Show me what it's like... (to be the last one standing)

[im_sinking]

I had just headed into the jungle, trying to herd people out of it and keep everyone to the beach. After Faith and the others had come back and we'd been given all of the details about what had happened on the other side of the island, with the Others, we'd all made a pretty much mutual decision to try and keep everyone to the beach and as close to

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[neverbeenfree]

Once I finally decided that I had it together I headed back up towards the camp where Kennedy was wrestling playfully with the kids. I shot her a hollow smile and hoped that she was too busy playin' Auntie to really pick up on it. Luckily, she was. Lexi raced after her brother before the two of them finally fell down in the sand and started playing together, giving Kennedy what would probably be a twelve second break.

Special K must've figured I wasn't really in the mood to talk cause she really didn't say anything to me and I wasn't real keen on the idea of tellin' anybody what had just happened with my sister. She'd come back, right? I mean, maybe not for me but for the kids? She wanted to see them, to be around them? After what I'd seen....I wasn't sure I wanted her negative energy around them but after she cooled off, after...

Fuck. I dunno. The truth was, I knew next to nothing when it came to my sister and so there weren't really any conclusions I could draw. The only thing I could do was take her at her word, and she'd said she wanted to keep her distance and that as soon as we were back in LA she was gonna bail.

I wanted to sit and brood think about it for a little while, watch the kids play, maybe sweet talk Kennedy into takin' 'em to the beach for a little while so I could catch a long overdue nap when Kate and Jack started walkin' up towards us. Before Kate said a word I knew that something was up. Something bad, obviously. Did good things ever even happen here?

I can an uneasy glance at Kennedy who only shrugged as I took a step away from her and walked a bit down the beach with Jack and Kate. Ok, the suspense? Officially killing me.

It's your sister, they've taken her.

I blinked, and then it hit me at once. They. Fucking they? The same they that locked me, Angel and Harry up for days and did all kinds of not-so-fun experiments on us? They took her? And now I cursed myself all over again for letting her go like that. I should've stopped her, I should've...

And now I had to go back. Go back to the place that I never wanted to see again to save her. God, there needed to be four of me. One to watch the kids, one to save Grace, one to figure out what was up with Harry and Angel and one to sleep for like a week.

"I have to go after her." I said without really a second thought. Fuck. I wish there were weapons on this island. Not that I wasn't weapon enough but to do battle with a throng of scientists and their tasers and darts? I didn't know if I would be enough.

[tehgooddoctor]

I had no idea what was going on when I followed Kate towards the small camp area where Faith was. I had wanted to check up on her soon anyway make sure she was doing alright but Kate seemed agigitated and whatever she needed to tell Faith I was going to do what I could.

When we got to a place a little away from the children and that was impossible, those kids were ... Holy shit, I wanted to ask Faith what on earth was going on, instead of once again just blaming this island - cause that was all well and good but honestly? Children aging at probably 10 times the normal rate was insane.

Of course I didn't have a chance to say anything because Kate told Faith that her sister had been taken.

Faith paled visibly and for a moment I thought she was going to be sick. I reached out a hand to steady her but dropped it as she spoke. Go after her? I guess I was not the person who had right to lecture anyone about going half cocked into the jungle looking for others or our people who were looking for others. But she'd just gone through multiple trauma's, she'd had twins and her ex-husband had died right in front of her. He was killed by her boyfriend and I didn't think her running off in the jungle was a good idea.

I pulled my back pack off and placed it on the ground, bending over I pulled out a large bottle of water, standing tall I re-righted my shirt to cover the gun sticking out from my jeans. I offered her the bottle, "You should drink, you look pale,"

I sighed and looked to Kate and then to Faith.

"I don't think you should just run off into the jungle Faith. You've recently given birth, there's been a lot of stress on your body and I know you've got tha extra ... whatever it is that I can barely believe but you could get hurt after all that."

I didn't doubt her ability, she'd bounced back way too quickly and I'd gotten some explinations as to why that was. I didn't not believe her but I had a hard time wrapping my mind around it. Really I was just concerned with her welfare.

[im_sinking]

Of course she was going to go after her. It was her sister. That was one of the things I'd wrestled with the entire walk over here. Knowing that giving her this information basically meant that I'd be sending her back out there.

And I knew that Jack would argue. It was just his nature. He was a doctor first, and a person second. His first instincts were always to go with whatever was in the best interest of someone's health and welfare. Regardless of the fact that a girl had been taken, and for God knows what. If it was me, he'd already be halfway through that jungle, consequences be damned.

So when the conversation went pretty much the way I'd been expecting it to, I just sighed.

Faith was going to go out there. Consequences be damned. There was no question about it.

"Jack," I said, looking up at him. They both looked at me, and I hadn't missed the way she'd taken note of his gun for the brief few minutes it had been exposed.

"Give her your gun." He started to protest, but I shook my head.

"Her sister is out there. And you know what happened the last time you told someone they shouldn't go, or that they couldn't." I frowned softly, not exactly fond of that memory. "But more than that, you know what happened when someone went into that jungle unarmed." Silently, I apologized to him with my eyes. I knew it must have brought back the ache, the sharp stab of pain we'd both never really healed from after that situation. But it was important to make the point.

"She's going, with or without our permission. I can tell that much." I said. "The least we can do is help her, give her a fighting chance."

I wasn't going to force him, I was going to let it be his choice, but I'd made my feelings pretty clear about it. Plus, as much as I hated to, there was always blackmail.

"If you send her unarmed, then I'm just going to have to go with her." I said simply, before turning to Faith while I let him make up his mind, though she clearly seemed to have her own ideas about the gun, one way or another.

"There were two of them. A dark haired man, I didn't really recognize him. He seemed different from the rest of them, the Others we're used to. And there was a woman, in a tailored suit, with dark hair. I didn't really get a good look at her, but she definitely doesn't look like one of them. They were the only ones I saw, but they shot a dart into her neck and then carried her off toward the other side of the island."

[neverbeenfree]

I stared down at the bottle that was suddenly in my hand for a second. What the fuck? Did they just tell me that my sister got kidnapped and that I should drink because I look pale? Yeah, I needed a drink. Probably three or four of them. But not of water and not now. Shaking my head I handed the water back to him, my eyes instantly darting over to Jack's ass as he bent over. Not really his ass though, just above to the nice little piece he was totin' in his waistband. Well, huh. Didn't think this island had weapons. Guess I was wrong.

Glancing over at Kate I quirked an eyebrow at her. One, I didn't need help to get the gun, I could take it from him without breakin' a sweat. Nothin' they could really do about that. Two, I couldn't take Kate with me out into the woods because there was no fuckin' way she'd be able to keep up with me. Plain and simple. Three? I wanted that fucking gun.

"Give me the gun." I said plainly to Jack, not a request but a demand. I was gonna make it mine either way, but it was in his best interest to just give it to me.

Taking a step forward I leveled an even gaze on him. He was a doctor, man of science. Saved lives all the time I was bettin', at least before the island. Hell, maybe on it too. I dunno. Either way? This island was probably more than his little medical brain could handle, and I was probably even more than that.

"Look Doc, I appreciate you lookin' out for me and all but I'm goin' into that jungle and I'm takin' your gun with me. I'm not something you can explain, you already know that. I've done things on this island that you just can't figure out. Maybe one day when I got the time? I can tell you whatever you wanna know, but for right now? I want your gun. So you can give it to me, or I can take it from you. But I'm thinkin' I'll probably end up hurting you if you make me take it."

I reached out my hand.

"Give me the gun."