Chapter Seven: "All you wanted was somebody who cares…"

[Shot of Andie sitting against a tree playing with a twig. Ana Lucia walks passed. She stops a fair way away from Andie, but within earshot.

Ana: Heard you're seeing things.

Andie: Can I help you, Annie?

Ana: Word is you're seeing Cindy all over the place. (Pause) Conscience biting you in the ass?

Andie: What is that supposed to mean?

Ana: You can play your little "I was on the plane, too" game all you want. But I know you're one of them; that's how you know Cindy. Hell, you're probably the one that took her in the first place.

Andie (getting up):I don't have to talk to you.

[Andie starts to leave. Ana runs after her.

Ana: Hey! Don't you walk away from me! Hey!

[Sun and Jun who are fishing nearby stop and look in their direction. Charlie who is fiddling with his guitar looks on and Kate and Sawyer who are hanging by his tent head in their direction.

[Andie turns.

Andie: What?! What is it?! What the hell do you have to say to me that is so damn important? You think I'm one of them? I know that. I don't care. What else is there, Annie? Come on! (she shoves Ana)


Kate (entering):Hey! What's going on?

[Kate and Sawyer arrive at the argument.

Andie (exiting): Nothing.

Sawyer (trying to stop her):Hey.

[Andie keeps going. Close up on her face leads into a Flashback.

[Shot of Andie in her hitwoman outfit sitting in her truck in the evening. It's parked across the road from a small home with children's toys scattered over the front lawn. Andie puts a leather cap on as well as dark sunglasses and gets out of her truck. She walks with confidence across the street and up the path to the front door. She knocks. A man, Joseph Messer, answers.

Joseph: Can I help you?

Andie (reaching for her back pocket):Joseph Messer?

[A little girl appears in front of her father. His daughter, Lily.

Lily: Daddy, who is it?

[Joseph looks at his daughter, then at Andie with fear in his eyes. He knows why she's there.

Joseph: Tell Danny I can have the money in two days. Please.

Lily: Daddy?

Joseph (kneeling to her level): Lily, honey, go get your brother and take him to your room, okay?

Lily: Okay, Daddy.

[The little girl runs away. Andie pulls out the gun and aims it at his head.

Joseph: Oh God, please. My children are home alone with me. Please. They can't see their father like this.

[Under her hat and glasses, Andie bites her lip.

Andie: Get your family and get outta here. They're coming after you.

[Andie pockets the gun turns and rushes back to her car. She gets in, slams the door and rips off her hat and glasses. She looks at herself in the rearview mirror and sees tears in her eyes. She wipes them away and starts her truck. Then she drives away.

[Back to the island.

[Sawyer and Kate are interrogating Ana-Lucia.

Sawyer: What'd you say to her?

Ana: Nothing. You saw; she came at me.

Kate: You provoked her.

Ana: What?

Kate: You have it in for her, Ana.

Ana: So what? Are you guys her fan club? I'm a cop, I know a liar when I see one. And she is keeping something from us; something she doesn't want anyone to know. And if you can't see that, it's gonna be on your conscience.

[Ana exits. Jack comes over.

Jack: What was that about?

Kate: I'm not sure. Andie's not herself.

Jack: We've only known her a week, Kate. How do we know what her actual self is?

Kate: Gut feeling.

Jack: Unless she tells us what's going on, we can't help her.

[Shot of Andie entering the jungle. Claire comes up after her with Aaron in her arms.

Claire: Andie? Where are you going?

Andie (not looking at her):Nowhere. I'll be back. (She starts to leave)

Claire: You can tell me if something's wrong, you know.

Andie: Claire. Stay away from me. (Andie looks back at Claire, with an almost pleading look.) Please.

[Claire doesn't answer, she just looks confused as she watches Andie walk into the jungle. Shot of Andie's own hurt face leads into another Flashback.

Danny's voice over: What the hell happened, Andie?!

[Shot of Danny and Andie in his apartment.

Andie (plainly): I froze up.

Danny: Why? What was different? You killed Sidney with no thought at all! What was different with Joseph?

Andie (starting to leave): I'll take care of it.

Danny (stopping her): Whoa, whoa, whoa. (he grabs her elbow) Now, you listen to me. If you can't handle this job I need to know now, Andie. This can't happen again or they'll be after you. (He adopts a worried look) And I don't wanna see that happen.

Andie (frankly):It won't.

Danny: How can you be sure? What if you freeze up again?

Andie: I told you; I'll take care of it.

[Andie leaves.

[Shot of Andie knocking on a door. Cindy answers.

Cindy: Andie? What's happened?

Andie: I think I'm in over my head.

Cindy: Come in.

[Andie enters the apartment.

[Shot of them both sitting at the kitchen table. Cindy in her pajamas, Andie in her hitwoman outfit.

Cindy: I know you think this is the only life out there for you Andie, but trust me, it's not.

Andie (depressed):I don't know what the right thing to do it anymore.

Cindy: You have to get out of Sydney. Better yet, out of Australia. With what happened to your Dad and your mother; there's too much bad history here for you.

Andie (frustratedly): Where would I go? I've got no family. No money. Nothing. What's the point? At least this way I won't be poor for much longer.

Cindy (reaching over the table and taking her hand):Andie. This isn't you. You are not this person.

[Cindy looks intently at Andie for a long pause before:

Andie: What if I am?

[Shot back to Andie in the jungle.

Sawyer: Hey!

[Sawyer comes in following Andie. She doesn't stop.

Sawyer: Hey! (She doesn't acknowledge him) What is the matter with you?

Andie: Nothing.

Sawyer: What're you doin' out here?

Andie: Nothing.

Sawyer: Nothing.

Andie (still not turning around):Yeah, nothing.

Sawyer (sarcastically):You yell at Ana-Lucia and Claire then go traipsing off into the jungle on your own after nothing.

Andie: Don't pretend like you know me, Sawyer.

Sawyer: I ain't pretending, Angel. I don't know you. But you won't let me-- anyone know who you are.

Andie (defensively, but still not turning): So?

Sawyer: Why were you on the plane? What's your story?

Andie: I told you-

Sawyer: Yeah, yeah, free ticket. I got it. And I don't believe it.

Andie: That's your problem.

Sawyer: Why are you acting like this?

[Andie finally turns to face him.

Andie: Why?!

[She walks up to him.

Andie: You wanna know why, Sawyer? Because that's who I am. I'm a bad person. (Tears appear in her eyes) Deal with it.

Sawyer: Okay, you've gotta-

Andie: What? What? I'm supposed to be taking advice from a conman? (off Sawyers blank face) Yeah, Kate told me all about you.

Sawyer (apologetically):Andie-

Andie (not caring):Looks like we're just as bad as each other. (Pause) Leave me alone.

[Shot of Andie walking off. Leads into Flashback.

[Shot of Andie outside Joseph Messer's home. It's the dead of night and pouring with rain. She's sitting in her truck watching Joseph pack up his wife and kids into their car. She has her gun in her hand. She pauses for only a second, then gets out of the car and slams the door and storms across the street.

[Shot of Kate wandering over to Andie's tent. Sayid is sitting there.

Kate: What are you doing at Andie's tent?

Sayid: I came to give her these.

[He shows Kate the bundle of clothes in his arms.

Kate: They're Shannon's clothes.

Sayid: Yes. Andie gave them to me; but I realize I have no use for them anymore.

Kate: I'm sure she'll be grateful when she gets back.

Sayid: Gets back? Where did she go?

Kate: Not sure. She had a fight with Ana-Lucia and then took off into the jungle.

Sayid: Alone?

Kate: Sawyer went after her.

Sayid (skeptical):Sawyer?

[Shot of Andie walking further into the jungle. Sawyer comes up behind her.

Andie (furious):Why are you still following me?! I said stay away!

Sawyer: No.

Andie (turning to look at him): No?

Sawyer: I don't know if you know this but there is some kinda freaky-ass monster in there that's taken a liking for eating people.

Andie: Sawyer, leave me alone.

Sawyer: I ain't goin' nowhere.

Andie (gives up): Alright.

[Andie walks up to Sawyer and shoves him.

Sawyer: Hey!

Andie (pissed):You won't leave? I'll make you leave!

[She shoves him again.

Sawyer: What the hell's the matter with you?

Andie: Come on, conman, fight back!

[She punches him.

Andie: What, you're too scared to hit a woman? Fight back!

[She hits him again. Sawyer looks concerned at first, but his attitude changes. He straightens and punches Andie. She goes down, but gets back up and punches him again.

[The fight leads into Flashback.

[Shot of Andie storming towards Joseph and his family. He sees her coming and hurries his wife into their car.

Joseph (scared as hell): You let me go. You don't want to do this. You proved that. You're not a bad person.

[Andie pulls out her gun.

Andie (no emotion):Yes I am.

[She fires the gun. Joseph goes down. His family screams.

[Back to Sawyer and Andie in the jungle.

Andie: You don't know what bad is! You DON'T KNOW!

[Andie dodges a punch from Sawyer and hits him again. She is clearly winning this fight

Andie: I'm bad! You hear me?! (Hits him again)

[Andie goes to punch him again but he grabs her fist and twists her wrist then shoves her away. She's starting to lose steam but she runs at him again.

Andie (her anger turning to sadness): I'm BAD!!

[Andie keeps lunging at Sawyer, but her attacks lose ferocity and she keeps missing him. Sawyer can now easily dodge her attacks. His anger dies as well as he can see something is wrong with her.

Andie (her face crumbling): Sawyer, I'm bad!

[She starts crying and pummeling his chest in frustration. Sawyer can see that she's not trying to hurt him anymore. He stops fighting back.

Andie: I'm bad! I'm bad! I'm BAD!!

[She grabs his shirt and grips it in her hands; shaking him. He watches her; bewildered that she is in this much pain.

Andie (completely spent, sobbing into his chest):I'm bad...I can't...I just...can't

Sawyer (trying to keep her steady):What do I do?

Andie: Make it stop. Please. Please, Sawyer, make it stop. (Out of breath) Please. Please.

[She starts to struggle in his arms but he hangs onto her as she falls apart.

[Fade to black.

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