Chapter forty one: Coming together

Jack stared at Amy, 'Why did Ben plant you?'

Amy sighed, 'Jack, I'm sorry-' she reached for him, but he pulled away, his tone was firm.

'I LOVE Kate, okay?' he scoffed, 'were you trying to seduce me because he told you to, too?'

Amy looked away, 'no, that's not the reason-'

'You know what, I don't even care, I want the truth...what's going on? Why is Ben still watching us-'

She studied the infuriated doctor, 'He wanted me to keep tabs on you both, incase the island came up...or anything related to the island happened...He was just trying to figure out why the island wasn't done with you two.' She paused, he seemed to have calmed down alittle, it had been an hour since he had stormed in furiously, demanding answers. Looking him over, she couldn't help but wonder aloud, 'Why are you in love with her?'

Jack looked at Amy, he had barely absorbed the information she had been giving him over the past hour, 'what?' he asked.

'I mean, I know about everything you two went through-I know about how heart broken you were when she hooked up with that blonde guy-'

'Sawyer. His name was Sawyer.'

'His name was James Ford.' She levelled him with a look. Jack looked away, shaking his head, he looked at her, 'why does it matter?'

'I just wanna know, how a man so damaged by his father's actions and his own actions, can love someone so stubbornly, so sincerely...you don't see that alot these days, infact, you rarely see it at all.'

'I don't have an answer to your question.'

Amy smiled, 'I didn't think you would...I mean, Kate is a murderer-'

Jack scowled, 'she killed ONE person-how many has your boss killed? Care to add them up and compare?' he retorted.

Amy smiled, 'Jack...I'm just saying...you save lives, she...took a life...how can you look PAST that...'

'Because she is JUST like me, we both did whatever we thought was right at the time-and you know what, if I didn't have Kate...I wouldn't have survived the island, do you know how much I hated myself when I got on that flight? When I boarded flight815?'

Amy cut him short, 'Jack, just...be honest, You don't want me at all?'

'No. I do not.'

She nodded, before handing him a file she asked one more question, 'do you regret it? The crash?'

Jack didn't hesitate as he replied, 'not one bit.'

'You might wanna read this.' Jack took the folder from Amy, he recognised it, these was blood test results and a pregnancy result that was positive. He furrowed his brow as he looked to Amy, who calmly walked into the kitchen as Jack looked at the name printed on the file.

'Kate Austen.' He stared at it in shock, Kate was pregnant??

'Amy? What is this?' he demanded as he headed into the kitchen, he froze as he saw the backdoor wide open and the kitchen was empty. He turned on his heel, grabbing his car keys he headed for the jeep, he had to get home, QUICK.

Kate stirred in her sleep as she felt someone's presence inches from her. Ben stared down at Kate, crouching opposite her, she was fast asleep. His sharp blue eyes gazed at her, she was so blissfully unaware of how close to death she was. It almost excited him, humans were the hardest prey to defeat because they were so vulnerable yet so lethally unpredictable.

Kate reached out, her eyes still closed, she stroked his cheek, 'Jack?' she whispered, she frowned as she noticed there was something different about this face, 'No.' The amused voice replied, Kate leapt back off the bed, hitting the floor hard as she stared at the unsettling eyes that stared back at her in the dark.

'what're you doing hear?!' she demanded as Ben simply smiled at her, 'I came to see whether you knew or not...' he replied slowly.

Kate studied him cautiously, adrenaline pumped through her glands as she studied his every move. His hands were in his pockets, he pulled out a piece of paper with one hand and put it on the bed between them.

'You look stunning by the way, I think you're glowing.'

Kate ignored him as she carefully picked up the paper and read it, her expression changed to shock, she was pregnant? When was this test taken?

'What is this?'

'I think you know.'

'When did you-How did you-'

'What're you gonna do Kate?' He asked slowly, Kate noticed his hand tighten around something in his pocket, it was a gun, he casually stepped closer to the bed as Kate stepped back, she felt relief as she found the wooden draw pushing against her back, she slipped a hand behind her and opened the door whilst engaging Ben with her eyes, so he wouldn't notice.

'What do you mean?' she asked, her fingers landed on the cold piece of metal, she wrapped her fingers around the gun, and slowly pulled it out of the draw, holding the gun behind her, she tightened her grip.

Ben shrugged, intrigued, 'you're not ready to raise a child Kate...and the island needs another life.'

'What're you talking about?' she asked, clearly lost, Ben clarified for her, 'The island took your unborn baby from you, why do you think Claire took Aaron?' Kate felt her heart beat rapidly in her chest as Ben began to walk around the bed and towards her as he spoke, 'I'll tell you the answer Kate, you murdered Wayne, this was the island's way of punishing you and restoring the balance of good and evil on the island...' Kate felt tears suddenly fill her eyes, she was responsible for her own child's death.

'No...' she whispered in disbelief, 'there's no way-' The island was just a piece of land, it was nothing special.

Ben simply nodded, 'Its the truth Katherine.' Kate's heart lurched in her chest, she almost felt sick, 'So you're here for my baby?'

'I could be here for you Kate...but your death would be too easy, at least this way you'll live, knowing that you've paid for your crimes, Kate put a hand just below her abdomen, 'no,' she shook her head, 'stay away from me,' she whispered, Ben pulled out a gun and slowly raised it at her, Kate stared at him as everything seemed to slow down.

'See you in an other life Kate...' just as his words left him and he tightened his hold on the trigger, Kate swiftly pulled out the gun and shot him-Ben stared at her as time seemed to slow around them. The island was taking one of them, but who?



Two simultaneous gunshots were heard as Jack pulled up to the house.

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