Kate shook her head when he entered the house. She crossed an arm over her belly, a pose he'd gotten used to seeing, and then propped her other elbow in her hand, biting her thumb nervously. "What are they going to do?"

"I think they're going to kill them," Jack told her plainly as he crossed the room towards her. "You stay here, I'm going to talk to Ben, maybe make a deal."

"Another deal," Kate said, nodding.

"Yeah," Jack admitted. "Another deal. I think it's worth trying to save their lives."

"What kind of deal could you POSSIBLY strike?" She shouted, watching him go out the front door. Kate laid her palm flat on the side of her stomach feeling the thumping there and she frowned, moving to sit in the living room. She waited, almost expecting Juliet to come and try to comfort her, or Alex to come give her information, but instead, she sat in silence as the sun went down.

Kate stood, walking towards the front door and she opened it, listening to the crickets and the wind in the trees before stepping out and walking to the edge of the porch and down the stairs. It had never been this quiet. She looked out on the moon-lit lawn, at the benches in the center and the trees surrounding them where she ate lunch with Alex every day.

"Psst," she heard. Her eyebrows furrowed as she turned and looked out into the jungle. She saw a familiar face, one she wasn't quite ready to approach, until he give her a toothy grin, a nod of his head, and a wave of his arm. "Come on, we haven't much time," Desmond hissed.

She hurried towards him, glancing back over her shoulder quickly.

"They're occupied now. It was a diversion," he told her, his grin dropping as she came to stand in front of him.

"Desmond," she said, testing the name, watching him nod. "What are you doing here?"

"I've been making something for you. Something for everyone, but I have to give it to you."

She shook her head, feeling his hands clasp onto hers, holding them in a spot between her baby and his waist. "What?" She felt the solid object slip into her fingers and she opened her hand, staring at the odd key there.

"When the hatch imploded, I saw things, things that are too complicated to explain, but I knew, then, what had to be done to make everything right." He pointed towards the building she'd seen Ben go into, the one she'd never been in herself, "There's a failsafe switch in there, like there was at the Swan. These folks, they've been pushing a button as well." He waved away her questions. "You have to activate the failsafe, it'll set things right. Set things back."

"What do you mean?" Kate asked him with a quick shake of her head. "That doesn't make sense. A failsafe for what?"

"It'll turn back time for you," he grinned, "the way it let me see the future." Again, he waved his hands at her. "No, listen. You have to go into that room, it'll be under the floorboards, out of sight, under a table. You have to do it now, before someone comes back to push the button."

Kate watched him, her hand pressing to her stomach, a feeling of nausea taking over. Desmond smiled down at her belly, put his hand beside hers and he gave a short laugh when the baby kicked at him. She studied him as he looked back up at her, nodding his head, understanding her fear.

"You'll have this baby, Kate. He'll be a beautiful healthy little boy. He'll look like his father and by golly, lass, he'll have your spirit and you'll name him Noah." He laughed mysteriously before adding, "But it'll be in another life, a new one you'll start just as soon as you turn that key."

His hand slipped off her stomach and he stepped back into the jungle, disappearing into the foliage as she watched, her breath escaping her in ragged puffs. Kate wrapped her arms around herself, then held the key between her hands and moved quickly towards the building.

She gripped the handle, half expecting it to be locked, but when she turned the knob, it was open. Pushing it and slipping in, she took a long breath, breathing the stale air inside. Against the wall a large computer beeped away softly, lights flicking on and off here and there and Kate walked towards it, staring at a large clock hanging on the wall like the one at the hatch.

It felt like it'd been so long since she'd been in the hatch. There were ten minutes left. She wondered how often this one had to be pushed. Kate's hand brushed the table in the room, a pitcher of water set atop it with a few glasses. She gripped it, moving around it and she started to pull at it when the door ripped open and she gasped, then shouted, "Help me!"

She watched Jack's face shift. He was coming to bring her bad news, coming to tell her there was no deal to make, maybe to tell her they were already dead. Then he stared down at the table in front of her and he looked confused. "What are you doing in here?"

"Help me move the table."

"What?"

"Just MOVE the TABLE!" She glared at him until he grabbed the edge and yanked, helping her move it closer to the wall before she kicked away the carpet underneath and bent down, her fingers slipping into a hook that lay in a metal hold and she pulled it up.

"What is this?"

"Desmond was here. He said," she stopped, shaking her head. Kate touched the lid on the failsafe and then opened it, gripping the key in her hand. She looked up at Jack. "He says it'll turn back everything."

"Turn back?" Jack asked. "Turn back what?"

"Time," Kate offered, knowing the answer wouldn't satisfy him.

He touched her shoulder and shook his head. "Kate, you can't turn back time."

"I can put this key in this hole," she felt the groves slip into place as she did just as she said. "I can have faith and turn it." She felt his hand close down on hers.

"Kate, what if you turn that key and this whole place explodes."

She swallowed hard. "Jack…"

"Kate…" he shook his head, looking concerned and she nodded slowly, feeling his grip on her hand loosen. She had to believe it was possible, even though it sounded ridiculous.

He took her other hand and she turned the key and Kate felt something inside her tug. Her brain felt like it was on fire as a million sounds invaded her ears at once, but she didn't let Jack go. She couldn't open her eyes to see him, but she could hear him, from some time before this day. Words that had sunk into her heart, words she wanted to believe so badly.

"We should all be able to start over."

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