James and Lex waited in the shadows outside Ali Shehab's base in south Lebanon. It was just after two in the morning. James had wanted to charge in the moment they had arrived, four days of worry and driving had been too long, but Lex said they had to wait until all the guards were asleep to be safe. This time had been torturous for Lex as well, but for once in the past few days, reason had won in his mind and heart.

"How much longer?" James asked, annoyed. The sooner he saw Snaps and Kate, the better.

Lex checked his watch. "Now. Even the night guards will be asleep at this hour."

They crept along the mountain side to the entrance. Lex was right, the two guards were asleep. Once inside, they continued downward, and after a few moments and many turned, they arrived at a hall that was lined with metal doors.

Lex walked to the end of the hall and stood in front of the last door on the left. Why was it that he was still afraid to go in and face her?

"Open it!" James ordered, and Lex obliged.

The door creaked as Lex pushed it open. There was Kate, chained in the same manner as Snaps, and asleep with her chin resting on her chest. A few cuts on her face were the only visible signed of the hell that she and Snaps had been through.

As Lex and James moved closer to her, Kate began to stir.

Kate's POV

I began to come out of my less-than-peaceful sleep at the sound of footsteps. At first, I thought I was still asleep and dreaming, but after the pain and fatigue returned, I realized I couldn't be. Lex and James, they were really here! I couldn't help but glare at Lex as he kneeled down beside me and unlocked my chains. My arms fell limply at my side at first, but as soon as the feeling and pain returned to them, I punched Lex in the jaw as hard as I could. All be it, that wasn't very hard, but I got my point across.

"You asshole!" I snapped. "How could you do this?! I can't believe that you had the nerve to come with twenty miles of me, let alone into the same room!" Though my words were strong, my vision was blurred by tears that were waiting to spill out.

Lex just stared me right in the eye, the emotional pain that I'd felt since this happened reflected back at me through his deep brown eyes. We stared at each other for a moment where time seemed to stand still, as Lex leaned in, he placed a hand on my cheek and kissed me deeply, and I returned his kiss. I felt a few of the broken pieces of my heart fall back into place.

Our kiss was abruptly ended by James pulling Lex up by the collar of his shirt. Lex didn't seem surprised, but James looked like he was ready to kill Lex then and there. As James dragged him away from me, Lex said his first words to me since the day he'd betrayed us all.

"Kate, I love you." He said them as though he knew James was going to kill him and he wanted those four words to be his last.

They were almost to the door now, Lex wasn't even fighting James.

"James, don't!" The pleading in my voice was clear as I tried to stand on uneasy legs, using the stone wall for support.

James looked at me, horror-struck, while Lex smiled at me and looked relieved.

"Why?!" James asked.

"Because…I love him, too."

Lex freed himself from James' grip and ran back to me, then wrapped his arms around me. I cringed in pain.

"Sorry." Lex mumbled.

James cleared his throat rather loudly. "Mind if we save Snaps now?"

Lex threw his set of keys into James' hand. "Third door down on the other side."

James caught the keys and ran off, and Lex and I followed closely.