The news of Boone's disappearance spread quickly around the camp, as everyone looked to Jack for leadership. However, Jack was far more interested in taking his anger out in Locke, who had once again disappeared after a brief conversation telling him that the others had taken Boone. Shannon had taken the news that her stepbrother had been kidnapped badly, as she feared the worst. Kali couldn't help but feel guilty, knowing the only reason Boone hadn't been at the camp was because of her. She wished that she could have talked to him, told him that it wasn't his fault. Now he was gone. Hurley had suggested they do a vigil for Boone, which Kali had vehemently disagreed with, feeling like everyone had already given up on Boone. Still, she came just as every other islander did to the vigil. She stood next to Sawyer as the group formed into a circle, leaning on him for support. Kali was surprised to see the blond sniffling, as he ran his hand through his hair. Sawyer might not have been Boone's biggest fan, but he couldn't stop thinking what the Other's could be doing to him. Kali on the other hand, was trying to think of anything else. If she allowed herself to think about how Boone could be getting tortured, she'd never stop crying. Of course, after everything Kali had been through, denial was her default setting.

"Do you want to…want to say something, Shannon?" Jack questioned, looking like he hadn't slept for days.

"No" Shannon shook her head, quickly.

"I didn't know Boone very well, and for that I'm sorry. On our sixth day here, a woman named Joanna died. She drowned. And Boone was the first one into the water. I didn't know him, but I'll remember his courage" Sayid announced, feeling as though someone needed to say something.

Kali couldn't help but cringe at his words. Boone wasn't dead. She could feel that he was still alive. She just couldn't understand why the Others wanted him.

"It was my fault" A voice boomed from behind them, as Kali's eyes widened when she turned to see it was none other than John Locke.

She couldn't believe that Locke had the gall to turn up at the vigil, as everyone knew if it wasn't for him, Boone would still be there. Kali felt sick when she saw blood splattered over Locke's shirt and realised it must have been her own. Sawyer had his hand on her shoulder, as Kali wasn't sure it was meant in a comforting gesture or just a way to distract Sawyer from attacking Locke. She could see fury grow in Jack's eyes as the man continued to talk.

"We found a plane, a Beechcraft, in the jungle. It was lodged in the canopy. I would have gone up, but my leg was hurt, so he…There was a radio inside, and he thought he could…his weight must have made the plane shift and it fell and… it happened because he was trying to help us. He was a hero. And then…it's my fault. I wanted to go after him when the Others took him but there was too many. You…you have to believe me, I couldn't have saved him" Locke stuttered, as Kali was happy to see there was a guilty tone in his voice.

Nobody said anything for a few moments. Kali was surprised to find she believed what Locke was saying, but it still didn't change the facts. If it wasn't for Locke, Boone would have still been with them.

"Where were you? Where the hell were you, you son of a bitch? What did you do to him?" Jack screamed as he stormed towards the older man.

Kali's mouth dropped open as she watched Jack grab Locke by the throat and threw him into the sand, looking like he was all but ready to kill him. Sawyer was the first to react, rushing forward and grabbing one of Jack's flailing arms. Charlie quickly joined him, followed by Kate who had never seen Jack so angry. He continued to fight against them for a few seconds, before suddenly falling to his knees, prompting Kali to hobble forward.

"Jack!" Kate cried, crouching beside him.

"Get him some water!" Sawyer yelled at the rest of the group; concern clear on his face.

"Jack? You okay?" Kali questioned, flopping beside him, placing her hand on his back.

"Y-yeah…I'm…I'm fine" Jack nodded, trying to push himself up.

"Bullshit. C'mon, we need to get him to a bed. Now" Kali announced, placing her hand on his forehead when she saw how much he was sweating.

"What's wrong with him?" Kate panicked.

"Fatigue. He needs rest" Kali replied, as Sawyer and Charlie helped to pick Jack up.

"I don't need rest. I need to find out what this bastard knows!" Jack exclaimed, pointing towards Locke.

"Yeah, after you get some sleep" Kali insisted.

"She's right, Doc. Take a nap, you're not yourself when your cranky" Sawyer stated, as Kali had to bite her lip to stop herself from laughing.


Kali missed Boone. More than she was expecting to. There was something so optimistic about Boone's personality, that without him it was like a dark cloud was shadowing the island. She knew that she wasn't the only one missing Boone. Kali found Shannon sitting on the beach a little further away from the rest of the group and was shocked to see Locke beside her.

"What the hell are you doing?" Kali announced, marching over to the pair.

"I just wanted to apologise-" Locke began, but Kali quickly cut him off.

"For what? Sending him on a suicidal mission that almost got him, and I killed? Or how about the fact that you let the Others kidnap him?" Kali spat out, as Locke pushed himself up from where he had been sitting.

"You're angry" Locke nodded, in an understanding way.

"I'm pissed. He trusted you and you let him down. And I won't forgive you for that" Kali explained, as Locke nodded again, only adding to Kali's annoyance.

"You seem well" Locke stated, making Kali frown.

"What, are you accusing me of faking almost dying now?" Kali scoffed.

"Stop! Just stop it!" Shannon shouted suddenly, standing up and shoving past Locke.

"Stay away from her" Kali warned Locke, as she started rushing after the angry blonde.

"Shannon! Hey, wait up a minute!" Kali panted, her legs aching, not being able to keep up with Shannon's pace.

"Look. Just because you and Boone had a thing together doesn't mean you have some…obligation to look out for me" Shannon explained, whipping her head around.

"He'd want me to make sure you didn't do anything stupid. Is that something that I should be worried about?" Kali asked, crossing her arms.

"If I say no will you leave me alone?" Shannon exclaimed.

"…Probably not" Kali shrugged, making Shannon roll her eyes.

"When Boone comes back, he's not going to be happy if he hears that you've been banished from the group for trying to kill Locke" Kali suggested, a moment later.

"Who says I'm going to kill him?" Shannon retorted.

"Uh, your face. You're angry. Murderously angry" Kali clarified, as Shannon scoffed.

"Well you don't have to worry about me killing Locke…I'm not going to be the one doing it" Shannon informed her, before turning on her heel and rushing away.

"Wait, what…Shannon! Slow down…oh for God's sake" Kali grumbled, giving up after a few seconds of chasing her.

Her head felt like it was going to explode, as she was still weak from all the blood loss. She watched as the blonde disappeared into the treeline. Shannon was not going to make things easy for her.


Kali had decided to take her own advice and went to sleep in her and Sawyer's tent for a few hours. When she woke up, she found a blanket covering herself that she was sure had been on the other side of the tent. She smiled when she realised Sawyer must have been the one to place it over her. The next moment, the smile quickly fell off her face as she felt pain shooting down her back. Kali had been in almost constant pain ever since she had woken up from the fall but didn't want to bring it up. It would only make people worry, and they didn't have enough analgesia to waste. Rubbing her eyes, she exited the tent and quickly noticed Kate and Jack resting under some tarp, the latter of which seemed to be fast asleep. Slowly, she made her way over to them, careful not to make too many big movements so as not to increase her pain.

"How's sleeping beauty?" Kali smiled, as she came to stand by the pair.

"Better, I think. His colours coming back" Kate told her, as Kali came to sit beside Jack.

As if on cue, Jack began to stir, bringing his hand up to his head. He pushed himself into a sitting position as he looked around his surroundings.

"What…what happened?" Jack frowned.

"Kate kissed you back to the world of the living" Kali teased, watching as Kate shook her head, fondly.

"Funny, isn't that what Sawyer did for you yesterday?" Jack replied as Kali's mouth dropped open.

"Good one, Jack" Kate giggled, as Jack shared the amused expression.

Kali watched as Jack's face suddenly turned into horror when he felt around his neck, realising that the key he hung around his neck was no longer there.

"Oh shit…Shannon…" Kali trailed off, as Jack's eyes snapped up to hers.

"What?" Kate frowned.

"The key to the gun case is gone" Jack announced, as he pushed himself upright and started storming off.

"Maybe it fell off this morning" Kate stated, rushing to catch up with him.

"It didn't fall off" Jack shook his head, as Kali spotted Sayid, much to her relief.

"Sayid!" Kali called over to him, as he approached them, with confusion written on his face.

"What's going on?" Sayid frowned.

"Did you take the key to the gun case?" Kali blurted out, watching as Sayid shook his head vehemently.

"Where's Shannon?" Jack insisted, as Sayid's eyes widened.

"She stormed off…after I told her I wouldn't kill Locke" Sayid confessed, as they all shared worried looks.

After almost twenty minutes of running through the jungle in torrential rain, they were able to find Shannon. The blonde had a gun aimed at Locke who was kneeling on the ground and seemed relieved when he saw Sayid approaching. Kali stumbled into the clearing a few seconds later, the pain in her back even more intense after trying to keep up with Sayid.

"Shannon! What are you doing?" Sayid exclaimed as Shannon kept her hands gripped on the gun.

"He did it. I know it" Shannon replied.

"You're not thinking rationally…you've never fired a gun before-" Sayid was cut off, as Shannon raised the gun to the left, firing a bullet.

"Jesus, careful where you point that thing!" Kali yelled, flinching at the sound.

"Shannon, you don't want to do this!" Sayid insisted as Shannon's eyes flitted over to him.

"Yes, I do" She retorted.

"If you do it, you can never take it back," Sayid told her, as Locke looked at her with pleading eyes.

"He's right, Shannon. This isn't what Boone would want. You know that" Kali pointed out.

"It doesn't matter what he'd want now…he's dead!" Shannon cried, tears welling in his eyes.

"No! He's not. I'll help you get him back. I swear it. Just put the gun down" Kali pleaded, hearing Kate and Jack arrive behind her.

"Stay back!" Shannon warned, her finger on the trigger.

"Shannon…" Jack trailed off, not sure what to say.

"Jack, you told me he was a liar" Shannon exclaimed, her hands beginning to shake.

"Shannon, wait!" Kali shouted, as she could see the girl was psyching herself up to take the shot.

Kali gasped as Sayid lunged forward at the last moment, pushing Shannon to the floor as the gun went off. For a tense moment, no one was sure whether Locke had been shot, but much to everyone's relief, the older man stirred a few seconds later.

"No…no!" Shannon screamed, pushing Sayid away from her.

Kali brushed a hand through her hair, as she saw blood trickling down the side of Locke's face. They had almost been too late. She watched as Shannon shoved past Sayid, not listening to his pleas.

"I'm sorry" Sayid sobbed, his voice full of emotion.

"Stay away!" Shannon yelled, running into the jungle, with Kate following not far behind.

Sayid flinched slightly when he felt Kali's hand on his shoulder, who was giving him a sad look.

"You did the right thing" She told him, as he nodded.

"She'll forgive you" Kali stated, a moment later.

"I'm not so sure" Sayid mumbled, looking towards the ground.

"Just don't give up on her. She'll come around" Kali insisted, squeezing his shoulder, before letting go.

"Why are you being so nice to me?" Sayid frowned.

"Because I can see you really like her. And she needs someone right now. Go after her" Kali explained, watching as Sayid took her advice, and began chasing after his lover.


"Hey pretty boy, what're you doing?" Kali inquired, walking towards Sawyer, who was wearing his glasses, and seemed to be reading to Charlie and Claire's baby.

"Sh!" Charlie exclaimed, placing his finger against his lips.

"Sh to you too" Kali grumbled, lowering herself to sit on a suitcase beside Sawyer's legs.

"Einstein here figures that the baby likes my voice" Sawyer informed her, as right on cue, the baby began to wail.

"Must be the southern charm" Kali grinned, as Sawyer huffed out a laugh.

"Why's your hair all wet?" Sawyer questioned, brushing her soaked hair behind her ear.

"Never mind that. You better start reading before Charlie starts poking you" Kali told him.

"He's not gonna-ow!" Sawyer cried, when Charlie picked up a nearby stick and started poking Sawyer in his chest.

Kali giggled as Sawyer shook his head and began reading what sounded like a car manual again. Sawyer's voice quickly soothed Claire's baby, who started to drift off into a light sleep much to an exhausted Charlie's relief. Sawyer rested his elbow on Kali's thigh as he continued to read the manual, a content expression on his face. For the first time that day, Kali felt optimistic for the future. She knew she would see Boone again.


Kali's mood was quickly ruined the next day when Artz announced that if they didn't leave the island on the raft as soon as possible, they'd have to wait months for another chance. Kali had been hoping that they'd have time to find Boone before leaving on the raft. She had promised Shannon that she help to look for him. How could she just leave now?

"I can't go" Kali announced, while she and Sawyer were having lunch that afternoon.

"What?" Sawyer frowned, not understanding what she meant.

"I can't leave on the raft. Not with Boone still missing" Kali clarified.

"If he's still alive-" Sawyer began, as Kali cut him off.

"He is" She insisted, as Sawyer nodded quickly.

"Then they'll find him. He wouldn't want you to miss your one chance in getting off this damn island" Sawyer pointed out.

"Someone led me to find him before…maybe it'll happen again. I'm not just going to abandon him" Kali insisted, making Sawyer sigh.

"Have you forgotten why you wanted to get on that raft in the first place? There's someone out there who wants to hurt you" Sawyer told her.

"Sawyer, you're not going to change my mind" Kali stated.

"Okay, fine. Guess I'll stay too then" Sawyer shrugged.

"What?" Kali gaped, shocked by his comment.

"I'm not leaving without you. It's as simple as that" Sawyer clarified.

"You need to leave; you'll be arrested when the rescue party turns up" Kali exclaimed.

"The last time I left you, you almost died. I'm not doing that again" Sawyer informed her, looking into her blue eyes intensely.

"You'd really give up your freedom just to stay with me?" She questioned, as Sawyer nodded slowly.

"I'm not worth it" Kali told him, looking away from his gaze.

"Yes, you are" Sawyer mumbled, making her lips twitched into a smile.

"You're a stubborn son of a bitch" Kali sighed, as Sawyer huffed out a laugh.

"Does that mean you'll come on the raft?" Sawyer asked as Kali thought about this for a moment.

"If you promise me, we'll get help for him. We won't forget about him" Kali exclaimed.

"You have my word, blue eyes" Sawyer replied, cupping her cheek and turning her to look at him.

"Are you two just about done? We could use your help finishing up the raft…if you still want your spots that is!" Michael called over to the pair, as Sawyer quickly pulled his hand away.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Sawyer frowned, watching Michael pull a large board of metal towards the raft.

"I'm just saying there are plenty of people just waiting for your spots" Michael informed them, as Kali glared at him.

"Hey, I've been working on this with you since the beginning. I'm sorry if my almost dying is a goddamn inconvenience?" Kali scoffed.

"He's rubbing off on you, you know that?" Michael muttered as the pair crossed their arms at the same time.

"Has someone said something to you?" Kali questioned, following him towards the raft, where Jin was finishing tying the bamboo together.

"I'm just starting to think you two are the wrong people to go on the raft" Michael admitted.

"You gonna' vote us off, Mickey?" Sawyer accused, getting no reply from Michael.

"I'm not even sure if this raft can fit five people. Maybe someone else would be a better fit" Michael went on.

"And who exactly is gonna' take our place?" Kali frowned, a bad feeling settling in her stomach.


"Look, let's not freak out about this. Maybe Michael misunderstood her" Kali announced, watching as Sawyer marched towards Kate's tent.

"Oh yeah, because 'I'm going with you' is so easy to get lost in translation" Sawyer rolled his eyes.

"Sawyer…" Kali trailed off, as the blond came to a halt in front of Kate's tent.

Kali frowned as she peaked past Sawyer to see Kate was burning something. It looked like a passport. It seemed like she was definitely planning to go on the raft.

"What the hell are you doing?" Sawyer exclaimed, as Kate turned to the pair.

"Sorry?" Kate replied, placing the passport in her backpack.

"Oh, don't give me the old golly eyes. Michael just told me you were trying to get our spot on the raft" Sawyer spat out, angrily.

"I was just asking questions. He must have misunderstood me" Kate said innocently, throwing her backpack on and going to walk away.

"I know what you're doing" Sawyer accused, as he grabbed her arm roughly.

"Hey, stop that" Kali exclaimed, as Sawyer gripped Kate's arm almost painfully.

"Just like I know why you wanted the Halliburton case so bad. The one that belonged to the US marshal…you were his prisoner" Sawyer explained, as Kate's eyes flitted to Kali's.

Kali looked between the pair with wide eyes, giving Kate an innocent look to show that she hadn't been the one to tell Sawyer. This was all Sawyer needed to know to confirm his suspicions.

"Let go of me" Kate growled, pulling her arm away from him.

"Your only chance of runnin' is getting on that raft, isn't it? If we get picked up by a ship and they come back to rescue the rest of ya'll, there's going to be a nice big asterisk next to your name" Sawyer went on.

"I don't know what you're talking about" Kate muttered, as Kali let out an exasperated sound.

"Give up the act, Kate. Look, I understand why you want to get off the island, but you can't just stab us in the back like this" Kali insisted.

"This isn't personal, Kali. I'm just looking out for myself" Kate retorted.

"Stupid me, I guess. Thinking we were friends" Kali muttered, as Kate looked at her with a guilty expression, before she masked it.

"I only need one of your spots. You can decide between you who gets left behind" Kate informed her, turning on her heel.

"Okay…now I'm pissed" Kali mumbled.


Boone had been pacing for the past ten minutes, trying to figure out a way of his last predicament. The men had thrown him in a small room, with only a chair and a table and no other exit than the door he had fallen through. Ben, the leader of the men who had kidnapped him, had given him a deal. A way to get off the island. All he had to do was work for him. Become a double agent against his own group. Against Shannon. Against Kali. Where they even looking for him? Did they even care?

"If you keep frowning like that, you're going to get wrinkles" A voice announced, on the intercom.

Boone whipped his head around the room, finding a small camera with a speaker underneath it that he hadn't even noticed before. He didn't recognise the voice.

"What do you want?" Boone called out.

"I want to offer you a better deal" The voice replied.

"Jesus, what is it with you people and deals" Boone sighed, leaning against the chair.

"Oh…no. I'm not with these idiots, mate. Give me some credit" The voice scoffed.

"Wait…I'm confused-" Boone started, but the voice cut him off.

"Jesus, you're lucky you have your looks. Listen, similar deal to the one Ben gave you. I'll send you back to your group and you work for me. Get me the information I want and do everything I ask" The voice explained.

"And why exactly should I do what you ask?" Boone questioned.

"Because if you don't…I'll kill that pretty little step-sister of yours" The voice threatened, as Boone glared towards the camera.


Author's Notes: I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter! I've been ill this week, so apologises if I have missed any typo's.

scripturient3201: Aw, thank you! I'm so glad that you're liking the story and my characterisations. Boone's survival will be a big plot point later down the road.

carmelitajones: Thanks for the review! Kali is going to become a big problem for the Others as this story goes on, they'll probably regret not killing her!

NJvigilante: Thank you so much:) I'm really glad you like Kali's backstory as I tried to make it interesting without being too farfetched. I really love Sawyer's softer side, so that's been lots of fun to write. Yeah, I quickly learnt when I first started writing it's a lot better doing original scenes.

DrLexieSloan: Thanks for the review! I'm glad you liked the twist and I'm sure you'll enjoy seeing Boone's interactions coming up. As for Kali not getting hurt anymore...that I can't promise, haha.

kz4valentina: Aw, thank you! I did debate on whether to keep her alive for a while but I decided he had too much potential. It looks like someone might have pipped Ben to the post with using poor Boone.