CHAPTER 2
"You okay?" asked Kate, who was now sitting on the floor besides Sawyer.
"Yeah. You?"
"I'm... I'm fine. Sawyer what happened out there? What did they do to you" she asked, more worried about Jack than him. Her mind quickly went back to seconds before Sawyer had arrived, when Jack had told her that he loved her. This is a dream, right? she thought to herself. After all they had been through, after all the lies she had told him, after he saw her mug shot and found out she was with the Marshall, after all of that, he still loved her. Do I love him? she asked herself.
"They took a sample of my blood," Sawyer's voice brought her back to reality and she looked at him, frowning. "Yeah, I know, it's weird. But that's all they did to me."
Kate thought hard. She cared a lot for Jack. If anything would've happen to him, she wouldn't be able to go on. When she kissed him, it was like all of her problems had faded away. It was just Jack, herself, and that kiss. But then she had ran off to Sawyer, because he was the only person she felt like she deserved... but she didn't love Sawyer. No, she was in love with Jack. And right know, all that mattered to her was seeing him again.
They sat there for what looked like ages before the door opened up and a young woman walked in with Jack. Relieved, Kate got up and walked over to him, hugging him tightly. In his corner, Sawyer looked away from the pair with regret, sadness. Kate let go of Jack and noticed that the woman had a syringe in her hand.
"Kate, I have to take a sample of you blood," she said in a calm voice. Kate immediately noticed that this woman wasn't like the others. She seemed more friendly and caring, and awkwardly enough she reminded Kate of someone, though she couldn't quite place it. She looked at Jack who nodded and said, "It's okay, it doesn't hurt.". The woman walked up to Kate and injected the syringe into her arm, pulling it out with her blood in it. She put the syringe in a plastic bag and smiled at the pair. "I'll come back later with some food and water. Right now, you need to rest."
With that, she left, closing the door behind her. Darkness engulfed the room and Jack, Kate, and Sawyer sat on the cool metal floor, not willing to speak...
Sayid didn't know what to do next. He had sent the fire signal for Jack and his crew to meet him at the shore, but they still hadn't shown up, so he waited for them on the boat, along with Jin and Sun. Earlier, they had witnessed something bizarre - the sky had turned into this weird purple colour and there was this awful sound. But everything was back to normal now.
"Do you think they got lost?" asked Sun, referring to Jack and the others.
"I don't know, but something isn't right," answered Sayid.
Jin was looking out to sea when he heard a distant sound, like some sort of motor. It seemed pretty familiar to him... almost too familiar, bringing back horrific memories of the night the Others took Walt... "Boat!" he screamed, remembering the sound from when he was on the raft. It was the same sound as the Others' boat. Sayid and Sun looked up at him and they heard it too. It was coming closer and closer with each passing second.
"Do you think it's them, the Others?" asked Sun, looking terrified. Sayid took his gun in his hand and waited for the boat to show itself. It did, and he immediately recognised the man driving it. "Michael?" he yelled. The father looked over to them and stopped the boat, looking worried and afraid. Walt was with him, to the surprise of Jin, Sun and Sayid, who looked at them with wide eyes. Where were Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley?
"Dad, what's going on?" asked Walt, who still didn't understand how his father had managed to let him go free.
"Where is Jack?" asked Sayid. Michael didn't answer, he just stared at them with terror. "Michael you have to talk to me. I know you were compromised by the Others."
"It was the only way," answered Michael with sadness in his voice. Sun put a mouth over her mouth, not believing that Michael would do such a thing.
"Where are they, Michael?" asked Sayid in a hurried voice, pointing his gun at him.
"They're with the Others... Hurley's gone back to camp, they let him go," he explained, raising his hands in the air. "Look, I'm sorry, okay, I'm sorry. They had my son..."
"Tell me where they are, right now!" yelled Sayid, growing frustrated.
"I don't know, the Others were bringing them back to their camp! They let me and Walt go, they said we'd find rescue..."
"And you believe what they said?"
"Yes, I do! I'm gonna get my son out of here man! Look, I'm sorry for all I've put you people through. But right now, I'm off to find rescue for me and my son. And once I get off this island, I'm gonna try to find this damn island again to come back for you guys, okay, I promise."
Sayid looked at him for a while, not knowing what to do. Should he believe him or not? "Do you know how I can help Jack, Kate and Sawyer?" he asked, hoping Michael would know something about the Others.
"Yeah. If you go to their camp at night, they'll all be asleep. No one will be outside. They're keeping them behind a metal door..."
"No. I opened the metal door to find nothing but a wall of rock."
"There's another metal door," said Walt. "That's where they kept me. They don't guard it at night."
Sayid nodded, ready for his rescue mission. "I do not forgive you for your betrayal," he said to Michael. "I can't say that I understand why you did it, but still. Go find rescue, Michael. Maybe everyone will forgive you if you save them all."
The man nodded and started the engine of the boat, and left without another word. Walt looked back and waved goodbye to Sun, who was still in shock. "What do we do now?" she asked Sayid.
"We wait."
Alex had taken food and water from her own stash and was now walking through the camp, heading toward the metal room where the three hostages were held. She didn't like the other Others, and she wasn't like them. Bee had told her that her mother gave birth on this very island, but Alex didn't know if she was dead or alive. She'd give anything in the world to see her mother...
"Alex, what are you doing?" came a voice behind her. She snapped her head around, seeing Tom. Busted, she thought. "What's the food and water for, Alex?"
"I uh... I was going to give it to them."
"That ain't your job, it's Bee's. So just go back to your tent, okay?" Alex nodded her head and turned around. She didn't like this place, nor the people who lived here. It was time for her to run away...
