Disclaimer: For anyone who can't guess. I haven't watched the promo, because I don't want to ruin my story idea :P If I watch it, I'll get all angry and I like my idea. Haha. 5x13 missing piece, what happens to Juliet and Sawyer now that he's punched out Phil?

Heartland:

Chapter One: Running

Amor vincet omnia.

(love conquers all)

-Virgil

Sawyer sighed as he watched Jack wander away from the house. He shook his head and leaned against the pillar, getting ready to think on what to do next when he noticed Phil walking towards him. What could Phil possibly want at this hour?

"Hey boss."

"Hey.." Sawyer replied, staring at him.

"We got a development.." Phil told him, pointing back towards the security room. "You better come to the office.."

Sawyer sighed. "Phil, I been runnin' around the jungle all day, so whatever developments you got can wait a while," he stated, turning to go back into the house.

"I know who took the kid.." Phil said immediately to get his attention.

Sawyer turned back to look at him. Son of a bitch.. he thought, cursing Miles to himself. "Yeah whose that?" he asked, full-well knowing the answer already.

Phil pulled his bag off his side and opened it up, grabbing the security tape and holding it up. "You.."

Sawyer glanced down for a moment and then immediately looked back up at Phil. "I got a perfectly good explaination for what you saw on that tape.." he said, trying his best not to go find Miles now and simply strangle the idiot.

"Sure as hell hope so.."

Sawyer shook his head and put his arm out, letting Phil know to come inside and then went in himself with Phil right behind him. He closed the door and watched as Phil sat the bag down on the dining room table. "You talk to Horace yet?"

"Nope.. thought that after 3 years of working together I'd give you the benefit of the doub---"

Sawyer rolled his eyes. He hated to do it because Phil was a good guy, but he cut him off at the end of the sentence, pulling his fast back and hitting the poor guy as hard as he could and knocking him out cold.

Juliet jumped a little as she watched Phil hit the ground. She took a step forward and stopped, keeping a tight grip on the mug in her hands. She hadn't seen that coming.

"Get some rope.." Sawyer muttered, then turned to grab Phil.

Juliet glanced at Sawyer and gave a slight nod before turning to get the rope, glancing down at Phil for a moment before putting her mug down on the counter and going to get the rope. She sighed as she opened up the closet, trudging around inside until she pulled out a bungee cord. She supposed that would just have to do, and shrugged before going back out into the living room. She stared at Phil slumped over on one of the dining room chairs and walked over, but a moment later noticed she didn't see Sawyer. She was about to call out his name to see where he was when Phil's hand reached out, grabbing her by the neck and silencing her immediately.

Phil stared at her. He hated to attack a woman like that, but clearly she was taking LaFleur's side on this, and he needed to get some kind of information. "Don't say anything.." he whispered.

Juliet remained silent, lowering the bungee cord to the floor and simply putting her hands up a little in a mock surrender.

Phil shook his head, at least she was listening. But then again, he noticed one thing about Juliet. When someone told her to do something, she simply did it, no questions asked. It was like telling someone to jump and having them ask back, 'How high?'. It was weird. "You know what he did Juliet?" he asked in another whisper.

Juliet frowned, staring at Phil in confusion. She knew it probably wasn't the best plan, since right now Phil was practically cutting off her voice, but she did it anyways. "JAM----"

Phil groaned, knocking Juliet to the ground and covering her mouth, keeping the other hand closed tight over her throat. He should have seen that coming. Juliet's loyalites around here had and always would be to LaFleur. Then again, she had seemed generally confused when he'd asked her if she knew what his boss had done.

Sawyer came back into the room when he heard Juliet and was shell-shocked by the situation. He moved fast, grabbing her mug off the counter and shattering it over Phil's head. He managed to drag Phil off of her in a second.

Juliet sat up, putting her hand to her throat and sighed. "We're screwed.." she stated mildly, glancing at Sawyer.

Sawyer pulled her up to her feet. "You alright?"

"Wonderful," she said with a shrug. "What the hell are we going to do now?"

Sawyer looked at her face and noticed the worry. "I'm gonna tie his ass up, and you're gonna put some shoes on."

Juliet didn't bother to mask the confusion on her face.

"We ain't gonna be able to stay here, Juliet," he explained. "You and I both know we're screwed to high hell right now."

Juliet nodded. "What about the tape?"

Sawyer glanced at the tape and frowned. "We're gonna take it with us."

"Where are we gonna go?"

Sawyer frowned now. It was a hell of a good question, because right now he really had no idea. "Anywhere but here, Juliet.." he told her. "Get some shoes. Get a bag, put some clothes in it for the both of us."

Juliet nodded, going down the hallway.

Sawyer let out a sigh. This was one hell of a day. He knew it was pretty much what Juliet had already said. They were screwed.

Juliet made her way back out only about two minutes later with two backpacks and sneakers on her feet. Amazingly, Sawyer had managed to bungee Phil to the chair in that short amount of time and tie a rag in his mouth. "What if he made a copy?"

Sawyer glanced over at her and held up the backpack. "He thought of that, but he didn't think to leave it behind," he said with a shrug. "Everyone else is safe."

Juliet nodded handing him the bag with some of his clothes in it.

"Ready to go steal a hippie bus?"

Juliet smiled a little. "Well sure. Always been a little dream of mine."

Sawyer shook his head, smiling a little now too. At least she could still make a joke.

"Do we tell them we're leaving?" she asked suddenly.

Sawyer shook his head. "No," he stated. "Keep 'em out of it."

Juliet nodded. "Okay.. let's go."

"You don't have to come with me ya' know," Sawyer said suddenly, watching her. "No one knows you're involved."

Juliet looked amused now. "Are you saying that because you don't want me to go with you, or because you're afraid of what will happen if I do?" she asked curiously.

Sawyer ran his hand through his hair, shaking his head. "I'm saying this cause I don't want you gettin' hurt. And cause you got a home here now," he told her, walking up to her and putting his hand on her cheek.

"Home is where the heart is, James.." Juliet stated, staring into his eyes. "And my heart is with you."

Sawyer smiled, letting the dimples show a little bit. She always knew what to say to make him feel better. "I wouldn't get far without you watchin' my back anyhow."

Juliet grinned before following him out the door, leaving the unconscious Phil behind.

It only took minutes for Juliet to sneak keys to one of the 'hippie buses' and it was only about a half hour before they'd made it to the fence.

"Think this would be a good place to drop the van and head on foot," Sawyer told her, jumping out of the van.

Juliet nodded, getting out as well. She glanced at the camera and then opened the side door of the van, pulling out their bags and the bag with the tapes. "What about.. them?" she asked, nodding her head passed the fence.

"Just gonna have to convince Richard to let us pass.." Sawyer said, though not entirely sure that was the most thought out plan.

Juliet smiled and little and shook her head. "I guess we're winging it from here.." she said with a shrug, following him through the fence after he turned it off. "How long do you think before someone comes looking?"

Sawyer shook his head and shrugged. "About however long it takes Phil to get outta those bungee's and get some help."

Juliet chuckled before following him into the foliage. It was only a moment later when they heard all the alarms sounding from inside the camp. She glanced at Sawyer.

"I think now would be the part where we start runnin'," Sawyer suggested, strapping two of the bags onto his back and grabbing her hand, running into Hostile Territory.

It was about an hour later when they had finally stopped running aimlessly through the Hostile's territory.

Juliet frowned as she took a seat on the ground beside Sawyer. "Do you think Richard's ignoring us on purpose?"

"Pretty sure if he's watchin', he knows what we're doin too."

Juliet nodded silently and stared out into the woods. This whole thing was foreign to her. She'd never been so.. fast to follow a man in her life before. Sure, she'd followed Jack, but not like this. It helped her believe that back then, her feelings for Jack weren't a 'true love'. Nothing like what she was now feeling for Sawyer. She was practically following the man through Hell now, and she was seeing a side of herself she'd never truly believed existed.

Sawyer glanced over at her thoughtful face. "You okay?"

Juliet smiled and looked at him. "I'll be fine," she said reluctantly. "As long as you don't leave me behind."

"Now why in the hell would I do that?" he asked, clearly confused.

Juliet shrugged, glancing off into the darkness. "Because that's what everyone else has always done."

Sawyer let his eyes soften and he quickly put his arm across her shoulders, pulling her closer. "I ain't leavin' you nowhere," he stated defiantly.

Juliet smiled, closing her eyes and resting her head on his shoulder.

Sawyer smiled and leaned his head down on hers. He already knew Richard was close by. It was obvious he would want to chat about the current situation. "He's here."

Juliet opened her eyes and watched as Richard Alpert walked out of nowhere. "How the hell does he do that?" she asked in a whisper.

Sawyer just chuckled and watched Richard stop and sit down in front of them.

"I'm guessing we have to talk about something," Richard stated, glancing down at the three backpacks they were carrying.

Sawyer nodded. "We got a bit of a situation."

"From the alarms going off, I guess you could say that," Richard said in reply, He had to wonder, what did the blonde woman have to do with this? He recalled a brunette with Sawyer when they had brought Ben to him.

"Gonna have to ask you to let us pass through.." Sawyer admitted, pulling his arm from around Juliet and watching her sit up.

Richard raised an eyebrow up. "Do I want to know why?"

Sawyer just sighed. "Also gonna have to ask you to tell any Dharma boys who come out here that you ain't seen us."

Richard looked amused. "I'm guessing you weren't exactly 'on order' to take Ben Linus to me."

"Was a bit of an on the spot decision."

"By who?" Richard asked, suddenly curious as to who had actually thought of it.

Juliet finally spoke up. "By me."

"And who are you?" Richard finally asked.

Juliet just shook her head. Telling him her name, might be how he finds her later. But she realized, Dan had been right, whatever is going to happen, will happen no matter what. "Juliet Burke."

Richard narrowed his eyes. "I'm guessing you were flashing around with James here?"

Juliet simply nodded.

Richard shook his head. "So you already knew who I was as well?"

"More then you know."

This time Richard and Sawyer stared at her incredulously.

Juliet said nothing else, she simply found interest in the ground.

"Alright," Richard stated, standing up. "Rest for a little longer, after that, move on," he ordered them. "My people will leave you alone," he told them. "There are some caves if you keep heading south, I'd suggest that for a good place to camp out."

Sawyer simply nodded. "Works for me."

Richard then just got up, walking back into the darkness he'd walked out of.

"You ever think maybe the reason they get you on this island is cause you told him your name?" Sawyer asked suddenly, glancing at her.

Juliet smiled a tiny bit and shrugged. "If Daniel's right, then it wouldn't matter anyways, because either way, I'll wind up on this island."

"How do you know that?" Sawyer asked.

"Because.." she said, sighing. "It already happened. That's our past, James.." she stated, just as Daniel would. "This is our present.."

Sawyer just rolled his eyes. "Time travel's a bitch.."

Juliet smiled for real now. "Gee, you think?"

"Wise-ass."

Juliet smirked. "Last time you called me that, I got pulled off by my hair and had gotten threatened with the removal of my hand, I believe."

Sawyer grinned. "Well ain't that a shame," he stated, laying back on the ground.

Juliet chuckled and layed back as well beside him. "So, first, we live on a beach. Then, we live in Dharma houses. Now we're going to go live in caves. What does that make us now?" she questioned, staring up at the dark sky. She couldn't find even one star tonight.

"Me Tarzan you Jane?"

Juliet laughed, rolling her eyes. "Whatever you say, caveman."

Sawyer smiled, looking over at her deviously.

Juliet eyed him now. "Why do you have that look? I hate that look.." she stated. "You're always plotting something strange in your head when you get that look."

"Well," Sawyer said, resting his head on his arms now. "If I'm gonna be a caveman, that makes you my cavewoman."

"And?" she questioned.

"Well," Sawyer said again, grinning. "Cavemen club their cavewoman over the head and drag them into the cave by their hair to claim them. Do we get to try that?"

Juliet's look of amusement showed both shock and appaul. "You are a sick, twisted individual."

"That's why you love me."

Juliet smiled now. "True."

James smirked, standing up and pulling her up as well. "Should probably tell ya somethin' I wanted to tell ya' about an hour ago."

"What's that?" she questioned as they began walking South as Richard had suggested.

"Thanks," he said with a shrug. "For following me throughout all of this Dharma mumbo jumbo."

Juliet smiled and took his hand in hers as they walked. "I trust you, James," she told him, staring forward. "And I follow you because I love you."

Sawyer smiled back at her. "And you know I'll do the same for you, Juliet," he said in return. "Cause I love you too."

Juliet stopped walking and pulled him to a stop as well causing him to turn around. "We're going to be alright, aren't we James?"

Sawyer pulled her hand up, kissing her knuckles first before placing a small kiss on her lips. "Long as we're together, ain't no one bringing us down, Juliet."

Juliet nodded and wrapped her arms around his neck, holding onto him tightly. Even if for whatever reason, they didn't make it through whatever would happen next. At least she knew she followed her heart, and it didn't matter where her heart led her at this point. Whether it be the little house in Dharmaville, or these caves they were heading to. It was as she said before, home is where the heart is, and her heart was wherever Sawyer went.

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Okay. Not quite where I intended to go with this story. But I like it anyways, so I hope that the rest of you do as well. Now I'm going to go watch the promo and beat myself up about how badly I was off. haha. Hope you enjoyed the fluff. And the random appearance of Richard. But we all know Richard would simply have to confront them, not just let them keep going. (Who remembers Adam and Eve from the caves in the first season I believe it was? Uh-oh.. was that me just kind of.. ohh.. I don't know. Making a vague idea of where I was getting at with the caves? Dunno. Coulda been!) Anyways. There won't be any missing pieces this weekend, I'll be away and, unless by some miracle I have free time and internet access. You guys will just have to wait until MONDAY, that's right, Monday, to get another missing piece. Sorry. So I made this one extra long for you.

I'm a fool. I know. But just for fun, since it'll be two weeks til the next episode. I'll make this multi-chaptered for you guys. Next chapter will be posted Sunday night, or Monday morning when I'm home!

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