Hey. Here's the next chapter. It has one flashback each from Layla, Ashley, Serena and Induala. Enjoy! The new disclaimer is in the first chapter and is updated regularly.

Washington D.C.

A woman slowly inhaled as she stood in the warrior pose.

'Miss Chang?' a woman asked from the doorway.

'yes?' the woman said.

'your ten o'clock is here,' she said.

'thank you, Candice,' the woman said, standing up from her yoga pose.

She quickly tidied herself up and walked into her office to see someone standing by the window, his back to her.

'hello?' the woman said. 'you must be Matthew. I'm Doctor Isobel Chang. You can call me either Dr. Chang or Isobel, whatever makes you feel more comfortable. Take a seat.'

Isobel sat down on one of the couches and waited for the man to.

'hello?' Isobel said when the man made no move to join her.

Isobel stood up and walked over, putting her hand on the man's shoulder.

The man suddenly turned around to face her. 'Izzie, nice to see you could fit me in.'

'Matt?' Isobel asked. 'what are you doing here? I thought you said you wouldn't come back to find me.'

'yeah, well, I may have said that, but Ben and Kat sure as Hell didn't,' he said. 'we need your help, Iz.'

'why?' she asked, crossing her arms across her chest, her carefree persona going, quickly being replaced by anger. She took a deep breath, calming herself. Matt waited until she was calm before proceeding.

'Oceanic Flight 815,' Matt said. 'you know it?'

'of course,' she said. 'it crashed a week ago, no survivors.'

'there are survivors,' Matt said. 'on our island.' He passed her a folder. 'this is the Kahana, owned by the one and only Charles Widmore. It's heading for us. Ben wants you on it.'

'and if I say no?' she asked.

'then I am to knock you out and bring you to the island,' he shrugged.

'what, you reckon you could take me, Matt?' she asked, raising an eyebrow.

'Izzie, you know that I could,' Matt said. 'look, either come to the island, or get on that freighter.'

'Charles Widmore knows who I am, he knows I was on that island,' she said. 'he tried to recruit me. I said no, my allegiance is with you, Matt, and if your with the island and Ben, then I am too.'

'so will you come back?' Matt asked.

'until it's over,' she nodded.

--

On the island

It was early in the morning and Eva was glaring at Dom, the only other person who was awake.

'so your sisters one of them,' Eva said.

'she is,' Dom said.

'I don't trust her,' Eva told him.

'okay then,' he said.

'and seeing as you get along so well with her, unlike myself and my sister, by default, I don't trust you either,' Eva said.

'I'm fine with that.'

'and my daughter shouldn't trust you either.'

'I never asked her to.'

'but yet she still does. And why does she trust you?'

'mom!' Felicity exclaimed, finally opening her eyes, having enough of the conversation. 'give it a rest.'

--

'nice try, but it's not going to work.'

Jack, Jason and Petro all looked between each other and then back to Yoon. Behind the three men, there was Laura, Jenny, Charlie and Kate.

The three men should have known better than to piss off Yoon by leaving her alone as the only doctor on the beach.

Again.

'look, I have to go,' Petro said.

'and why is that?' she questioned haughtily, crossing her arms across her chest.

'because I know where it is,' he nodded.

'so do I,' Jack added quickly.

'I...promised Claire I'd do this,' Jason lied.

'funny thing, hormones,' Yoon said through gritted teeth. 'can make you do stupid things. Like, at the moment, I'm feeling a bit homicidal.'

'and I've never broken a promise to her,' Jason continued.

'no time like the present to start, hey?' Petro said to him.

'Petro, shut up,' Yoon said. 'that may have been my thoughts exactly, but you saying that pissed me off. You shouldn't throw someone to the wolves like that. So, I personally think you should stay here and keep an eye on James,' Yoon said. She turned to the others. 'have fun on your little hike.'

'you're a bitch,' Jason said to Yoon as they began to walk off.

'I know,' she said.

--

'ugh,' Erica said, placing a hand to her head. 'I hate hangovers.'

The four teenagers were only now regretting the drinking they had done the night before. Well, three of them were, and Josie was pretending to be, while inside she was laughing at them.

They were now trying to be as discreet as possible about the fact that were hung over. After all, they were still only teenagers.

'hey!' Sawyer yelled to the camp. He was outside his tent, a pissed off look on his face. 'who's been in my stuff?'

Eli, Erica, Luka and Josie looked at each other.

They hadn't thought about his reaction.

--

'we need to keep moving,' Ana Lucia announced.

'Ana, we've been walking for a full day without a break,' Layla said. 'we need to rest.'

'do you want more of us to be taken?' she asked.

'no, but...'

'the kids are exhausted, we all are,' Nicanor said. 'we need to rest, Ana Lucia.'

'what we need is to keep going,' Ana said stubbornly.

'well, here's an idea,' Jonas said to her. 'we could just overrule you here, Ana Lucia.'

''overrule me'?' she repeated.

'yeah,' Erin said. 'it's where we don't like you, so we take his side. Pretty easy concept, actually.'

--

'this is rigged,' Oz announced.

Maya, Hurley, Lucy, Deniz, Max and Walt started laughing at him. He was losing. Badly.

They were playing Cheat with a pack of cards that Max had found.

'how is it that three kids can tell when I'm bluffing?' Oz complained. 'they can read me like a book.'

'it's an easy read,' Maya said.

'you be quiet,' Oz told her.

'Dudes, what's going on over there?' Hurley asked, pointing behind them. They all turned to see Jin punching Michael.

'Dad!' Walt shouted, running over.

'Walt, be careful!' Maya called after him as the rest of them got up.

Sun was yelling at Jin in Korean.

Sayid ran up and tackled Jin to the ground. Sawyer joined them, getting Michael out of the water, where Jin had been trying to drown him.

'The handcuffs from the Sky Marshal. Now,' Sayid said.

--

The words from all those years ago still rang in Layla's ears.

'I don't trust him!' her sister had basically shrieked across the house. 'there's something not right about him!'

A younger Layla, a foolish Layla, was defiant in her answer. 'well, I trust him, and I love him! Nothing's wrong with him!'

'well when he leaves you all broken up, don't come crying to me!' Layla had forgotten that Molly had screamed that. Maybe waiting here for her wasn't a good idea. After all, she was actually going to Molly to....well, not to cry, but to....reconcile? maybe. But maybe not.

Suddenly someone sat down next to her.

It was Molly.

God she had changed. But then again, she supposed she had too.

'you were right about him,' Layla said simply.

'I know,' Molly said as simply as her.

The two sat like that for a minute before Molly wrapped her arms around her older sister and Layla's head fell onto Molly's shoulder.

Suddenly they forgot why they hadn't talked in the first place.

--

'wow,' Kate said. 'how'd you find this place?' she asked, looking around.

'Luck,' Jack told her.

The group of them looked around.

'It's amazing,' Jenny said.

'Absolutely. It's totally Locke,' Charlie said. Charlie looked over and saw a piece of the plane wreckage. 'hey guys, shouldn't someone look through this stuff? Could be something useful in here.'

'he's right,' Jenny said.

'he is?' Laura asked.

'I am?' Charlie asked.

'Yeah,' Jack said. 'Bring me your bottles, and keep an eye out for any medical supplies, drugs in particular.'

'Drugs, right,' he echoed.

Charlie walked behind a tree, and looked over his shoulder as he took some drugs out of his pocket.

'Don't move,' Jenny said.

Charlie quickly put the drugs away. 'Look, I was just going to take...'

'Do not move,' Jenny said.

Jack, Laura, Jason and Kate walked over.

'what's going on?' Jack asked.

'oh Hell,' Laura murmured.

'he's standing on a beehive,' Jenny explained.

'What's a beehive doing there?' Charlie asked, panicking. 'Beehives are supposed to be in trees.'

'stay still,' Jenny said. 'you move, the hive splits.'

'I think I'm allergic to bees,' Charlie told them nervously.

'please shut up,' Jenny said. She turned to the others. 'We need to get something to seal the hive.'

'To cover it?' Kate asked.

'yeah,' Jenny said.

'with what?' Jack asked.

Laura sighed and took off her t-shirt, so she was standing there in her bra. 'will this do?' she asked them.

'it will do,' Jenny said, walking closer to Charlie.

'This is the worst idea ever,' Charlie said.

'and again, shut up,' Laura said.

'and again,' Jason muttered softly. 'stop being a bitch.'

'I heard that,' she smirked.

A bee landed on Charlie's face, and he knocked it away. Because of this, he went off balance and stepped on the hive, breaking it open.

'shit,' Jenny said. 'run!'

Jason pulled Charlie up and ran one way with him, while Kate and Laura went another way, and Jack and Jenny yet another.

Kate and Laura, after getting away from the bees, collapsed in the cave.

Kate turned her head to see a skeleton right next to her.

She let out a small scream and backed away.

--

'so, Warren, is it?' Renata asked the man in front of her. He didn't reply. 'my name is Renata,' she introduced. 'this, next to me, is Gus. He'd like to ask you some questions.'

'Warren,' Gus said. 'you work for Charles Widmore, correct?'

'I do,' Warren muttered, thinking better than to deny it.

'and recently you've been negotiating a deal about a new explosive with a....' he checked his paper. 'Chin Ho, a North Korean operative, correct?'

'yes,' he muttered.

'okay,' Gus said, walking out of the room. Tom and Renata were standing there, looking at him expectantly.

He shook his head. 'Goodwin was wrong,' Gus told them. 'he shouldn't be here.'

--

'I did nothing,' Michael repeated.

'Surely there must be something you're not telling us,' Sayid said to him. 'he didn't attack you for no reason.'

Maya jogged over to them.

'I thought you were getting Yoon?' Sayid asked her.

'Yoon's sleeping,' Maya told them.

'so wake her up,' Sawyer said.

'no. She hasn't slept in 36 hours until now. She's pregnant and tired. I'm not waking her up.'

--

Kate and Laura looked at the skeleton.

'Who is he? How'd he get here?' Kate asked.

'no idea,' Laura said. 'you guys shot a polar bear last week, right?' she asked.

'yeah.'

'how'd that get here?'

'hello?' a voice asked. 'anybody there?'

'yeah,' Kate called back.

In walked Jack, Jason, Jenny and Charlie.

'you guys okay?' Laura asked.

'A few stings aside,' Jenny nodded.

'oh, yeah, those two are fine,' Charlie said. 'Jason and I made a wonderful diversion for them.'

'we were only stung several hundred times,' Jason added. He held up a shirt. 'someone left this behind. And,' he looked at Laura. 'given that you are the only one shirtless, I'm assuming it's yours,' he smirked at her.

'give me that,' she snapped, taking it from him. 'it was full of bees.'

'I'd have thought C's, actually,' Charlie said. Laura, Jenny and Kate each gave him a look that relayed the exact same message: you're an idiot. 'sorry,' he said.

Charlie looked at the skeletons.

'Bloody Hell! Are these the people who were here before us?' he asked.

Jack and Jason both gave him the same look that he had just received from the other three.

'Uh, just, you know, the, the, there could have been people here before us, right?'

'Clearly,' Laura said dryly. 'But, who were these men?'

'Actually, one of them is female,' Jack said.

'does it matter?' Laura asked.

'huh,' Jenny said. 'Our very own Adam and Eve.'

--

'Ana, look, we found a river, we should just stay here for awhile,' Libby said.

'I agree,' Induala said softly.

'how long is awhile?' Ana sighed. She had already lost the fight about a short break.

'a couple days,' Layla said.

'she's not our leader,' Ashley said. 'we don't need to consult her on everything we do.'

'hey, kid,' Constance barked, sick of her attitude. 'shut it.'

'okay, we'll stay here,' Ana said. Induala sighed. She just wished they didn't always have to watch their backs.

--

'what are you thinking?' Kate asked Jack as he looked at the small waterfall.

'46 people need to drink a half gallon a day each. Carrying all this water back and forth is going to be real pain in the ass,' Jack said.

He turned to her.

'These caves make too good a shelter just to be used for burial. Adam and Eve, they must have lived here. Their plane crashed, or maybe they were ship-wrecked. They probably found this place and knew they could survive here. Unlimited supply of fresh water, tree canopy keeps the temperature down, shields out the sun, the openings are narrow, easier for protection against predators. We don't need to bring the water to the people. We need to bring the people to the water. I think we could live here.'

Jason, Laura and Jenny looked amused.

'and pigs might fly,' Laura said cheerfully.

--

'get out of this damn car!' Ashley shrieked, pushing her sister out of the car. No. Her sister could not be trying to make her life seem irrelevant the day she was graduating college.

Ashley wouldn't really care if it were Christmas and Saint Ally tried to take that away. Hell, she wouldn't care if it was her birthday and this was happening. But no. You only graduate once, and Ally, little miss centre of the universe, was trying to make it about her breakup.

So Ashley had a right to kick her out of the car and lock the door.

Ally started running over to the other side of the car, but Ashley figured she could go faster than Ally and leave before her sister could get back in.

She realized she was wrong when she heard a sickening crunch and she realized she had run over her sister.

--

Scar walked over to Kat.

'Kat?' she asked her quietly. Kat looked up from where she had been cleaning her gun.

'yes, Scarlett?' she put down the gun.

'Josie shouldn't be out there,' Scar said.

'and why is that?'

'I saw her last night; I saw how happy she was. She fits in there, and she may betray us in the end.'

'Scarlett, sweetheart,' Kat said sweetly. 'would you like me to kill you?'

'no, I'm just saying-'

'well then 'just say' to someone completely different about something different!' Kat snapped.

Scarlett quickly left and Kat sighed. She knew inevitably her daughter would turn. She just didn't want it to be yet.

--

'Lucy, come on,' Oz murmured, as Lucy made to stop and look at Jin, still handcuffed.

'why? What did he do wrong?' Lucy asked.

'he attacked Michael.'

'did Michael deserve it?' she asked.

'I don't know. No one does,' he sighed. 'just stay away from Jin. He's dangerous.'

'my daddy was dangerous,' Lucy said.

--

'why did he give me to you, Chachi?' Deniz asked Maya.

'come again?' she asked.

'why did dad give me to you?' she asked. 'why you and not mom?'

Maya sighed. 'you know the story, Den. Your mother and father got divorced, and your father won sole custody of you because your mother was away all the time. You weren't allowed to live with her. So your father decided that he would get you to stay with me for awhile while he did some important work or something, and then he'd come back.'

'oh. Okay,' Deniz said.

Maya sighed, feeling bad. She had lied to her. Well, she had sugar coated it. So much, the real story was barely there anymore. Yes, Deniz's parents had divorced, but no, Adem hadn't had sole custody. He took Deniz away from Devika. Yes, Adem had given Deniz to Maya for awhile, but no. He had no intention of coming back for her.

--

'How come he doesn't like us?' Walt asked Michael. 'what did you do to him?'

'What did I do to him?' Michael asked. 'You tell me? I've been with you since we crashed. Have you seen me do anything, to anyone? What kind of man do you think I am, anyway? What did your mother say about me?'

'She never talked about you,' Walt shrugged.

'You don't know anything about me, do you?' Michael asked.

'You don't know anything about me.'

'I know a lot about you.'

'Yeah? When's my birthday?'

'August 24th. When's mine?' he paused. 'Forget it, come on, man.'

--

Jack, Jason, Laura, Charlie, Kate and Jenny stopped for a break. Jack was looking at Kate.

'you checking me out?' Kate asked him.

'What?' he asked surprised.

'No harm in it,' a smile was growing on her face.

'Trust me, if I was checking you out, you'd know it,' Jack said.

Laura rolled her eyes to Jenny and Jason. 'seriously,' she muttered to them. 'why don't they just get it over with and make out?'

'I second that opinion,' Jenny muttered back. 'and another opinion I have, but that will remain in my head,' she said, looking pointedly between Laura and Jason.

Laura shot her a dirty look.

Jenny seemed unfazed and smirked.

--

'are you making a trap?' Serena asked Nicanor.

'yeah,' he said. 'want to know how it works?'

'no, not really. It's actually pretty disgusting,' she said.

Akilina walked back into the clearing. Induala looked up, her eyes narrowing slightly.

Where had she gone this time?

--

Serena smiled. She was finally going. Yes, she had planned this for weeks, but now that the day was actually here, she really believed that she was going to do it. She had to quickly pack a bag, after all, if she had started a few days beforehand her parents would have noticed and been suspicious.

So she packed a suitcase, with all her prized possessions in it, including her signed Driveshaft CD.

She quickly scrawled a note and put it on the kitchen bench.

Don't Look For Me.

Serena

She went outside when she heard her taxi pull up. 'finally,' she muttered.

'I'm sorry that it took awhile,' the driver said to her.

'I have a plane to Sydney to catch,' she said.

'I'm sorry,' the driver said.

'it's okay,' she said.

Finally she was gone.

--

'Are you going with the pessimists, or staying here and waiting for the rescue boats?' Roxy asked.

'you know me, Roxy,' Aryel said. 'always the pessimist. You?'

'you know me Ary, always the optimist,' she said. 'we all need to still have hope. It's only been a week. We'll be rescued soon.'

'I'll hold you to it,' she said.

--

'Michelle?'

Michelle looked up, already knowing who it would be. Max, of course. No one else came over to her, she seemed to freak them out, what with the whole silence thing she had going on. They needed to learn though. She was grieving. Max understood that.

Michelle smiled weakly at him.

'so, have you heard about the plan of moving to the caves?' she nodded. 'do you want to go?'

She shook her head.

'me neither,' he sighed. 'think about it, if I could find my board, I could tear up these waves.'

Michelle smiled weakly again. He was so young, so naive.

--

Sun watched Michael from behind a tree. After a moment, she approached him.

'Oh great, look who came to chat,' he muttered.

'I need to talk to you,' Sun said in perfect English.

'You speak English?' Michael asked in disbelief.

'Yes. My husband doesn't know.'

'Why would you learn English and not tell your husband?' Michael asked incredulously.

'He has a bad temper. What my husband did to you today, it was a misunderstanding,' she said to him. 'It was the watch.'

'I found this watch two days ago,' Michael told her.

'It belongs to my father. Protecting that watch is a question of honour,' she explained softly to him

'He calls trying to kill me in front of my kid, honour?'

'You don't know my father. I need your help.'

--

Cam walked into a room.

'who are you?' a child asked, scared. Next to her two other children.

'there's no need to be scared, Jessica,' Cam said. 'my name is Camilla. I'm just here to give you something to eat.'

She sat down a plate of sandwiches for them. They all dove for the plate, and Cam's eyes shone with unshed tears.

At times like this she really wished that she hadn't been made ageless and thus infertile. She had craved kids for....oh, about a century. She had lost count. Sure, Scar was like a daughter to her, but she really wanted one of her own.

She smiled at the children and walked out.

--

Later that day, nearing sunset, Jin was free, and most everything was normal.

'you staying here then, Sawyer?' Aryel asked him.

'and you're leaving then, Buffy?' he countered.

'obviously. Hey, you know your stash? Do you only have the one?'

'course not,' he said.

'so where's your other one?'

'like I'd tell you.'

'not in your tent, is it?' he looked at her in interest. 'just thought it might have been. I mean, why else would the teenagers have walked out of it yesterday with alcohol and cigarettes?' she asked, walking away.

Sawyer turned his head to where Eli, Erica, Luka and Josie were laughing, the former two packing their stuff to go to the caves.

Aryel smirked as Sawyer began to walk over there.

Behind her, she heard Sawyer question them, Josie sarcastically reply, Sawyer threaten her, Luka stick up for her, Eli and Erica yell at Sawyer, and the sound of someone's fist colliding with a face.

And then some yells from other people, and the sound of people running.

Aryel smiled slightly. Chaos, panic and disorder – her work here was done.

--

In the infirmary, Yoon opened her eyes up to see James looking at her.

'so, you sleep like this all the time?' James asked. 'all day?'

'shut up,' she muttered. 'so you didn't die on me. What a shame. Any memories?'

'none whatsoever,' he said.

'any idea what has been happening outside today?' she asked, checking his burns.

'well, Petro came in at one point to give an update. Apparently the Chinese man tried to kill some Michael guy, so they handcuffed him. Big misunderstanding turns out. One of the other doctors, starts with J?'

'Jack or Jason?' she asked.

'Jack, yeah. He thinks we should all move to the caves, the Iraqi has different ideas. So we're half and half.'

'you staying here?' she asked.

'I have to, don't I?' he asked.

'okay,' she said. 'I'll be back.'

Yoon walked over there and spoke to Sun in Korean. 'where are you going?' she asked her.

'Jin and I are going to the caves,' she said.

'okay,' she nodded. 'seen Petro, Jack or Jason?'

'yes, Jack is over there,' she pointed.

'thanks,' Yoon said. She walked over. 'so is Petro or Jason going with you?'

'no,' Jack told her.

'good. Two go to caves, two stay,' she said.

--

Induala walked up to Ana Lucia and Constance, who were a while away from their makeshift camp, digging a huge pit. They had done quite a lot of it, it was about as tall as them so far.

'Ana Lucia?' Induala asked. 'Back at the beach – the night they came back – I overheard you tell Constance that Akilina was gone for 2 hours? That she was missing? She did it again today. And of course, none of us can actually understand her, but I swear I've seen a look that shows she can understand us. And she sometimes says an English word without struggling. Creeps me out, Ana. Do you really think it's possible that one of us is one of them?' Induala said.

'why do you think we're digging this hole?' she asked her.

--

Induala sat alone in the bathroom, ice to her head. She wished she could leave. She really wished she could. Her family may say she would be bringing shame to the family, but she was over this. She was not Daruka's own personal punching bag. He may think so, but she was not.

Her family never should have sold her to the first person who wanted her. No. They shouldn't have done it at all.

She really needed to get out of here.

Or her real self would disappear completely.

--

Yoon sat down next to Sammy.

'hey,' she said. 'it's almost time to go. You coming with us?' she asked.

'no,' he said simply.

'why not? Someone else can stay here; keep a look out, wait for rescue, whatever it is you're doing. Why does it have to be you?' she questioned him.

'do you want me to go to the caves with the rest of you?' he asked.

'I don't care either way, I'm just trying to understand you,' she said.

'don't,' he snapped. 'you don't want to know anything about me. You don't want to know what I've done to survive, Yoon.'

'you want to talk to me about surviving?' she exclaimed disbelievingly. 'really? You want to go there?'

'only if you do, Sweetheart,' he snapped.

'okay, let's talk about surviving,' she hissed. 'I was trained to be a spy. I was born to be a spy. And no, that is not a figure of speech. The sole reason my mother gave birth to me, was for me to be a spy and to bring down the South Koreans. Did I want this? No. Was I gonna have to help no matter what? Yes. Want to know how old I was when I killed for the first time? I was nine. I don't know who the person was; just that he wanted my mother dead. But then my mother got cancer, and she was going to die. She couldn't do the things she wanted to, including doing jobs for her cell leader. I killed every other weekend when I was eleven. By my twelfth birthday my mother was gone. The leader put me in a South Korean orphanage, in the hopes I could pass as a South Korean. Turns out I could, with the training I'd had. So I was adopted by the Paik family. But still, I killed. Because if I didn't, I would not have survived to be this age. After I left Korea for Australia, I met a man Ryan Harper. I got to know this man. My cell got transferred to Sydney, and my life got fucked up again. What else was new? So we were a sleeper cell, and in the end I knew I'd have to kill the man I met. Then Hana, a cell member, got the idea that I could marry him as a cover. So I did. They told me to kill him soon. I was going to, because they would have killed me otherwise. But then I got pregnant, and they killed Ryan one day, the day before the crash. I went and killed them all, because I knew it was a matter of time before they killed me. So I got to them first. And that, killing hundreds as a child, lying to the people you love, killing in the name of love, and killing to ensure your own safety and to ensure you'll live to see at least one more day, that.... that is surviving. So don't you dare talk to me about the stuff I lived through.' Throughout her entire speech, Yoon's South Korean accent had dropped so far into her North Korean one that Sammy was actually quite surprised at how different it was. He actually liked her real accent quite a lot.

'Yoon, you're no-' he began, but she cut him off.

'if you need me you know where to find me,' she said coldly, walking away.

'-ot the reason he's dead. I am,' he finished softly, despite the fact she wasn't there.

--

Charlie was playing his guitar in the caves, looking around him at all the life.

Oz, Lucy, Maya and Deniz were playing cheat again, talking loudly.

Yoon and Sun were talking at top speed in Korean, although Charlie swore he heard a few English words thrown in.

Hurley was talking to Aryel.

Locke was sharpening a knife.

Jack was filling up water bottles.

Erica and Eli were sitting just outside the caves, hiding the fact that they were smoking from the rest of them. Luka and Josie were right. It was addictive.

'can I ask you something?' Walt asked Michael.

'Anything you want, man,' Michael said.

'When's your birthday?'

--

At the beach, Kate was also watching everything going on around her.

Sawyer, Sayid, Roxy, Claire and Jenny were sitting around a fire, talking.

Laura and Jason were, of course, arguing – or, as the rest of them called it, flirting – with each other.

Petro was cleaning James's wounds.

Josie was cleaning the wound that Luka got from when Sawyer punched him.

Shannon was doing a crossword, Boone silent next to her.

Michelle and Max were sitting next to each other, Max having a one sided conversation with her, the only input she had was nodding her head or shaking it.

Sammy was sitting by himself, moodily staring into a fire. Seriously, she acted like she knew about surviving. Sure, she knew about it, but that didn't make her an expert on it. God, why did she seem to get under his skin much more than anyone else?

Was it because he killed her husband?

--

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