"Tia? Tia, wake up."

I open my eyes and Juliet's face is above mine, her blue eyes full of concern. I sit up, all too fast and I'm extremely dizzy from the head rush it brings me. I grab my temples and start to rub. "What happened?" I ask. She doesn't respond and I look back up at her face. She's completely covered in dry mud from head to toe. "I said, what happened?"

"They left us behind," she says.

"They? Your people? Why would they leave you behind?"

She looks at the ground sheepishly. "I'm guessing it was because I did something bad."

"What are you talking about?"

"I killed one of my people to help Kate and Sawyer escape."

My head has started to steady, so I stand up. "Where's Sayid?"

"Over here. I haven't had a chance to wake him yet."

I look to the other end of the swing set and Sayid is laying on the ground, breathing deeply. "Sayid," I say, gently shaking his shoulder. He lets out a groan and I shake him again. "Sayid, wake up."

His eyes open slowly and, groggily he raises his head and, with my help, sits up. "What happened?" he asks.

"They're gone. The Others. They abandoned this place."

"Then what about her," he says, noticing Juliet.

"They left her behind too. At least that's what she says."

"Where are Jack, Locke, and Kate?"

"Good question," I reply, turning back to Juliet. "You got an answer to that?"

"Kate and I were taken into the jungle. We had to find our way back. She went to get Jack from his house. As for Locke, I don't know where he is."

"Oh, that one I've got covered." I turn back to Sayid. "You're not going to believe this."

"What?"

"Locke flipped sides. He left with the Others. He's one of them now."

His eyes widen is disbelief. "I can't believe that."

"Oh, believe it," Juliet says.

"I thought you didn't know where he was," I say to her.

"I didn't, but what you said makes total sense. He blew up the submarine with C4 explosives the night Jack and I were supposed to leave."

"He did what?" Sayid says, standing up, albeit not too steadily, because I have to help him keep balance.

"It was probably Ben who told him to. Ben's never wanted me to leave this Island. And if he ever let's Jack leave…well that'll be the day." She looks over her shoulder. "We should get back to Kate. She's probably found Jack by now."

"I'm going to scout the houses with Tia," Sayid says.

"Suit yourself." Juliet leaves back towards Jack's house.

"What is she doing here?" Sayid asks me.

"You heard her. They left her in the jungle with Kate."

"That doesn't make any sense. She is one of them. Why would they just leave behind one of their own and take Locke with them?"

"Locke said he flipped because he didn't want to go home. She obviously does. Maybe that's a quid-pro-quo you need to be on their team."

"Why are you defending her?" he accuses.

"Because she seems different. I guess I'm just not as quick to judge as you are. I thought that's what you liked best about me."

He gives me a look that I can't read. "We need to scout the houses. Maybe we'll find some weapons. I will check the north side of the Barracks."

He leaves immediately. I head over to the south houses and look inside the front door of all of them. There's only furniture. There's some food in the refrigerators, but nothing useful, as in guns.

I exit the last house and head back. I see Jack and Kate (who is covered in mud like Juliet) standing with Juliet and Sayid headed over to them. I jog the rest of the way over. "Jack," I hear Sayid greet him.

"Sayid," Jack says back, nodding his head.

"I've checked all the houses on the north side, everyone's gone, no weapons, no trail."

"Same on the south side. Nothing," I say. "Hey Jack," I nod to him. He nods back with a small smile.

"It's like fifty people disappeared into thin air," Sayid says.

"We should take what we can find and head out while we still got light," Jack says.

Jack starts walking towards the house he was living in and Juliet follows him.

"She is not coming with us," Sayid says.

"Yes, she is," Jack defends.

"Why?"

"Because they left her behind too."

Jack starts leaving and Kate and Juliet follow. Sayid stares at Jack's back with disbelief. "So that's it?" I ask him. "You're not going to argue?"

"We'll see how much she wants to be with our people once we get back to camp. For now, I will ask her my questions. See how much she really knows," he says. "We should catch up."

"It's getting late," Sayid says, about halfway back to the beach. "This is a good place to make camp."

"I'll get some firewood," Jack says and Kate insists on going with him.

Jack and Kate leave and Juliet heads over to the stream and starts washing some of the dried mud off of her.

Sayid nods in her direction and he and I follow her. "Okay. Let's have it," she says, looking over at us.

"I want to know what you people are doing on this Island," Sayid says to her. "Why you're terrorizing us. Making lists. Kidnapping children. I want to know everything. But the first thing I'd like to know is, who are you?"

Juliet stays silent for a long time. "If I told you who I was," she says, finally. "If I told you everything that I know. You'd kill me."

"What you think I'll do if you don't," Sayid threatens.

"Leave her alone," Jack says, coming out of the jungle with firewood, Kate right behind him.

"Sooner or later she'll answer my questions," Sayid says.

"She'll answer your questions when she's ready. And you'll wait until she is. She's under my protection."

Jack goes back to our campsite and starts lighting a fire. Juliet follows him. Kate starts to say something, but Sayid cuts her off. "No. We'll talk about this back at camp."

Kate leaves and I watch Sayid, whose face looks pained. "Do you still trust Jack after all of this?" he asks me.

"I've never trusted Jack. The only reason I came on this trip was to learn more about the Others. And the way I see it, I've been blessed with exactly that opportunity."

"I'm glad we're on the same page."