Ana was almost afraid to go back into the hatch. Seeing Leslie's body, cold and lifeless… the thought itself was too much. She told Locke to go inside, she'd be there in a minute.
Ana's head was a mess. And not just the outside, for once. It had been pretty hard to concentrate before, when she was worried as hell about Arzt, but now she had the faint memory of her dream muddling everything up as well.
She stayed outside for a couple more minutes before wiping her eyes and going into the hatch. She slowly pushed open the door and walked down the small corridor.
The first thing she saw was Jack, and then Kate. Probably because the two of them were up against the wall she was walking past, doing… stuff.
"Hey!" she said. "What the hell are you doing? Leslie is DEAD! And you're doing… you're doing… that…"
Jack pulled away from Kate with great difficulty, or so it seemed.
"God, Ana! Can't you see I'm BUSY?" he said, exasperated.
"I don't care! Where's Leslie?" Ana yelled at Jack.
"Oh, somewhere over there…" Jack waved his arm vaguely behind him, but couldn't continue his sentence. This was because Kate, who had obviously gotten tired of waiting, had pulled him back down to do… stuff.
Ana screamed a little, but it didn't have the effect she had planned for. Probably 'cos she was still filled with grief from losing the love of her life, so she couldn't scream all that loud. She stomped away when Jack and Kate took no notice of her.
When she entered the lounge all she saw was Locke's back. Sawyer and Sun were standing with him, in a sort of huddle. It didn't seem right, though, because from Ana's point of view, they weren't making a complete circle. She decided to teach them how to huddle properly.
"Stop! You're doing it wrong! Let me show you…" she pushed them out of the way, only to see that the huddle wasn't wrong. It was a complete circle. That was because someone else was in the huddle.
"LESLIE!" Ana screamed and threw her arms around his neck. He stumbled backwards from the force, but it was all right; his stomach took most of the blow. "Oh my god! You're not dead, after all! How…"
"Dead? Why would I be dead? I'm not some kind of a wimp that dies from a towel…"
"But… you fell… and Jack was…" Ana pulled back and looked at him, puzzled.
"Come on, Rambina, we played a trick on ya'… that so hard to believe?" Sawyer said.
"A what? You…" Ana looked at Arzt. "So you were never dead?"
"Um, no. Not really. I was alright, but Jack thought it would be funny to make you all worried, and I think Locke wanted you out of the way, 'cos he took you outside pretty fast… anyway, I didn't think it was a very good idea, but it's best to listen to Jack. He is most always right. And me? I'm just a damn high school science teacher." Arzt explained.
Ana stared at him with her mouth open. Then, without a word, she pushed everyone out of the way again and went over to where Jack and Kate were doing… stuff.
She grabbed the back of Jack's shirt (which, to everyone's surprise, he was still wearing), and she pulled him away from Kate. Then she started yelling at him.
Jack stood in shock for a moment, rubbing the back of his neck. Where the hell did Kate go?
Kate was pretty much in shock as well, for a moment, and then she realised that Ana was insulting Jack. And Kate didn't like that. So she tackled Ana.
Ana was quite happy yelling, but was in shock when Kate's slim frame barrelled into hers, knocking them both to the ground.
Once she realised what had happened, she continued yelling, in Spanish, at Kate this time. Kate yelled back, but it wasn't in Spanish.
As soon as everyone else saw Kate and Ana on the ground, they ran to break it up. Well, everyone except Sawyer. They all knew how dirty those fights could get, but he didn't mind. Jack and Locke pulled Kate up, and Arzt helped Ana to her feet. Ana pulled out of his grip roughly and glared at everyone, then stormed out.
Arzt knew he should follow her, but didn't particularly want to be the one to feel Ana's wrath. He looked around for help, but Locke had started sharpening some knives, Sawyer had started drinking, Sun had gone to plant something, and Jack and Kate were doing… stuff. Arzt sighed, and headed for the door.