Intervention
By Leanna R.
A/N: Hello all! This is my first Lost fanfic, though I've written fics for other shows before on various boards. This was written a long, long time ago and I have just finally gotten around to posting it. I love reviews, so please let me know what you think. I think it's gonna be a two-shot, so the more reviews I get the quicker I'll update. I hope you all like it!
Disclaimer: I own squat!
Summary: My version of the ending of Confidence Man. This was written a while ago so there are no recent spoilers. Skate all the way through. Part one of two. Kate does what she should have to help Sawyer while he is being tortured.
She closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around herself, trying to block out the sounds of Sawyer's cries of pain. Kate heard him gasp in pain as he cried out again. She couldn't stop her whole body from shaking. She didn't know why it was so painful to hear what she was hearing. She supposed it was because it wasn't pleasant listening to anyone be tortured. But there was something more. She went against what her brain was telling her and crept through the trees so that she was able to get a good look at what Sayid and Jack were doing to him. She started to shake even more as she saw his face. It was scrunched up in pain as Sayid kneeled behind him, doing something that Kate couldn't see. She assumed it was bamboo in his hands. Jack watched stoically from the edge of the clearing, his eyes burning into Sawyer. She looked at Sawyer once more and noticed his hurt expression again. He was breathing so heavily. He opened his eyes for a moment and Kate stopped breathing. He had such a tortured look in his eyes and somehow Kate knew that it wasn't just physical pain. She couldn't take it anymore. Shooting up from her position on the ground she shot at Sayid and knocked him to the ground, away from Sawyer.
"STOP IT!" she cried, panting hard as Sayid and Jack looked at her in shock.
He didn't know why he did this to himself. He liked the pain- that much he knew. He liked knowing that he was getting exactly what he deserved. He liked knowing that he wasn't the only one who hated himself. So he was keeping quiet about the inhalers. It didn't matter that he didn't have them. He would have given them up before if he had- he had already killed one person, and he only had room to kill one more in his life. And it wasn't going to be some girl that he barely even knew. But he didn't have them and he wasn't going to make it any easier on Jackass. Besides, he deserved that pain. He was a fuck up, through and through, and he made sure that he never forgot that. So he grinned and bared the pain of bamboo shoots being shoved up his fingernails. He closed his eyes and tried not to scream but he was unsuccessful. He ignored the self serving smirk that Jack was trying so desperately hard to hide. If he eventually got a kiss out of Kate, it would all be worth it. Deep down, he didn't want their first kiss to be stolen, but he had stolen everything else in his life and he didn't see a reason to stop now. He would get the kiss he desired while still keeping her at arms length.
He was surprised to suddenly feel the pain in his hands stop and he heard a grunt from his Iraqi expert torturer. His head was throbbing too much to turn it and look to see what had happened. But he didn't need to as the voice of an angel was suddenly heard.
"STOP IT!" she yelled one more time. "God! Look at the two of you! You're pathetic! Jack, you're a doctor! Your job is to help people, not torture them. And Sayid! You're not a torturer anymore!"
"Kate, a girl is dying because this asshole won't give up her medicine that he stole and has no use for anyway!" snapped Jack.
"And nearly killing Sawyer is the answer to that?" she snapped back.
"We are doing what's necessary" answered Sayid.
"No, you're doing what best benefits the two of you" she said as she turned away from them and kneeled down by Sawyer.
"Hey Sweet Cheeks" he said weekly as she started to gently stroke his hair.
"Sawyer, please tell me where the inhalers are" she whispered in his ear as she continued to touch him comfortingly.
"Only for that kiss" he said as he gently closed his eyes every time she touched him.
"Sawyer, don't do this. Do you really want this to be the scene of our first kiss? Please Sawyer; it's the only way I can get you out of here. Please" she begged, her big green eyes wide as she stared at him. "I can't stand to see you like this" she confessed softly.
"Alright" he said after a long moment, this time louder so that Jack and Sayid could hear him as well.
"Thank you" she whispered in his ear as she started to untie his hands.
"Whoa! What are you doing there Kate?" asked Jack.
"I'm untying your torture victim" she answered crossly as she undid the bounds and gently stroked his sore wrists as she did.
"Not until he tells us" said Sayid with narrowed eyes.
Sawyer sighed and avoided Kate's gaze. He was beginning to feel ashamed. After how sweet she had been to him he wasn't sure if he could do this to her. He wanted this day to end so that he could get his moment with Kate. Looking into her eyes, he could see that she was feeling the same way. He knew that he didn't deserve her but he couldn't control himself around her. He wanted her and he needed her. It was a shame that she was probably going to lose her now.
"I don't have the medicine" he whispered.
"Speak up Sawyer" demanded Jack menacingly.
"I don't have the medicine" he growled louder.
"You bastard" sneered Sayid as he lunged at Sawyer.
Sawyer was knocked to the ground as Sayid started punching him. His hands were now completely untied but he still couldn't get the man off of him. He vaguely heard Kate's voice screaming his name in the background and he saw Jack trying to pull Sayid off of him. Sayid pulled his arm back to knock whoever was on top of him off. Jack pulled back in time but Kate hadn't and she was hit by Sayid's arm and flung across the jungle floor. Sawyer noticed that and all of his anger returned. He screamed Kate's name once before getting the upper hand on Sayid and jumping the guy. He saw Kate struggling to get up and he took his eyes off of Sayid for a moment. Next thing he knew he felt a terrible pain in his arm as he cried out. He looked down and saw that he had a knife stuck in his arm and Sayid was looking at it in horror. Ignoring the pain for a moment he tried crawling over to where Kate was but he was unable to do it. Everything was going fuzzy and he was just able to make out Kate's face, staring over him with concern burned in her eyes.
"Shit! You hit an artery" he heard Jack say though it sounded far away.
"Sawyer! Sawyer listen to me! You have to stay awake" he heard Kate beg as everything started to go dark and his eyes began to shut.
"We need to get the knife out of him. Sayid, hold him down- make sure he doesn't squirm around too much. Kate; the second that I pull out the knife, put pressure on it" Jack told her.
Kate took off her overshirt and readied it.
"It'll be ok Sawyer" she whispered gently before positioning her hands over the knife wound.
Sayid held Sawyer down and Jack grabbed the handle of the knife.
"Ready? On the count of three" said Jack.
Kate sighed and closed her eyes. She really didn't want to be there to bear witness to what was about to happen.
"One"
Kate took a steady breath and readied herself. She had to tell herself it would only hurt for a moment and then it would be over. She had to tell herself that although Sawyer was going to scream out in pain, she needed to keep her cool.
"Two"
Deep breaths. She needed to take deep breaths. Sawyer's ragged breathing was scaring her and she knew that the knife needed to be removed in order to get him back to normal.
"Three!" yelled Jack as he ripped the knife from Sawyer's flesh.
Kate pushed Sawyer's painful screaming out of her head as she immediately applied pressure to the wound, trying to stop the spurting blood.
He had thought that the torture was over once Kate came and saved him. So why was the Iraqi holding him down as Jack tortured him more? And why was Kate standing over him, not doing anything? Before he could answer those questions, everything went black and he eagerly gave into the darkness.
He didn't know where he was. He tried to move around a little but it was too painful. He felt something cool being pushed onto his forehead and something soft was being run through his hair. He moaned a little and let a whimper pass through his lips before he slowly opened his eyes. Looking around, Sawyer noticed that he was in the caves. Looking next to him, he saw that the soft thing was Kate's hand and she was pressing a cool cloth to his forehead with her other hand.
"Oh thank god" she said softly when she saw his eyes open.
"What happened Freckles?" he asked. "Last thing I remember was Muhammad trying to murder me"
"Jack removed the knife and stitched you up. He said you'd be ok" she answered softly.
He looked up at her and noticed for the first time that she was tearing up. He lifted his good arm and tenderly touched her face before hissing at the contact.
"They said your fingers are gonna be sore for a little while too" she said as she took his hand in hers and gently raised it so that she kissed the back of it.
For once, Sawyer didn't feel like cracking jokes.
"You need to be careful of your head wound too" she said quickly as she started to get up. "I'm gonna go get Jack to look at you" she told him as she fled from the cave.
"I don't want Jack, Freckles, I want you" he whispered after her but she didn't hear him.
A/N: That's it for part one! Let me know what you guys think.
