<em>~ Maddi pulling back and taking stock ~</em><br/><br/>Maddi listened intently, but she couldn't hear it again, she could have sworn that just for a second........  she listened even harder, but still nothing.  She shook her head, "Sorry, nothing, I thought just for a moment I heard a woman's voice, I probably imagined it."<br/><br/>She hugged Kira briefly and then held her hand, "Oh Kira, I'm sorry, everything's just so mixed up, please sweetie, we need to be there for each other. I'm not even sure we're doing the right thing crashing about the island trying to look for Lizzie, what if she goes back to camp?  I mean I haven't left a message for her or anything and she won't know where we are – we could all of just end up going round in circles............"<br/><br/>She let go and turned away from her, her eyes welling up with tears, she knew she had to be strong, but it was so dam hard – just for once she'd like to be the one who was cared for, looked after.  She had seen the look in Tony's eyes, it was always the same, Kira and Lizzie were the ones they cared about.  She ought to have come to terms with it by now, she thought she had, until that bastard James  had ripped her heart open again.<br/><br/>She brushed the tears away with the back of her hand, she'd just have to cope, like she always did, 'Good old fucking Maddi,' she thought bitterly.  She turned, and taking a breath she'd made up her mind, it was up to Kira whether she agreed and went with her, she was her own person, with her own decisions to make, it was enough right now dealing with it all herself.  "I'm going back to camp, so if Lizzie comes back I'll be there for her, you do what you think is best." And with that she turned back down the path to the beach, and walked with what looked like steady confidence back to the beach.