Chapter 3: Our Little Secret

"You do know where you are going right?" Sawyer was pissed. They had been walking for three hours straight, and they still hadn't even found the shore. Sayid was walking alone in front navigating his way through the trees.

"Sawyer, It's not like I have been here before. I don't know where everything is." Sayid said. He pushed through another tree. Kate was slowing down just in front of Jack who looked determined as ever.

"Well I'm sick and tired of walking around in circles!" Sawyer said.

"Fine, then stop." said Jack without looking behind him. Sawyer let out his breath and continued to walk.

"I hate you." he mumbled. He could see the smile rising on Kate's tired face.

"What are you smiling at sweet cheeks?" Sawyer asked. She looked at Jack who also had a smile plastered to his face.

"Oh you all think your so funny!" Sawyer exclaimed. He kicked a pebble on the ground and hit Jack in the back on the leg.

"Ow!" he exclaimed. He stopped and glared at Sawyer. Sawyer pursed his lips together to stop him from laughing. Kate had also stopped and was looking to see what happened.

"Sorry doc." said Sawyer. "Just an accident." Jack rubbed the back of his leg and turned around. Kate looked at them suspiciously and turned to walk with Jack. Sawyer could see her talking to Jack, most likely asking what had happened.

Sawyer hoisted his pack up further on his back and trudged forward. He couldn't wait to see the ocean again.

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"Eko. We've been down here all night, can we please just forget about the stupid hatch?" Charlie was sitting on the floor watching Eko hitting the wall with a various of objects. All he had done was pierce a small hole in the cement.

"Eko." Charlie said louder. "It's never going to break, it's a foot wide!" He could hear the rasping breaths from Eko as he took hits at the door. Charlie rolled his eyes and looked away.

He was sick of it. Sick of this door, the whirring noise. Sick of the stupid hatch. Sick of being on this island. The only thing that kept him here was Claire.

Charlie then suddenly stood.

"I'm going now." he said. He turned and walked across the hatch. He had reached the far side when he heard an object drop.

"Don't go Charlie." said Eko slowly. Charlie stopped.

"There are other people here. They mean more to me then this stupid door." He wrteched open the door and looked at Eko. "I'm out." He then flung himself through the door and let it shut behind him, leaving Eko in the hatch all by himself.

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"Are you kidding me?" Mrs. Clue asked. She was sitting by the fire staring at her companion in awe. Henry sat on the other side nawing on piece of fish.

"I am not kidding you. It's perfect." he said. Mrs. Clue shook her head.

"We can't do that! It totally risks our lives." she complained.

"We can't do it any other way." said Henry. "They will do whatever it takes." The fire crackled in the afternoon sky and smoke rose into the air.

"But sir... the children. What if they find them?" asked Mrs. Clue. Henry laughed.

"They will never find them." Henry said and then he looked into Mrs. Clue's scared face. "They will never find us." he added. Mrs. Clue suddenly looked up.

"But you just said-"

"Yes, I did. But I never said that it included us. You, me, the darling children, maybe some very trustworthy others, we will go into hiding." said Henry. He stood and put a hand to his chin.

"Why would we want to hide?" asked Mrs. Clue. Henry came over to her and stood right in front of her.

"Let them think they won. That way, after time, we can get them. We could wait a month. Those stupid people believe this place is unplottable, everything that stupid drunk told them, they believed. He didn't know we had 'fixed' his stupid boat." Henry kneeled.
"We don't need anyone else Clue, no one." He placed a hand on her knee and stared her in the eyes.

"What do we tell the others?" she asked. He looked over to the other fire, where all the other camp members ate their lunch.

"We tell them my plan, part A that is. This part is our little secret." Henry gave Mrs. Clue a wink and then he stood. He then walked away throwing the fish bones into the fire as he went.

This was the perfect plan.

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Jack was also beginning to get bored. They had been walking for who knew how long, and he swore they had passed that tree three times already. Jack rubbed his head with his hand and looked at the others. They were all emotionally tired and exhausted. Sawyer was as grumpy as ever, taking up the rear, Sayid was gloomly walking near the front and Kate was in a daze just standing a little in front of him.

"Stop." Jack said. Everyone stopped and turned to look at him. "We're travelling in circles." Sayid went to open his mouth but Sawyer beat him too it.

"I knew it!" he said. "I knew this whole damn time!" He began pacing in circles and rubbing his head at the same time. Kate collapsed on the ground.

"This sucks." she said. Jack nodded. He agreed. Sayid had began walking again, but not in the direction they were walking before, but to the left.

"Where are you going?" Sawyer sneered. Sayid smiled.

"Come look at this." he said. Kate looked at Jack with sudden intrest and Jack held his hand out for her to grab. She took it and pulled herself to her feet. The three of them walked forward to look at what Sayid was pointing at.

Jack pushed through the bush and saw what he was pointing at. It was a valley of some sort. A deep canyon.

"A ditch. You called us over here for a ditch?" Sawyer asked. Sayid smiled.

"Not just any ditch. Can't you tell what it is?" he asked. Sawyer snorted.

"Of course not dingo brain. It's a ditch!" Sawyer said. He threw his hands up in the air. Jack leaned forward to see the bottom of it. He could see patterns etched into the dirt at the bottom.

"It looks like something used to be down there." Jack said. Sayid smiled.

"Yes it does. Now listen very quietly." Sayid said. He held a finger to his lips and everyone fell silent. For a few moments, all Jack could hear were the breaths of Kate, who was standing right behind him. But then he heard it.

"Water?" he asked. Kate then slapped her hands to her mouth.

"Of course." she said. "Those patterns mean that water used to flow here." Sayid nodded.

"They did. But they didn't used too. It still does. You can hear the water." Sayid said. Sawyer came up to him.

"Oh wow! You found water. HOW DOES THAT HELP US?" he asked. Jack left the cliff side and searched the side along the trees.

"Jack?" asked Kate. He looked up for a second.

"Kate. We need to find that vine stuff. I've seen it around here. You know like that stuff that Charlie was hanged from that tree with." Jack said. Kate looked confused but then something clicked into hear fro she started searching around the surrounding area. Sawyer laughed and trudged over.

"Is anyone going to explain why we need vine. Why water is just so important." Sawyer said. He crossed his arms and Sayid also came over. He slapped a hand on his shoulder.

"The vine is to get down into the ravine. That way we can follow the water." Sayid said.

"What fun!" said Sawyer. "Following the damn fricken yellow brick road. Where are we going? OZ?" Jack laughed at his sarcasm. He stood as he reached own on a piece of vine sticking out from the surface. He began to pull on it. He looked over at Sawyer.

"The water leads to a water source, like all rivers and creeks. Where do you think it may go Sawyer?" Jack asked. Sawyer's jaw dropped a bit and then he closed it. His same old mean look appeared on his face and then cracked into a sneer.

"Funny." he said walking forward to help with the vine. "Real funny."