Kali smiled when she left their new tent the following morning. Sawyer had traded with one of the other islanders for their tent in exchange for a box of soap and packet of cigarettes. The new tent was bigger than the last, so as far as Kali was concerned it was a win-win. She tilted her head when she saw a note on the ground, with what looked like a piece of fruit on top of it.

"I'm sorry about how I acted yesterday. Consider this a peace offering? – Boone" Kali read aloud, as she crouched down.

"Jesus, are you two swapping love notes now?" She heard Sawyer scoff behind her.

"Jealous?" She grinned, picking up the red fruit.

"Oh yeah, I'm in bits about you getting a…what is that? A pomegranate?" Sawyer frowned.

"He can't exactly go to the shops and buy me a bunch of flowers, can he?" Kali rolled her eyes.

"We're living on an island covered in flowers" Sawyer pointed out.

"Well, I don't even know if I'd like flowers as a gift" She shrugged, as Sawyer raised an eyebrow.

"You've never been giving flowers? Now that's just sad, blue eyes" Sawyer shook his head.

"Looks like things are on the up" Kali grinned, raising the fruit to her lips.

"Wait!" A voice suddenly shouted as the pair turned around.

"What's wrong?" Kali frowned, as Sayid grabbed the fruit from her hand.

"This is poisonous" Sayid informed her, as Kali's eyes went wide.

"What? How poisonous?" Kali inquired.

"Deadly if you ate it all" Sayid replied.

"…Okay, remind me not to go picking food on this island without asking someone first" Kali mumbled to Sawyer, who had an angry look on his face.

"Oh, that asshole is dead" Sawyer growled, already walking towards Boone's tent.

"Sawyer, wait! We don't know if this was Boone" Kali reasoned, rushing to follow him.

"He basically left a handwritten confession!" Sawyer retorted, refusing to stop.

"And that doesn't seem odd to you? Just let me handle this, okay?" Kali insisted as they reached Boone's tent.

"You're the boss" Sawyer sighed, knowing there was no point arguing with her.

"Boone! Get your ass out here!" Kali called out, as she heard a mumbling inside the tent.

"Diplomatic" Sawyer chuckled, giving her an impressed look.

"Kali? What's going on?" Boone murmured, his voice deep as if he had just woken up.

"Is this your writing?" Kali asked, handing him the note, as Boone stepped out of his tent.

"No…what the hell? Who gave you this?" Boone questioned, seeing that someone had signed it as him.

"It was left outside our tent sometime this morning. With poisonous fruit" Kali admitted, as Boone's eyes widened.

"What?! Are you okay?" Boone asked, raising his hand to cup her cheek, clearly concerned.

Any suspicion that Kali or Sawyer died quickly faded away, both knowing when someone was lying and Boone certainly wasn't.

"Yeah, now I know this wasn't you. I was about to throw in the ocean" Kali told him.

"I swear I had nothing to do with this. I'd never hurt you" Boone insisted, sincerely.

"You better not" Kali stated, poking him in the chest with her finger.

With a small smile, Boone leaned forward and pressed a soft kiss to her lips, brushing her cheek with his thumb. Kali returned the smile as they pulled away.

"I could never be mad at you" Boone shook his head, as he wrapped his arms around her waist.

Kali pulled him into a hug, as his head rested on her shoulder, a content look on his face. Sawyer watched the pair with a frown on his face, suddenly feeling more like an outsider than ever. He realised that he liked having Kali all to himself and wondered why he hadn't tried to turn her against Boone more the night before. But he already knew the answer. She liked Boone and for some reason above anything else, Sawyer wanted her to be happy.

As if Kali could hear Sawyer's thoughts, she was pulling away from Boone and turned to Sawyer. She noticed his eyes were on the hands around her waist, and took a step back, as Boone's hands dropped to his side.

"So, if it wasn't Boone…" Kali trailed off.

"Then who was it?" Sawyer finished for her.


"Just drop it, Sawyer" Kali rolled her eyes, as they entered the main part of the caves.

"Someone tried to kill you! I'm not going to drop it" Sawyer retorted, as Kali crouched down beside the waterfall where they collected their water.

"It wasn't Boone" Kali shook her head.

"Oh, and we're just going to take his word for it?" Sawyer scoffed, as a crowd started to form around the pair.

"We? That's rich coming from the guy who's so scared of commitment he won't even share his lunch with me" Kali mocked, as she took out her water bottle.

"That was one time!" Sawyer exclaimed, as she started to fill up the bottle.

"I know it wasn't Boone, okay? End of story" Kali insisted, looking around the crowd that had formed.

"What, because he's your precious boyfriend?" Sawyer teased, as Kali stood back up.

"I'm sorry if actually have other friends on this island" Kali retorted, as Sawyer gritted his teeth.

"You're acting like a stupid little girl" Sawyer scolded her, as Kali gaped at him.

In the next second, she was throwing the contents of her water bottle over the taller man, who glared at her angrily through his wet hair.

"Case and point" He murmured, brushing away his blond hair from his eyes.

"You can find somewhere else to sleep tonight," Kali told him, shoving past him.

"It's my damn tent!" Sawyer called after her.

Without turning around, Kali raised her middle finger in the air and stormed out of the clearing.

"Nice one, man" Hurley stated, with a shake of his head.

"Whatever. The show's over folks" Sawyer grumbled, as he took his backpack off.

As the crowd began to disperse, Sawyer crouched to the ground and began to fill up his own water bottle. Without making it too obvious, he began to survey the trees around the clearing and soon found Kali. Kate had rushed after her, partly because she was worried the girl was upset and partly because she could never miss a chance to bitch about Sawyer. The pair began to walk further into the jungle, as Kali turned her head and caught his eye. She sent a wink his way when she saw no one was watching. Looking back to the waterfall, Sawyer couldn't stop the grin that spread over his face. When they had come up with the plan for the fake fight, they had never talked about anyone throwing water over the other. He knew Kali had certainly enjoyed herself, and even he had. Things were always more interesting with her around. Everything was better, he realised with a frown.


Kali waited in a dark corner of their new tent; Sawyer's gun gripped tightly in her hand. It was a couple of hours after their fake fight in front of most of the islanders. She had made it clear that she was going back to the tent on her own, and if someone from the camp was trying to kill her, they should have been coming for her soon enough. Of course, what they didn't realise was that she was waiting for them, ready to put a bullet in them if she had to. Sawyer would be waiting in the tree line, ready to follow anyone who tried to enter the tent. Her legs were beginning to ache in their crouched position, but she knew she needed to be ready to move at any moment. Her head shot up when she heard a crunching sound from outside, and suddenly the tent opening was pushed open and a hooded figure walked through. Just as she had planned, they walked over to the sleeping bag that she had packed with rocks to make it look like she was tucked inside. The tent was deliberately dark, so they wouldn't be able to see the deception.

"That's far enough, mate" Kali announced, pressing the gun against their back.

"And no, that's not me happy to see you. So, drop any weapons you have, and I won't empty this mag into you" Kali warned them, taking a step back and raising her gun higher.

The figure slowly raised their hands to their head, as Kali watched their every move. As they turned around, she could guess from their lack of hair and build it was a man, but they still had their hood on.

"I have no weapons," A familiar voice told her, as they slowly removed their hood.

"Sayid?!" She questioned, as he looked at her guiltily.

"Please, let's talk about this-" Sayid was cut off as Kali hit him in the face with the butt of her gun, hard.

"I've had enough of talking" She murmured, as he dropped to the floor.

The next second Sawyer was rushing into the tent, his shoulder's sagging in relief when he saw that Kali wasn't hurt.

"I saw someone walking near the tent…Sayid?!" Sawyer trailed off, as he saw Sayid's unconscious form.

"I dealt with it" She stated, as Sawyer raised an eyebrow.

"Damn" Sawyer whistled, impressed for the second time that day.

"C'mon, we better tie him up" Kali suggested, grabbing some nearby rope.

"You don't have to tell me twice" Sawyer smirked, taking the rope from her hand.


"So, why would Mohammad here want to kill you?" Sawyer questioned, as they finished tying him up to a post in their tent.

"I have no idea. It doesn't make any sense" Kali sighed.

"Thanks for the mini shower earlier, by the way, nice touch" Sawyer stated, as Kali smirked.

"You deserved it" She shrugged, as he shook his head, fondly.

"Is that what you really think? That I'm a stupid little kid?" Kali inquired a moment later, as Sawyer turned to her.

"Trust me, blue eyes. If there's one thing I don't see you as…it's a kid" Sawyer pointed out, his eyes dropping lower for a moment.

Before Kali could say anything else, Sayid began to wake up, his eyes fluttering open.

"Remember we need him to tell us what's going on. The subtle approach" Kali told Sawyer, as he crouched down beside Sayid.

"Subtle, right" Sawyer nodded, as he punched Sayid square in the face.

"Sayid, wake up" Kali rolled her eyes, as she pulled Sawyer back up.

Sayid slowly blinked, looking around the tent, gulping when he saw Kali and Sawyer staring down at him.

"All the attempts on my life…the gun with no bullets, the poison fruit this morning, that was all you?" Kali wanted to clarify.

"Yes," Sayid admitted, as Sawyer balled his hands into a fist, clearly wanting to hit Sayid again.

"Why'd you stop me from eating the fruit this morning? We'd have never expected you. I could be dead, and everyone would have blamed Boone" Kali pointed out.

"For the same reason why I came here tonight. I couldn't do it. Because…because we're the same" Sayid told her.

"We are not the same" Kali scoffed.

"We've both done terrible things in the past and want to change. From what I can see you're using your second chance to be better and I…I was resorting to the ways of my past" Sayid explained.

"You know about my past?" Kali questioned.

"Yes. About what you did as a child" Sayid nodded.

"What she was made to do" Sawyer clarified.

"And that's why you wanted to kill me? You thought I, what? Deserved it?" Kali inquired, as Sayid shook his head.

"I was bribed" Sayid informed them.

"By who?" Kali frowned.

"I was approached at the airport bar before getting on the flight…" Sayid trailed off.

Sayid sighed as he took a sip of his 'complimentary bourbon' that had been offered to him by the airport after he had been wrongfully detained. His flight was not leaving for another three hours. That meant another three hours waiting until he could finally see Nadia again. He took out his picture of her, stroking her face lightly with his thumb.

"She's beautiful" A voice announced, as a man in his early twenties took up the stool beside him.

"Thank you" Sayid nodded to him, curtly.

"Shame you're never going to see her again, Sayid," The man told him, as Sayid's head shot up.

"What did you say?" Sayid frowned.

"The CIA are sending you on a wild goose chase. They have no idea where Nadia is. But I do" The man explained, as he took a pack of pictures out of his blazer.

"Taken yesterday. Proof that she's alive and well. Just not where they say she is" The man went on, picking up Sayid's drink and taking a swig.

"Mm, that's good bourbon" He mumbled, as Sayid grabbed him by the lapels of his blazer.

"Who are you?" Sayid questioned.

"An employer. I need your services" The man exclaimed.

"I don't torture people anymore" Sayid grimaced.

"Oh no, I don't want you to torture, anyone…Just kill them" The man shrugged, as he took out another picture from his suit.

"This girl in particular. She's going to be on your flight. You kill her, you get Nadia. Win-win" The man grinned.

"You're crazy" Sayid scoffed, looking at the picture of the young girl.

"You have no idea how often I get that" The man chuckled to himself.

"I'm not a for hire killer" Sayid insisted.

"Okay…if that's your answer. Good luck on the wild goose chase" The man replied, patting him on the back, as he went to stand up.

Sayid looked over the newspaper article with the young girl's face. 'Serial killer's sister, who was responsible for numerous murders, is starting University…should she really be free?'. Sayid gritted his teeth, as he grabbed the man's arm before he could walk away.

"Why do you want her dead?" Sayid asked.

"I was almost one of her victims" The man admitted, as he pulled down his shirt to reveal what looked like a bullet wound on his chest.

"Does she deserve it?" Sayid inquired.

"Does it really matter?" The man retorted as Sayid sighed.

"Look mate, you do this, and you get your happy ever after. It doesn't seem like much of a choice to me" The man stated.

"You expect me to kill her mid-air?" Sayid scoffed.

"Of course not. Just follow her when she gets off the plane and kill her. Take her body to this address and I'll tell you where Nadia is…hell, I'll take you there myself" The man explained, handing him an address.

"If you want her dead so bad, why don't you do it?" Sayid frowned.

"Been there, done that. Got the scar to prove it. Look just…consider it. I'll be at that address tonight. I hope you'll be there too" The man informed him, before walking away.

"But then the plane crashed…" Sawyer trailed off.

Kali was quiet, an almost zoned out expression on her face, as she seemed to be able to guess who the man was. Sawyer was pretty sure he had also figured it out. Her brother.

"I never got to decide what I was going to do. With everything that happened on this island…I didn't pay much thought to the bribe. What would be the point? I never turned up at the address. I never got the chance to see Nadia again" Sayid exclaimed.

"Then what changed?" Kali frowned.

"In my pocket, there's a note," Sayid told them, as Kali took a step forward.

However, Sawyer held out his hand to stop her, not trusting Sayid. He crouched down and quickly found the paper in Sayid's pocket and unfurled it.

"The deal still holds. Bring Kali to Rousseau's camp and I'll take you off the island and to Nadia" Sawyer read aloud, as Kali tore the note from his hands.

"I found it outside my tent a few nights ago. I…I thought I could indirectly cause your death. Take the bullets out of your gun but it didn't work. I tried to give you the poison fruit but…when I saw you about to eat it, I couldn't go through with it. You didn't deserve to die. And Nadia…she wouldn't want me to kill anyone just to get back to her. I came here tonight to confess to what I had done. I'm so sorry. I was weak and...I just wanted to see Nadia again-" Sayid explained.

"Who gave you this note?" Kali questioned, barely having heard his explanation.

"I told you, it-" Sayid was cut off as Kali raised the gun to his head.

"Maybe I'm not making myself clear…who gave you this note?" Kali growled, taking the safety off the gun.

"I don't know! I never saw. I swear!" Sayid replied, shakily.

"Kali, I don't think he knows" Sawyer agreed, his eyes wide at seeing the darker side of her.

"This is my brother's writing" Kali admitted, looking more scared than Sawyer had ever seen her.

"Are you sure?" Sawyer asked.

"I know my own brother's writing, Sawyer. He wrote this!" Kali cried.

"He couldn't have. You said it yourself, he was never on the plane" Sawyer pointed out.

"Then how do you explain this?!" Kali panicked.

"It…it must be the people who took Claire. They must have found out about the deal and wanted to…I don't know, cause trouble in the group. Turn us against each other" Sawyer explained.

"How would they know about any of this?" Kali frowned.

"It's like we thought. They have a way of the island. They've been able to find information on us. That's how that newspaper clipping about you got to the island" Sawyer went on.

"I…I need some air" Kali stuttered, as she rushed out of the tent.

Sawyer quickly followed her, finding her on the ground, her arms wrapped around her knees. Her eyes were glassy, and her breathing uneven. She looked all but ready to start hyperventilating.

"He's not here, Kali. He can't hurt you" Sawyer insisted, as a tear dropped down her cheek.

"But he's always here" She replied, pointing to her head.

"You're not alone. Not anymore" Sawyer told her, brushing away the tear with his thumb.

"Thank you" Kali nodded, taking his hand in her own.

"What are we going to do with him?" Sawyer inquired.

"Let him go" Kali announced, as Sawyer looked at her in disbelief.

"He tried to kill you!" Sawyer exclaimed.

"But he couldn't do it. We've got two options, let him go or kill him. And I don't want any more blood on my hands. Do you?" Kali pointed out.

"You don't even want to torture him a little?" Sawyer joked as Kali shook her head.

"Cut him loose," Kali told him, as he squeezed her hand before standing up.


"Kali's letting you go…" Sawyer trailed off, as he crouched down beside a relieved Sayid.

Without warning, Sawyer wrapped his hand around Sayid's neck and slammed his head into the pole, a furious look on his face.

"So, this is how it's going to be. You're not going to talk to her ever again. Hell, I don't want you to even breathe the same air as her. And if anything or anyone hurts a hair on her head…I'll be coming for you first" Sawyer threatened, squeezing his neck more with every word.

Taking a knife from his back pocket, he saw Sayid's eyes grow wide with fear. He then cut the rope binding Sayid's wrists and walked away. If he had to look at the man's face for one more second, he was going to do something he'd regret.


Author's Notes: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! I'm doing longer chapters for all my stories at the moment, as I'm on my summer holidays. So the question is...who really wrote that letter? Was it one of the Others or could it somehow be Kali's brother? Also I don't hate Sayid, he's actually one of my favourite characters but I feel like this was something he could have done in Season 1. We'll have to wait and see if he can ever make things up to Kali. Please leave a review:)

farrahjohnson21: Looks like you'd have to go up against Sayid and whoever wrote that note...that's some tough competition, haha. Also, I was so happy to see that Sawyer and Kali have become your OTP, thank you:)

DrLexieSloan: Thanks for the review:) Unfortunately for Boone, I think Kali will always choose Sawyer. They're both wrapped around each other's fingers without even realising it. I did change who the person who wanted to kill Kali was, so I'd be amazed if you got it right, haha!

kz4valentina: Thank you for the review! We found out who's been trying to kill her...but who was the mastermind? That will come out a bit later, haha. Really glad you're enjoying their relationship. The raft is definitely going to play a big part in this story, and their relationship:)

Guest: Thank you! This chapter was a lot longer, so hopefully you enjoyed that, haha:)

teganraptor: Enjoy this new chapter:)