"Okay, now that the adrenaline of the moments dying down here ... seriously, what the fuck are we going to do?" Ana Lucia asked.

"Look, I don't know Ana Lu, somethin' moves, we shoot it, and so on." Sawyer stated, "Now unless you want us to KNOW we're comin' I suggest you shut your trap."

"Right because us walking on an unmistakable path is not obvious either."

"Fine, we'll do it your way." Sawyer said, as the sunlight began to peek through the trees. He walked into some thick foliage and Ana Lucia followed.

"Stop." Sawyer said, blocking Ana Lucia from moving any further forward with his right arm.

They both heard a rustling and remained as still, and quiet as possible.

On the worn path, Libby emerged, weakly trudging along, struggling to keep herself up.

"I don't trust this..." Ana whispered.

But Sawyer had already gone to see Libby.

"She's delusional." Sawyer stated as Ana came up behind him.

"I...I killed him." Libby quietly stated.

"We gotta take her back." Ana said, surveying their surroundings for anything out of the ordinary.

"I don't go back without Lily." Sawyer firmly stated.

"Look, you carry Libby back, I'll go on."

"Why ain't it the other way around?" Sawyer asked, but it dawned on him that though Ana was strong, she couldn't carry Libby that far back fast enough.

"Fine. Stick around here." Sawyer sighed. He grabbed Libby and threw her over his shoulder as gently as he possibly could and took off back towards the Hatch.

Sawyer turned to see if Ana Lucia listened, but when he looked back to where they had parted, she was no longer there.

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Kate stare at the wood beams of the top bunk, her skin pale, her eyes darkened and her freckle clad cheeks swollen & puffy from crying. She still said nothing, no matter what questions were asked, what comforts were offered, she had lost her will to do anything. She wouldn't eat, wouldn't drink, wouldn't move. It was as if he willpower and completely left her body. Lily brought them together and Lily was the reason she didn't want to run anymore. She had thought about running again, running into the jungle and screaming for them to take her too. But she couldn't move, she was frozen with the agony that her chance to do something right for once had vanished in the cool midnight air.

Claire had just about given up on trying. Trying to reach her...no matter what she did or said, Kate still remained silent and unresponsive. She sadly left the room and eyed Hurley, sitting alone on the couch, his head in his hands.

She found Jack in the kitchen and whispered, "He's not doing so good either, is he?"

Jack shook his head. "He feels like he never should have left her in the first place." Jack sighed, "They were watching, They HAD to be watching, they saw us leave and knew there were few people in here. Then they still tried the beach because even if they weren't successful...then at least they'd have Libby & Lily." Jack stated, it made perfect sense to Claire, who looked back at Locke sitting on the floor with Aaron, playing with him.

"I have this horrible feeling...deep down inside...it...its so surreal." Claire said quietly.

Nearly everyone jumped when Sawyer made his way into the Hatch, Libby over his shoulder.

"Oh my god!" Claire exclaimed. Hurley practically leapt of the couch and ran to Sawyer.

"She's been ramblin' a buncha nonsense. From what I gathered, she killed some guy and found her way back. We ran into her halfway goin'."

"Killed?" Claire nervously said, as Sawyer laid Libby out on the couch.

"Look, I didn't wanna sit and have a tea party in the middle of wonderland out there, I gotta go back and find Ana Lucia." Sawyer stated as he started off, stopping when he eyed Kate in the doorway of the bunk room.

"I'm going with you." She quietly said.

"Kate you're in no condition to come with."

"I'm going with you." Kate firmly repeated.

"Baby, you're not thinkin' right."

"Sawyer DON'T do this to me." Kate yelled.

Everyone else tried their hardest to busy themselves with Libby, they knew that they couldn't talk either of them out of anything so they quietly listened from the sidelines, as they tried to get Libby to drink something and calm down.

"I'm not losin' both of you." sawyer shot back. "I'll be damned if you get killed in the jungle just because I can't say No to you."

Kate started to sob, angrily beating her fists on Sawyer's chest. He let her do it, he understood her pain, her frustration, and he grabbed her and held her close to him, breathing in the sweet scent of her hair. He didn't know if he'd ever breathe that scent in again, and he let it linger, holding her as tight to him as he possibly could. He wanted to bring Lily back, and he would die just to get her back in Kate's arms. To him, their lives were the most important.

"You ain't goin'." Sawyer stated again. "You stay here and you keep safe and I'm going to walk back in here with her. I promise you."

Sawyer had lived his entire life on broken promises and shattered dreams, but Kate knew he wouldn't break this promise. He wiped the tears from her cheeks and kissed her forehead gently as she squeezed his hand tight in hers.

And as he walked off, she couldn't help but cry, wondering if she'd ever see him alive again.