Disclaimer: Aerosmith song 'dream on' & the wonderful producers, writters, actors...etc. that have made lost the hit it is!

A/N:"You make your own kind of music, dum, du du dum..." Ooopsam i on? Wow, i have been gone for so long i forgot how to do this. Damn song, 'scuse my french. That song is soooo stuck in my head. Errr, "your own kind of..." Right i guess i better stay on topic.

So i looked at the calender the other day and whow! Summer was over and then i looked at little harder and uh, September was over too! How freaky. So i guess that means my fan fic break is OVER! Gotta update a little bit!

A/N2: Here it is the next chapter of this story. Okay so you all already knew that-ha ha. This chapter i have to warn you all, was during a slow period, amental block to be precise(or maybe i am just mental, i get confused sometimes...)so i don't thinkthis is my best work. Please! Don't kill me. I must insist you check all the wepons at the door. Do, though, review and tell me what you liked about this chapter. Feedback keeps me alive!

A/N3: Okay there are a few racial remarks in this chapter. I know nothing about the Iraqi culture or country and/or its going ons with what soldiers do or don't do. I by no means mean to offend anyone or turn anyone away from reading my story. I just wanted to makes Sawyer sound like a jerk. No that I have said that, please read and review.

Riding On The Wings Of An Angel

Chapter 15: Somebody Else's Song

Every time I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face getting clearer
The past is gone
It goes by, like dusk to dawn
Isn't that the way
Everybody's got their dues in life to pay

Kate:

So here it was once again, she had fallen asleep and the dreams had come. They were so real. The wounds felt to freshly cut. The air had crackled with the electricity and the thunder had roared. Now she was back on the island, as she lay awake staring at the stars, half awake but half drifting in an ocean of tears. It had felt so real. And what was worse was that she had loved him.

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Flashback:

She had just met him in the club where she worked. His name was Jason. 'Jason, Jason, Jason.' His name kept ringing in her ears. He had asked her for a drink after her shift. How could she say no with those intense coal eyes staring at her as if they could see into her soul?

Just one drink and the magic had begun, he was wonderful, he was everything she could have dreamed of. "You look very beautiful tonight."

Fact was, she was sweaty in her jeans and low cut shirt she had worked in. She sure as hell didn't feel beautiful, but if Jason said she was beautiful, than it must be true. She just couldn't get past those deep eyes. Everything he said just sounded so charming when she looked in those eyes. "Can I buy you a drink?"

'Was he really talking to her?' This was way to good to be true. This was the type of man that women would swan over. 'So why the hell is he talking to me?'

"Miss?"

'Damn! Had she been daydreaming again…or were his eyes hypnotic?' "Sorry." Kate apologized, "It's been a long day…and it's Kate. You can call me Kate."

"Ah, Kate. Did you know that name means 'pure'?" The word rolled off his tongue seductively. "Many famous women in history have had this name, it originates for the Greek name Katharos."

'Wow, was this guy for real?' "Well, I don't know how pure I am…"

"I have no doubt that you are the purest women I know." Somehow there was just no way to argue with this statement as his tone showed he would argue this point if Kate insisted he was wrong. When Kate didn't respond, just looked shyly down, Jason's husky voice broke the silence and he grinned, "How about that drink?"

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Sayid and Sawyer:

She'd done it. She really had. They, Jack and Kate and…Sawyer and Sayid, had been traveling into the wilderness of the island for the last day and a half. They had gotten pretty far in too. Amazingly it hadn't taken much to get any of them to come along. Jack had been the hardest to convince and he hadn't argued… much. Kate suspected he just wanted to keep an eye on her.

And then there was Sayid. He had approached Jack and asked if he could come, using some excuse that he would be going that way anyways. Wanted to continue to map out the island some more- get more details or something. What way? How could he have known which way they would go? She hardly even knew.

Of course there was Sawyer who had just shown up half-way through the first day and then when Kate told him to go back, he said, "Ain't got a clue which way is back, honey." And put on a sly smirk. How infuriating! But she didn't care that any of them had come along, only Jack. She wanted Jack there. He was part of her plan.

"Come on, just tell us, you ain't ever done that…?"

Sayid's only response was a huff of annoyance.

"…Kill someone." Sawyer drawled it out, aching for a fight and watched Sayid as a scowl overcame his face. "What? Cat got your tongue?" Sawyer baited.

"Don't tell me," Sawyer's voice was mock shock, "you'll just deny it anyways." Sayid opened his mouth as if to respond then closed it quickly, trying to keep his cool.

"You Iraqi's, you know it is against the law? Right? …At least here in Canada. Geez, I can't speak for your country though, Soldiers killing innocent-"

Sayid stopped walking, "You don't have a clue what you are talking about." He looked at Sawyer down his nose,

"I'm right though. You were a soldier there. You killed people." Sawyer paused weighing his words. "Lots of innocent people." His words then came out in a rush. "Tortured them, didn't ya. I bet you even hit a women."

"I did no such thing-" Sayid went rigid trying to keep control.

Sawyer raised an eyebrow throwing up his hand, "I knew you would deny it! Typical!"

"Hypocritical redneck!"

"Oh, look who's talking!" Sawyer stopped walking too, and faced Sayid, "…Murderer!"

Sayid clenched his fists, "I suggest you shut-up right now."

Jack looked back at the bickering two then exchanged a look with Kate that suggested they should intervene. They had already stopped two arguments earlier today. Although, personally, Kate thought that maybe they should just let Sawyer get his ass beat.

Obviously Jack didn't agree. "Uh, guys?" He cleared his throat a little more. "Lets talk a break. Sayid, I heard some water up that way, how about we go fill the bottles." Jack's face was more than hopeful. Kate almost laughed.

Sawyer and Sayid looked at Jack as if he was slightly insane, then Sayid nodded, unclenched his fists. "That is a very good idea." Throwing one last nasty glance at Sawyer, Sayid headed in the direction Jack had indicated.

"Well fine then!" Sawyer yelled after Sayid.

Kate just rolled her eyes.

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Jack:

"So what was that about?"

Sayid didn't lift his head as he continued to fill a water bottle, just stated bluntly, "You heard what it was about."

"No, actually I didn't." Jack placed his hand on his hips. "What I heard was you and Sawyer going at each other. You've both been doing that all day." He accused. "You know we need to stick together or this civilization we are trying to build is going to fall apart."

Sayid stood up screwing the lid back on the bottle, "Jack," He stared Jack in the eyes, "what exactly are you saying."

Jack looked down at the ground shaking his head. "It just…"

"What?"

"I need your help." Jack glanced quickly at Sayid an almost pleading look in his eyes, and went on, "I mean everything with Kate, and now Locke and this hatch thing. Ever since Boone's death Locke has been acting…uh…weirder-"

-Crazier."

"Right." Jack wiped his brow, the heat was stifling, he would never get used to the island weather. "Anyways, now Kate is going off on this little adventure of hers… I just can't afford for you guys to start a war."

They were silent for a few minutes, when Sayid appeared next to Jack and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder, "Jack." Sayid chuckled, startled Jack looked up, "You need to learn when to ask for help."

Jack quizzically stared at Sayid, "So no war?"

"No war." Sayid chuckled some more. Together they gathered the water bottled up and headed back to Sawyer and Kate.

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Kate:

"Damn, hypocrite!" Sawyer was furiously continuing to mutter curses under his breath and he frantically paced back and forth.

"Sawyer." Kate tried in vain to get his attention. "Sawyer…SAWYER!" She finally yelled and his head snapped up as if he was a puppet and she the puppet master.

Now that Kate had his attention she wiped her hands on her jeans as if preparing for a battle, and started, "What the hell are you rambling about." Sawyer opened his mouth and Kate didn't have to tell him to shut it, you didn't mess with Kate when she gave you that look. "What was that about?" Kate demanded of Sawyer, yet didn't expect an answer.

"You baited Sayid about a sensitive topic in his past."

"Sensitive, my ass!"

"Shut-up Sawyer." Kate was done with Sawyer's crap. "How would you like it if Sayid asked you about your parents..." Kate watched him carefully as she added the next part, "about how they died."

Sawyer scowled, a darkness coming into his pale blue eyes and gruffly responded, "It's not the same thing."

"Damn straight it is! You bring up someone's past and you ask questions! You are most definitely going to get a response. What did you expect?"

Kate was slowly moving towards Sawyer. Her eyes scanning everything but him, he watched as she tried to grasp what she wanted to say next. "What are we really talking about, Kate. 'Cause I can sure as hell tell you it ain't about me bringing up Sayid and his delicate past." Sawyer stated sarcastically.

"Oh? And you think you know what this conversation is really about. Sawyer, give me a break. This conversation is about you and Sayid going at each others throats, so don't turn this around on me."

"Whatever sweetcheeks…have it your way." Sawyer turned away from her.

"Besides we need to stick together." Kate implored.

Sawyer stared back into Kate's eyes, then a smirk started to grow on his lips, showing teasing dimples, "You know what I think?"

Kate cocked her head to the side, and Sawyers grin grew wider. "You are starting to sound just like Jacko boy, over there."

Kate's small smile instantly disappeared and she spat back at him, "Your hopeless, Sawyer." Spinning around she nearly bumped into Jack, "Let's go…" She threw a dangerous glance back at Sawyer and lowered her voice, "Now!"

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Someone Else…:

Her breath was ragged in her throat as she ran down the beaten path. She had to get back to the camp; she had to report what she had seen. Had to warn them, the 'others' were coming! Their lives may very well rest in her hands. But were those two men she had seen by the stream really the others?

"Ana!" She screamed, as she neared the camp. 'Please let Ana be here and not out hunting. She needs to be here now.' Her voice reached a new pitch as she let out another panicked or was it adrenalin driven scream, "Ana, ANA, A-" She stopped short as she came to a young man with spiky blond hair. "Brett!" She gasped breathlessly. "Where's Ana?"

He had barely pointed in the direction of the makeshift camp set into the side of the mountain, befor the girl had taken off.

Dashing up to Ana she started to spew out unintelligible words and sentences to anyone but trained ears. Apparently the women was used to this sort of behaviour, "Stop." She commanded.

The girl did.

"Now take a deep breath and tell me what happened," Then quickly added, "slowly."

The girl looked annoyed but did as she was told. Gulping in deep breathes of air she tried to speak slower. "I saw some people in the jungle." Her words still tumbled out, but the crowd that had gathered around her could understand what she was saying and that was all that mattered.

"Well… I was out exploring, out near the ridge, you know the one by the stream and the-"

"Would you just get to the point," A young women named Serena interrupted, "please?" She added.

"There were men out by the river." She continued, "Two of them, and I heard more in the background. They weren't one of us. I've never seen them before."

Everyone was silent for a few minutes before the girl spoke up once more voicing everyone's fears. "It's the 'others' isn't it?" her voice trembled. "They're coming back aren't they."

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