"Kate – can you leave us alone please?" The young woman with the red hair asked.
Kate frowned. "But Sophie, I think maybe I do know him from somewhere… there's something about his face.. It's so.. familiar.."
Jack nodded at her encouragingly, hoping with all his heart that she would remember.
"Kate, you don't know this man. Now please leave us alone," Sophie's tone was ice-cold.
"But- " Kate started but was cut off by Sophie.
"Go. Now!" Kate took one more longing look at Jack before turning and walking down the hall away from them.
As soon as she was out of earshot, the redhead began speaking furiously.
"How dare you?! Ben gave you this opportunity out of- "
"Opportunity? This isn't an opportunity. It's another one of Ben's manipulative mind games! You sick, twisted people! What have you done to her?!" Jack said angrily, his voice getting louder.
"Done to her? Kate is a very misunderstood woman and she will be better off here. Not only that, but she will save many other lives. She's helping us with some very important research. It's the greater good, Jack."
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER? WHY DOESN'T SHE REMEMBER ME? ANSWER ME! Jack yelled, his fists clenched with frustration. Sophie's words, just like many of the words he heard spoken by the Others were not making any sense to Jack.
"Calm down. It will stress Kate out. We need her calm." Sophie said with a maddening patient air about her.
Jack breathed deeply, and counted to ten. He needed to think rationally, he needed a plan.
"I'm sorry. Can you show me where I will be staying?" he spoke slowly in his best effort at politeness.
Sophie glared at him suspiciously.
"It's this way." She replied leading him through the house. Jack noted that it was very poorly furnished and didn't look like it was even lived in. At the back of the house, there was a room off to the left, separated from the house by a small brick pathway.
"This is it." Sophie said, walking back into the house and leaving Jack to investigate his new room. It certainly wasn't elaborate. There was a single bed to one side; against a window draped with blue curtains and next to the bed was a small coffee table with a lamp. The only other furniture was a large wooden cupboard directly across from the bed with mirror doors. Jack lay down on the light blue doona that covered the bed and closed his eyes, but did not sleep. There was too much planning to be done.
Meanwhile, Kate Austen was also laying upon a bed. She was making notes on a piece of paper, which already had writing crossed out. Katherine Austen
Island? - - Doctor?
Jack?
Doctor Jack She – Sha- Shi
More snippets of memories came flooding back to her.
---------Flashbacks
An old woman on a hospital gurney, screaming for help.
Struggling to unlock handcuffs, shaking, a plane breaking in half?She was stitching up a man's back on an island. "When I was in residency, my first solo procedure was on a 16 year old kid.." –
"We should all be able to start over" –
Tortured screams –
Noises, cockpit, blood on the window-"I didn't do it for him," A handsome man smiling back at her.-
A blonde woman, leading her into the jungle.-
Climbing down the ladder of a long downward tunnel-
Running to a cave for a man, desperate fear.-
A white empty room, tears flowing down her face.-
A cold, wet jungle, crying out for Jack.. Counting, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.-
Struggling against strong arms. And then…a slow, passionate kiss.-
End Flashbacks- - -Kate frowned in confusion, crossed out the last line and wrote a new one
Doctor Jack Shephard"Kate?" Sophie called as she entered the room.
"What are you doing?" She strode over to Kate and looked at the paper. When she read it, her face twisted with anger. Ripping the paper from Kate's hand, she tore it into tiny pieces and threw it on the ground.
A/N: - Sorry about the long wait! I was really busy with school and assignments, etc and then I couldn't get any inspiration… But I'm on a roll now! I've already got the next chapter written and the one after that planned! Hope you like this chapter; it took me awhile to think of. Any feedback would be great, so reviews please xx
