They tiptoed quietly through the trees heading for the caves. Bo could sense that someone was trying to tell her or ask her something but was finding the trouble to pluck up the courage. As they reached the caves she paused and turned to look at her followers. Kate looked slightly spaced out so Bo guessed it was her trying to say something.
"Something wrong?" Bo asked lightly.
"This lagoon… Sawyer and I know where it is," Kate said quietly. Sawyer looked at her with wide eyes.
"Kate," he hissed. Jack stared at the two of them in disbelief.
"You knew and you didn't tell us?" He asked. Kate went slightly pink eyes downcast.
"I'm not proud of it," she replied.
"That's not the point-" Jack began but Bo cut across him her bright blue eyes flashing dangerously.
"Leave the domestic at the hatch," she said quietly. "Right now we need to focus on the job in hand."
Jack and Kate both froze instantly shutting their mouths.
"Thank you," Bo said, turning and walking on again, Eko's stick held tightly in her right hand.
"Do you know how odd this looks?" Sawyer whispered to Jack. "We're taking orders from a kid."
"I'll have you know that one, I'm not a kid, I'm fourteen thanks, and two I'm not deaf and neither are the others, so shut up," Bo hissed as the wind whipped about their feet.
The continued through the trees, eventually finding the lagoon that Michael and Walt mentioned. As they skirted round it, the darkness pressing in as they listened for any sound from the others, all five of them saw a mountain in the distance. It wasn't too far to walk, only a mile at most. What was more worrying was the thought of what lay between them and the mountain.
Bo motioned for the other survivors to gather round. They bent their heads in close. Bo began to relay orders as quietly as she could.
"Sayid, Sawyer, I need you to go round to the left," Bo said, her voice sounding little more then wind whisperings, but Sayid and Sawyer both nodded their heads, so they must've understood. "Kate, Jack, you two go round to the right. I'll go straight ahead. If you run into trouble make as much noise as possible so the rest of us can be on the lookout and try and help you."
They all nodded. Bo took several deep breaths closing her eyes as the wind gently blew her long black hair out behind her. Opening her eyes again she saw the other survivors had set of already so she plunged into the jungle ahead of her moving quickly and quietly.
She didn't meet anyone. Occasionally she paused, thinking she'd heard something but it was either just her imagination or an animal, which quickly skittered away. She reached the base of the mountain and walked carefully up to it, running her fingers over the smooth face.
Bo, ordinarily, would've noticed the telltale signs, the wind suddenly picking up, the faint sound of whispering, the crack of a twig, but this time she didn't. She was totally engrossed in what was written on the mountain. In the faint moonlight she could see the names of all the survivors, all of them, including herself. So it's quite understandable that she didn't notice the others stood behind her until one of them cleared their throats.
Bo spun around so fast that she hit her arm off the rock and cursed. One of the 'others' the one with a beard and hat who Sawyer had dubbed 'Zeke' laughed.
"Dear, dear, dear," he said chuckling. "What're you doing out this late little girl?"
Bo instantly recognised him as the man who'd taken her on that first day.
"I've come to get my friends back," Bo replied fiercely.
"Oh really, I suppose you had help?" Zeke asked. Bo's eyes widened, she could defiantly smell trouble now.
"Yes, I did as a matter of fact," Bo replied eyes darting from one other to another making sure none of them were about to jump on her.
"These your helpers?" Asked Zeke as Sayid, Sawyer, Jack and Kate were all pushed forward, bound and gagged, looking at her apologetically.
Bo bit her lip closing her eyes for a second before looking back at Zeke.
"They're not as trained at avoiding people as I am," Bo replied he bright blue eyes shinning as the moon reflected off them.
"Oh you're trained are you?" Zeke laughed.
"Yes. I am," Bo replied her blue eyes starting to look like blue flames.
"Bo, Mum and Dada had another argument!" Elliot whispered as his sister opened the front door. He was covered in bruises and cuts again. Obviously their parents had taken their anger out on him.
"Right, c'mon, we'll go into town for a bit," Bo said, picking up the small boy and slinging him over her hip.
She was still in her school uniform and town was a long way to walk when you were only ten. So Bo changed their plans and they went to the park instead, ducking into the trees whenever a mum from their school walked past. If people started talking about Elliot's bruising then they'd be in trouble.
Once it started to get dark the pair headed home, opening the front door quietly, but not quietly enough.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" Thundered their mother. Elliot shrank back behind Bo.
"Out." Bo replied flatly.
"That's not good enough Bonnie!" Her mother shouted pulling her out the way and grabbing Elliot's top, pulling him close. "And you should know better!"
Bo pulled her mother away.
"Don't! You'll scare him!" Bo screamed at her mother. She turned round to look at Bo and simply hit her across the face. "WHAT DID WE DO TO DESERVE PARENTS LIKE YOU?"
Bo paled as her mother looked at her in shock…
Zeke looked at her carefully.
"Do you want to tell your friends what you did or shall I?" Asked Zeke. Bo paled, looking almost white in the moonlight.
"Don't, they'll never forgive me…" Bo blurted out before she could stop herself. Zeke and several of the other 'others' laughed.
"Then I guess you'll come quietly won't you?" He said.
"No," Bo replied, but her thoughts had meant she hadn't noticed the other creeping up behind her.
"I think you will," Zeke replied as a large club came crashing down over her head.