The sound of the waves breaking over the beach was the only thing anybody could hear. But there was tension in the air. "Do you think it's safe?" Abby asked Eric, quietly, as they sat outside near the fire.

"I don't know." He whispered back. "Maybe the Captain's coming back."

"The last time he came Ian was injured pretty badly. And so was he. Lex thinks he might be dead." Abby replied.

Eric kissed her forehead. "Look, I don't know what's going on, but we'll be fine. The Captain's attacked before, hasn't he?" Abby nodded drowsily. A twig suddenly snapped at the edge of the forest.

"Maybe we should call Jackson." Abby whispered. Eric nodded. "Jackson!" Abby yelled. Not only Jackson, but Tom came out.

"What is it?" Tom called out groggily.

"I think the Captain's here." Eric told Jackson. Both Tom and Jackson were instantly on the alert.

"Are you sure?" Jackson asked, grabbing a spear.

"We don't know. We just hear a twig snap there." Eric nodded at the direction the sound had come from.

"Get your spear. Abby, guard here. Tom, you'd better awaken your fighters. We're going to have another fight." Jackson ordered. Everyone nodded, then ran off.

"Hal, come on." Tom shook Hal awake.

"What's up?" Hal asked him.

"I'm not sure. But the castaways seem scared. Maggie, stay here."

"Why me? Is it 'cause I'm a girl?"

"No. It's 'cause you're best at working alone." Tom replied.

"You'll be fine, won't you?" Anne asked him anxiously.

"Yeah. I will be. Keep a close eye on Ben and Matt." He kissed her briefly, then went with the others. The Resistance had their guns, and the castaways had their spears.

"So, who's the Captain?" Hal asked Nathan.

"The Captain's our former pilot. He hit his head on a rock or something. He went crazy and burned down the whole camp. After that he's been attacking our camp. We haven't seen him in a while, and let's just say we thought he was dead." Nathan replied.

"Yeah. He was hurt so badly. So was Ian. That's why he's invalid. Couple of third-degree burns and a few broken bones with his head cracked open. That's how we last saw him." Eric added.

"Not a guy you want to meet." Jackson summed up.

"Oh, okay." Hal replied timidly, and switched the safety off on his weapon.

A laugh suddenly echoed out of the shadows. A pair of gleaming eyes stepped out. The Captain was almost unrecognizable. His teeth were yellow and a few were missing. His hair was completely matted down, and there was a limp in the way he walked. He laughed again. "Don't you all want me dead again?"

"Yeah." Eric called out.

"Well too bad!" The Captain spit out. "I've waited too long to have my revenge. And you're all going to pay."

"What did we ever do to you?" Nathan yelled back.

"You crashed my baby." The Captain whimpered. "She was my baby." He repeated.

"His baby?" Hal whispered.

"He means the plane." Eric hissed back.

"Look, just leave!" Jackson said angrily. "We don't need you."

"You're supposed to be dead anyways!" Eric added.

"But I'm not, am I?" The Captain wheeze-chuckled.

"Will they be okay?" Anne asked concernedly as she held Matt.

"It depends." Abby said, staring out into the jungle.

"Depends on what?" Lourdes asked breathlessly.

"On whether the Captain has weapons, or if it is the Captain." Melissa replied when Abby still stared into the jungle.

"I think we should just go out there and knife him." Maggie suggested, cleaning her blade.

"The Captain's too unpredictable." Daley said, helping Taylor pack food.

"What do you mean? A good knife through the heart and he's dead."

"He hit his head on a rock." Jory was making sure Ian was okay. "He survived. Ever since then, you don't know what he's going to do. Plus, none of us want to be killers."

"I've killed people." Maggie said. "Doesn't make a difference to me."

"Yeah, but none of them have killed anybody before." Ben pointed out. He was leaned against the hull of the plane. "They're coming." He said, his eyes snapping open. "I can hear them."

Anne looked at him concerned. "Are you sure-" She began, but Abby rushed out of the plane.

"Did you get him?" She asked Eric.

"No, I think he just wanted to scare us tonight. He didn't do anything." Eric panted. "We chased him for a while, but he just kept going deeper into the jungle. Jackson decided not to risk it."

"That's good." Daley said. "He won't bother us for some time. Let's all just go to sleep."

With an assent of mutterings, the group dispersed. As they were about to enter the plane, Anne caught Tom's arm. "Wait." She said. He looked at her puzzled, but did as she said.

"What's wrong?" He asked her, his eyebrows scrunching up like he was trying to read her mind.

She took a deep breath. "I think Ben's turning into a skidder again."

A/N Dun dun dun. Anyways, this one's one of my favorite chapters, and I think I ruined it. So give me your opinion…in the reviews.