A/N: Okay, I finally updated this, and I think it's one of my longest chapters yet. I'm trying...school is like 15 days away and I pick NOW to start writing...smooth move. Guess what? In the beginning of The Island With kids: 3 I explained all the kid's ages...yeah, well...I forgot one. Riley! He is Maria and Jack's kid, and he is about twelve years old...and that's probably wrong. Ok...I think that's it. Sorry again for the...longness of the wait.
Disclaimer: I don't own Lost, I own all the kids except for Aaron and I also own Maria.
River, Vanessa, Dean and Dylan stayed in the jungle for most of the day, not wanting to confront their parents. When it got darker they quietly crept into camp.
"River, come on," Aaron suddenly appeared, grabbing River's arm. "You guys too."
They followed him away from their tent, over to Claire's.
"Hey, sweetie. Oh, River. Kate wants you and the others to spend the night here; she wants to be alone for a little while." Claire said sadly and they nodded.
Aaron took River's hand and led her to the bedroom, the triplets following. Kim was already asleep, and the triplets fell asleep quickly, but Aaron and River stayed up, sitting on the beach.
"I don't know what to do anymore," River muttered
"What…you don't need to do anything. Your parents will get over it and everything will be back to normal," he said,
"No it won't Aaron. What'll happen if they don't get over it, and they stay like this forever? The family will be torn apart…..not that it isn't already torn." She said, tears pricking her eyes.
"I don't even know my father, and sometimes I wonder….if I did know him, would it be the same. Would I be here now?" Aaron said
"At least you had a dad that wasn't a murderer," she said coldly.
"River!" Sawyer called from behind them
She froze, her heart beating loudly. She stood up and turned towards him.
"Yes dad?" she asked
"Come with me," he said and she followed him across the beach,
They sat down and she took a deep breath, calming herself down.
"How did you find out?" he asked softly.
"Kaylee found out, when she was captured by the others, and she found a file, that had all of us," she said quickly
"Do you hate me and your mom for what we were?" he asked
"No, I guess not. But why did you do it," she asked
Sawyer stayed silent for a while.
"I'm sorry for everything me and your mom put you through. I can't understand anything these days. It was….Kaylee who brought us together. I only stayed with you momma because she was pregnant, and then we formed this bond. When she left that bond broke," he said softly
She hugged him and he just sat there, and then stood up.
"Go to sleep, it's late," he said, gesturing to the wolves who had return and were sleeping.
"Okay dad," she said, walking back to Claire's tent.
As she settled down she couldn't fall asleep, so she crept out, and sat at the dying fire. Suddenly she heard a voice.
"River, River come here!" it whispered and River looked around.
The older wolves at her feet, Cheetah, Tharison and Duchess raised their heads at the sound. The cubs were still asleep, but the adolescent wolves curiously stood up, sniffing around.
Someone is here Tharison said and River nodded, standing up.
The younger wolf that was talking to her before, Ascar came near her.
It's a girl, she said
River walked towards the voice and looked through the bushes at slightly older girl. She was crouched, her red hair falling over her face. She looked up and saw River, smiling. Tears were running down her cheeks as she stood up and came closer to River.
"Who are you?" River asked
"Don't you remember me?" the girl said, standing in front of her,
"Kaylee?" River asked and the girl smiled and nodded
River burst into tears as they moved forward to hug and so did Kaylee. They stayed in each others grasp for a long time, finally sitting.
"Why did you go?" River asked
"Because I….."
"RIVER!" shouted a voice and River woke with a start.
Claire was sitting next to her, looking concerned. Aaron, Kim and the triplets were watching her.
"You were moaning and moving, are you okay?" Claire asked and River sat up.
It was morning and she was still on the beach, and had dreamed the talk with her father, and with Kaylee.
"Yeah…I'm okay." She said, not really paying attention.
River continued to sit on the sand, and when the others had left Aaron came and sat next to her.
"You sure you're okay?" He asked, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"No…I had, well, I had this dream and we were talking on the beach about our fathers…and then my dad came up and we had a talk. Then we went back to sleep, but I went out and the wolves…um, were sniffing and someone said my name. It was Kaylee…" River said, barely stopping for a breath.
Aaron nodded after a while and then looked up at the sky.
"It's gonna rain in a minute, and maybe even storm," Locke said from behind them, making them jump.
River nodded and stood up, looking for the wolves.
"Come on guys, you better find shelter. It's gonna rain." She said to them and they immediately took off.
River ran to her tent, one she'd built with her brothers and sisters when their parents were fighting. It was only for sitting in, but River spent most of her time in it. In a matter of seconds the rain started pouring down.
Dylan and Vanessa joined River in their tent and watched the people go for cover
"Where's Dean?" River asked, looking around.
Suddenly they heard shouts and thunder rumbled in the distance. They heard their father yell out something, then their mother scream about something. They stumbled out, ignoring the rain and followed the voices.
They ended up on the beach, Sawyer was in the water, but they couldn't see why. Kate was standing knee deep in the water, calling out to him and the other survivors like Jack, Sayid and Claire were waiting with blankets and other medical supplies.
Suddenly Sawyer dived down, and everything was silent. Kate stopped screaming and was watching the water hopefully. After about a minute Sawyer shot up from the water, Dean in his arms and he started walking to shore, breathless.
When he reached the shore he handed Dean to Kate and he collapsed on the sand, trying to breathe. Jack was leaning over Dean, after doing CPR several times. When Sawyer had caught his breath, he crawled over to where Dean was on the sand.
He had started breathing and was pretty quiet, except for occasional gasps of breath.
"Sayid, take him to the caves," Jack said and nodded at Kate and Sawyer before following Sayid.
"Why weren't you watching him?" Kate asked Sawyer quietly
"Me? You're the one who had him…why do I have to be responsible for him?" Sawyer asked
"Because you're his father…"
"Why is it that any other time he's your kid, but when he's in trouble, I gotta be the one looking out for him?"
"Sawyer…look. This is hard, I mean…Tyler, and now…Kaylee."
"No, don't bring them into this!" he said, moving forward.
She stepped forward as well and slapped him again, glaring at him.
"I have every right to bring them into this, they're my kids!"
"There ya go again; they're always YOUR kids,"
"If you took care of them, maybe they'd be our kids,"
He grabbed her wrist roughly and stared down at her. She stared back at him, fear showing in her eyes. The onlookers watched them, too afraid to but in and help.
"Kate…" he started, but she twisted her wrist and broke free, turning and running into the jungle.
He shook the pain in his wrist off and ran after her, calling out her name. After a couple of hours he stopped, sitting down on a rock. He sighed, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
"You know you've been going in circles for the last two hours." Kate said, her voice catching in her throat.
He looked up and saw her perched in the tree directly above him. He grinned slightly, and helped her down.
"What happened to us?" she sobbed
He grimaced, and held her close, rubbing his hands along her back.
"Nothing happened…we just...got old," he finished lamely
Kate laughed through her tears and let go of him.
"I'm sorry…" she said
"For what?" he asked
"This," she said, grabbing a rock and throwing it at his head.
He fell to the floor, somewhat conscious but unconscious at the same time. She was concerned, but didn't let it stop her.
"SOMEBODY HELP ME!" she screamed, and then bolted into the jungle, far away from Sawyer and the footsteps that she heard.
Jack, Sayid, Riley, Aaron and Kim came running, and Jack and Riley knelt down to Sawyer's side.
"It's his head," Riley said, taking a look
Jack nodded and turned to Sayid.
"We need to get him to the caves," he said and Sayid nodded, grabbing Sawyer's left arm and hoisting him up while Jack took the other arm.
They dragged him to the caves as carefully as they could, and then set him down on the bed.
"Riley, fetch me the gauze patches." Jack said, carefully inspecting his head.
He was unconscious now, and blood was dripping down his head slowly. When Riley came back Jack put pressure on the back of his head.
"Who yelled help?" Kim suddenly asked but nobody answered
"Riley, stay here and keep the pressure on the wound, if he wakes up, Sayid, keep him calm and do not let him move." Jack said, standing up and walking away as Riley sat down
"Jack, where are you going?" Sayid asked
"I'm gonna find River and the others," he said and Sayid nodded.
"Jack, I'll do it. I know where they are," Aaron said and Jack nodded as Aaron sprinted off.
When he got to the beach he spotted River, Vanessa, Dylan and Dean, sitting on the beach. Dean had a blanket wrapped around himself, and River had her arm around him.
"River," Aaron said breathlessly when he walked up to them.
"What?" she snapped and Aaron looked down at her.
"I'm sorry…it's just that, mum and dad don't even care that Dean just drowned. All they did was run into the jungle to yell at each other," she complained and Aaron nodded sympathetically.
"Is your mother around?" he asked
"No…she's still in the jungle with dad…" she said
"Um…we found your dad in the jungle unconscious with a bleeding head," he said
"What!" she asked, standing up.
"Come on!" he said and all five of them ran to the caves.
When they entered, Sawyer still hadn't woken up. River and the others ran to his side, kneeling down.
"It looks as if he was hit with something, like a rock or a branch," Jack said and suddenly Sawyer woke up.
"Dad!" all four of his kids cried.
He gasped in pain and put his hand to his head, and then tried to sit up but Riley held him down.
"Let go of me boy!" he said angrily but he didn't let go.
"Sawyer, you need to rest. You got hit in the head by something." Jack said
"It was Kate…she did this to me. I gotta go after her!" he said, trying to sit up again.
"What?" River asked as Jack gave him some pills.
She suddenly stood up and bolted into the jungle, grabbing her backpack as she went. Aaron looked at Jack, who nodded, before grabbing his pack and running after her.
A/N: OKay, so please review and tell me what you think. They are probably all OOC, but I'm only 14 and it's hard to get them being all...themselves.