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"What do you think you're doing?"
"Kate," Juliet said and spun around. "I was just looking for you."
"Think you'd find me in that pile over there?" Kate motioned towards her belongings.
"I came to ask for your help."
Kate didn't even dignify that with an answer. Who the hell did Juliet think she was?
"Get out of here." Kate's harsh tone did noting to change the blank expression on Juliet's face. She was starting to believe the woman was actually made of stone.
"Kate, please listen to me, Jack's missing."
"And you had nothing to do with it, right?" Kate inched closer to the blonde. "Get out of my sight Juliet."
Why did Juliet know before she did? Apparently, no one had seen him since the day before yesterday. It wasn't like Jack to disappear without telling anyone and it was only a matter of time before people started to panic.
Kate had been too busy trying to avoid Sawyer to even think about anything else. He was starting to doubt the words she had said to him, and the more time she spent with him, so did she.
Seeing Jack and Juliet together made her feel sick to her stomach. What was she doing with him? Why did Jack trust her? Didn't he remember that this was the same Juliet who had tortured them? Who had taken away the little semblance of control Kate had fought so hard to keep?
As the evening approached, Kate set out to find Jack. Alone. She searched the surrounding area for signs of where he might have been taken, but there was nothing. Grabbing her backpack, she took off in the direction which made the most sense.
After walking for almost an hour, she heard a twig snap. She kept still and listened. Was she being followed? She moved towards the sound, her heart rate increasing with every step. It was too dark to make out what might be behind the leaves. She pulled out the gun she was carrying and moved in a half-circle. A sudden movement caused her to jump back.
"Damn it," Kate said, when she saw what had scared her. The snake just looked at her before moving away, leaving her surrounded by nothing but the sound of her own ragged breathing.
After only a few hours of sleep, she woke up. She hadn't bothered to start a fire and the cold was starting to get to her. Another sound came from the jungle. This time it was bigger than a snake. She reached out her hand only to find her gun missing.
"You certainly are a heavy sleeper miss Austen."
Kate's head snapped up as she heard a familiar voice. She stood quickly. One of the Others was pointing her own gun towards her chest. Had this been Juliet's plan all along? To get Kate out here in the jungle only to let her get ambushed and put in a cage again? Kate would rather die than let that happen. Judging from the man's cold stare, he wouldn't have a problem with it.
"Are you going to kill me with the safety on?"
The man laughed.
"Don't insult me." He used the gun to hit the side of her head. She fell down on her knees, her blood dripping down her cheek. She didn't make a sound, wouldn't give him the satisfaction of knowing it hurt like hell.
Something made the man's head turn, and Kate used the opportunity to hit the gun out of his hands. It flew over their heads and landed somewhere in the darkness.
The man growled and lunged for her. She got the wind knocked out of her as he landed on top of her. She struggled under him but he was too heavy. She kneed him in the stomach, but he barely flinched. He grabbed her wrists and held her down.
The smell of his breath against her face made her cringe.
"Not so cocky now, are ya?" The man smiled at her and moved his hands to her throat. Kate tried pulling them away, but it was useless. The panic started to rise within her. She wouldn't survive this. The pressure on her throat increased and she struggled for air. Her eyesight started to blur. Before everything went black she was someone behind him. Juliet.