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All Over Again: Day 14/15

I can hardly remember,

The look of my own eyes,

How could I love this?

A life so dishonest..

(Save Me by Shinedown)

When Jack, Kate and Sawyer finally made it back to the beach, it was Hurley who came running up to them.

"Dudes!" Hurley said quickly. "Where've you guys been?? Ethan attacked Claire again, and she woke up.. she freaked out and took off into the jungle, Charlie went after her!"

Jack stared at him in shock. Were events changing? "This is bad.. none of this is supposed to be happening yet," he mumbled out in confusion. "Did anyone else go after them?" he asked quickly.

Hurley nodded. "I found Sayid, Sun and Jin, they're looking for them now!"

Jack let out a little bit of relief. But he still didn't feel better about it. Last time Ethan hung Charlie from a tree and left him for dead.

"If Juliet's following Ethan, you heard yourself she ain't gonna let him hurt nobody," Sawyer pointed out to Jack.

"You found Juliet?" Hurley questioned. "So she remembers?"

Sawyer frowned.

Kate sighed but shook her head at Hurley. "No.."

Hurley frowned. "But you just said.."

"I know what I said," Sawyer snapped out. "We saw her, heard her, we didn't go traipsin' up to her."

Hurley shut his mouth after that.

"Which way did Claire and Charlie go?" Jack asked immediately.

Hurley pointed off into the jungle.

"You guys coming?" Jack questioned Kate and Sawyer, both of whom nodded and followed behind him.

~*~*~*~

Juliet was trying to track Ethan when she lost it due to the thunderstorm that picked up almost instantly. She was momentarily shocked when she heard a woman's scream. She had lost Ethan, but she was assuming she'd just found him again. She ran towards the screams and stopped short out of shock with what she saw through the rain.

Ethan was hanging a man from a tree.. with Claire trying to push him away from the poor guy. Had Ethan completely lost his mind? She pulled the sling off, dropping it to the ground and she didn't hesitate in what she did next. She ran full-force towards him and rammed her shoulder into him, sending him flying backwards and dropping the man back down to the ground he'd been trying to hang.

"Who are you?!" Claire cried out, kneeling down to help Charlie who was coughing and sputtering.

Juliet turned to Claire, ignoring the shooting pain in her shoulder now. "It doesn't matter," she told her quickly. "Get out of here, run!"

Claire shook her head. "I can't, I can't just leave him!"

Juliet heard Ethan before she could do anything. And suddenly she felt her leg pulled out from underneath her, landing face first into the muddied ground. She felt her arm twisted back behind her before she could even react and she let out a cry of pain almost immediately.

"Have you lost your mind, Julie?!" Ethan yelled at her, wrenching her arm back further. "We have to do this! And you're either with us or against us!"

Claire's eyes widened in shock. The woman was with Ethan? Why in the world would they be fighting with each other, why would this woman 'Julie', be helping them if she was with him?

Charlie looked on is surprise too, and he quickly tried pulling the rope off his neck.

Juliet clenched her jaw as she felt another ripple of pain shoot through her shoulder and she quickly threw her other arm back, nailing him in the jaw with her elbow. What in the world had gotten into Ethan? Earlier today he'd been perfectly normal, caught her as she cut herself loose from that trap. Hell, he'd even popped her shoulder back into place and now he'd nearly yanked it back out. She had never seen Ethan violent before.

"You just tried to kill somebody!" Juliet shot back at him as he began standing up. "You're insane, Ethan," she stated. She moved to take a step forward but she froze when he pulled a gun out from behind her back. She hesitated before taking a step backwards and putting her hands out in front of her.

"I hate to do this Juliet, but you're not leaving me a choice," Ethan stated calmly, walking towards her.

Juliet felt her breath hitch as he brought the gun between her eyes. She was fairly certain she heard Claire let out a gasp as well in response, but she didn't have time to think about it.

"Ethan stop!!"

Juliet looked over immediately, shocked to see that Goodwin had come after them as well. Her eyes widened slightly as Ethan didn't look, he just turned and fired at the voice. "GOODWIN!" she screamed immediately, running to the now fallen man.

Ethan watched in silence. That definitely wasn't supposed to happen.. He needed to get Juliet and Claire and get out of here fast. So he walked towards Juliet who was trying to save Goodwin.

Juliet felt the tears stinging her eyes as she tried to stop the bleeding from his stomach. "Why did you come back?" she questioned softly.

"Ethan.." Goodwin muttered, watching Ethan coming up behind Juliet.

Juliet nearly forgot about Ethan, and by the time she turned to face him all she saw was the butt of the gun coming down and then darkness.

Ethan turned before anyone could react and brought the gun down on Charlie now. "You'll have to come with me, Claire, or I'll just have to shoot Charlie here.."

Claire stared at the blonde woman in shock. She looked down at Charlie's now unconscious form and felt a few tears fall from her eyes. "Alright.." she said quietly. She stood back up slowly, watching as the man picked up the blonde woman and tossed her over his shoulder.

"This way," Ethan stated, pointing the gun in another direction and following behind Claire as she went in the direction he asked. He would have just left Juliet behind, but Ben would have never forgiven him for that.

~*~*~*~

"Charlie!" Jack yelled out, running to the smaller man who was laying on the ground. The rope was around his neck.. but, he wasn't hanging. What did that mean, he wondered as he shook Charlie.

Sawyer was following behind Kate as she headed towards Jack and Charlie but he froze and glanced down, leaning over to pick up the offending item stuck to his boot. He narrowed his eyes as he picked it up and then frowned. "Juliet.." he whispered.

Kate glanced back at him immediately and stared at the exact sling Juliet had been wearing hours ago. "She was here.." she stated to Jack. "Juliet was.. do you think she would have cut Charlie down?"

Jack glanced at the two and then back at Charlie. "Everything is different.." he told her. "But Juliet's the only one who could have.. our people wouldn't just leave Charlie laying out in the jungle.."

Sawyer frowned as he stared at the sling in his hands. Everything was different.. but how different would things get?

"Oh my god.." Kate whispered, covering her mouth with her hands. "Jack! Sawyer!"

Jack turned and looked at what Kate was pointing at. It was that man Goodwin. He quickly moved over to the bleeding man. "He's dead.." he stated quietly.

"Jack, Charlie's waking up!" Kate told him quickly, helping Charlie to his feet. She didn't fail to notice Sawyer's silence during all of this. She knew he was trying to accept everything. He was trying to accept that Juliet wasn't his Juliet anymore.. that she had no memory of those years they had spent together.

Charlie looked at them all in shock. "How did.. how am I?"

"Hey, Charlie, calm down," Jack stated, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Tell us what happened."

Charlie stared at Jack in confusion. "I drowned.." he told him carefully.

Jack, Kate and Sawyer all froze in response.

"Where's Claire? And Aaron?" he asked quickly. But he stopped, looking around. He glanced at the man who'd been shot and he frowned. Had he dreamed about dying? About Claire and her unborn baby? "Wait.. what.."

Sawyer's eyes widened. "If Charlie remembers both then that means.."

Kate grinned. "That means anyone can remember!" she finished for Sawyer.

Jack ignored both their outbursts. "Charlie, do you remember what just happened?" he asked seriously.

Charlie nodded. "Ethan attacked Claire while she was sleeping.. again.." he stated. "But Claire got freaked and ran into the jungle, I followed her and then Ethan attacked us. He was about to hang me from the tree when.."

He paused. Had he remembered this correctly? "When.. Juliet came out of nowhere and just tackled him.."

Sawyer perked up slightly. If Juliet was helping the survivors, did that mean she remembered already?

"She told Claire to run, but Claire wouldn't leave me behind.." he told them all solemnly. "Then her and Ethan started fighting, but Ethan pulled out a gun and trained it on her.. then that guy," Charlie stated, pointing towards the dead man. "Juliet called him Goodwin.. he yelled for Ethan to stop, and Ethan just turned a shot him.. no hesitation."

Sawyer frowned no. His hope was dwindling as Charlie recounted the story.

"Juliet went running over and tried to stop the bleeding, but Ethan came over and knocked her out with the gun.. then he knocked me out.." Charlie admitted. "What the bloody hell is going on?"

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Yes Charlie.. that is the question isn't it? Good Charlie.. very good. The plot bunny applauds you for asking the question everyone is wondering. I'm going to try and update again tonight! But my best friend's pregnant and thinks she's having contractions, so.. it might be delayed until I get further notice on that! This chapter ran shorter then I planned, so, I promise I'll write you guys a nice long chapter for the next one, deal?