LostFreakJ: "EKO! I love him!! Why do the awesome people always die in shows?" I do too ! ;( I got no idea, stupid writers !!
"Sayid! One of the only awesome people that hasn't died yet :P" I hope he doesn't !
"(and added you on YouTube, under "imaginarylives") ;)" NO! :O Really !? :DD
Wickedgal08: "awesome latest chapter!" Thank U, hun !
"loved how u included actual dialogue from the episodes it makes it so much more believable" That's good ! I thought so ! xd
"Wow cant wait for next chapter update soon please!!" Here it goes then ! Not so soon, but… You know, what's with me and my inspiration sometimes… :P Please, have mercy!
BrCl Girl: "Even though this story mainly is a AnaBoone story, I do like the fact, that there's a little Sana in there too." I just can't help myself, You know ! I ADORE Sana ! :DD
"I'm glad they're all rescued, now they just need to get Danny back." Well I'm glad, that You're glad, but well just read the chapter… xD
Chapter 36: "Why?"
"Long time no see, Cowboy!"
Sawyer was just staring at her, stunned at their sudden arrival. Kate raised her eyebrows at her comment and smiled at the other woman. Ana smiled back at her and pulled out another gun form the waistband of her jeans, giving it to Sawyer. She didn't even have to look to know, that Juliet was glaring at her.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Sawyer asked, still wearing a shocked facial expression. Ana sighed, rolling his eyes. He and his stupid questions.
"What the hell are we doing? Saving your sorry asses!" she responded, making him chuckle. Boone came over to them, as well and smirked at the Southerner.
"Yo, Sawyer, how's life, man?"
The Blonde man shook his head and grinned back at him.
"You have an hour." Juliet threw in, out of nowhere and everybody gazed at her. "I turned off the cameras. They usually come to check on them every other hour."
"So we have an hour and then they'll be after us?" Sayid asked.
"Yeah, that's pretty much it." The Blonde woman nodded.
"What were they doing here?" Boone questioned, staring with disgust at Pickett. Juliet shrugged and Ana sent her a suspicious look and said:
"There's something I have to do."
"What's that?" Sawyer asked.
"I have to go get Danny. The Others wanna finish him."
"Who the hell is Danny?"
"My friend." She answered, hearing Juliet's snort and throwing her a disgusted look.
"I'm comin' with you." Boone announced, still pointing his gun at Pickett.
"Me too." Sawyer nodded and Ana smiled.
"Great. I know the way. So let's go."
"Wait!" Kate called, when they were about to go away "I gotta go get Jack."
Sawyer rolled his eyes at this.
"So let's have it this way." Sayid stated surely "You will go for her friend." Ana had a weird feeling he was avoiding to say her name "And I'll go with Kate for Jack…"
"No, wait." Juliet interrupted him "I will go with her. You should stay here, in case any of them would want to escape. Besides, I know, where he is."
Kate glanced at her unsurely, not knowing if she should trust this woman.
"You heard, what Jack said." Juliet added, when she noticed, that they are not really willing to trust her "I came here to let you out."
"Yeah and right after that those three appeared." Sawyer pointed out, glaring at her.
"It wasn't my fault." She defended herself. "I had no idea, that they would be here!"
"Yeah, right…" he muttered under his breath in response.
"All right, listen up!" Ana called, obviously not wanting to waste any more time "If Jack trusted her, then maybe we should too."
Juliet raised her eyebrows, surprised, but Ana didn't even bother to look at her.
"Now, can we please go?" the Latina asked, impatiently, staring first at Boone and then at Sawyer. Both of them nodded quickly.
"Fine. I'll stay here with Charlie." The Iraqi said and everybody agreed. After a while Ana was walking away in one direction with Sawyer and Boone on her heels and Juliet was going in the opposite direction with Kate following her.
Later
"Ana! Slow down!"
"I hate to agree with him, but d'ya think ya could wait for us, chica!?" Sawyer added, seeing Boone's glare from the corner of his eye.
Ana just ignored both of them, speeding up and never stopping. She needed to get to his house, as fast as it was possible. Thanks to Danny's normalcy, when he decided not to put a bag over her head, she knew, where to go.
"Wait up!" Boone tried once again, but he knew she would never listen.
"So who are we going for once again?" Sawyer asked, narrowing his eyes at Ana's back.
"Danny."
"Who's he?"
"Ana's boy --… ex-boyfriend." He replied, clenching his fists. The Southerner stared at his profile, raising his eyebrows questioningly.
"What?" Boone hissed.
"What's he doin' here?"
"I got no idea."
"Yeah, sure you don't…" The Blonde man muttered and Boone threw him an angry gaze.
"Okay. He came here to take Ana."
"Take her where?"
"Home."
Sawyer frowned and stopped walking, making Boone stop as well.
"Home? Guess it didn't work out, huh?"
"Nope. That man actually helped us escape."
"I see…" the Southerner drawled "You don't really wanna get him, do ya?"
"Why wouldn't I?" Boone asked, trying to look surprised, but Sawyer noticed his real attitude towards the man.
"You tryin' to con a conman, Hick? You hate him."
"Why would I? I don't even know that guy." Boone announced, his voice a little bit too much innocent.
"But you know, that he was her boyfriend… and that's enough for you to hate him."
He stared at Sawyer, wanting to punch him for his shrewd-ness.
"Let's go." Boone stated, shaking his head and walking off.
In the meanwhile
Kate was following Juliet, glaring at her back, not knowing, why she really wanted to help her. The Blonde woman seemed to feel her eyes on her and she stopped walking and turned around, facing annoyed Kate.
"We're almost there."
"Are we?" the Brunette asked, her gaze hardening more and more.
"Yes." Juliet responded calmly "We are."
Kate scoffed and crossed her arms.
"I'm just trying to help you, so I will be very grateful if you stop glaring at my back."
And with that Juliet turned on her heels and continued walking along the corridor, not really caring if Kate would follow her or not anymore.
Later
"I have enough!" Boone yelled and started running, trying to catch up with Ana. Sawyer's amused and confused gaze followed him. He chuckled quietly and ran after him.
"If you don't stop in a second…"Boone shouted at her back, still running "I'm gonna--"
Ana stopped, just as he was about to grab her arm and it ended up with him falling on her. She laughed and helped him keep his balance.
"Yeah, what'cha gonna do, smart-ass?" she asked him and he glared at her playfully. Just then Sawyer made his way to them, panting slightly and looking actually annoyed.
"Let's go, shall we?" he snapped and stormed off, although he had no idea, where to go. Ana frowned and stared at Boone, who simply shrugged. She just shook her head and gazed after Sawyer.
"Hey!" Ana called and he turned on his heels, pissed off.
"What!?"
"You're goin' in the wrong direction, Cowboy." She said and Boone laughed briefly, what only made Sawyer more furious. "That way." She added pointing to their left.
"I knew it!" the Southerner growled, walking off. Ana raised her eyebrows at his weird behavior and followed him. Boone smirked to himself, knowing exactly, what pissed him off so much, but he didn't give a damn.
Later
Charlie looked around anxiously, still having his gun pointed at Tom, who was just sitting on the ground, smirking up at him. Pickett was doing exactly the same, but Sayid decided to completely ignored them both, while Charlie had to stop himself from lunging at the men. He had some issues, when it comes to these people and nobody could really blame him for it.
Unlike the two of them, Zeke was just sitting, staring straight ahead, not saying completely anything.
"Where the hell are they?" the Briton asked finally, tightening his grasp on the gun. "They should have been back by now. What if they got caught?"
"I don't think so." Sayid replied calmly.
"How do you know? We have no idea, where Juliet went with Kate. And Boone and Sawyer--"
"Don't worry about them. They're safe."
Pickett snorted, but this time it didn't bother Charlie, as he continued:
"How can you know that?"
"As much as I don't want to admit it … Ana Lucia is a smart woman. She won't get herself caught and won't let Boone and Sawyer get caught. And I am pretty sure Kate will be okay too."
"Why are you so optimistic suddenly?" Charlie questioned him, narrowing his eyes, hint of amusement in them. Sayid just looked at him with a small smile on his face, who faded almost immediately afterwards.
"I hope you said goodbye to your friend." Pickett growled suddenly with a sick smirk.
"What the bloody hell you talkin' 'bout!?" Charlie snapped, glaring down at him with a murderous look.
"Do you really think, that Juliet would betray us?" Tom asked instead of Danny. "And do you really think, that Ana Lucia is able to save her friend without us knowing about it?"
"Last time you sent one of your friends to our camp he ended up dead." Sayid stated simply, while Charlie shuddered beside him unconsciously. "And I am sure, that the one you sent to the group from tail-section didn't manage to come back too. Am I wrong?"
Tom's smile disappeared as he gazed at Pickett with surprise.
"So yes, I think that Ana Lucia is able to save her friend." The Iraqi added with a satisfied look on his face. "And yes I believe, that Juliet would betray you. She actually did already. Something else?"
Nobody replied. Charlie just grinned, while staring at his friend with amusement.
In the meanwhile
"I think we're close."
"Yeah?"
"Yup. I'm sure we are. Sawyer, stop!"
The stubborn Southern didn't listen, though. Boone stared at Ana, raising his eyebrows questioningly. She shrugged and looked straight ahead.
"Sawyer! Sawyer, stop!" she tried one more time, but he didn't listen.
"Atta boy! I think he doesn't really like his face." Ana growled, while speeding up, trying to catch up with the annoyed Blonde man. Boone quickly followed her, chuckling.
She ran over to Sawyer and grabbed his arm. He turned around to face her and gazed at her, as if she interrupted his very important activity.
"What?" he growled. Ana glared at him and smacked him over his head, hard. He yelped and backed away, rubbing it forcefully.
"What the hell was that for!?"
She sent him another glare and stormed off, leaving him cursing under his breath.
"You should stop doing that."
Sawyer stared at upcoming Boone with anger.
"Doing what!?" the Southerner snapped.
"Bugging her."
"I ain't buggin' her, Metro. Mind your own business anyway!"
"Why are you acting this way? She didn't do anything to you."
"I don't think it's really your concern, Hick. So shut up!"
Boone just shrugged, looking away tiredly.
"Will you get over here already!?" Ana yelled angrily and both men shivered at her tone and without hesitating they quickly caught up with a pissed off Latina, who was about to blow up.
In the meanwhile
"We're here." Juliet announced, stopping at pointing at the big door. Kate sent her a look, breathing heavily.
"So what now?" the Brunette asked, well snapped actually, while looking around. Juliet stared at her with cold eyes and took out a key from her pocket. After a while the door was opened and Kate was looking at her unsurely.
"We don't have much time." the Blonde stated firmly "You better convince him to go back quickly."
"I'm not gonna have to." Kate answered, glaring at her. Then she entered the room and spotted him, sitting against the wall, staring at the ceiling. When the door cracked, he turned his gaze on her. She smiled gently and his eyes widened. He got up immediately and came over closer to the glass wall, placing his hands on it.
"What are you doing here?" Jack asked in disbelief and she frowned questioningly.
"What--?"
"What the hell are you doing here!?" he exclaimed and she flinched, shocked "You were supposed to run!"
Juliet entered, just as Kate was about to reply. The Blonde woman stared at her coldly and then looked at Jack, her eyes softening immediately.
"Now's not a time for this. We need to go."
But the doctor's eyes were fixed stubbornly at Kate, who was about to burst into tears, not understanding his weird behavior.
"Jack…" Juliet tried once again, her voice calm and steady. He shook his head and stared at her.
"We have to go." She repeated, raising her eyebrows, waiting for his response. Jack let out a deep breath and with one last look at shocked Kate nodded.
In the meanwhile
Before she knew it, she started to run, feeling, that something was not right… When she was a little girl, her mom used to tell her, that when something happens to a person, that you love, you can feel it in your skin. That was the feeling, that she could feel right then. Something was wrong …
Boone and Sawyer were both annoyed and were just following her, not saying anything, sometimes catching up and then staying behind. She didn't stop in spite of it. She needed to get to Danny. She had to get to him, before it was too late.
And the relief she felt, when they finally noticed the little houses was the hugest desire for her. Ana let out a deep and heavy breath, finally stopping and hiding behind a tree, although there was no people to be seen.
Boone and Sawyer appeared, wearing weird expressions on their faces. She even didn't bother to glance back at them. She will worry about their behaviors later …
"That's his house." Ana said, pointing at it and they turned their eyes on it too. She moved forward, but Boone was quick to grab her arm, pulling her back. She stared at him, frowning.
"There's nobody there…"
"What?" she hissed.
"Why…? Why nobody's watching him or something … It's weird…"
Sawyer nodded in agreement, observing her carefully.
"We should go..."
"No!" Ana protested immediately, cutting the Blonde man off. "We came here to get you and the rest, but to get Danny too, as well! There's no way I'm gonna give up, when I'm that close!"
And before one of them managed to say something else, she was already walking away.
"Ana!" Boone called, running after her, making Sawyer follow either "ANA!"
She didn't listen. She didn't care.
In a minute she was already approaching Danny's house and in less then five seconds after it she was already inside. She tightened her grip on a gun and slowly started to make her way across the hall to the living room.
"Danny!" Ana shouted, not really caring if one of the Others was there too. She heard some kind of noise and stopped, dead in her tracks, waiting for whatever or whoever it was.
"Danny!" she risked a yell one more time and she couldn't help, but make it sound a little bit desperately.
There was a silence for a few seconds and then the door behind her opened wide. She turned around and pointed her gun on a very shocked man.
Danny looked at her, as if she was a ghost and then parted his lips slightly, wanting to say something, but nothing came out. He just gasped breathlessly, still staring at her oddly.
"You okay?" Ana decided to ask quietly, lowering her gun slowly.
"Is this a dream or wh--?" he growled and then seemed to choke on his words.
"What… what are ya talkin' about? You all right?" she asked quietly, concern in her voice, slowly approaching him. He shook his head and squeezed his eyes tight shut, before opening them again. She really was there…But he still couldn't believe…
"They told me you were gone." Danny breathed, eyeing her carefully and clenching his fists.
"What?"
"He said you were dead."
"Dead? Well, look at me I'm just fine and dandy and I came here to rescue you, Cowboy!" she replied sarcastically, smirking. He swallowed hard and then a big smile appeared on his face, as he pulled her into a bear hug. She chuckled, surprised at his actions, but didn't say anything. She just hugged him back. After a while the pair pulled apart and Danny frowed, suddenly alarmed.
"Rescue me from what?"
Ana looked over her shoulder, hearing some kind of noise behind her.
"It's just the wind…" Danny said, waiving his hand disparagingly "Rescue from what?"
She narrowed her eyes and slowly turned her eyes on him.
"They're gonna kill you, Danny."
He blinked quickly, looking actually taken aback at her announcement.
"And before they do, I need to take you away from here." Ana added, coming over closer to him. "Okay?"
"No, wait… Who wants to kill me?"
She rolled her eyes, snorting.
"Are you really that clueless or just good at pretending? The Others. These people, who brought you here."
"Why? I mean… they can't. I'm under Dharma protection…"
"They don't give a shit about your job…" she cut him off bluntly "And they would never let you take me off this island. They want to make it look, like an accident… so that your people would not orient."
He parted his lips in shock, having a normal facial expression, while inside … he was fuming.
"And… they wanted to kill you too, didn't they?"
"Yes, they poisoned me…"
"When?"
"Remember your awesome spaghetti?"
He nodded briefly, his eyes searching for an answer.
"Well, they added the poison in it…" Ana stated and his eyes widened "… turns out it wasn't really that awesome at all…" she added sarcastically, but it didn't lighten him up.
"I had nothing to do with it.." he started, but she held up her hands in a gesture of understanding.
"I know it, Danny… I would never suspect you about it."
He sighed deeply and managed to smile a little. She smiled back warmly and suddenly remembered, what was going on.
"We gotta go."
"Where?"
"I'm taking you out from here… I'm not about to let them hurt you."
He smirked a little and looked down.
"What?" Ana asked, frowning a little, gazing at him, slightly amused.
"I thought you didn't care." He said slowly, looking up. She laughed briefly, running a hand through her hair.
"And I thought you were a moron."
And with that she turned to walk away, smirking. He grinned at her back and then looked around anxiously. Some movements behind the windows caught his attention and he grabbed Ana's arm, stopping her.
"What is it?"
"I need to do something first." He lied quickly.
"What's that?"
"I.. can't tell you…But I'll be out in a minute… You just go and wait for me outside… near the trees."
Ana bit her lip in confusion, leering at him unsurely and he was already beating himself for lying to her.
"I dunno…"
"Please, Ana… go. It'll just take a minute. But you can't stay here. Wait for me near the jungle."
"What'cha gonna do?"
"Listen.. you're gonna have to trust me, okay?"
She looked away, feeling slightly torn between leaving and staying. Finally she decided to trust him and nodded slowly. He seemed to be washed over with relief.
"All right…Go.
"Okay, fine. I'm waitin' just outside." Ana stated firmly and Danny sighed with relief "But if you don't come out in a minute, I'll come back here and kick your ass, Dan."
"I've got no problem with that." He said, trying to lighten her up. She rolled her eyes, though she was smirking.
"Yeah, yeah … Later." Ana added and patted his shoulder. He nodded and she turned on her heels and started walking away. He watched her go.
Ana opened the door and turned around to look at him again. Danny smiled at her and gestured for her to go ahead. She smiled back slowly and exited his house.
Sawyer and Boone saw her walking towards them and they ran over to her, looking alarmed.
"So where is he? That Danny guy isn't invisible, now, is he?" Sawyer asked and Ana rolled her eyes.
"He'll be out in a min--"
She didn't manage to finish her sentence and there was a loud explosion and the three of them were forced forward forcefully.
A/N: Yeah, long time no update … :P Sorry about that. I didn't really have an inspiration for a long time, besides school is startin' tomorrow (argh!) and I needed some time to take care of … y'know stuff…
The next chapter is a little bit different from the rest.
Next chapter: Ana locked herself up in her own world, remembering the events from the mission. Something is blocking her from letting the tears fall down. Who would have thought, that the only person, that could make her cry is the man, who cannot stand her…?