Episode 1: Fire & Water
A beeping could be heard from a small distance away. Her light grey eyes opened as she pushed herself out of bed. She slid along on the chair to the computer typing in something quickly and hitting the 'EXECUTE' button causing the sound of tiles filtering to fill the room. She slowly walked back over to the record player selecting a song and playing it. She slowly cleaned up all the plates and cutlery from yesterdays work. Deciding to do some exercise she hoped on the exercise bike. When she got off she was sweaty from the work so quickly hoped in the shower to was herself off ready for a new day. As she waited for her clothes to dry from the washing machine she walked over to a cabinet pulling out an injector and something which looked like medicine, she injected herself quickly and then there was a loud crash and the ceiling shook setting the record player to stop. She quickly stowed the injector away walking swiftly over to safe locked door. She spun the code pulling it open and grabbing a gun. Walking back into the main room she turned down the lights heading to the tunnel like corridor. She pulled out a large telescope which let her see up the dark tunnel. She moved the mirrors around so as to get the best view of what was happening. As she peered through the long telescope what she saw was two men looking down the long tunnel. Jack and Locke had opened the hatch.
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Jack and Locke leaned over the edge looking down the long dark tunnel that was the entrance to the hatch. Mike still kept back from the hatch worried yet intrigued at what they would find inside. 'Uh, Jack I think you should look at this.' Kate said she was looking at the inside of the hatch door. There was a word blown across it. 'Quarantined'. Jack looked at Kate 'What do you think it means?' she said carefully looking at him.
'I don't know.' He walked back over to the new formally shaped hole in the top of the hatch where Locke was still looking inside. He picked up a rock dropping it in, after a few seconds they heard a small crash meaning the stone had reached the floor. 'We're not getting in here.' He said looking at Locke.
'What?' Locke said looking at him.
'The whole reason we blew this open was to get everyone safely inside. The ladder is broken after the first to rungs. Unless you want to carry everyone of us in through that hole, we're not going in.'
'But we went all that way to get inside.' Mike said looking at Jack his curiosity taking over.
'I'm sorry Mike but we can wait until morning.' Jack said standing up and picking up his rucksack.
'If we don't do it Lauren would have died for nothing.' Mike said not backing down and staring at Jack, Jack turned around looking at him sympathetically.
'I agree with Mike, Jack.' Locke said looking at him.
'You know what Locke. Do what you want. But I'm going back to the caves and tell everyone what's going to happen.' Jack said angrily to him turning around and walking off.
'Hey! Wait up.' Hurley said quickly running after him.
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The sky was as dark as the water and Michael's screams had faded to quiet moans. They had luckily climbed onto a bit of the wreckage from the blown up raft. But Jin was nowhere to be seen. Sawyer cupped his arm close to him the bullet wound in his arm seeping blood. He put two fingers into the wound and growled in agony as he pulled the bullet out with his bare hands. Finn had to look away, what had just happened. The Others has attacked them again. First they take Quinn and now Walt, who or what next. Finn thought about Quinn wondering if he'd ever see her again. He never wanted to lose her at all. How stupid could he have been to fight with her in the first place.
'This is all your fault.'
Finn looked up seeing Michael glaring at Sawyer. Finn kept quiet not wanting to cause an argument.
'Excuse me?' Said Sawyer looking around at Michael.
'This is all your fault! If you hadn't shot that flare!'
'Hey if I hadn't shot that flare there would be no way of us getting rescued!' Sawyer retorted.
'They took my son!'
'I got a bullet in my arm trying to save your damn kid! The French chick said they were coming for the kid, I think they came.' he said loudly looking angrily at Michael.
'My son was taken because of you!'
'It wasn't the flare, they found us because they were trying to find us.'
'Guys calm down. This isn't gonna help anyone.' Finn said trying to stop things before they got worse.
'Get off my raft.' Michael said.
'Sorry?' Sawyer questioned him.
'Get off my raft!' Michael said louder looking Sawyer in the eyes.
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'I thought you'd be brainier Finn!' Carole shouted.
'She makes me happy!' Finn argued back at her.
'But really getting engaged?' Carole said watching him closely.
Finn watched her walking over to the counter sitting down. 'It was just an idea.'
'I bit of a silly idea. Sorry honey.' She said walking over to him placing a hand on his shoulder.
'I just love her you know.'
'I know you. And Finn,' She said making him look up at her. 'When you're older you can ask her to spend the rest of your life. And she would be crazy to say no.' Carole put her arms around Finn hugging him tightly.
'Thanks ma.' He said letting go of her and hopping off the counter. 'I'm gonna go wash up for dinner.' He walked swiftly out of the kitchen and round to the stairs nearly knocking into Kurt. 'Whoa Kurt.'
'Sorry Finn.' Kurt said looking into thin air.
'You alright?' Finn said looking at Kurt carefully.
'Uh yeah...' He said looking at Finn and smiling, 'So you and Quinn are getting close again yeah?'
'Yeah, I think she feels the same way as I do.'
'You'll never know unless you ask her.' Said Kurt standing up smiling and walking upstairs.
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Rachel held Quinn close to her as they finally reached back to the caves. She still hadn't spoken from when they found her. Charlie walked with the baby in his arms as they entered the caves everybody looked at them. First they realised Claire's baby and they cheered and then they saw Quinn and everything fell silent. No one knew what to say they just stared at her blankly. Quinn just looked back at them all bags under her eyes from the stress she still felt. She mumbled something to Rachel.
'Sorry?' Rachel said looking at her again.
'Where's Finn?' Quinn said louder.
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'Fine.' Sawyer said as he put his arm over the side of the small piece of wreckage swaying the piece over to another bit floating in the same direction.
'Stop moving.' Said Michael but Sawyer didn't listen. 'Stop moving.' Michael said again.
'Hey stop moving!' said Finn hitting Sawyer on the back lightly but causing Sawyer to move more violently causing the bamboo wreckage to start breaking apart.
'I told you to stop moving!' Michael said loudly trying to keep still on the piece that was still together.
'I did, and then this jackass goes and hits...'
'Hey look!' Finn said pointing into the distant blackness.
'What you looking at Frankenteen?' Sawyer said looking to where he was pointing.
'Look there you can see the metal in the moonlight... It's a pontoon from the raft!' Finn said more excitedly thinking it better to be on something that floated easily then breaking wreckage.
'You know what I think he's right.' Said Michael looking at it., Sawyer grumbled as he turned over looking into the distance. He saw the glint of the metal in the moonlight turning to Michael and Finn.
'Take this.' He said pulling out the gun and handing it to Finn.
'Wait what?' said Finn taking the gun reluctantly.
'I'm going for the pontoon.' He said gruffly looking at him. Michael didn't say anything still glaring at Sawyer.
'Go on then.' He said.
'Fine.' Sawyer said diving into the water and swimming over to the pontoon. His arm was still bleeding deeply into the water. Finn and Michael sat on the piece of wreckage watching the water carefully. And they saw something moving in the water. Suddenly a shark's fin protruded from the water swimming towards Sawyer fast.
'What?' Finn said watching it carefully. 'Sawyer!' Finn shouted holding up the gun and pulling the trigger shooting at the shark. The shark and Sawyer both fell below the surface and disappeared in the darkness. 'Sawyer? Sawyer!'
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He walked down the busy corridor looking over the crowds of students seeing Quinn blonde hair over by her locker. He walked swiftly over there smiling widely. As he approached her she turned around and saw him, his smile grew as he saw her but hers didn't. Finn didn't let this stop him and continued towards her. She turned back to the locker as he walked over saying 'Hey.'
'Hey,' she said quietly sorting things out in her locker.
Finn held her hand lightly her grip on his loose. 'So I was thinking...'
'Finn I have to go I'm late.'
'Can we not talk quickly first?'
'Fine.' She said sharply turning to face him.
'I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I can't live without you, I want and need you in my life.' He stopped hoping she would say anything. She just looked at him her eyes looked watery as if she had been or was about to start crying. 'What do you think?'
'What do you mean what do I think?'
'I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you.'
'Finn I don't ... I don't know.' She said looking away from him. 'I need to go, I'm sorry.' She said as she slowly walked off Finn still grabbed a hold of her hand bringing her back.
'I won't give up on us.' He said looking at her worriedly. Tears had started falling down her cheeks as she pulled her hand out of Finn's and ran off down the corridor.
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They made their way back to the caves slowly Jack thinking of how to explain what was happening to everyone. 'Hurley, before the hatch blew up you said the numbers were bad.'
Hurley looked at Jack carefully. 'No I didn't.' He lied.
'What did you mean?' Jack stopped just outside the caves looking at him.
'Umm... well..' Hurley started and then they heard noise from inside the cave.
'Why would she lie?' Brittany said.
'Cause she's got a screw lose. She started the fire herself!' Charlie said.
'Charlie she was only trying to save her daughter.' Rachel's voice spoke over the low murmur.
'And you think that's ok to take someone else's child?' Charlie began to talk when Jack came in, 'Jack.' He said looking at him. Everyone turned around slowly, Rachel still comforting Quinn.
'What were you talking about?' He said then his eyes landed on Quinn. 'You're back.'
Quinn looked up at Jack and then back down her eyes watery and unfocused. 'We found her at the black smoke.' Rachel said.
Jack looked at her confused. 'What? You went there?'
'The French woman took Claire's baby!' Charlie shouted over everyone sat next to Claire.
'We went to get him back, and we found Quinn there too.' Sayid said more calmly from near the front of the caves. 'What about the hatch Jack?'
Jack thought quickly about what to say, how to explain what was going on. 'We can't get everyone down there tonight. Tomorrow morning we will get everybody down there ok?'
There was a low murmur of agreement as everyone dispersed slightly keeping within the caves. Tina walked slowly up to Jack 'Where's Mike?'
'He's still at the hatch with Kate and Locke.'
'Ok,' she said turning to head away but then she remembered, 'What about Lauren?'
'She didn't make it back with us.' Jack said slowly looking down. Tina watched him carefully saddened by the news walking slowly back over to Quinn and Rachel.
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Locke was still peering through the hatch looking down to find a way to get in. Kate stood beside him looking around for something to us. 'Hey Mike can you pass me that rope?'
'Huh?' Said Mike looking behind him and spotting the rope, 'Oh ok.' He walked over to the long piece of rope handing it to Kate. She walked over to Locke and Mike followed
'What about using this?' she passed the rope to him carefully.
'I could harness you both in.'
'Sounds like a plan.' Kate said looking at Mike. 'Are you alright with this?'
'Umm... Yeah.'
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Brittany was looking around worriedly. She walked towards the back of the caves and all around looking for something. 'Has anyone seen Vincent?' she asked a woman close to her.
'No sorry.'
'Vincent the dog, have you seen him?' She said to someone else with the same reply back she headed to go out of the caves when Sayid stopped her.
'Where are you going?' he said looking at her.
'I've lost Walt's dog.' She said walking out.
Sayid followed her swiftly. 'I don't think you should go out there looking for him now.'
'The one thing anybody asked me to do was look after this dog and I lose him. I can't tell Walt that.' She continued walking determined into the jungle. 'Vincent?' she called out and there was a shaking in the bushes as he came running out looking at her happily. He sat a little away from her as if taunting her.
'I'll circle round the back.' Sayid said.
'Ok.' Brittany replied walking slowly towards the dog as Sayid tried to get around him. Just before Sayid got to him the dog ran off into the trees again Sayid ran after him calling his name. 'Sayid!' Brittany shouted following swiftly after him. She tripped over a small knot on the ground looking up 'Sayid?' She shouted again and then she heard whispers. She looked around swiftly not knowing what was happening and then she moved back. Walt was stood in front of her dripping wet. He held up a finger to his lips telling her to be quiet. 'Walt?' she said confused and worried.
'Brittany!' Sayid shouted from within the trees running back to her, she looked over her shoulder to where Sayid was coming from and when she looked back, Walt was gone.
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Locke had lifted Kate into the hatch and had just started lifting Mike through the long tunnel. 'Is everything ok down there?' Locke shouted down to them.
'It's alright Locke!' Kate shouted back up. 'Wait stop!' she shouted worrying Mike.
'What's going on?' Mike said looking down at her carefully. There was a small noise as if a door was opening.
'I think there's something down here!' Kate shouted back up as a blinding light filled the tunnel blinding Locke. He gripped tightly onto the rope not knowing what to do as slowly and harshly the rope was pulled through his hands cutting them raw. The pulling stopped as suddenly as it started he pulled the rope back up easily Mike and Kate nowhere to be seen. 'Mike! Kate!' he shouted again leaning over the open hatch way. 'Kate!' he shouted again but with no reply.
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'I know what I saw.' Brittany was saying in the middle surrounded by people. 'I saw Walt.'
'Brittany don't.'
'I know what I saw.' She said more determined.
'Has something happened to the raft?' Rachel asked worriedly.
'Nothing has happened to the raft.' Sayid said calmly.
Jack was checking on Quinn whilst this discussion happened. 'What happened to you?' he asked her sympathetically.
'They said they were doing experiments.' She said trying to remember everything that happened.
'Ok.' Jack said looking in her eyes. 'Did you receive any form of shock when you were there? It looks like your suffering from shock.' He said moving away from her a little to give her room Quinn burst into tears. Rachel ran quickly over to her.
'What did you say?' Rachel looked alarmed.
Jack leaned in closer. 'Quinn what did they do to you.'
'I killed him.' She said quietly. 'I KILLED HIM!' she shouted louder and the whole cave fell to an uncomfortable hush. Jack looked scared at Quinn. 'Ethan. I killed him.' Quinn said tears still streaming down her cheeks. Rachel put an arm around her hugging her tightly. Jack quickly walked away.
'Where are you going Jack?' Rachel asked.
'I'm going down there.'
'What about waiting till morning and everything?'
'I need to make sure everything's ok with the ones that went down there.'
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'Sawyer?' Finn shouted again as they heard a gasp of air and saw a hand fling over the back side of the pontoon. Finn smiled reluctantly as Sawyer clambered onto it.
'Somebody order a pontoon.' He said. Finn and Michael quickly ushered the water aroung the wreckage that still just hung together towards the pontoon clambering on too.
'Hey Finn.' Sawyer said and Finn looked at him. 'Good shot.'
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Finn was about to walk out of the school and home when he saw Quinn she was sat on one of the benches looking at him. As he turned around to walk to her she stood up walking over to him and kissing him softly on the lips. 'I...' Finn started but Quinn shushed him kissing him again.
'I love you. There is no one else in the world that is more important to me. I never want to be without you.' Finn smiled hugging Quinn tightly as she hugged him looking over his shoulder.
'We will be together ... always.'
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Jack had clambered down via the rope into the long tunnel. Locke and the others were nowhere to be seen above so he assumed they were inside. As he made his way along the tunnel like corridor holding his gun close to him, he saw mirrors moving to face towards him he looked in them carefully as he turned around a corner. Locke stood there looking at him.
'Where's Kate and Mike?' Jack said pointing his gun towards Locke.
'Put the gun down.' Said a female voice as a hand appeared next to Locke's head holding a gun to him. 'Put the gun down or I'll blow his head off.' She said again moving to behind Locke so she could get a glimpse at Jack. Jack stared at the woman carefully his eyes widened when he got a better look at her.
'You?'
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The sun had risen slowly as the pontoon floated back towards the island. 'Home sweet home.' Sawyer said sarcastically as the pontoon beached itself. They all clambered off Sawyer laying on the sand. Michael and Finn looked around carefully as they heard a noise coming from the jungle. Sawyer turned over as they heard a voice shouting their names it was Jin. 'Michael! Sawyer! Finn!' he shouted as he came running through the bamboo trees. His hands were tied up with a small stick behind him he ran collapsing in front of them speaking fast in Korean.
'What happened?' Finn asked looking at him. Jin just stared at them each in turn and said one word.
'Others.' They all looked around to what he said and they saw not too far in the distance 5 or 6 people walking towards them each branded with a club.