Jack sighed with relief; softly enough that it did not catch the attention of the remaining team. It was a mark of Ron's nerves that he did not even think to check the batteries or find another way of contacting Ben, and this was what Jack had been hoping for. He was confident he had repaired as much damage as possible, and was now just waiting for Kate and Brett to arrive before he would be prepared to sew Christian up.

A loud beeping sounded from a room nearby and a hysterical woman burst through their door, clutching a walkie talkie close to her ashen face.

"This is currently as sterilized operating- " Jack began, but the woman cut him off with a high pitched,

"DEAD! Ben is dead!"

Colour seemed to drain from the faces around Jack, most appeared in shock, the only woman in the team putting her head in her hands. They all uttered 'HIM' quietly and almost at the same time.

"Him? Who's him?" Jack demanded. The hysterical woman looked closed to blabbing, but then slid down the wall, shaking her head. Before Jack had time to say more, the door burst open again and the sight made Jack tingle all over with relief. There in the doorway, followed by a man and a young boy, was the woman he loved.

But as soon as the door had closed another beeping sounded, this time coming from the machines attached to Ben.

"His BP and heart rate are dropping fast,"

"What?! No! He can't – YOU LEFT IT TOO LONG!" Ron screamed at Jack.

"Maybe you should have LEFT MY PEOPLE ALONE!" Jack spat.

'We only needed your people to help ours. Our women were dying in pregnancy, every time-"

" So you thought you'd use ours did you? Do a little medical testing? WHO CARES IF THERES A LITTLE MEMORY LOSS ALONG THE WAY?" Jack fumed.

"It was a mild drug, it wears off. Especially in the case of Kate, quite feisty this one, guess you'd have to be to kill -" Ron explained frantically, clearly hoping that this would somehow encourage Jack to keep operating.

"Shut up!" yelled Kate, speaking for the first time.

"DON'T YOU DARE TALK ABOUT KATE LIKE YOU KNOW HER!" Jack roared.

In Jack's yelling, no-one had noticed that Christian was flat-lining. All of a sudden the machine went dead. All of the team, and the now quiet woman who had brought the news of Ben's death fell to their knees, heads in hands and some moaning softly.

"Cecilia. You know what to do," Ron choked.

"The panic button. The button," One of the women said quietly.

Jack nodded to Kate, who grabbed Brett and they sprinted out of the room, banging the door behind them. No-one even called out to stop them as they ran up the tunnel that led to the outside of the half buried hatch building. Once they reached the outside, the sun shining and the grass under their feet, Kate and Brett slowed down.

"No. Keep running." Jack demanded. Jack began to slow once they had reached a fair distance away from the hatch and the surrounding houses. No sooner had they stopped, an almighty bang issued through the forest and huge flame ball exploded out of the hatch.

"They blew it up.." said Brett, shocked.

"I had a feeling that might have been what the 'panic button' was," Jack said grimly.

Almost as if it was a signal, one by one the surrounding houses began to explode.

"She was in that house," Brett said, his voice shook as he spoke and he walked away from them a little.

"We would have been in those houses if it wasn't for you Jack," Kate said, tears rolling down her face.

Jack put his arms around her small sobbing frame.

"I would never let that happen to you Kate."

"I don't deserve it," She whispered.

"Why?" Jack asked, silently hoping he might finally get answers about some of Kate's past.

"I blew up my mum's boyfriend in her house, it exploded just like these ones. He used to beat her Jack, she wouldn't leave him.." Kate voice was choked with sobs.

"Protecting the ones we love can cause us to do stupid things, it was a mistake Kate," Kate burst into fresh tears and buried her face further into Jack's chest.

"Hey, it's alright. It's ok. It's gonna be ok. This is our fresh start, remember?" Jack reassured, patting her on the back slightly. She nodded and broke away, wiping her eyes.

"Brett?" Kate called, "Are you ok?"

"Its ok, I never belonged there," he said, walking back to them.

"He explained everything to me, and don't worry Brett, you'll fit right in at our camp..we used to have a boy about your age, Walt. But he- " Kate stopped, looking for the right words.

"Hopefully he and his father have escaped here, they had a boat. Hopefully they have gone home." Jack finished.

"I don't know where home is," Brett replied sadly.

"I promised I would rescue you Brett, and you'll always have a home with me," Jack smiled.

"With us," Kate added, looking up at a Jack.

"You remember everything?" Jack asked.

"Everything," Kate whispered.

Jack smiled, thinking how beautiful she was as he leaned down and took her in a passionate kiss.

Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste
It all revolves around you
And there's no mountain too high
No river too wide
Sing out this song I'll be there by your side
Storm clouds may gather
And stars may collide
But I love you until the end of time

THE END

A/N: Yeah, Yeah, its really fluffy and probably unbelievable…. I had to end it somehow and I had no idea! Lol. But I don't care, I still like it. I hope you guys do too. Isolated is officially over! Please review; it'd be especially lovely seeing as this is my last chapter!

Much love xo

Lyrics from "Come What May" - Ewan McGregor Nicole Kidman