Sorry it took me so long to update. Life is crazy. Thank you so much for the input guys!
KateAustenFan42- thanks for the insight about making Sawyer the abusive boyfriend. I was not going to add him to the con till later, but I think it makes for more of a build up of tension to have him there earlier. So, thanks for that idea.
When she awoke the pain from her rips had gone done from the day before. Still in a haze from just waking up she looked around the motel room it seemed as if it had not been cleaned in days with beer cans, liquor bottles and half empty pizza boxes spread out amongst the motel room. Charlie was past out in the corner chair still hugging his scotch that he most likely fell asleep drinking. In the bed next to her was Sawyer he was watching TV with a god knows how old slice of pizza in his hand. He looked about how she felt, he had not shaven in days and his hair had become unruly coming almost down to his shoulders.
" How long was I out for?"
" Well Hello there Freckles welcome to the waking world. Don't worry about it you are going to need all the rest you can get so that you can be at the top of your game for what is coming next."
She just nodded her head at this and then looked at the TV, " What the hell are you watching? Is this Little House on the Prairie!" She then busted out laughing.
"Don't judge me! This show is a classic."
She just rolled her eyes at him as she walked to the bathroom.
" Whatever you say Sawyer."
It had now been almost thirty minutes since she had been in the bathroom. This was the third time for Sawyer to knock on the door.
"Freckles are you sure that you are okay? If you need help changing your bandage or anything you know that I'm here."
"Sawyer for the billionth time, I'm fine and I don't need any help. I just got out of the shower and took my time is that okay with you?"
"If you change your mind just yell at me okay."
Truth be told she did need help with wrapping her bandage around her rips, it hurt to move her arms around her body, but Kate was determined to do it herself. Ever since she was fourteen she told herself to never rely on others. She saw it as a weakness when you needed help and Kate never wanted to be or seem weak.
About ten minutes later Kate finally finished changing her bandage. Once she reemerged from the bathroom Sawyer wasted no time in getting right into what he had planned for phase two.
" We have to act fast while your still fresh in his mind."
" I don't Sawyer if I was ever in his mind at all. He blew me off towards the end, he did not even brother to say goodbye. It is going to be hard to get him to come around." She said in a somewhat defeated tone.
"Trust me on this Freckles you had an effect on him. When Hurley was not working we were tailing our mark. We somewhat got his routine down, this man either works all night or goes on dates I'm not sure if he even sleeps, but there is one night a week form what we can tell he has a guys night and that is our opening. One he will not be distracted by a date and be more open to put all his focus on saving you. Secondly they go to some run down bar that he would not be too surprised to run into you there. This is where you are going to have to bare with me Freckles his guys night is tonight and we can't afford to wait a whole week to make our second move. Once Hurley gets back we should head out and set up the scene. Can you handle this?"
"Roll with punches right?" she then gave him a smirk.
"That's my girl."
As soon as Hurley walked through the door at nine Sawyer jumped up off the bed and quickly took off his dirty shirt and replaced it with a dark red one and a leather black jacket he slicked his hair back and put on a ball cap and sunglasses. Hurley tossed his pizza shirt to the side and put on a plan t-shirt and found his favorite zip up hoodie. Sawyer quickly headed over to the corner to where Charlie was still passed out and slapped him hard.
" Wake up you damn Englishman it's time."
"Aw bloody hell."
Charlie did not even brother to change his shirt as he stumbled over to the closet still drunk from the night before and just put on his nice suit jacket over his t-shirt.
While the boys got ready in a craze Kate was just struggling to put on her boots. Every time she bent down it hurt, but she managed.
Sawyer then tossed Kate her jean jacket, "Ready to go Freckles?"
She nodded her head and got up to leave.
In the car Sawyer lit up his cigarette blew out a puff of smoke and blared "Back in Black" through out the car as he peeled out of the motel parking lot. A song that had somewhat come a tradition for them to listen to before they pulled a con, mainly due to the fact that it was one of Sawyer's and Hurley's favorites.
Once they where at the bar, Sawyer made sure to park in the back so they would not be seen and he went over a few last tidbits that he wanted to make sure where known.
"Hurley and I are going to enter first and sit in the back out of sight, but also so that we can watch everything that is going on. Then Charlie and Freckles wait about ten to fifteen minutes before you come in. Sit somewhere off to the side and somewhat in the back we don't want the mark to notice you before Charlie starts yelling and harshly grabbing you. Observe the mark and once he is had a few in him I want you to start making a scene. Got it?"
" Yeah Yeah we got it." Charlie said in a slur.
" Charlie I don't want you to put up too much of fight go down in a few punches or so, Freckles once Charlie is down either by the Doctor or someone else. I want you to be clinging to the Doctor and act scared as you can, as if it where not for him you don't know what would happen to you."
She entered the bar smoke hit her and as she looked around, it had a good amount of people in it, just enough she thought so that they would not be noticed till they wanted to be.
It had been about forty five minutes and there was still no sign of Jack. Charlie was now on his fourth drink in the small amount of time.
"Charlie I think you might want to slow down. Jack has not even shown up yet."
"Who the hell is Jack?"
"He is the mark Charlie, I really think you need to slow down. You still have yesterdays liquor in your system and you just added way too much to that."
"Listen Kate I'm a grown man. I damn well can decide when enough is enough." Then out of nowhere Charlie's head went crashing down on the table. Kate tired to wake him on her own, but he was out cold. She then made a panic look over to Sawyer who saw what had happened. He cruised under his breath and then checked to make sure no one was paying attention. Once the coast was clear he made his way over to her.
" What the hell happened to him?"
" I don't know Sawyer one moment I was telling him that he had too much to drink and then the next he is past out cold." She said in a somewhat panicked tone.
"Hey calm down. Listen the mark has yet to even show up yet. You know Charlie he may snap out of this in time."
Kate had not even seen him come in, but when she looked up their eyes connect in a trance.
Shock did not even enter his eyes upon seeing her he was too consumed by the green of hers. He hated to admit to himself, but he was sad to have seen those green eyes leave his hospital a couple of days ago.
When Sawyer realized that Kate was not even listening to him he looked up at her and she seemed to be drawn to something across the room, when he followed her gaze and saw who was looking back at her was the Doctor. He quickly wiped his head back. "Fuck." He breathed out. "Listen Freckles we don't have time he has already spotted us. Change of plans I'm going to have to be your abusive boyfriend."
Sawyer then violently grabbed Kate by the shoulders. "You bitch! Don't you dare look at other men!"
Then he slapped her hard without mercy across the face. Kate spit blood out on to the table.
" Jesus Sawyer!"
Sawyer then grabbed her arm forcefully headed away from their table towards the door. He whispered in her ear. "I don't want the doc to see Charlie passed out at the table and don't worry we will not make it to the door. Also, don't call me Sawyer in front of anyone here."
Jack saw the whole thing go down from afar and he felt his blood boil at this mistreatment of a woman and not just any woman this was his patient someone that he was responsible for and someone that he had let down. He should have made sure that she went to that woman's shelter himself, but he would not let her down again. He saw that the bastard was trying to make a run for it with her in his grasp. Jack was across the bar in seconds cutting them off before they hit the door, over his dead body was he going to let that asshole leave with her.
Jack looked this disgusting creature up and down. How he hide his guilty face with a cap and sunglasses and Jack wanted to knock those glasses right off his face.
Sawyer's southern accent boomed through the bar, "Move out the way Jackass!"
"I'm sorry I can't let you leave with Kate."
Kate could not help, but let a small smile escape her lips at the fact that he had remembered her name.
Sawyer then forcefully tossed Kate to the side and if she had not got hold of the bar top she was sure that she would have fallen. She turned around to see that Sawyer had moved towards Jack and had his finger pointed at his chest.
"I saw you making eyes at my girlfriend early and now here you are telling me that you know her name!" he said in a shocked anger tone, Sawyer then out of nowhere punched him in the stomach, "Stay the fuck away from my girl!"
Kate had no clue what Sawyer was thinking or doing. He had told Charlie to play it cool and not really fight back and here he was doing the exact opposite of that. Then once she saw the fire in Jack's eyes right before he started pounding into Sawyer she knew exactly what he was trying to do. He wanted Jack to loose his cool and to become consumed with anger and fight that all would go towards saving her.
Jack then punched Sawyer hard in the gut and then across his face breaking his sunglasses. Sawyer then just grinned at Jack, "Is that all you got fancy boy?" As he threw his glasses to the ground and then he spit down at Jack's feet.
It was only a matter of seconds before Jack hit Sawyer across the face again this time causing blood to come out of his nose as he stumbled back a few steps knocking into a table, causing beer to spill all over the place.
As Sawyer gained his bearings Kate could tell that he had lost his control and now had been angered, as he tackled Jack to the ground and started punching into him. Jack then kicked him in the groin, causing Sawyer to fall off of him and just as he was about to ream into him Jack found the security guards were lifting them up and taking both of them outside. Once they were outside all bets were off his anger had hit boiling point and he wanted nothing more to give this hick a taste of his own medicine. Something stopped the guards as a small meek voice of woman came through.
Jack turned around to see that it had been Kate and she was telling the guards to not throw him out and that he was standing up for her. The guard then let go of Jack, as the other continued towards the door with that jerk.
That southern asshole screamed the whole way to the door, "You Bitch! You will regret the day that you turned on me! I'm going to make you pay if it is the last thing I do."
Jack still wanted to go outside and kick his ass, but the sight of the woman in front of him kept him from going anywhere.
She looked so vulnerable and weak. Jack hated to see women like this, but he also hated dealing with women in this weak state. If he was not hiding behind a medicine chart Jack was not sure how to interact. This is one of the many reasons why he liked emotionally controlled and strong woman they never needed for you to hold them, protect them or promise the world to them.
Yet here he was having to deal with a woman that was on the verge of tears and needed him to protect her at least for the moment and he had no clue what to do.
Jack did not have to worry for too long, because Kate quickly went to him wrapping her arms around him.
" Jack I don't know what I would have done if you where not here." She whispered to him.
At first he tensed at the sudden contact, but as she rested her head on his shoulder he relaxed and wrapped his arms around her small frame.
" Shhh its okay Kate. Everything is going to be fine. I won't let anything happen to you."
He was surprised at how content he felt just holding her and the sense of responsibility that came over him for this woman in his arms that he barely knew. Jack had no clue what he was going to do with her, it was eleven o'clock at night and no shelter would be open and she did not have injuries bad enough for the hospital. One thing was sure he was not just going to set her free to fend for herself, last time he did that she went back to that southern piece of shit. No, he was going to make sure that she gets the proper care this time.
Jack did not even brother telling his friends goodbye, who were oblivious to the whole interaction that just went down. All he wanted to do was get Kate out of this smoky bar and somewhere safe.
Once they were in his car he thought about taking her to Juliet, which would be much more acceptable having her spend the night with a woman. Jack tired calling her when she did pick up; he then remembered that she was on some hot date with a lawyer. She would kill him if he showed up at her door with a scared girl that she would have to look after.
Jack really had no choice he was going to have to take her to his place. It was only for one night in the morning he would call the woman's shelter.