[Sawyer returns to The Man In Black's camp and sits by Kate who is cooking something on a camp fire]
[Kate looks up at Sawyer]
KateRabbit. [Pause] I think.
Kate
What are you doing running errands for Locke?
I ain't running errands for nobody.
Kate
He said he sent you over to the other island. Did you find the plane?
Yeah I found it and that ain't the only thing over there. Guy named Widmore set up camp over on the beach. He's got a whole team with him, guys with guns, they're here for Locke.
Kate
So what are you gonna do?
I'm gonna let them fight it out. And while they got their hands full with each other [He pauses and quickly checks no one is listening] You and me are getting the hell off this Island.
Kate
Even if we could get on that plane, who's gonna fly it?
SSaywer
We ain't taking the plane Freckles. We're taking the sub.
I have to take responsibility for Claire's behaviour. I was the one who told her the Others had her baby.
Kate Austen
Why would you tell her that?
Have you ever had an enemy? Someone that you needed to hate? Very powerful, isn't it? Claire was devastated without Aaron. She needed something to... something to keep her going. So, I gave her something to hate. And then... when you told her the truth... all those feelings, all that anger that she'd been holding on to for so long... it had to go somewhere.
Kate Austen
Very insighful... coming from a dead man.
Well, nobody's perfect. I'm sorry that this happened. And I'm sure if you give her time, everything will be alright. I promised before that I would keep everyone safe. And that means you too, Kate.
Kate
So you're the one who wrote our names on the wall?
Kate
Sun and Jin Kwon and Sayid Jarrah. You wrote their names on the wall?
Kate
Is that why they're dead?
Kate
You're sorry?
Kate
No, I wanna know why. I wanna know that Sun and Jin and Sayid didn't die for nothing.
...Come and sit down and I will tell you what they died for. I'll tell you why I chose them. And why I chose you. And I'll tell you everything you need to know about protecting this Island, because by the time that fire burns out, one of you is gonna have to start doing it. [The group gathers around] I don't really know where to start.
How about why you brought us to the Island.
I brought all of you here because I made a mistake. A mistake I made a very long time ago, and now, because of that there's a very good chance every single one of you and everyone you've ever cared about is going to die.
You call him "The Monster." But I'm responsible for what happened to him. I made him that way. And ever since then he's been trying to kill me. It was only a matter of time before he figured out how, and when he did, someone would have to replace me. And that's why I brought you all here.
Tell me something, Jacob. Why do I gotta be punished for your mistake? What made you think you could mess with my life? I was doing just fine until you dragged my ass to this rock.
No you weren't. None of you were. I didn't pluck any of you out of some happy existence. You were all flawed. I chose you because you were all like me. You were all alone. You were all looking for something you couldn't find out there. I chose you because you needed this place as much as it needed you.
Kate
Why did you cross my name off of your wall?
Because you became a mother. It's just a line of chalk in a cave. The job is yours if you want it, Kate.
There's a light at the center of this Island. You have to make sure it never goes out. That's how you protect it.
Your monster friend said there's nothing to protect it from.
You have to protect it from him. You must do what I couldn't. What I wasn't able to do.
You want us to kill him. Is that even possible?
I hope so, because he is certainly going to try to kill you.
So...how are you gonna pick?
I'm not going to pick, Hugo. I'm going to give you the one thing I was never given. A choice.
Kate
And if none of us chooses?
Then this ends very badly.
[There is a pause as everyone looks at one another]
I'll do it. This is why I'm here. This is...this is what I'm supposed to do.
Is that a question, Jack?
[Sawyer, Kate, and Hurley watch as Jacob initiates Jack as the new Island guardian]
Just when I thought that guy had a god complex before...
Kate
James...
I'm just glad it's not me.
Jacob didn't say anything to me about Desmond.
Doesn't sound like he said anything about anything.
That's kind of true, dude. He's worse than Yoda.
All right, ya'll head to your heart of the island and I'll go back and get the magic leprechaun out of that well.
If we leave a trail can you catch up with us?
[nods] Hell, yeah, I can.
[to Kate] I'd ask you along, but that'd take all of the fun out of me telling you you can't come.
Kate
[smiles] I guess I'll just have to resist the urge to follow you anyway.
Kate
Why did you take the job, Jack?
Because I was supposed to.
Kate
Why? Because some stranger wrote our names on a wall?
I took it because the island's all I've got left. It's the only thing in my life I haven't managed to ruin.
Kate
You haven't ruined anything. Nothing is irreversible.
This would be so sweet if we weren't all about to die.
[Jack's group confronts The Man in Black's group in a clearing]
Well this oughta be interesting.
Kate
[Immediately grabs Sawyer's rifle and opens fire on MIB] YOU KILLED THEM!
[MIB is not phased at all, Sawyer restrains Kate]
I'd save your bullets.[Confronts Jack] So it's you?
Jacob being who he is, I was expected to be a little more surprised. You're sort of the obvious choice, don't you think?
He didn't choose me. I volunteered.
I assume you're here to stop me?
I can't stop you. In fact I uh, I wanna go with you.
I'm sorry Jack, I think you're a little confused about what I came here to do.
No I'm not. You're going to the far side of the bamboo forest, to the place I've sworn that I'll protect. And then you think you're going to destroy the Island.
[Smiles]That's right, because that's not what's going to happen.
And what's gonna happen, Jack?
[Visibly intimidated]... How are you planning to do that?
Alright then, let's get on with it.
[holding a knife to Jack's throat] I want you to know, Jack, you died for nothing!
Kate
[shoots MIB in the back] I saved you a bullet!
[Jack gets to his feet; MIB looks out at the Island as it slowly crumbles]
[Jack kicks The Man in Black over the cliffs, killing him]
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