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Episode 1: Given to Fly

Leo's eyes opened sharply, as all he could see was the clear, blue sky, with his view slightly obstructed by the trees hanging over him. He was on his back, and though he knew he was probably somewhere in the middle of a jungle, he felt weightless, as if he was floating.

Where am I?

Suddenly, a wave of feeling returned to Leo's body, as normal pins and needles turned into a mass shock of pain in his left side. Knowing what would happen if he succumbed to the pain, Leo knew he had to do something, anything.

Calm down. Slow your breathing. It can't be worse than that bullet wound. Remember the bullet wound? Think about the bullet wound.

He ignored the pain by dwelling on the past, as he found he was able to move his right arm far enough to clutch the silver bullet that hung from the chain around his neck. He squeezed it inside his hand, shutting his eyes and trying to ignore the pain, until suddenly another one of his senses returned to him.

"HELP!" A high-pitched scream echoed through the trees, and Leo opened his eyes once more.

Come on Leo, you're time to shine. Do what you do best.

Leo slowly sat up, absent-mindedly brushing off the leaves from his brown jacket and wiping the dried blood from his face, until he managed to find a nearby tree to help lift himself up.

"PLEASE! HELP!" The voice called out again, as finally, Leo was standing. He looked around himself and turned around to see the front-section of the plane vertical to the ground, standing upright. He began wondering how and why he was outside of the plane, but decided to ignore this thought and head towards the plane. There were already a group of other people there helping other people out of the plane, but still the same voice was screaming.

Leo hesitated before he rushed over as he felt something hitting his side. He opened his jacket, looking at the inside of it, staring at the gun that hung in his hidden holster.

Flashback

Leo always found himself next to a little kid on plane trips.

"Mister, can I have a look out the window?" The short, blond-haired child next to Leo asked, and Leo turned to look down at the kid, raising an eyebrow.

"Sure thing." Leo replied, opening up the window screen so that the kid could see out the window. Leo moved his seat back to allowed the child to see more, taking note of the comfortableness of Oceanic's first-class seating.

I'm definitely flying Oceanic from now on.

"What happens if this plane crashes?" The kid asked, and Leo honestly couldn't answer.

"It probably won't crash." Leo replied meekly, still surprised at the kid's expression.

"Probably?" The kid asked back, and Leo simply sighed.

"Where's your parents?" Leo asked, as the columns of seats in first-class were divided into seats of two, and Leo could not see any one around him who seemed to know the kid.

"Somewhere here." The kid replied, and Leo knew he was lying.

"How did you get here?" Leo asked back.

"My parents bought me one." The kid stated simply, and Leo shook his head, knowing there was no point in asking further questions. Leo unbuckled his belt and began to stand up.

"I'll be right back, I'm just going to go to the toilet." Leo replied, and the kid nodded, letting Leo pass him and into the aisle. Leo passed the toilets as he went down the aisle, and stopped halfway down the plane.

"How's first-class?" A voice from the seats asked, and Leo turned to see an older man, with a rather good-looking brown haired woman sitting next to him.

"Couldn't be better. No problems so far, Ed?" Leo asked the man, gesturing to the woman sitting next to him. She looked at him with an expression of disgust, and Leo simply smiled and winked.

"No, none as of yet. You've been good, haven't you Kate?" Ed teased, and she looked back at him with an even more hate-filled look.

"I'll be in my comfortable seat sipping on my complimentary wine if you need me. You two don't enjoy yourselves too much." Leo joked, but before he could continue he was interrupted by a voice over the speakers in the aircraft.

"Passengers, we're experiencing a little bit of turbulence, so if you could, please make your way to your seats and put on your seatbelts." The voice called over, and Leo took that as his cue to leave.

Leo was back in the front of the plane when it happened.

Suddenly the slow shaking of the plane turned into violent rumbling, as oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling. Leo turned to his seat to find the kid had disappeared, and began looking around frantically. The other passengers ignored him, until suddenly he felt a hard jerk and the last thing Leo remembered was being thrown up into the roof of the plane.

End Flashback

Leo instantly came back to his senses, as he ran over to the plane and looked around. He went over to one of the people who was surrounding the plane and immediately questioned him.

"How many people are still inside?" Leo asked, and the man turned to him.

"I don't know exactly. The middle and back section of the airplane broke off before we crashed here, and I could guess that about half of the people in the front section are still inside there." The man explained, and Leo nodded. "It's not likely that the people still in the plane are still alive."

Leo turned to the man and just stared, before shaking his head and heading for the plane. Slowly he climbed into the plane, looking to see the bodies of people slumped in their seats. He checked pulses as he walked past, until he found one that was still beating.

Leo didn't have time to check who it was, just taking note that it was a woman, as he carefully hoisted her onto his back and began slowly descending down the plane, and taking her outside, laying her carefully down on the ground. He may not have been a doctor, but he could clearly tell that her right arm had been seriously injured.

"You know your bleeding right?" The woman stirred in his arms, and Leo looked down at her.

"You're welcome, too." Leo replied.

"You might want to get that checked." She ignored him, gesturing to his left side, and Leo stopped her just before she tried to move her right arm.

"I'll get to the doctors as soon as we get off this island, you on the other hand need more attention." Leo replied, as he turned to the man who he had talked to previously. "You! Look after her! I'm going back inside."

"I wouldn't do that!" The man replied. "The plane looks like it'll fall!"

"I'll be fine." Leo replied, as he looked around to see the chaos going around him. The woman who's voice he heard screaming before was cradling a dying man's body in her arms, there was a man laying down, crushed underneath the front section of the airplane, and there were many more people surrounding the aircraft with various injuries and problems.

"HELP ME!" The woman screamed again, and Leo decided to tend to her first.

"What is it?" Leo asked, and wondered if it came out more harshly than he could.

"My husband… Please help him!" She cried out, and Leo looked down at the man. His face was bloodied and it looked like his leg was hanging on by a thread. Leo checked his pulse and knew he was breathing his last breaths.

Not wanting to tell the woman that, he immediately knelt down and began trying to resuscitate the man, pressing down on his chest and breathing into his mouth. He continued objectively, while thoughts of why he was trying to save a lost cause ran through his mind.

"Is he breathing yet?" The woman asked, but Leo ignored her, as he the man's breathing slowed, and he knew this was the turning point. Leo knew instinctively as he continued that the man had gone already, but he still continued, finally thumping on the man's chest with his fist angrily.

"Damn!" Leo cursed. He stared at the woman, who had an equally shocked expression on her face. "Sorry." Suddenly though the attention of everyone was adverted, as a loud roar drowned out all sound.

"What the hell was that?" A voice from behind Leo called out, and suddenly they saw a tree in the distance fall down, with more and more trees following suit, slowly getting closer to where they were standing.

"Whatever it is it's coming closer!" Another voice yelled out. "What do we do?"

And without hesitation, Leo stood up. "Run. Now. Collect whatever you need, help the injured and we have to head outwards, hopefully to a beach. We'll come back here later."

The people around Leo stared at him, until one of them nodded, and started obeying his orders. Slowly, everyone joined in, and gathered what was around them and followed after him. Leo looked over the group and saw hopelessness and desperation. He said the words that he knew he couldn't guarantee.

"It's going to be alright." Leo said to the group. "But whatever that thing is, its bigger than we are, so we'd want to find somewhere to hide!" Leo began walking out into the jungle, leading the group behind him.

"Where are we going?" The injured woman he rescued from the plane before asked, and Leo turned to her, thinking of an answer as fast he could

"Safety."

A/N: Hope you all enjoyed that, now on how to submit profiles and characters, it's quite easy. It should take about the best of a minute. Just fill out this application form below...

Name: Self explanatory
Appearance: For this, just tell me the name of an actor or actress or famous person your character looks like. Think about it as what actor or actress you'd like to play your character.
Song: Just an interesting fact, for what song do you think would fit your character the best.
Reason for Redemption: Redemption is one of the central themes of Lost. Everyone has something they're running away from or something they want to hide or atone for.
Goal on the Island: What does your character hope to achieve or find on the island? Maybe simply relax, or as simple as wanting to go home.
Strengths: What is your character's main strength.
Fears: What does your character fear the most.
Previous Occupation: What your character was before the plane crash.

Here's an example, this is Leo's profile

Name: Leo Carlson
Appearance: Ryan Reynolds
Song: All These Things That I've Done – The Killers
Reason for Redemption: Experienced loss of people close to him and blames himself for it
Goal on the Island: Find Kate and the kid he sat next to, and to take care of his group.
Strength: Puts others before himself
Fears: The dark.
Previous occupation: Police officer

I'll handle everything else to do with your character, but you can always suggest various plotlines or flashbacks through reviews. So, enjoy!