Every Man For Himself

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A/N: Poor Sawyer!!!! Oh that was so sad. Well I started this having the intentions of writing a jate reunion, but then it turned out this way instead. There's some skate and jate though so you all should like it. It's hard to please you all at once. lol! In truth though, I really have no idea who Kate loves the most. I lean one way thinking that's who she loves and then she totally surprises me.. Oh I can't wait until the sixth episode!

Kate paced her cage, anxiously thinking of what to do. When she had woken up, Sawyer had been gone. She looked up at the cage top and contemplated whether or not to climb up there and escape but she decided against it. She had no idea of what they had really done to Sawyer when they had taken him away the first time and he was acting so different. The whole ordeal was frightening.

She didn't understand why Pickett had come and hurt Sawyer like that. She felt horrible. Telling Sawyer that she only said she loved him because she didn't want Pickett to hurt him anymore was difficult. She saw how desperate he was right then and it was really scaring her of how vulnerable he was becoming. She had always wished that he would act a bit more human but she never thought he would act like this. In truth, she did love him. She realized that a long time ago. But it scared her to actually admit that to him. When he had kissed her, she had been in heaven, for those couple of seconds. It was nice to have that touch between them and it was of major comfort to her.

But she had gotten sick of Sawyer repeatedly saying 'Every man for himself'. It annoyed her to no end. Of course she wasn't just going to leave Jack, but she wasn't going to leave Sawyer either. So she got back in her cage. She just kept remembering what Jack had told her.

"Live Together, Die Alone." She whispered to herself. She could remember Jack's voice when he had said it, and it comforted her. She was so relieved that Jack was ok, in fact, he looked better off then herself and Sawyer. She wondered how they were treating him. Now that they had been separated like this, and having to suffer through the anxiety of not knowing whether Jack was alive or not, she now realized that he meant a lot to her too. That was where it was complicated. She loved them both. She dreaded the day where one of them might make her choose. She had no idea.

She heard some footsteps and she looked up and Sawyer was returning with Ben and a few men.

"Sawyer?" Sawyer didn't even acknowledge her. By this time Kate had given up on getting any information from him so then she asked Ben. "Where did you go?'
"We just went for a little walk." Ben smiled.

"What were you guys doing with Jack?"

"We needed him, and he failed." Ben frowned a bit.

"What did he do?"

"Why do you care so much?" Ben asked. "Oh, that's right." He then grinned. "You love him don't you?"

"What?"

"Well you don't love Sawyer. You proved that by climbing back in your cage, which was very smart of you by the way. "

"You're watching us?" Kate asked in disbelief.

"Of course we're watching you Kate. How do you like your clothes?"

Kate didn't say anything.

"Are you hungry?"

Kate just looked at him in confusion.

Ben shrugged. "We just got back from a tiring walk. Do you want to join me for breakfast?"

"You can keep your breakfast."

"Ok. But I still want the company." Ben smiled and two other men opened her cage and took her out, leading her behind Ben. Kate looked back one last time at Sawyer, who was looking at the ground from where he was sitting.

"What did you do with Sawyer? Why is he acting this way?"

"Oh Kate. Really. Do you honestly think we will tell you anything?"

"What do you want with us?"

"You'll find out in time."

Juliet put the bag over Jack head and turned the buzzer noise back on before she opened the door and led Jack out of it.

Sawyer wearily looked up and saw Jack being led back. He didn't bother even getting up. He knew there was no use.

Jack listened intently to the buzzer. Before, he could have sworn that he had faintly heard Kate screaming for him. But he wasn't sure. Now that he couldn't hear anything but the buzzer, he realized that he had probably imagined it. He sighed. He was really loosing it now. He didn't even know if she was alive anymore. He liked it better that he didn't know rather than knowing that she was dead. This way he could be in denial for as long as possible. And what had they done to Sawyer to make him scream like that? He remembered back when Sayid had tortured him and this had sounded a lot worse.

Juliet took Jack's bag off his head as they neared the door and Jack took a glance back before Juliet jerked him into the building.

"What were you doing?" Juliet demanded.

"What? You're the one who took the bag off. Do you really expect me to behave just because you asked me to?" Jack asked.

Juliet looked hurt. Jack couldn't believe it. Since when did Juliet expect him to be sympathetic with her?

She didn't say anything and she opened the door to his room and he walked into it. She gave him a sad look as she closed the door.

Jack had no idea of what was going on here. They had all this hospital equipment yet they had no doctor to actually use it. Jack was absolutely certain though that he was here to save Ben. Juliet had whispered it to him as she uncuffed him from the bed. He had definitely won Juliet over. He could use that to his advantage. She was vulnerable now. The Others were definitely not what they seemed. There was one thing he knew for sure now. Sawyer was alive. He had seen him in that one cage. He had quickly looked at the other cage but it had been empty and Jack was certain that Kate was dead from the way Sawyer looked. He shook his head. It was all his fault. He should have told Sawyer and Kate from the beginning. Maybe they would have stayed and then they wouldn't be in this mess. Of course he had no idea if Kate was really dead or not.

What he had to do now was somehow convince the Others to let him see Sawyer so they could talk and plan something out. That was the only way they had any chance of escaping. Now he just had to plan a way to get out of there.

A/N: I appreciate reviews! This was no where near to what I was planning on writing but I like this version a lot. I can't believe there's only two more episodes!