Chapter 2: Worthless

Disclaimer : I don't own Lost. If I did, Jate would be like on their baby satge now, and Sawyer/ Ana would have been kille din the crash in the first place.


"Ana." Kate desperately tried to keep her voice neutral.
"Kate." Anna glared at Kate's turned back.

"So Kate, you and Jack had a fight?" Oh God, was this what the conversation gonna be about?
"What makes you think that, Ana"
"Oh nothing, just the fact that you two have hardly spoken since you got kidnapped"
"What makes you think we were best buddies before that"
" Oh, I've been asking around. Seems you two were slightly more than that before"
" Get to the point Ana." Kate turned around.There was an evil glare in the other womans eyes.

"What did you do before the crash, Kate?" Damn. That question.
"I travelled a bit"
"So that's what you were doing in Sydney"
" Pretty much"
"Liar."

At this, Kates head jerked back, as if she had been slapped in the face.

"I was a cop before the crash, Kate." Ana was obviously happy she had got one up over Kate.
"And I care"
" You should. See, when I first saw you, I thought I knew you from somewhere. And this morning, I was in Jacks tent "
" What the hell were you doing in Jack's tent"
" Wouldn't you like to know?" Anna smirked as Kate fought the urge to slap the smile off her face.Better to find out what she knew before Kate knocked her out.

" Anyway, I was in Jacks tent.And look what I found!" She waved Jacks crumpled copy of Kates mugshot in her face. Shit. For once, Kate was struck for words.
" The person in this photo looks mighty familiar, doesn't she Kate"
" Shut it." Kate was so angry, she was about to loose control.
" And thats when I realised where I knew you from. Kate Austen, convicted criminal."

" Does anyone here know what you did, Kate? Does anyone know how even your own mother thought you were guilty? Does Jack know"
"You Bitch." Kate was fuming.
" I try. Does anyone know Kate? You killed your dad!Do you think that anyone would look at you the same way again if they knew"
" How can you talk?" Kate was on her feet now. "You murdered Shannon! She was an innocent! It was in cold blood! At least I had a reason"
Shit. She'd gone too far.
Seeing the panic flash through Kate's normally composed eyes made Ana even happier.
" Don't worry. I've already read your file. I know why you can't tell anyone your reason. Daddy a little violent"
Kate winced.


She had come home from school late. She wasn't late because of anything. She had just wandered around for hours. Avoiding the house. Avoiding him " Katie, you little brat! Get in here now!" Waynes voice sliced throught the air. Kate stumbled throught the doorway and tripped. The soup on the tray went flying.
" You stupid little idiot!" Wayne was on his feet now, screaming at her. He raised his arm to hit her, over and over again. As Kate fadedinto darkness all she could here was Wayne shouting.
" YOU'RE WORTHLESS! NO ONE COULD EVER LOVE A DAUGHTER LIKE YOU!YOU'LL NEVER AMOUNT TO ANYTHING! YOU'RE WORTHLESS ... WORTHLESS...

Worthless. Well, that was then, and this was now.And now Kate could look after herself. She launched herself at Ana, screaming as she jumped. She punched and kicked blindly, rolling onto the hatch floor. Ana had a dark red streak across her face now, and her face was contorted with anger. Kate put her in a headlock, as Ana struggled and fought back. But she was no match for Kate. Ana fell limply to the floor.
Kate turned to walk away.

Ana grabbed onto her ankle, pulling her down again. Kate kicked and scratched with all her might. she had never been angry in her life. But Ana seemed to have lost control. She seemed to be out to kill, and she would stop at nothing.
Suddenly, Kate was in a choke hold. Ana was strangling her. The hatch was spinning around her, and Kate did the only thing she could. She pulled out her gun.

Ana froze in terror Kate smiled, the smile that always showed when she knew she had won. She kept the gun trained on Ana. She wasn't going to fire it. But she also had no intention of letting Ana know that either.

" We all get what we deserve, Ana. In the End."

"What do you deserve, Kate?" Crap. Jack. Now it was Kates turn to freeze. As she turned to Jack, there was a mere flicker of doubt over what she was doing in Kates eyes.A crack in the mask she wore.That was when Jack knew that she would never fire that gun.

" Put the gun down Kate. I know you won't fire it."

Kate rounded on Jack, dropping the gun in the process.


" How can you assume that? Can you see what I'm thinking?" Kate was screaming. " You've no right to judge me! I know what I've done, and I know I'm not perfect, I can amit that,but YOU, you don't even know me"
" You're right Kate! When I see you like this I know I don't know you! I don't even recognise you when you're like this!

Kates tears, that were previously of anger, were know of regret.

" Jack"
" Get out Kate! I was right. I don't know you at all!"

Kate stumbled out of the hatch, and into the dark jungle. Not caring what fate waited fior her out there, she started running along the path.

Wayne was right.
Even Jack knew it too. She was Worthless.


I'm sorry all you Jate lovers and anti Skate/Jana peeps out there, but rest assured, I know what I'm doing. I had to make this chapter this way, so Jack can rescue Kate and realise how much he loves her, and so that Ana Lucia can be the bad dude/ dudette! I AM a Jater at heart, so don't worry. I'll update my next lovely Jate angst/ fluff chapters by about wednesday, so please please please review! Why do Tuesdays (UK Lost days) come round so slowly? And next week is Collision, which apparently has lots of lovely golf and Jate! Till then!

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