"Well it's hometown buffet down there if I ever saw it." Sawyer remarked
"I think we should sort through the bags and take what can be used." Kate replied, wiping water from her face.
"Ya cant tell me you didn't think I was going to anyway." Sawyer said.
"One of us should stay on the raft so it doesn't drift away" Kate replied.
"No shit Sherlock." Sawyer said sarcastically. "Do you want to or should I?"
"Um…I'll go down." Kate insisted "I'll bring the bags up to you, and you can give me the stuff that's useless and I'll put it back down there."
"Yes boss." Sawyer said, as Kate dove down and brought up a large red suitcase. Sawyer opened it, as Kate went back down. Inside the red suitcase was kids clothes, a stuffed bear, and some little toy cars. Kate came to the surface with a duffel bag and a small backpack. The duffel bag had men's clothes and a small bag inside it. Inside was a razor with 3 heads, shaving cream which had exploded all over, and a frayed toothbrush. The backpack had a cd player which was ruined from the water, and a handheld game, which was also ruined.
10 bags later, Kate came up looking exhausted and cold. For being in the Pacific Ocean the water was surprisingly chilly. "I need a break." Kate stated. "There's still about 20 bags left that I can see."
"I'll go down, and you can look through the rest of this stuff. Most of it is just worthless shit that got ruined. But this bag might have interest to you." Sawyer smiled and handed her a small flower spotted suitcase that was jammed full of lingerie, and stuff that she didn't need on the island. She thought back to what had happened on the island, and she was still mad at Jack. Then she thought back to the kiss Sawyer had given her the other day after everything. She had never seen him act that nice, hell, she had never seen him act nice at all. Although he wasn't that bad to be around all the time.
"Did you find anything in there fer yourself?" Sawyer asked. Kate looked down at the bag and remembered what was in it.
"Yeah I did." Kate gave him a satisfied smile.
"Well maybe you'll model it for me someday."
"Or maybe I wont."
"You have a denial problem Freckles." Sawyer said. "You wont admit that you really do like me. But don't worry I'll keep charming you until you give in."
"It'll be awhile then." Kate said as she dove back in the water. Sawyer went back in too, Kate came back up grabbed an empty suitcase that was on the raft and went back down. Sawyer followed her to where she was taking it. She went to an air pocket in the plane and dove down about 10 feet more. There was a airplane cart full of everything everyone had missed most. She piled soda cans, mini vodka bottles, and orange juice bottles until there were none left. She brought the bag onto the raft, which had floated 10 feet away, and climbed on it. Sawyer climbed on too. For a moment they both sat there shivering, and then began paddling back toward the island.
By sunset the next day the island was back in sight. Kate looked back at all the bags they had found, and smiled. Both her and Sawyer were hungry, since the food they brought had run out. Kate dreaded returning to the island, because now everyone would look at her differently, but that's how her life had always been. She never thought she would want to go back to the island but 1. She was hungrier than she had ever been. 2. She was damn tired of sitting on the raft all day. And 3. It was better than being in a jail cell, which is where she would've been right now.
"How about we keep this bag to ourselves?" Kate said, as she pointed to the bag that had all the drinks in it.
"I'm not gonna disagree with that." Sawyer replied.
"I think we should split it up now between us, so we can hide it better."
"Well arent you sneaky? We can use that along with the bag of the frilly things you took." Sawyer pointed to the flower bag.
"What do you mean by 'we'. That's my stuff that you wont be seeing." Kate retorted. She gave him a smile and turned her head to look at the island.
"Denial." Sawyer smiled and looked back at her. She kept staring at the island. The signal fire was burning bright. "So all along you were the criminal. Damn Arab accused me. Wonder what he thinks now." Kate kept staring at the island. She thought about what Sayid must think about her. Sayid was in a way a criminal too. He was an Iraqi soldier. Sawyer a confidence man. And herself a bank robber. Boone stole the water, so he was a criminal too. This made Kate smile. She might not have it in so bad when she gets back. When everyone found out Boone had stole the water, yeah they were mad for while but they're over it now. And they'll soon forget about her being with the marshal.
Half an hour later they were back onshore carrying the bags they had gotten. Michael and Walt helped them carry the bags onshore.
"So did ya find anything? Walt enquired.
"We found a piece of the plane, but no other islands." Kate replied. Sawyer took his bags and went to his tent. Walt and Michael left and carried the bags they found to a pile of other bags and miscellaneous items that had been found. Kate dropped her stuff off, changed her clothes, and went to sleep.
That morning she woke up before everyone else. The sun was just barely rising, but it was bright enough that she felt it was safe to go into the jungle. She tied her hair up and walked through the jungle. She was going to the waterfall her and Sawyer had been to. When she got there she walked to a rock and sat down. Her feet dangled in the water, and she gazed lazingly into the brown water.
"Well good morning to you too sweetheart." Sawyer yelled from beside her. She turned and saw he was swimming under the waterfall.
"I didn't see you there." Kate yelled back. Sawyer swam towards where she was sitting and got out. He sat down next to her.
"What are you doing here?" Sawyer asked.
"Just…sitting."
"I can tell." Sawyer said. Kate smiled and got up and left into the jungle. Sawyer watched her leave and then got dressed and left.
Kate was walking through the jungle. She figured she would go see if Sayid needed any help. So she headed towards the beach. About halfway there she heard something behind her. She stopped and figured it was Sawyer so she leaned against the tree waiting for him to catch up. After about a minute she yelled "Sawyer is that you?" She then saw someone step towards her from behind a tree. He was a man in his thirties with dark hair and a very muscular body.
"No sorry. I don't think we've met my names Dave." He stepped towards her again, as she stepped back.
"I'm Kate." She said in a shaky voice. He stepped towards her and she was backed against a tree. She felt uneasy with this stranger, especially after what happened with Claire. "Well, I should get back to the beach now." Kate replied.
"What's a beautiful lady like you doing out here anyways?" Dave asked.
"I just went for a walk." Kate said as she looked for a way to leave. But she was cornered.
"Well how about I walk you back to the beach?" He asked.
"That's okay. I'm fine." Kate said. He stepped closer. He was now just a few inches from her. Kate put her hand on his chest to push him back. But he grabbed her hand. She raised the other one, and he grabbed that too. She bit her lip as she tried to get herself free but he had a strong grip on her. Kate tried to head butt him but she couldn't reach. She tried to kick him too, but that made her slip to the ground. The man hit her head against the tree and she was knocked out. He reached in his pocket and took out a needle and injected her. Then he lifted her up and carried her away.
Meanwhile Sawyer was still walking in the jungle when he heard footsteps to the left of him. He stopped walking and looked to where they cam from. He saw a tall man, taller than himself, carrying something. He silently continued following him until he got a closer look of what he was carrying. It was Kate. She was hanging limp over his shoulder. He would have yelled out to him and asked what he was doing, but after what happened to the pregnant girl he had no idea what to do. So he followed him for about a half hour until he stopped. They were far from both the caves and the beach so Sawyer had no clue what was going on. The man put Kate down and bent down to the ground. He opened a hatch under the brush and called for someone who was in there. The man pointed to Kate, and someone yelled something back that Sawyer couldn't understand, then the man nodded.
Kate woke up suddenly and remembered what had happened. She touched her head and winced at the pain she felt when she touched it. She scooted herself up and tried to stand when she looked over and saw Sawyer. He was about 5 feet to the left of her. He put his finger up to his mouth as to tell her to be quiet. Sawyer got up and ran over to the man who had taken her. He hit him over the head with a branch and the man stumbled. Sawyer dropped the branch and ran over to the man. He stood up and knocked Sawyer against a tree. Sawyer struggled to get up but was met with a punch in the face. And he slid back down and didn't move.
Kate tried to crawl over to Sawyer but the man hit her too. She fell against Sawyer and before she had time to move she felt another needle go into her arm. She looked over and saw another man inject Sawyer. It was Ethan. She tried to move her legs but whatever they gave her made her immobile. A few seconds later she passed out.
Kate awoke with a throbbing head. She tried to jerk herself up but she still couldn't move. "Damn it." She whispered to herself. She looked at her wrists which were bolted to the wall. Her ankles were bolted down too. She was in a dark room. She looked across the room and saw a figure of someone in the same position she was in. "Sawyer?" she called out. No answer. "Sawyer?" she asked again. She heard footsteps coming her way.
"What in the hell-?" Sawyer whispered to himself. Kate felt relieved he was here with her. "Kate! Kate are you okay?"
"Well other than being stuck to a wall? Yeah I'm okay." Kate said. He smiled at that. That smile quickly faded though when he heard the footsteps.
"The girl is awake" someone called out. Kate looked in their direction to see three tall muscular men approach her. One was Dave, the man that took her, she hadn't seen the other two.
"What do they want?" Sawyer whispered. He had a dry throat, which made every word sound strained.
"I don't know." Kate replied back quickly. "I guess we'll find out."