Water rushed into her lungs, making them feel as if a steady stream of fire was burning inside them, threatening to stay there until her lungs burned away into nothing. Her eyes stung from the salt water as she flailed her arms as high and as fast as she possibly could, desperately trying to stay afloat, but the current was too strong. Her arms and legs ached but she didn't stop, fearing that the minute she did, the current, seeming to have a life of its own, would drag her so far down, she would never seen the sunlight again. Snapping her head to the left and the right, she saw nothing but the endless stretch of ocean. Up ahead of her, though, she saw the beach. She could still smell the smoke, hear the screams, see the bodies that surrounded everyone, constantly reminding those on the beach that they were the survivors. She faintly heard a man calling after her from the shore. Turning her head she saw him take off his shirt and run head on into the ocean, expertly swimming against the waves towards her. Expertly, as if he had done this many times before. Then it came to her. Boone, who had told her just a few hours ago that he used to be a lifeguard, was swimming towards her, but then stopped and started to get pulled under by the current as well. Her only lifeline was drowning along with her. That was when she saw a dark shadow moving from the shore. Her vision was darkening and she starting to think that she was seeing death, who was lurking around her form the shore, almost taunting her because she was the one drowning, while he was watching in the safety of land. The figure became clearer for a second while he was running towards the water, shocked and conflicted on who he was going to save. She wasn't stupid, she knew Jack Shepard had only one chance to save one person, not the both of them, and she was already dying so saving her would be pointless. She was right, Jack made his decision and went after Boone, bringing him towards land while he desperately looked back at her. Boone made it to shore and she saw him yell at Jack, survivor's guilt maybe?, and storm off before she gave one last whimper and everything went black.