Part 8

Michael stood at the doorway.

"I have an idea." Both heads shot up into the direction of the voice as if willing him on.

"I know the way to their camp, maybe i could lead you guys there, that way we could ambush them and you could get Ana-Lucia backa nd I could get my boy." bOth faces looked slightly shocked.

"Yeah, why not. We may aswell try. Is anyone else going?" Michael looked at him suspiciously before replying.

"Well Iwas thinking of asking Kate, and Hurley, because I mean he was really angry about what they did to Libby and I think he might, you know, want revenge or something." Both Sawyer and Jack nodded at him. He left the room. Sawyer made sure that he was well out of the hatch before turning to Jack.

"I need to talk to you man."

Ana woke to a bright white ceiling. She raised her head to expore her surroundings. The room was small and cramped. Her hand going to her side, soaking up the blood from her wound. Was what Ben said true? Her other hand ventured to her stomach. She hoped that she could make this work. She couldn't lose another child, she just couldn't.

Flashback

She woke to a bright room, a steady constant beeping in the background. Her hand instinctivly went to her stomach. The pain shooting through her body. Her mind wondered back to the previous night and the memories flooded back to her. Would her baby survive? Tears welled up in her eyes. The door suddenly swung open throwing her out of her trance.

"Mija, oh thank god. How do you feel?" Her mother sat down at her side, taking her hand into her own.

"Mum, is the baby okay?" Sorrow filled her face and she ducked her head down in pain, her own eyes filling with tears.

"They don't know if it will make it."

End flashback.

The trek through the jungle was long and hard. The trees standing their guard and bloking their path. Michael led the way. Sawyer close on his heels, erging him to speed up. It had taken them hours, but they were finally nearly there. They came to a clearing, the green grass sprawled acoss the landscape. Jack coming up to the front of the line.

"Are you sure this is the way Michael, I think we've gone the wrong way."

"We're going the right way." A sudden pain hit the back of Kate's neck. She shuddered before dropping to the ground. Jack ran up behind her catching her before her fall, he picked her up and began to run for cover with her safe in his arms. Something hit the back of his knee and he too shuddered to the ground. A few feet away Sawyer was also collapsing to the ground. Hurley, still next to the cover of the trees, turned and ran. Before long he was out of site.

Yet again, Sawyer woke in a cage. Kate in the one opposite. He needed to get to Ana. Jack was in a dark room, a large window seperating his room with the next. Ben sat in his tiny,little room he could see all of them on his camera. He got up and left the room, the note laying innocently on his desk. He had gone to catch Hurley. He stormed down the corridors, a small shotgun in one hand.

"Ben. We need to talk. Ana, she needs a doctor, I was thinking maybe we could take her to theirs."

"I don't think that is a good idea Juliet."

"Do you want her to die, you knwo if she die's the baby goes too."

"Fine but be careful, anything happens radio me straight away."

As Ben walked off, Juliet stalked away in the opposite direction, to the room they were keeping Ana in. The door slowly opened.

"Don't worry, I'm here to help you. Come with me, I'm going to get you to the doctor." She sat up on the bench, with some assistance from Juliet. Hesistating for a moment. She had to go, she couldn't risk her baby's life just sitting here doing nothing. She allowed Juliet to lead her out of the room, down the corridor and to another room. She opened the door to see Jack sitting in the corner.

"Hello Jack. Now we have to be quick, the others think I brought her here for medical attention. I'm helping you escape, but we have to be fast. Here is a map. It leads to a dock. Alex will meet you there with your friends. I can't come. It has to look as though I had nothing to do with this. That's why you have to knock me out. Alex will tell you everything else you need to know." She handed the map over to the now standing Jack.

"Good luck." The next thing she knew a fist was heading towards her. Everything went black.

Sawyer and Kate were already standing on the deck with alex when they got there. Jack was almost carrying Ana, her legs refusing to carry her. The moment Sawyer saw them he ran over. Ana exchanged arms, she now lay snuggly in Sawyer's embrace. He planted a light kiss on her headJack rushed to Kate's side.

"Are you alright?"

"I'm fine Jack." They both smiled goofily at each other, Sawyer and Ana both looking on with matching sly grins. Alex finally chipped in.

"If you get on that boat, it is all ready to go, follow these co-ordinates, when you get to that point there will be a man there, he will ask how you got there, tell him Ben sent you out. Those exact words or he will know something is wrong. That's all you need to know. Be quick, you don't want to get caught." Sawyer climbed over the step onto the boat, Ana still nestled in his arms. He placed her on the seat pulling a blanket over her cool body. Jack climbed over the step, turning to face Kate. He took her hand gently in his, helping her over the step and into the boat. Soon they were on their way.

The sea surrounded them, splashing up onto the sides if the boat. Kate was steering. Sawyer had a tight grasp of Ana's hand, Jack tending to her wound. They all knew that they would be alright. They were going home, and they could finally start the rest of their lives.