Here's the next chapter. This chapter doesn't have any flashbacks because....it just doesn't. Enjoy.
Kat and Josie walked into the Barracks, heading straight for Ben's house. The two of them walked in.
'Ben, I need to get a team together,' she called out as she walked in.
He met her in the hallway. 'why do you need a team?' he then saw Josie. 'and why is Josephine here?'
'she got compromised,' Kat sighed. 'and I need a team to take Yoon-Cha's baby.'
'Cam, Ethan, Tom, Krist, Josh and Carlos will be back soon. Take one of them.'
'back from where? And why's Ethan with them?'
'they have the pregnant girl.'
'Claire?' Josie asked.
'yes, Claire,' Ben said. 'and I they've got some other people from the crash site. They should be back soon.'
'okay,' Kat said. 'I'll take one of them. Thanks,' she said, walking out.
Josie followed her.
'I'll be part of the team,' Josie said.
'Josephine, go see Esther or Juliet for those cuts,' Kat said to her, gesturing to her face, where Luka had hit her.
'fine,' she said, starting to walk off.
'Josie,' Kat said. 'I'm glad you're safe.'
'are you?' she asked, walking away.
Kat sighed. She wished she had never said those words to her daughter.
--
'he wasn't on the plane,' Hurley kept repeating.
'who wasn't on the plane?' Laura yelled, angry that he wasn't saying who it was.
'Ethan, the Canadian guy, he is not on the passenger manifest.'
'oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck!' Laura exclaimed.
'what? Where is he? Laura, what's wrong?' Jack asked.
'on the way here, I saw him, and told him what was going on with Claire,' she said.
'is anyone with her?' Jack asked.
'yeah,' Laura said. 'Jason, Jenny, Charlie, Erica and Max.'
'where are they?'
'trying to stop Claire's contractions, maybe?' she said. 'somewhere in the jungle.'
--
Jack, Locke, Laura, Oz and Maya ran through the jungle.
Laura stopped. 'here. This is where I left them,' she told them.
'what's that?' Maya asked, pointing to something as she walked over.
It was Claire's bag.
'She was moving back to the beach. Claire. That's hers,' Jack said.
'and why was she moving back to the beach, Jack?' Laura asked angrily.
'there's some footprints here,' Locke said. 'At least ten distinct sets all over the place. It looks like there might have been a struggle. And there's drag marks.'
'they've been taken,' Oz said.
They all looked at each other.
--
Over the other side of the island, Akilina had an angry look on her face, angry that she had been betrayed by Induala.
An hour beforehand, they took Induala out, as if it was part of a plan.
Induala had acted like her friend, but really, she was on their side.
Induala didn't believe her.
--
Yoon walked into the infirmary, Min-Hee in her arms.
'hey,' James said to her.
'hey,' she smiled brightly.
'you know, I can't go outside because my burns will freak out some people, but I did hear through the grapevine that you gave birth,' he said. 'so congratulations, Doctor Paik. Or Harper. I've heard you referred to by both. So what is it?'
'Gal,' she said.
'that's a new one,' he said.
She smiled. 'it depends on who you ask. Legally, I'm Harper by marriage – not that I'm married anymore – Paik is my adopted family's name, and Gal is my birth name. So it depends on who you ask. My husband, ex-husband, said it was Harper, and I did too for a time. My mother, father and sister say Paik. I say Gal.'
'I like Gal,' he said.
'so do I,' she said.
'so let me get this straight,' he said. 'you're Yoon-Cha Gal?'
'yes.'
'and your sister is Sun-Hwa Paik?'
'yes, although technically-'
'and her husband is Jin-Soo Kwon?'
'yes.'
'and your daughter is Min-Hee Harper?'
'yes. What is your point?'
'you're related to three people on this island, and you've all got different last names. I find it weird.'
'...and I still missed your point,' she asked.
'I know your name, all three of them, your sisters name, her husbands, and your daughters. Yet I don't even know my own.'
'James. Your name is James,' she said.
'just James. No last name. Just James, James the burnt amnesia guy.'
'no, James the burnt amnesia guy who survived a plane crash and second and third degree burns to over half of his body. You are James, a survivor.'
'and you are Yoon-Cha, the Korean chick with three names who survived a plane crash and gave birth on an island. You are Yoon-Cha, a pain in my ass,' he smiled.
Yoon laughed.
'you are Yoon-Cha,' he said softly. 'the only person who hasn't given up on me.'
Yoon smiled at him. 'we have the manifest,' she said in realization. 'we can figure out your name.'
'I...I don't think I was on that plane legally,' he said, trailing off as he thought hard. 'don't tell anyone.'
'I won't,' she said. 'James...you just remembered something,' she smiled.
'I did?'
'you did. Give it time and the rest of your memory will be back.'
'what if it doesn't? What if I've lost it forever?' he asked.
'some things aren't made to be lost,' she said.
--
The group walked through the jungle, trying to find any sign of their missing friends.
'you know, this is all your fault, Jack!' Laura exclaimed.
'how is it his fault?' Maya asked.
'he was trying to make Claire take sleeping pills,' Oz said calmly.
'what?' Maya asked.
'it doesn't make sense,' Jack said to Locke. 'how can six people just be taken?'
'You're asking the wrong question. Not how, why,' Locke said.
'does anyone else get the feeling we're being ignored?' Laura asked.
'You think it was Ethan,' Jack said to Locke.
'yeah, I am,' Maya said.
'It certainly feels like it was Ethan, doesn't it?' Locke said.
'funny, so am I,' Oz said.
'By himself. How?' Jack said.
'there were more than just his tracks and the ones taken,' Oz said.
Laura ignored the conversation and looked at something in the foliage curiously.
'Sayid said there are others,' Locke said.
Laura walked closer to the undergrowth. Was it just her imagination, or was that a hand?
'Sayid said we're not alone,' Jack corrected.
'semantics,' Locke replied.
Laura moved the undergrowth and gasped. 'Guys!' she called out.
They turned to her. 'Max,' she said in explanation.
And sure enough, Max was on the ground, a wound to his forehead where he had been knocked out, presumably.
--
'sick and twisted,' Carlos said softly as he held onto Erica tightly, so she wouldn't get away.
'what's that, Sanz?' Cam demanded.
'I just thought of something. Are we getting them hurt and leaving them to slow down the people following us?' Carlos asked loudly. An hour beforehand they had knocked out Max, and left him.
'we are,' Cam said. 'do you disapprove?' she asked.
'why are you doing this?' Claire asked tearfully.
'shut her up,' Cam said.
'do that, and-' Jason began before Ethan hit him, to make him shut up.
--
Michelle was sitting in the caves, filling up drink bottles. She was worried. As far as she could tell, as far as she knew, Claire and a few other people had been taken. And Max was a part of them. Max. The only person on this island who accepted her grief, who let her grieve for her lost one. Everyone else thought that she should get over it. They thought that she should because others had lost people in the crash, and they were healing, they were talking. But they hadn't argued with their wives before they had gotten on that plane.
Michelle had.
She looked up as she heard a commotion from the entrance of the caves.
People were gathering around Oz and Laura, who had an unconscious Max between them.
Michelle gasped as they put him on the ground.
'where's Yoon and Petro?' Oz asked.
'beach,' Boone said. 'what happened to him?'
'Ethan happened,' Laura said. 'we're not sure if anyone else will be left, but even if they're not we need more people helping. Anyone want to help?'
Boone, Sammy, Kate, Aryel, Sayid and surprisingly Sawyer, walked forward.
'and someone look after Max, okay?' Laura added.
Michelle nodded and sat down next to him. She poured some water from a bottle onto a piece of cloth and cleaned his face of blood.
The other group headed out of the caves, Laura looking over her shoulder at Michelle and Max.
Max was really lucky to have a friend like Michelle.
--
Hayden smiled as she walked into her house. Someone was playing the piano. She knew for a fact that Gus couldn't play the piano, but no one else came into her house. Well, no one in the last few weeks. But only one other person she knew would enter her house and play her piano.
She rolled her eyes and walked into the other room. She walked over and sat down next to the man.
'trespassing,' she said, turning her head so he could see her mouth.
'door was unlocked,' Matt said. 'besides, it's widely known that you have the best piano in the Barracks. And this new song is interesting,' he added, placing his hands on the keyboard, and playing the fast song that was sitting in front of the piano. Hayden smiled and started playing along with him.
'why did you need to talk to Izzie the other day?' he asked her as their hands flew across the piano.
'because I've been seeing stuff,' she turned to him, her fingers instinctively playing the song.
Matt stopped playing and turned to her in surprise.
'in my dreams. They disturb me so much,' she said. 'but let's not talk about this.'
'why not?' he asked.
'because I remember how we would sit here and play for hours on end, just me and the sounds, just you and the colours. Do you know how much of a miracle that the two of us, with only eight senses between us, can play the piano in harmony with each other? You don't hear it, I don't see it, but we're in perfect time with each other. You are my eyes, I am your ears. We used to be a team, Matt. What happened?'
'a plane crashed, Hayden,' Matt said. 'a plane crashed and there's so much we need to do now. We have no time anymore.'
'no, you have no time because you're a hotshot doctor and I'm just the med school dropout who formed a band, got drunk almost every night, was high every other night and tried to kill herself every weekend because she hated what she had become.'
'Hayden,' Matt said. 'let's just play.'
She smiled and nodded. 'okay,' she said. she flipped a page in the book and ran her fingers along the Braille at the top of the page. 'this is a new song,' she said. 'I started it, but I haven't finished it. I want your help, just start playing this song with me, and don't think about the meaning of it. Just...play from the heart.'
She leaned over and hit record on a tape recorder.
'okay,' he said, starting to play along with her.
--
Eli walked through the jungle, on his way to the caves. He was worried about Erica. She was gone. And he hadn't seen Luka or Josie in a few hours. Usually they were sitting up one end of the beach, arguing with each other. But they weren't.
Eli kept walking. He stopped suddenly when he saw someone face down on the ground.
He knelt down and turned the person over.
It was Luka.
--
Luka groaned and opened his eyes. What a bitch. She had never been on their side, never cared for any of them.
He looked around him. He was in the caves.
'hey,' Roxy smiled.
'hey,' he said. 'look, someone wasn't on that plane.'
'we know,' she said. 'did he knock you out?'
'he? No. She did.'
'she?' Eli asked.
'Josie,' he said grimly. 'who are you guys talking about?'
'Ethan,' Eli said. 'Josie is one of them?' he asked.
'yeah,' Luka said. 'I saw her meet up with her mother. Josie and I started fighting, and her mother kicked my face in, knocking me out.'
'Josie?' Roxy asked sceptically. 'little blonde Josie who looks like me?'
'how many other Josie's do you know?' Luka asked.
'and she hit you?'
'yeah.'
'I'm sorry, I'm usually a pacifist, but what a bitch,' Roxy said.
'bitch sounds foreign in your mouth,' Luka laughed.
--
Oz, Jack, Maya, Laura and Kate walked through the jungle one way, as the other people searching went the other way. They were going north, while the other group went south.
Oz looked sideways at Laura, who had her face in an impenetrable façade. She was trying to hide all emotion, trying to act like she saw this every day. Which, Oz realized, she could actually pretend she did. She could pretend that in the FBI she saw pregnant women being kidnapped by wild natives of a mystery island.
But really, she was worried for her friends. Especially Jenny, Claire and Jason.
'they'll be okay, Laura,' he said to her.
'oh my God,' Kate said, stopping. She could not believe it. Maya and Jack ran forward as she watched transfixed, Laura and Oz in the same state beside her.
Charlie was hanging from a tree, the vines holding him up tight around his neck.
Jack ran over and grabbed Charlie's legs, holding him so he wasn't hanging by the vines, so he wasn't hanging by his neck. So he wouldn't suffocate, if he hadn't already.
'You've got to cut him down,' Jack said to Maya. Maya nodded and climbed up the tree. She went to take a knife from her belt, but it slipped from her hand.
Jack sighed as it fell to the ground, but was surprised when she reached to her ankle and took a knife from there. 'move him closer,' she said.
Jack tried, but it didn't work. 'he won't go any closer than this,' he told Maya.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She only had one shot at this.
'Maya, focus!' Jack exclaimed. 'what are you doing?'
She opened her eyes and held onto the knife tightly with one hand.
'Maya!' Jack exclaimed. She pushed herself off the tree and jumped over to the vines holding Charlie up. She held on tightly with one hand and swiftly cut the vine with her other hand underneath it until Charlie fell to the ground.
Jack started giving Charlie CPR as Maya jumped down from the tree, landing in a crouch in front of Laura and Oz.
'you know there's this thing called showing off, right?' Laura smirked.
'jealousy is a horrible sickness, Laura,' Maya smirked back. 'get well soon.'
Oz was standing in between them, trying to hide his amusement. 'it was pretty cool, Maya,' he said.
The three stopped talking and looked back to where Jack was trying to revive Charlie.
'C'mon, breathe, Charlie. C'mon, breathe. C'mon. C'mon,' Jack muttered through the CPR.
Kate shook, trying to contain a sob. He was dead.
Laura placed a hand over her mouth, shocked beyond words.
'Jack, Jack stop, he's not... Jack, stop, he's not...' Kate choked back a sob.
'oh God,' Maya said in horror.
Jack stopped the CPR and Kate started crying. Jack looked at Charlie. He looked peaceful.
Jack shook his head and hit Charlie's chest really hard.
'Jack,' Kate said urgently. 'stop. Stop.'
'come on,' Jack pleaded, as he continued with CPR.
'Jack!' Maya exclaimed. 'let him go!'
'Jack!' Laura exclaimed when he ignored Maya.
Oz opened his mouth but the sounds of Charlie gasping for air made him close it in surprise.
'Just breathe, breathe. Breathe deep, breathe deep. You're okay,' Jack said to Charlie.
Oz smiled and put his arm around each of the women next to him. Laura and Maya smiled and gave him a half-hug back.
Jack and Kate looked at each other in joy.
He was okay.
--
Charlie and Kate had returned to the caves, but Jack, Oz, Maya and Laura continued.
'if....' Laura trialled off.
'if what?' Oz asked.
'if Charlie almost died....' she trialled off again. 'what are the odds of the others being alive anymore?' she asked softly.
'come on, Britt!' Maya exclaimed, trying to be enthusiastic. 'you're a FBI agent, and you have this little faith?'
Oz gave her a weird look. 'who are you, and what have you done to the real Maya?'
She hit him lightly on the arm. 'Laura, face it. Jenny's a federal agent, and Jason had been in a warzone,' Maya said. 'they can handle themselves.'
'what about Claire? And Erica?' she asked.
'we want them,' a voice said, a familiar voice.
The four of them looked to their right to see Josie standing there, Kat, Bracken, Renata and Bea behind her.
'Josefina, what are you doing with them?' Jack asked.
'oh, you haven't been given the 411 yet, Jack?' Bracken asked. 'our girl Josephine is as bad as Ethan,' she smiled evilly.
'what?' they all asked, their jaws dropping.
'close your mouths before someone trips over them,' Josie said coldly. She didn't mean to be a bitch, she didn't want to, not to them, but she had to. 'now, you're all going to turn around and go back to camp.'
'think again, princess,' Maya snarled.
'if you keep following,' Kat said. 'we will kill one of them.'
'And it will be drawn out,' Bea added.
'for no other reason than the pain would be excruciating,' Bracken said.
Laura thought about them killing Jenny or Jason or Claire or Erica. She thought of Jenny, still and pale. Jason, who, if dead, would be a bloody mess, not going down without a fight. Claire, her blonde hair clinging to her face in a mixture of blood and sweat. And Erica. Erica, her curious green eyes glazed over, her face untainted, still remaining innocent in death.
She thought about them killing her friends, and she lunged for Josie.
She tackled her to the ground, but Josie had seen it coming, and it didn't seem to worry her that she was now pinned under a woman who wanted to rip her limb from limb.
Laura went to hit her but stopped, her eyes widening when she felt the muzzle of a gun on the back of her neck.
'yeah, that's right,' Kat breathed in Laura's ear. 'touch her again, I will make sure you will not live to see your friends again.'
Kat roughly pulled Laura off Josie and pushed her back over to the others.
'no more warnings,' Kat said to them.
They heard some whispers and looked around.
When they looked back, the Others were gone.
--
'it seems like there's always drama here,' James said. 'it seems like someone is always doing something they shouldn't be: Boone stole the water, Jin attacked Michael, Sawyer gets tortured.... Why can't there be a week where everyone is calm, and we all just relax?'
'because then we would get bored, and start something with each other, just because we need some entertainment,' Yoon said, changing his bandages. 'so,' she began. 'I have the manifest here, if you want to see if any name triggers a memory,' she said, passing the manifest to him.
'didn't we go over this, Yoon?' he sighed.
'just humour me, okay?' she said.
He sighed and read through it. For her. No names were familiar to him. 'satisfied?'
'very,' she said.
'your name isn't in it,' he said in realization.
'I didn't travel under my real name,' she said.
'there's not even Harper here. Or Paik. Strange,' he continued.
'I travelled under Hyun Jae Sung,' she said irritably.
'why?'
'look, we all have secrets,' she said.
--
'this is insane,' Laura said, as they all followed Jack.
Jack continued walking, as though he hadn't heard her.
'did you hear what I said?' she asked loudly. 'they could die if we keep following! Claire, Jenny, Jason, Erica. They could all die if we don't stop!'
'you don't have to follow me,' he muttered.
'oh no, we will follow you because you will get yourself killed out here if we don't,' she said. 'but Jack,' she began. Jack didn't look at her. She walked over to him and stood right in front of him.
'what?' he sighed.
'if they die...if any of them die...it is on you,' she said. 'got it?'
--
'get her out of there!' Induala yelled. 'she is not one of them!'
Usually Induala strived in being calm and not making herself the centre of attention. But this, this was different. They were going too far. They were starving the poor girl.
Ana Lucia ignored her and turned back to the young girl in the pit.
'where are the kids Akilina? Where are they?' she asked.
'you ask this of me like I would know,' she said coolly.
'why were you travelling?' Ana asked.
'because my father decided to take my brother and I to America. I do not know his reasoning, only that he thought it would be a good experience for us. I guess he was wrong,' she added softly.
'why were you in Australia then?'
'same reason. The experience,' she rolled her eyes, thinking of how Luka had opposed that idea straight away, thinking there was some alternative reason. Maybe there was.
Ana saw something in the corner. It looked like....
'what is that?' she demanded, pointing. Akilina looked at it, her eyes widening. 'is that a banana? Who gave it to you?'
'yes, that is a banana. And God gave it to me,' she said sarcastically.
Ana jumped down into the pit, and went to hit her.
'enough!' Layla exclaimed loudly. She jumped into the pit after Ana. 'Ana, you do not hit children. And isn't it enough that Melinda saw her on the plane?'
'Melinda is a child, she doesn't know what she saw,' Ana argued.
'I don't really care what you think; we are letting Akilina out, okay?' Layla asked. She walked closer to Akilina. 'come on, sweetheart,' she said, about to touch her arm.
Akilina shrank back from her, her eyes flashing back to when she was hit with a fist.
'see, she doesn't-' Ana began, but Induala had been lowered into the pit by Lucian.
'be quiet, Ana Lucia,' Induala said. She walked over to Akilina and extended her hand. 'I'm sorry,' she said softly to her.
Akilina took her hand, remembering that this woman had been abused too, and this was the woman who seemed more on her side than anyone else.
'who gave you the banana?' Ana asked, not getting over it.
'Melinda did,' Akilina said softly. 'but leave her out of this.'
Induala led her over to the edge of the pit and Lucian helped to gently pull her up.
'you're okay,' he whispered to her. She took a deep breath, trying to calm down. He wasn't going to hurt her. She knew that. But still, any man scared her. Even though she had taken a life of a man, she was scared by all others. Maybe because of what her father did to her. Or maybe because of what her stepfather had done to her.
Induala was also pulled up by Lucian, and she saw Akilina trying to get away from Lucian, without making it obvious.
'Akilina-' she began.
'Lina,' she interrupted. 'my friends called me Lina.'
'Lina,' she repeated. 'Lucian and I, we're not going to hurt you,' she said softly.
'I know. And the others?' Akilina asked.
Induala and Lucian led her away from the pit and to the makeshift camp, and to the other side of the river, away from the rest of them.
Lucian took a piece of cloth that had been ripped off someone's clothes and put it in the river, wetting it. He gently began cleaning her face of blood and dirt with it.
'Constance,' Induala said softly, holding Akilina's hand. 'I don't think she approves of this, I think she's on Ana's side. Layla....Layla doesn't think it's right for you to be imprisoned, but she's not sure if we can trust you.'
'I think we can,' Lucian told her.
'Ashley's a piece of work,' Induala said.
'but if she gives you trouble, talk to us, okay?' Lucian said.
'Nicanor, he wasn't sure about you, because you hid so much, so he's still a bit wary of you. He wonders why you pretended you didn't speak English,' Induala said.
'Erin and Damien.....no trust there. But they don't trust any of us. Well. Erin doesn't, so Damien follows her lead. Only Melinda can get through to them,' Lucian told her.
'Jonas, he worries for himself, he doesn't care for others,' Induala said.
'Serena trusts her instincts. Her instincts told her you were lying when you first met,' Lucian said. 'so she doesn't trust you anymore.'
'Leonard is a tough one,' Induala said. 'sometimes he seems nice, but most times he's cold. So he doesn't get involved.'
'Libby,' Lucian and Induala said at the same time.
'she is a trusting person,' Lucian said.
'she trusts us all,' Induala added.
'Bernard thinks you're just a kid, which you are, so he trusts you. Children are innocent,' Lucian said. 'children yes, some teenagers I've met though....' he trailed off, smiling.
'and Melinda,' Induala said. 'she trusts Lucian and I, so she trusts you by default.'
'so some of them, Akilina,' Lucian said. 'some of them do.'
'Lucian,' Akilina said. 'please, call me Lina.'
'fine. Then you call me LJ,' he said.
'fine,' she said.
The two turned and looked at Induala, both of them raising an eyebrow.
She rolled her eyes. 'call me Indy,' she said.
--
Laura stopped in her tracks and gasped.
Maya and Oz bumped into her and their eyes widened. Jack looked shocked too.
And then the four of them ran towards the bloody bodies of Jason and Jenny.
Maya and Oz exchanged a look.
Were they dead?
--
Josie deliberately walked across the Barracks, trying to bypass her so called "friends", who she knew would be mentioning something about her blown mission. Scar especially.
She walked past the cages, and heard Scar.
'ooh, Josephine Morel,' Scar called out from where she was sitting with Alex, Karl, Rachel, Elliot and Peter. She was back from her mission. 'back from the survivors. How is it with people who don't know any better?'
'Scar,' Alex said.
'I heard you knocked your lover boy flat on his back. Was it a right hook?'
'the one to your face in a second will be,' Josie snarled, moving closer and clenching her fists.
'Josephine!' Kat exclaimed, walking over and grabbing her arm.
'I will knock her out,' Josie said.
'oh, I know, and we will all find it funny, we will all be amused, we will all think she deserves it, because let's face it: Scarlett Lynch is a little bitch who loves pissing us all off. But she grew up on the streets and is not above kicking your ass.'
'I grew up in the jungle, Katarina,' Josie said.
'not the point, Josie,' Kat said. 'yes, by growing up in the jungle you know how to fight dirty, but by growing up in the streets she can kill you easily,' Kat turned to Scar. 'how many people have you killed, Scarlett? Five? Ten? twenty?'
'twenty-three,' Scar said. 'how many people have you killed, Josephine?' she asked in a patronizing voice.
'one,' Josie said.
'who would win in fight to the death, do you reckon?'
'you would,' Kat said. 'but you wouldn't be alive long enough to celebrate that fact.'
'because you would kill me,' Scar said. 'and that would make me what number?'
'well, I stopped counting after one hundred and eight, but that was fifteen years ago, so I don't know,' Kat said.
The people in the cages watched the conversation, intrigued. It seemed like a lot of the Others had issues with each other.
'wasn't that my mother?' Izzie asked, walking over.
'you know what, Isobel?' Kat snapped. 'bite me. Get over it already. It was a mercy kill.'
'I remember that,' Eva said. 'it was right before I left.'
'yeah, whatever,' Izzie said. 'Josephine, Felicity, can I have your hands?'
'why?' Eva and Kat asked.
'mom,' Flick and Josie said in unison, rolling their eyes.
'I want to see if their futures are set in stone, calm down,' Izzie said. Josie followed her over to the cages and Izzie took her hand and Flick's. Everyone watched intrigued as Izzie's eyes closed and opened in quick succession, repeated a few times. Her eyes snapped open and rolled back so all you could see were the whites of her eyes.
She started muttering in Mandarin.
--
Laura ran over and knelt by Jenny, who was covered in blood. Her eyes were fluttering. She was alive. Barely.
Laura ran her hands over her friends body, trying to find the source of all the blood.
'is she okay?' Oz called over from Jason.
'she's covered in blood, Oz,' Laura said. 'what do you think? What about him?'
'stab wound in his chest,' Oz said.
She nodded as she found the source of the blood. Jenny's throat had been slit.
'Jack!' Laura yelled. 'her throat had been slit but she's still alive!'
Jack ran over and put pressure on her neck. Laura looked at something and saw that Jenny also had a cut near her heart.
'there's another one here,' she said.
'stick your hand in there to stop the bleeding,' Jack said.
'you want me to stick my hand on her heart?!'
'do you want her to live?' Jack asked. Laura put her hand in the cut and could feel her heart beating slowly next to her hand.
'Maya!' Jack said. 'go find the other doctors.'
'Laura....' Jenny gasped softly.
'we can't move them?' Maya asked Jack.
'don't try to talk, Jen,' Laura whispered.
'We could move Jason, but Jenny's too injured,' Jack explained to Maya.
'you're....my....best....friend,' Jenny whispered to Laura.
'and you're mine too,' Laura said.
'be as quick as possible,' Jack said to Maya.
'love....you,' Jenny gasped.
'I love you too,' Laura said softly. She gasped when she didn't feel the thump of Jenny's heart. It had stopped.
'I will,' Maya said to Jack.
'Jack,' Laura whispered, shocked that her friend was gone. 'go take Jason back.'
'no, I need to stay here with Jenny,' he said.
'no you don't,' she said. 'Jenny's dead,' she whispered.
She pulled her hand out of Jenny's chest as Jack took his hand off her neck.
'I'm sorry,' Jack said to Laura. He put a hand on her shoulder before walking over and picking Jason up with Oz. Laura picked up her best friend and followed them.
--
Hayden and Matt laughed as they walked across the Barracks, listening to the recording of their song – well, Hayden listened and Matt watched the colours.
'damn, we're awesome,' Matt said.
'all we have to do is add lyrics to it,' Hayden said.
'why? Why do we have to add lyrics? I get that your thing is writing songs, but I like it without words. It has a kind of edge to it, you know?'
'you wouldn't notice if it had words,' she pointed out.
'still....it's....' he trailed off, at a loss for words.
'actually, I agree,' she said. Matt stopped walking and stopped the recording. 'what's going on?'
He grabbed her arm and pulled her over to the cages after him.
'what's going on? Matt!' Hayden exclaimed.
'Izzie's doing her psychometric stuff on Josie and Felicity, and the last time she did that...she almost died,' Matt said. he walked closer to Izzie.
'Izzie,' Matt said.
She didn't speak to him, just in Mandarin, to herself. He studied her face and read her lips, processing the words.
This wasn't good, he realized. This was not good at all.
Izzie let go of their hands, her eyes widening.
'Izzie?' Matt asked tentatively.
She stepped back and turned to her brother. She opened her mouth, shocked by what she had learnt.
'Isobel?' he asked again.
She took a slow step towards him.
And promptly collapsed in his arms.
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Sigh. So Jenny's dead. And Claire and Erica are still out there. Will there be another death?
Also, Jenny's story, from before the island, will be seen in Laura flashbacks a bit, just so she's not completely cheated of the whole main character flashbacks. I really do like her, just she was the most in the poll.
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