Episode 1: Hydra

Her blue eyes searched her face as she stared into the mirror. The bright light shone from outside into the window causing the light to bounce off the mirror and around the large open planned house. The small living room sat with the front door adjacent and the kitchen opened out onto it. In front of the small kitchen stood a long pine wood table already set with plates and candles. She walked quickly over to the record player and started it. A smile spread across her face as the song came on calming her instantly. She jumped slightly in a dance like way towards the cooker pushing her dark brown hair out of her face. She pulled open the cooker pulling out a large roast pork from inside. Her hand slipped as she clutched onto it burning her skin she dropped the meal and clutched her hand resting on the dark red tiled floor. She quickly picked up the pork placing it carefully on the side washing her hand under the cold tap just as the door bell rang. She ran to the door quickly still slightly clutching her hand and she opened it with a clunk. The warm bright air swamped the front of the porch and she looked upon someone she knew.

'Hey Becky.' The woman said smiling at her.

'Oh hi Janet.' Becky said smiling walking back slightly allowing Janet to enter.

'You all ready for today?' She said walking in and putting a bottle of wine down on the side.

'Almost.' Becky said smiling at her.

They had all gathered around the table yet one seat was still empty. The conversation had gone from work to socialising and now back to work. 'You know I can't believe you didn't invite her.' Mark said looking over at Becky.

'She wouldn't want to be here anyway.' She said looking slightly irritated at Mark.

'It doesn't matter anyway.'

'Who cares what she thinks anyway?' Becky said smiling around at the full table. 'We're all...' Becky stopped quickly as the house started shaking violently. 'Ok everybody under the doorway. Come on.' Said Becky crowding the group under the doorway for protection from the earth quake. It stopped as suddenly as it had started. As they all made their way to the door a loud noise filled the air. Becky opened the door running out looking up into the sky and seeing a plane so close to the island. It had broken in two and was crashing slowly to the island. She looked across to the house as Sue walked swiftly from it looking up at what was happening.

She looked over at Becky and then shouted 'Ethan I want you to go where the front end of the plane landed. Goodwin you go to the back.' She said looking around as both Ethan and Goodwin ran forward. 'There may actually be survivors,' She said looking at each of them. 'And you're one of them. I want lists in 4 days. Go!' She said looking at them and each of them ran off in a different direction. Becky watched her worriedly as Sue walked towards her 'I guess I'm out of the group then?' She said staring at her.

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She sat alone on the bed cradling her scrapped knee. She had crashed her bike along the sidewalk. As the tears started seeping down her cheeks one of her dad's walked into the room. He smiled at her holding a glass of water. 'Don't cry Rachel.' He said to her sitting next to her and handing her the glass. 'You're just thirsty. Drink this and everything will be ok.' He said and hugged Rachel tightly. She glugged down the drink still sceptical of the magical power of water to make her tears go away. But all that she knew her dad's words helped her. She stopped crying thinking it was stupid to cry about being thirsty. 'Told you it'll all be better.' He said smiling down at her.

'Thanks daddy.' She said hugging her father tightly and then running off out of the room and back down to the sidewalk to go on her bike.

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Jack opened his eyes finding himself in a cold dark room, disorientated he sat up and looked around. There was a small plaster over the veins in his arm, they had obviously sedated him, he ripped it off and stood up walking towards the door. He tried to lift the heavily door but nothing happened. He turned around seeing a door open on the other side of the room and slowly made his way to it. As he walked over he got half way through the room until he hit into something. He recoiled as he ran into the glass. He felt the wall quickly checking if it went all the way round and then tried kicking it but to nothing happening. 'Rachel! Sawyer!' He shouted looking at the open door. 'Can you hear me? Rachel!'

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The sound of a shower hit Rachel's ears as she slowly opened her eyes. She found herself on the floor next to a shower. As she looked at it she saw one of them men that had brought them here. 'Rise and shine Rachel.' He said smiling at her. she pushed herself up slowly.

'Where am I?' She said looking at him.

'You don't really think I'm going to answer that do you?' He said smiling at her.

'Where are Sawyer and Jack?' She said not wanting to speak with him but wanting answers. What was Sue doing here? And why did they want them? Questions like this carried on popping into her head but she ignored them wanting to make sure her friends were ok.

'I know what. Why don't you have a long, hot shower wake yourself up?' He said walking to the opposite side of her. 'Nice clean towel, shampoo, soap...'

'I'm not showering in front of you.' She said indignantly.

He laughed 'Rachel I don't wanna watch.' He said leaving her in the shower room alone.

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Sawyer awoke on his back on an uncomfortable surface for a moment he thought it was all a dream and he was back at the caves with the other survivors. His hopes were dashed when he opened his eyes and found himself staring at the inside of a cage. He stood up walking to the side which had bars running across it all. He looked around seeing another cage opposite him and there was a boy. He was sat on a side with his back to Sawyer. 'Hey.' Sawyer called to him and he turned his head. 'Where are we?' Sawyer said. 'Who the hell are you?' but the boy didn't reply. 'What you're not gonna talk to me? Got better things to do?' Sawyer said getting annoyed.

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Jack was still kicking the glass wall when he heard a women's voice 'Stop that.' She said and he looked around seeing her through the door. She walked in standing the opposite side of the glass wall. 'Hi Jack, I'm Becky.' She said looking at him. 'Jack? Can you hear me in there?' she said turning up the speaker and sitting on a table. Jack continued kicking the wall to try and escape. 'Is that a yes?'

'Where are my friends?' He said stopping only to say it.

'Stop kicking first.' She said calmly watching him. 'If you wanna talk I'm happy..'

'TELL ME WHERE MY FRIENDS ARE!' Jack's voice had risen so much in volume.

'Stop kicking the wall then.' Becky said and Jack looked aggravated at her.

'Do you think I'm stupid?'

'I don't think you're stupid Jack, I think you're stubborn.' She said smiling slightly at him and he started kicking the wall again.

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Rachel just finished her shower wrapping the towel around her and walking to the locker she had left her things in. When she opened it she found it empty. She looked around confused when her eyes fell on an open locker which on the door read 'Wear me.' She walked swiftly over to it and found a dress inside. She slipped it on quickly. The man from earlier walked in again and smiled at her. 'Come on Rachel, she's waiting.' He said.

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A tear had crept out the corner of Rachel's eye as she sat at an awkward angle to Shelby, her mother. 'I'm thirsty.' Rachel said.

Shelby turned around looking at her sceptically. 'What?' She said looking at her.

'My dad's when I was younger, every time I cried they would give me a glass of water. It got to the point where I didn't know if I was sad or just thirsty.' Rachel said looking at Shelby. But Shelby didn't look back at her in the same way. And Rachel knew things would never be how she wanted them to be, Shelby would always be her mother but never her mom.

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She knew they were happy tears yet she couldn't help taking a drink. She looked carefully through her cupboard before her eyes landed on the glass Shelby had given her. The golden star was still a gleam in the light from the kitchen. She pulled it out of the cupboard holding it carefully, he dad's still didn't know where she had gotten the glass. Rachel couldn't tell them how she longed for her mother. As Rachel poured the water in the glass she watched as the gold star shined in the light. She knew one day she would shine just like that star and one day she would get what she wanted. But how long would it take for her to get it right? Rachel laughed at herself when she thought this turning off the tap and remembering when she sang at sectionals. When she sang her own song. That day she sure enough felt like a star, maybe that was the start of things to come.

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They led her down a long walkway until they finally reached a small beach where Rachel found Sue. She was sat at a table filled with breakfast underneath a large wooden hut. The man pushed Rachel forwards and Rachel took her seat. Sue smiled at her and indicated towards a pair of handcuffs on the table 'I'm sorry Rachel I'm going to have to ask you to wear them, who am I kidding I'm not sorry.' She said smirking to herself and taking the seat opposite.

'And what if I don't?' Rachel said looking at her.

'You don't get any coffee.' She said pouring herself a cup. Rachel put the handcuffs on begrudgingly confused by the surreal happenings. Rachel looked down onto the table and saw a glass there. But how could it be here. 'You're wondering about the glass?' Sue said looking at her.

Rachel looked up teary eyed. 'How do you have it?'

'It's the same exact glass Rachel. I brought it here for you.' Sue said smiling at her.

'But it b...' Rachel started.

'It was remade.' Sue smiled at Rachel pouring out some coffee as the gold gleamed off the reflection from the sea.

'What did you do with Sawyer and Jack?' she said angrily at her.

'Now why ask? They aren't your friends.'

'You don't know me.' Rachel said looking at her.

'But you're wrong with that one Rachel.' Sue said smirking at her again.

'Why are you feeding me breakfast? Why did you give me this dress?' Rachel said still wanting answers but getting nowhere.

'I brought you here hoping you feel comforted. Comforted that you're 'friends' are looking out at the same ocean. We gave you the dress so you'd feel like a lady. And I wanted you to eat your food with a real fork, to be civilised. I did all those things so that you'd have something to hold onto. Because Rachel,' She said getting up. 'The next two weeks are going to be very unpleasant.'

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Jack looked around as suddenly the lights in the room were turned on. His head jolted to the other side of the room, separated by the glass, where Becky had just turned on the lights. 'I know you're hungry she said.' As she walked in holding a tray with a sandwich and bottle of water on it. 'I've got this for you. This is how it'll work. You sit there,' she said indicating the back of the room, 'Back against the wall. I come open the door and leave the tray.' She said in a matter of fact tone. 'Can I trust you to do that Jack?'

'I don't want your food.' He spat out.

'It's a nice sandwich...'

'I want you to tell that person whose trying to talk to me through that intercom to stop!' He said again.

'Maybe you're hungrier than you think, that intercom hasn't worked in years.' She said staring at him through the glass.

'What's that for? The button what's it for?' He said pointing behind her.

Becky turned around looking at it. 'It's for emergencies.'

'Are you watching me?'

'Are you going to sit against the wall so I can give this to you?'

'You can have it.' He said walking to the other side of the room and started pacing.

'What do you do in the real world Jack?' She said looking at him.

'I'm a repo man, you know I go in when people have no money and take their things.' He said angrily ignoring her and pacing. 'I'm a people person so I really love it.'

Becky smiled looking at him 'Are you married?' She said watching him carefully.

Jack shook his head. 'I never saw the point. What about you? What's your job other than making the sandwiches?'

'Oh no I didn't make it. I just put the toothpicks in.' She said smiling slightly. 'When your plane crashed where were you flying from?' She said looking at him.

'Sydney.'

'What were you doing there?'

'I was bringing my father home.'

'Why would you go all that way to bring ...'

'Because he was dead.'

'I'm sorry.'

'I bet you are.'

Becky looked at him sympathetically seeing the man in front of her in a different way. 'You can trust me Jack, I won't hurt you.' He just stared at her not believing anything.

'What the hell is going on here?' He said looking at her. She just walked back to the door of the room opened it up and left.

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'Hey?' Sawyer turned around as the boy in the other cage started talking to him. 'Hey, how long would it take to get to your camp from here?'

'What you talking to me now?' Sawyer said ignoring him.

'What are the people like from your plane?'

'Oh they're just terrific, last time one of you guys came they got tortured by our Iraqi, hey he tortured me too.' Sawyer said laughing slightly. He turned around and saw the cage opposite him door was open and then the boy came running at him, he ran to the lock on the cage door unlocking it quickly. Sawyer ran out looking confused at him.

'Run that way!' he said pointing in the opposite direction.

'What's going on?'

'You run that way!' he said and ran off in the opposite direction.

Sawyer ran as fast as he could as a loud siren stated 'Subject escaped!' over and over again. He made it away from the cages when a woman walked towards him. 'Hey.' Becky said looking at him. He looked scarcely at her before she reached around her back pulling out a taser and shooting him with it. He collapsed in agony to the floor before some of the Others carried him back to his cage. As the dumped him on the floor they walked back out locking it again. Sawyer looked up just as one of the Other's brought the boy back to him. 'Say it. Say it Carl!' He said holding the boys head to the bars.

'I'm sorry I tried to use you for my breakout attempt.' He said and then they pulled him away.

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Becky entered the room again with another tray filled with food. Jack looked at her then looked away again. 'The drugs we gave you when you came in have one serious side effect dehydration. If you don't eat or drink something soon you will start hallucinating.' She said watching him carefully.

'So you're a doctor huh?' Jack said.

'No, I'm a repo-woman.' Becky said. And Jack cracked a smile more ironically then anything. 'No strings attached, please just sit against the back wall and let me come in and give you the tray and then leave. What do you say?' She said as she watched him stand up and walk to the back wall sitting down by it. 'Thank you Jack.' Becky then left the room walking down the corridor before opening the bolted door. However Jack had another idea. As soon as the door was unbolted Jack grabbed Becky causing the plate to smash to the floor as he pushed Becky down on the table holding her neck forcibly. Becky went to reach for her taser but Jack chucked it across the room. Jack picked up a piece of the plate and held it to Becky's neck.

'Which way out?' He said.

'Don't do this Jack.' She said in a whisper scared. Jack dragged her into the corridor and over to a door that was bolted shut.

'Open the door!' He said to her.

'Jack I can't do that I do if I do that we die.'

'Stop lying!'

'I'm not lying.'

'Open the door!' He shouted.

'She's telling the truth Jack.' Jack spun Becky around and looked as Sue watched them from down the corridor slightly.

'I swear to god I will kill her.'

'Ok.' Sue said looking at them. 'Open the door and she dies anyway. We all do.' She said watching them with a blank expression. Jack pushed her away and went to open the door suddenly Sue's face fell as she realised what he was doing and ran to a room off the side of the corridor. She bolted the door shut before Becky could reach it. And then suddenly just as Jack had opened the door water forced the door wide open as it crashed down the corridor knocking Jack off of his feet. Also knocking Becky off her she tried to swim to the room.

'Jack over here!' she yelled over the rush over water as she grabbed him pulling him in the room. Together they struggled but managed to close the door. 'The button!'

'What?'

'The button push the button!' Becky said to him. He waded his way over to it pushing it forcedly before turning back to Becky. Who punched him across the face knocking him out.

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Quinn had just left Rachel's side after talking about Puck. Rachel was worried for Quinn and also Finn she could never deny the feelings she still had for him. But she needed to get over him Quinn and Finn were meant to be. Even Rachel thought so and she smiled to herself about it. Carefully she walked to the water fountain glass in hand and filled it up. She may not be sad anymore but having the golden star shine for her wherever she was made her feel comfortable and reminded her that she will shine, one day. She walked back to the choir room placing the glass on the top of the piano as she walked over collecting her bag from the seats. She was going to practice a song, any song really. She felt like she needed to do something to make her dreams come true. As she turned around she saw the face of Sue. Except this wasn't the face of her normal disgust. This was the face of full on rage. Sue lifted her finger to point at Rachel 'you.' She said the aggression in her voice hitting Rachel full pelt. Rachel couldn't help but be scared she collapsed in the chair wanting to keep as far from Sue as possible. Sue screamed angrily Pushing all the papers from the top of the piano and amidst her rage kicking over one of the music stands she stormed out the room screaming still. Rachel now had tears in her eyes how could someone be so scary, how could someone be so angry? Rachel stood up and walked over to the piano looking for her glass. She found no remnants on the piano however on the floor there was a distinct small patch of water and broken glass. The golden star shinning dully in its water soaked state.

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Sawyer heard footsteps on the path and looked around seeing the man walking Rachel towards him. He opened the other cage door as she stepped inside looked scared. She stuck her hands out of the bars as he locked the cage so he could take the handcuffs off. Her wrists were chafed from having them so tight. Rachel stood there looking at Sawyer until the man left. 'You ok sweetheart?' he said looking at her.

'Yeah, you?' She said looking at him.

'Just swell. Nice dress.'

'They made me wear it.' She said resting against the side of the cage.

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Jack opened his eyes seeing Becky in the other room. 'We're under water aren't we?'

'Yes.' She said nodding.

'Is this one of their stations? The Dharma Initiative.'

'They called it the Hydra.'

'You people are just, whatever's left over of them?'

'That was a long time ago. It doesn't matter who we were it only matters who we are. And we know exactly who you are Jack Shepherd.'

'You don't know anything about me.' He said smiling shaking his head.

'I know that you're a spinal surgeon. I know that you went to Columbia and you graduated med-school a year faster than everyone else. I know that you were married and that you contested the divorce. I know your father died in Sydney. I know this because I have a copy of his autopsy report.'

'What is that?' Jack said turning around and looking at her. She had a folder in front her her.

'This Jack,' she said closing it, 'is your life. Now I'd like to bring you some food and water.' She said standing up. 'But this time I need to know you'll behave. Can I trust you Jack?' He nodded slowly. Put your back against the wall please.' She said and he moved back there as she went and closed the room.

Sue was outside of it waiting for her. 'Good work Rebecca.'

'Thank you Sue.' She said walking off.