Things were tense between her and Jack the next day, as he clearly felt guilty about letting her put the US Marshall out of his misery. She understood where he was coming from, but sympathy was a luxury on this island. Most of the camp had assumed that it was Jack who had performed the deed, the idea of the small girl killing someone was too much for them to wrap their heads around. But Sawyer knew. If he hadn't been confused by her before, he sure was now. Kali was clearly upset afterwards, but she didn't act as if she had killed someone. She slept soundly that night. Got up and acted as if it was only Walt's dog that had died, not that she killed someone. Sawyer couldn't understand it. He approached her the next day when he saw her digging a grave, which he assumed was for the US Marshall.

"You need a hand?" He offered, as she nodded.

"Yeah" She replied, giving him a grateful smile.

"You seem to be handling this all pretty well" He couldn't help but say, as he joined in on the digging.

"The killing or the grave digging?" She retorted, grimacing at the almost joke.

"He wanted to die" Sawyer stated.

"I still suffocated him" Kali mumbled.

"Why did you want to do it and not Jack?" He asked.

"It would have eaten him up inside. We need him as a leader" She shrugged, as she continued to dig.

"I could have done it" Sawyer offered, far too late.

"There's a big difference between pulling the trigger five feet away and pushing a pillow down on a man's face until he stops breathing" Kali pointed out.

"That's a pretty dark train of thought, sunshine" Sawyer exclaimed, as she shrugged.

Soon enough they had dug a hole that they hoped was deep enough and had placed the US Marshall inside, and began to bury him. Kali had made a cross from pieces of wood a few hours earlier, hoping that one day they would be able to bring his family there, so they could say goodbye.

"His name was Edward Mars" A feminine voice announced, as Kali stuck the cross in the ground.

"How'd you know that?" Sawyer frowned.

"I found his passport" Kate responded, as Kali began to carve the name into the wood.


"So…does anyone want to say anything?" Kali questioned, as she stood up.

"Sorry for shooting you in the chest" Sawyer exclaimed.

"Emotional speech, Sawyer. Thanks for that" Kali rolled her eyes.

"I'm sorry this happened to you and-" Kate started, but was cut off by another voice.

"And that we couldn't save you" Jack finished, walking over to them.

"Rest in peace, Edward" Kali sighed, as the sun started to go down.

Sawyer was surprised when he saw Kali approach him that night, after everyone else had fallen asleep. He raised an eyebrow at her, as she crouched down beside him.

"Can't sleep?" He suggested.

"It would seem I'm not the only one" She replied, leaning back, using her arms as support.

"The Doc been giving you a hard time?" Sawyer asked, having noticed the man had been following after her the whole evening.

"He thinks I'm in shock and Kate keeps asking me if I'm okay every ten minutes. Safe to say I'm happy they're asleep…I was this close to knocking them out" Kali confessed, holding her thumb and index finger almost together.

"Funny…I feel like that every time the Doc opens his mouth" Sawyer mumbled, as Kali let out a small giggle.

"So, why can't you sleep?" She inquired.

"Well let's see, it's been four days on this damn island with no sign of a rescue comin'-" Sawyer began, but she cut him off.

"You shouldn't feel guilty about it…shooting the Marshall in the chest. You were trying to help" Kali explained, as he took a few seconds to formulate an answer.

"Who says I feel guilty?" Sawyer retorted.

"Your pouty face the past day" Kali pointed out.

"You been checking me out, blue eyes?" Sawyer grinned at her.

"Oh, wouldn't you like to know…and don't think I don't see you trying to change the subject" Kali exclaimed.

"I'm fine" Sawyer grumbled.

"So am I" She shrugged, as they heard Vincent begin to bark not far away from them.

"I'm really starting to wish that mutt had died in the crash" Sawyer groaned, as the dog continued.

"Hey! Don't say stuff like that" Kali insisted, as she nudged him.

"Or what?" He smirked at her.

"Or…" She trailed off, as she grab some sand in her hand and through it at his face.

He let out a laugh at her childish behaviour, and shook his head. Sometimes it was easy to forget the girl was barely nineteen years old. Kali's grin turned into a frown as they heard a strange creaking coming from the fuselage. By this point everyone had begun to wake up, as Sawyer and Kali went closer to investigate the sound.

"What is it?" Kate queried, visibly scared.

"If somebody's in there-" Claire started, but she was cut off.

"Everyone in there is dead" Sayid pointed out.

"Sawyer" Jack suggested, as the pair came up behind him.

"Right behind ya, jackass" Sawyer grumbled.

"Hey, that's my line" Kali insisted, as they all began to edge closer.

"You can't own the term jackass" Sawyer replied.

"Sure I can, asshole" Kali told him, with a sweet smile.

"Sh!" Jack shushed them, taking a small torch out of his pocket.

"Jack" Kate whispered, as he went ahead of them.

Sawyer wasn't far behind, as he held up the very large torch that he had brought from his stash.

"You trying to compensate for something?" Kali couldn't help but joke, the serious atmosphere making her nervous.

"I said sh!" Jack insisted, as they both rolled their eyes.

Kate made sure to keep Kali behind her, as they got to an opening in the fuselage, her protective instincts kicking in. Kali could see that Charlie, who was beside her, was absolutely terrified.

"It's probably just rats" She suggested, trying to calm him.

"Is that supposed to make me feel better?" Charlie grimaced at the thought.

Jack shone his light on a figure inside that seemed to be making a low growling noise, but he couldn't see what it was exactly.

"I'm going to shed some light on this thing" Sawyer sighed, as he raised his large light to the creature.

Jack instantly shoved the torch down, but it was too late, the large creature had been spooked.

"Run!" Jack yelled, as his eyes connected with the animals.

"Get out of here!" Jack shouted, as they all rushed away, the whole camp falling into chaos.

A flurry of pig like creatures ran out after them, and could clearly be dangerous if you got in there way. Once she was far enough away, Kali dropped to the floor, hoping that the pigs wouldn't bother with her. She felt Sawyer's arm drape around her protectively, as he crouched behind her, shielding her completely from the onslaught.

"They're gone" Sayid announced, a few seconds later.


"What's your problem? Hand them over" Kali heard Hurley shout from not far away.

She had been talking to Kate for the past ten minutes, who as usual was probing how she was doing. The older woman didn't seem to understand that Kali was trying to forget the events of the day before, and she wasn't helping. A fight between Hurley and whoever he was shouting at suddenly seemed very interesting.

"How about no?" She heard Sawyer respond, as she walked over to where a crowd was gathering.

"There's other people here or don't you give a crap?" Hurley questioned, as he lunged for a rucksack that Sawyer was holding.

"Well if one of us wouldn't eat more than his fair share..." Sawyer trailed off, as Hurley tried to restrain the taller man.

"Oh that's bull and you know it. You're not happy unless you're screwing over everybody-" Hurley insisted, as Sawyer shoved him away.

"Hey I'm peachy, pork pie" Sawyer retorted.

"Guys knock it off" Boone exclaimed.

"Stay out of this, Metro" Sawyer called over to him, as Kali decided it was time to intervene.

"Are you guys gonna start mud wrestling or stop acting like children?" Kali asked, with an exasperated tone.

While Sawyer turned to look at her and was about to respond, Hurley saw it as his chance to lunge for the bag and soon the two looked like they would pull the rucksack apart.

"What's going on?" Jack shouted, as he and Sayid ran over and pulled the pair apart.

"Jethro here's hoarding the last of the peanuts" Hurley announced.

"My own stash. I found it in there" Sawyer told him.

"Peanuts? Seriously?" Kali rolled her eyes, as Kate came to stand by her.

"What about the rest of the food?" Jack frowned.

"There is no rest of the food, dude. We kind of—ate it all" Hurley admitted, as Kali's eyes widened.

"What?" Shannon gasped, as Kali could tell the atmosphere around them changed.

"I'm sure Hurley here is just being a little overdramatic. We've probably just not found all the food yet" Kali stated, trying not to cause a panic.

"No. It's all gone. Like everything" Hurley replied.

"Are you trying to cause a panic?" Kali hissed at him, as he cringed.

"We can find food. There are plenty of things on this Island we can use for sustenance" Sayid informed everyone.

"And exactly how are we going to find this sustenance?" Sawyer inquired, sitting down on one of the plane seats.

A second later a knife was thrown very close to his head, as everyone turned to see a bald man looking very pleased with himself.

"What the hell, man?" Kali exclaimed, holding her hands up.

"We hunt" The bald man announced.

"How'd you get that knife on the plane?" Kate asked, as Jack grabbed the knife.

"Checked it" The man shrugged.

"You either have very good aim, or very bad aim, Mr..." Jack probed.

"Locke. His name is Locke" Michael told them, as Kali could tell from his tone that he didn't like the new man much.

"Okay Mr. Locke, what is it that we're hunting?" Jack queried.

"We know there are wild boar on the Island. Razorbacks, by the look of them. The ones that came into the camp last night were piglets, 100, 150 pounds each. Which means that there's a mother nearby. A 250 pound rat, with scimitar-like tusks, and a surly disposition, who'd love nothing more than to eviscerate anything that comes near. Boar's usual mode of attack is to circle around and charge from behind so I figure it'll take at least three of us to distract her long enough for me to flank one of the piglets, pin it, and slit its throat" Mr Locke explained.

"And you gave him his knife back?" Sawyer raised an eyebrow at Jack.

"Well, if you've got a better idea" Jack replied.

"Better than the three of you wandering into the magic forest to bag a hunk of ham with nothing but a little bitty hunting knife? Hell no, it's the best idea I ever heard" Sawyer scoffed, sarcastically.

Locke then walked over to a nearby briefcase and opened it up with his foot, showing them numerous knives, of all different sizes.

"Okay…wasn't expecting that…" Kali mumbled to herself.

"Who is this guy?" Hurley questioned.

"I think that's the first time I've seen you speechless since we got here" Kali said to Sawyer, who had a shocked expression.

"Baldie is prepared, I'll give him that" Sawyer exclaimed.

"And he's back" Kali stated.


Author's Notes: I hope you all enjoyed this longer than usual chapter! I'm planning to start watching Season 2 of Lost this week, before I start spoiling things for myself, haha. Please leave a review:)

Guest: Aw, thank you so much for this review, it really cheered me up! It's so good to hear you like Kali. We'll slowly learn more about her soon, as she continues to peak Sawyer's interest.

farrahjohnson21: Thank you for the review:) I think it's going to be interesting to see if Jack not putting the marshall out of his misery is going to change anything. I think Kali is going to deal with what she has done the way a lot of people of her age do, simply ignoring it, haha.