-HOLIDAY-
-STARRING WHENICOMEAROUND AND ALLISON (ALSO KNOWN AS ALLIKAT225... HIP HOORAY, ALLISON MADE AN ACCOUNT!)-
-CHAPTER FIVE-
"WAAAAALT!" Michael shouted for the ten millionth time.
"Michael, you should be saving your energy!" Maria told him. "You don't know what's gonna happen!"
"No! NO!" Michael shouted. He was beside himself. "They took my son! WAAALT!"
Why do I even bother? Maria wondered.
Michael looked at Sawyer. "This is all your fault!"
"Excuse me, but I tried to save your damn son and got shot in the process!"
"Well, if you would have listened to me when I told you not to shoot the flare this never would've happened!" Michael shouted defensively.
Maria was getting fed up with all the yelling. "Guys, stop!" she shouted. "It wasn't anyone's fault so stop assigning blame!"
Everyone looked at her, even Jin.
"Look," Maria went on. "maybe we shouldn't have shot the flare, but screaming at each other isn't gonna bring Walt back." she met Sawyer's gaze.
"Blondie has a good point," he said, not taking his eyes off her. "I shouldn't have shot the flare, and I'm sorry about Walt."
Michael nodded and realized that screaming Walt's name was doing nothing.
"We should get some rest," he said. "We'll figure out what to do in the morning."
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"STOP!" Hurley yelled. "The numbers are bad! Stop!"
Locke ignored him and lit the fuse anyway.
"Stop! STOP! John! STOP!"
"Hurley!" Kate and Allisyn yelled. Allisyn ran forward to be heroic and save him...
She pulled on his waist; just as the dynamite exploded, Kate rammed into Allisyn's knees and the three of them toppled to the ground. Allisyn felt the heat from the explosion as Hurley landed on top of her and nearly crushed her.
Breathing fast and hard, the three of them sat up. Jack ran over and said, "Are you guys okay?"
"Fine," said Kate breathlessly. Jack pulled on her arm and helped her up.
"Allisyn. You okay?" said Kate.
"Fine," she said, standing and helping Hurley up. "I'm okay."
Locke was bent over the hatch. "Well," he said. "Now, who wants to go first?"
Jack looked at Allisyn and Kate.
"No way." said Allisyn flatly. "I did my thing. I helped you get the dynamite. I'm not exploring some hunk of metal."
Jack looked at her. "Same for me. Obviously we're not getting everyone down there tonight. Let's go."
"Well, I'm going down." said Locke. "We didn't do this for nothing."
"No, we did this to hide everyone inside, and quite obviously that isn't gonna happen. So let's go."
Jack left and Allisyn followed. Hurley was already gone.
"Kate- you coming?" said Jack.
Kate looked at Locke once more, then said, "Yeah." and followed Jack.
Locke only shrugged.
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Michael was still moaning and groaning when the sun rose three hours later. Maria was sitting on the charred remains of the raft, shivering. Sawyer had once hand on his shoulder and his eyes were closed. It hurt so damn bad.
Jin said something in a calming tone that Sawyer didn't understand.
"Whatever you say, Chewie," he groaned.
He saw Maria sitting alone and pulled her closer with his good arm.
"Don't be scared, Mia," he said. "I got you."
Maria smiled. She looked at his shoulder. "That looks bad." she commented.
Sawyer shifted his shoulders. "It'll be okay." he said, even though it hurt like hell.
He put his free arm around her. She was shaking. He hugged her tighter. She put her head on his shoulder and stopped shaking.
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"Shannon. I need to get some water. Can you watch Aaron for a few minutes?"
Shannon looked up from her book. "Uh." She pushed a lock of blond hair behind her ear. "Yes, of course."
Claire led Shannon back to where Aaron was sleeping.
"He shouldn't wake up," said Claire. "I just put him down."
"Okay." said Shannon.
"If he wakes up, and he's crying, then rock him. He likes that. And if he won't stop, find Charlie. I think he's taking a bath. Or-"
"Claire. I can take care of it." said Shannon.
Claire smiled. "Thanks, Shannon." She left.
Shannon sighed and sat down beside Aaron. She picked up her book again.
Aaron stayed quiet for about a minute. Then he opened his eyes, looked around, and started screaming.
Shannon sat up. "Aaron?" she knelt down next to his cradle. "Aaron? What's wrong?"
As if he could answer.
Aaron screamed on. Shannon panicked. She picked him up and patted him on the back.
"Aaron!" said Shannon. "What's wrong?"
Maybe it's the diaper. Oh, no. Please don't be the diaper. Shannon peeked. No, it wasn't the diaper.
Then why was he crying? She rocked him in her arms.
"Aaron, quiet down. Please!"
He didn't. Shannon was at a dead end.
She started singing. Aaron quieted down. Shannon continued to sing. Aaron eventually stopped and Shannon sang until he went back to sleep.
Satisfied, Shannon kissed Aaron's head and put him back down.
"Dude."
Enter Hurley.
"You're back," Shannon commented.
"I am." he said. He gestured towards the baby. "You're, uh... you'rea a really good singer."
Shannon smiled. "Thanks." She crossed her arms and looked around. "So... how'd it go?"
"Okay," said Hurley. He sat down next to Aaron and stroked the baby's cheek with his finger. Shannon sat down next to him. "Just okay?"
Hurley smiled. Then he told Shannon the entire story. When he finished, her mouth was hanging open.
"Oh." she said quietly.
Aaron woke up and started screaming again.
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Maria, Jin, Sawyer, and Michael woke up on a beach. Maria woke up first, spitting out the sand that was in her mouth.
"Sawyer," she said, shaking him awake. "Sawyer, wake up!"
He rolled over and moaned. "It's too early, Blondie."
"SAWYER!" Maria bellowed. "MICHAEL! JIN! WAKE UP! LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE!"
Michael sat up. "Walt? WALT!"
Maria said, "Jin. Jin! Wake up!"
Jin sat up and shook his head.
Finally, Sawyer sat up and looked around.
He gasped.
"Looks like we're back home, y'all." he said, his southern drawl kicking in.
But they weren't. They were on the other side of the island. And this was proved by the shout behind them- "DON'T MOVE!"