Diclaimer: I do not own Lost or any of its characters
Marie stood in line waiting to be checked in. She was behind an Asian man and she could hear an American man arguing with the woman at the desk. 'This is going to take a while.' She thought. The man had been arguing with the woman for ten minutes already and he now sounded like he was going to cry. About five minutes later, he was finally done and the line moved forward again.
"Next!" she heard a man behind the desk call; Marie moved over to stand in front of him and handed him her ticket and passport.
"How are you doing today Miss Widmore?" he asked entering her information
"I am doing fine, Thank you." She said with a smile
"There are apparently no open seats in first class. Are you alright with a seat in coach?"
"Yes that is fine. As long as I can get to where I need to be any seat is fine." She said
"Alright, then here is your boarding pass. Have a good flight."
Marie walked over to her gate and checked in before heading to the bar.
"What can I get for you miss?" asked the bartender
"I'll have a fire and ice, please." She said showing him her ID.
"Coming right up."
While she waited she thought about what had brought her to Sydney and then on to Los Angeles. She was looking for the love of her sister's life, Desmond. He had gone on an around the world race hosted by her father and he had disappeared. Marie liked Desmond because he made her sister Penny happy. He had been missing for three years but neither one had given up hope of finding him. She was distracted from her thought by her phone.
"Hello?"
"Mare, it's Pen. Did you find him?" asked her sister.
"No. I am on my way to LA to start my search there. We'll find him Pen. I know we will." Marie said in a comforting voice.
"I know but we have been looking everywhere and there is not a trace of him anywhere."
"Please don't lose hope Penny. Everything will turn out alright, you'll see."
"You're right of course little sister. Now tell me your flight information so that I know where you are."
"I am on Oceanic flight 815 from Sydney to Los Angeles. I'll call you when I land so that you know that I am safe."
"Alright, I will talk you then. I love you Marina."
"I love you too. Penelope."
"Bye ."
"Bye."
Marie hung up the phone and took a sip of her drink. She pulled her sketchbook out of her bag and flipped to the one of Penny and Desmond. She was working on the finishing touches of Desmond's face.
"That's very good." Came a voice from her right.
Marie looked up and saw the man that was arguing with the woman at the desk.
"Thank you."
"Who is it if you don't mind my asking?" he said
"It's my sister and her boyfriend."
"Ah. They make a good couple." He said
"Thank you."
"I'm Jack." He said offering his hand
"Marie."
They sat in silence before a Hispanic woman joined them at the bar. She made small talk with Jack before she left talking on her phone.
Marie packed her things when she heard her boarding call and made her way over to the doorway. She found her seat, put her bag in the overhead compartment minus her sketchbook and IPod, and took her seat. She waited until they were up in the air before she started up her IPod. For the next six hours, she worked on several different sketches that she hadn't had a chance to complete.
She looked up when she felt the first big jolt. She uncurled her legs from under her and placed her sketchbook in the pocket of the chair in front of her before buckling her seatbelt. The jolts where getting worse and worse as every second went by. She grabbed the oxygen mask when it fell from the ceiling and put it on she heard the tail section break off before she passed out.
The first thing she was aware of was the sound of someone screaming. As she opened her eyes she saw that she was laying on a beach surrounded by plane wreckage, luggage, and people. She pushed herself up with her arms and tried to get to her knees but one of her legs wouldn't hold her weight. Looking down she saw a piece of the plane had embedded itself into her right leg. She saw Jack running around trying to help everyone and figured she would get herself out of the way until he could get to her.
"Son of a bitch!" she heard a blonde man say in response to a man being sucked into the still running engine.
"Hey!" she called out to him. He turned to look at her. "Can you help me get over there until and out of the way until the doctor is free?"
"Sure thing Sweet cheeks." He said as he picked her up being careful of her leg. He set her down so that her back was against one of the trees.
"Thanks." She said as he walked off.
Marie watched the chaos started to calm down as the hours passed. As it got dark she saw Jack walking out of the woods with a dark haired woman.
"Jack!" she called
Jack looked around and spotted Marie and paled when he saw the piece of the plane sticking out of her leg
"Why didn't you get my attention earlier?" he asked as he looked at her leg. "Kate can you go get the thread, needle, alcohol, and two more people that can help hold her down?"
"Sure." She said running off
"How bad is it?" Marie asked when it was just the two of them
"Well you need stitches once I pull this out but it doesn't appear that the bone is broken or that it hit any major arteries." He said
"Did anyone ever tell you that your beside manner needs some work?" she asked with a smile
Before he could respond, Kate returned with everything Jack had asked for including a black man and a Middle Eastern man.
"Ok. What I need you two to do is to help me move her into a laying position and then one of you needs to hold her shoulders down while the other holds down her other leg." Jack said
The three of them moved her into a good position before getting into position themselves.
"I'm Marie." She said looking up at the Middle Eastern man.
"Sayid." He said.
"Michael." Said the other man down by her leg.
"Kate can you find a stick and pull the bark off?" Jack asked. She came back a few minutes later and handed him a good-sized stick. "Marie put this in your mouth, bite down, and get ready." He said handing her the stick
Marie bit down on the stick and felt Sayid's hands on her shoulders and Michael's on her good leg. Jack gave no warning and just pulled out the piece of metal. It hurt like a bitch! The pain was like nothing she had ever felt before. Sayid kept the gentle pressure on her shoulders while Jack stopped the bleeding and stitched her up.
"There." He said as she was helped to sit up.
"Bloody hell! That hurt." She said in a strained voice.
"I want you to stay off your leg as much as possible so if you need something ask. Ok?" said Jack
"You got it Jack." Marie said
"I'll take you over here for now." Said Sayid as he picked her up and carried her over to the signal fire. Marie fell into a pained sleep a little while later.
She woke-up a few hours later to the sound of something in the forest. Whatever it was, it was big and loud. Marie fell into an uneasy sleep a few hours later.
She spent the majority of the next day near the signal fire with Sayid before the blonde man that had helped her the day before picked a fight with him. Jack came running out of the jungle with Kate and another guy to break up the fight.
"Hey! Break it up!" Jack yelled. "That's it. It's over!"
"You want some more of me boy!" The blonde man yelled.
"Tell everyone what you told me! Tell them that I crashed the plane!" Sayid yelled.
"What is going on?" Jack asked. Sayid man yelled something in Arabic, which was probably in insult. "What's going on!?" Jack repeated.
"Look, my kid found these in the jungle." Michael said as he pulled out handcuffs from his pocket.
"And this guy was sitting in the back row of business class the whole flight, never got up. Hands folded underneath the blanket. And for some reason, just pointin' this out, the guy sitting next to him didn't make it!" The Blonde man said.
"Thank you so much for reserving my behavior." Sayid said sarcastically.
"Don't even think that I didn't see them pull you out of line before we boarded." Sayid lost it again and tried fighting but Michael pulled him back.
"Stop!" Kate yelled. "We found the transceiver but it's not working. Can anybody help?"
"Yes." Sayid said. "I might be able to."
"Great! Perfect! Lets trust this guy!" The blonde man said.
"Hey! We're all in this together man. Lets treat each other with a little respec-" A big man was saying before the blonde man interrupted.
"Shut up Ardo!"
"Hey! Give it a break." Jack said.
"Whatever you say Doc. You're the hero." The blonde man said with a grimace look in his eye.
"You guys found the cockpit?" A dark haired man asked. Jack nodded.
"Any survivors?" I noticed Kate give the small blonde man a weird look.
"No." Jack replied. Kate was talking to Sayid about the transceiver.
Sayid came back over to the signal fire and got to work on the transceiver. The big man followed him over and sat down with us.
"I'm Hurley." he said leaving his hand out for Sayid to shake.
"Sayid." He replied shaking his hand.
"I'm Marie." She said when Hurley looked over at her.
Ten minutes later Kate came over to talk to Sayid.
"Is it working?" Kate asked.
"It seems to be. But we're not picking up a signal." Sayid said.
"Why do we need to pick up a signal? Aren't we sending one?" Kate asked.
"Yes but what you want to see here is little bars." Sayid said pointing to the transceiver. "The bars would show the radio's getting reception."
"We need the bars." Kate said confirming.
"Hoping that someone, maybe a ship will pick up our distress call. But that would be a waste of the battery, which might not last for long." Sayid said. "But there is one thing we can try."
"What?" Kate asked.
"Seeing if we can get a signal from high ground."
"How high?" Sayid looked up on top of the mountains, as did Kate.
'It looks like I am spending the night alone' thought Marie as she watched Kate and Sayid get ready for the hike. They were joined by several other people before they managed to leave.
"How's your leg?" she heard from behind her.
Turning to look she saw a bald man coming toward her
"It's fine. Still hurts a little but it is getting better." She said as he sat down next to her.
"John Locke." He said holding out his hand
"Marina Widmore." She replied grabbing his hand.
They sat in comfortable silence for a while before Jack walked over with a pair of crutches.
"I found these in the plane wreckage so you can use them to get around if you need to," He said setting the crutches down next to her. "you might still need some help getting to your feet but after that you should be fine to move around."
"Thanks Jack. This will be a great help." She said giving him a smile.
She ate the dinner that Hurley had brought over for her before she turned in for the night.
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