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They all froze.

Their eyes went to above the pit, where they heard someone fall to the ground.

And then silence.

Blood trickled down the side of pit, and Constance had to admit to herself that one of her own people, one of her friends was dead.

She pushed it to the back of her mind and quickly wrenched the gun out of the rest of their hands.

'back up,' she said. 'coming up!'

The cover was opened and a rope was thrown down.

This time the prisoners didn't move as Constance pulled herself up.

'who are they, Constance?' a voice asked.

'who died?' she retaliated as the cover closed.

'I hope we got someone important,' Sammy said.

Michael looked at him in disbelief.

Yoon and Luka nodded.

.. ..

'he isn't dead,' Ana Lucia said. 'not yet.'

'he will be though, won't he?' Constance asked.

Ana Lucia looked at Leonard, who was covered in blood.

There was no need for an explanation.

.. ..

Carlos stared at her.

She briefly looked over the top of her book at him before reading again.

He continued to stare.

Franziska put down the book and looked straight at him.

'what, Carlos?' she sighed.

'you're beautiful,' he said simply. 'you know that, right?'

She smiled slightly. 'nothing you say will make me want you, Sanz. But thanks.'

'why wouldn't you want me, Ziska?' he asked, walking over and sitting on the table she was sitting at.

'it's almost a year since your brother...my husband...died, okay?' she said. 'I can't do it, Carlos. It's still betraying Alejandro.'

'no,' he said softly. 'it's not.'

'I betrayed him enough when he was alive with my sneaking around...he's dead,' she stated, almost emotionless. 'and I'm done cheating.'

She stood up and quickly left the room.

Carlos looked after her and sighed.

.. ..

Induala, Roxy, Akilina and Lucian entered the clearing near the pit.

As soon as Induala saw Leonard on the ground, bleeding while a frantic Libby put pressure on his wound, she rushed over to them, and helped Libby.

'what's going on?' Lucian asked.

'we found five people: four men and one woman,' Ana Lucia explained. 'they say they were on the flight.'

'maybe they're some of my people!' Roxy exclaimed.

'that's what we thought,' Constance said. 'two Asians, a Russian, two Americans. Know any?'

'half the camps American,' Roxy said. 'Jin? Sun? Yoon?'

'Jin and Yoon,' Constance confirmed.

'Russian?' Akilina asked.

'yeah,' Constance said. 'starts with L...'

'Luka?' Roxy asked.

'Luka?' Akilina echoed hopefully.

'Luka,' Constance confirmed.

Akilina set off at a run towards the pit.

'they are dangerous!' Lucian and Induala yelled after her, jumping up and following her.

Akilina kept running.

.. ..

'so throw a rock at the next one?' Luka asked.

'already done that,' Yoon said tiredly. 'God, I feel like I'm going to explode.'

'uhh...what?' Michael said.

'you do remember that I gave birth awhile back, right? Well, I also assume you know how a baby is fed at such a young age?' she said.

The four men all looked confused before realization dawned on all their faces.

'Yoon! We didn't need nor want to know that!' Sammy exclaimed.

'you asked what I meant,' she shrugged.

She smirked at them as they heard the sound of someone running towards the pit.

'someone's coming,' Michael said.

'really, Michael?' Sammy said sarcastically.

'maybe whoever was shot died,' Luka said. 'maybe the rest of them are going to kill us. That'd be fun.'

'okay, they try to, Michael, use the son card, Jin, the wife card, I'll use the baby card,' Yoon said. She turned to the other two. 'you two...I guess you're screwed.'

The cover of the pit was thrown open, and a lithe figure jumped down. Yoon jumped at her, but she pushed her against the side of the pit, showing no mercy.

The girl stopped rushing forward and stood completely still.

Luka stared at her.

'you're alive,' Akilina said in flawless English, hugging him.

'you speak English,' Luka retaliated, hugging her back.

At that moment, Induala and Lucian jumped into the pit. They moved forward and each placed a hand on Akilina's shoulders.

'Lina, what are you doing?' Lucian hissed.

'Indy, Lu, this is my brother,' she smiled widely. 'Luka.'

'that explains it,' Michael muttered.

.. ..

It started with a shriek of joy.

'Liliana Mkhize!'

Liliana's head whipped around and she searched the huge crowd for the person shouting her name. She thought she should know that voice, but she couldn't quite place it.

Maybe a business associate? Family of Michelle's?

'Liliana!'

She continued looking, before the woman appeared right in front of her.

'Liliana, oh my God, it is you!' the woman squealed, hugging her tightly.

Liliana hugged her back, memories rushing back to her.

'Pampata, how are you?' she asked kindly, smiling. 'it's been too long.'

'way too long,' Pampata agreed. 'look, I'm kind of in the middle of a meeting, but we have to see each other soon, okay? I know this great little Italian place, so romantic, you'll love it!'

'Pampata, I can't,' Liliana interrupted. 'I'm sorry, but I'm married and I have kids.'

'oh. Well, that doesn't mean we can't catch up,' she smiled suggestively.

'yeah, it kind of does,' Liliana said, remembering what went down between the two of them, years ago.

'look, pass me your phone,' Pampata said impatiently, taking it from her hands. She quickly put a number in and closed the phone again. 'so...you have my number, just give me a call...whenever, okay?' she smiled again as she left.

Liliana looked at the number and sighed.

That was how it had started.

.. ..

Liliana saw a flash of black smoke and she stayed completely still.

Michelle.

Mkabayi.

Malik.

Pampata.

Within the smoke, she saw many images involving the three most important people in her life and her biggest mistake. The day she met Michelle. When she kissed Michelle for the first time. Their wedding. The day they adopted Mkabayi and Malik.

The day she hurt Michelle, her biggest mistake.

She blinked, and the smoke was gone.

She was alone once more.

.. ..

Induala and Lucian pulled Akilina up and out of the pit.

'can we let them out?' Akilina asked.

'I don't know, Lina,' Induala said. 'we have to talk to Ana and Constance.'

'do you know them, Akilina?' Serena asked.

'no...' she trailed off. 'not all of them.'

'what do you mean, "not all of them"?' Serena demanded. 'how would you know only some if they are some of Them? You know what? You're probably one of Them. What we all thought to begin with-'

'SHUT IT!' Induala, of all people, exclaimed. 'just stop, Serena. Akilina is not one of them, okay? She never was, and never will be. It's her brother.'

'what are you on about, Induala?' she demanded.

'her brother. He's one of the one's in the pit. And the people with him...they were on the plane, okay? They were on the plane, Serena. Just...stop, okay? Stop accusing Lina of being one of them, just because she didn't tell us she could speak English. That girl was scared, she was alone and scared, so she did what she thought would help her survive. Yeah, it may have been stupid, but seriously, Serena...can you just stop?'

Serena stared at her.

'and let's get them out of that pit,' Induala said. '...okay?'

She stared at Ana Lucia and raised an eyebrow, as if challenging her.

Ana Lucia sighed.

'get them out of there.'

.. ..

Scarlett threw the water bottle up in the air repeatedly as she walked down the hallway, catching it quickly before casting it in the air again.

Nineteen, she counted how many times in a row she had done it. Twenty. Twenty-one. Twenty-two. Twenty-th- Damn.

She dropped the bottle and sighed, bending down to pick it up, noticing she was where she was meant to be now.

She stopped her game, and unlocked the door and walked through, closing it behind her.

She looked around the dim room, locating the prisoner in the corner.

'hello, Walt,' she said, staying in the shadows by the door. 'my name's Scarlett.'

The boy didn't turn around, and Scarlett walked up to the table by the wall, and placed the bottle there before walking back over to the door, leaning on the wall next to it.

'well, go on,' she said encouragingly. 'I haven't poisoned it, if that's what's worrying you.'

Walt sat with his back to her, and ignored her, but Scarlett walked over anyway, and picked up the bottle again, taking a mouthful.

'see? Perfectly fine. Now, drink up. You must be thirsty, Walt.'

She walked back over to the door and Walt turned around, looking at her through the dim light.

'I am,' he confessed, taking the water bottle and taking a mouthful.

'you should save some,' she instructed. 'who knows how long you're gonna be here for?'

Walt took her advice and put it down before looking at her – well, as best as he could in the dim light.

'don't bother trying to see me,' she told him. 'the lights are dimmed for a reason. My face...my appearance...it shocks and scares some people.'

'what do you mean?' he asked curiously.

Scar smiled. 'don't react,' she said, taking a few steps forward into the light, shaking her hair out of her face so he could see her clearly.

She watched as Walt took in her disfigured face, took in her many, many scars, and to his credit, he didn't recoil in disgust, or fear, or anything like that. He looked past her scars and looked at her eyes – her bright amber eyes, eyes which made Walt think that she had some hope still left in her somewhere; she had a mischievous glint in her left eye, like an ember from a burning fire.

'you have nice eyes,' Walt smiled at her. 'I like your eyes.'

Scar smiled at him – well, he assumed it was a smile, he couldn't tell because her scars pulled her mouth and eyes into different directions, making it look like she was angry, like she was scowling at him, but then he realized that her eyes gave her away. Her eyes grew brighter, happier, reminding him of the sun.

'thanks kid,' she said. 'right, back to business. So, as I said, I'm Scarlett, but you can call me Scar – and yeah, I do get the irony, you don't need to point it out. 'okay, so you're special, Walt. And I also know that all parents say that about their kids, and you've probably heard it before, but I'm serious, kid. You are actually special.'

Scar took a seat in front of him, crossing her legs and sitting a file in her lap.

'so, you're special, and that's a very good thing for us, but then there's also good people and bad people. Good people like Claire and Roxy and Laura at your camp. Bad people, like Sammy, like Kate, like Yoon, also from your camp. And special people, like you and like Lucy. But then, there are mixes between the three. Special people who do good things, like Erica. Special people who do bad things, like Lucy's aunt. Good people who do bad things, like Aryel, and bad people who do good things, like Deniz. And then there are a mix between all three. And once those people realize their gifts... well...'

'what?' Walt asked, transfixed by her story.

'then we're screwed, Walt.'

.. ..

Nemo knelt by the river, scooping up water in his hands, drinking. He hadn't heard the monster in hours, hadn't heard Liliana in hours, hadn't heard Killy in hours.

He hadn't heard any of them in hours.

And he was okay with it.

Nemo's head shot up as he heard a scream.

Even though he hadn't known them for long, he had deciphered the difference between Liliana's scream and Killy's scream.

Liliana's was a scream.

Killy's was a shriek.

This one was a shriek.

.. ..

Killy ran through the jungle, away from the black smoke, not really aware of how fast she was going until she ran right into someone, knocking them both of the ground.

'usually my wife would kill me if I was this close to a woman...but I think I'll have a pass, Killy,' Liliana groaned. 'now, get off me!'

'oh, Liliana, Liliana!' Killy exclaimed. 'thank God you're okay!'

'right back at you,' Liliana managed to give her a hug, but followed it with a shove. 'now get off me.'

Killy pulled herself off her and smiled.

'let's find Nemo,' Liliana said.

Killy nodded.

.. ..

Induala and Lucian helped pulled Yoon up, after pulling the rest up.

'thank you,' Yoon said sarcastically.

'no problem,' Lucian returned the sarcasm quickly, smiling. 'Lucian.'

'Yoon,' she said.

The group was led through the jungle a small way, before they got to another clearing.

As soon as Yoon saw the bleeding Leonard on the ground, she dropped down next to Libby and stuck her hand inside the wound.

'what are-' Libby began.

'I'm a doctor,' she explained.

'hey.'

Yoon, Michael, Luka, Jin and Sammy looked up in shock.

'Roxy?' Michael asked.

'I got lost,' Roxy shrugged at them.

.. ..

'oh, hey, cool, a gun.'

That's how it had begun.

"it" being the hour long argument over whether or not Killy and Liliana should even bother with the gun. Ever since Killy had picked it up, the two women had argued over it.

First Killy was for it, and Liliana was against it: "there are Others!" "guns are dangerous!" "yeah...but there are Others!"

And then Killy was against it, and Liliana was all for it: "guns are dangerous!" "you just said..." "yeah, but you just said they're dangerous!"

And then they had been both against it: "guns are dangerous." "yeah..."

And then both for it: "there are Others." "they're dangerous." "yeah."

And again on opposite sides. And again on the same side. Changing sides.

Finally, Liliana sighed and threw the gun down on the ground.

'there,' she said. 'let's just leave it and go.'

Killy began to nod but heard a rustling in the bushes.

Without a second thought, she knelt down and picked up the gun, firing straight into the jungle, one, two, three times.

.. ..

Liliana paced the room angrily, she couldn't believe Michelle would blame her for spending too much time out of the country lately. They were close to a breakthrough with new clients, Michelle knew that. And she still had the nerve to blame her?

Who did she think she was?

Liliana sighed.

She needed to drink.

She needed to drink and dance, she needed to party.

She flopped back on the bed and opened her phone, going through her contacts, mentally naming why she wouldn't ask them.

Married, married, engaged, pregnant, pain in her ass, out of town, on honeymoon, total bitch, Pampata, underage, better friend of Michelle-

Pampata.

Almost everyone else she knew was a friend of Michelle too, and they would pass on Liliana's frustrations to Michelle, and that would just lead to another argument.

Liliana put her phone to her ear.

'hey, this is Pampata,' a voice said after a minute.

'hey, it's Liliana,' she said. 'you busy?'

.. ..

She dropped the gun on the ground, staring at the blood on the woman's chest in shock.

Next to her, Liliana grabbed her arm, holding it tightly.

'what did you do, Killy?' she whispered. 'what did you do?'

Killy took a shaky step back and the woman tightened her grip.

The blood spread and a man ran out behind the woman, catching her.

Killy shook her head.

'what did you do?'

The woman's words had been whispers.

Now they were a scream.

.. ..

Again, that was just part two of the last chapter. I wonder who was shot... And yes, these characters need to learn to be more careful with their guns. I'm trying to show that. So, I'm sorry if this chapter made little sense, I am high because of pain medication. Something which also ties into that, is the fact that this was meant to be updated last Thursday night, but I got behind on schoolwork and had to do that, and then I had my surgery Friday and I've been high since. So sorry for the wait. Hope you liked it.

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