Chapter Fifty-two:
"I'd die if I lost you."
[The islanders are still on the hill worriedly watching the smoke rising from the beach.]
Sun: Why were there only two explosions?
Jack: Maybe they didn't have to blow the third tent.
Rose: But those gunshots, what was that all-
Jack: He's OK, Rose. (He glances at Sun and Sawyer) They all are.
Sun: Do you believe that?
Jack: Listen, they had no idea that we were waiting for them. Sayid, Andie, Jin and Bernard; they're smart. They know what to do. They're gonna be fine and they're gonna be a couple of hours behind us.
Sun: Then we should wait for them here. You go on-
Jack: No. No-one gets left behind.
Rose: If you say live together die alone to me Jack, I'm gonna punch you in your face.
Jack (Laughs): Fair enough, Rose. Fair enough. (To the group) But we have a plan. And for all we know, it worked and they're waiting for us to get them rescued. It's gonna be OK, everything's gonna be all right. Let's just keep moving, OK?
[They do so.]
Sun (to Rose): It's OK, let's go.
[Naomi looks at her phone, which is still beeping red.]
[Shot to the sun rising at the beach. Jin and Bernard are tied up and gagged. Sayid is about to be tied while Andie, in Tom's grasp, is standing by them all; her bullet wound no longer bleeding.]
Sayid (to Ryan about Andie): Do not tie her up.
Ryan: I don't think you're in much of a position to be making demands, Jarrah.
[Ryan reaches for Andie but Tom doesn't hand her over.]
Tom: He's right; Ryan. We hurt her kid Ben'll kill us.
[Ryan looks furious, but seems to accept this.]
Ryan: Fine. She's your responsibility.
[Tom nods and takes out his walkie talkie. He phones Ben.]
Tom: Ben; they're dead.
Ben: What?
Tom: They're all dead. Diane, Ivan, all of em, dead. And Sheppard and his people, they're all gone.
Ben: Gone, gone where?
Tom: I dunno. Did you hear me? They killed seven of our-
Ryan: Tom! Calm down and tell him the good news.
Ben: What good news?
Tom: We caught three of em. The one's who stayed behind to blow up the tents. Ben, they knew we were coming?
Ben: It was Juliet. She betrayed us.
Tom: What?
Ben: Just figure out where she is, Tom.
[Tom nods at Ryan. Ryan goes to Sayid and grabs him by the arm.]
Ryan (to Sayid): Get up.
Andie: No!
[She tries to wretch out of Tom's grasp.]
Tom: You best stay still, Andie.
Andie: Kiss my ass.
[Ryan leaves Sayid and storms over to Andie.]
Ryan: What's that angel?
Andie: I'm sorry. I said kiss. My. Ass.
[Ryan grabs Andie out of Tom's arm. She laughs.]
Andie: Thought you said you wouldn't hurt me?
Ryan (smiles): I didn't say that.
[He grabs her bullet wound and squeezes. Andie tries her best to stifle a scream. Jin tries to get up to go to her aid but one of the Others pulls him back down.]
Sayid: Leave her alone!
Ryan: Where are they?!
Andie: Go to hell!
[He squeezes her arm again. Andie again tries to stifle a scream but he squeezes harder and she starts to yell out loud.]
Tom: Ryan.
Sayid: Stop!
Tom: Ryan!
[Ryan stops punishing Andie and tosses her back to Tom. Her arm is bleeding again. Ryan goes over to Sayid and pulls him up.]
Ryan: OK, Romeo, where the hell did-
[Sayid spits in his face. Ryan hits him hard over the head with his handgun. Tom gets out his walkie again.]
Tom: They're not talking.
Ben: Who do you have?
Tom: Jarrah, Parker, Kwon, and the dentist.
Ben: Shoot Kwon.
Tom: What?
Ben: If you want them to answer questions, kill Kwon, do it now.
Jin: [Speaks Korean at Tom]
Ryan: I dunno what that means, but I'm sure it's lovely.
[He cocks his gun.]
Bernard: No, wait. No.
Jin (to silence Bernard): No.
Andie (warningly): Jin.
Jin (vehemently): No talk.
Bernard: No please.
Tom: You talk to me, nobody will get hurt. Now tell me where your people are.
Sayid: He's lying, he's going to kill us all any-
[Sayid is kicked down.]
Andie: Stop it!
Ryan (to Andie): Shut up! (To Bernard) Where are they?
[Short pause. Ryan puts his gun at Jin.]
Ryan: Sayonara.
Bernard (in desperation): A radio tower. They're hiking to a radio tower.
Tom: Why in the hell are they going there?
Bernard: A woman parachuted here. She has a satellite phone and they're gonna call her ship.
Ben (on walkie): Juliet thought we were coming tomorrow. So why were they waiting for us tonight?
Ryan (To Bernard): You heard him; how'd you know?
Bernard: A kid told us. He came in a canoe and he warned us.
Tom: What kid?
Bernard: Karl. He said his name was Karl.
Tom: You heard that, Ben?
[There's a pause as Ben doesn't reply.]
Tom: Ben?!
Ben: I heard.
Tom: What d'you want us to do? Kill em?
[Another pause.]
Ben: Not yet.
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