"Can I ask you something?" Kate asked Charlie, breaking the silence. The four of them had been walking away from the beach for the last forty five minutes. The trek was quiet as the four didn't know what to say to each other. Riley could see Kate every so often from the corner of her eye, looking at her.

"Me? I'd be thrilled. I've been waiting."

"Have we ever met anywhere before?"

"No. That would be unlikely." Charlie replied before Riley saw a grin on his face. "But I look familiar, right?"

"Yeah..."

"You can't quite place it?"

"No, I can't." Kate replied with a small shake of her head.

After a few moments silence, Riley jumped slightly as Charlie began to sing. "You all, everybody. You all, everybody." Charlie grinned even bigger. "You've never heard of that song before?"

"I've heard it I just don't know wha-"

"That's us!" Charlie exclaimed.

"Us?" Riley repeated.

"Drive Shaft! Look, the ring." Riley glanced to see him show Kate a ring. "Second tour of Finland. You never heard of Drive Shaft?"

"Can't say I have..." Riley trailed off.

"The band?" Kate asked for conformation.

"Yeah, the band!" Charlie nodded.

"You were in Drive Shaft?"

"I am in Drive Shaft. I play bass!"

"Serious?" Kate asked as she stopped to look at Charlie who also stopped.

"Guys, I don't think we should sto-"

"Yeah, Charlie." Charlie interrupted Riley and addressed Kate. "Track three, I do backing vocals."

"My friend, Beth would freak. She loves you guys." Kate chuckled.

"Give me Beth's number, I'll call-"

"Unless we find a way to get help, we won't be using phones any time soon!" Riley exclaimed.

"We gotta keep moving." Riley turned to see Jack facing them.

"They were good." Kate nodded.

"They are good." Charlie corrected. "We're still together." Charlie walked off leaving Riley and Kate to trek behind.

Riley could feel Kate's eyes on her once again before she sighed and turned to look at her while they carried on walking. "Can I help you?" Riley asked with a raised brow.

"I don't know if you remebe-"

"Remember that I was sat three seats away from you and that officer? Remember that you had handcuffs on and was clearly being escorted. Yeah. I remember." Riley nodded.

"Look..." Kate whispered. "What I did... I'm not proud of. I'd like the chance to tell anyone who needs to know in my own time... I never did anything to hurt anybody that was innocent..."

"I was never going to tell anyone." Riley shrugged. "It's not my place, Kate. Besides... I saw the way that man treated you on the plane... If I wasn't so bothered as to why I was being shipped off to the U.S. I would've said something."

"Thank you..."

"Don't worry about it." The sky above them rumbled as Riley sighed deeply. The sound of thunder was littering the air around them. Riley couldn't help but pray the cockpit wasn't to far as she didn't particularly want to get wet. The clothes she was wearing and the two other sets in her rucksack left on the beach was the only clothes she had with her. She was still in her uniform as that's all she had packed in her rucksack because that's all she had to wear in Afghanistan. "Oh, you are kidding!" Riley exclaimed loudly as a down pour of rain fell rapidly.

The rain didn't even start off slow and gradually get heavier. It just fell from the sky rapidly hitting Riley, causing her to groan. The sky itself had darkened as dark clouds formed above them.

"Is this normal?" Charlie called out over the sound of the rain. "You know, this end-of-the-world-type weather?"

"We're here..." Jack stated.

Riley glanced around him as her eyes landed on the cockpit. It was in-between a mass amount of trees, propped up against one of them. The Oceanic logo was present on the side of it with the familiar blue logo.

The four of them stopped to take in the front part of the plane. The end of it was snapped off. However, the group knew it lay in pieces on the beach. Wire's were hanging out the broken end in all different colours as the rain bounced loudly off the outer shell.

"Let's do this." Jack said, moving forwards towards the snapped off end.

Riley followed behind him as Kate followed her and Charlie followed last. As Riley got closer, she winced slightly as the plane looked as unstable as it could get in its current position.

"Do you think anyone's alive in here?" Riley whispered. Many bodies littered the seats, still strapped in but not moving. The masks were hanging from the roof of the plane, unused and untouched. Although some of the seats were vacant, Riley understood why. They must've not had time to strap themselves in before the plane broke off.

"Let's get this trans..."

"Transceiver." Jack muttered.

"Transceiver thing and get out of here." Charlie declared.

"We're going to have to climb up the seats, aren't we?" Riley asked as Jack nodded and set off. She followed after him, grabbing the seats and hoisting herself up. Her thigh burned as she continued following Jack, Kate behind her.

The plane began to creak from under them as the four moved up at different paces. Riley groaned once again as she stopped behind Jack who tried to open the door, leading to the control room. "Locked."

"Pick it." Riley breathed out as she winced from the pain in her thigh.

"I'm not particularly skilled in that department." Jack stated as he glanced around and picked up a fire extinguisher.

Jack began trying to get the lock to break. Riley took this small break to catch her breath and rest her leg. Kate leaned beside her as Charlie was across from them.

"Rescue could be at the beach right now..." Charlie trailed off as he breathed deeply.

"I doubt it." Riley sighed. "Usually it's within the first few hours you'll see sign of rescue... Not trying to put a downer on anyone's spirits..." Jack had managed to get the lock to break. Riley herself contained a scream as Kate screamed for her and Charlie yelled. The door had flown open and a few bodies came crashing out and falling to where the four had just came from.

"You okay?" Jack asked.

"Yeah..." Kate nodded frantically. "You?"

"Yeah... Charlie, Riley?"

"Fine..." Riley exclaimed after a few deep breaths.

"Yes..." Charlie panted.

"You don't have to come up here." Jack stated as Riley and Kate helped each other to climb towards him.

"We're fine." Riley grumbled. As the trio made it into the controls room, they stopped to breath. The plane front was slanted much higher than Riley thought it was, making it difficult for them to climb it without slipping back down.

"What does a transceiver look like?" Kate breathed out after a few moments.

"Like a complicated walkie-talkie." Riley replied, beginning to look around.

Riley pulled herself towards the glass shield and grimaced at the pilot who lay dead. She checked his waist band for any sign of the transceiver before moving onto his control pad. "Bloody Hell!" Riley exclaimed loudly as the pilot shot up, taking deep breaths.

Kate grasped Riley's arm to stop her falling down the small clearing they had just come from. Riley thanked her as she turned back towards the pilot who looked as though he had seen better days. "Hey, can you hear me?" Riley asked loudly as the pilot coughed violently.

"Pass me that water." Riley grasped the water bottle beside her and handed it to Jack. "Here... Here you go." Jack mumbled as he helped the pilot to drink from the half empty water bottle. He took a sip before he choked and spat it back out. His eyes found Riley's before looking at Kate and back to Jack.

"How many survived?" The pilot asked, taking deep breaths.

"At least 48." Jack stated. "Does anything feel broken?"

"No, no." The pilot shook his head slowly. "Just my head's a little dizzy, that's all."

"Yeah? It's probably a concussion."

"How long has it been?"

"Around sixteen hours." Riley informed the pilot.

"Sixteen?" The pilot breathed. "Has anybody come yet?"

"Not yet." Jack shook his head.

The pilot looked as though he knew something the trio didn't. He took a few breaths before he addressed the three. "Six hours in... Our radio went out. No one could see us. We turned back to land in Fiji. By the time we hit turbulence... We were a thousand miles off course. They're looking for us in the wrong place."

"You're kidding..." Riley whispered as she sighed deeply.

"We have a transceiver." The pilot perked up.

"That's what we came for." Jack smiled as he helped the man to sit forward slightly. "You shouldn't move."

"No, no... I'm okay." The pilot thanked Jack as he pulled the Transceiver out of a small cabinet beside him.

"Guys..." Riley whispered, glancing around. "Where's Charlie?"

"Behin-" Kate stopped as she looked behind them to see no Charlie.

Riley left Jack and Kate with the pilot as she followed the way they had entered. She moved slowly as she glanced all around her. "Charlie?" She called out. "Charl- Ow!" She recoiled as the bathroom door smacked her in the face. She glared at Charlie whose eyes were wide as he looked at Riley.

"Sorr-"

"Why're you in the bathroom?"

"What." Just as Riley was about to repeat herself, the noise from the night before met their ears. Riley didn't usually feel frightened by unknown noises. With her line of work, she couldn't afford to be. However, the noise within the island scared her.

"Riley?" Kate whispered as she and Jack pulled her back into the control room, Charlie following behind.

"It's right outside." Riley whispered back.

"What? What's right outsid-"

"Shh." Jack demanded as the pilot glanced around with wide eyes.

Riley and Kate leaned against the frame as they tried to keep as quiet as humanly possible. The area they were currently in began to darken as a shadow moving was seen through the windows. Jack moved towards the fogged window as he tried to get a look outside while the pilot moved to the broken window in front of him. Riley watched him place the Transceiver on the seat as he pulled himself semi out the window.

"What's he doing." Riley frantically muttered to Kate.

The next few moments happened before Riley could even think of blinking. The noise was suddenly as loud as ever as the pilot was pulled from the plane window. Kate's screams were loud in her ear as was Jack's and Charlie's shouts. All Riley could do was gag as she saw the splatter of blood hit the window beside hers and Kate's heads. "What is th-" Riley yelped as she was thrown into Kate.

Whoever or whatever was outside was moving the plane they were currently in. The four of them jolted and smacked into everything within the room. This continued for the next minute until, suddenly, the plane was flat against the floor. Riley threw herself across the small control room in search for the Transceiver.

"We've got to go!" Charlie exclaimed.

"Leave it Riley!" Kate begged. Riley pushed herself more against the panel as she slid her hand underneath the panel and grasped the rectangular Transceiver.

"Go, go go!" Jack shouted as the four of them ran the length of the plane back out onto the ground.

"Where do we go?" Charlie asked, loudly.

"JUST RUN!" Riley screamed as she ran from the plane as fast as her legs would take her.

The noise was loud in Riley's ears as she knew it was behind them. Her heart pounded as her army boots landed in every puddle in her path. Holding tightly onto the transceiver, she carried on running, using all the strength she had in her. It wasn't until she found a small cage made out of roots from a banyan tree that she stopped running and slid between them as she turned to help the other three in before, if possible, her heart picked up a notch.

She was alone. The other three were nowhere to be seen. Frantically looking around, Riley felt tears in the back of her eyes. She cursed herself as she realised she hadn't cried in years, she had been on this island less than a day and she was already shedding tears.

"KATE!" She screamed. "JACK, CHARLIE?" On the last syllable of Charlie's name she suddenly found it hard to breath. Riley panicked as the tears spilled out of her eyes, mixing with the rain water upon her skin. Her breathing was suddenly cut off as she tried her hardest to calm herself.

Breathing in through her nose and out through her mouth, Riley tried to keep her panic at bay. She had seen members of her group on the front line have panic attacks, she noticed it almost instantly. Riley found it easier to breath as she tried to rid herself of the panic bubbling in her chest. She took one last deep breath before she stepped out of the roots.

Glancing around, she tried to figure out which was she came from. She couldn't leave the trio out here alone. Just as she went to turn around, someone smacked into her back. Riley let out a small scream as she quickly twisted and pinned the body to the ground. "Wow! Wow, Riles! It's me!"

"Charlie?" Riley asked as she glanced into his wide eyes. "Where's Kate and Jack?"

"I don't know!"

"Did you see them?"

"They pulled me up!"

"Where are they?"

"I don't know!" Charlie exclaimed.

"How can you not know!" Riley demanded.

"We got separated, look... I fell down, they came back for me, that thing wa-"

"Did you see it?" Riley cut him off in a scared whisper.

"No. No. But it was right there. We were dead... I was. And then Jack and Kate came back and pulled me up. I don't know where they are!" Riley's eyebrows furrowed as she glanced at Charlie's forehead. Moments prior, rain had been landing on it. The rain had stopped all together. The sky turned blue once again as Jessie noticed everything lighten up. "We have to go back for them..."

"Go back?" Riley nodded at him. "There? Riles, there's a certain gargantuan quality about this thing."

"Then don't come, Charlie!" Riley glared at him as she released his shoulders and stood up. Riley set off the way Charlie had come. Transceiver still in hand, she glared around, cautiously.

"Riley!" She jumped slightly as Charlie appeared from behind her. The ground was all disturbed. Trees were no longer standing within the ground but lay across the path Riley had run through. Where the ground dipped slightly, small puddles of rain had formed. Riley was about to walk through before her boot crunched something. Kneeling down she picked up the small object and rubbed some of the wet earth off.

"What is that?" Charlie asked, looking over her shoulder.

"A badge..." She mumbled as she glanced back down to the puddle. The water reflected the trees above them. Riley was about to ask Charlie a question before her eyes caught something in the reflection. Her eyebrows furrowed as she turned and glanced up at the trees.

A body was lying on top of the trees at an awkward angle. Charlie followed her gaze before clearing his throat. "Who is that?"

"That's the pilot." A male spoke as Riley spun around, noticing Kate and Jack emerged from the trees.

"Are you okay?" Riley asked, moving towards the pair.

"Yeah... Are you?" Kate replied.

"Yeah... Did you see it?"

"No..." Jack began. "It was right behind us but we dove into the bushes."

"Guys... How does something like that," Charlie began, pointing up at the pilot. "Happen?"