she didn't realise the tall blonde standing in front of her.

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