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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 13, 2016 12:04:59 GMT -5
Reade sat up, prodding Reese. "Hey. John, wake up."
Finch stiffened, obviously terrified. He tried to back away at first, blue eyes startlingly wide and breathing quick, but it didn't take much to pull him along and he didn't dare make a sound.
Jane rolled over on the floor and sat up. "Hey, we need help." She said quickly and quietly, evidently thinking the woman wasn't with Ben.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 13, 2016 12:14:13 GMT -5
Reese woke and scrambled to his feet. "What's wrong?" The Other pulled Finch to a small clearing, where people were doing various work such as digging and clearing away rocks.
The woman smiled. "No, we need help. And you've just volunteered. Please stand by the door. Just her." she added sharply, whipping out a gun as Kurt made a move. "Anyone else who is next to that door when I open it will be shot."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 13, 2016 12:20:07 GMT -5
Jane blinked, startled, but the look in her green eyes was soon replaced by anger. "What do you want?" She asked coldly, doing as she was told slowly.
"They've got your friend, Harold." Reade filled him in grimly, walking to the edge of the cage.
Finch limped obediently after him, head bent, tripping painfully over sticks and roots but uttering no cry.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 13, 2016 12:25:18 GMT -5
Another Other tossed him a shovel. "You can begin over there." As he headed over, a young, redheaded woman gave him a tiny smile. "Hi." she whispered under her breath to him, still working.
"We just need to talk." said the woman, opening the door and pulling her out. "This way." She started to lead her down the hall.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 13, 2016 12:30:47 GMT -5
"Kurt, don't worry, I'll-" Jane's voice was abruptly cut off but the door closing.
Finch caught the shovel, wincing as his back gave a stiff jab of protest. This was soon forgotten, however, when the young woman spoke. "Who are you?" He whispered back looking concernedly at her.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 13, 2016 12:36:08 GMT -5
"My name's Charlie." said the girl, looking a little closer at him. The light caught her eye, which had a nasty bruise around it. "You're a new guy, right? Plane or boat crash?"
Juliet led Jane to a room. Through a window, they could see two hospital beds. In one was Root, in the other was Grace. Both were unconscious. "Who are they?" asked Juliet after a moment.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 13, 2016 12:40:04 GMT -5
Jane's eyes widened, and it took a minute for her to get her voice back. "They're my friends." She answered quietly, turning to glare at Juliet. "If you hurt them..."
"Plane. Are you all that right? Did they...?" He gestured to the same spot around his own eyes, watching her closely with a concerned frown.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 13, 2016 12:47:46 GMT -5
Charlie reached up and touched the spot he had indicated. "Oh..no, this is nothing. Happened last week, doesn't even hurt anymore." She glanced nervously around. "I gotta go. Good luck." And with that she was gone.
"Relax, Jane." said Juliet. "I'm not going to hurt your friends. Not yet, anyway." She paused, tilting her head a little. "I noticed the redhead has a wedding ring. Who's the lucky man?"
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 13, 2016 12:51:41 GMT -5
Jane folded her arm. Enough was enough. "Look, why don't you just get to the point here. You people kidnapped us. Why?"
Finch glanced away nervously as she left, looking down at the shovel. He limped slowly over to the spot they'd indicated but hesitated. He knew from experience that this was no easy task.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 13, 2016 19:12:56 GMT -5
"We'll get to that." said Juliet icily. "But first, I asked you a question."
No sooner had she left, Charlie came skittering back and pressed something into Finch's hands. "Almost forgot...here. Don't lose this. It'll prove you met me, you might need it. Just don't...show it to them." she said, indicating the Others who were keeping them captive. Then she walked off to her side of the clearing again and resumed digging.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 13, 2016 19:22:02 GMT -5
Finch didn't look at it, just slipped it deep into his pocket. Then he plunged the shovel into the ground, gritting his teeth to stop a grunt of pain.
Jane narrowed her eyes and pursed her lips stubbornly. "What do you care?"
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 13, 2016 19:23:40 GMT -5
"That's not your concern." said Juliet. "Now tell me who she's married to before I have to resort to more barbaric means."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 13, 2016 19:27:31 GMT -5
Jane stood, coldly silent, internally weighing what to do. On the one hand, she wanted to know, therefore she definitely should not know. But on the other hand, maybe she was just displaying her power. "You knew my name." She said finally in a stiff tone. "Why can't you just look it up?"
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 13, 2016 19:33:07 GMT -5
"We don't have that information. The wedding happened on the island, I'm assuming." said Juliet, still calm but with a hint of annoyance. "If you help us, you can live here. Out of the cage."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 13, 2016 19:34:39 GMT -5
"And my friends?" Jane wasn't buying that for a moment. They had gone to a lot of trouble to catch them they weren't letting their prisoners go that easily.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 13, 2016 19:36:02 GMT -5
"If they help us, they can go too. But there's nothing more you can do for them." said Juliet. "They all have a part to play, and as soon as they play it, they'll be free."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 13, 2016 19:38:45 GMT -5
"Sorry, I can't do that." Jane said flatly. "You see, I'm an FBI agent. So people try to trick me all the time." She folded her arms, looking Juliet in the eye. "So are we done here or what?"
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 13, 2016 19:40:45 GMT -5
Juliet nodded. "Okay then." She pulled out a taser. "Either you tell me, or I'll bring everyone we captured in here one by one until I find someone who will. I'm betting not everyone here is an FBI agent."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 13, 2016 19:43:26 GMT -5
Jane paused, looking at the taser through narrowed eyes. "You better get started." She said fiercely, looking back at Juliet. There was no turning back now.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 13, 2016 19:45:15 GMT -5
Juliet shrugged. "Okay. But this is on you." She turned to a man who stood in the corner. "Go get the kid."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 13, 2016 19:46:59 GMT -5
Jane looked startled. "What kid?" She demanded, trying to sound more suspicious than anything else.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 13, 2016 19:48:24 GMT -5
"Let's see..." Juliet pulled out a piece of paper and traced her finger down it. "Eli Wallace is his name. The college boy."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 13, 2016 19:50:34 GMT -5
Jane clenched her jaw. "What are you going to do to him?" She asked in as calm a voice as she could.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 13, 2016 19:53:24 GMT -5
"We're going to hurt him, Jane." said Juliet sharply. "And we're going to keep hurting him until he tells us what I asked you."
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 13, 2016 19:55:57 GMT -5
There was nothing left to do. Jane's green eyes were full of cold fury when she opened her mouth. "Harold. Wren." There was no point in lying.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 16, 2016 11:05:38 GMT -5
(Mini timeskip)
Juliet returned Jane to the cell and left. "Jane?" said Kurt, rushing over to her. "Are you okay?" asked Patterson.
Soon, Juliet appeared at the dig site where Finch was working. "Hello. Harold Wren, is it?" she said, approaching him. Charlie, who was a few feet away, caught sight of her and moved further away, looking nervous.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 16, 2016 11:13:28 GMT -5
"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine." Jane waved his concern away, but her eyes were still sparking with anger. "They've got Eli too. I think they were just trying to make their authority clear."
Finch straightened up slowly, back screaming in protest. His face was flushed with effort, and sweat stood out on his forehead. "Um....yes..." He managed between deep breaths, even though he had accomplished very little.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 16, 2016 12:07:02 GMT -5
Cas nodded. "What did you tell them when they threatened the boy?" he asked, still keeping a sharp eye on the hallway where Juliet had exited. "What did they want to know?"
"We need your help with something. It'll be much more your skill set, I promise." said Juliet.
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Post by ®Hawkpath® on Aug 16, 2016 12:47:42 GMT -5
"They have Root and Grace." Jane explained, both confusion and anger in her eyes. "She wanted to know who Grace married. She was very serious." Jane added, looking ashamed of herself.
Finch dropped the shovel into the pitifully dug hole and stepped out, nodding tensely and wiping sweat from his head.
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Post by <Raintalon> on Aug 16, 2016 12:54:46 GMT -5
"They'll probably use Grace as blackmail to get something from Harold." said Jack. "Maybe something of theirs needs fixed."
Juliet led Finch to the medical room window, the one overlooking Grace and Root. They were both still comatose in their beds.
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