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Title: Me and the Boys

Summary: Sun meant to poison Jin not Michael, and Kate didn't really want to Take Sawyers spot on the raft, what happens when Jin decides to stay with Sun and Kate does go?

Chapter 3: There and Back Again

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Jack was sitting on the beach. They had been gone for almost four days now. He was starting to get worried. That's when he saw it, something on the beach.

"What is that?" He asks himself getting up and walking over to it. There he found bottle that Charlie had put the notes into.

"Oh my god." He said holding it firmly. He couldn't show this to anyone, it was just an accident they're fine, the bottle just fell off the raft. So he buries it.

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That was when the gunshot happened and Sawyer went flying into the water. "Walt!" Michael yelled again.

"Move!" One man yelled out as a woman on the, what Kate now saw was a small fishing boat, threw a Molotov cocktail at the raft. Then the boat went away right before the raft went up in flames. Michael jumps into the water after Sawyer. Kate takes Walt out from under the mast and jumps up and down casing the raft to fall apart and she gets on a piece of it.

She looks at where Michael is hauling Sawyer up on a piece of the raft. He is crying and still yelling "Walt!"

"Dad!" Walt calls. Michael can't hear him. "Dad! Over hear!"

"Michael he's here he's safe!" Kate calls as Sawyer is revived.

"Kate!" He calls. Then the mast fell and landed on Kate and Walt and everything blacked out.

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When they drove away Michael's first thought was that they thought Walt was dead, and then he knew what had happened, He jumped into the water to save Michael, Sawyer and Kate but just ended up getting caught.

Michael pulled Sawyer up and out of the water pounding on his chest. Sawyer jumps up gasping.

HE looks at Michael. "What happened?"

"They took Walt, blew up the raft."

"Where's Kate?" He asks looking around. Michael frowns.

"She jumped in after Walt. They probably caught her too."

"Kate!" He screams looking around.

"Man she can't hear you."

"How can you know that? They took her!"

"Yeah, I saw that -- onto a boat which means he's not in shouting distance." Sawyer flashed an evil look at Michael.

"Did they shoot you man?" Michael asks.

Sawyer shakes his head and looks up at the sky. The sun was coming up. He looks to the ocean. They mast fell and the sail was blowing over a piece of the raft that had the food crates on it. HE could see bumps under the sail. It was still there.

"Man don't even try." Michael said looking at the piece of raft too.

"Try what?" Sawyer snapped.

"To get over there and get the food."

"Why not? It's worth a try."

"Because we're 15 miles off shore, and the current is blowing towards our side of the island, we'll be back at the beach in about an hour, maybe less."

"Our beach?"

"Man the beach goes all the way around the island it's all our beach. We just need to follow it to find where we are on it."

Sawyer nodded and laid back and went to sleep.

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When Kate woke up she was surprised to find herself dry and standing on solid ground and in the jungle and tied to a bamboo tree for that matter. She looks up at the sky. It was bright out, maybe eight in the morning. She looks across from her. Walt was still unconscious and tied to bamboo as well. There was also a girl next to him, she was unconscious. She had scratches on her face; she was tan and had black hair. She wore a black tank top and a vest.

"Walt." She whispers. "Hey bud, wake up." She says again looking at the girl to make sure she was still asleep. Then she hears them.

"What is Ana thinking? Are they really going to be stupid enough to mention who they are?" Kate looks around not seeing anyone.

"Who are you?" She calls.

"Kate?" A small voice says.

She turns her head and looks at Walt. "Walt. Hey bud you alright?"

"Where's my dad?"

"I don't know."

"Is he alive?"

"I'm sure he's fine. We heard them remember?"

"I think they think that the others took me."

"I think that' what the others wanted them to think."

"They're smart." Walt said looking up.

"Yeah, they are. Remember Ethan?"

"The spy that stole Claire when she was pregnant."

"Yeah. He was with us for a month and we never suspected a thing."

"Yeah I guess."

"It's going to be alright."

They were silent for a few moments. "Why'd the plane have to crash?" Walt asks.

"I don't know. I think that the pilots just lost control."

"No I mean why did it haveto crash."

"I don't know Walt."

"My dad was going to take me to New York. I lived there once when I was little. I don't remember it."

"Where's your mom?" Kate asked.

"She died a week before the crash."

"You don't really have good luck do you?" Walt shook his head.

Kate looked at the girl and saw her quickly close one of her squinting eyes. "Hey!" She says loudly. "I know you're awake."

The girl opens her eyes and looks up. "Who are you?" She asks.

"I'm Kate Austen. I was on a plane, the middle section. We crashed here, some of us survived, there are 48 of us." She replied.

The girl looked shocked. "Oceanic Flight 815?" She asks.

"You were on it too?" Walt asked. The girl nodded.

"What? You were in the back? It broke off mid-air. How did you..." Kate started.

"I don't know. I don't know. The plane came apart, and somebody's fricking hardside came out of the overhead and knocked me out. I woke up under water and made my way to the top -- swam to shore."

"So you've been out here all alone by yourself?" Walt asked amazed.

"Trying to find food -- making my way -- hoping to find somebody. And then, yesterday, they found me."

"Who are they?" Kate asked.

"You tell me." She replied.

"I heard them talking, a girl, she said something about Ana-Lucia."

"I'm Ana-Lucia."

"You were never on the plane were you?" Kate asks.

"Yeah I was."

"Then why were those people asking why Ana-Lucia went over here and why were you pretending to be asleep?" Walt asked. Kate looked at him. She didn't know he was awake.

Then the girl pulled her arms out from behind her back and swore under her breathe. "Listen, Missy, I was on the plane and me and the other survivors have been in a living hell for the past 48 days, I don't think you were on the plane."

"Hey leave her alone!" Walt called.

"Where did you come from?" She asked as some people emerged from the jungle. Then Kate recognized one of them. He looked at her when he was walking to the front of the plane. She also recognized the flight attendant.

Kate now knew that they had been on the plane. "I remember you." The flight attendant said. "Ana she was with the US marshal, she was on the plane."

"You sure?"

"Yes Ana, and they little boy, he was with his father."

Ana-Lucia untied Kate and Walt. "You said there are 48 of you?"

"Was 48, there are about 43 now."

"Where are the rest of you?"

"On the other side of the island."

"Why are you here?"

"Me, Walt, A man named Sawyer and Walt's father Michael got on a raft. The others came and told us that they were going to take Walt. Walt hid and they decided that Walt wasn't on the raft so they blew it up and left. We floated back here."

Ana nods "Stay here we'll be right back." She says. Then her and the others stand to the side and whisper.

"It's getting dark, we're moving out." Ana-Lucia says.

"Moving out where?" Walt asks.

"We're going to your camp."

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It was getting dark and Michael and Sawyer were walking up the beach.

"How far do you think we are?"

"One, maybe two days." Michael says. "We should be there by noon if we don't stop for camp."

"What'd yah think Doc'll say when he finds out they got his Girlfriend."

"I think he'll agree with me and go look for them." Michael replies.

"I think so too."

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By the time the sun came up they could already hear the sounds of the other survivors. That's when sawyer collapsed. He was wrong they had shot him. But he didn't want to be a bother so he never mentioned it. He was shot in the forearm. Michael was wondering why he had his ripped shirt tied around it tightly.

"Man I can hear them. They're just around the corner. Come on stand up and just walk a few feet." Michael says trying to get Sawyer to stand up.

"Just yell go get Jack." Sawyer replies sleepily. "Let me sleep."

"Man if you go to sleep on me I'll yah."

"I'm tired."

"That's it." He stood up. "Jack! Jack! IF anyone can hear me it's Michael and I need Jack! Sawyer was shot!"

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Claire was on her daily walk when she heard him holler. She looked around Jack was sitting a few feet away with Rose. "Jack!" She called. "Did you hear that?"

"Hear what?"

"It sounded like Michael he yelled something about needing help and Sawyer being shot."

Jack stood up. "Which direction?"

Claire pointed in front of her.

Jack ran as fast as he could Claire was behind him followed by Rose.

He went around the bushes to Find Michael trying to get Sawyer to sit up. "Michael?" He asked. Michael looked up at Jack.

"He was shot man, I need your help."

Jack nodded and helped Sawyer stand up. Then they walked away down the beach towards the jungle and into the hatch.

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A/N: Kate and Ana-Lucia don't get along that well. Michael is worried about Walt. Jack is worried about Kate, Sawyer is sick.