I look into the endless abyss of the hatch. Hurley stands behind me muttering something. Kate walks over and kneels down beside me, checking out the hole.

"What is it?" she asks.

"It doesn't matter what it is," says Jack, standing up. "We blew the door so we could get everyone inside this thing so we could be safe. That plan is not going to work. We'll never get everyone down in time."

Locke picks up a rock and drops it into the hole. It falls and falls until, finally…splash.

"Water," I note.

"It's shallow," Locke agrees. "It sounds like a puddle."

"Forty feet down?" Kate asks.

"Fifty tops," Locke says, standing up. "If we could use the wire we pulled from the fuselage to rig up a harness—,"

"John," Jack says, cutting him off. "We're leaving now."

"Yes, good idea. Let's do that," Hurley approves from behind me.

"We all went through a lot to get here, Jack," Locke protests.

"The ladder's broken," Jack points out. "You going to lower forty people down there one by one? They're waiting for us to come back and tell them what to do, so let's forget about the harnesses."

"I'm with Jack. We need to get back to camp." I say.

"Why don't we all just calm down here," Locke says.

"Look, if you want to go exploring in the morning that's fine, but tonight we're done," says Jack. "I'm going to go get the dynamite that we didn't use and we're heading back to the caves. How about you pack it up, John?"

"Sure, of course," he says, conceding.

"Okay," says Jack, nodding his head.

"Why don't you want to go down there, Jack?" Locke asks as Jack walks toward the rigged backpack. Jack doesn't respond.

"Why'd you do that?" Hurley asks Locke. "Why'd you light the fuse, man?"

"Why wouldn't I light the fuse?" he asks, innocently.

"Ah, maybe because I was running towards you, waving my arms, yelling 'don't do that?'".

Locke chuckles. "Well, you've got a point there. I guess I was just excited to get inside. I mean, that's why we came here, isn't it? That's why we went all the way out to the Black Rock and why we got the dynamite to blow the hatch. And we did it so that we could get inside, Hugo."

"And to save everybody's lives," Jack counters.

"And to save everyone's lives," Locke repeats.

"Or," Jack starts. "Maybe it was just our destiny, right, John?"

"Maybe."

"That's not why I came," I say, staring at Locke. "I came so that I could see the look on your face when you've realized your giant mistake." I turn towards the group. "Why did none of you listen to me? So there's a long tunnel? We still don't know what's inside. We don't know if it's safe!"

"Hey, I told him to stop!" Hurley says back.

"Yes, thank you, Hurley. It took you long enough, b—,"

"Guys," Kate says, ending my rant. "It's the hatch door, you'd better see this."

We walk over to its charred remains. The word "quarantine" is printed on the back. As everyone stares, I look up. "I think I'm gonna count this as a win," I say smugly. "I'm headed to the caves. I've had enough of this." I start to walk away, but before I'm out of the fire's light I turn back around. "And John? Not to sound cliché, but I told you so." I turn back and start walking to the caves.

I know, I'm being kind of a bitch, but I've had it! I've had it with people making decisions around here without consulting the people it might hurt. Jack doesn't want to be a leader, but wants to make all of the decisions. Locke want to undermine everything I say. Boone died three days ago. Has everyone forgotten this? I'm so frustrated that I kick a rock, sending it flying through the trees until it's out of my flashlight's vision.

I've made it back to the caves and there's a commotion happening as I approach. I stay behind the tree line, not wanting to draw attention to myself and raise a ton of questions about where I've been and what the plan is. I listen as people talk.

"I know what I saw! It was him! It was Walt!" It's Shannon, yelling these words at the crowd of people.

"Shannon, please lower your voice," Sayid tells her. "You'll upset the rest of the group."

"I heard whispers," she says.

"Where?" Claire asks, holding her baby.

"Everywhere."

"What whispers? Who?" asks Charlie.

"I don't know," Shannon says. "Them."

Everyone starts chattering at this "Do you think something happened to the raft?" Sun asks, sounding worried.

"Nothing happened to the raft," Sayid insists. "Walt is with your husband, with Sawyer—,"

"Sayid, I know what I saw," Shannon says, frustrated.

I hear rustling behind me. "They're back," Charlie says, noticing Jack, Kate, Hurley, Locke and I coming out of the trees together, even though we arrived separately.

Thank you for starting Book 2! This is such a fun thing for me to do with my time and I'm glad you enjoyed the first one enough to continue with Tia on her adventures. If you haven't read Book 1 I highly suggest it. You can visit my profile to find it.

These chapters are going to be much longer than the first book's, I expect. So with that being said updates may take a bit longer. Instead of spanning 44 days, this book will only span a little over 20, so...you can do the math!

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