Hey! So this is the finale part 1. Mixed flashbacks. Enjoy!

'so you went back? Isn't it dangerous?'

Josie and Flick were walking across the Barracks, early in the morning. Most everyone had accepted the fact that Josie would let Flick out for a walk every day.

'yes,' Josie sighed. 'it's very dangerous. But...I don't know. I guess I like them. They get me. Much more than these people do.'

'fair enough,' Flick said. 'so who's Tommy Lee over there?' she asked, nodding her head towards Matt and a tattooed woman.

'Tommy Lee?' she asked, confused.

'right, Islander, not up with the pop culture. Heavily tattooed person.'

Josie looked over at Matt and the woman.

'come on,' Josie said, pulling Flick after her over to them.

'hey!' Josie called out. 'who's this?'

The woman turned around, which alerted the man to someone's presence.

'you must be the cousins,' Emmeline said dryly. 'I'm Emmeline Lefèvre. Emmy.'

'Josephine Morel,' Josie said. 'Josie.'

'Felicity Mercier,' Flick said. 'Flick.'

'oh, Josie's the jungle woman, and you're the pampered one?' Emmy asked Flick.

'I guess you could say that,' Flick said, trying to hide her irritation of people always thinking that she was some pampered rich brat.

'what would that make you?' Josie asked Emmy.

'the acrobatic one,' Emmy said.

'what does that mean?' Flick asked.

'Emmeline was a performer at a circus,' Matt said.

'sweet,' Flick said.

'what's sweet?' Izzie, in her usual eerie nature, had walked up to them soundlessly, not alerting any of them to her presence until she was standing right there. 'by the way,' she added to Matt. 'you are totally my favourite brother and I love you.'

'Izzie, I'm your only brother,' he reminded her.

'that we know of,' Izzie said.

'and why do you love him?' Josie asked.

'I'm a likable person,' Matt said.

'simple,' Izzie answered him. 'The third Morel.'

'why is that the answer to everything?' Flick asked.

Izzie turned, as if just noticing her. She looked in between Matt, Josie and Flick. She turned and looked straight at Matt. 'shouldn't she be in her cage?' she asked pointedly.

'she should,' Matt agreed, shooting Josie a look.

'I'm going, I'm going,' Josie said. 'like you guys have any authority over me,' she muttered.

'for one, we're a good ten years older than you. Two, he's a doctor, so he is intelligent. I'm a psychologist and a psycho-'

'a psycho?' Emmeline asked, amused.

'that too,' Matt muttered. 'but no. She's a psychometric.'

'a what?' Emmeline asked.

Izzie went silent and still, a smile appearing on her face.

Matt had seen that look before.

'no,' he said.

'Ma-'

'no,' he emphasized. 'you almost died from two, and now you want to try with the third Morel too?'

'yeah,' she said.

'why am I referred to as "the Third Morel", all the time?' Emmy asked.

'because we're something of legends around here,' Josie said.

'modesty, nice,' Emmy said sarcastically.

'Josephine, just get her back to the cages,' Izzie snapped, beginning to walk off.

'you couldn't tell from that, but she's actually really nice,' Matt said to Emmy.

Izzie yelled back at him in Mandarin, looking over her shoulder so he could see her mouth clearly.

Matt laughed at her comments and turned back to them.

'you better get her back,' Matt said seriously to Josie.

'I'm going,' Josie said, taking Flick's arm and leading her away.

'c'mon,' Josie heard Matt say to Emmy as they walked away. 'I'll give you the tour.'

'what do you make of her?' Josie asked Flick.

'she's like you, but tougher,' Flick said. Josie raised an eyebrow. 'okay, she's...darker than you.'

'so you're thinking she's the dark Morel?' Josie asked.

'exactly,' Flick said.

The two were approaching the cages now, where Hayden and Gus were, Gus questioning Erica, and Hayden talking to Dom.

Josie opened Flick's cage and put her in.

'where'd you take her?' Eva asked.

'for a walk,' Josie said. 'and we meet her.'

'who?' Eva asked.

'not...?' Hayden trailed off.

'the Third Morel,' Josie confirmed.

'the Third Morel?' Gus asked in shock, whipping around to face her.

'the Third Morel,' Josie repeated.

'the Third Morel,' Eva said angrily.

'the Third Morel,' Flick said. 'now get over it, all of you.'

'the Third Morel...' Hayden trailed off.

--

'Sun,' Yoon said desperately. 'I'm sorry, okay? I never wanted you to find out that way.'

'I cannot talk to you when you speak in that accent,' Sun said. 'it reminds me that you betrayed us.'

Yoon sighed and changed her accent to her South Korean one. 'Sun, I'm sorry. So sorry.'

'I can't talk to you when you speak in that fake accent either,' she said. 'it reminds me as well.'

Yoon sat down and took her sister's hands in hers. 'do you remember what we said to each other, the day of your wedding?'

Sun didn't say anything, just stared ahead into the ocean.

'you remember how I started telling you that I had done something wrong?' Yoon said softly.

Sun blinked, seeing where it was going.

'do you remember how you said it didn't matter?'

Sun turned to Yoon.

'because you knew I was a good person, you told me,' Yoon said softly. 'no matter what I did, you said-'

'I said that you were not a bad person,' Sun interrupted. 'I know. I was there. But I might have been wrong.'

Sun stood up abruptly and left.

'are you positive you're right?' Yoon asked after her.

--

'who is that?' Eli whispered a bit later as they all gathered around.

'I...I think it's the French woman, dude,' Hurley said.

'Danielle? Danielle? What are you doing here?' Sayid asked.

Danielle looked around at them all.

'sixteen years ago,' Danielle said. 'I came to be shipwrecked on this Island. At that time I was already seven months pregnant. I delivered the baby by myself. The baby and I were together for only one week when I saw black smoke – a pillar of black smoke several miles inland. That night they came, they came and took her – Alex. They took my baby. And now, they're coming again. They're coming for all of you,' she said.

'who's coming?' Jack asked.

'the Others,' she said. 'you have only three choices: run, hide or die.'

--

Luka stood at the door to his stepsisters hotel room, watching her.

'got enough makeup on there, Lina?' he asked sarcastically, in their native language.

'no, I don't,' she said matter-of-factly.

'really? Because it seems like you're trying to hide a bruise,' he walked in the room properly. 'a bruise you got, how?'

'oh, I fell over. You know, hit my head on the corner of a table,' she laughed nervously.

'is that table called Petro's fist?' he asked sarcastically.

'Luka, he doesn't mean it. He's just...'

'a violent person? A child abuser? And horrible person?'

Akilina sighed and put down her makeup. 'I'm done. Let's go.'

Luka sighed and followed her out.

He really wished she would just stand up for herself for once.

--

Luka stood up as Josie entered the clearing.

'didn't think you'd need my help so soon,' she smiled as he approached her.

'why?' he asked angrily.

'excuse me?' she snapped.

He slammed her into a tree. 'you know what I'm talking about! Don't act innocent!'

'get your hands off me!' she exclaimed, pushing him back. 'and tell me what you're talking about!'

'I'm talking about the fact that you and your people are coming for us!' he exclaimed.

'wait, wait, wait! What?!'

'you're coming to kill us, or take us, or something-'

'no we're not! Well, we might be but this is the first I've heard of it!'

'what?' he asked. 'you're lying!'

'I'm not! Hit me as many times as you want, but I ain't lying!'

Luka went to hit her, but she flicked her leg out quickly and tripped him, kneeling on his chest.

'you'll never beat me, Luka,' Josie said softly. 'never.'

'one day, I will be the fall of you, Josephine,' he said. 'and you won't be able to stop it.'

'I'm not going to hold my breath,' Josie said, knocking him out with a sharp blow from her elbow.

She stood up and started walking through the jungle, to the beach, to the survivor's camp.

She would help them, with whatever was going on.

--

'How many of them are there?' Maya asked Danielle.

'I don't know,' Danielle said. 'I've told you all I know.'

'there has to be more,' Laura said. 'I mean, what aren't you telling us?'

'has it crossed your mind that maybe there's nothing more to tell?' Jason asked.

Laura shot him a look, and Claire put a hand on his shoulder, pulling him back.

'you all have a big problem,' Danielle said. 'I can vanish into the jungle, but I'm just one person. You have forty people. Where will you hide them?'

Locke stepped forward. 'I-'

'we don't need or want your opinion,' Roxy snapped.

'let him speak,' Shannon said softly. Everyone turned to see her standing there with Michelle.

'I think I've got a solution,' Jack said.

--

'the Third Morel?' Scar snapped, turning around. 'okay, seriously, Matt! Why do you listen to your sister?'

'he listens to her, because Izzie hasn't led us wrong yet,' a man said. He looked at Emmeline. 'so you're the Third Morel?'

'I also go by Emmeline,' she said sarcastically.

'Emmeline,' Matt said. 'this is Scar-'

'that a nickname because of your disfigurements?' Emmeline asked.

'no,' Scar said angrily. 'it's Scarlett. My name just happens to be ironic to my appearance.'

'and this is Alvaro,' Matt continued. 'the three of us, plus another woman, we work on your Phenomenon, the Morel Phenomenon.'

'sweet,' Emmeline said. 'so? What can you tell me about this Morel Phenomenon?'

'nothing,' Scar snapped.

'because if we did, we'd have to kill you,' Alvaro joked.

'on second thoughts, we should tell her,' Scar said cruelly.

'oh, you're bilingual?' Emmeline asked. 'so am I. I speak bitch too!'

Matt took Emmeline's arm. 'okay! Let's go before a knife fight starts.'

--

'what...what is it?' Danielle asked. Locke had told them all about the hatch, and now they were asking questions.

'this is the thing that cost Boone his life,' Roxy said.

'Uh, question – how do we know we can all, like, fit in there?' Hurley said.

'there's no handle on the outside, means there must be another way in. Another entrance means space,' Locke said.

'uhh... what if this hatch, or whatever, is theirs?' Eli asked.

'it's not,' a voice said.

They all turned to see Josie walk out of the jungle.

'hey,' she said.

They all stared at her in shock and she crossed her arms over her chest.

'what are you doing here?' Aryel snarled.

'wait,' Roxy said as everyone looked like they were going to attack her. 'we should hear her out.'

Josie shot her a grateful look.

'I'm not sure whether my people are planning to attack, they keep me out of the loop nowadays,' she explained.

'you are one of the Others?' Danielle asked.

'yes,' she said. 'I assume you're the French Chick. Now, how are you going to do this?'

They all looked around at each other. Sammy and Yoon were arguing quietly, but no one paid them any mind, they were always arguing.

'Yoon has plastic explosives!' Sammy exclaimed to them.

Yoon hit him. 'Sammy!' she hissed angrily.

'don't know why that surprised me,' Charlie said. 'with the whole spy thing.'

'oh, you guys now know she's a North Korean Operative?' Josie asked.

'how do you know so much about everyone?' Jack asked.

'we have files on you all. Your lives, everything,' she said.

'doubt it,' Shannon said.

'Shannon Rutherford, 20, dance instructor. When you were eight your father remarried, thus making Boone Carlyle your stepbrother. You-'

'okay, I get it,' she said.

'wait...' Roxy said. 'you know everything about us all?'

'yes, Roxanne Marino, or to be more accurate, Rosanna Morel. Daughter of Katarina Morel, sister of Josephine Morel. And oh my God, that's me,' she said.

'you guys are sisters?' Hurley asked. 'dude...'

'and Hugo Reyes, worth a lot of money, was in Santa Rosa-' she continued.

'dude,' Hurley said, cutting off.

'how much?' Oz asked.

'Oz Geller, bassist of Twice Shy, used to be engaged to the singer of Crest of Spin,' she continued.

'really? They're good,' Deniz said.

'Deniz Sahin, daughter of Devika Sahin and Adem Patel.'

'how-' Maya began.

'and Maya Sahin, sister of Devika.'

'okay, we-' Jack began.

'Jack Shephard, brother of the guitarist of No Fury, Hayden.'

'wow,' Laura said. 'I have a new respect for you.'

'Laura Britt-'

'okay, we get it!' Jason exclaimed. He turned to Yoon. 'plastic explosives you say?'

'not enough to blow open a hatch!' she exclaimed.

'well, where can we find some dynamite or something?' Kate asked.

'Scoresby...' Josie muttered in thought.

'what's that?' Sawyer asked.

'Scoresby,' she said louder.

'is that supposed to mean something to us?' Jack asked.

'no. Arlene Scoresby, she lives out in the jungle by herself.'

'I have come across her a few times,' Danielle said.

'that's all well and good, but why are we trusting her?' Laura asked, looking at Josie. 'if Jenny taught me anything, it's that trust has to be earned. Sure, in the past jungle girl over there earned our trust, but she broke that trust as soon as her people took Erica and Claire, as soon as they knocked out Max and stabbed Jason, as soon as they killed Jenny. So yeah, we can say that that wasn't her, it was the people she's with, but she infiltrated us, she let us trust her, and then she betrayed us, and she knocked out Luka – which speaking of him, where is he?' she added on the end.

'right here,' he walked out of the jungle. 'jungle girl over there knocked me out.'

'you attacked me,' she shrugged.

'Laura's right,' Jason said. 'we can't trust her.'

'yeah, I'm standing right here,' Josie said.

'she lies to us all for weeks-'

'it was two,' she interrupted.

'-kills one of us-'

'I didn't kill her.'

'-comes back and expects us to trust her?' he asked.

'yeah,' she said. 'and you want to know why? Because we have prisoners. And a few of us are going to release them.'

Everyone went silent.

'prisoners?' Kate asked.

'yeah. From your flight,' she said. 'Kallirroe Mellas-'

'we never had anyone-' Jack began.

'you guys weren't the only survivors,' Josie said. 'and you all remember Nemo, right? Or have you forgotten? Erica, she's heavily guarded, I cannot get to her without her being hurt. Evangeline Mercier-'

'my mom?' Lucy asked, her eyes wide.

'yeah, Lucy,' Josie smiled. 'your mom.'

'we can't trust her,' Jason and Laura repeated in unison.

'look, I don't know why everyone trusts you two,' Josie snapped. 'you both killed a man!'

'Ethan was one of them – one of you!' Laura exclaimed.

'so? That doesn't mean he didn't have a life, a family! Ethan was this close,' she held her fingers half an inch apart. 'to asking his girlfriend of four years to marry him. That woman is torn apart – because of what you did,' Josie said.

'where did the French Chick go?' Charlie wondered suddenly, stopping the increasingly awkward conversation.

They all looked around to see that she wasn't there.

'so?' Josie asked. 'want to get started?'

--

Maya turned the phone in her hand, every now and then throwing it in the air and catching it.

'what are you doing, Chachi?' Deniz asked.

'waiting for a call from your father, Deniz,' she replied, not stopping in turning the phone.

Suddenly, the phone went off and Maya opened it, putting it to her ear.

'Adem Patel, you better have a good reason for this,' she hissed into the phone.

'I can't do it anymore, Maya,' Adem said. 'I can't.'

'you can't? You can't?' she exclaimed angrily. 'well, guess what? I can't do it either! You should've just tried to find Devi!'

'I can't do that either. Devika is borderline crazy!'

'only because you made her that way! She's a mother, and you took her child from her. Of course she went crazy. But then again, she's not crazy, she just does crazy things to get her child back. Adem, please. Where are you?'

'about to get on flight,' he said. 'I can't help you, Maya. I can't put her in that danger if she's with me.'

'but Dev-'

'and I can't put her in that danger if she's with Devi, either,' he said. 'you are our last hope for her to grow up normally. Okay?'

He hung up and Maya threw her phone across the room in frustration.

'what's wrong, Chachi?' Deniz asked.

'nothing. We're just going to take a flight, okay?'

If Adem wouldn't come to her, she would have to go to him.

--

'hey, dude,' Hurley said to Luka. 'where you going?'

'to the caves, to get water for the raft,' he said.

'oh, okay, dude,' he said.

Luka started walking into the jungle. After maybe a minute he heard someone behind him.

'what do you want, Josie?' he asked, turning around, only to be met by her lips on his.

'stay safe on that raft, okay?' she said softly.

'don't blow yourself up,' he replied.

Josie walked back out onto the beach and Luka sighed.

He would definitely be burnt.

--

'Look, I know you're all scared. And I know everybody has a lot of questions. All I can tell you right now is that we do have a plan. We've got to go into the jungle to get some supplies. We'll be back in a few hours. In the meantime, do everything you can to help Michael get that raft on the water. And after that, go to the caves. We'll be back as soon as we can. I promise,' Jack said.

Everyone nodded and dispersed.

Oz walked over to Jack.

'so I want to come,' he said.

'what?' Jack asked in surprise.

'on your little mission to get the dynamite,' he elaborated. 'come on. For old time sake.'

Jack sighed. 'we leave in ten minutes.'

--

Oz walked over to Maya.

'hey, Maya,' he smiled. 'are you coming with us?'

'to get the dynamite?' she asked. 'yeah.'

'well, do you think we should get someone to look after Lucy and Deniz?' he asked. 'I don't really know...I don't actually know anything about being a parent...'

'it's okay, you don't have kids,' she shrugged.

'actually... I have a son, but I didn't know about him 'til right before the crash. Do you have kids?' he asked.

'no, I can't have kids,' she said. 'which is ironic, because one of my sisters is a fertility doctor, and my other sister, I've been a mother to her daughter lately.'

Oz smiled. 'so...'

'Roxy,' she nodded.

--

Charlie walked around, collecting messages for the bottle.

Roxy passed hers to Charlie. 'don't read it,' she added.

'course not,' he said, opening it.

'Charlie, I said not to read it!' she exclaimed.

'sorry. You okay, Roxy? You haven't been yourself lately...'

'well, I found out my mother is an Other, my sister is an Other, I am the reason Boone is dead, in a sense, well one of the reasons, and my best friend almost died too. So yeah, I'm different. Go away.'

Eli walked over to Luka.

'so you're really doing this?' he asked.

'what?' Luka asked, confused.

'you're really going to let this thing between you and Josie be left up in the air?'

'yes,' he said. 'I am.'

'stay safe, man,' Eli said, giving him a hug.

'yeah, you too,' Luka said. 'you have a problem with clumsiness. Don't drop the dynamite.'

'never.'

'come on!' Josie exclaimed. 'if you wanna do this tonight, we better leave now.'

She looked at Luka.

'hope you drown,' she said.

'hope you blow yourself up,' he countered.

Eli looked in between them, not knowing that they had said their real goodbyes earlier.

'let's go,' Jack said.

Eli, Maya, Oz, Hurley, Kate, Locke and Jack followed Josie into the jungle.

--

Josie walked back into her house late at night. A light flicked on in the kitchen and Kat was standing there.

Crap.

'good morning, Josephine,' Kat said, for it was that late that it was the next day, crossing her arms over her chest.

'morning,' Josie said casually.

'Josephine, why? Time after time I tell you it is not safe outside the Barracks, especially at night, and yet you still go.'

'oh, isn't it safe? I've never had a problem with outside the Barracks at night. I guess I'm special!' she exclaimed, mocking her mother.

'you are special, you could be great! If you stopped stuffing around and accepted it.'

'no, you need to accept that I ain't ever gonna live up to your expectations! I will never be good enough for you, and I'm not going to try to!'

'this isn't about that, Josephine! It's about the carelessness you display when you leave the Barracks!'

'I don't even want to be here, at the Barracks! It's so confining, I want to be free! Free of everything, free of everyone!'

'what is that supposed to mean?'

'it means that I don't want to be stuck here forever, like you have! I want a life, damn it! I want to live my life, but you won't let me! Everyone elses parents do, but you don't! You suck at being a mother, and I wish you weren't mine!' she yelled.

'oh, well, you wouldn't have even been here to yell like this, if it weren't for me! Years ago, they, the Hostiles, wanted to kill you! They wanted to kill you, along with the rest of the Dharma Initiative! Maybe I should have let that happen!' she exclaimed angrily, before immediately putting a hand over her mouth. 'oh...'

Josie stared at her in shock.

'yeah, maybe you should have,' she said softly. She went to the door, and opened it, leaving.

'Josephine-' Kat said, following her to the door.

'no, we're good, Kat,' Josie said, putting up her hands in defeat, closing the door. She leaned against the door and cried softly.

On the other side of the door, Kat did the same.

--

Josie stopped in the middle of the clearing, making everyone else stop with her.

Josie put her hands to her mouth, letting out a bird call.

'what are-' Jack began.

'did you need something, Josephine?' a voice asked, walking into the clearing.

The speaker was a woman, with unruly, long, dark hair and pale skin, a rifle in hand.

'I did, Scoresby,' she said. 'firstly, if my mother, or anyone else for that matter, asks, you never saw me today, or these people, okay?'

'fine,' she said.

'secondly, where do you get your dynamite from?'

'the Black Rock,' she answered.

'where's the Black Rock?' Josie asked.

'in the Dark Territory,' Scoresby said.

'whereabouts in the Dark Territory?' she asked.

Scoresby took out a bunch of maps, and started drawing on one. Finally, she passed it to Josie.

'we are here,' she pointed to a place she had circled. 'the Black Rock is here. The dynamite is inside. It is very unstable.'

'thank you,' Josie said.

The woman didn't say anything, just turned around and walked into the jungle.

Josie turned to the others. 'okay,' she said. 'let's get moving.'

--

'why are you making a tent, when we're going to leave soon anyway?' Yoon asked, walking over and watching James construct his tent.

'well, who knows how long it will take for you to get us rescued?' he said.

Yoon smiled.

'so, my sister hates me, her husband hates me, Sammy hates me, a lot of the others hate me,' Yoon said.

'what am I, your therapist?' he asked sarcastically.

'just work with me here,' she said.

'okay, well, who cares if most of them hate you? They don't know you, they don't know the full story. And Sammy, why do you care about him? From what I've seen, he's a jackass. Your sister's husband, I thought you hated him? And your sister, she's the only real problem here,' he said.

'that made me feel a bit better. Thanks,' she smiled.

He turned to her. 'Yoon...be careful on that raft, okay?'

'I will,' she said. 'you be careful too, okay? I spent a long time making sure you didn't die, and if you do when I'm not here, I'll bring you back just to kill you.'

James laughed. 'I'll try my best not to die.'

She leaned and gave him a quick kiss before walking away.

--

Lucy and Deniz walked up to Walt.

'bye, Walt,' Deniz said.

'we hope you get us rescued,' Lucy added.

In unison, the two girls hugged him, making Walt look a bit shocked.

'see?' Luka said when the two girls left. 'girls dig the heroes.'

'hey, what are you teaching my son?' Michael asked.

'how to get the ladies,' Sammy explained.

Yoon laughed, having just walked over. 'funny, I don't see any ladies lining up to say goodbye to you,' she said.

'I don't see anyone lining up to say goodbye to you,' Sammy countered.

Yoon looked over to see Jin and Sun kiss.

'not even your sister,' he added.

Yoon sighed. She couldn't leave like this.

She started walking over there.

--

Yoon sat down next to Sun. Sun started to stand up, but Yoon grabbed her arm, keeping her there.

'look, I know you don't owe me anything,' Yoon began. 'but I have to ask you a huge favour.'

Sun didn't say anything.

'could...could you look after Min-Hee for me?' she asked.

Sun turned to her suddenly. 'what?'

'you're the only one I really trust here, and I know you don't trust me, but I wouldn't worry about her if she was with you. And-'

'okay,' Sun said. 'I don't trust you, and I don't forgive you, but she is just a baby. Okay. I'll look after her.'

'thank you,' she smiled. 'and, I'll look after Jin out there.'

'you don't even like him,' Sun said.

'you're my sister. I don't have to like him, but I have to look out for him.'

Sun smiled. 'thank you.'

Yoon smiled back before turning to her daughter in her arms.

'sweetie, you're going to go with Aunty Sun for awhile, okay?' she said in Korean. 'but it will be okay, she loves you too,' she looked at Sun and mouthed the words "I think?" at her. Sun smiled and nodded. 'and she'll take real good care of you, while I'm off trying to get us rescued. Okay? I love you, sweetie.'

She turned to Sun. 'so if she starts crying, and you can't figure it out, either a) go find someone who has a kid, or b) sing to her in Korean. It gets her to quiet down, and she usually sleeps. Thank you Sun.'

'it's my pleasure,' she smiled.

'okay, we're ready to go!' Michael called out.

The two sisters stood up and Yoon pressed a kiss to her daughters head, before passing her to Sun. The two walked to the raft, and everyone began to push it in the water.

Yoon kissed her daughter one more time, brushing tears from her eyes, and got on the raft.

As the raft went further out onto the water, Sun and Jin shared a long look over the water. Yoon looked at James and smiled, who smiled back. Sammy looked in between them.

Luka searched for the familiar blonde, but of course he couldn't find her.

And black smoke rose somewhere on the Island.

--

'no,' Jack said. 'we're not letting a kid carry the dynamite.'

'I'm sixteen,' Eli said. 'and besides, I drew the short straw.'

'it's only fair,' Maya said. 'we did all make a deal. So it's me, Eli and Kate carrying them.'

'fine,' Jack said.

'are you sure?' Josie asked Eli.

'yeah. It will be fun,' he smiled.

'your funeral,' she shrugged.

'you're morbid,' Maya said. 'none of us are gonna die.'

--

This was not a good day.

Eli had, by all accounts, had the worst day, no the worst week.

First was he had twisted his ankle and broken his nose, and was now sporting two black eyes.

And then he was being sent home from his school trip, because his parents were way too protective of him.

So he had been going to the lobby of the hotel, and the elevator broke down. No problem was his first thought, someone would get it running again in ten minutes flat.

Four hours later and he finally got out of the elevator, missing his flight.

So he had gotten a new flight, Oceanic Flight 815, and he had stayed up in his hotel room until two hours before the flight. And then he had walked down the stairs, not game enough to try the elevator.

And wouldn't you know it; he tripped down the stairs again. So with a throbbing head, he had left the hotel. And his passport behind, at the stairs.

Of course, his luck being as bad as it was that day, he didn't realize until his expensive half hour taxi ride to the airport. So he went back. Only an hour left until his flight, and he spent fifteen minutes of that arguing with the receptionist, recounting how bad his day had already been.

With tight lips, the receptionist had passed his passport back to him. 'I don't think you're meant to fly back to America today,' he said.

Eli was seriously thinking of ending his "never attacked someone" streak, using this receptionist as his breakthrough into violence.

But he just breathed deeply and hailed another taxi. Another expensive half hour taxi ride later, he had fifteen minutes left to get to his flight.

And then, he had to talk the woman at Gate 23 into believing it was really him in the picture, he just had every injury imaginable.

Finally, after a nice encounter with a girl also on the flight, Eli sat down.

'Dude,' the man next to him said. 'what happened to your face?'

'Dude,' Eli stressed the word. 'so not in the mood.'

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'hey, this is actually working,' Eli said. 'I'm not scared that I'm carrying dynamite through the jungle, to the packs, not scared at al-ahh!' he yelled out, tripping over a root.

'Eli!' Josie, Oz and Maya exclaimed in unison.

Eli tripped, landing on his knees, the dynamite flying through the air.

It started making its way to the ground, near Eli.

'ELI!' Josie shrieked. 'move!'

Eli jumped up and started running.

The dynamite exploded.

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God, he can do some idiotic things sometimes. Wonder who will survive the explosion?

Please review. Also, while I'm on the note of reviewing, I'm just going to thank Girafe13 for consistently reviewing this story! You may not know it, but your reviews have kept me going. When no one elses reviews, you always do, and it reminds me that people do read this story and appreciate it. So thank you.