Chapter 9: Escaped and Alone
"Charlie." Charlie looked up to see Eko standing in front of him.
"How long have you been there?" Charlie asked. Eko stood still emotionless.
"Long enough." Eko answered. He watched as Charlie looked out at the sea. He looked back at Eko.
"Did you want something Eko?" Charlie asked. Eko smiled.
"Is it true I was dead?" Eko asked. Charlie looked angry but didn't answer him. Eko stared at him. Charlie looked up again at Eko who was waiting for his answer.
"Okay. Yes I did." Charlie said. "I saw you dead. Blown up by the stupid hatch." He took a deep breath. "But your not dead anymore." Eko took a step forward.
"No I am not." Eko said. He looked to the sky.
"I wanted to ask you something." Eko said. Charlie threw a rock in front of him.
"What?" Charlie asked.
"Would you like to go to the hatch with me?" Eko said. Charlie laughed.
"It's locked." Charlie said. Eko shook his head.
"No it's not." Eko said. Charlie laughed again.
"Oh so now you can see the future?" Charlie said. "Where the hell is your voodoo stick?" Eko ignored him and pointed to the woods.
"The hatch." Eko said.
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Kate opened her eyes. The bag was off. She looked around. Tom was sitting over on a log peeling some fruit while Jerry was rummaging through his bag. Tom looked dup the instant he felt Kate's eyes on him.
"Hello." Tom said. He stood up and pushed the fruit in her face. "Hungry?" Kate felt her stomach growl. She shook her head. Tom shrugged and went back to his spot on the log. Kate watched as the sunlight faded to darkness, and a new fire grew in the middle of the clearing. Kate's eyes were filled with tears. She felt horrible.
"What's the matter?" Jerry asked as he wondered up to Kate. "Miss your boyfriend." Kate's eyes narrowed and filled with more tears. Jerry laughed.
"Come
look at this Tom." Jerry said. Kate felt worse.
He laughed as
he walked over with his fruit.
"What now Princess?" Tom asked. Kate wanted to punch him. She fiddled with the ropes that bounded her. The men continued to laugh at her.
"To bad she can't do anything." Jerry exclaimed. "We are going to catch your little friend and we are going to kill him." Jerry said. Tom laughed.
"He will be missed." Tom said. Kate's slid the rope of her hands and quickly punched Tom in the nose.
"OWWWWW!" He yelled. Kate took this moment to run. She ran down the forest as fast as she could. She could hear yelling from behind her.
"GET HER! KILL HER IF YOU HAVE TOO!" Tom yelled. She could hear pounding footprints behind her. Kate continued to run and she quickly darted behind a tree to her left. She stood behind it until she saw Jerry run past it. She could see Tom running up behind him holding cloth to his nose. He stopped about 5 meters in front of tree.
"GET BACK HERE JERRY!" Tom yelled. Kate knew if he came back, she would be seen. She gulped silently and goes down on her knees. She started to crawl through the bush. She would look back to see Tom clutching his cloth.
Please do not look over here Kate said to herself. She was only 2 metres from large tree she could hide behind.
"She got away!" Kate froze as she heard Jerry's voice. She could see him walking down the bend. He was breathing hard. Kate took the time to shuffle forward and hide behind the tree. She peeked around it to make sure they hadn't seen her.
"We will get her back." Tom said. "She has escaped and she's alone. She doesn't even know where she is."
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"Stop." Jack said. He held out his hand. Sawyer and Sayid stopped and looked over his shoulders.
"What?" Sawyer asked. Sayid put his finger to his mouth.
"Shhh..." Sayid said. Jack peered through the bushes.
"You are such an idiot." They heard the voice coming down the path. Jack quickly leaped
behind a bush and Sawyer and Sayid quickly followed.
"I mean, she's a girl! You can run faster than her!" It was the Tom the bearded man. Jack could see Sawyer's opening his mouth and Sayid put a warning finger up to his lips.
"I didn't know her ropes were untied!" Jerry protested. Tom laughed holding his nose.
"Right. You tied them! I knew I should have just done them myself!" Tom said. The two walked past and rounded the corner. Jack looked over at Sayid and Sawyer whose mouths were wide open.
"She escaped." Sayid said. Sawyer closed his mouth.
"And now she's alone in other country." Sawyer exclaimed.
