Chapter 10: 'I make the decisions here, not you!'

Author: ZeusFluff.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the LOST characters. But I do own Sawyer and Juliet's daughter. Date Started: 2/2/16. Date Finished: 2/2/16.


"I make the decisions here, not you!"

Juliet was livid as she glared Ben down. He watched everything unfolding in front of him. "You are going to make a wonderful mother, Juliet."

Shaking her head, she tried getting up from the bed, but found her feet were being kept in place by rope. "What the hell is this? Untie me right now! You have no right to hold me here like this!"

She was surprised to see that her hands weren't tied together. Instead, they were lying atop her belly. Ben was sitting next to the cot and his hand was reaching for Juliet's. Fixing a glare on him, she wrapped her arms protectively over herself. "You so much as even try to put a hand on my stomach, you'll regret it."

Wincing a bit; Juliet now turned her attention to Erica Stevens who was down by her feet. "Juliet I need you to stay still. This baby is coming whether you like it or not."

Juliet attempted to sit up denial written across her features. Mouth slack and wide open, she tried to get her words out. "How? How long?"

Erica Stevens frowned and sat back on a wooden crate. "At least another 16 hours. I need you to relax and stay still."

Juliet smirked, keeping her arms crossed over her stomach. "First time births take much longer than that. Are you sure you know what you're doing? You seem a little nervous. How many babies have you delivered?"

Maybe I do have the upper hand on this situation. Continuing to smirk, Juliet stared Erica down and took a breath. "Two."

She had to strain to hear what she'd said. Juliet felt like boring holes into this woman's forehead. So she really has no idea what she's doing? Great. "Two? You must've just finished your residency and are starting out in the field. Let me guess; you would like me to walk you through the motions right?"

Erica sat on the wooden crate and shifted nervously. "Well I figured you wouldn't mind guiding me through it. Delivering your baby would be my first shot at being in the spotlight here."

She wanted the limelight? I don't even want that for myself. My job is to help the women on this island. Turning her head to the side, Juliet saw Jack begin to stir on the sandy ground beneath him.

"Juliet, what happened? Are you alright?"

Juliet could just reach for his hand. "Jack you have to stop them. They've induced labor. They are plunging me into dangerous territory. I'm still several weeks' shy of when the baby could even survive outside my body."

Sitting up with a groan, Jack took in his surroundings and his eyes narrowed when they found Ben next to him.

"What did you do to her Ben?"

Ben sat stony-faced and watched Juliet. She then became disgusted at the words that came tumbling out of Ben's mouth.

"This baby is coming, Jack, whether Juliet wants to deliver her now or not. The child rightfully belongs to me."

Jack saw that his hands were tied and looked Ben in the eye. "Untie me right now, Ben. I need to examine her."

Ben still sat, defiant of Jack's words. "No."

Jack's anger grew, and with it he did his best to tug against the rope holding his wrists. "If you don't untie me, she and that baby will both die! Do you understand how grave the situation is now?"

Ben's face grew pale. He hadn't thought about the consequences. He'd only thought about the baby girl he'd be getting. He really hadn't thought about what it might do to Juliet. Relenting, Ben shook his head and then turned his attention to Erica. She was organizing all the supplies she had on hand. "I need you to stop what you are doing, Erica. That is an order. We'll have to figure out some other way to do this. Another time."

Jack had somehow managed to free himself from the rope tied around his wrists. He all but dragged Ben out of Juliet's shelter and threw him to the sand. Some of the other survivors rushed towards the pair, Jin and Kate bringing up the rear, Sayid trailing a bit behind them.

Kate was the first to speak. "Jack? What's going on? Why was Ben in Juliet's tent?"

Jack grabbed Ben by the collar and spoke up. "I'll tell you why he was in Juliet's tent; there's six more of them in there, and a woman who was attempting to deliver her baby. Ben was going to take the baby from Juliet without her even knowing."

A scream from the tent made the hairs on Jack's arms stand straight up. He knew that something was wrong. "Sayid! Watch Ben!"

Rushing back into the tent, Jack pushed Erica aside. A very frightened Juliet lay back on the cot, breathing heavily. Anger simmered just below the surface. "Why are her feet still tied down? Untie her now!"

Jack now noticed that Juliet was talking to someone. "I can't do this alone, James."

James sat on the edge of the cot, his left hand running through her knotted blond curls. "Don't you worry about a thing, Blondie. The doc will patch you all up. The baby's going to be just fine."

She shook her head, more tears rolling down her cheeks. James kept stroking her cheek, wiping the tears away. "I can't do this, James. I can't breathe."

James planted a kiss to her belly and then one to her forehead. "Yes you can, baby. Just breathe."

Juliet gazed at the ring sparkling on her left hand as she spoke to James. She was still out of breath. "I can't do this right now. She can't come right now. It's too soon… I don't want to lose her…"

James shook his head and gave her a concerned look. See you found yer ring there, Blondie. It ain't too sparkly, but I hope you like it."

Tears still streamed down Juliet's face as she nodded. "I found it in your shirt pocket. When were you going to ask me to marry you?"

Juliet covered her mouth as she heard James' response. "It was supposed to be a surprise. I was gonna pop the question next Thursday. Ring looks good on you, Blondie."

Swallowing, she closed her eyes. When she opened them, James had disappeared. "Please don't leave me now, James…"

Jack sat back on his knees[,] not sure ... He [probably] believed she was talking to herself. But then again, this was the island. There were some very strange things that went on.

To Be Continued...