4x03: Parting of the Ways (Kate + Sawyer centric)
The dark haired beauty sat on a chair in the dark wearing nothing but a tank-top and a pair of short-shorts. She was looking down at a piece of paper in her hands with a teary-eyed expression, reading through it as if for the third time in the row. A single tear slid down her face in silence before lowering the paper and looking up into the mirror in front of her.
"Kate?" said a voice behind her.
She didn't move at first, bringing her wrist up quickly to wipe away her tears before turning to look at the source of the voice lying in a bed behind her.
"What's wrong?" Sawyer asked, leaning forward in the bed wearing nothing under the white sheets. He reached to turn a lamp on but Kate got up making him freeze in place.
"Nothing's wrong." She told him, putting on a smile.
Sawyer frowned at her in silence as she crawled into the bed with him, crumbling up the piece of paper in her hands and stuffing it under a pillow. Sawyer looked at her for a moment as she lay there without looking at him before resting his head back into the pillow and falling asleep. Kate blinked, staring into the darkness around her bedroom before closing her eyes and forgetting about what she had read.
END OF FLASH-FORWARD
Kate looked up as the morning sun began to rise over the mountains giving the island a beautiful glow of orange over the forest tree's in the distance. Everyone was standing around talking amongst themselves in a panic at what was going on. Jack was walking toward her looking forlorn and annoyed.
"Well?" Kate asked.
"They're not here." He said, shaking his head. "I checked all the buildings. Both of them are gone."
"How could they just be gone!?" Sun asked.
"How did he escape?" Claire asked worriedly.
"Look, everyone just calm down!" Jack said to them loudly, putting his hands up in the air and motioning for them all to stop. But they didn't stop. More and more people were beginning to discuss their theories. Some were reasonable, and others got so ridiculous that one thought the 'monster' had come and eaten them while they were all asleep.
And then they were all stopped abruptly by a loud sound coming from the jungle. They all turned and looked down-hill where, in the distance they could see the big, rolling dharma van was tumbling up toward them honking its' horn with Hurley yelling behind the wheel and laughing.
"It's them!" Sun said, her eyes lighting up.
And the mood of the camp changed at once to everyone being worried to everyone being overjoyed. They all cheered and waved as the van stopped in front of them and Hurley stepped out smiling and cheering along with the rest of them. Sayid came out next followed by Juliet, both of whom approached Jack. Jin and Bernard came out from the back and were immediately met by both of their wives who embraced them in an overwhelming hug of relief. Sawyer was the last to clamber out and close the doors of the van behind them. He looked around the group for a moment before catching the eye of Kate. He gave her a small smile and she returned it before he looked down at his feet and climbed up the hill to join the rest of the reunion.
"Jack!" Sayid yelled through all the cheering. "Jack! Where are Ben and Locke?"
The cheering and laughing quieted down as they all looked at Jack, who sighed and said "They're gone."
LOST
"Alright, everyone." Jack said, facing his group of people as they all quieted down. "I need most of you to search the perimeter by the fence and see if you can find Locke or Ben. If you see or hear anything come back here and tell me."
There were a few murmurs from them as they all turned and walked down the hill and began to search for the missing duo. Claire went with Sun while Jin stayed by the van, unloading the few guns they had left along with some of their baggage.
"Jack." Sayid said, approaching him. "What will we do if they can't find him?"
Jack sighed and shook his head. "Then we leave. Continue heading north."
"What?" Kate said in shock.
"Look, it's not my fault Locke decided to go out somewhere with Ben into the jungle." Jack said. "But last time I checked, he tried to shoot me, prevent us from leaving the island...as far as I'm concerned he's one of them now."
"Jack--" Kate started.
"I am done with Locke." Jack said, a little fiercely this time before walking away leaving Kate watching his back with a worried expression.
Sun and Claire were walking along the forest-line by the sonar fence looking around and talking together with smiles on their faces.
"I'm glad Jin is back." Sun admitted. "I hate it when I'm apart from him."
"Yeah, I know what you mean." Claire said shortly, looking down at Aaron and stroking his belly making him laugh merrily.
Sun looked at her for a moment or two before saying "Charlie will be alright."
Claire blinked and looked at Sun before nodding and saying "Yeah...I know."
Sun smiled as they continued on through the jungle in a small awkward silence. Claire broke it by saying "Hey, you should be with your husband right now."
"You think so?" Sun asked brightly.
"Yeah, go on." Claire said, nodding her head.
"Here, let me take Aaron up for you."
"Ok." Claire sighed, kissing her baby on the forehead sweetly before handing her off to the Korean woman. "I'll be back in a bit, I just want to be alone."
"Ok, see you soon." Sun said, walking back up into the clearing toward the village.
Claire crossed her arms and walked through the grass with her eyes down at her feet thinking deeply about something. She was a little happy now that Sun was gone. She didn't want to keep talking about Charlie. It seemed easier to just keep it all to herself. And then...
"Claire..."
Claire stopped in her tracks, looking up in shock. On the other side of the Sonar fence stood none other than Charlie.
"Claire..." He said again, his eyes wide. He was drenched in water dripping from every corner of his body. His eyes were sunken and dead-looking and his skin was extremely pale.
Claire blinked, freezing in place and feeling a numb tingling go down her spine. "Ch-Charlie!?" She stuttered in disbelief. "Wha-what're you doing here?" She took a step forward toward the fence.
"Don't!" Charlie said, raising his hands up and waving them warningly. "You can't cross the fence right now, Claire."
"What are you..." She paused, remembering that the fence was a sonar fence and stopped. "Charlie...how...what's going on? Where's Desmond?"
"Claire, listen to me." Charlie said quickly. "You have to stay off that ship!"
"Charlie, wha--?"
"The ship is dangerous! You have to stay off of it." Charlie said wide-eyed and mad looking. "You have to stay here, on this island for the baby's sake! The baby is in danger!"
"What're you talking about?" Claire asked, unable to believe what was going on. "Charlie!?"
Charlie began to walk backwards into the jungle giving her one sad look before disappearing between the trees. "Charlie!!" Claire called out desperately. "CHARLIE!!!"
Claire ran up the hill to the village, wiping sweat from her forehead and looking around screaming "Jack!! Jack!!!"
Jack, Kate, Hurley and Sayid all came to her aid at once, Jack in the lead as he grabbed her shoulders and she fell against him.
"Claire, what?" Kate asked.
"Did you find them?" Jack asked, trying to catch her eye.
"No." Claire said, shaking. "It was Charlie!"
"What?" Jack blinked.
"Charlie, he was out in the jungle!" Claire said, pointing a quivering finger into the jungle behind her. "Just on the other side of the fence! He was there!"
"Claire..." Jack said, shaking his head with a sigh.
"He was right there!!!" Claire screamed.
Jack looked over at Sun, holding the baby in her arms looking shocked. "Weren't you with her?" He asked.
"I came up here to take care of Aaron." Sun said defensively.
"He said-he said..." Claire went on.
"Hurley, take her into a house and keep her there until she calms down." Jack told him, ignoring Claire's mumbling.
"He was there!" Claire yelled.
"Where is he now, then?" Jack asked.
"He-he left." Claire said, shaking her head as tears burned her eyes. How could he not believe her?
Jack let go of her and looked down into the forest. "If you really saw Charlie then why would he turn around? And where was Desmond?"
"I-I don't know." Claire gasped, Hurley putting an arm around her awkwardly and leading her toward a house to calm her down a bit.
"Jack?" Kate asked, joining his side. "You don't think she saw him, do you?"
"She might've been hallucinating..." Jack sighed. "It wouldn't be the first time that happened to us..."
"What do you mean?" Kate questioned.
"We've all seen things on this island, Kate." Jack said. "To be honest I'm not the least bit surprised."
Kate looked over at Sawyer to see what he thought of all this and saw him staring right back at her with somewhat of a longing expression. When she caught him, he looked away, pretending to be looking out into the jungle instead.
FLASH-FORWARD
Sawyer awoke with a start on the couch to the sound of a phone ringing loudly nearby. He grumbled to himself, swinging his legs over the sofa's edge just as the answering machine went "Beep!" Sawyer sighed, leaning his head back against the sofa. And then he froze at what he heard.
"Hey...It's me..." said a man's voice.
Sawyer blinked. It sounded somewhat familiar and yet... He glared at the machine on the table next to him as there was a pause and then the man said "I just read..." There was another long pause and then a click to show that he'd hung up.
Sawyer had no clue who that message was from which meant it must've been for Kate... He stared at the machine for a long time with a frown on his face while worrisome thoughts entered his head.
The front door suddenly opened and he jumped, reaching for the machine.
"Hey." said the sound of Kate's voice entering their home. "Who's the message from?"
Sawyer rested his forefinger upon the delete button, as if considering the matter for a moment before saying "Nobody..." and pressing down on it.
END OF FLASH-FORWARD
Jack stood by the edge of the hill looking north. There was a single mountain up ahead of them where the ocean lay just beyond it. Sayid walked up to him and stopped by his side. The ex-Iraqi soldier sighed and crossed his arms, looking north as well.
"You want to continue heading north. Right, Jack?" Sayid asked without looking at him.
"Yeah." Jack nodded. "I don't see any reason not too."
"Then that is where I must disagree with you." Sayid said, looking down.
"What?" Jack asked, taken aback. "Sayid..."
"There is a good chance that Locke let Ben go, indeed..." Sayid said "But Locke is not a fool. He took Ben into that jungle looking for something...And personally, I do not want to leave this island knowing there are still more of the others left alive."
"And why is that?" Jack asked with a frown.
"Because none of them deserve to be alive." Sayid said, a hint of disgust in his tone.
In the distance, Sawyer and Kate were putting their backpacks on and watching the two men talk on the hill.
"So, what do you think?" Sawyer asked.
"What do I think about what?" Kate repeated with a raised eyebrow.
"About the whole 'moving north' idea." Sawyer said.
"Do I need an opinion?" Kate questioned him.
Sawyer smirked, looking down as she turned away from him and he followed her. "Well..." He said. "Personally, I think we should forget about Johnny Locke. Let him do his own damn thing. If he's got a vendetta with ol' Bug Eyes then I don't want to be the man to get between them."
"Not everyone has a vendetta like you, Sawyer." Kate said, her voice growing cold.
Sawyer's face fell when she said this. He opened his mouth to respond but was unable to speak and fell into silence instead...
Claire sat by a tree in the village staring into the grass with a glazed expression. Hurley approached her and took a seat carefully down next to her, eyeing Aaron being held limply in her arms.
"Hey..." Hugo greeted.
She didn't even move to respond to his greeting. Instead she remained rooted to the spot staring off into the distance. But this did not dishevel Hurley whatsoever.
"So...heard about what happened." He said. "You mind telling me what's up?"
"You won't believe me..." Claire muttered. "Jack doesn't. Nobody does..."
Hurley smiled. "Try me. I can tell you some pretty crazy stuff too. Like how I thought the plane crash was my fault, and how I was being stalked by these crazy numbers for a while, and don't even get me started on how much I'm worth in the real world."
He chuckled to himself but stopped shortly when she saw her give him an exasperated look. "You can tell me." Hurley said.
"I saw Charlie by the fence." Claire sighed. "And he told me that I had to stay on the island with Aaron...and that he was in danger if I left..."
"Sounds like what that crazy Ben guy was talking about." Hurley muttered.
Claire nodded, looking down at Aaron. "I'm sure of what I saw...but I don't know...when I saw him he looked..." She stopped, unable to complete her sentence and say the word "Dead" for it was the one thing she refused to think about. It just couldn't be true.
Hurley seemed to understand, however, and looked down at his knees unsure of what to say next.
Sayid stood strapping his backpack over his shoulder and looking on into the jungle ahead of him. Kate came up to his side holding a rifle out for him with a friendly grin. He took it with a smile.
"I assume you're coming as well?" He asked.
"Yeah." Kate nodded.
"May I ask why?"
"For the same reason you are going."
Sawyer stood watching them strap up and get ready to go. He frowned darkly, wanting to run up and stop her from leaving but knowing it would be pointless. He turned to walk away when he suddenly noticed Juliet watching him from a distance. There was an odd moment where they both looked at each other and then Sawyer suddenly realized what he had to do.
"You ready?" Sayid asked.
"Yeah." Kate nodded.
"Does Jack know you're coming?"
"Since when do I need Jack's permission to do anything?" Kate asked and Sayid smiled.
"Nice philosophy there, freckles." Sawyer said, joining their side.
Kate looked at him in surprised, hearing the word freckles again somehow made her see Sawyer in the new light. "What are you doing here?" She asked.
"Much as I'd love to get rescued and all, I owe our great hunter a favor." Sawyer smirked at her. "So I'm coming too."
"Alright." Sayid said, failing to come up with a reason for him not to.
"Besides." Sawyer said as Sayid started off into the jungle. "What've I got to lose, right?" He walked past Kate and after Sayid while Kate watched him with raised eyebrows before following them into the jungle as well.
FLASH-FORWARD
Kate parked her car by the edge of a road and stepped out. She was wearing jeans and a black coat along with a pair of sun-glasses. She took them off and set them on the dashboard inside of her car before locking the door with her keys and walking down the side-walk past a couple of people wearing suits. Her black hair was tied up in a pony-tail behind her head and she looked pretty good looking considering the place she was heading off to.
About five minutes later, Kate was standing before a tomb-stone sticking out of the ground. She was in a graveyard during the middle of the day and there were hundreds of tomb-stones all around her with names and dates printed upon them revealing the age of the person lying beneath the ground.
Kate looked at the grave with wide eyes for a moment or two, unsure of what to do or say. She fumbled with something in her pocket before pulling out a piece of a newspaper. Kneeling down, she sat beside the grave with a sigh. "Hey..." She muttered. "I'm sorry I didn't make it to the funeral...I just read...I mean..." She paused again, looking down at her feet in silence. "I'm sorry...I'm really sorry for..."
And then tears began to stream down her eyes. "I'm sorry I wasn't there when...I should've been there..." She sniffed and wiped her eyes with her sleeves. "I'm so sorry...When I read it in the newspaper I...I didn't want to believe it...and then...I..." She paused for a second and said "I saw Jack again...and he told me about what happened and I...I just wanted to let you know that I forgave you for what happened and I hope you can forgive me too...And I just wanted to...to thank you for everything you did. If it wasn't for you I don't know what would've happened if...If..."
She sighed, unable to go on any longer. She stood up and turned around, leaving the grave behind her...
END OF FLASH-FORWARD
Jack sat by a house drinking his bottle of water with a grumpy expression on his face. Juliet turned a corner and saw him. "May I sit down?" She asked.
He looked at her for a moment before nodding and she took a seat next to him.
"You're mad that they left, aren't you?" Juliet said, smiling.
Jack frowned, putting his bottle back into his bag. "Doesn't matter." He said. "We can't wait any longer. That ship is going to be at that beach by the end of the day and we're all going to be there with or without them..." He stood up slowly, sliding his back-pack over his shoulder.
"Do you plan on waiting for them?" Juliet asked.
"Yeah." Jack nodded. "We'll wait."
"Because you have a lot of people spread out on this island right now." Juliet stood up as well. "And we still haven't heard back from the two men who went to the Looking Glass."
"They'll be alright." Jack said to her firmly. "But I do want to know something..."
"What?" Juliet asked, tilting her head curiously.
"What did Ben tell you about the ship?" Jack asked darkly. "Does he really know anything about it?"
"I'm sorry, Jack...But I really don't know." Juliet sighed.
Jack nodded, understanding and walking away.
Sayid, Kate, and Sawyer walked through the jungle, Kate in front as she tried to find the trail of Ben and Locke. Sayid and Sawyer both had rifles in their hands as they looked around the forest trees to make sure they weren't being watched.
"So what do you think Locke took Ben out for?" Sayid asked.
"Jack said he's one of them now." Kate muttered.
"There must've been some other reason, though." Sayid said, stepping around a tree. "Was there anything seemingly different about him?"
"Yeah..." Kate said, standing up. "There was some kind of wound in his side...like he'd been shot or something. There were blood-stains all over his clothes..."
"Interesting..." Sayid said with a frown, thinking deeply about this.
"I found it." Kate announced suddenly. "I think I found their trail."
"Good. Lead the way." Sayid said.
Kate nodded and began going down a path between some bushes with Sayid right behind her. Sawyer was lagging behind watching Kate with a kind of pained expression. He hated being on the offs with her, especially right now. He wanted to make her feel better by calling her freckles earlier but somehow he didn't think it worked as well as he'd hoped. And then he remembered what Juliet had told him in the van.
Opening his mouth to say something, he was abruptly interrupted by a loud booming sound that shook the earth followed by a monstrous groan. It was all too familiar. They all froze in place, looking around in horror.
"caesar salad!" Sawyer yelled.
"Run!" Sayid ordered.
The sounds of the monster surrounded them as Kate and Sawyer took off in one direction and Sayid went in another. They didn't dare look over their shoulders for they were afraid of what they might see. Kate ran as fast as she could next to Sawyer until they dove in-between a tree where there were thick branches sticking out all around them to protect themselves from being eaten alive. They both backed into the middle of the tree, looking around them as the cries of the monster were heard.
"Where is it?" Sawyer muttered.
"It sounds like it's moving away..." Kate said. "Sayid...no..."
FLASH-FORWARD
Sawyer sat in a dark, gloomy bar where there seemed to be a hazy mist in the air. People were in the background playing poker and drinking beers merrily while Sawyer sat at the counter with a mug in his hands. His narrowed eyes were fixed upon the table-top, deep in thought about something.
Someone took a seat next to him and ordered a beer from the barman. He sounded British from his voice but he had a tone of depression in it as well. Sawyer briefly looked at him. It was a man who looked to be around thirty. He had short hair that was sticking out in odd angles and he looked like a mess. His glasses were askew as well.
Sawyer wasn't in the mood to talk, especially to a disheveled stranger but somehow the man next to him caught his eye and smiled weakly.
"Hey, mate." He said, a little groggily.
"Hey, yourself..." Sawyer muttered darkly.
"Bet you think I'm a real mess." The man said with a weak little smile.
"What?"
"I saw you staring at me just now..." The man said as the barman slid a beer across the table. He grabbed it and drank as if the beer inside was full of life itself. Sawyer looked at him again with disgust before the man slammed the bottle down on the counter and shook his head.
"You're right though..." He went on. "I am a real mess."
Sawyer rolled his eyes, looking away to pretend like he wasn't listening.
"Though assuming from the state you're in-" The man hiccupped. "I'd have to say you're not too well either, eh?"
"Just been having a rough month." Sawyer muttered.
"Ah, I know how that feels." The man nodded wisely, drinking some more of his beer. "Course, I've been having a rough couple of years more like."
"Really, now." Sawyer muttered, not really caring.
"Yeah, my wife took my daughter, Megan, away from me when I started to get into alcohol..." The man said sadly. "And now alcohol's the only thing I got left..."
"Sucks for you." Sawyer sighed.
"What's your name, friend?" The man asked.
"Just call me Sawyer..." Sawyer muttered.
"Ah, alright Sawyer." The man said. "Name's Liam."
"Coodos." Sawyer sighed again, leaning back. He didn't want to become "mates" with this guy and he certainly didn't want to hear about this man's life problems. He had problems of his own he needed to worry about.
"Where you off to?" Liam asked.
But Sawyer didn't respond. He stood up and left the bar to leave Liam alone to drink himself unconscious...
END OF FLASH-FORWARD
Sayid sprinted through the jungle, the monster chasing after him through the trees and crying out its horrifying cry. Sayid burst from out of the jungle and arrived at a cliff hanging over into another part of the jungle bellow that led off into some mountains. He skidded to a halt and looked down, watching a rock tumble down the side of the cliff. He was trapped!
Turning around, Sayid watched as the trees bent apart before him and a humongous pillar of black smoke emerged, bellowing down at him with a low grumbling sound coming from the base of the beast. Sayid watched it and it watched him, both unmoving as if daring the other to try something. And then, quite suddenly, the cloud of black smoke looked away, as if distracted by something. In a flash, it shifted back into the jungle and out of sight without another sound...
Sayid remained rooted to the spot, breathing heavily. Something, somewhere, had just saved his life. He looked out into the jungle in confusion, unsure of what to do from there. He felt the numbness in his legs go away at last and he ran into the jungle to find Kate and Sawyer...
Sawyer and Kate cautiously stepped out from between the branches of the tree and looked around frightfully. The sounds of the monster had died down and all they could hear now was the faint chirping of some nearby birds.
"Did you see it?" Kate asked.
"No, never have." Sawyer frowned. "And I hope I never have to."
"I've seen it before..." Kate muttered. "When me and Juliet were in the jungle, it chased us and..." She paused as Sawyer gave her an inquisitive look.
"And what?" He asked.
"I'm not sure..." Kate said. "It felt like it was taking pictures of us or something."
Sawyer blinked. "Well ain't that great." He said. "At least our resident monster knows how to work a camera."
She rolled her eyes and smiled as she walked forward ahead of him. "We need to find Sayid and pick up Locke's trail again."
"I'm going back..." Sawyer muttered.
"What?" Kate asked, looking at him in shock.
"I'm not going to risk my life just so we can get Locke back, sorry." Sawyer spat. "He wants to stay, I say let him stay. But I'm getting off this rock."
"James!" Kate said loudly as he turned to walk away. "If you really believed that then why did you come along?"
"Because..." Sawyer muttered.
"Because why?" Kate repeated, stepping up to him with a frown on her face.
"Because I...Because I wanted to fix things." Sawyer said finally. "Between us."
Kate stared at him with her mouth open, unsure of what to say. Sawyer shifted uncomfortably where he stood and said "I wanted to just...be with you again."
"You wouldn't have to be with me again if you'd just tell me what is wrong..." Kate said, looking down.
"I want to tell you, Kate but..." Sawyer sighed. "I can't."
"Why not?" Kate asked, staring at him with tears burning in her eyes.
"I just can't." Sawyer said again. "If you knew what I was going through right now--"
"I want to know!" Kate shouted. "But if you can't tell me then how am I ever supposed to be with you?"
Sawyer shook his head with a frown before turning and walking away. "Seeyah, Freckles..." He muttered, heading back up into the jungle and out of sight, leaving Kate standing by herself watching him go with a mixture of anger and disappointment...
FLASH-FORWARD
Kate got out of her car, it was late at night and the moon was shining overhead. She locked the door behind her and stepped up to her front door of her house. She took out her keys and fumbled with them until she found the right one and opened the door. When she went inside, she found Sawyer sitting at the dining room table with a bottle of vodka in his hands. He looked up when she entered and they both stared at each other for a moment.
"Hey." She said.
"Hey..." Sawyer muttered, groggily lifting his head up and leaning back in his chair. "Where were you?"
"Out." Kate said simply, shrugging her jacket off.
"I could figure that much out." Sawyer frowned. "Out where?"
"Since when do you care where I go...?" Kate asked coldly.
Sawyer blinked and stood up. "Well, Kate..." He said with euphemism on her name. "Lately you've been coming and going without even telling me where."
"I have to work night-shift sometimes, you know that." Kate said, walking past him and into the kitchen.
He watched her in silence for a little while before saying with a heavy sigh "Who have you been seeing?"
Kate paused by the sink, looking up with wide eyes and staring at him with an outraged expression. "Excuse me?"
"There have been messages on our phone from a guy." Sawyer said darkly.
Kate glared at him. "What does it matter?"
"It matters." Sawyer snarled.
"Who are they from?" Kate asked.
"I don't know." Sawyer said, standing up. "I was hoping you'd know that."
"I haven't been seeing anyone!" Kate said, raising her voice defiantly.
"Then where were you tonight?" Sawyer asked, stepping up and looking down at her in anger. "Where the hell were you, Kate!?"
Tears formed in Kate's eyes as he yelled at her. "I can't tell you..."
"Why not!?" Sawyer yelled.
"Because if I told you you'd..." Kate paused as he looked at her incredulously. She opened her mouth to speak again but was interrupted by a loud sound coming from the next room. It sounded like crying.
They both rushed across the room and into the hallway, bursting through a door and into a dark, small room with blue walls and a bunch of plastic toys lying about. In the center of the room there was a cradle and in the cradle was a baby bawling his eyes out.
"Shhh! It's alright." Kate said, picking up the baby and holding him against her shoulder to calm him down. "Mommy's here, it's okay..."
Sawyer stood in the doorway watching them with a disheartened expression. He looked down and left the room to leave her alone with their son...
END OF FLASH-FORWARD
Jack looked up as Sawyer came walking out of the jungle alone toward the group. "I see I haven't missed the field trip." He said with a smirk as he joined the group.
"Where's Kate?" Jack asked.
"I left her with Sayid." Sawyer sighed.
"Why did you come back?" Juliet asked him curiously.
"I didn't feel like risking my neck anymore." Sawyer lied. "Besides...you guys got the beers."
As the morning sun rose over the island, the group of survivors gathered together on the other side of the village and began their journey downhill toward the north side of the island where they would have to climb around the side of a mountain to get to the beach. Jack and Juliet were in the lead while Hurley, Jin, and Bernard helped carry the luggage on the stretcher they made out of bamboo earlier on. Sawyer was in the back of the group holding a dharma beer in his hands and looking back into the jungle. He closed his eyes and took a swig of his drink and when he opened his eyes, he coughed his drink down the front of his chest because of what he saw next.
Kate was walking out of the jungle alone toward them. She saw them and began running yelling "Hey!!"
Jack stopped and turned around. "Kate..." he muttered, a relieved smile on his face. Juliet noticed his smile and frowned, watching Kate run toward them.
She came to an abrupt halt in front of them and said, with a breathless voice "Room for one more?"
"Yeah." Jack said. "Where's Sayid?"
"He went off alone." Kate told him.
"Why'd you come back?" Sawyer asked her with a frown.
"Because you were right..." Kate said. "Locke can do his own thing..."
Sawyer nodded but still looked disappointed. This was obviously not the answer he wanted to hear.
And so the group headed off into the jungle, past the sonar fence. Where, unknown to them, black smoke was beginning to rise just over the horizon of the ocean...
LOST