Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of the TV show Lost or the island it takes place on or the airplane, yada yada, etc. etc. My own characters are completely fictional and any resemblance of any to any of you is completely unintentional unless you know me. Also would like to apologize for the time line thing. It's a little messy, but I think you'll all get it. At least I hope you will. Thanks for reading. Enjoy!
"Keith!" Tiffany screamed as she ran back and forth across the sand. "Keithie, where are you!" she screeched again as she tripped over a stray suitcase. "Keith," she yelled loudly again, trying to make herself heard over the sound of a woman's incessant screaming.
"Godamnit! Will you shut up already! You're giving me a bloody headache!" A voice from behind her screeched.
Tiffany jumped up and spit the rest of the dirt out of her mouth. "Danielle! Thank God I found you! We need to find my Keithie!"
"Yeah, not that the rest of them matter," Danielle muttered sarcastically.
They surveyed the pandemonium surrounding them on the tropical beach who's beauty, due to the chaos, was not being appreciated much at the moment. A man in a ripped suit and blood on his face was running towards another screaming woman, pregnant and sitting close to the water. They searched further with their eyes but could see no one of their own party.
"Oh shit," Danielle said slowly when she spotted a man too near to the spinning propellers of the engine. "Get down!" Danielle grabbed Tiffany's head and pulled her to the ground with her only a split second before the man was sucked into the engine which exploded with a loud boom that seemed to cancel all noise.
They sat up slowly as the noise increased steadily once more into screams of desperation. Tiffany looked with wide-eyes to her cousin. "Thanks," she said with a long exhale of air.
Danielle flipped her off, the corners of her lips twitching.
5 minutes earlier
Nickolas wiped the blood from his eyebrow, flinching at the sting of his cut. He looked through the trees warily to the sand of the beach from which he could hear a girl crying. He turned at a noise from within the jungle and saw a man running quickly through the trees towards the beach. Suddenly the crying grew louder, and he felt a pair of arms wrap around his neck chokingly.
"Nick!" The girl screeched loudly in his ear. Nickolas pushed her back and put his hand to his ear and turned to glare.
"Goddamn. No need to be so loud, Brittany!" He looked at his cousin as if she was crazy, which he was pretty sure she was, to find that she had a cut on her forehead and a bleeding lip and hand.
"Thank God I found you, Nick!" Brittany continued screeching before falling to her knees and extending her arms upwards. Closing her eyes, she began to screech even more. "Thank you so much God! Thank you for bringing Nick to me! And thank you so, so, so much again for letting me live! And thank you for letting Nick live! You're so merciful and good, God! Please let us find the rest of our family! Tiffany! Kimberly! Danielle! Josette! Sal!" She paused and opened one eye to look curiously up at the sky. She closed her eyes again and finished softly. "And if Keith is dead, I think it's alright if you let him into Heaven. Or maybe-"
"Brittany, shut up! Come on. Get up. Let's go. We have to find everyone else." He turned to go. Brittany grabbed his arm suddenly and spun him around to face her glare.
"The Lord, your God, has saved you, Nick! You have to give Him your praise and thanks now! Pray to Jesus!"
Nickolas pried his arm away from his cousin and stalked away towards the beach, saying, "Now's not the time."
Brittany stood in her spot for a moment, watching him with bewilderment, then took off after him. "Nick, wait! Wait, Nick!"
25 minutes earlier
"This is the song that never ends. Yes it goes on and on, my friends. Some people started singing it not knowing was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because." Brittany and Danielle sang in unison loudly.
Danielle turned to Brittany who continued singing. "That was the 99th verse, right Britt?" She asked her cousin.
Brittany stopped and said, with a cheery smile, "Yup!" Her eyes traveled to the man seated between her and Danielle. "Whatcha reading, stranger?" She said, snapping her fingers.
The man slouched low in his seat and glared at the words in his book he had stopped reading an hour ago. "Will you keep it down please?" The man repeated yet again.
"You have an accent, you know?" Danielle told him, leaning towards him.
He leaned away from her before he realized he was leaning towards Brittany, who was leaning towards him. He sat up ramrod straight, setting his book down. "I know I got one, Darlin'" he told her mockingly.
"It's hot," Brittany said, breaking into a giggle. "What's your name?"
"What's yours?" He reached up to press the button to beckon the stewardess when the plane gave a jerk. A moment later, the seat belt sign lit up. The man rolled his eyes before fastening his belt.
"Well, I'm Indigo." Brittany told him as she did her own seat belt. "And that over there is Willow."
"That a fact?" The annoyed man asked.
"Si, senore," Danielle told him in an Italian accent before looking nervously out the window.
A voice from behind them called out loudly. "Hey! Girls, put your seatbelts on!"
"We already did!" Both Brittany and Danielle whined loudly, piercing the ears of the man who sat between them.
He put his hands to his ears and muttered, "Goddamn."
10 minutes later
"Kim, you okay?" Josette asked her younger cousin. Kimberly sat up, tears gathering quickly in her eyes. She looked at her foot, drenched in sand and blood and began to sob, speaking incoherently in between cries. Josette shushed her. "It's okay, Kim. We're alive. It's okay." She looked worriedly towards the beach where people were screaming and crying. Kimberly quieted down enough for Josette to stand her up.
"What happened, Jo?" Kimberly asked hysterically, limping with Josette towards the beach.
"The question isn't just what happened. It's what's going to happen." Josette muttered under her breath.
Just as she turned to face the wreckage of the airplane, Sal ran up to them, looking worried. A long cut ran down his left shoulder. "Are you guys alright?" He asked.
"We're fine," Josette replied. "Have you seen the others?" They looked around quickly and spotted Nickolas and Brittany rushing towards them. Josette saw that he brother and cousin both had small cuts on their faces and arms but could also see that besides that, they were alright.
"Oh my God! Kimberly! Jo! Sal! Thank God you guys are alive! Thank you G-"
"Brittany," Nickolas said warningly. "You guys, alright?"
Josette nodded. "We still need to find Tiffany and Danielle though." They watched through the wreckage as a man in a dark suit gave CPR to a woman passed out on the sand. "This cannot be happening," Jo muttered. They all watched in disbelief as bleeding people screamed and cried.
25 minutes earlier
"Can't you help me as I'm starting to burn. All alone. Too many doses and I'm starting to get an attraction." Kimberly began singing along to the music playing from Danielle's iPod that she'd taken before takeoff. She did not realize how loud she was until Keith, her sister's boyfriend, shoved her shoulder.
She took the earphones out of her ears to glare at him in disbelief. "Can I help you, you fat lard?" She asked him in her classic airhead voice.
"Keep it down, Kim!" Tiffany exclaimed just as loudly, not taking her eyes off her surfing magazine.
Kimberly rolled her eyes and was about to put the earphones back on when she spotted a man watching them. He looked tired and had a little stubble on his face, but she'd already decided, he was hot. She smiled at him and gave him a little wave. He grinned tiredly, his cheeks tinting slightly, and gave her a small nod.
"Jeez, Kim. No need to continue being a sl-" Keith wasn't able to finish his sentence, as Kim had grabbed his hair in her hand.
"Are you sure you want to finish that?" Kim asked. When he didn't reply, she let go, tilted her head with a smile, and patted him on the head. "Good boy." She ignored another of her sister's admonishments. She began to put the earphones into her ears again when the plane gave a jerk and a shudder. The seat belt light flashed on a moment later, scaring the girl out of her wits for just a second. They began buckling into their seat belts, and Kim managed to give Keith another pinch before turning the iPod back on.
15 minutes later
"Hey! Guys! Over here!"
They looked over to see Tiffany and Danielle walking swiftly towards them, waving. "Hey, they're the only ones who didn't get hurt at all." Sal laughed in relief as they watched the two walk towards them. Suddenly the wing of the plane, that they stood not fifteen feet from began to sway. They all looked to see a pregnant woman and a large guy were sitting nearer the wing. The man in the suit ran towards them yelling incoherently, waving his arms. Tiffany and Danielle slowed, unsure whether to proceed. The suited man put his arm around the woman and both the and the large man managed to quickly walk the woman out of the way of the wing which came crashing down. A split second before the explosion, the five of them threw themselves to the ground. Nickolas had to pull Brittany by her arm, as she didn't seem to realize what was going on. The explosion rocked the ground slightly, the intense heat leaving them out of breath.
Nickolas dragged Brittany back to her feet as the heat subsided. Sal and Josette both helped Kimberly up. They all looked across the sand once again to see the two men and the woman also getting up. Their gazes traveled further to rest upon Tiffany and Danielle who were lying on the sand.
30 minutes earlier
"Rock. Paper. Scissors. I win." Josette said for the fifth time in a row. Nickolas looked away in half amusement, half annoyance as Sal laughed at his expense. "That's it," she continued. "I get to drive once we get there."
"No, I think Sal should drive. He's the adult."
"Whatever you say, loser. We already made a deal." Josette began to read her book once again, ignoring the rest of her brother's complaints.
"Well, actually, Nick's right. See the women belong in the kitchen. Ain't that right, Nick? And the men should be driving." Sal said informatively. He put his hands in front of his face, as Josette's book came flying in his direction a second later. "Oh, shit," he said, laughing.
Josette peered into the aisle, trying to see what was going on with Danielle and Brittany. Still looking, she spoke, "We're going to get kicked off this plane." she muttered. "Can you get kicked off a plane. Because if you can, we are so off. Why did we give them those seats? That guy is going to complain."
"Maybe we should make them switch seats," Nickolas said.
"Yeah, I'm going to go-" Suddenly, the plane gave a jerk. A moment later, the seat belt sign flashed on. The three of them looked at each other worriedly before buckling their seat belts.
"Hey! Girls, put your seat belts on!" Sal shouted to Brittany and Danielle.
"We already did!" They both shouted loudly. Josette slouched in her seat in embarrassment as Sal and Nickolas laughed.
30 minutes later
The five of them rushed towards Tiffany and Danielle who sat up dazedly. This time, they both had cuts on their faces and arms as well. They helped them stand, and for a moment everyone made sure that everyone else was fine.
"Just two minutes ago Sal was saying that you guys were the only one who weren't hurt..." Josette began
Danielle pushed Sal, making him stumble. "You just had to be the one to curse us!" She exclaimed, only making him laugh.
"Stop it, Danielle! Calm down you guys." Nickolas said.
"Shut up, asshole," Kimberly said, smacking his head with a half laugh, half sob.
"Hey, have you guys seen Keith?" Tiffany looked worried as she continued looking around at the milling crowd of survivors.
"No, thank God," Brittany muttered under her breath right before getting smacked by Danielle.
"We'll find him, Tiff," Josette told her cousin.
They continued looking around until their gazes fell on the endlessly blue ocean. The seriousness of their situation finally sunk in. The lives lost. The crisis surrounding them.
"Guys..." Danielle said slowly. "Where are we?"
There was a slight pause. Then Brittany spoke. "Hey, do you think we're in Hawaii?" She asked happily, bounding towards the water. A second later, Danielle had already smacked her a second time.
