Where Are They?

Summary: After the castaways are rescued, what will they do?

Rating: PG-13

Notes: If there are part that don't tell you who's speaking, you'll find out. And I'll give you a note or two during the story labeled A/N. Don't flame me for the use of a character from another TV series.

Spoilers: Adrift.

Part 2: The Screw-Up

3 Months Earlier

Of the coast of the island

Michael and Sawyer sat on the pontoon staring at the island. They heard a quiet thumping noise, but dismissed it.

"Current brought us back." Sawyer said. Michael could swear he heard awe in his voice. "We're home."

Michael smiled. "Just wait. The current will bring us-" A loud thumping sound interrupted him. Suddenly, a black helicopter flew over them and hovered above them to the right. The tail swung around and a rope ladder uncoiled between them. Michael and Sawyer both looked up. On the side of the helicopter, written in big, bold, white letters was SEARCH AND RESCUE. They looked around before climbing up and saw two destroyers and one aircraft carrier. Jin leaned out of the helicopter yelled their names and motioned for them to climb up.

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Present

Jack's Office

Jack looked down at the newest case of a guy from the clinic .A nurse poked her head in and said quietly, "You have a guest, Dr. Shephard."

"Send him in." Jack said without looking up from the file. A tall man with short brown hair, piercing blue eyes, and a cane limped in.

"Hi." he said.

Silence.

"I'm Dr. Gregory House."

More silence.

"Why'd you call me?"

"I'm Jack Shephard." Jack said, looking up.

"Yeah, your, ah, door says that, too." House commented. "Why did you call me?"

"I'm a survivor of Oceanic Flight 815." Jack said, standing up and walking to a coffee maker. "Coffee?"

"Double milk, two little blue things." House said. "Is that why you get the hot nurse?"

"What?" Jack said, pouring House's coffee and chuckling.

"Being a survivor of Oceanic Flight 815." Jack handed him his coffee. "Ooh, thanks. Don't you guys get some sort of health thingie. You know, stuff the rich people don't."

"Yeah, we do. I need you for something."

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A helicopter landed on the aircraft carrier 10 feet away from the six people designated Island Surveyors: Locke, Kate, Sawyer, Michael, Danielle, and their newest member, Sayid. They stood in a row watching a tall man stumble out of the helicopter and his cane fly out of the helicopter and skitter to a stop at Kate's about five feet in front of them.

"Who is this?" Sayid asked to no one in particular.

"Don't know, Abdul." Sawyer muttered. The man yelled at a guy on deck next to him and pointed at the cane. The guy ran forward, picked up the cane, and tossed it to the tall man, who caught it nicely in one hand. He limped forward towards the six who unpolitely stared. Sawyer rubbed his shoulder and walked forward to meet him.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"Ah, House, Greg House." House said. "Jack sent me out here." Sawyer suppressed a sigh and turned to look at Kate, who shrugged. House shifted his weight to his good leg and swung his cane side to side. "I take it you're Sawyer."

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"Wilson!" Lisa Cuddy yelled. "Where the hell is House!"

"Who am I, House's keeper?" Wilson nonchalantly replied.

"Yeah." Cuddy said with her hands on her hips.

"Some doctor called him; he left and never came back." He said with a sigh.

"I'm gonna kill him."

Later that day, a note came from House saying he was on an aircraft carrier being a doctor again.

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"All right, Greg." John Locke said. "We'll be landing by helicopter in the valley and split into two teams. You'll be with Kate-"

"The one with the cleavage?" House interrupted.

Locke nodded and continued, "You're with Kate, Sawyer, and Sayid."

"What if the, ah, evil thing attacks?"

"It won't."

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The blood-chilling howl echoed throughout the caves. Never before had the Monster ventured this close. The bashing and loud thumping noises drew closer to the 7 people stuffed into one small cave.

"You're pushing me forward, you son of a bitch!" House yelled to Sawyer. "I hate you!"

"Cripples go first!" Sawyer screamed accidentally into Sayid ear.

"Stop yelling into my ear!" Sayid yelled.

"Stop yelling into my fuckin' ear!" Kate yelled.

What appeared to be black smoke, flew into the cave, grabbed Locke, and pulled him out of the cave.

Silence.

Kate started to leave, but House swung his cane up in front of her.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

"I like your breasts." House said. "Sawyer, you go."

"Why should you choose someone's fate?" Sayid asked.

"Because I'm the legendary doctor." House replied. "And Sawyer's an asshole." They stared. "Fine, I'll go." He looked around and limped out. Nothing happened. "It likes me." As if on cue, the ground next to him exploded. A column of black smoke hovered over the hole, "staring" at the 5 people in the cave. House's eye's were squeezed shut in pain. Kate stared. Something was wrong about this. They had to do something.

"We need to get to the beach." she whispered. In response the black smoke 'roared", shot into the cave, grabbed Kate, and pulled her out of the cave. Sawyer yelled her name and sprinted after her. Everyone else followed except House.

"Hey!" he yelled. "Help the cripple up! Anybody! Hellooo? Kate? Sawyer? Michael? ANYBODY!" Somebody walking stopped at his feet with a rifle in her hand.

Earlier that day

"We're going back onto the island." Sawyer muttered sarcastically. "As soon as Locke called me...hell! I wanted to come back and kick some other ass!"

"James." Kate said, who was standing with her back to him. "You were the one I suggested."

Sawyer turned around. "Oh, really? Why?"

"I didn't want to die without you." she said, and turned to look at him. For once James Ford, A.K.A. Sawyer, actually looked touched.

"That was pathetic." he said, a cocky smile on his face.

Kate smiled in return and said, "Yeah, just a spur of the moment thing." She wrapped her arms around his neck and he bent to kiss her.

Present

In a bust of speed, Sawyer caught up to Kate, slid to his knees, and grabbed her hands. She groaned and said something unintelligible.

"Damn you!" Sawyer cursed through his teeth. "Sayid, throw a damn grenade in there, NOW!"

"Don't let go, James!" Kate yelled. Just as Sayid pulled out the grenade, Kate was ripped from Sawyer's grasp and pulled down as she screamed his name. The screams cut off abruptly.

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Greg House stood on the beach leaning against a tree as he spoke, "Danielle Rousseau, huh? Pretty name." She nodded. "Why did you sneak up on me?"

"Instinct." she said.

"Screw you." he said. She chuckled as the rest of the team stepped out of through the foliage.

"It attacked us even before we had a chance to split up into teams." Michael was saying.

"Yeah, we all know that." House said.

"Greg!" Sayid said. "I thought you had died."

"I thought you all died." House replied. "Very positive thinking, huh? Where's Kate?" He watched Sawyer sadly step out of the forest towards the helicopter that was waiting.

He turned his head to look at House and said, "She was pregnant."

House's smile faded as he grabbed his cane and began to limp to the helicopter. "That's not right."

LOST