Chapter Sixteen: "You burn right through me…"

Shot of Sawyer standing just outside the door to the medical room. A moment later, Kate appears and joins him.

Kate: Hey.
Sawyer: Andie? Is she okay?
Kate: As good as she can be, I guess. I just wanted to see how you're doing.
Sawyer: I'm fine.
Kate: Yeah. And if you can say that without glaring I may just believe you.

Sawyer doesn't reply.

Kate: Look, I know that you care about Andie. And for some reason you don't want anyone to know-
Sawyer: This goin' somewhere?
Kate: You go in and wait with her. I'll stand guard out here.

Kate holds her hand out to him for his gun. He looks at her for a moment and then hands it over. He heads inside.

Kate: You're welcome.

Shot to Jack working on Andie. Sayid is holding her hand.

Sayid: How bad is it?
Jack: The bullet went straight through. It didn't appear to his any arteries or nerves and the fact that it she's stopped bleeding means it didn't hit any organs either.
Sayid: But she's still unconscious.
Jack: It could have nicked a muscle which would account for the spasms. I won't be able to tell for sure. All I can really do is stitch her up.
Sayid: If she were in a hospital, what would you do?
Jack: Take her for scans, do blood tests, check her brain functions. And I can't do any of that here. For all I know the bullet snagged a nerve conducting brain function and she's brain dead. I need to see the bullet track.

Jack turns to Alex.

Jack: Do you have an ultrasound monitor?
Alex: Maybe. Hang on.

Alex disappears out the door. Sawyer comes in. Ana is standing by the doorway.

Sawyer: What's happening?
Ana: Jack said the bullet went straight through. (Beat) Did you see who shot her?
Sawyer: Some guy. Short hair. Saw him with his shotgun.

Alex reappears with the machine. She takes it over to Jack. He inspects it.

Jack: This is for animals.
Alex: It's all we have down here. Will it work?
Jack: It should, but it won't be as clear.

He turns on the machine and checks out Andies wound. He stops it right over the hole in her stomach and pauses the screen. He points to it.

Jack: There; it just by-passed her spine. I think if I stitch her up she should be okay in a week or so.
Sawyer (coming over): If she's gonna be okay why is she still out of it?
Jack: Shock of the whole thing maybe.

Sayid spots something under Andie's head.

Sayid: Jack. Her head.

Jack looks at him. Jack lifts up Andie's head. There is a smudge of blood on the pillow underneath it. Jack's face falls.

Jack: Dammit! This is worse then the bullet. She could be unconscious for days. And possibly slip into a coma.
Sawyer: Wait, coma?
Alex: Oh my God.
Jack: Even if she were in a hospital I couldn't do much more about it. (Beat) I'll stitch her up; we'll take her back to camp.
Sayid: That's all you can do?
Jack: That's all. (He looks up at Sawyer) I'm sorry.

Kate comes in.

Kate: Someone's coming!
Alex: Who?
Kate: Three people. One woman, two men; one from earlier. They're headed this way. (to Alex) I think they're looking for you.
Alex: You have to leave.
Jack: I can stitch her up back at our camp. Is there another way out of here?
Alex: Keep going down the hall and through the door at the end. You'll get to the beach. Follow that to your camp.

Sawyer picks up Andie off the bed. Kate grabs Andie's clothes. Jack and Sayid raid what's left of the medicines. Alex hands Ana the box of vaccine.

Alex: Take this.
Ana: Why?
Alex: Trust me. Take it. (To the rest) I'll try and keep them away from you.
Jack: Thank you.
Alex: Hurry!

Sawyer leaves with Andie in his arms. Kate follows him. Jack and Sayid follow and Ana brings up the rear. Alex watches them leave and makes sure they're out of sight before leaving out the front of the hatch. Alex enters the jungle. Ms. Klugh is leading Tom and another man toward the door.

Klugh: Alex, there you are. We were looking for you.
Alex: I got turned around out here with all the confusion.
Tom: Did you see them leave?
Alex: I saw two of them.
Tom: Where'd they go?
Alex: That way.

Alex points in the opposite direction to where she sent them.

Alex: But that was awhile ago. I heard another gunshot so I hid in there.
Klugh: Alright. Let's get back.

She motions for Alex to come to her. She does. They all leave, but Tom looks around suspiciously before following them.

Shot to Sayid opening another door back out into the jungle. He goes out alone first with his gun ready. He scopes the perimeter before whistling loudly. Kate comes out of the door and holds it open for Sawyer (holding Andie). Jack and Ana follow him out. Sayid walks them through the less-dense jungle and they eventually hit sand.

Jack: What part of the beach is this?
Sayid: I don't know; I didn't make it to here when I mapped the island.
Ana: Wait, I know this.

She looks around.

Ana: This is where we crashed.

The others all look around.

Sayid: How far is it to our camp from here?
Ana: Half a days walk at the very least. But there's some nasty terrain further ahead. The sand becomes rocky cliffs.
Kate: We can't go back into the jungle. They're looking for us now.
Jack: They know where to find us.

Jack looks up and down the beach.

Jack: I have to do this here. I have to stitch up Andie's wound. The longer it's open the more it could get infected. I can't treat septicemia.
Kate: What do you need?
Jack (points): Lay her here.
Sayid: I'll scan the area; make sure we're alone.
Ana: I'll go with you.
Kate: Yeah, me too.
Jack: Okay. Be careful
Kate: I will.

Sawyer lays Andie on the sand as the other go off. Jack grabs his backpack and removes a suture kit. He gets out a water bottle and washes the area around the wound. Sawyer sees a ring tan on Andie's wedding finger. He picks up her hand and runs his fingers over the tan. This triggers another flashback.

FLASHBACK.

Shot to The Rider bar.

Shot of a woman's left hand on a glass. She lifts the glass to take another drink and she's revealed to be Andie. She drains the glass and slams it back down on the table. It's obviously not her first of the night. But she looks sad and as though she's been crying. She glances at her cell phone which is sitting on the table then snatches it up and pockets it.

Shot to the bar. Sitting at the end of it is Sawyer, watching her. As she finishes her last drink he wanders over to her and slides in the booth, opposite Andie.

Sawyer: Hey there.

Andie lifts her head as he sits.

Andie: Hi.
Sawyer: Boy, you been hittin' the sauce for a coupla hours, huh?

Andie fills her glass again.

Andie: Yeah, well, stop me when I get to three bottles.
Sawyer: I'll remember that.
Andie (she looks him up and down): What's your name?
Sawyer: Sawyer.
Andie: What's that, like, Cher?
Sawyer: Ford. Sawyer Ford.
Andie: I'm Andie Parker.

She raises her glass to him. He raises his beer bottle. They toast.

Andie: Hello, Sawyer.
Sawyer: Hello, Andie.

They both drink.

Sawyer: So you're not from around here.
Andie: Clever boy. I'm Australian. Just here for a few weeks visiting my boyfriends' parents.
Sawyer: Ah. Since you're sittin' here all by your pretty, little self I'm guessing it's not going so well.
Andie: He's off killing things in the wild with his old man for a few days.
Sawyer: Left you all alone? That ain't right.
Andie: No, that's not why I'm here. My boss is riding my ass. And not in the good old fashioned, Texas way.
Sawyer: So you're drinking it all away?
Andie: Best way to do it.
Sawyer (raising his glass): I'll drink to that.

They toast again. Andie smiles and drains her glass again.

Back to the island.

Sawyer holds Andie's hand as Jack stitches her up.

Close up shot of Sawyer holding Andie's hand. Her fingers twitch. Sawyer notices.

Sawyer: She moved.
Jack (looks up): What?
Sawyer: Her hand moved.
Jack: People who are unconscious like this move involuntarily all the time.
Sawyer: Listen to me, man, I'm telling you she moved.

Jack looks at him and then gives in. He leans in close to Andie's face and puts his hand on her cheek.

Jack: Andie? Can you hear me?

Her eyes twitch.

Sawyer: See?
Jack: You were shot, Andie. We're gonna make you better but you have to stay completely still, okay?

Andie's mouth moves and she tries to speak.

Jack: What?

Jack leans in even closer to her mouth.

Andie: …my…faul…it's my…fa…

Jack looks up at Sawyer.

Sawyer: What's she sayin'?
Andie: It's…It's my fault.
Sawyer: She just say "It's my fault."?

Jack nods slowly. They both look at Andie. Suddenly, her eyes fly open.

Sawyer: Hey!

Andie screams and tries to get up but Jack holds her down.

Jack: No, you're hurt, stay down. Its okay, Andie, just stay down!
Sawyer: You're okay.

Andie looks between them.

Andie: No, please, I told you to let me go! Let me go!
Jack: Hey, Andie, its okay. It's us.
Andie: Let me out of here, please, let me go.
Jack: Andie…

Sawyer picks up on something.

Sawyer: Andie!

She looks at him.

Sawyer: Who am I?
Andie: You're crazy, that's who you are.

Sayid, Kate and Ana come back.

Kate: Andie? Is she awake?

Andie's eyes start to roll back in her head.

Jack: Andie, no, stay with me, Andie. Come on.

Her eyes close.

Sawyer: Sonuvabitch.

Jack checks her pulse.

Jack: She's out again.
Kate: What the hell happened?
Ana: How long was she awake?
Jack: Only a few seconds.
Sayid: What did she say?

Jack stands up.

Jack: She doesn't remember us.

Flash to black.

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