I had to hurry through the jungle with the sound of Kate and Jack slowly dying behind me. The crunching sound of twigs and leaves filled my ears as I ran quickly through the dense jungle woods. It wasn't long until I found the line that we had once been told not to cross. I slowed myself down to a fast-paced walk and found the rusted door only fifty feet away from the line. I pounded hard on the rusted door three times until I heard footsteps approach and loud screech of the un-oiled door. My friend came to the door, "You've come."
"Yes, I had to avoid the people of my camp. They catch on quickly. Especially the doctor, Jack," I said letting the heavy door shut behind me. The room instantly became darker.
My friend nodded his head and gestured me to follow deeper into the cool room where at the center I could see Ana Lucia facing the wall.
"Hasn't been much trouble I hope," I said as I flipped on the other light switch, the room became much brighter.
"She's a feisty one, hard to believe she is with us. From what I hear is very attached to that doctor you speak of," My friend told me as I approached her.
Ana Lucia looked up and glared at me, "Why did you do this? Why didn't you let me stay?"
I shook my head, "its Jack isn't it? Haven't you remembered that he's on the other side?"
I could tell Ana understood, she frowned and let out a sigh as my friend went in the back room and came back with a generic pack of crackers which he did not offer to either of us.
"Jack is a nice man," Ana Lucia said calmly.
"You wouldn't think he was so nice if you had seen him with Kate," I snapped at her. She had to know sooner or later.
I could tell that she got the message I was trying to send, and could see traces of heartbreak in her eyes, "They are good people, why do you have to do this?"
Frustrated I pounded my fist on the metal table, the sound rang through the room, "You are NOT one of them! One day it will have to be us against them!''
"Send me back; I don't want to be part of this!" Ana begged with me.
"You have always been one of us; it's been your fate that you were brought here. You are one of us and always have been, don't try and fool yourself," I said turning to my friend, "I must return to avoid suspicions. Keep an eye on her."
My friend nodded and I gave one last look to her as a hurried out the heavy rusted metal door. I didn't have much time…
Hurley sat on the beach watching the other members of the camp. He noticed that Locke hadn't been around for hours now. He thought to himself that he still must be down in the hatch, but for some reason Hurley just had a bad feeling. Like when he won the lottery, something just wasn't right. He noticed Sawyer lying on the beach attempting to read some magazine left over from the crash. Hurley walked over and took a seat next to Sawyer.
"Hey," Hurley said sitting himself down next to Sawyer.
Sawyer looked up with a semi-frustrated look, "Yeah?"
Hurley ignored Sawyer's lack of interest in him so he continued to talk, "Hey, have you every just gotten a bad feeling that something isn't right?"
Sawyer looked up suddenly a little bit interested in Hurley's thoughts, "I guess so, why?"
Hurley shook his head, "I don't know. Since I found out that Ana Lucia disappeared, something just didn't feel right. Like we all are missing something."
"You just scared yourself, that's all. Don't worry about it," Sawyer said returning to his moody bad-boy self.
"Yeah, but what if it was one of us?" Hurley asked nervously.
Sawyer thought for a second and brushed the hair out of his eyes, "You know what I think, I think that Siid just got mad that Ana Lucia shot his little girlfriend so he just wanted a little pay back."
Hurley looked shocked by the accusation, "You don't think he would do something like that would you?"
Sawyer stood up and stretched, "You think about that yourself, big boy," and with that he winked and walked off.
Hurley watched as he saw Siid working on a shelter. Funny, Hurley thought, he didn't remember seeing Siid around the camp a minute ago.
Kate could feel the sand becoming embedded in her lower back as Jack pressed his body onto hers. It had finally been the moment that she had been waiting for, yet if all felt so wrong. She felt Jacks lips pressed on her neck, but somehow she felt the desire to push him away. She knew that using Ana Lucia's disappearance as reason to get closer to Jack was a bad idea and surely would come back to haunt her. For all she knew Ana Lucia could really be hurt out there, but in the back of her mind there was that evil voice taunting her that her competition was gone and she should just go for Jack.
It was hard for Kate to do, but she slowly pulled away from Jack's strong embrace. His smile faded and he looked at Kate, "What is it?"
Kate brushed the sand out of her hair, "Shouldn't we be looking for Ana?"
Jack frowned, "You're right but I thought that this is what you wanted."
Kate shook her head and put up her hand, "You only did this because you thought I wanted you to? Are you saying that you don't have any feelings for me, Jack?"
It was true, Jack thought, that he had feelings for Kate and he couldn't deny that, but, he also could not get Ana Lucia out of his mind, "Of course Kate! I want to be with you, don't think I'm like that. I just thought you wanted to do this, too. I didn't want to wreck the moment."
Kate nodded and stood up and double check to make sure the note had remained in her pocket. As she did she looked around the small campsite and noticed a clearing in the woods that she had not remembered from before, "Jack look over there."
Jack's eyes followed Kate's pointing finger and he, too, saw there clearing with fresh footprints that led into the mysterious jungle.
"That wasn't there before was it?" Jack said.
Kate shook her head as she walked toward the clearing and started walking, "Let's follow it."
Jack quickly came up behind her, "Alright, but I'll lead."
He pulled ahead as he grabbed Kate's hand. They walked hand and hand silently along the barely noticeable path that winded around trees and bushes into the jungle. The further they got into the jungle it seemed to get quieter and quieter until they both heard a rustling from behind a large tree.
"Did you hear that?" Kate asked gripping Jack's hand.
"Yeah, just stay calm," Jack said squeezing Kate's hand equally as hard.
And with that there was a loud thud and crash. And that is where everything went black…
