BrittyWeasley…Yes! I love Damien Rice…and yes; Cold Water and I Remember are excellent! Personally I'm stuck on Volcano and Cheers Darlin' right now. That sound thing at the end of Cold Water makes me think of monks.

Okay, dedicated to Britty, the soundtrack for this chapter is I Remember from Damien Rice's O. Here's a shocker! This actually has to do with the story…or specifically the flashbacks.

"Duke?" Shannon asked. It was indeed Duke, the "other" leader who had been freed by Shannon and Sawyer months before. His…er, mistress, had been plotting to release a virus on the island that would cause all males to become mindless creatures to do her bidding. Shannon and Sawyer had planned together (with a little help from the other women captured with them), and released the cure while at the same time dealing with the fact that they were blood siblings.

"Ms. Shannon." Duke nodded. Behind him, other "others" stepped out of the canopy shadow and revealed themselves.

"Uh, whatcha doin' here?"

"We felt that you should know."

"Know what?"

"They come."

"Who?" Kate piped up from behind Shannon. She'd taken an aggressive stance of tension (hard to perpetuate with a bulging belly).

"We do not know, but they come in a boat…a big one."

"Can you show us?" Shannon asked.

"Yes." Duke gestured for them to follow and set off into the jungle. Unable to withstand the curiosity, the girls followed.

(Flashback)

"Do you, umm…"

"Matthew."

"…Take, er…"

"Shannon."

"…to be your lawfully wedded wife?" The Elvis impersonator asked as he sneered his lip and rolled his hips.

"I do."

"And do you, er, wait I know it! Sherry?"

"Shannon."

"…Take Marty to be your lawfully wedded husband?"

"I…"

"Don't!" Boone shouted as he finally got past the pushy she-male secretary in front of the door.

"Boone?" Shannon gasped, "What are you…"

"I'm stopping you from making a mistake. Matthew is…"

"Marrying your sister! Get over it!" Matthew held Shannon tightly, refusing to allow her to go to Boone.

"He's also a liar and a cheat! Look at this Shannon…" Boone got close enough to shove a packet of photos into Shannon's hands. Matthew moved to take them but Boone got in his face. "Afraid of what she'll see?"

"No, I have nothing to be ashamed of."

"Yes, you do!" Shannon ground out through her teeth. In her white knuckled hands she held photos of Matthew wrapped around a blonde, a blonde who wasn't her that is. "Who is she?"

Matthew looked at her in confusion. "My mistress."

"Your mistress…but you and me!"

"Shannon," Matthew started in a superior tone, "monogamy is an illusion. It's doesn't exist."

"It exists with me!"

"Shannon…it's not that important…"

"Yes it is. Matthew, I…"

"That's enough. Come on Shannon." Boone said satisfied. He grabbed Shannon's arm and pulled her from the run down chapel off the main track of Las Vegas. It was there that she left behind her true innocence and all trust she had with the male side of her species. Shannon looked back and saw Matthew standing there, holding his now never to be used wedding band, still baffled as to why she couldn't marry him.

(End Flashback)

"Oh, my god…Shannon is that a ship?"

Shannon put her hand on her forehead, as much to feel for a fever as to shield from the sun. "Yeah…maybe navy?"

"We have to tell everyone else…" Claire murmured before giggling and screaming her way toward the beach. Kate hobbled along behind her, no less happy but more subdued anyway.

"Duke!" Shannon called out as she caught sight of him walking away. "Thank you."

"It is the least I can do…you saved my life."

Shannon smiled. I saved someone's life. That's nice.

Shannon hurried back to camp and was happy to see that celebrations were already in progress. She quickly looked for Sayid and was to see that he was heading for her. "Did you hear Shannon? We're being rescued!"

"I know! I've seen!" Shannon threw her arms around his neck and was spun around so many times that she grew dizzy quickly. "Slow down, or I'm going to be sick!"

"Sorry, it's just…I'm so happy!" Sayid grinned and steadied her on her feet.

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah, just dizzy. Is that Kate?" Shannon asked as a loud sobbing was heard. She was totally ruining the buzz everyone had going.

Shannon hurried over to where Kate was bawling her eyes out. Sawyer was struggling to calm her down, Kate's body was shaking horribly and her face had grown very red very quickly. "Katie, honey…calm down."

"They're going to arrest me! I'm going to have my baby in jail! I can't…it's too…I…"

"You're not going to jail!"

"What do you mean? Of course…"

"Well," Shannon smiled, "if you want to that's another thing, but me and my brother here figured you could just use this." Shannon handed Kate the ill-fated Joanna passport. The picture was morphed and the entire thing waterlogged but it was still passable.

"You mean…"

"You're not going to prison…Come on! Would we let them take you?"

Kate threw herself into Shannon's arms and laughed. Then, regaining composure she rose up and glared at the crowd around her. "What?"

"Hurley pushed his way through the crowd. "Dudes! The cavalry has landed! They're on the other side of the island though…should we tell them to watch out for the rabid giraffe?"

"Huh?"

"Dude, the monster."

Walt smiled. "I thought it was a polar bear."

"No, it's an anaconda," Boone interjected.

"Shut up! Are we going to say hello to the nice rescuers or no?" Shannon asked.

Sayid grasped her hand in his and pulled her with him. "Let's."

Oh, what? Did I surprise you? Actually I should have, I was totally considering killing someone off if I could wrangle it but I decided, no! I should have them be happy!