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Well here it is the final chapter…………………

Is This The End?

There was utter chaos everywhere; everyone was still on the ground in fear of his or her lives. Shannon kept screaming Sawyer's name over and over again, which wasn't helping, Emilie was crying standing behind Shannon still standing in the sea.

Kate had heard the shot and seen Sawyer fall to the ground she turned her head from watching Sawyer to where the shot had come from. Standing at the entrance to the wood were Danielle and Ethan as well as some others, Danielle was holding a rifle and her and the others had smirks forming on their faces.

Jack was the first to reach Sawyer, no soon after Shannon had finally made her legs and was kneeling by his side.

"Don't die, please don't leave me," she sobbed.

"Shannon I'm going to have to move back," Jack said looking up at her still applying pressure to Sawyer's wound.

Once everyone felt safe they all emerged, Sayid quickly rushed over to assist Jack and Shannon was still sobbing at Sawyer's side.

"Can somebody take Shannon and keep her calm!" Jack called.

Claire gave Aaron to Charlie and rushed over to Shannon, her breaths were short and she was gasping for breath.

"Shannon sweetie you need to breathe slowly," Claire said soothingly.

"Shan…Shan…" Sawyer choked out, "hey babe…don't worry…about me."

Shannon looked at him her breaths still leaving her mouth in small gasps.

"Shan babe…I'm fine, I'm…not going to…leave…ow! Easy doc…that hurts," Sawyer said frowning at Jack. Sawyer then looked at Shannon, "sorry babe…I was just going…to say that…I'm not going to leave you…ok?"

Shannon nodded her head and smiled at him he smiled back and then closed his eyes. Claire saw this as a sign to move Shannon away from Sawyer.

"Here sweetie," Claire said handing Shannon her inhaler, which Charlie had gone to retrieve.

Shannon took in a deep breath and then a second, her breathing eventually evened out.

"So doc, what are my chances?" Sawyer asked jokingly.

"Sawyer there is a great chance you will…live," Jack said continuing the joke, "but on a more serious note, you were very lucky."

"I know doc, and thanks for this," he said motioning to his bleeding shoulder.

"Just doing my job."

Shannon had finally calmed down and Claire was right there beside her with Aaron, Charlie had gone to check on Emilie for Shannon and everyone else.

As Shannon sat staring at the fire from the log, which he was seated on, memories from her past came flooding back

"Danny what are you doing?" Shannon whispered pulling Danny's arm.

"Look Shannon, I can't just sit here, while this guy holds the store up, I'm a cop," he said looking at her.

"Danny please," she begged as he left her and crawled towards the suspect.

"Freeze!" yelled Danny standing up and pointing his gun at the suspect, "put the gun down!"

The suspect looked at Danny his eyes narrowing behind his balaclava, he looked around all the scared shoppers faces but one face stood out in the crowd…Shannon.

"Shannon?" Claire said snapping her out of her memory, "are you ok?"

"Fine," she replied letting herself be taken back into the memory.

The suspect cocked his gun and Shannon screamed, then she was on the floor and Danny was on top of the man. One shot rang through the whole shop and Shannon stared at the pool of blood, which was forming on the floor.

"Shannon, you sure you're ok?" Claire asked again.

"Sawyer can't die!" she shouted, "I've already lost someone I love from a bullet!"

"Honey, Sawyer isn't going to die, he's going to be ok," Claire replied looking at her worry evident on her face.

"They can't get away with it!" Shannon shouted again standing up and storming away form Claire.

"Shannon! Shannon come back will you!" called Claire.

"Maybe she just needs time," Sun said walking past Claire back to her husband.

"Sayid? Sayid?" Shannon asked walking towards his tent. There was no one there, 'of course' she thought, 'he's helping Sawyer with Jack, good.' Shannon looked around, there was no one else around so she slipped in his tent and hunted around…she found it…she left the tent and walked back towards her tent.

Aaron was crying again, being on an island with nothing but heat, was making him very unsettled.

"Sshh Aaron, come on baby, stop crying," Claire cooed rocking him in her arms, still he kept crying and Claire was beginning to feel her eyes tearing up. Was she such a terrible mother, tat she couldn't calm her own son?

"Come on Aaron, please stop crying," Claire tried again, but still he kept crying.

"Aaron, please, shut up!" she shouted starting to cry.

Everyone who was sitting on the beach looked up at Claire, Charlie headed over to them.

"Hey, hey Claire, what's wrong?" he asked placing his arm around her.

"Just take him, please, I can't do it," she said still crying and handing him the baby.

Charlie took Aaron and rocked him gently and he gradually calmed down.

"Now why doesn't he do that when I rock him," Claire said looking at her now content son.

"Sweetie, maybe you're just letting off a negative energy, which is what is upsetting him," Charlie reasoned.

"No Charlie it's not that!" she shouted angry and upset, "you can calm him and Shannon can calm him but me his own mother can't! Let's face it I cant look after him and my first intentions were right," she continued.

"What are you talking about?" Charlie asked hoping what he was thinking wasn't true.

"I'm saying as soon as we get off this island, I'm giving him up for adoption," Claire said wiping her eyes only for her tears to replace them again. Claire stood up and left Aaron alone with Charlie.

Charlie watched Claire's retreating form and looked down at the baby, "you're causing so much trouble."

Aaron giggled in Charlie's arms and he couldn't help but smile at him before following Claire.

"Claire!" Charlie called trying to get her to stop or trying to get himself to catch up.

"What?" she called turning around. She waited for him to catch her up, "what?" she asked again.

"Did you mean what you just said?"

"About the adoption," she paused Charlie nodded, "yes…I did mean it."

"Claire," Charlie started, "look at Aaron and tell me you don't want to keep him."

Claire looked at Aaron, her son, "I…don't…I…do want him," she finally said.

"Well then why are you saying what you're saying?" he asked confused.

"Because I can't do it, you saw me I lost it with him," she said.

"But Claire do you think every first time mother knows exactly what to do?"

"Well no, but your not a dad and look at how well you handle him," Claire protested.

"Claire I don't know what I'm doing, but babies know when their parents are unhappy and they pick up on it and then they become unhappy."

"How do you know all of this?" she asked confused.

"I was talking to the little girl's mum and she was telling me about when her daughter was a baby," he said shrugging.

Claire smiled slightly she still wasn't so sure that she could be a good mother to her son Aaron.

"Hey Claire you take him," Charlie said giving her, her baby. Claire took Aaron and looked down at him, he smiled at her.

"Hey little guy, sorry for shouting at you, it's just mummy is new at this," she said still smiling at her son.

Aaron giggled at her and made gurgling noises, as if trying to talk to her.

"I hear you, what are you trying to tell me?"

Aaron kept giggling.

"See you're doing great with him now," said Charlie watching Claire.

"Yeah I guess you're right," she replied smiling, "I'm going to go and see how Sawyer is, you wanna come?"

"Sure, I'll come with you," Charlie said taking her hand in his.

They both walked to the medical tent where Jack had asked Sawyer to stay so he could keep an eye on Sawyer's wound.

"Hey Sawyer," Clare greeted as she entered the tent.

"Hey Claire, how is everyone"

"Yeah everyone is ok a little scared about what happened, it's Shannon I'm worried about," Claire said looking at him.

"Why are you worried about her," he asked concerned about his girlfriend.

"She got all upset and thought you were going to die and leave her, she shouted at me and walked off," Claire replied.

"Will you go and find her Claire, Jack wants me to stay here so he can keep an eye on my wound," Sawyer said.

"Yeah of course," Claire said smiling as she headed out of the medical tent to look for Shannon.

Once Jack had bandaged Sawyer's wound Sayid had left the tent to look for the culprit who had shot him, he headed to his tent, as he entered he found it completely trashed, everything all over the place. He walked over to his case, which was open he took one look and headed back out to see Jack.

"Hey Jack," Sayid said.

"Hey Sayid, what's wrong?"

"Did you see anyone go in my tent" Sayid asked.

"No, why?" Jack asked.

"It was trashed and whoever was in there took my gun from the case," he said looking at Jack.

"Who would do that?" Jack asked confused and trying to work out who it would be.

Sawyer had overheard Jack and Sayid's conversation; "you had a gun in your case?" Sawyer asked standing next to them.

"Yeah just in case, but only Jack and I knew about it," Sayid replied.

The three of them left the medical tent. Jack wanted answers on who would steal a gun.

Shannon didn't know where they would be but they had shot boyfriend and she was pissed. She kept walking through the bushes and trees searching for any sign of life. Shannon had just scratched her arm for the third time, blood slowly leaving the wound; she looked down at her arm but continued walking. She was getting closer, she could feel it.

"Listen everyone!" Jack called standing facing everyone, "I know you're all scared, but if we stick together we will get through this."

"But Jack, you've seen what they're like they kidnapped our children and shot one of us," complained Emilie's mother.

"I know, but at the moment this isn't about them, it's about us as a group," Jack stated.

Murmurs of 'what?' could be heard filtering through the crowd of people.

"Listen Jack!" one shouted, "since the day we crashed here we've done everything you've told us and more!"

"I know and for that I am grateful," Jack said; "but the situation that we have is very important," Jack paused, "someone has been in Sayid's tent and has trashed it not only that someone has taken the gun, which he kept in there for safety."

Everyone glanced at everyone else each of them knowing it wasn't them.

Sayid stepped forward, "if anyone has information please speak to myself or Jack."

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement, just as Claire rushed towards Jack.

Jack! Jack!" she shouted almost out of breath, "it's Shannon."

"What's Shannon?" Sawyer asked quickly joining the conversation.

"She's not in her tent, I thought that's where she went when she stormed away from me."

"Well where is she then Claire?" Sawyer asked.

"I don't know, but thinking about it," she said, "she headed in the direction of Sayid's tent."

"Oh no," groaned Sawyer he looked at Jack, "Shannon's got Sayid's gun."

They all looked at Jack who looked towards the woods.

Shannon was getting closer, she could hear them now. She peered past some trees and saw them all gathered together talking to someone.

Shannon stepped out from behind the tree gun outstretched in her hand.

"Danielle," one man whispered pointing in Shannon's direction.

That's when the children and mystery lady ran from the group.

"What do you want?" called Danielle not daring to step forward.

"Why did you do it?" Shannon yelled.

"Do what?" Danielle answered back playing dumb.

"You know what! Why did you do it!" Shannon kept advancing.

"It's because of me," said the mystery lady walking out from behind the trees.

"Kate?" Shannon asked very confused.

"Well my sweet little Shannon, after my attempt to get rid of you went wrong I needed a new plan, if I couldn't have Sawyer you wouldn't have him either."

Shannon glared at Kate, she felt betrayed and hurt, everyone had trusted her and she was in league with them…the others.

"Why would you do this to us, we trusted you…Jack trusted you!" Shannon exclaimed.

"Maybe, but that was my way in."

"When Emilie and Aaron went missing you took them didn't you?" Shannon stated more than asked.

"Aaron yes, Emilie no, she was already here."

"We found her," Danielle said, "alone and scared."

"Scared maybe, alone never she has a mother who loves and was always looking for her," Shannon said tears threatening to fall from her eyes.

"Jack come on, you know I have to go with you," Sawyer protested.

"No Sawyer we cant risk your arm," Jack said.

"I'm going Jack, and you can say stay all you like, I won't listen, she's my girlfriend and I love her."

"Fine," Jack sighed giving in to him, "let's go."

"Wait!" Claire called, "I'm coming too!"

Jack, Sayid and Sawyer all looked at her as if she were crazy.

"She's my sister, you're not leaving me here," she said slightly annoyed.

"Come on," Jack said, all four of them heading towards the woods.

"Say bye to mummy Aaron," Charlie said holding the little bundle in his arms.

"Ok, we don't have any weapons with us so stay alert don't give them a reason to shoot us," Jack said, he really was a natural born leader.

"Do you think it will be quicker if we split up?" Claire asked as she walked behind Jack with Sawyer and Sayid behind her.

"No," Jack said, "we stick together."

They continued walking through the trees stopping occasionally to look at the trail, which they had been following.

"Ow!" Claire complained.

"What happened?" Jack asked his doctor instincts kicking in.

"I just caught my arm on this branch," she said holding the bleeding cut.

Jack ripped the sleeve off his shirt and tied it round her arm, where the cut was t try and stop the bleeding.

"Now you're here, you know you're in trouble," Kate said looking at Shannon who still had the gun at arms length.

"Why? What are you going to do to me?" she asked slightly worried.

"Well I can't have you running back to camp and telling Jack about me," Kate said taking a gun from her back pocket.

"Where did you get that?" Shannon asked.

"Look Jack we've got to be getting closer," Shannon heard Claire say.

"Claire," Shannon whispered turning her head towards Claire's voice.

Kate and the others looked around and the others ran towards their hiding places, as Ethan ran past Kate he knocked her arm causing the gun to fire.

Shannon felt a surge of pain hit her chest and her finger pulled the trigger of her gun also causing it to fire. The gun Shannon was holding dropped to the floor and she lifted her hands to her chest feeling the warm dark red blood fall onto her hands as her legs gave way and she fell to the floor.

"SHANNON!" Sawyer shouted running towards the area where the gunshot sounded.

Once he arrived he found Shannon lying on the floor, uncontrollably shaking with blood seeping through her hands that were still on her chest.

"Jack!" Sawyer called not even noticing Kate on the floor also bleeding from a bullet wound.

Jack, Sayid and Claire came running through into the clearing.

"Kate," Jack said looking at her lying on the floor.

Sayid went over o her while Claire ran over to Shannon.

"Jack, come over here and help Shannon," Claire pleaded.

Jack looked at Shannon and then to Kate, he was torn between the two women.

"Jack please, you've got to help Shannon," Claire said, "I cant lose my brother and my sister."

"Shannon if you can here me, don't you dare leave me," Sawyer said holding one of her bloody hands.

"Sayid you've got some medical training can you help Kate while I help Shannon."

"Sure," Sayid replied.

Shannon was still shaking uncontrollably as Jack headed over to her. Her eyes opened and she looked up at Sawyer, he was smiling at her, she closed her eyes letting herself fall into the darkness.