"That can't be a polar bear" Boone shook his head.
"It's a polar bear" Sayid and Kate both said at the same time.
"Yeah, but...Polar bears don't usually live in the jungle" Shannon stated.
"Spot on" Charlie mumbled, sarcastically.
"Surely this climate is too hot for it to survive in for long" Kali suggested.
"Exactly, polar bears don't live near this far south" Sayid pointed out.
"This one does" Boone frowned.
"Did. It did" Sawyer smirked.
"Where did that come from?" Kate questioned, gesturing to the gun that Kali was still holding.
"Probably Bear Village. How the hell do I know?" Sawyer argued, even though he knew what she meant.
"Not the bear. The gun" Kate rolled her eyes.
"I got if off one of the bodies" Sawyer replied.
"People don't carry guns on planes" Shannon stated.
"They do if they're a US Marshal, sweet cheeks. There was one on the plane" Sawyer informed them.
"How do you know that?" Kate asked.
"I saw a guy lying there with an ankle holster, so I took the gun. I thought it might come in handy. Guess what? I just shot a bear!" Sawyer exclaimed.
"Well I was the one who killed it…but now is probably not the time…" Kali trailed off, when everyone gave her a look.
"So why do you think he's a Marshal?" Kate questioned Sawyer.
"Because he had a clip-on badge. I took that too. Thought it was cool" Sawyer added, holding it up as proof.
"I know who you are. You're the prisoner" Sayid announced.
"I'm the what?" Sawyer frowned.
"You found a gun on a US Marshal. Yes, I believe you did. You knew where it was, because you were the one he was bringing back to the States. Those handcuffs were on you. That's how you knew there was a gun" Sayid explained, as Kali noticed Kate turned away from the conversation.
"Piss off" Sawyer shouted.
"That's who you are, you son of a bitch" Sayid growled.
"Can you two stop fighting for two seconds?" Kali rolled her eyes, but neither listened to her.
"Be as suspicious of me as I am of you" Sawyer told him.
"But you are the prisoner" Sayid insisted.
"Fine! I'm the criminal. You're the terrorist. We can all play a part" Sawyer mocked.
"Alright, that's enough! Look, I know none of us know each other, and we all have our guard up. But this isn't helping. We don't even know if the US Marshal actually a prisoner had, do we?" Kali pointed out to Sayid.
"The handcuffs-" Sayid started, but she cut him off.
"Weren't found on anyone, were they? He's going to be carrying them around even if he doesn't have a prisoner. And you need to stop being racist asshole, Sawyer. You're just proving him right and making yourself look more suspicious" Kali insisted to Sawyer.
"Yes, Ma'am. You're the one with the gun now" Sawyer said, giving her a mock salute.
Kali then proceeded to release the magazine and the round that was still in the chamber, as Sawyer raised an eyebrow at this.
"Where did you learn to do that?" He couldn't help but ask.
"…My brother taught me" She replied, as she handed Sayid the magazine and round, and gave the gun back to Sawyer.
"Right, now if we need to use the gun, you two chuckleheads are actually going to have to work together" Kali gave them a grin.
As the others began to walk off, Kali came up beside Sawyer as he was placing the gun back into his waistband.
"Aren't you going to thank me?" She asked.
"For disarming me? Unlikely" He huffed.
"For saving your life" Kali pointed out.
"I had it" Sawyer mumbled.
"Well I guess we'll never know now" Kali smirked, repeating the same words he had said earlier, making him smile lightly.
Soon enough they were able to get to higher ground, and Sayid decided to turn the radio on. To everyone's relief he was able to get a bar. However, their joy was short lived when Shannon listened to a transmission that the radio picked up. Sayid counted to the amount of times it had been playing, and to Kali's horror, it had been 16 years. How could someone go missing for that long, she wondered.
"It's getting dark" Boone stated, as they continued down the mountain.
"Then pick up the pace" Sawyer retorted.
"Hick" Boone mumbled, thinking that Sawyer wouldn't hear him.
"Little louder?" Sawyer dared him, as Kali got in between them.
"Please don't you start too" Kali grumbled at Boone.
"We should make camp" Sayid suggested.
"What, here?" Shannon questioned, grimacing at their grassy surroundings.
"Yes, here" Sayid replied.
"I'm not stopping. Y'all have a nice cookout" Sawyer called back.
"Excellent, walk through the jungle in the dark" Sayid warned him.
"Oooo, afraid the trees are going to get us?" Sawyer mocked him.
"No, what is knocking down the trees will get you" Sayid pointed out.
"Or any wild animal that decides he wants to try some Southern delicacy" Kali added.
"Well, if you're so worried about me, how about you give me the clip back?" Sawyer inquired, pulling out his gun.
"If you use that thing in the dark all you're going to do is shoot yourself in the foot" Kali stated, raising an eyebrow.
"Kali's right, if you keep walking you're not going to make it to the beach" Kate told him.
"Yeah, why's that?" Sawyer asked, as Kali noticed Charlie look away.
"…Trust me" Kate sighed, as she informed them exactly what had happened when she, Jack and Charlie had gone into the forest.
Kali shivered lightly, as she looked into the fire that they had managed to build, but it wasn't because of the cold. Knowing that there was a humongous unseen creature strolling around the jungle was enough to put anyone on edge. She jumped when Sayid stood up suddenly and held up a branch that he lit on fire.
"This is Australia…This is us" Sayid began, indicating to a nearby rock and then the stick.
"Nice stick" Sawyer mumbled, as Kali nudged him with a roll of her eyes.
"Two days ago we take off from Sydney. We fly along the same north east route every commercial airliner bound for Los Angeles does. Now the pilot, he said he lost communication with the ground, correct?" Sayid asked.
"Yeah, 6 hours in. He turned around and headed for Fiji" Kate answered.
"So, we changed course. Regrettably, no one knew we changed course. The turbulence hit. We know the rest" Sayid explained, as he extinguished the torch.
"But what was that turbulence? Why did we lose communication? Is that connected or just a coincidence?" Kali insisted.
"I don't believe in coincidence" Kate mumbled.
"They'll find us thought, right? They have satellites in space that can take pictures of your license plate" Charlie theorised.
"If only we were all wearing license plates" Sayid pointed out.
"Well, aren't you the pessimist" Charlie grumbled.
"Basic photography - point and shoot. Satellites can shoot, but they must be told where to point" Sayid exclaimed.
"Oh. Bollocks" Charlie frowned.
"Okay, really enjoyed the puppet show. Fantastic. But we're stuck in the middle of damn nowhere. How about we talk about that other thing? You know that transmission Abdul picked up on his little radio? The French chick that said, "They're all dead." The transmission's been on a loop for…how long was it?" Sawyer inquired.
"16 years" Kate replied.
"Right. Let's talk about that" Sawyer insisted.
"How could no one come across this massive island for 16 years? It's impossible" Kali suggested.
"Excellent point, blue eyes" Sawyer stated, as Kali rolled her eyes at yet another nickname.
"Well, we have to tell the others what we heard when we get back" Boone announced.
"You didn't hear anything. I'm not a stupid translator" Shannon argued, doubting her abilities.
"No one's going to tell them anything. To relay what we heard without fully understanding it will cause a panic. If we tell them what we know we take away their hope. And hope is a very dangerous thing to lose" Sayid explained.
"They have a right to know the truth. I'd want to know" Kali frowned.
"Not everyone can handle such a thing" Sayid pointed out.
"So we lie" Kate sighed.
Kali bit her lip, not happy with what had been decided, but she didn't want to alienate herself from the group. She needed to fit in, she couldn't let anyone grow suspicious about her. The group quickly settled down to sleep, but Kali knew there was no point in her even trying. She was too alert, too scared of what could be about to jump out from the shadows. She shivered again, this time from the cold. A moment later she felt something being draped around her shoulders, and looked up to see Sawyer walking away, wordlessly. She couldn't hide the smile on her face, as she brought the blanket over her shoulders.
Author's Notes: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! I've just finished watching Season 1 of Lost, it's even better than I expected. How do you guys like Kali and Sawyer? Please leave a review:)
s-nnnn: Thank you so much for this review! I was literally just about to upload this chapter when I saw that you left a review, so I thought I'd reply now. I'm really glad you're liking this story so far. I actually decided to start writing this story as there was a surprising lack of Sawyer fanfics. Don't worry your English is absolutely fine, haha.