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Abby: I'm desperate to get out of this! I'm like the living dead because of you!

Me: Abby, you should know that a good story needs darkness. You read a bit.

Carly: No. Neither of us read. You should know that.

Me: *sigh* Someone just read the disclaimer. (Pause) Thanks a lot, everyone!

Jude: Here, I'll read it. SideshowJazz1 does not own Lord of The Flies or anything except me and the others. Hey, why is your pen name so weird?

Me: Work it out.

You get NOTHING except my endless gratitude if you can work out my pen name's reference!

"Why do you get to stay free?" Jessica asked.

Katie stared at the ground guiltily. The other girls were tied up as usual, but as Jack had said, she was allowed to be free. For once, Jack had gone hunting with the others, leaving Katie to guard. She was happy that Jack trusted her as a member of the tribe, but felt like a traitor to the girls. She could tell that's how they felt about her, too.

Finally, she responded, "Cause Jack said I could."

This prompted furious whispers among the other girls. They hadn't been given the choice to not be tied up. Even Nikki and Vicky, who had felt better than the other girls, were just as mad at Katie as the others. Why should she get to be free? Only Abby didn't say a word, but since she hadn't spoken in two days, no one really noticed until Carly spoke up "Abby, what do you think?"

Abby stayed silent.

"Abby?" Carly prompted. Then she took a proper look at her friend and gasped. The other girls followed suit.

"This can't keep happening!" Katie cried, rushing over. "It's inhumane and awful!"

Abby's skin had practically turned completely purple from the bruise. Her cheeks and forehead had cuts scattered everywhere. Her eyes stared blankly at the girls.

"I knew he was sadistic..." whispered Georgia.

"...but not this much." finished Nikki.

Most of the girls fixed Katie with glares. She immediately understood what they were saying.

"I'm not going to talk to him, but I'll ask Jack to." she said. "He's probably the only boy who'll listen to me that can stop it." She didn't want to admit how scared she was of the dark-eyed boy that had chosen Abby as his girl.

Finally, Abby spoke up in a tiny voice. "I try...to blank...the pain..out. It's..OK...if I just...do that."

Vicky rolled her eyes. "Who are you and what have you done with Abby?"

"It's definitely not OK." Rosie answered. "Look at yourself. The Abby I know would never say that."

"I agree." chimed in Katie. "You'd fight."

"I've tried..." muttered Abby. "I'm not...strong...enough."

When the boys came back, Katie had a thought. Nikki and Vicky had mentioned that the boys that took them-the twins-treated them with more respect. She wondered if she could trust them, if she secretly let the two girls go, not to tell.

She managed to get them by themselves for a moment. "You two are the ones with Nikki and Vicky, right?" she whispered

The two looked at each other, and then nodded.

"Could you keep a secret, even though it goes against Jack's orders?" Katie asked.

The boys looked uncertain. "Last time we went against Jack, years ago-"

"We got the truth tortured out of us." The twins shuddered just at the memory.

"Please?" Katie pleaded. "My friend Abby is really in trouble, and I need to get someone to the other boys to help us, and tell us what to do. If I don't, Abby could die."

The twins looked guiltily at the ground and shook their heads.

Katie had to go to Plan B, ask Jack if he could get Abby out of this situation. That night, she did it.

"Jack," she said sweetly as they walked to their clearing, "I have to talk to you. You know which of the girls is Abby, right?"

"Yeah, the blonde." Jack answered. "What about her?"

"Haven't you looked at her?" Katie asked. "She's near to comatose, and if she gets any more hurt, she'll probably die! I thought that you'd be the only one to be able to get through to that sadist of a boy."

Jack supressed a chuckle, thinking that Katie was overreacting, and said "Calm down. Listen, Abby isn't going to die from that, but I'll find a way to make sure that she isn't hurt any more."

"Really?" Katie asked. "Thank you!" She hugged Jack, not noticing the slight smirk he had.

The night passed for the couple the same way the last few nights had. For once, the other girls were allowed to get a break if the boys that had them decided so. Nikki and Vicky were free, of course, as were Rosie, Jessica, Blossom, Carly and Bella. Abby, Georgia, Sara and Heather were out of luck. Jack didn't ask Katie whether she wanted to go to the clearing as usual, but she wanted to anyway. She wasn't sure if she really loved Jack, but she knew that her feelings for him were strong liking infused with lust. She liked the warmth she felt when Jack kissed her, and almost enjoyed the longing when he broke away. She wondered if the feeling she knew was what the old Atomic Kitten song "Turn Me On" was talking about.

Meanwhile, Jack was not really paying attention, automatically doing everything that turned on the girl. He had been toying with the idea of swapping girls before Katie had turned out to be the girl that he could always have. He really liked Katie, but he wanted to know if any other girl would be better. However, he had been thinking that he should have Katie stick around. But since she was worrying about Abby so much, why shouldn't he and his second-in-command swap for a night?

The twins were on guard that night. The seven girls left were happy to be free from the boys for one night, but all wanted freedom.

"Please can you let us leave for the night? We'll be back by dawn!" pleaded Bella.

Jessica widened her eyes. "Please, please, please?"

After about an hour of the girls' pleading, the twins weakened, and let the girls go, on the condition that they'd be back before anyone else would notice they were gone.

Most of the girls just went around the island for the heck of it, for actually being free. Rosie even accidentally spotted Heather and one of the boys. Poor Heather was screaming, and the sound grated on Rosie's ears. She immediately turned and ran the other way until she couldn't hear Heather any more.

Only Blossom thought of going to the other boys. She ran to the beach, to find that they were all awake. The boys turned and gasped on seeing her.

"I can't stay too long." she began to say. "Otherwise they'll-" she broke off when she saw a boy she didn't recognize. "Hi. Who are you?" she asked.

"Ralph." Dan supplied. Blossom's eyes widened at recognizing the fair-haired boy.

"The Ralph?" she whispered, then composed herself and said "Hi, Ralph. So how did you get here?"

Ralph began the whole story about the island, and Blossom tuned out, since she already knew the story.

"We have to find a way to get out of this thing that's happening." she said. "Abby is nearly comatose. Nikki and Vicky are the only ones that are in a good position, but the boys that took them are too scared to stand up to any of the others, least of all Jack. Worst of all, Katie is no help at all. Now Jack lets her stay free and if it gets any further, she'll probably start hunting with the boys and join in with their war chant."

The boys thought Blossom was going a little overboard. None of them could imagine Katie wearing war paint and chanting.

In the morning, Jack woke up Katie early. He'd thought over his plan, and decided to go for it. But just to make things easier for Katie, he was going to ask her to mix with the boys.

"Katie," he said, switching on the charm, "You know, I think you're one of us, now. I'd really love you to come hunting with us today." Privately, he didn't think girls could hunt well, but nearly all the boys hunted, so why not?

Katie's eyes widened. "Me? Hunt? How would I?"

"You just follow your inner voice." shrugged Jack. "Nothing to it."

Katie still wasn't sure about it, but she knew well that Jack's will was stronger than hers, and he won. "OK." she said. "I'll try."