Hey! Here's the next chapter! It's got Annalise flashbacks! Enjoy! I don't own Lost.

'I don't see how this is any of your business!' an Indian woman exclaimed as she walked with another woman and a man across the hills.

'It's just a question, Anny,' the other woman said. 'Do you, or do you not like Carson?'

'I might,' she said. Suddenly two men walked out with guns pointed at them.

'Don't move!' one of them exclaimed. 'You're over the line. This is a violation of the truce.'

--

'Ursula, Alex,' Richard said. The two women looked at him expectantly. 'A plane crashed near the Hydra complex. Observe. There may actually be survivors; and you're both part of them. You're Passengers – in shock – come up with an adequate story if they ask. Stay quiet if they don't. Listen, learn, don't get involved.'

'Of course,' Ursula said as Alex nodded.

'Go.'

The two women nodded and ran towards the beach.

--

'what did you do?!' Isabella yelled looking at Rebecca's body on the ground.

'I'm sorry,' Nathan said emotionlessly. 'it was an accident.'

'you and I both know you're lying. God! I save your life, and you repay us by shooting Rebecca and killing her?'

'it seems that way.'

--

'are you okay?' Dragan asked.

'yeah… I think my headaches gone,' Sasha said.

'mine too,' he said. 'see? I was right. you didn't die.'

'oh, shut up. We need to find the others.'

--

'she's gone,' Faraday said in shock.

'I don't understand,' Evelyn said. 'she just disappeared.'

'she moved on,' he said. 'we stayed.'

'you mean the flashes have stopped?' he nodded. 'we need to find the others.'

--

Annalise watched the man look around him, as if he could see or hear them too. She heard him mutter.

'go away,' he said to the ghosts. Oh my God, Annalise thought. He could see them too.

'excuse me,' she said. He looked at her. 'who were you just talking to?'

'no one,' he said. 'I wasn't talking.' He began walking off.

'were you talking to the ghosts?'

He stopped. 'what?'

'the ghosts. The ones annoying you. you can see them too, can't you?'

'I don't see them, it's a sense, a feeling,' the man said, walking away.

'well, I see them.'

'good for you.'

'I'm Annalise,' she said, following him.

'am I supposed to care?'

'what's your name?'

'Miles, now go away, kid.'

--

Sasha and Dragan walked out into the open to see Sawyer and everyone else.

'you're alive,' Serj said in surprise.

'such faith you have in me,' Sasha said sarcastically.

'and who was it who kept repeating that they were going to die?' Dragan murmured in her ear from behind her.

'shut up,' she said, turning her head and looking at him before turning back to the others.

'who died?' she asked, knowing that someone would have.

'always blunt, aren't you?' Serj said. 'no one did,' he added.

'wrong,' a voice said, walking into the clearing. 'Charlotte did. She's dead,' Evelyn continued. Faraday was right behind her.

Adrian looked at Evelyn. 'you okay?'

She smiled slightly at him. 'yeah, I'm fine.'

'we need to go,' Serj said.

'well, where are we going?' Nat asked.

'I say we head back to the beach,' Sawyer said.

'oh great idea!' Dan said sarcastically. 'lets all go back to the beach! Our camps not there. Nothings there. Why bother?'

'you know,' Amber said as they began to follow Sawyer out of the clearing. 'you're really an asshole when Sophie's not around.'

Dan shot her a dirty look, but followed as well.

'Dan,' Stacey said, falling into step beside him. 'Sophie is alive.'

'and how would you know?' he asked.

'she was on that chopper.'

'what if it crashed?'

'you can't think like that.'

'it's probably what happened. They're all dead.'

'no, they're not,' she said, and he didn't realize the tears coming to her eyes.

'look, I know they must be.'

'I refuse to believe that.'

'and why not?'

'I'm not sure if you recall but my pregnant cousin and my six week old daughter was on that helicopter. They are all I've got left. They can't be dead.'

Dan stopped short. 'Stace,' he said. 'I'm sorry. I didn't remember.'

'of course you didn't,' she said. He opened his mouth but she cut him off. 'I don't mean it like I'm accusing you of not caring. The woman you love was on that chopper. I understand that's what you're thinking about.'

At that moment they heard a gunshot and everyone stopped short. Sawyer, Ivy, Tamsyn, Juliet, Sasha, Serj and Dragan pulled out their guns as the group made their way over there. They saw two women, one of them sobbing over a man's body.

'no!' the woman sobbed.

The two women had a gun pointed at each of them as sacks were put over each of their heads.

'what's going on?' Dragan asked.

'two women, guns pointed at each of their heads. A man dead on the ground,' Sasha informed him.

'who are they?' Missy asked.

'Faraday said we shouldn't get involved,' Miles said. He turned to him. 'right?'

'Doesn't matter what we do. Whatever happened, happened.'

'I'm going over there,' Stacey said.

'no you're not,' Dan said. She turned to him, an insulted look on her face. 'if something happens to you Stace, Isabel won't have a mother.'

'I thought you thought they were dead?' she said.

'I thought you thought they were alive?' he countered.

'fine. I won't go,' she sighed.

'you got my back, Ive?' Tamsyn asked.

'I've always had your back, Tam,' she said. Tammy smiled and started walking into the open.

'okay, drop the gun!' Tammy yelled.

One man whipped around and pulled the trigger. As soon as he fired a bullet passed through his heart. Tamsyn turned her head and saw Ivy with her gun raised.

'told you,' Ivy smiled.

Sawyer raised his gun and shot the other man dead. the others made their way out of the jungle as Ivy and Tammy took the sacks off the women's heads. Sasha and Serj turned to each other with looks of shock on their faces.

'it's all right. It's over,' Stacey said to the women.

'who are you?' the Indian women asked.

--

'come on, let's go,' Isabella said angrily to Nathan.

'and why can't I have a gun?' he asked. 'there could be anything out here.'

'hmm, let's see… oh right! You just killed Rebecca by shooting her! That's why you can't have a gun!'

--

'ugh…' Shawn muttered, opening his eyes to see the plane. He looked around him, suddenly remembering that Tasha was next to him. He gently shook her awake.

She opened her eyes and looked at him. 'are we back?' she murmured softly.

'I think so,' he said. She nodded and turned to the young girl beside her, waking her up.

--

'who are they?' Sawyer asked Sasha and Serj. The two unknown women were kneeling next to the dead man, Faraday and Evelyn watching them. Miles, Ivy and Tammy were walking around, making sure there weren't any other Others.

'Amy and Anju,' Serj said. 'Dharma Initiative members.'

'that was back in the 70s and 80s,' Ari said.

'then that's when we must be,' Nat said.

'the dead man,' Sasha said, nodding her head over there. 'his name is Paul,' she said.

'never heard of him,' Serj said.

'he was shot by the Hostiles in 1974. That's when we are.'

'how the Hell do you know he was shot then?' Payton asked.

'I came here in 1968, Payton. I've lived here ever since.'

'apart from when you infiltrated Mossad,' Adira said.

'what's Mossad?' Nat asked.

'Israel's Intelligence Agency,' Sasha said. 'Adira was a world class assassin there.'

'that's your job?' Nat asked in awe.

'Ken,' Adira sighed, shooting Sasha a dirty look.

'oh, were you trying to keep it a secret?' Sasha said in mock surprise. 'my bad. Sorry.'

'Sawyer,' Amber said, passing him a walkie. He fiddled with it and it produced static. He knelt down beside the two women.

'listen, we gotta go,' he said to them.

'who are you people?' Amy asked.

'Our ship wrecked here on the way to Tahiti,' Stacey said.

Sawyer looked at her and nodded slightly. 'but that's unimportant now. Coz whoever's on the other end of this might come.'

'We have to bury them,' Anju said.

'we don't have time,' Adrian said.

'no,' Sasha and Serj said in unison.

'we have to,' Sasha added.

Anju looked at her in curiosity. 'have we met before?' she asked her.

'no,' Sasha said. 'I don't think so.'

'where are you from? What's your name?'

'I'm from Russia,' she lied convincingly. 'my name is Aleksandra. Although everyone just calls me Sasha.'

'we have to bury them,' Amy said. 'and we have to bring Paul back. please.'

'I'll carry him,' Jin said.

'All right, we'll put these guys in the ground and carry your friend back, but we better do it fast,' Sawyer said.

'He wasn't my friend. He was my husband,' Amy sobbed.

--

Logan's eyes opened and he looked around him, frowning. Rosie and Alice weren't there. So where were they?

He looked across the aisle, to see Amanda, waking up. He shakily stood up and walked over to her, pulling her up.

'second plane crash,' she murmured. 'really getting sick of it.'

--

'Andi!' Cleopatra exclaimed, shaking the woman next to her awake.

'w-what happened?' Andrea asked.

'I don't know. I think we crashed,' she said. 'are you okay?'

She nodded. 'are you?'

Cleo nodded, leaning forward and kissing her girlfriend.

--

'So, Aleksandra,' Dragan smirked. 'how are you?'

She shot him a dirty look, although it was wasted on him.

'listen up,' Sawyer said. 'when we get there there's gonna be a Hell of a lot of questions. So let me do the talking.'

'you think that you'll be able to convince them we were in a boat wreck?' Miles asked.

'Miles, he's a professional,' Stacey said. 'he used to lie about every little thing he did in his life.'

'Faraday!' Juliet exclaimed. 'stop!'

He stopped and everyone looked. He was standing right in front of the sonar fence.

Ari looked at Amy and Anju. 'Turn it off.'

'turn what off?' Amy asked.

'whatever the Hell that is,' she said.

'it looks like a sonic fence of some kind,' Juliet added. Sawyer shot her a look.

'so where was your ship going?' Anju asked.

'listen, we just saved you're life,' Sawyer said. 'so trust us, and turn that damn thing off.'

'okay, fine,' Amy said and the two women moved over there.

''Sonic fence'? Didn't I say let me do the talking?' Sawyer whispered to Juliet.

'One more step, Faraday would've fried his brain,' Juliet explained.

'His brain's already fried.'

'Okay, it's off,' Anju said.

'You first,' Evelyn said.

The two women sighed and walked through.

'See? It's fine,' Amy said.

'let's go,' Dan said.

They all began following, Sasha looking warily at it, remembering what had happened another time she had been through it.

'And going forward, we should all do a better job of trusting-' Sawyer began before the group of them fell to their knees in unison before writhing on the ground and going motionless.

Amy and Anju removed their earplugs and looked at each other.

--

'Oi! Jonas! Kyle!' Addison exclaimed, frustrated. 'wake up!'

Jonas groaned. 'very nice of you, Addie,' he said sarcastically. 'it's not like we were in a plane crash or anything.'

'no, not at all,' Kyle added sarcastically.

--

'I'm back,' Jacqui muttered in shock. 'I'm back.'

Megan smiled at her. 'feels great, doesn't it?'

'we're back, Megan,' she repeated. 'we're back!'

'I know,' she laughed.

'I've been off the island for eight years, Megan. You don't know how long that is when your whole life is in the place you can't be.'

'you're right. I don't know. But I can imagine.'

'do you think they're still alive? Gabe? Richard?'

'yeah, I think they are.'

'tell me again why we left,' a voice said from behind them.

'because I was ordered to, Madison,' Jacqui said. 'Megan didn't want to leave Ben, which I guess is sweet. Ben was banished. And you took Sasha's place because she wasn't strong enough to travel to the Orchid.'

The smiles on the three girls' faces instantly dropped when they realized the same thing. 'what if she's dead?' Madison asked.

Jacqui brushed it off, by laughing. 'please, Maddie. This is Sasha we're talking about. She will not die until she wants to die.'

'she told us to let her go once before. Said she didn't want to live anyway,' Megan pointed out.

'newsflash, Megan,' Madison said. 'Dragan.'

'point taken.'

'who's Dragan?' Jacqui asked.

'the person Sasha loves.'

'Lasesha Kansa has fallen in love? Oh my God. What has the world come to?'

'ease up,' Madison told her. 'she does have a heart.'

'where'd they go?' the three of them heard Lapidus say.

'they're gone,' Ben answered.

'Gone? Gone where?' Shawn asked.

'How would I know?'

'because it's you,' Tasha said spitefully.

--

'Why did you follow me here again?' Miles asked.

'coz you need my help,' Annalise informed him.

'no, I don't.'

'well, a ghost that hangs around you a lot said that this ghost is giving you trouble.'

'I can handle it, Carrot Top.'

He rang the doorbell and an Egyptian woman answered the door.

'please come in, Mr Straume,' she said, her eyes moving to Annalise. 'who is she?'

Miles looked over his shoulder at Annalise and sighed. 'she's an apprentice of mine.'

'does she see them, too?'

'yes.'

'come on in, then.'

Miles and Annalise followed the woman through to another room.

'tell me, how do you know it's a ghost?' Annalise asked.

'it's… a presence. But it seems like a familiar presence,' she explained.

Annalise nodded and looked around the room. 'Oi! The ghost that's haunting this woman!'

'Annalise…' Miles said.

'you rang?' a ghostly figure appeared at the doorway. Miles gaped at Annalise.

'why are you annoying this woman?' Annalise asked.

'I made a promise when she was born,' the ghost said.

'to who?'

'her mother. I promised her that I would always protect her daughter no matter what. But then I died, so I watch over her.'

'you're scaring her. What's your name?'

'Miranda. Miranda Chasler.'

'Miranda, do you think you could leave this place?'

'I made a promise to my best friend. I can't break it now.'

'I think you've protected her enough.'

'let's make a deal. I'll leave, if you permit me to come back occasionally, and if I can hang around with you.'

'Ms Nasri,' Annalise said. 'she says she will leave, but only if she's permitted to come back occasionally.'

'why's she even here?'

'she apparently made a promise to your mother when you were born to always protect you.'

'okay, she can come back occasionally,' the woman sighed.

'thank you,' Miranda said, gliding through the wall.

'she said thank you,' Annalise said to the woman. She turned to Miles. 'you owe me big time.'

--

'hello?' a woman said, opening the front door of a house. 'Mira? You home?'

'hey!' another woman exclaimed, coming out of the kitchen and hugging her. 'how was the mainland?'

'yeah, pretty good,' she shrugged. 'so what's been happening here?'

'apparently this group of people shipwrecked here and saved Amy and Anju's lives. Belinda was punched by me earlier today, but we won't go into that. Your mother is at the Hydra Station, your father at the Looking Glass, your brother at the Arrow and your older sister at the Flame.'

'and my other sister?' she asked, trying to hide the fact she hated her. 'please tell me she's dead.'

'right behind you,' a voice said. 'nice to see you too, Alia,' she added sarcastically. The person talking was a young girl.

'I never said it was nice to see you, Sasha,' Alia said.

--

'we're going to be shot on the spot,' Miles said.

'what?' Missy asked.

'he's probably trying to explain time travel as we speak. They'll think we're crazy, and shoot us.'

'overdramatic, much?' Sasha muttered darkly.

'what's your problem?' Adrian asked her.

'my sisters alive in this time.'

'so why's that bad?' Payton asked.

'if you knew what she's done, you'd be seeing my side of it too,' she said.

'oh, right,' Anya said. 'she killed your child, yeah?'

Sasha looked at her murderously, angry that she was talking about it so freely.

Dragan put his hand over hers, calming her. He turned his head to Anya. 'shut up,' he told her.

'Faraday,' Dan said. 'we gonna have a flash anytime soon?'

'no. no more,' Faraday said, appearing to be distracted by something – or rather someone. 'Charlotte,' he said softly, watching a young girl with red hair. Evelyn whipped around.

'oh my God,' she said softly.

'so,' Ari said to Serj and Sasha. 'you guys were part of the Dharma Initiative, right?'

'unfortunately,' Serj said.

'so, there's, like, younger versions of you guys here?'

'I came in three years from now,' Serj said.

'I'm somewhere here,' Sasha said, shrugging.

'so,' Anya said. 'if we kill younger you in this time, will older you just disappear now?'

'no. because whatever happened, happened. You obviously didn't kill me as I'm here talking with you.'

At that moment Sawyer walked up with Horace.

'Somebody will be along shortly to show you to your rooms,' Horace said. 'In the meantime, Mr. LaFleur here can fill you in on the situation,' he said, gesturing to Sawyer before walking away.

'"Mr. LaFleur"?' Amber asked as soon as Horace was out of earshot.

'It's Creole. I improvised,' Sawyer said.

'What happened in there?' Amber asked.

'well, he believed my story,' Sawyer began before being interrupted.

'you mean my story,' Stacey said.

'yeah, your story. Good job coming up with it so quickly, by the way. But he's putting us on a sub tomorrow to Tahiti.'

'How's that bad news?' Johnny asked. Before anyone could answer, an alarm blared around the Barracks. The group of them looked up in surprise, as Dharma members ran around.

'Come on!' a man exclaimed to them, gesturing them to follow him. 'Get inside! Move! Now!'

They followed the man to a house and went in.

'keep an eye on them,' he said to the two women with rifles, who nodded, before running out.

Sasha gasped softly and Dragan turned to her, silently asking what was wrong.

'that's my sister,' she said softly in his ear.

'serious?' he asked quietly.

'completely.'

At that moment young Sasha walked out.

'what's going on?' she asked the two women with rifles.

'go back to bed,' one of them said.

'what's going on?' she repeated.

'go back to bed.'

'Hostiles?'

'okay, fine, yes. it's the Hostiles. Now go back to bed, Sasha.'

'fine. you're the boss, Alia,' she said sarcastically, shooting her a dirty look before walking back the way she had come.

The other Sasha tried to ignore the others looking at her in surprise and looked out the window. They all followed her gaze to see a man and woman walking to the middle of the Barracks, each of them holding a lighted torch. Sawyer looked at Juliet, who nodded.

'damn,' he said quietly.

--

Annalise was sitting on the beach, looking at the other island. At that moment three people sat around her.

'where'd Sophie go?' she asked them.

'no idea,' Davina said before turning to Demelza. 'care to shed some light on this?'

'I'm a clairvoyant, not a claircognizance,' she said.

'my sisters on there, isn't she?' Corey asked, looking at the other island.

'they're talking, aren't they Lynnie?' Demelza said.

'yeah. I've heard a guy called Boone and a woman called Ana Lucia.'

'I've heard a man called Brad and two teenagers called Calypso and Kalub.'

'Kalub?' Annalise asked. 'Kalub Smith?'

'yes. why do you ask?'

'no reason,' she muttered.

--

'so…' Skye said as they watched Horace talk to the two Hostiles. 'who thinks that the sub is a good idea?'

'no one's getting on that sub,' Sawyer said.

'and of course, you can stop us.'

At that moment Horace burst inside and turned to Sawyer.

'Okay, LaFleur, how well did you bury those bodies?' he asked.

'Well, that depends on how hard he looks.'

Horace sighed and turned to Alia.

'Call the Arrow. Tell Jamal we're at Condition One. Take the heavy ordnance, and make sure the fence is at maximum.'

'of course,' she said.

'Let me talk to them,' Sawyer said.

'what?' Mira asked.

'the people out there. Let me talk to them.'

'We had a truce with these people. You don't understand,' Horace said.

'I understand I'm the one that killed his men, and I'm the one that's gonna go out there and tell him why I did it.'

'I can't let you do that.'

'Well, it's a good thing I ain't asking your permission.'

He began walking past him and he opened the door.

'James,' Juliet, Amber and Stacey said in unison.

'are you sure you know what you're doing?' Dan asked.

'not yet,' Sawyer said.

'but let me guess,' Stacey said. 'you'll figure something out.'

'exactly,' he said, walking out. he walked over to where the two people were.

'Hello, Richard,' he said.

'do we know you?' the woman asked.

'I killed your men.'

'of course you did,' she said viciously before turning to Richard. 'please just let me kill him.'

'Jacquilyn,' he said in warning before turning to Sawyer expectantly.

'I'm the guy that killed your men. Heard some gunshots, saw two men throwing a bag over a woman's head. Gave them a chance to throw the weapons down and walk away, but one of them took a shot at me, and I defended myself.'

'what is he doing?' Ivy asked from inside. 'I'm the one that killed one of them.'

She was ignored.

'Is that so?' Richard asked Sawyer.

'it is so.'

'Your people know that you're telling us this?'

'They ain't my people, Hoss. So if you got some kind of a truce with them, it ain't been broken.'

'If you're not a member of the DHARMA Initiative, then what are you?' Jacquilyn asked.

'Did you bury the bomb?' Sawyer asked.

'Excuse me?' Richard asked.

'The hydrogen bomb with "Jughead" written on the side. Did you bury it?'

'how the Hell did you know about that?' Jacquilyn asked.

'I know that 20 years ago, some bald guy limped into your camp and fed you some mumbo jumbo about being your leader. And then disappeared in front of your very own eyes. I'm waiting for him to come back. you still think I'm a member of the damn Dharma Initiative?'

'No. I guess I don't. But no matter who you are, two of our men are dead. And my people need some kind of justice.'

'Now what are we gonna do about that?' Richard asked.

--

Anju held Amy as she cried over her husbands body. She could sense Carson and Horace enter behind them with one of the men who had saved her and Amy's life, but still, neither of them moved.

'How are you doing, Amy?' Horace asked, kneeling down beside them.

'are they gone? The Alpert's?' she asked.

'no, they're not gone. We told them where the bodies were.'

'You told him?' Anju asked in disbelief. 'Why?'

'We had to. It was the only way to maintain the truce. Jim here worked it out with him, but... well, he's gonna need something from us now. He needs to take Paul's body back with him.'

'no!' Amy exclaimed through her tears. 'God, no.'

'Hey, Ames,' he said softly. 'Listen, we've been friends for a long time, yeah? So this is completely your choice. If you don't want to give him to them, then we will suffer the consequences.'

She thought for a moment.

'They can take him. He would want to keep us safe. Can I have a minute, please?'

Horace nodded and stood up, walking over to Sawyer and Carson. Anju unwrapped her arms from around her friend and followed Horace, watching as Amy took off Paul's wooden ankh necklace. She stood up and walked past them.

'I'm sorry,' Sawyer said. She looked at him but kept walking, Anju following her out.

'You need some help?' Sawyer asked as Horace and Carson walked towards the body.

'no, we've got it. Thanks,' Horace said. 'hey, Jim, the sub leaving tomorrow morning, returns in two weeks. Until then, you can stay and look for the rest of your crew.'

'Thanks.'

--

'Alex?' Megan asked. The young woman turned around and smiled brightly.

'Megan,' she hugged her.

'Richard sent you?'

'naturally. Ursula's here too. I think Richard was going to send Gabe, but for some reason decided against it.'

'I think Gabe would have liked it here,' Megan smiled.

'why?'

'Alex?' a voice said. 'is that Alexandra I see?'

Alex turned around and looked at Jacquilyn. 'Jacquilyn? You're back.'

'yes, I am. And you have grown into a beautiful young woman, Alex,' she said.

'and soon I'll be older than you,' she said.

'sucks, doesn't it?' she smirked.

'what sucks?' Madison asked.

'Jacqui not aging,' Alex said.

'Alex!' Madison exclaimed, hugging the young woman. 'have you talked to Ben yet?'

'he's here? he was allowed back?'

'yeah,' Megan said.

'you're back here,' a voice snarled. The group turned to see Cleopatra there.

'hello, Cleopatra,' Megan said warily. 'what do you want?'

'you lot killed my mother.'

'Sweetheart, she deserved to die,' Madison said coldly. 'So don't try to act like it was an evil thing to do.'

'Alia did not deserve to survive after what she did,' Megan added.

'I'm going to go find Ursula,' Alex decided, walking off. She walked for awhile, trying to locate her when, after five minutes, someone interrupted her.

'Alex?' Shawn asked, standing up from where he had been sitting with Tasha and Sammy.

'Shawn,' Alex said, hugging him. The two of them didn't notice Tasha giving Alex a dirty look and muttering offensively in Spanish.

'how are you?' Shawn asked Alex.

'I'm good,' she smiled. 'what about you?'

'yeah, me too. So what's been going on?'

'I'm going to go talk to Amanda and Logan,' Tasha announced taking Sammy's hand.

'it's okay, I'm trying to find Ursula,' Alex said. 'nice talking to you.'

'no, continue your conversation,' Tasha said as she walked away.

'I have to find Ursula, Shawn,' Alex said.

'I'd really like to see you again,' Shawn said.

'me too,' Alex smiled as she walked away.

--

Tasha scowled. Shawn really wanted to see her again? He just couldn't get his priorities straight could he? One minute he flirts with Alexandra fucking Linus, and the next he apparently loves her? God, he was so infuriating.

Looking over her shoulder she saw Alex head into the jungle as Shawn walked down the beach the other way. Looking around Tasha saw Amanda and Logan. She rolled her eyes. It would have to do.

She walked over there. 'hey Amanda can you please look after Samantha for around ten minutes maybe more it would really help me out if you could thanks,' she said hurriedly in one breath.

'sure,' Amanda said. Tasha forced a smile and left Sammy with her before running into the jungle after Alex.

'just what the Hell do you think you're playing at?' Tasha demanded once she saw her.

Alex whirled around. 'excuse me?'

'you heard me. What the fuck are you playing at?'

'I have no idea what you're talking about.'

'why are you here? no one wants you here.'

'he does,' she smirked. Tasha shook her head in disbelief and reeled back her fist, before punching Alex square in the face.

'just stay the Hell away from him, Alexandra,' she hissed before walking out of the jungle.

--

'liar,' Tamsyn said.

'I'm not lying, Tammy!' Ivy exclaimed. 'I seriously don't!'

'you totally do!'

'no, I don't!'

'what are the two of you arguing about?' Johnny asked curiously, walking over with Ari and Chris next to him.

'nothing!' Ivy exclaimed hastily. He raised an eyebrow.

'we were arguing because I noticed something and Ivy denied it,' Tammy said.

'what did you notice?' he asked.

'that she's head over heels in love.'

'with who?'

'you,' she said simply. Johnny looked at Ivy in surprise, who was in turn looking at Tammy in shock. 'come on, let's go Ari, Chris,' Tammy added and the three walked away, leaving the other two there.

'so, umm…' Ivy said.

--

'ten bucks says she denies it,' Missy said from her place next to Tammy.

'ten bucks says she confesses all, but he doesn't feel that way,' Tammy said.

'ten bucks says she confesses and he confesses,' Seth said.

'ten bucks says she tries to cover it up and he kisses her mid explanation,' Ari said.

--

'so,' Ivy said. 'about….that…sky?'

Johnny looked at her, trying to hide his amusement about how uncomfortable she was. 'so, yes. about that sky?' he said, trying to remain serious.

She shot him a look. 'so, I swear Tammy needs to be admitted into a psychiatric ward, or something. Don't you? I mean to say that of all things! It's ridiculous! Completely ridiculous! Completely and utterly…. True,' she sighed in defeat, knowing she couldn't get out of it.

'I know,' he said simply, taking a step towards her and kissing her softly. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back.

--

Serj walked around the Barracks, trying to find Sasha. He could tell she needed to talk to someone. After all, she had just seen the woman who, in thirteen years, would kill her baby. Finally, he located her sitting on one of the swings, staring off into the distance.

He walked over and stood behind her.

'you okay?' he asked.

She turned her head and looked at him. 'I wanted to kill her, Serj.'

'I know you did,' he said, sitting down on the swing next to her.

'but I knew I couldn't. for the same reason I told Anya that she couldn't kill me.'

'because it has to happen,' he said in understanding.

'yes. and because, if I did, a lot of things would be different. I wouldn't have become the person I am now.'

'would that be as bad as you seem to think it would be?'

'I think so. You see, I know I used to be nice. But since 1987 I've been the biggest bitch on this island. And if I wasn't, a lot of things would have changed because sometimes I'm the only person who can stop someone from doing something. If I was nice, certain things would have changed. So I know I can't do what I want to do now. But…'

'but…?'

'I would like nothing more than to kill her. What does that make me?'

'it makes you human. Anybody would want to kill the person who killed their child. There's no wonder you want to kill her, Sasha. I would too if I was you. and I know you know that you have the right to, although you won't. because you know it gives you more satisfaction in eighteen years to kill her.'

'how is it you know my mind better than I know it?'

'I've had years of seeing basically only you, and occasionally others. I've had the chance to study you.'

'you mean analyze me?'

'Yes.'

'well, thanks for analyzing me,' she smiled.

--

Three Years Later

'LaFleur!' Carson yelled from the door, Phil next to him.

'What?' he asked from inside.

'sorry to bother you, but we got a situation out at the pylons,' Phil said.

The door opened and Sawyer was there.

'What kind of situation?' he asked.

'it's Horace,' Carson said.

'He's got dynamite, and he's blowing up trees,' Phil added. Sawyer sighed.

'son of a bitch,' he said, following them out.

--

Sasha jolted awake when a loud sound, that could've been an explosion, came from the other room. She rolled out of bed and stood up, walking out into the other room.

'what are you doing?' she asked when she saw Dragan doing God knows what.

'take a guess,' he said, still working on it.

'trying to destroy the whole island?'

'no. close, but no,' he smiled.

'then what are you doing?'

'actually, I have no idea either,' he said. She smiled and walked over behind him.

'if you connect this wire,' she said, guiding his hand over to a red wire. 'and this wire,' she guided his other hand to a blue wire. 'I think you could succeed in destroying the island. Only speculation, though.'

'interesting… of course, it couldn't happen because we can't change the past.'

'guess it won't work then,' she said, taking a seat next to him.

'did you realize that next week it will be eight years since I came to the island?' he asked.

'time flies,' she said. 'I'm getting close to being on here for forty years.'

'I always forget how old you are,' he smirked.

'shut up. I could kill you quite easily, and you know it.'

--

'come on!' Dan yelled at the house, and a second later Miles ran out and got in the van.

'Hey,' Miles said to Dan, Adira and Sawyer as they began to drive.

'Evening, Enos. You got your zapper with ya?' Sawyer said.

'Yep. You wanna tell me why I need it?'

'our fearless leader is out blowing up trees.'

'Why's he doin' that?'

'he's plastered,' Dan said.

'Since when does Horace drink?'

'He doesn't, so we're gonna keep this on the down low.'

They continued driving until they got to the sonar fence and the three of them got out.

'All right. Miles, Dan, you put out that fire. Pack up this dynamite. Adira and I'll take him home.'

'Why don't you put out the fire, pack up, and I'll take him home?' Miles said.

'You wanna tell Amy where we found him?'

'let's do this,' Dan said to Miles. Adira helped Sawyer with Horace.

--

Adira knocked on the door of a house. The door opened, revealing a pregnant Amy.

'Oh, my God. Is he okay?' she asked looking at Horace.

'You tell us,' Adira said.

'Bring him inside.'

Adira and Sawyer brought him inside and put him on the couch.

'Where'd you find him?' Amy asked.

'By the Fence, blowing up trees with dynamite. Wanna tell me why?' Sawyer said.

'We had a fight.'

'about what?' Adira asked.

'please. It's personal.'

'Personal?' Sawyer said. 'Nothing on this island is personal. It'll be on the coconut telegraph by breakfast.'

'It was about Paul.'

'of course it was,' Adira said. Amy looked at her, surprised by her response. 'go on,' she said.

'oh,' Amy grabbed her belly.

'What's the matter? You okay?' Sawyer asked.

'The baby – it's coming,' she groaned.

'Oh, hell.'

--

Annalise sat in a coffee shop, drinking a cappuccino, waiting for Demelza, Davina, Corey and Sophie to show up. As she sat she looked around her. Nothing really out of the ordinary. A newspaper stand, a street performer, a ghost, business people… hang on. A ghost? Annalise looked at the ghost in curiosity. The curiosity became even greater when the ghost glided over to her.

'Annalise Jenkins, right?' the ghost of a teenage boy said.

'what's it to you?' she said, putting her Bluetooth headset on so she didn't look completely crazy.

'I come with a message,' he said.

'what type of message?'

'Ajira Flight 316. Get on it.'

'why?'

'Logan's life depends on you getting on that flight.'

'who the fucking Hell is Logan?!'

'you have to get on that flight, Annalise!' the boy exclaimed.

'and why?'

'to save Logan, as I've already told you! get on that flight.'

'how about no?'

'do you want to see Miles again?' he shouted, although Annalise was the only one to hear it. this stunned her into silence. 'exactly. Get on that flight, Annalise.'

'fine. Who are you though?'

'my name's Kalub Smith,' he said, fading into nothing.

--

'it hurts!' Amy exclaimed in agony.

'you're going to be just fine, Amy. Just relax,' Anju said.

'no child gets born on this island!' she exclaimed.

'shh,' Anju said. 'calm down, Ames. We can do this.'

Slowly, Amy nodded.

'Where's Horace?' Anju asked Sawyer. 'Does he know his wife's in labor?'

'He's unavailable,' Sawyer said.

'Amy's in a very dangerous situation. The baby's breech.'

'What the hell does that mean?'

'It's upside down. She needs a Caesarean.'

'Well, don't tell me about it. Just do it.'

'Jim, I'm a nurse, not an obstetrician. Our women always deliver on the mainland. She's two weeks early.'

'well, what about Layla? Can't she do it?'

'Layla's at the Looking Glass.'

'can you deliver this baby?'

'I don't think so,' she said.

Sawyer ran out quickly.

--

Shawn sat down next to Tasha, who was reading a book from someone's luggage to Sammy.

Tasha glanced at Shawn, but continued reading until the end of the short book.

'hey, Shawn!' Sammy exclaimed cheerfully.

'hey, Sammy!' he smiled before talking to Tasha. 'I need to talk to you.'

'so talk,' she said, turning to him. He glanced at Sammy. 'don't worry, if we talk in even tones she won't really notice.'

'I talked to Alex before,' he began.

'I know. I was there.'

'no, after that.'

'oh.'

'mommy,' Sammy interrupted. 'what are those marks on your arms?' she pointed to Tasha's wrist, where there were faint jagged scars, healing cuts and one cut that looked extremely recent. Shawn and Tasha both looked down at her wrist, their eyes both going to the recent cut. Shawn looked up at her in shock.

'just an accident that happened,' Tasha said convincingly.

'can I go talk to Manda?' she asked. Tasha looked at where Amanda was with Logan down the beach.

'sure. Just don't wander away from her without telling her where you're going first.'

Samantha nodded and ran down the beach. Shawn looked at Tasha.

'look, Shawn,' she sighed. 'it's what I do. Everyone knows it.'

'that looks recent, Tasha,' he said.

'it is.'

'when?'

'about an hour ago,' she shrugged.

'Tasha! Why would you do that?'

'you know how insecure I am, Shawn,' she said softly. 'actually, now that I think about it, you don't know how insecure I really am.'

'what do you mean?'

'my mother killed herself when I was fifteen. She wanted to be with my father, who had ODed on heroin two years beforehand. I found her body, in the bathroom, cuts on her wrists. She killed herself for the one she loved.'

'I'm sure there's a point to this…'

'you know about Mark, the father of Sammy, don't you?' he nodded. 'he started getting really distant when I turned sixteen. I started hurting myself then. Because of my parents, and because of I thought it might make him realize how much I loved him, if I died for him.'

'that's stupid.'

'let me finish. And then every time something would happen that was bad, even if it wasn't about him, I hurt myself. When we broke up, I became numb. Like a shell of Natasha Santos. I had actually loved him. So I hurt myself, because it meant I was actually feeling something. Mark tore me apart, Shawn. And pain made me feel more together.'

'Tasha-'

'let me finish. Mark tore me apart and the pain of hurting myself numbed the pain of my heart. So that's what I did. And then you came along. You got me over my fear of letting people in, my fear of loving someone. And you got me over hurting myself. Mark tore me apart, and you put me back together,' she smiled sadly at him. 'and then we went separate ways. And after that Dinah and I got caught by your group. And through an open window I heard Calypso tell you that if you didn't love me, then you had to let me go. Later that day I left for the beach. And you didn't stop me. And I knew how you felt. I knew you didn't love me.'

'Tash-'

'Shawn, just let me talk. We got off the island, and still, you went to New York, I stayed in LA. I had, on our way to LA, actually kidded myself into thinking maybe we could've gotten over our differences then and got together. But we didn't. and once again I was abandoned, broken. What else was new? I wanted so, so much to kill myself those first few months. But I refused to give in. because of Samantha. But two years after the rescue it got too much. I hurt myself. I almost killed myself that day. With my daughter in the next room. But I still, during my recovery, wouldn't let anyone get close enough to fix me. All my life I've been afraid to let anyone in. You got me over that fear. But when you left, it came back stronger than ever before.'

'Tasha-'

'Shawn, don't. not yet. And then, I, for some crazy reason, I will pledge insanity in this instance, I visited you. and the feelings that I had been trying to suppress, they came back in a heartbeat. And when I left, I was broken again. So then occasionally I would cut myself, it made me relieved. You came to see me, and I just wanted to slam the door right in your face and slice my wrist open, it hurt that much. And then the next day you said you loved. And just like that I was complete. But now, you're flirting with Alex, and I had to hurt myself.'

'why?'

'because, if you have the right to hurt me, why don't I have the right to hurt myself?'

'I never meant to hurt you.'

'you and your feelings are like a rollercoaster, so sometimes I don't know whether I will believe you or not.'

'I'm sorry, Tasha. I really do love you.'

'please work out your priorities, and maybe one day I'll believe you,' she said softly getting up and walking where Amanda, Logan and Sammy were. Shawn followed her with his eyes before looking away, at Alex.

--

'hey,' Sawyer said to Mira as he passed. 'where's Juliet?'

Mira looked up at him. 'over there,' she pointed. Sawyer walked over the way she pointed to see Juliet, Ari, Ivy, Johnny and Kit.

'what's up?' Juliet asked.

'Amy's having her baby,' Sawyer said to them.

'what?' they all asked in unison.

'Did you hear me? She's in trouble. Nurse says she needs a caesarean.'

'We had an agreement,' Ari hissed.

'Screw our agreement. she ain't never done one. I'm guessing you two have,' he gestured to Juliet and Ari.

'don't you understand that every time we try to help a woman on this island give birth, it hasn't worked?' Juliet asked.

'don't you understand that apparently Sasha's the reason women can't give birth here? in 1987 she causes that to happen. Newsflash, that's ten years from now!' Ivy exclaimed quietly.

'You gotta try,' Sawyer said. 'You gotta help her. You're the only ones that can.'

Juliet threw her gloves at him and walked off, Ari following her.

--

'this is stupid,' Evelyn said as she drove one of the vans.

'I know. But we apparently have to find them,' Adrian said from next to her.

'we won't find them.'

'LaFleur seems to think we will.'

'if he thinks that, he is serious senile,' Payton said from behind the two of them.

'do you think, Princess?' Anya asked.

--

'The baby's breech?' Ari asked Anju as Juliet inspected Amy.

'Yes, but-' Anju said.

'Did you try an external cephalic version?' Juliet asked.

'What? No. I-'

'It's probably too late,' Juliet announced. 'we're gonna need a number 12 scalpel, 14-gauge sutures – half-round if you've got them – and an epidural anesthetic.'

'You're gonna need? Where is Horace?'

'I'm speaking for Horace now, and I say they're delivering this baby,' Sawyer said from where he was standing with Johnny, Ivy and Kit.

'I don't think it's a good idea.'

'I'm sorry, are you selectively deaf whenever he says he's speaking for Horace?' Ivy demanded. As if on instinct, Johnny put his hand over her arm.

'I want them to do it,' Amy said.

'You heard the lady,' Kit said.

Anju sighed and walked away.

'you guys can do this,' Ivy said as they began walking out. 'we know you can.'

--

'Is everything okay?' Jin asked, walking up with Isabella, both of them noticing the tense atmosphere.

'Amy went into labor,' Johnny said.

'we know. Is she okay?'

'I don't know,' Sawyer said. 'There's a problem. Juliet and Ari are in there.'

'Juliet? Ari?' Isabella asked in surprise.

'Yeah, they graciously left retirement.'

''graciously'?' Ivy echoed. 'there was nothing gracious about it.'

'Any luck?' Kit asked Jin, ignoring Ivy.

'We finished grid 133 today,' he said. 'no sign of our people. No one.'

'Well, 134 then,' Sawyer said.

'How long do we look, James?' Isabella asked.

'As long as it takes.'

Juliet and Ari walked out at that moment.

'What happened?' Johnny asked.

'It's a boy,' Ari smiled.

'He's okay?' Ivy asked. 'She's okay?'

'Everyone's okay,' Juliet said happily.

--

Later that day Ari and Juliet sat inside Juliet's house, a bottle of wine between them.

'I'm proud of us,' Ari announced, pouring herself another glass.

'so am I,' Juliet said. 'our first person to get pregnant on the island, and deliver on the island.'

'Brent, Madison, Lillian, Andrew and Tammy would be so jealous. Imagine their faces if they found out!'

The two women laughed as the door opened and Sawyer entered.

'Hey there,' Juliet said.

'I'm going to go,' Ari said, getting up. She turned to Juliet. 'I gotta admit Jules, if I could have picked another of the other doctors to co-deliver Amy's baby, I don't think I would have,' she smiled before leaving.

--

Adira sat in a chair, looking at Amy and her baby. She smiled sadly at the sight and sighed.

'I don't think I'll be able to do this, Adira,' Amy confessed.

'I think you'll be able to,' Adira said.

'how do you know? I might be terrible at being a mother.'

Adira sighed. 'I'm not sure if you knew, but I used to be married. His name was Levi. I had three daughters with him. Iris, Ahava and Dinah. When Iris and Ahava, the twins, were two, there was an accident. I lost two of my daughters, my husband, my mother and my three sisters that day. I was filled with so much rage over that, I just wanted revenge. My last remaining daughter, Dinah, was brought up thinking that revenge was the way to go. When she was fifteen she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Told she only had three months left to live. I was filled with rage over that too. She was as well. That was three years ago. She was on that ship with us. I let my dying daughter do a lot of stuff, that could've lead to her early death. I taught her that revenge was good. You cannot be a worse mother than I was.'

'I think you would've been a good mother,' Amy said.

'I wasn't. and now, because of my mistakes, I'll never see my daughter again.'

--

'you guys should've seen it,' Ryan said, Amber next to him, as he walked over to Serj, Sasha and Dragan.

'seen what?' Serj asked.

'younger you,' he said to Sasha. 'arguing with Hana, Henry and Jamal. Classic.'

'what about?' Dragan asked.

'don't know,' Amber said. 'they were speaking Arabic. But it looked like a heated argument.'

'let me think,' Sasha said. 'arguing with my sister, father and brother… must have been about school.'

'school?' Serj asked.

'Serj, you know I never did anything. And that pissed my family off to no end. my mother and brother thought I should be a doctor. My father and oldest sister thought I should a scientist. My other sister thought I should be dead.'

'nice,' Amber laughed.

'so what did you end up doing?' Ryan asked.

'security.'

'what about you, Serj?' Amber asked.

He shrugged.

'oh,' Sasha said. 'Serj didn't do anything like that. He-'

'stop there, Sasha,' he warned.

'why?' she asked, feigning ignorance.

'you know why. So stop.'

'fine.'

The others looked at each other in wonder. What had Serj done?

--

'what am I going to do?' Missy moaned.

'you could talk to him,' Nat suggested.

'don't you get it, Nat?' Missy asked. 'he's still mourning the loss of his girlfriend.'

'that happened three years ago!'

'Nat,' Stacey said. 'can you honestly tell us that you don't mourn the loss of any of your friends? Kalub? Calypso? Tasha? Shawn? Dinah? Amanda?'

'Tasha, Shawn, Dinah and Amanda aren't dead. but yes, I do mourn the loss of Cally and Kalub. They were my friends.'

'exactly. I still mourn the loss of Tasha, Isabel, Cally, Amanda, Sophie. Although most of them are alive still. It's just that we might never see them again.'

'can we get back to the original topic?' Missy asked. 'what am I going to do?'

'umm, I don't know, talk to him?' Skye said, as if she was pointing out the obvious.

'you see,' Stacey said. 'that's the difference between you and I, Skye. I would, if I wanted to confess how I felt, walk up to him and kiss him. Simple as that.'

'so,' Nat said. 'if you wanted to confess how you really felt, you'd do that?' Stacey nodded. 'so why haven't you done that with Sawyer?' she smirked.

'ooh,' Missy and Skye said in unison as Stacey looked speechlessly.

'she went there,' Skye added, smirking.

'I do not love him!' Stacey said, finally managing to speak.

'whatever you say, Stace.'

--

Early the next morning the phone rang in one of the houses. Ivy leaned over Johnny and picked up the phone.

'I'm sorry, you've reached the number of a person who neither cares, nor wants to know, why you called. Call back later and maybe, just maybe, I'll care,' she said tiredly into the phone. Johnny chuckled from next to her. She was about to hang up but the other person's voice stopped her.

'Ivy, they're back,' Stacey said.

'what? What do you mean?' she said, fully awake.

'I mean exactly what I said. LaFleur wants you and Johnny to come. We're leaving in ten minutes, with or without you.' she hung up.

'Johnny,' Ivy said, getting out of bed and getting her Dharma jumpsuit out of the closet, throwing Johnny's his in the process. 'LaFleur wants us. They're back.'

'they're back?' he asked, getting out of bed and pulling on his jumpsuit.

'yes. come on,' she said.

--

Johnny, Ivy, Stacey and Sawyer got out of the Dharma van they were in, just as a group of people got out of the other van there.

Everyone looked at each other. There was Jin, Jack, Kate, Hurley, Rosie, Alice, Sophie, two other adults they didn't know, and two other children.

Nobody spoke for a minute.

'Johnny?' one of the unknown women said softly.

'Rachel,' Johnny said, shocked.

'so…you're alive!' Hurley exclaimed, picking Sawyer up in a hug. 'Dude! I can't believe it!'

Rachel walked over to Johnny and hugged him, the two children following and hugging him too.

Stacey walked over to Sophie and hugged her.

'tell me that Dan's still alive,' Sophie said softly.

'he is,' Stacey nodded. 'he's been a complete asshole since you left, but he's alive.'

Sophie chuckled at the comment.

Ivy walked over to Rosie and hugged her.

'and how's my favorite cousin?' she asked.

'good, just don't let Penny or Logan hear,' she smiled.

'I was actually talking to Alice,' she smirked.

'does someone want to explain to me what the Hell is going on?' the still unknown women said.

'who are you?' Stacey demanded.

'my name's Victoria, what's it to you?'

'just a question, sweetheart. Before we answer you, I need to know something. Isabel,' she asked the group at large.

'Amanda looked after her, but refused to bring her back, she's with your mother. Or rather mother's,' Sophie said.

'mother's? as in both?'

'apparently they met after your apparent death.'

'does Isabel look like me?'

'hair and skin is yours, eyes and smile is Sawyer's,' Rosie said.

'what's with the old Dharma stuff?' Hurley asked.

'We're in the DHARMA Initiative,' Sawyer said.

'They came back to the Island?' Jack asked.

'No. We came back. And so did you. It's 1977.'

'what?' Hurley and Sophie asked in unison.

'Hey, Jin, this is Miles,' a voice came over the radio. 'Where are you? Over.'

'If I don't report in soon, they'll send out a patrol. What should we do with them?' Jin said.

'I love your English,' Sophie told him.

'What we do is we bring them in,' Sawyer said.

'Bring us in where?' Victoria asked.

'Back to the Barracks. You can't be wandering around in the jungle with the Hostiles.'

'"The Hostiles"?' Kate asked.

'The Others.'

'What about everyone else from the plane?' Hurley asked. 'They could still be out there.'

'What do you mean, everyone else?'

'We didn't come back alone. Sayid was on the plane, too. Amanda, Shawn, Tasha, Dinah, Samantha, Lapidus... and Sun.'

Jin looked at him for a second before running off to one of the vans.

'Jin! Hold up! Where you going?!' Ivy yelled.

'The Flame. If a plane landed on the Island, Radzinsky will know,' Jin said.

'hold on, Jin!' Johnny yelled. 'we gotta think about this!' he ignored him and drove off.

'damn it,' Ivy sighed.

'All right,' Sawyer said. 'That's it. Listen, you guys gotta stay put. Don't go nowhere, don't do nothing till I can figure out how the hell to explain where you came from.'

'Sawyer, wait. We should search for the others,' Ivy said.

'well, with Richard and Jacquilyn's people out there, how do you suggest we do that?' Stacey demanded.

'there's this new wonderful called opening our eyes and looking,' she said sarcastically.

'oh my God, really?'

'Stace,' Sawyer interrupted. 'stay here with this lot. Make sure they stay safe.'

'of course,' she said.

'Ace, Blondie, let's go,' he said to Johnny and Ivy. Ivy shot him a look at her nickname, but remained quiet as they got into the van. The other people watched as they drove away.

'so,' Stacey said, turning to them. 'how are you guys?'

Sophie smiled at the randomness. 'good. Did you know that Claire's your sister?'

'I did, actually,' Stacey said. 'tell me, what's been going on with you?'

'I have to interrupt, guys,' Rosie said. 'I noticed something. Ivy and Johnny…?'

'totally an item,' Stacey nodded. 'like for three years.'

'really?' Rachel asked.

'yeah. how do you know Johnny?'

'he's my ex-husband. These are our children, Gail and Owen,' she said, gesturing to the silent children.

'hi,' Stacey said to them before turning to the others. 'did any of you guys know Johnny had children?'

'no,' Sophie said. 'but we didn't really know him that well.'

'oh!' Rosie exclaimed suddenly, her hand going to the bag on her back. 'I decided to bring these, coz I figured you guys might like to see them,' she explained, taking out a photo album and passing it to Stacey. She looked through it, occasionally commenting on a photo, until finally her jaw dropped.

'oh my God,' she said in shock, looking between Sophie and the picture. 'you were pregnant?' Sophie nodded. 'Dan?' she nodded again. 'you have a child with him? I have yet another niece or nephew?'

'no,' she said softly. 'I was hit by a car in my sixth month and miscarried.'

'oh, Soph, I'm sorry,' she hugged her. 'you look hot pregnant, by the way,' she smirked.

'are you coming on to me, Anastasia Cortez?' she laughed.

'maybe,' she smirked again. 'that reminds me. some of us have different names here. Ryan and I are now Shephard's for some reason. Sawyer is James "Jim" LaFleur. Tammy and Ivy are Tamsyn and Ivory Willows, coz apparently their mothers a Hostile. Serj is Serj Itani. Don't ask. When they were asked our names, Sasha plucked that last name out of thin air. Sasha is apparently Russian with the name Aleksandra "Sasha" Kedrova. Also she's apparently the cousin of Anya, which is a fact that amuses us to no end.'

'why would that amuse you?' a voice said. The group whipped around to see Sasha and Dragan.

'why are you here?'

'LaFleur sent us. Well, he sent us to find some of the others,' Dragan said.

Victoria's head snapped up.

'Dragan?' she asked in surprise.

He looked confused as everyone turned to him and he appeared to be trying to concentrate. Finally he sighed in defeat. 'no, sorry, have no idea who's talking.'

'tall, thin, brown eyes, pale skin, brown hair,' Sasha told him. 'does it ring a bell?'

'it does, just not sure which one.'

'glad you remember your own sister, Dragan,' Victoria said sarcastically.

'Tori,' he said in surprise.

'give the guy a prize,' she said, still with the sarcasm as she clapped. 'he finally remembers his sister!'

'ease up,' Sasha snapped angrily.

'we are not turning this into a knife fight, Sasha,' Dragan reminded her. She rolled her eyes but remained silent. He turned to Tori. 'Victoria, the reason I didn't recognize you was because I'm now blind.'

'you're… blind?' she asked slowly. 'as in can't see?'

'that's generally what being blind means,' Sasha said dryly.

'I'm really getting sick of you! go to Hell.'

'right back at you,' Sasha snarled.

'again with the not turning this into a knife fight,' Dragan said to her.

'Anastasia, who are we looking for?' Sasha asked.

'I thought we decided that you won't call me Anastasia,' Stacey said.

'and I thought I did whatever the Hell I wanted. Now, who are we looking for?'

'Shawn, Sun, Sayid, Dinah, Amanda, Lapidus, Tasha and Samantha,' she said.

'she had her baby?'

'obviously,' Tori said snidely. 'or else she wouldn't have said she needs to be found.'

Sasha clenched her teeth as Dragan put his hand on her arm.

'let's go find them,' Dragan said to her. She nodded.

'what's the point of doing that if he can't see?' Tori asked.

'I know she was nodding, Victoria,' Dragan said.

'how?'

'it's his fifth sense, apparently,' Sasha said over her shoulder as she walked off.

'who was that woman?' Tori demanded.

'Sasha,' Stacey said. 'otherwise known as Dragan's girlfriend.'

'you gotta be fucking kidding me.'

--

'Miles, have you seen James?' Juliet said, walking into the security station.

'Nope,' Miles said, shrugging.

'He's not answering his walkie, either,' Dan added.

'Jin called him this morning, then he just ran off without telling me what was going on,' Juliet said.

'Well, let's see what we've got,' Miles said, fiddling with the security videos.

'There he is,' Dan said, pointing to one with him in the Barracks.

--

'Johnny,' Ivy said as they both gathered clothes for the group to wear.

'yeah?' he said.

'that woman, and those kids…' she trailed off. He looked at her, waiting for her to finish the sentence. 'you told me that your ex-wife's name was Rachel. That woman is your ex-wife, and those kids are your children, aren't they?'

'yeah,' he said.

'Gail and Owen, right?'

He smiled. 'yes.'

'how old are they?' she asked.

'Gail should be nine, and Owen seven.'

'they're cute,' she smiled.

'I know,' he smiled before pausing. 'you're worried.'

'and if I am?'

He rolled his eyes and crossed the room to her, standing in front of her. He cupped her face in his hands and kissed her softly. 'you have no reason to be worried.'

She smiled. 'that's good to know.'

--

'They came back, Juliet,' Sawyer said.

'Are they here now?' Juliet asked.

'They're out at the North Point, waiting for me to tell them what to do. Stacey's with them.'

She looked at him confused.

'I don't understand it any more than you do,' he sighed. 'But they're here, and I gotta find a way to bring them in before somebody else finds them and they screw up everything we got here.'

She thought for a minute. 'There's a sub coming in this afternoon.'

--

Amy was lying in a hammock, sleeping. Her son was asleep next to her.

'Juliet?' Amy asked her eyes bleary.

'Hey, Amy,' Juliet smiled. 'I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you.'

'Oh, it's fine.'

'I just came to get the sub manifest. Obviously, I don't want you working today.'

'Thank you.'

'Full load?'

'Almost. five of the recruits dropped out in the eleventh hour. They didn't want to take the sedative for the trip. Can you tell Pierre for me?'

'of course,' she said, looking over at the baby boy who had just woken. 'Have you and Horace decided on a name?'

'Yeah, we have. We're gonna name him Ethan.'

'Oh, hey, buddy,' Juliet said, hiding her surprise.

--

'so Dan's been a complete asshole since you left,' Stacey said. 'and, lucky me, I have to live with him.'

Sophie laughed. 'he's not that bad.'

'after not seeing you for awhile, he gets moody.'

Sophie smiled. She hoped it were true that he missed her.

'Sawyer's back!' Hurley yelled. Sawyer, Ivy and Johnny piled out of the van.

'All right, listen. Y'all are gonna be the second batch of recruits comin' in off the sub pulling into port right about now, so we ain't got much time.' He looked at Jack. 'Nice suit, doc. Not exactly Island wear. Try this,' he passed him a t-shirt.

'How's this gonna work?' Jack asked.

'trust him, Jack,' Stacey said.

'Everyone gets knocked out before the trip, so no one meets each other until we process them,' Ivy explained.

'I still think we need to find the other people from the plane,' Tori said.

'If there was a plane, Jin will find it,' she assured her.

'So we got about ten minutes to make intake, or y'all are gonna be camping in the jungle for a long time. There ain't another batch of recruits due in for six months,' Sawyer said.

Ivy tuned out of the conversation and looked over to where Johnny was talking with Rachel. He looked over and saw her, so gestured her over. She walked over to them.

'Rachel,' Johnny said. 'this is Ivory,' he introduced.

'hi,' Rachel said, smiling falsely.

'nice to meet you,' Ivy said, returning the false smile. Johnny either didn't notice, or didn't care, and kneeled down in front of the two children.

'Gail, Owen,' he said to them. 'this is Ivory. More commonly known as Ivy,' he added as an afterthought.

'hi,' Ivy smiled genuinely this time.

'hi, Ivory,' Gail said cheerfully.

'hi, Ivory,' Owen echoed, smiling at her.

'Ace, Blondie, Elektra!' Sawyer exclaimed. 'let's go.'

In unison Ivy and Johnny rolled their eyes and walked over, the other three following.

--

Jin, Sasha and Dragan leaned against the wall of the Flame, looking at Radzinsky and Carson expectantly. Suddenly an alarm went off, quickly followed by another one.

'What do you see?' Dragan asked.

'Grid 325 and grid 328. Motion sensor alarms were tripped. We got at least two Hostiles inside the perimeter,' Radzinsky said.

Jin took off one way, Radzinsky following him to grid 325. Sasha and Dragan went to grid 328, Carson following them.

'Stop right there!' Sasha, who had gotten there first said, pointing her gun. The person turned around. 'Dinah?' she asked, lowering her gun.

'Sasha,' she said coldly. At that moment Dragan and Carson caught up, Carson holding his gun up. Sasha immediately moved hers up, pointing it at Dinah.

'Get down!' she said to Dinah. 'Say another word, and you're dead.'

Dinah looked at them in shock.

--

'recruits will be going inside for processing,' Sawyer said as they drove. 'where you'll be given your work assignment and lodging. Juliet's got it worked out so your name's gonna be on the list, all right? So when you get in there, just watch the little meet and greet video, wait for them to call your name. When they do, just smile, step up, take your jumpsuits and work assignments.'

'Work assignments?' Jack asked.

'Yeah, don't worry. Sawyer's got it covered. Just remember to act a little doped up, coz you just woke up from the sub,' Ivy said.

Sawyer turned off the engine and they piled out.

'I have to go process,' Ivy announced.

'see you later at home, yeah?' Johnny said to her.

'yeah, be back later,' she walked off.

'LaFleur! Where have you been? I've been trying to reach you on the walkie,' Dan said, walking up, Miles following him. The two stopped and looked at them all in shock.

'What the Hell are they doing here?' Miles asked, Dan being too shocked to speak.

'close your jaw, before someone trips over it, Daniel,' Stacey said.

he shot her a dirty look. 'ha-frickin'-ha, Anastasia,' he said, still looking at Sophie, who was looking straight back at him.

'They're our new inductees. I'll explain everything later,' he turned to Stacey. 'Stace-'

'gladly,' she cut him off, and walked forward, slapping Dan across the face. 'let's go, Romeo,' she said to him, dragging him away. Sophie, Ivy, Rosie and Kate stifled their laughter.

'Stop staring and tell me what your damn problem is,' Sawyer said to Miles.

'it's Jin, Sasha and Dragan. There's a 14-J at the Flame,' Miles said.

'What?'

'Jin, you there?' Sawyer said into his walkie.

'James, we have a problem. We found two Hostiles,' Jin said.

'What?! What do you mean you found Hostiles? Where?'

'He was wandering in the jungle. Radzinksy's taking care of him now.'

'What's he doing in our territory? It's a violation of the truce.'

'It's Sayid,' he said, his voice lowered. 'and Dinah.'

'What?! Son of a bitch!' he exclaimed in the walkie before turning to Johnny. 'do not tell Adira,' he said before getting into a van and driving off.

--

'DuPre?' a woman called. 'Rosalyn DuPre?'

Rosie walked forward, Alice on her hip, and sat down in front of the woman, moving Alice to her lap.

'Namaste,' the beautiful Arab smiled. 'I'm Hana Kansa. Welcome to the Dharma Initiative. How was your ride in?'

'it was good,' Rosie said.

'Good. Who was your driver?'

'Mr. LaFleur, I think it was. Sorry, I'm terrible with names,' she laughed. Hana smiled.

'that's okay. You have a beautiful daughter, by the way.'

'I know. Her name's Alice.'

'hi, Alice,' she said to her before looking up. 'I'm sorry to have to rush this, but I just realized my sister's back. she went to the Mainland to have her baby, and now she's back,' she explained, looking through a clipboard. 'it seems you'll be assigned to the Infirmary,' she passed her a jumpsuit.

'doctor,' she smiled, reading it.

'you'll be working with my mother and brother,' she smiled. 'it was nice meeting you,' she said, getting up. 'by the way, I'm not usually this abrupt.'

'I understand. I was the same way when my sister had her son. It was nice to meet you.'

Hana smiled and walked over to the woman standing in the doorway, hugging her instantly.

'subbah-el-kheir,' she smiled to her.

'hello, Hana,' she said. 'this is my daughter,' she added, nodding towards the girl in her arms.

'oh, Alia, she's beautiful. What's her name?'

'well, she's taking Matsimela's last name, which makes her Cleopatra Nasri.'

--

'Namaste,' Ivy said, looking up from her clipboard. 'Rachel,' she said. 'my name's Ivory Willows.'

'hi. I'm Rachel Hayes. My children Gail and Owen,' she gestured to the two children behind her, finding it ridiculous they were both pretending they didn't know each other.

'Ivy!' a voice called from behind them. 'I forget why, but Missy needs your help, and apparently I'm just a doctor.'

'she probably broke a van yet again,' Ivy shrugged before turning to Rachel. 'I'm sorry, but I have to go. It was nice to meet you.' lie.

'you too,' she smiled. Lie.

Ivy stood up. 'you're taking my place though,' she said to the woman, who nodded and sat down.

'hi,' she said, trying to hide her surprise. 'my name's Arianna Davenport.'

'I'm Rachel,' she said, smiling widely at her old friend.

'hi, Rachel. Welcome to the Island.'

--

'what was so important?' Ivy demanded.

'nothing,' Missy said. 'Ari wanted to see the friend of hers she hasn't seen in seven years.'

'so trivial,' she sighed.

--

'Okay,' Henry said. 'Right. So you guys have the rest of the day to get acquainted with your security protocol handbooks waiting in your new digs. Now some of it may seem a little scary, but I promise you all, we are perfectly safe here, okay? So make yourselves at home. Come on. We got hamburgers. We got punch.'

'You there, Phil?' Sawyer asked over the radio. 'We're coming in with a 14-J.'

'Roger that, Mr. LaFleur,' Phil said before turning to the new recruits. 'Okay, if I could get everyone to hold back, please, we have a minor security situation.'

The van approached and stopped. Sasha got out first, then Sawyer and Carson with Sayid in between them. After them there was Radzinsky and Jin with Dinah in between them and Dragan behind them.

'I guess we found Sayid and Dinah,' Hurley whispered.

--

'you guys are so annoying,' Dan said later that night, as he sat at one end of the couch trying to read.

'are we annoying, or do you just not know how to have fun?' Stacey countered. She was lying on the other part of the couch, her feet in her brother's lap.

'I just came over here for advice,' Missy said from the armchair.

'I live here,' Ryan pointed out from the other armchair.

'as do I,' Stacey said.

'yeah, as do I,' Dan said. 'Doesn't mean you have to annoy me.'

'I'm surprised you haven't talked to Sophie yet,' Ryan said to him.

'we're not supposed to know each other.'

'yet you feel it's okay to stare at her for a good five minutes,' Stacey said.

At that moment there was a knock on the door. Missy pulled herself off the seat and opened it.

'hi! Sophie, right?' Missy asked. Dan, Ryan and Stacey's heads snapped up.

'yeah…and you are…?' Sophie said, unsure.

'Missy. I was from the freighter.'

'oh. Well, I was looking for Dan, I must've come to the wrong place.'

'no, you didn't. this is Dan's house,' she said, ushering her in. 'Dan!' she called to the couch. 'someone's here to see you!' she added in a sing-song voice.

He looked at Sophie who was looking straight back to him.

'yeah…' Missy said. 'I'm going to go now. Thank you so much for the help, Dan.'

'yeah, sure,' he said, distracted.

'I'll walk you home,' Stacey and Ryan said in unison, jumping up.

They closed the door on their way out. Dan stood up.

'Sophie…'

'Dan…'

And with those two simple words exchanged they both crossed the room, into each others arms.

--

'we should give them a sandwich or something,' a young girl said.

'yeah,' another young girl said. 'we're not savages.'

'you guys have a point,' a young boy said.

'I guess,' yet another young girl said. The four friends stood up and got two sandwiches from the fridge before walking out and to the security station.

'Hey, Phil,' the boy said. We're just gonna go in there and deliver them each a sandwich.'

'All right,' Phil said. The four friends walked through and stood in front of the people.

'hi,' the third girl said.

'we brought you each a sandwich,' the first girl said.

'thank you,' Dinah said. The children passed one to Dinah and one to Sayid.

'Are you Hostiles?' the second girl asked.

'Do you think we are?' Sayid asked.

'What's your name?' the boy asked.

'Dinah.'

'Sayid. What's yours?'

'I'm Ben.'

'I'm Megan,' the second girl said.

'Madison,' the first one said.

'Sasha,' the last girl said.

'It's nice to meet you,' Sayid said to them.

--

Oh my God. That was the longest chapter I've ever done. And so much happens. Rebecca dies. Sigh. And Cleopatra is Alia's daughter, which makes her Sasha's niece. And yet again, Alex gets in between Shawn and Tasha. And Tasha explains everything to Shawn. Dan and Sophie reunited at last!! Yes, I'm very happy about that, as you can tell. And Logan will be depending on Annalise.

Also, I have the chapters until the end of the season planned. This is most likely (if I don't do it quicker than planned) who the chapters will be focused on:

Skye Summers

Payton Logan

Demelza and Davina Reed (and yes, I know there's two people in one chapter, but the sisters both have cool stories, and I can't choose which one for a chapter, so they share it. although I think there will be four flashbacks this chapter)

Serj Odadjian

Tatiana Ivanov (otherwise known as Anya Morozov. And yes, I know she just had one, but something needs to be seen to understand the significance of something coming up)

Johnathan Hayes

Okay, the preview:

'Drop your gun, Amanda. Or I will shoot.'

'How about you drop yours, Logan?'

--

'Shoot her, or I will.'

--

'You almost killed me, so excuse me for not trusting you.'

--

A bullet heading for Amanda.

--

Everyone staring in shock at a dead body on the ground.

--

'I vowed to never become you. And I still ended up doing it.'

--

'I really hate her.'

'Yeah, well she hates you too.'

--

'She just slapped me for no reason!'

'Oh, sweetheart. I had a reason.'

--

Anyway, I'm still in denial about Juliet, so you might see some Suliet fics by me soon. But you might not. Oh, and people waiting for a new chapter of SitMoHS, I have lost my muse with that at the moment. But it will be updated soon.

Okay, anyway, goodnight!