The day had only gotten a whole lot weirder after everyone left.

For a while, it had been relatively normal, except for the fact that Lena was worried out of her mind. One moment, everything was fine, and then, all of a sudden, the ground had started to shake, and the sky turned completely bright. All sound seemed to fade except for a loud whistle penetrating the air.

As soon as it came, however, it had stopped.

Neither Jack's group nor Sayid's group had returned from their respective missions, leaving Lena in charge and full of worry, yet again. She knew that everyone who had gone knew what they were doing, but she just couldn't help it.

One plus was that Locke had finally gotten back from the hatch, although that plus quickly turned into a minus when he avoided everyone and apparently couldn't speak. The other two people who had been at the hatch, Eko and Desmond, were nowhere to be found.

Clearly something had gone down at the hatch. Something big. And yet somehow, that was the very least of Lena's problems.

…

"Hey, Lena, can I talk to you for a second?" It was Claire, jogging up the beach towards her.

"Sure." Lena replied. She was glad to see a friendly face, and Claire was as friendly as they came. Although, the friendly face would probably be asking a lot of questions.

"What's really going on?" Claire asked. Yep, questions. "With Jack and everyone else attacking the Others, and then Sayid, Jin, and Sun going on the boat…" Lena sighed. There was no point in lying anymore, especially to Claire.

"Michael is working with the Others." Lena explained. "He's leading them into a trap so he can get Walt back. Sayid, Jin, and Sun are helping Jack stop him." Claire simply stared at her in shock.

"But, shouldn't we be helping them?" Claire exclaimed. "They can't fight the Others on their own, we know they can't-"

"It wasn't exactly my decision, Claire!" Lena snapped. She immediately regretted her harsh tone as soon as she saw the look on Claire's face. "Sorry, I'm sorry. It's been kind of stressful lately. But that's not really an excuse. Sorry."

Claire mumbled something about it being okay before saying that she had to go take care of Aaron, and she walked away quickly.

Great job, Lena thought sarcastically. You just managed to drive away one of the nicest people on the island.

...

Lena had never been so happy to see the face of Hugo Reyes.

"Hurley, thank god!" She exclaimed as he emerged from the jungle, followed by a very oddly-clothed Desmond. She wasn't going to get to hung up over the man's fashion choices, but a giant tie-dye t-shirt with no pants didn't really seem like the next big fashion trend.

"Where are Jack, Kate, and Sawyer?" She asked. She couldn't read the look on Hurley's face, but a sinking feeling in her stomach told Lena that whatever happened wasn't good.

"They took them." Hurley said quietly. "Michael sold us out, and the Others took them." At that point, most of the beach survivors had gathered around, and there was a collective gasp as the news was heard.

"What about Sayid?" Lena persisted. "And Jin and Sun? Are they okay?" She felt bad about asking Hurley more questions, but she couldn't help it. Her friends were in danger, and she couldn't do anything about it.

Hurley shrugged as if to say he didn't know. Lena didn't say anything else to him, figuring that he probably felt guilty even though he didn't do anything wrong.

"Okay, what about you?" She asked, turning towards Desmond, who was rifling through a pile of clothes, probably trying to find better ones than the shirt he was wearing. "What the hell happened at the hatch?"

"I blew it up." He replied nonchalantly. "I plugged in the bloody failsafe key and it imploded." Lena gaped at him. Sure, pushing the button sucked, but the hatch gave them shelter, food, supplies. And now it was a hole in the ground

She was about to say something else when, somehow, the day got even stranger, and worse.

Charlie and Locke practically sprinted from the jungle, carrying an unconscious and bloody Eko along with them.

"You have got to be fucking kidding me." Lena muttered as everyone became aware of the new development. She couldn't believe it. Jack and the others were gone for one day, and everything was already going to hell.

"Dude, is he alive?" Hurley asked as Locke and Charlie set him down in one of the unoccupied tents.

"We need Jack!" A woman who Lena didn't know the name of exclaimed. That, however, was going to be a bit of a problems since apparently Jack had just been captured by the Others.

Lena decided to give her the benefit of the doubt and assumed that she hadn't heard Hurley, and she ran over to the tent to see exactly what had happened.

People started bombarding Locke with questions as he turned around to face everyone. Lena had to admit, she was pretty happy to not be the one people went to for answers anymore.

"I don't know!" Locke yelled over everyone. "I'm going to find our friends. I don't know how, but I will, and I'll bring them home. But first, we have to look after Mr. Eko. Claire, I need you to get all of the first aid supplies from Jack's tent. You two, get some towels and water. And you, get some easily eat-able food. Lena, I know you're not a doctor, but I need you to stop the bleeding." Lena raised her eyebrows, but didn't say anything. She had zero medical experience, but she was pretty sure that she didn't need any of it just to put pressure on a wound.

She knelt down next to the still-unconscious Eko and noticed that his wounds didn't look nearly as bad up close. None of them were too deep, and they weren't bleeding as heavily.

"You're going to be okay." She whispered to him. And, she was partially saying that to herself as well. Everything was going to be okay.