I love yo guys! How many times do you think I said that? Oh well...

I promise, things will change... at the end of this chapter... :D

THANK YOU atrum infractus! Sorry about the errors! I thought there was some weird way of spelling Eko...

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"How much longer to their camp?" Ana Lucia asked Eko.

"A day, maybe more, maybe less." He said.

"Thanks for being specific," Ana said.

Sawyer started to shake a bit and then fell to the ground. "Damn!" he muttered.

Emma looked down at him with tears in her eyes, he was going to die… she knew he was.

Libby walked over and began to check out his infected shoulder.

"Okay, I'm fine," Sawyer said.

"You want me to let me just take a look at your shoulder?" Libby asked.

"What? Are you a doctor?" Sawyer asked.

"A clinical psychologist." She replied.

"You're a shrink? Maybe you ought to talk to my shoulder," he said.

"How'd you get shot anyways?" Libby asked.

Emma looked over at her, she had been wondering that ever since she had seen his shoulder!

"With a gun," Sawyer said.

"He got shot when they took my kid," Michael said.

Emma looked up at him, when 'they' took the kids, the 'others' Emma swallowed, no one would ever come after her, would they?

"It's bad isn't it?" Sawyer asked.

"Yeah, it's bad. But it's not real bad, c'mon, you're going to be okay, let's go." Libby said.

Michael reached his hand down to help Sawyer.

"I got it, I'm alright, I'm fine." Sawyer said.

Emma knew he wasn't fine, in fact, she knew everyone knew he wasn't fine.

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A little later Sawyer stumbled again.

Mr. Eko turned around. "We need a break," he said.

Ana sighed. "five minutes," she said very impatiently.

"Here," Eko said as he handed Sawyer a bottle of water, then walked to the coastlines.

Ana followed him. "What are you looking at?"

"We have to cut inland," Eko said.

Emma looked up.

"What? Through the jungle? They said their people were on the beach, we-"

"The beach goes into a peninsula ahead. It may not be passable."

"May not?" Ana asked.

"May not," Eko replied.

"You're doing this to get the cowboy back faster, aren't you? You would risk our lives to help him?" Ana asked.

Emma smiled slightly, she decided, she liked Mr. Eko.

"It's the only way I know," Eko said as he walked away.

Ana turned to him. "I liked you better when you weren't talking," she said.

Emma frowned, not talking? Mr. Eko didn't talk? Why?

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Later that night.

Emma laid her head down on the dirt, she was so tired, and it was freezing! She shut her eyes and began to fall asleep…

An hour later…

Emma was jerked from the ground by someone, she was about to scream when the person covered her mouth, Emma began to kick and punch all she could, tears began to run down her face, as the person began to pull her deeper into the jungle, Emma bit the person's hand and it was quickly removed. Emma ran, the memory of her running away from her mom's boyfriend, came back, and she began to run faster. Out of nowhere someone else grabbed her, she screamed and they covered her mouth.

Suddenly something hit her on her head, she fell to the ground, she looked up to see Mr. Eko hitting the person, it was a man. Emma squeezed her eyes shut, her head really hurt. She began to cry softly.

Mr. Eko walked over to her. "Are you all right?" he asked.

Emma didn't answer, she pulled her legs to her chest.

Mr. Eko sat down next to her.

Emma stopped crying and wiped away her tears, she looked down at her hand, there was blood, she felt her head again.

"What happened?" Ana Lucia asked as she ran over to them, she looked down at Emma, who looked shocked she was also shaking a bit.

"They came," Eko replied as he looked up at her. "The others came for her,"

"How many?" Ana asked.

"Two," Eko replied.

"Did you get them both?"

"No."

"Is she all right?" Ana asked.

Eko looked over at Emma, then back at Ana. "No."

Libby and Michael ran over.

"Hey-" Michael looked over at the lifeless body. "Oh my God!" he took a step back.

Libby kneeled down next to Emma. "Hey," she said. "Are you okay?"

Emma kept her eyes focused on the ground below.

"Emma?" Libby asked. "Honey, I need you to answer me,"

"Emma!" Michael shouted.

Libby touched Emma's cut, Emma scooted away but didn't take her eyes off of the ground. Why couldn't they just leave her alone?

Libby sighed and looked up at Ana.

"Will she be ok?" Ana asked.

"I don't know,"

"You don't know? You're the shrink! You're supposed to know!" Ana shouted.

"It isn't that simple, Ana," Libby snapped.

Ana looked at Emma. "We need to clean that cut,"

Libby nodded.

"Come on," Eko said as he held out his hand. "Everything will be all right,"

"Emma, sweetie, come on." Libby said.

Emma didn't budge, her breathing began to turn into pants.

"Emma?" Ana asked as she kneeled beside her. "Emma, I need to clean your cut, ok?" Ana turned to Libby who shrugged.

Why did they want me? Why did they want any of us? Emma asked herself, she couldn't hear the voice's talking to her, she was so wound up in thought, she began to shake her head.

"Emma?" Ana asked.

Emma continued to shake her head. What was going on? Someone touched her head again, Emma looked up this time.

"Emma?" Ana asked again.

Emma bit her lip from crying, but she couldn't stop the tears, she buried her face into her hands. Why? Why was life so unfair!

Ana hesitated then put her arm around Emma's shoulder.

Emma threw her arms around Ana, and sobbed.

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