Sawyer left Kate there, he didn't have anything to say, he didn't want to say anything. He just needed to do something, that something, was telling Jack.

"Jack." Sawyer yelled and Jack's head lifted from looking into the sand.

"What Sawyer?" Jack responded a little rudely, more than he wanted to let off.

"Whoa, back off Doc. I need to show you something." Sawyer answered, motioning his head towards the jungle. Jack raised an eyebrow, then he reluctantly followed sawyer, not to sure this was a good idea.

"So, what are you gonna show me?" Jack asked, on Sawyer's right.

"I found Locke and Sayid. Desmond and Kate have already seen them, but I thought you should too." Sawyer replied. "Before Kate got shot, Locke and Sayid were hit by darts, the same darts that the others shot at us, before when we were with Michael." sawyer explained. Jack was still confused, confused about Locke and Sayid and why Sawyer was being so, not Sawyer. As they approached the small clearing, Sawyer went ahead and Jack followed closely behind him.

"Kate." said Sawyer worriedly. Jack drifted beside Sawyer and saw what was wrong.

"Let her go." said Sawyer harshly. "You hurt her and you'll have me to deal with, forever." he added fiercely.

"James, we're not going to hurt her, don't' worry. Believe me, if we had wanted to do that, we would have a long time ago." replied Ben smiling and staring at Sawyer with his big beady eyes.

"What's this about?" asked Jack. They wouldn't come without reason, he knew that, thought Jack.

"Doc, does it really matter." Sawyer asked, giving him a frown. Jack ignored him.

"What's this about?" Jack repeated, staring back at Ben. Ben's smile turned into a serious expression.

"It's about your friends here, John and Mr. Jarrah." answered Ben.

"Let me go!" screamed Kate, squirming, but did not escape the grasp of the man.

"Take your gun out." commanded Ben to the man holding Kate.

"We're going to get your friends out of there." Ben said now to Jack and Sawyer.

"Why? You're the ones who put them in there." replied Sawyer. Ben gave him a shifty look.

"Yes, I'm sure you're friend told you about that. But did he tell you that he helped put them in there?" asked Ben, giving them an even more scary grin. Jack and Sawyer exchanged a weird expression.

"They're fine, nothing is wrong with them. I'm going to get them out, and then we can make a little deal that will help both of us." explained Ben.

"NOO!!" screamed a voice coming towards them. They all saw Alex there holding her sling shot, the same one she had when Sawyer and Kate had been working at the others' camp. "Don't believe a thing he says. He's brainwashed them. They're watching the video that Karl saw when you helped him escape." she explained, looking Sawyer. Ben laughed, but it lacked his usually confidence he possessed.

"Alex, would you please stop scaring away our company? Now, so if I get your friends out, will it be alright if we all sit down and have a nice chat?" asked Ben, with a nice house warming, fake smile. Jack nodded and Sawyer just gave him an angry stare.

"I'm going to take Miss Austen, we will me at the line at sunset tomorrow." explained Ben.

"No, you're not. You're not taking her again." exclaimed Sawyer.

"We have to take her, so we know you'll be there." Ben replied.

"You'll take me." he said, looking into Kate's eyes. She just stared at him, why is he doing this? Kate asked herself, he had seen her kiss Jack, he should hate her now, she wanted him to hate her, and she didn't deserved him or anything. Ben didn't argue, he didn't say anything, all he did was nod.

"Sawyer, you don't have to do this." Kate said. Sawyer walked up close to her. "You don't have to be the hero now." she added, looking into his eyes.

"I'm not doing this to be a hero." he replied. I'm doing this for you, he thought to himself and the other and Ben took him away. Kate was speechless, she was motionless, and all she could do was watch Sawyer walk away, walk away for her.

"Don't come back here. They will be gone soon." yelled Ben over his shoulder, without looking back. Then they were gone. Then he was gone. Kate knew Jack was looking at her, she ignored him. She turned around and walked silently, looking like a robot, back to her camp. Her tent didn't feel right, she couldn't go back there. She entered another tent. She saw Sawyer's clothes, then she couldn't help it, she started crying. She laid their holding his clothes, holding the only memory she had of him, for now.

XXX

Jack hadn't bothered Kate, he could only remember one thing. What Desmond had done, and he wanted the truth. Now. As he watched Kate go into Sawyer's tent, he saw Desmond talking to Charlie.

"Desmond!" Jack yelled. When Desmond turned to look at jack's face, his smile disappeared. jack walked up to them. "Charlie, could you please excuse us?" Jack said, but it sounded like an order.

"Sure, mate." Charlie answered a walked away without looking back.

"Hey Jack. Problems?" Desmond asked with a faint smile that Jack tried not to notice.

"Ya, I do. We met Ben in the jungle. He said that you helped him and the Others put Locke and Sayid in the glass boxes." Jack explained, he loosened up a little.

"It is true." was all that Desmond said. Jack gave him a horrified and confused stare. "I can see the future." added Desmond blankly, abruptly. He blurted that out easily, thought Jack, if only I could do that.

"What does that have to do with anything?" asked Jack curiously.

"I saw what would happen if they did not get put into the boxes." replied Desmond. Jack waited for him to continue, but he did not.

"And?" asked Jack. "What did you see?" he asked.

"I can't say." responded Desmond. Jack didn't argue, for once. He wanted to, but when he thought about Kate. Kate was here and safe. Sometimes, you just have to let things be. Sometimes.