[For Auggie] Jan. 14: Just what God needs, one more victim

When Kate wakes to a quiet hut instead of a creaky Victorian house, sun on her face instead of frozen toes, she's not sure whether to freak the fuck out, or just enjoy it. Roll and stretch proves she's back to boyshorts and t-shirts and enjoying it wins out. Too bad Declan's not here to enjoy warm naked skin without piles of blankets.

Later.

She rolls out of bed and throws on cutoffs and a tank, straps a blade on her thigh in case the change set the dinosaurs free, pulls on her boots and five minutes later she's on her way to the Compound for breakfast and to get any news she needs. Plus see if Declan left her anything interesting in her mailbox last night. Sometimes he does.

Half an hour and a shower later, there's nothing there and she drops in to grab breakfast. She's not due at the Children's Office today, so there's coffee, lots of coffee, in mugs, oh god, in her future. Then maybe she'll find Steve about starting up training and surfing lessons again.

She's just got her first cup when she spots Auggie looking kind of out of sorts. Maybe he's having trouble with readjusting or something? "Hey, gorgeous," she calls across to him. "Want some coffee?"

[For Druitt, Archie] Jan. 14: Every finger in the room is pointing at me

As soon as Kate ditches Auggie, she stops by the clothes box to swap out shorts for something with more coverage. She gets lucky or maybe the box knows she'll set fire to it or who the fuck knows but it coughs up a pair of cargos.

She thinks about stopping by the Psych Office to ask Will where he thinks Druitt would be right now, first day on the island as an island and all that profiler hoodoo Will's so good at. But it's a waste of time. She's the one who's been tracking him. So she's the one who knows his movements best. Chances are, he'll do like most of the new people. Come here to the Compound, get food, get oriented. If not, she'll get Declan and start a search.

It's amazing how fast she can find someone she's been avoiding since he got to the island when she puts her mind to it. It's not ten minutes before she finds him in the hall by the men's bathroom. Gaze narrowed and eyes flat mean, Kate stalks up to him. "We need to talk." The now is very much implied. So's the, and that's not a request.