Chapter Twelve: "Memories…"
Shot of Sayid kneeling on the ground where they were the night before. Ana and Kate are looking furtively around. Sawyer and Jack look deeper into the jungle.
Sawyer: Well, is there a track or ain't there?
Sayid: A faint one. They appear not to have had time to be as thorough as normal.
Ana: Which way did they go?
Sayid stands and looks into the jungle. He points.
Sayid: This way.
He leads the group off into the jungle.
Shot of Tom walking Andie through the jungle. He stops and pulls a sheet off of the door of the medical hatch. Shot to inside. Tom is leading Andie. They enter a white room with all the makings of a doctor's office. Andie looks warily around as she enters. She looks over to a metal chair, the one Claire was in when she was taken and Ethan was examining her on. Andie twinges as she's hit with a memory.
MEMORY.
Andie chained to that same metal chair in that room. Her hands are shackled to the arms of the chair. Her wrists are bleeding as she tries to wretch her hands free. She is screaming bloody murder as a man wearing a doctor's mask injects her abdomen with a clear liquid. He empties the syringe into her.
END OF MEMORY.
Andie involuntarily touches her abdomen. Tom turns around to her.
Tom (soothingly): It's alright, Andie. It won't be the same this time.
Andie: What did you do to me?
Tom: We did what we had to do.
Andie: What the hell does that mean?!
Tom: If you want to stay out of that chair, I suggest that you don't raise your voice to me again. It's a long road we need to travel, Andie. But it'll be worth it when we get there. Especially for you.
Shot of the camp at the beach. Claire is sitting with Aaron on the waters edge. Charlie comes over, but doesn't sit too close.
Charlie: Hi.
Claire turns around and sees him.
Claire: Hey.
Charlie: I heard about Andie. I'm sorry.
Claire: They'll bring her back.
Charlie: Course they will. They're a hunting party again.
They're quiet for a moment. Charlie can sense Claire is concerned about Andie.
Claire: Do you think that…she's alright?
Charlie: She's strong. She can take care of herself.
Claire: But when they took me…they made me think they were the good ones. They manipulate everything. (Beat) What if they're doing that to Andie?
Charlie: Hey. (He edges closer to her) Andie is going to be fine. The others will bring her back.
Claire looks at him.
Claire: How do you know that?
Charlie (shrugs): Cos they will. They're not coming back without Andie.
She looks away from him out to the ocean. Then a moment later looks back.
Claire: Thanks, Charlie.
Shot of Andie in the room in the medical hatch. She is sitting up on a table. Tom is standing near her. Through the door comes Juliet.
Juliet: Hello again, Andie.
Andie: You're the doctor?
Juliet: For now, yes.
She prepares to take a sample of Andie's blood.
Juliet: I know it doesn't feel like it now, Andie, but this is all happening for a reason.
Andie: Whatever. Why do you need my blood? You've taken it before.
Juliet: We need to test it again. (Beat) How are you feeling?
Andie: Peachy.
Juliet: Do you feel nauseas or have headaches? Are you tired or groggy?
Andie: I'm fine.
Seeing that Andie will not give her a straight answer, Juliet gets up and nods to Tom.
Tom: Let's go, Andie.
Andie reluctantly leaves with Tom. A moment later, another man enters the room. Ben.
Ben: How'd she go?
Juliet: She seems fine. No lasting effects from the vaccine.
Ben: She's not showing symptoms?
Juliet: No. But don't get your hopes up, Ben. It's early.
Ben: All the more reason to get her back to the other island. I trust you're ready to leave?
Juliet: Yes Ben.
He can sense her hesitation.
Ben: Do I have to remind you of how important this is, Juliet? Andie's friends will come looking for her which is why we need to be gone before they arrive. Andie must stay with us this time; we can't lose her again. Do I make myself clear?
Juliet: I know, Ben.
Ben: Good.
Shot of the search party. Sayid stops. They all take a break and drink some water.
Jack: Is there still a trail?
Sayid: Yes.
Ana: What if we're following nothing? What if they made this track to trick you?
Sayid: If they wished to trick me they would have created two tracks. One real and one false. It appears they did not have time to make such a ruse.
Kate: What are we supposed to do when we find her? I mean, all we have to protect ourselves is a gun each.
Ana: We don't all go in at once.
Sayid: Correct. We send one or two in and the rest will stay back in case we're exposed.
Sawyer: Andie said last time she was cuffed, right? What if she is now?
Sayid: There are ways around that. We need to find out where Andie is first, then survey her protection before we ambush.
Kate: Who should go in first?
Jack: I will.
Sawyer: Same here.
Ana: No, I should go.
Kat: I'm going in.
Sayid: We have plenty of time to sort that out. First, we need to find their camp. And by my calculations.
He turns and points up at a huge mountain.
Sayid: They took her over there.
Kate: Perfect.
Shot to Andie and Tom walking back into the jungle.
Tom: It won't be long now, Andie. I promise.
Andie (defiantly): I am not going anywhere with you. My friends will come for me.
Tom: Yes, they will.
Andie looks taken aback.
Tom: That's we're counting on.
Flash to black.
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