A/N: Remember Flashbacks are characters past before the island. Don't get confused.
Chapter 03: The Doctor is out
(Day 3 & 4)
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Dana opened the door to the airport bathroom and made her way in. Holding a backpack tightly, she walked towards the vanity sinks and placed it on there. Looking into the mirror, she starred at herself. The once pink light speed ranger was wearing a black dress that fell tightly around her knees. She had a pink clip in her hair. Sighing to herself, she zipped open the bag and pulled out some clothes. She turned and made her way into the bathroom to change.
Walking out in a pink button shirt and blue jeans, she hung the bag over her back and made her way to a figure standing in the hall. He was wearing an officer uniform and a hat on his head. "Dad." She looked at him.
William Mitchell looked sternly at her. "Are you ready?"
She nodded, "Why aren't you coming, again?"
"I have to clear things here but it is important that you bring him back with you." He said as the two began walking, "I took care of all the paperwork."
"Why don't I take the next flight and we can go together?"
He shook his head, "No. You have to be on this flight. It is important."
"Have you talked to Carter?" She responded, ignoring the fact that it felt like he was making it all business.
"Yes, he is waiting for you when you land."
She sighed, stopping in her tracks to look around.
Attention Captain William Mitchell. Can you please come to the closet kiosk? Again, Captain William Mitchell, please come to the closet kiosk. Thank you.
Will placed his hand on her shoulder and looked around, "Come with me."
The two found the closet kiosk and he walked over to talk to a woman. "Hello. I'm William Mitchell."
The woman looked down and smile, "Ah yes." She pointed to the door across the hall, "There is an issue with your carry-on. Some things that were found that had some names on it. We wanted to double check to see if you want to take it before we move it."
Will nodded taking Dana to the door and opening it. The two walked into a room with a casket. A man came out from another door and made his way towards them. "Ah, Captain Mitchell." He nodded to them, "I have an envelope with a Dana Mitchell on it. I found it in the casket."
The blonde arched her brows before walking over and grabbing it. Inspecting it, she noticed that it had her brother's hand writing on it. "This is Ryan's." She was about to open it before Will stopped her. She looked at her father.
"Not right now."
She nodded, placing it in her. She figured that perhaps she should wait until she was alone to read it. Her father turned to talk to the man and she walked towards the casket. The upper half was open. She looked down to see a young blonde man lying there peacefully. It was her brother, Ryan Mitchell. Her eyes watered slightly, so she wiped it and continued to stare.
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Dana's eyes fluttered open from the sound of the blowing tarp above her. She yawned a bit before rolling over and climbing out of her built tent. It has been 3 days since the plane has crashed. By now, it had force most of them to set up camp and wait for rescue. The survivors had gathered everything they could, food supplies, water bottles, and tarps to help build shelter from the sun. Dana groaned, stretching before reaching back into her tent to grab her bag. She had found it among the wreckage, and luckily most of her stuff was in it. The CD player was busted, but she had some books, some medications and the letter that she had received. She hasn't opened it though, figuring she would as soon as she found her brother's casket.
Walking over to Tommy who was sitting by the fire with Connor, she sat down next to him. He handed her a water bottle and she smiled, "Thank you."
He nodded his head, "No problem." He said, "It's important to keep hydrated. It gets really hot out here."
"You have no idea." She shook her head, amazed by the temperature. She took a sip of water and looked at Connor, "How's your leg?"
"Better." He looked down at it. "Thanks for rewrapping it." Patting his leg, he looked back at her, "How's that Stewardess. Jane or something?"
"I did the best I could. It's not like I have all the right tools. At least she's walking around."
Tori and Hunter came walking up to them. The young blonde looked irritated. She cleared her dirty hair and looked at Tommy, "It's been 3 days, Tommy." She stated, "We shouldn't stop looking for other survivors."
"I don't like it anymore then you do but where would we look?" Tommy tried to rationalize, "Do you think he's still alive?"
She looked away. Hunter sighed, "Why haven't we been rescued. The airliners have to know by now that the plane hasn't landed. Don't they know our flight path? We should have been rescued by now."
"I'm not sure it works like that, dude." Connor brushed his brunette bangs out of the way, "I think we should give it a little more time."
Dana stood up, "I think Tori is right. We should look over the others. There could be other survivors. If we are going to wait, than maybe we should do something to keep ourselves busy."
Tommy sighed and stood up as well, "We really should talk about this."
Tori shook her head. She turned and headed towards the jungle. Eric was sitting, reading a book. He stopped and turned to her, "You shouldn't go out there unprepared." He said out loud.
"Oh yeah?" She turned to him, "I think I can manage."
Hunter, Dana and Tommy followed behind. Eric stood up, making his way to her, "What makes you so sure." He looked out into the jungle, "I'm sure you saw what was out there. You think you can take that on your own."
She arched one eyebrow and crossed her arms, "Then what would you suggest?"
Dana reached out to turn Tori around. "At least let's put together some things. Like water."
She finally nodded and started heading away from the jungle with Dana. She looked back at Eric whose eyes continued to follow her. She finally turned back away. "Did you get the radio to work?" Hunter spoke up.
Eric slowly turned to him, "Nah." He responded, "Some of the wires are fried. I would need something to repair it."
"Come on." Tommy turned, "If you are going out there then you want to be prepared." Hunter quickly followed.
Down near the ocean, Bridge was at the edge of the beach watching as RJ was trenching through the water. RJ starred intently into the water, moving around like a predator.
"There is no way you can catch a fish with your hands." Bridge yelled out to him.
RJ grinned as he continued to slowly make his way through, "You got to be stealthy." He responded, "Sharp and cunning like a wolf."
"Maybe you can turn into a bear or something cause there is no way you are getting anything."
RJ dived under water and Bridge got onto the edge of his toes looking to see if he succeeded. RJ finally emerged but was still empty handed.
Karone and Victor came walking down to join Bridge in the sight. RJ dived in again and Karone couldn't help but give a strange look. "What on earth is he doing?" She looked at Bridge.
"I guess he's catching dinner." Bridge looked at her.
"We are running low on food." Victor sighed, "There was only so much from the plane. We got to start figuring out what we are going to do."
"Figure it wouldn't last." Karone meekly responded.
RJ dived in once more, and others to turn to see him rise out of the water victoriously with a fish in his hand. Bridge's eyed widen as he looked at the others. The wet man came walking out of the water and towards them.
"Victor. Go find a bucket or something." Bridge shouted, "Holy crap, did you really just do that?"
Victor swiftly left and went up the beach. Before long he finally came back with a bag he found. RJ placed it in there. "This should do." Victor smiled.
"Come on, let's go start a fire." Bridge pulled him along.
Karone watched as they excitedly left before turning to a very wet man in front of her, "That was pretty impressive." She smiled.
RJ walked a little up the beach before sitting down on the sand. He ran his hands through his long wet hair. Karone came and sat down next to him. "My training teaches me discipline and patients."
"What training is that?" She looked at him interestingly.
"Pai Zhu." He looked at her.
"I never heard of it."
RJ looked down and smirked. He quickly changed the subject, "So Karone. What brought you to Sydney."
She looked out into the ocean, "Traveling." She said and turned back to him, "Redeeming myself I suppose. Now I feel all of this is some how part of it all."
"What could you have possibly done that would make you feel like this?"
She laughed a little, "You wouldn't believe me if I told you." Karone tucked her knees towards her chest, "Let's just hope we get off this soon. Maybe the power rangers will save us."
RJ chuckled a bit. He finally stood up and brushed the sand off of him and turned to walk. Karone looked back at him. He turned around, walking backwards, looking right back at her, "There is nothing you can do that you can't be forgiven for." He smiled and turned around.
Dana had grabbed her pack back and made her way back up the beach. She turned to see RJ bent down starting a fire with Bridge and Victor chatting and cutting up the fish. RJ looked up at her and she smiled before turning back to see Tori standing at the edge with Hunter, Tommy and Adam. "Are we ready?" She said, holding her bag tightly.
Tori nodded, holding a bag herself. A cock of a gun caught their attention and they turned to see Eric standing there holding a pistol. "We should get going then." He said, placing it in his pants behind his back.
"Where did you get a gun?" Adam glanced at everyone.
He swiftly moved past them and towards the jungle, "I brought it." He said.
"Wait." Jane yelled, making her way over with someone else. "We want to come too."
The man next to her stood rather tall with broad shoulders and short black hair. "Hey." He spoke, "We figure we could help. Name is Kevin."
"I know your looking for your friend. It's the least I can do for you guys saving me." Jane looked at Tori and Hunter.
Eric turned and headed into the forest. The others nodded and they all soon left. Dana was last to follow, she looked back at RJ who was standing there looking at her.
"Be careful." He yelled out.
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Dana sat in the lobby of a hotel in Sydney, Australia with a brunette woman. The two were reading a newspaper in the corner, remaining quiet. The bustling lobby had various people walking in and out. A few minutes had past and the elevator opened up with Ryan Mitchell walking out. He was wearing a black jacket with gray T-shirt underneath and black jeans. He pulled out his shades and walked right past his sister.
Dana lowered the newspaper and looked over at the woman next to her. Kelsey Winslow, her former ranger comrade looked right back at Dana before the two of them stood up and began to follow.
The two stood outside looking around to see if they can spot where Ryan headed. "Tell me why we are following your brother again?" Kelsey asked.
"I don't like family secrets." She simply stated, "If my father isn't going to tell me where he sent him than I'm just going to find out myself."
"Maybe it is for a good reason." Kelsey and her spotted Ryan and started to follow, "All I know it's a little insane to go half way across the world just to be nosy."
Dana stopped and leaned against a building. She peered around the corner to watch Ryan looking down at a device. "I found documents with my mother's name on it." She looked back at her friend, "Why wouldn't they tell me about it."
Kelsey just shook her head, "You know your mother gave her soul to save Ryan's life. What else would they be hiding?" Dana ignored the question and continued to follow her brother. "You are so lucky I was already in Australia."
Ryan went towards an empty building. He pulled out a gun from behind his back pants and entered the building. The two girls looked around before heading into the empty warehouse. They made their way down the hall where they started to hear a woman's voice.
"Did anyone follow you?"
"No." Ryan responded, "I'm just here to pick up the briefcase and that's it."
Dana carefully made her way to the door and leaned against the wall and peered inside. She couldn't make out the woman; she was dressed in a coat and sunglasses with a hood over her head. She handed over the briefcase before turning and leaving out a different door.
Dana stood up and walked inside, "What are you doing?" She stated. Kelsey made her way in as well.
Ryan stood there surprised. He looked over at Kelsey, arching his brows before returning to his sister, "I can ask you the same thing." He said calmly, "It's not safe here. Does Dad know you are here?"
"Don't bring Dad into this." She stammered, "Who was that woman? What is in that briefcase?"
Ryan sighed, turning his back to his sister, "You have to leave. I promise I will find you and tell you everything."
"But." Dana walked forward.
"Leave." Ryan turned back around and making his way towards her. He grabbed his arm and walked her towards the door, "Be a good sister and listen to me."
Dana bit her lips, "Was that Mom? Is she alive?" She looked into his eyes.
Ryan let go and looked back at Kelsey again. The brunette glanced at the ground before finally looking back at Ryan. "Come on Dana." She grabbed her arm, "We should go."
She looked at him before Kelsey forcefully started dragging her down the hall. Ryan stepped out and looked as Dana continued to stare back as she forcefully walked with Kelsey. "Dana." He yelled out to her. The two of them stopped.
"Be careful." He turned and left the other way.
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Dana had been walking for hours with a group of the survivors. They had no idea where they were heading or what they were going to find. They continued to follow what seemed like a path and made their way over a stream before finally making it out of the jungle and into a large grassy hill.
"Where are we going?" Tommy yelled out to Dana who had taken the lead.
Dana stopped and looked back at them, "I figure we might be able to see where everything is if we get to the top of this hill." She pointed.
"Dustin!" Tori shouted at the top of her lungs. She sighed as they made their way up. Jane moved towards Tori and started walking next to her. She smiled.
"We'll find him." She reassured him, "I'm sure we will."
"Thanks Jane." Tori looked back at Hunter who was walking with Kevin, "I'm sure we will."
They finally stopped at the top and Dana dropped her bag and found a log to rest on. She reached in and grabbed a bottle of water and took a sip from it. Adam and Tommy came and sat down on both sides of her. She brushed her hair and sighed, feeling dirty and sweaty. Not having showered had really made her miss civilization. "This makes me appreciate home ten times more."
Adam smirked, "A shower would be nice right now."
Hunter was away from the others. He took a sip from his water as Kevin stood beside him. "So where were you heading?"
The dirty blonde looked at him, "What?" He said confusingly.
"The plane was heading to L.A so where were you heading? Or where were you coming from?"
"Oh." He put down his water. "We came from seeing my brother in Sydney, Australia." He simply stated, "We live in California."
Kevin nodded, "The plane crash was something, huh? Do you remember the whole thing?"
He shook his head, "No. It happened so fast. You were on the plane too, do you remember?"
"No, I passed out." He chuckled.
"What about you? What were you doing in Australia?"
He smirked, "Nothing special." He grinned.
Eric was listening to the conversation as he was inspecting his gun. He looked right at Kevin who smiled right at him. Not smiling back, Eric continued to watch him. The old time force ranger turned his attention to Dana who quickly stood up and look out in the distant. She pointed out towards the mountains.
"What is that?" She looked at it.
Tommy and Adam both stood up, "It looks like a tower." Tommy spoke.
Jane ran forward with Tori to the edge of the hill also. "Do you think we can get contact off the island?" Jane asked.
"Let's keep moving." Eric suggested.
RJ was practicing his Pai Zhu in a grassy field right at the edge of the beach. The sun was slowly setting. He swiftly moved his body around, twirling his arms and legs like a piece of art. Karone was walking through the sand not too far away from him. Every so often she would look up to see his practice. He swiftly stomped the ground, causing it to slightly shake, before switching positions. He stopped, closing his eyes and exhaling.
I can't feel my spirit. He thought to himself. He sat down and crossed his legs and started to meditate. Searching for his wolf spirit it was no where to be found.
Karone was walking down the beach. Her long blonde hair flowed through the wind. She wiggled her bare feet in the sand and continued searching for various seashells on the ground. RJ opened his eyes and looked out to see her standing there starring at the ocean. She turned her head to look right at RJ.
RJ got back to his feet. He walked off onto the beach and towards her. "You got some moves." She responded.
"I can always teach you something." He walked past her and started to circle her, "You never know when you need self-defense on this island."
She laughed, "Oh yeah?" He stopped in front of her, "Alright."
He moved next to her and got into a fighting position, "Okay. I want you to hold your hands out like this." He looked down at her legs, "And your legs. You want them out like this."
"Like this?"
"Yeah." He moved around and faced her in the exact same position. "Okay, strike a punch." She swiftly hit him and he blocked it. "Okay, now I'm going to hit you. Take your right hand, and slap my fist away." He struck her and she slapped it away. He laughed, "You'll get the hang of it. Not everyone gets it the first time."
She rolled her eyes, "Why don't you really hit me."
RJ arched his brows. She nodded and he finally agreed. He swiftly threw a punch, and she knocked it out of the way, dove in under his arm and flipped him over. He hit the sand hard. She leaned down on him, "Bridge says dinner is ready." And got up and left. He just gasped, surprised at what happened.
RJ got up and shook all the sand off of him. He walked down the beach towards the camp site and towards Bridge and Victor who were sitting there. Karone was having a conversation with one of the survivors. She looked over and smiled at him.
"I found the manifest." Bridge broke RJ's trance. He turned and looked at the brunette who was sitting by the fire. By now the sun had sunk into the ocean and it started to get darker. "This will list everyone that was on the plane."
Summer darted around the boys and next to RJ. She had a few fruits in her hands, "I found these near the base of the jungle." She stated, "This will help with rationalizing our food supplies."
She handed a round fruit to RJ and then one to Bridge and Victor. Bridge continued to read through the list, "That's strange."
"What is?" Victor peered over the list.
He counted on his hand, "I can't see to find Kevin's name on this list and to be honest the survivor count is one more than what is listed here."
RJ reached out and grabbed it, "What?" He looked down on it, "Maybe there's a mistake."
"No mistake." Bridge responded, "A manifest is normally accurate. I've read off that list 3 times. Kevin was not on the plane."
Dana woke up, groaning. It was a new day and the gang had decided to camp out before continuing on towards what seemed to be a radio tower. Her eyes snapped open from a scream. Tommy and Adam shot up and looked around to see a panic Tori looking around.
Eric got up and made his way over to her, "What's the matter?"
"Where's Hunter." She turned to look at him, "I can't find him anywhere."
"Kevin and Jane are gone too." Adam looked around.
A rustle in the bush caught their attention and Kevin came walking out. Dana ran over to him, "Where did you go?"
He arched his eye brows, "You guys are awake?" He looked at them, "I went to the bathroom."
"Where is Jane and Hunter?" Tori asked.
Kevin shook his head, "I have no idea. They were gone when I woke up."
Eric pulled out his pistol and aimed it right at Kevin. "Why don't you try answering that again?"
"What are you doing?" Tommy and Dana chorused at once. She stepped in front of Kevin and looked right at Eric, "Are you crazy?"
She heard a clicking sound and slowly turned around to see Kevin aiming a gun right back. "Didn't your mother ever teach you that pointing isn't polite?"
Dana quickly moved to the side and the others just starred. "What are you doing, Kevin!" She yelled.
"Who are you?" Eric ignored the doctor. "You weren't on the plane."
Kevin smirked, "I guess you're too smart for me." He slowly started to back away from everyone, "You do not belong here."
Hunter came rushing out, tackling Kevin to the ground. The gun went flying by the tree and the two men were rolling onto the ground. Kevin elbowed Hunter in the face and kicked him off, rushing into the jungle. Eric opened fired, missing and hitting a tree. He ran right after him and into the jungle.
Tori and Adam bent down to see if Hunter was alright. The doctor noticed the gun; she grabbed it and ran after Eric.
"Dana!" Tommy shouted, running after her.
The light speed ranger stopped in the middle of the dense jungle hearing Eric run one way but noticed Kevin standing there looking at her. She swiftly pointed the gun right at him.
"Come on." Kevin stepped forward, "You really going to shoot someone? Do you even know how to use a gun?"
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Dana walked towards her brother's lifeless body. She bent down and inspected his pulse. Holding the gun in her hand tightly, placing it on the ground. Wiping her tears away, she heard footsteps and turned around, firing the gun. The bullet hit the wall as a man ran down the hall with a briefcase.
She turned and ran after him. "Get back here." She screamed. The man turned, firing a shot at her. She ducked as it whizzed by her. Looking up, the man was gone. Running outside, Dana could not find the man. Turning at her feet, she walked back inside and back to her brother.
She fell to the ground and looked at him. Grabbing his hand, she held it tightly.
"Dana." She heard a familiar voice.
Turning around she found her father standing there. He made his way over and bent down, placing his hand on his shoulder. She buried her face into his shoulder and started to cry.
A couple of hours had passed. Bill had made arrangements in getting his son safely out of the building. Bill was sitting outside a small coffee shop with his daughter who was pointing her concealed gun right at him.
"Is that necessary?" He took a sip of his coffee.
She shook her head in disgust, "Just a precaution." She responded, "What was Ryan doing here?"
"He was retrieving a package for me." He placed the coffee cup down, "I told you not to go. He knew the risk and that there were others after it."
She shook her head, leaning forward, "Dad. Just tell me. Ever since Lightspeed was disbanded, you have been sending Ryan all over the world. Who are you looking for?"
"We need to get you on a plane as soon as possible. We got to get Ryan home so we can have a service."
She sighed, completely frustrated, "I haven't spoken to you in 3 years. This is exactly why." Dana looked right back at him, "You don't straight up tell me anything." She leaned forward, "Do you know how much of a pain it was to ask what ever happened to Ryan when we were kids?"
"I told you what happened."
"Yes." She responded quickly, "But it took you so long. It wasn't your fault that accident. You made a deal with the demons to save him. I get it but you couldn't tell me. Stop treating me like a child. I'm not a kid anymore."
"Be careful with that gun, Dana." He looked right at it.
She leaned back, "I know how to handle a gun." Dana just sighed.
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Kevin took a step forward and she shot a fire in the air, "I know how to handle a gun." She smirked.
"Are you really going to kill me?"
He started to inch back and Dana slowly lowered her weapon. He vanished into the forest as Tommy appeared with Eric not long after. "Where did he go?" Eric shouted.
"He's gone." She looked at him.
"You let him go!"
Dana rolled her eyes before handing the gun to Tommy, "I'm a Doctor. I don't kill people. I save lives." She turned and walked back towards the others.
Tori was knelt down next to Hunter. She stood up when Dana approached out of the jungle, "Did you get him?" She asked, "Jane is still missing."
Dana just shook her head, "Not this time." She averted her eyes to Hunter, "Is he alright? We should head back to camp."
"What about the radio tower?" Adam asked, "Shouldn't we be heading there?"
"We got to warn the others that we are not alone on this island."
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Dana entered a building that was owned by Capetian William Mitchell and his organization. He has heard him talk about it but she didn't think she would be standing in it. Especially under these circumstances. She wore her black dress and a pink clip in her hair. She walked down the hall where she spotted Kelsey Winslow standing, starring through the glass at the casket.
"Kelsey." She spoke up. Kelsey kept starring for a few seconds before turning to her.
"Did you find who shot him?"
"No." She looked through the glass as well, "I wasn't able to see where he went. He took the briefcase as well."
"Dad sending you back with him?"
"Yes. I need you to do me a favor."
Kelsey shook her head and started to walk, "No way, Dana. Look what this got you into. Leave it alone."
Dana chased after her, grabbing her arm and spinning her around, "Kelsey, your one of my dearest friends. We've gone through a lot. Please, I need you to track down my father and see what he is doing."
"This is a family affair." She crossed her arms.
"And were family." Dana looked into her eyes, "Since we were rangers over ten years ago."
Kelsey nodded, grabbing her shoulders, "Fine but if I don't find anything will you leave this alone? For your own sake?" She past her, "For your brothers sake."
Dana nodded as Kelsey turned and walked away. Dana looked behind her to see Captain Mitchell standing there. She sighed and walked further down the hall away from him.
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RJ continued to meditate on the rocks by the ocean. He was trying really hard to find his animal spirit but nothing was speaking to him. He felt strange without it. He sighed, opening his eyes and looking out in the ocean.
I could be at this for hours He thought to himself. He stood up and felt a sharp pain. Shaking his head he stood back up. Summer called out to him. "Are you alright!" She shouted.
He turned, hoping around the rocks and back to the beach, "Yeah." He replied. She cleared her bangs and looked at him, "What's the matter?"
She turned to see survivors crowding around a body. The two made their way over and cleared a path. RJ bent down and turned him over. It was Dustin. He was yellow plaid brunette that Tori kept talking about. "Karone found him washed up on shore." Summer spoke.
RJ looked down seeing that he was holding a necklace. He looked around. "I hope the others get back soon."
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