A little while later, everyone who could be saved had been, and Kali finally allowed herself to sit down on the beach, feeling the adrenaline from the day quickly slipping away. She looked down at her leg and grimaced suddenly feeling the pain much more. She split open her trousers and sighed when she realised why that was. She had a bit of glass lodged into her leg, it was only small but every time she moved it hurt.

"That looks nasty" A voice boomed from above her.

She squinted as she looked up to see it was Sawyer, who she hadn't even heard approach her.

"Do you still have that bottle from earlier?" Kali queried.

"I thought you weren't an alcoholic" He replied.

"I thought you were trying to be a gentleman?" She retorted, the bottle being lowered to her eyesight a few seconds later.

She took the bottle from his hand and opened it up, pouring a little onto her hands and then some more onto the wound on her leg. She couldn't stop the hiss that left her mouth, finding it hurt more than she had expected. Sawyer had sat down next to her as he watched her clear away the dried blood on her leg to get a better look at the glass.

"I don't suppose you have a bandage as well?" Kali questioned.

"No…but I can improvise" Sawyer exclaimed, as he ripped off one of the sleeves of his long top.

"I don't know if it's really my colour" She laughed, as she took the cloth from him and wet it in the alcohol.

"Maybe you should get the doctor to…" Sawyer trailed off, as she suddenly ripped the glass out of her leg.

"Jesus…" She mumbled, as she quickly placed the cloth over her thigh and began tying it around.

"Well aren't you brave, lifesaver?" Sawyer said, an impressed tone to his voice.

"Oh right, because all girls faint at the sight of blood?" Kali responded, raising an eyebrow.

Before Sawyer could say anything, they heard a gasp from in front of them, as the large man from before held what looked like food in his hand. Without warning, he dropped to the ground, face first, most likely having seen the whole thing.

"Well that's just embarrassing" Kali grimaced, as she pushed the man onto his side.

"Case and point" Sawyer grinned.


Kali had stayed with the man until he woke up, about ten minutes later, while Sawyer had wandered off down the beach.

"Wow, you really just fell down like a sack of potatoes" Kali laughed.

"Is that a joke about my weight?" The man rolled his eyes.

In response, Kali held up the dish she had been eating, which contained a large amount of potatoes and raised an eyebrow.

"Sorry…is your leg…okay?" He asked.

"It's still attached, don't worry. What's your name?" Kali queried.

"Hurley. You?" He replied, holding out his hand for her to shake.

"Kali…thanks for the food by the way" Kali smiled at him.

"No problem, man. Just maybe do that…stuff in private" Hurley advised, as Kali nodded, trying not the laugh.

The smile on her face quickly died when they heard a horrific clanging sound from the forest, which made Kali almost jump out of her skin.

"What the hell was…?" She cut herself off, when there was another clanging sound.

She looked towards the forest and saw that numerous trees were being pushed over, as if there was some invisible giant standing on them.

"Should we be running?" Kali suggested, as they all heard a large horn blare.

"I think…I think we're alright on the beach" Hurley mumbled, seeing as the trees nearest the beach seemed unaffected.

"You better hope so, because there's no chance you could outrun it" Sawyer announced, coming up from behind them.

Hurley glared at Sawyer before walking towards the pregnant woman that Kali now knew was Claire. She could tell Hurley was still worried about her, he seemed to feel partly responsible for what happened to Claire now.

"Rude, much?" Kali scolded.

"I just speak the truth, sweetheart" Sawyer shrugged, as the clanging continued.

"What do you think it is out there?" She questioned.

"Maybe an animal" He responded.

"I don't know where you've been living, but I've never heard an animal sound like it" She exclaimed, a worried look on her face.


The next morning, everyone was questioning what was in the forest, but it was clear that they weren't going to be able to figure it out without investigating. She had heard that Jack was collecting people to go search for the cockpit to get a transceiver and offered to tag along.

"No. No way" Jack shook his head.

"Oh c'mon, why not?" She whined.

"You have an injured leg, we need you here to look after the injured and…you're too young" Jack retorted.

"There it is" She rolled her eyes, knowing that was the real reason.

"It's dangerous…whatever was in the forest last night might still be there" A woman with brown hair and freckles pointed out.

"All the more reason for me to come. Safety in numbers" Kali insisted.

"It's non-negotiable" Jack told her, as Kali sighed.

"Hey, maybe when your leg is better?" The woman from before smiled at her.

"You think we're going to be here that long?" Kali frowned.

"I hope not" The woman mumbled, but Kali could tell it wasn't quite true.

"What's your name?" Kali asked.

"Kate…your Kali, right? The nurse?" Kate inquired.

"Student nurse. Emphasis on the student" Kali replied.

"Um, if the guy in the suit wakes up…just…never mind" Kate shook her head, before walking away.

Kali looked over at the man in question, who had a piece of shrapnel jammed into his stomach and frowned. She wondered why Kate seemed to care about him? A vague memory of seeing them sitting together on the plane hit her. Maybe they were friends, she thought to herself.


Later that day, Kali was staring out into the ocean, wondering why no rescue team had shown up yet. She had noticed that there had been no planes, no boats, no sign of life had passed by them. It was strange. Her attention was grabbed when she saw Hurley running towards something, as she called after him.

"Hey, what's going on?" She asked.

"Your friend and Sayid are fighting" Hurley panted.

"My friend?" Kali frowned, as she realised who he meant.

"Stop it! Stop it!" She shouted, when she saw the pair brawling on the sand.

Neither of them gave her a second glance, as she groaned and went to take a step forward.

"Don't get in the middle of this, kid" Walt's dad, that she now knew as Michael warned her.

"Thanks, but I can handle myself" She retorted, to his condescending tone.

"Cut it out!" She yelled, as she picked up a large wad of sand and threw it into the men's faces.

"Jesus, what the hell?" Sawyer groaned, as he rubbed his eyes.

"Why did you do that?" The other man, who she guessed was Sayid exclaimed.

"To try and knock some sense into you idiots" Kali remarked.

"I'm sick of this redneck!" Sayid shouted, about to leap back onto Sawyer.

"Hey! Don't even try it!" Kali told him, as he got up into her personal space.

"What the hell is going on?!" A voice suddenly yelled.

They all turned to see Jack standing there, the others from his group all looking dishevelled.

"Yes, why don't you tell them, redneck?" Sayid insisted, throwing his hand in the air and almost hitting Kali.

"You want some more of me, boy?" Sawyer goaded.

This seemed to set Sayid off as he leapt forward about to hit Sawyer, but Kali pushed him backwards. He glared at her angrily, having to restrain himself from retaliating.

"Are you really going to hit a kid?" Jack exclaimed, standing in front of her.

"I'm an adult, jackass" Kali groaned.

"Nice" Sawyer mumbled, at the nickname.

"Thanks, I thought it was pretty good" Kali grinned at him.

"You turned nineteen a week ago, you can't even buy a drink yet" Jack pointed out.

"You said you were almost 20" Sawyer said, raising an eyebrow.

"What's eleven months difference?" She shrugged.

"If we could get back to the incident at hand…what were you fighting about?" Jack queried.

"He thinks I crashed the plane" Sayid announced.

"If the shoe fits buddy" Sawyer glared.

"Look, my kid found this in the jungle" Michael informed them, holding out some handcuffs.

"And this guy was sitting in the back row of business class the whole flight. Never got up. Hands folded underneath a blanket. And for some reason, just pointing this out, the guy next to him didn't make it" Sawyer explained, as Kali held onto his arm to stop him from going for Sayid again.

"Thank you so much for observing my behaviour" Sayid commented, which Kali found a little funny.

"You don't think I saw them pull you out of line before we boarded?" Sawyer questioned.

"That's enough!" Kali insisted, getting in between the pair once again.

"He could just be crossing the damn street and be pulled out of line, that's racism not suspicious behaviour. And you need to calm down" Kali explained, as both men put their hands up.

"She's right. Look, we found the transceiver but it's not working. Can anybody help?" Kate asked.

"…Yes. I might be able to" Sayid offered.

"Oh great. Perfect. Let's trust this guy" Sawyer yelled.

"Hey, we're all in this together man. Let's treat each other with a little respect" Hurley suggested.

"Shut up, lardo" Sawyer mocked.

"Seriously? Are you trying to alienate everyone?" Kali questioned.

"Whatever, lifesaver. Put your trust in that guy, see where it gets you" Sawyer told her.

"Your friend is one serious hothead" Hurley stated.

"He's just the guy I was sitting to on the plane…he's not my friend" Kali replied.

"Oh…huh. I thought you guys had known each other for a while" Hurley admitted, as this seemed to surprise the rest of the group too.


Author's Notes: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Unsurprisingly, there's going to be a fair bit of angst in this story, as you can expect with Sawyer, haha. As Kali get's to know him better, we'll see her understand why he is the way he is better. Please leave a review so I know you're interested in this story:)

farrahjohnson21: Thank you so much for this review, I'm so glad to see someone likes this story:) I hope you like this chapter!