Episode 2: Radio

Rachel awoke looking up to the dark blue canvas that was her tent. At first she wondered why she had woken up but then she heard them. Quinn and Finn arguing loudly, Rachel stuck her head out underneath the canvas watching the couple it seemed she wasn't the only one that had been woken up by their fight. 'You know I'm trying to bare with this until we get off this damn island!' Quinn shouted at Finn picking up some of her things.

'Well I'm trying to save us from here ok remember it's not just you stuck on this island!'

'Finn you think I don't know that. Puck died when we crashed on the island! If you have forgotten.' Quinn looked down tears filling eyes. Rachel too felt upset by this she watched as Finn walked towards Quinn arms stretched out.

'Quinn, come on I'm sorry I didn't mean to upset you.' Finn goes towards Quinn trying to hug her.

'No Finn! We don't need another hero!' Quinn pushes Finn away walking off down the beach. Finn watched after her kicking the sand turning away, seeing Rachel he walked off in the other direction. Rachel watches Finn walking away then decides to run after him.

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Rachel held her bag close to her as they walked through Sydney she was walking with Kurt and Mercedes wanting to find the Opera House. They had a few days free before the shows began. Rachel's phone pinged and she looked down at it there was a message from Finn 'Any chance of seeing you? I need a friend right now.' Rachel stopped suddenly Mercedes running into the back of her.

'Why'd you stop?' Mercedes looked worried and annoyed at Rachel.

'Umm... guys I think I'm going back.' She looked from Mercedes to Kurt.

'You're not going back on your own.' Kurt said looking at her.

'I'll be fine it's not a long walk.' She smiles at them and then turns to walking off, 'I'll see you soon!' she shouted back at them. She walked round the corner heading back to the hotel when someone banged into her.

'Oh I'm sorry.' Said an American man his blonde hair was like curtain across his face, he looked worriedly at Rachel.

'It's ok.' She said carrying on walking towards the hotel. She ran up to the room knocking on the door and finding it open. 'Finn?'

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Rachel looked through the trees as she followed Finn she could see him sat down on by a tree. She walked slowly in looking sadly at him.

'Don't say anything Rachel.' He said sharply. Rachel stopped in her tracks looking at Finn thinking to self she couldn't if she wanted to. 'Look Rachel just go away.' Finn stands up turning towards the jungle about to walk in further.

'NO!' Rachel shouted louder then she intended too. Finn turned back to her looking shocked and slightly angry, all Rachel could do was smile.

'Why are you smiling?'

'My voice is back.' She said again smiling to herself rubbing her throat. 'Finn you and Quinn will be ok you're a strong couple. And I know how you feel. Mr Schue was in the tail section of the plane and that broke off midflight so you think you need to be the leader.'

Finn just stared at Rachel. 'You're right. I need to be the leader.' He then walked past Rachel back to the beach sitting by his canvas staring out to sea.

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Brittany was sat watching Sayid talk to some people he then slowly walked over to her stopping a foot in front of her feet. Brittany smiled up at him 'Hello.' She said.

'Hello, Jack got a radio from the cockpit a group of us are climbing to the mountains to try and get a signal. I was wondering if you wanted to join us?'

'Maybe I'll just have to take you up on that.' She said smiling at Sayid.

'Brittany can I talk to you?' Brittany turned around seeing Rachel pacing towards her. Brittany stood up next to Sayid watching Rachel.

'Rachel I was about to leave.'

'Where are you going?' She looked slightly alarmed but then calmed quickly. 'Sorry it's just Finn.'

'Ok, well we're going to the mountains to listen to the radio.'

'What she means is,' Sayid cut in. 'We're going up into the mountains to see if we can get radio signal to try and get us saved from this island. You're welcome to come but we are leaving soon.'

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Finn sat on the bed looking up at Rachel tears in his eyes. Rachel walked swiftly towards him 'What's happened?'

'Quinn and I had a fight.' Finn took a deep breath then looked at Rachel who sat next to him.

'What about?' Rachel said trying to keep calm about the situation but wanting to wrap her arms around Finn tightly.

'She's gone with Puck...'

'Oh,' Puck and Quinn again? Rachel thought to herself. 'Where did they go?'

'She wouldn't tell me this is what the whole fight was about.' Finn put his hands to his head and stood up angrily pacing the room. 'It's like she can just use me when she wants too and just ignore me when it suits her!'

'Finn I'm sure it's nothing like that.'

'Quinn just uses me for her own gain.'

'Finn calm down. I'm sure there's a real reason behind it and Quinn will tell you when she's ready.' Rachel looked at the floor not believing that she was sticking up for Quinn. 'If you can trust her Finn you'll be together forever. She trusts you ... now.'

Finn looked at Rachel. 'I do trust her it's just ... why did she have to go with Puck!'

'Finn they have history they obviously have a connection.'

'Like me and you.' He said smiling slightly at Rachel.

'Yeah like me and you.' She said looking up at him

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Rachel walked closely to Brittany as the trundled their way through the jungle. 'I heard there was a monster in here.'

'I'm sorry that was my stomach... I'm hungry.' Brittany said looking back at Rachel. Rachel smiled Brittany always said the wrong things but it did cheer her up and surprisingly made her less worried.

'We should try the radio here.' Said Sawyer, a man with dirty blonde hair and a Texan accent, facing Sayid.

'No we can't try it here the trees would block our signal.' He said in a rushed reply.

'All I'm saying is switch it on for 2 minutes.' Sawyer said more heatedly back.

'We only have little battery, I'm not going to waste it!' there was a loud roar from behind them they all turned seeing the tall grass beyond them being crushed. Rachel looked worriedly at Brittany who looked even more scared then Rachel felt.

'RUN!' Kate shouted and they all ran apart from Sawyer who stood there waiting for the thing to come for him.

Brittany and Rachel both ran in the same direction but stopped suddenly when they heard gun shots. 'What was that?' said Rachel looking at Brittany.

'We should go back.' She said slowly moving back to where they ran from. As they entered the small clearing they saw Sawyer stood there holding a gun at a big white thing on the floor clearly dead.

'What is that?' Rachel said.

'Do you think that's what killed the pilot?' A young man said looking between them.

'That is miniscule compared to the thing that killed the pilot Boone.' Charlie said watching the creature carefully.

'That's a polar bear.' Brittany said quietly.

'Brittany's right.' Sayid said looking at her worriedly.

'How can she be right, why would a polar bear be out here?' Sawyer said sounding pissed off looking at Sayid and Brittany.

'One of the many mysteries of this island.' Sayid said looking back at the bear, 'We need to continue.' He then said walking off into the jungle slowly the others followed him Rachel keeping close to Brittany still more scared and worried then before.

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'Quinn, can I talk to you?' Finn said poking his head into their tent. Quinn was there putting all her things into a bag. 'Wait. What are you doing?' He said walking in.

'I've had enough of this Finn!' she said looking up at him, anger in her eyes, 'I'm moving down the beach. I can't stay with you like this anymore.'

'What? Quinn you can't just leave me.' He said walking towards her putting an arm around her. Quinn shrugged his arm off.

'Finn,' she looked at him tears in her eyes. 'I just need space for now ok!'

'Fine!' The anger had built up in him and he was about to blow, 'Go now!' He moved to the side and Quinn picked up her bag walking out of the tent and down the beach towards Claire and Jack.

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They walked out into an open clearing higher up into the mountains they trundled along slowly becoming more tired. Sayid got out the radio trying to find a signal. 'Bar.' He said, 'Hey, we've got a bar!' Everyone ran back towards him excitedly as he fiddled with the dials to try and make the signal clearer. 'Mayday, Mayday!' he shouted into the transceiver in response there was a loud high pitched noise.

'What is that?' Kate said.

'Feedback.' Said Sayid looking confused.

'Feedback, from what? What would do that?'

'I don't know.' He said fiddling with the dials again. 'We can't transmit because something else is already transmitting.'

'Transmitting from where?' Charlie said looking as confused as everyone else felt.

'What?' Brittany said equally confused.

'Somewhere close, the signals strong' Sayid said trying to find the signal.

'Somewhere close? You mean on the island, that's great!' Charlie said looking more excited.

'Maybe it's other survivors.' Boone said.

'From our plane? How...?' Brittany said confusedly.

'What kind of transmission is it?' Sawyer said angrily.

'It could be a satphone, maybe radio signal.' Sayid said.

'Can we listen to it?' Kate said eagerly.

'Let me get the frequency. Hold on.' Sayid said fiddling with the dials again. Everyone watched carefully.

'There's not transmition.' Sawyer interjected.

'Shut up!' Kate retorted.

'The rescue party, it has to be.' Charlie said excitedly again. There was a quiet voice talking through the speaker. 'That's French. The French are coming! I've never been so happy to hear the French.'

Sayid laughed happily.

'What is she saying?' Kate said quickly.

'Does anyone speak French?' Sayid looked around.

'Iteration 7-2-9-4-3-1.' The computerised voice came out of the transceiver.

'Ok what's that?' Charlie said confusedly again.

'Oh no no no no.' Sayid said angrily.

'No what?' Kate said.

'The batteries are dying we don't have much time.'

'Iteration 7-2...'

'That voice is weird. What is that?'Rachel piped up.

'I do.' Brittany held up her hand. Rachel looked at her.

'You speak French?' Rachel said looking at her.

'Yeah.' Brittany said matter-of-factly nodding.

'Brilliant.' Sayid said, 'Listen, what is she saying?'

'It's ... it's repeating.' Brittany said looking down at the transceiver.

'She's right.' Sayid said. 'It's a loop, "Iteration." It's repeating the same message. It's a counter'

'Iteration..'

'The next number will end 5-3-3.'

'... 9-4-5-3-3.'

'It's a running counter of the number of times the message has repeated. It's roughly 30 seconds long, so... How long... ?' Sayid quickly talking to himself Brittany watched him confused.

'She's saying ... "Please." She's saying, "Please, help me. Please, come get me." Brittany said listening carefully. Brittany placed the transceiver close to her ear to hear clearer. '"I'm alone now. I'm ... on the island alone. Please, someone come. The others, they're ... They're dead. It killed them. It killed them all."' Brittany pulled the transceiver away as the battery faded.

'That was good.' Boone said looking into space. Rachel stared at Brittany scared.

'Sixteen years.' Sayid said looking at Brittany.

'What?' Rachel said.

'Sixteen years... and five months. That's the count.'

'What the hell are you talking about?' Boone said looking at him.

'The iterations. It's a distress call.' Sayid said breathing heavily looking at the others. 'A plea for help. A Mayday. If the count is right ...' he breathed heavily again, '... it's been playing over and over ... for 16 years.'

'Someone else was stranded here?' Rachel said worriedly.

'Maybe they came for them.' Kate said hopefully.

'If someone came, why is it still playing?' Sawyer said looking down. Rachel looked at Brittany who looked back wide eyed scared. Sayid looked into space thinking carefully.

'Guys,' Charlie said. 'Where are we?'