Illusions of the island *A LOST fanfic*

Chapter 57: The strangest of places

Juliet was groggy and her mouth was dry. What she wanted was a glass of water and something to help her sleep. She felt the baby frantically kicking just below her ribcage. She tensed when she heard Doctor Brezel's voice.

"Good to see your finally awake Juliet. Here are some clean clothes for you, and the showers just in there. Dinner's on the table when you're ready."

Doctor Brezel left the room and Juliet quickly barricaded herself in the bathroom. She was trying to look for an escape route. There was a tiny window above the shower stall, but she couldn't fit through it. Juliet was focused on finding a way out of this predicament. She placed a hand over her belly and she felt a tiny hand press against hers.

"Don't worry baby girl. Mommy will get us out of this and back home to daddy, Cara and Hayley."

The shower felt refreshing, and for a few minutes, she forgot that she was being held hostage by a doctor who admittedly lost his mind. Picking up the clothes sitting on the
countertop, Juliet noticed it was a purple dress.

"He wants me to wear this?"

Taking the dress, Juliet slipped it over her head and looked at herself in the mirror.

"Well, there's still time to figure a way out of this mess."

Shutting the light off in the bathroom, Juliet found herself exiting the sparsely decorated bedroom and went down a hallway. Wandering a bit, she finally found the kitchen. Doctor Brezel had his back to Juliet and was chopping up carrots. He turned his head slightly and smiled.

"Don't you look beautiful Tracy."

Tracy? She froze when she felt a kiss to the back of her neck. Juliet knew she had to play along. Her and the baby's life depended on it. Doctor Brezel apologized and spun Juliet
around, taking her hand and leading her to the kitchen table.

"I'm sorry sweetheart. I know you find that irritating, especially right now with the baby coming and all. So, have we decided on which names we wanted to use? Our list of girl's names are longer than the boys."

Juliet pitied Doctor Brezel for a moment, but then remembered he was not in his right frame of mind. She stuck her hand in the pocket of the dress and in her hand, came a piece of folded yellow paper. Unfolding it, she looked at the list of names.

"Courtney, Jennifer, Edith, Elisabeth, Eliza, Jane, Alma, Isabella. I like all these names except for Edith. Honey."

The last word tasted bitter in her mouth. She needed to get out of here. Sean Brezel wasn't a stable person at all. He smiled at Juliet as he set a plate of food down in front of her.

"You need your strength Trace. I mean that."

Juliet couldn't deny that she was hungry. But how can I be sure it's not laced with drugs? Taking a bite of carrot from her plate, Juliet decided it was ok. The two ate their meal in silence. Juliet all the time inconspicuously looking for a way to escape.
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She made sure the entire house was quiet and made her way out of the bedroom. Juliet was surprised that Brezel had left the room unlocked. She quickly and quietly crept down the hallway, careful not to make a sound as she did so. Now at the front door, she opened it up and went outside. Making her way down the driveway, she didn't recognize where she was at. She knew she had to get as far away from this house as she could. So, she walked until she found a gas station. Walking inside, she got the clerk's attention.

"Listen to me very carefully, I need you to call the police. There is a man a few blocks away. He's following me. I think he's trying to kidnap me."

The clerk was quick to pick up the phone and dial 9-1-1. As sirens began to sound a few minutes later, the clerk took a chair from behind the counter and gave it to Juliet. He stayed with her. The only question he asked was a strange one.

"Where's your shoes?"

Cops came into the store a few minutes later and saw Juliet. Taking her work id out from her pocket, she handed it to the cop in charge.

"Doctor Burke. Do you need medical assistance?"

Juliet nodded and tried not to move in the chair. Another cop asked her a different question.

"Where is the man who took you?"

She felt the room begin to spin, this was just too much to process at once. A few sets of hands lowered her to the floor and she looked around herself confused. The cop that had taken her id spoke to her, trying to keep her attention on him.

"Stay with me Juliet. Help is on the way."
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"Where is she?"

Jack would always see Juliet as a surrogate sister. He had Claire, but he also saw Juliet as a sister. The nurse at the triage desk, looked down the bridge of her nose over her glasses. She sighed.

"Room 335 Doctor Shephard."
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Juliet was frantic when she woke. James was there to take her in his arms.

"It's alright blondie. I've got ya. Everything's all right now. That Psycho is never going to hurt you again."

She felt embarrassed that she was acting so childish, but considering what she'd just been through, she had every right.

To Be Continued...