A Tale of Two Cities
Disclaimer: I don't own LOST.
A/N: Yay this is back again! I missed writing this. So if you don't know how this goes, I like writing a one-shot about what I think should happen next after each episode. I try to end them at a good spot but sometimes I get ahead of myself. I'll try this year to not make them into two-shots or whatever.
Jack groaned as he opened his eyes. He looked around him and sighed. He sat up slowly and leaned against the metal wall. Every time he woke up, there was always that hope that it had all been a dream. All of it. Of course it never was.
He knew he wasn't doing very well. His throat was dry, his head was killing him, and he wasn't exactly in a good mood. He spotted the food up on the table and he stood up slowly and walked over to it. Juliet had set it down without saying anything and then she had left before Jack had fallen asleep.
Jack picked up the sandwich and examined it. He was really hungry, and he knew he needed to drink. He didn't care what Juliet had said, he was giving in now. He knew he was. He didn't care anymore about what happened to him. So he took a bite of the sandwich and then quickly finished it off. Then he grabbed the bottle of water and winced as the rough edges of the bottle's cap rubbed against his hand as he struggled to open it. He was weaker than he thought he had been. When he got it open, he gulped it down. He knew he should have gone slower, but he felt it didn't matter anymore what he did.
Kate sat near the end of the cage staring at Sawyer across from her. It was now nighttime so she could barely make out his face. She rubbed her wrists. She had thought that she wouldn't have ever felt those handcuffs again, and yet here she was trapped.
"If you want to sleep you can. I'll stay up and keep watch." Sawyer said.
Kate looked towards him and smiled. "Thanks but I'm ok for right now."
"What do you think they want with us?" Sawyer asked.
"Henry told me that the next two weeks were going to be unpleasant." Kate stared at the ground in front of her.
"Unpleasant? And what is this? Candyland?"
"I don't know and I'm not sure I want to."
"Right." Sawyer promised himself that he would do anything he could to keep Kate safe and content. When she had first been led to her cage, he was surprised at just how relieved he had been. He had made her smile, which had made him happy.
"What do you think they did with Jack?" Kate asked quietly, barely above a whisper.
"He's probably sleeping in a nice, warm bed about now dreaming about teddy bears or something."
Kate gave a small laugh, if you could call it that. She was glad she had gotten the chance to be with Sawyer. She was scared. She had no idea of what was going to happen to them. There were so many questions running through her head but she was scared to ask them.
Jack wondered how Kate and Sawyer were doing, whether they were worse off than he was. He hoped not. It was all his fault that he had gotten them into this mess. He especially wondered how Kate was doing though. Being away from her like this, not being able to make sure she was ok, was torture. If he could only know how she was doing. But for now all he could do was sit and wait for someone to come. What seemed like hours later, he finally got his chance.
Juliet walked into the other side of the room and sat down. "Good morning Jack."
Jack didn't move from his spot where he was sitting at the table, nor did he say anything.
"How are you doing?" She asked gently.
No answer.
"Jack, please talk to me."
"Where are my friends?"
Juliet didn't answer at first. "I know you're a little freaked out at what I told you last night, but-"
"A little? You told me that you knew everything about me and everything about my friends and my family. You even know how they are now. What next? You know everything I've ever done here on the island as well?"
'We know a lot Jack. I wouldn't try to outsmart any of us."
No one said anything for a couple of minutes.
Juliet stood up and moved towards the glass. "I see you finally ate. Do you feel better?"
"Where are my friends?"
"You're going to have to cooperate with us Jack. You can't be so stubborn all the time."
"I'm not cooperating until I see my friends."
"Your friends are fine." Juliet said reluctantly.
"You really think I'm going to believe you?" Jack stood up and met her at the glass. "I want to see my friends!"
Juliet sighed and nodded. "Ok. I'll see what I can do." She then left and Jack stared after her.
Kate was hungry. She couldn't deny it. It was now morning. She couldn't even begin to imagine how Sawyer was feeling. She didn't want to ask him for another one of those fish things because when he had gotten another one the night before, she saw how much work it was. He had spent a hour trying to figure out how to get her some water but he hadn't been able to. She had lost track of how many days had gone by since they had been captured. All she wanted was to go home. She missed her friends and she was starting to get very worried about Jack.
Juliet came back into the room a little while later. "Jack I've arranged a way for you to see your friends. But you must listen to me very carefully. Because of what happened the first time I tried to give you food, we will need to put handcuffs on you, but in order to do that I need to go in the room with you. Will you let me?"
Jack nodded.
"I'm trusting you Jack." Juliet said before closing the door. She took a deep breath before opening the door to his room. But he hadn't moved from his spot on the table. She walked over to him and he willingly put his hands out for her as she put the handcuffs on.
He saw light traces of blood on the handcuffs and couldn't help but ask about them. "Who wore these before me?"
"You'll know soon enough." Juliet said.
Jack realized that that meant it was either Kate or Sawyer and wondered yet again if they were worse off than he was.
Juliet led him down the plain hallway towards another door.
"I'm going to have to blindfold you now Jack." Juliet pulled a blindfold from her pockets.
"I don't like this arrangement very much." Jack said.
"But you want to see your friends. So this is the only way."
Jack realized that he was being led into some sort of vehicle. He was instructed on where to sit down, and Juliet sat beside him, holding on to his arm.
He wasn't sure how long it had been, but he had to guess it had only been about ten minutes. He was taken out of the vehicle and then Juliet pulled the blindfold off.
"Where are we?" Jack asked as he looked around. It looked almost exactly like the other place had looked.
"Though this door, you will find a glass wall. You will be able to see though it, but they won't be able to see you."
"When I said I wanted to see them, I wanted to talk to them too."
"Well this is the best I could do for now Jack." Juliet opened the door and Jack walked inside. It was a simple room and very small but Jack didn't really care. He immediately walked to the window and spotted a bunch of cages a couple yards away. He looked for either Kate or Sawyer but couldn't find them.
"Where are they?"
Juliet walked beside him. "Sawyer is sitting over there in the corner in that one." She pointed. "And across is Kate." She pointed again.
Jack spotted them and noticed Kate's dress almost immediately. "Why is she wearing a dress?"
"To make her feel like a lady."
"What?" Jack almost laughed but he was busy trying to see if she was ok.
"Things are going to get difficult for them, and you in the next couple of weeks."
Jack pounded on the window. "Kate!"
"She can't hear you."
"I don't care. I want to talk to her."
"Her? What about him?"
Jack realized he had slipped. Twice.
"I want to see them both! What are you doing to them?" Jack noticed the marks on Kate's wrists when she got up and moved to the front of the cage and he noticed Sawyer did the same thing. They were talking to each other. Jack was jealous that they were able to be with each other.
"They're going to be working with us."
"What are you going to do with me?'
"You'll find out soon enough. You know that your friends are ok. Isn't that enough? I'm going to have to put the blindfold on again. I'm sorry but we have to do it."
Jack sighed as Juliet put the blindfold on him again. He had no idea of what was going to happen to him or to his friends. He knew there was some big thing going on here and he was completely powerless. He hated feeling this way and knew there was no way around it.
He was taken back to his room, where Juliet took the handcuffs off of him and then she left without saying another word.
A/N: There you go. I'm not going to write another part to this. I hope you liked it!