Lost

Chapter 3. The Van

I can't stop worrying about Sawyer, Jack, and Kate.

Why did the others want them?

Are they even alive?

That thought scared the living daylights out of me.

I'm at our little makeshift kitchen we made when a Dharma package of food fell from the sky. I'm talking to Claire when I turn my head and I see Kate and Sawyer.

I put my bowl of cereal on the table and I run over there.

Sawyer is a good foot taller then me, hence the nickname "Shorty".

So I jump and wrap by arm around his neck.

"Hey Shorty, I missed ya"

"Right back atcha"

I get down and hug Kate.

*

"Okay so they put you guys in cages and made you get your food like they would an animal, then they made you pick rocks, you kissed Kate. Then there leader Ben who was pretending to be Henry Gale had a tumor and Jack would only save him if they let you guys go and you're also in love with Kate"

"Pretty much"

"That's a lot of information to take in at once"

Hurley comes out of the jungle saying "Hey guys I found a van, anyone wanna come help me fix it?"

I look at Sawyer "Why not?"

Jin also volunteers and he only really speaks Korean.

"You don't know what you signed up for do you?"

He looks at me confused.

*

We get there and open the blue doors and see a skeleton wearing clothes that say Roger Work Man on it.

"What does work man mean?" I ask

"It means he was a Janitor" Sawyer answers

Sawyer takes the body out and moves it so its sitting on the ground. He finds a very old beers so hes pretty happy.

We are sitting right on the outside of the van and Jin is at the front trying to fix it.

Sawyer opens his beer and smells it "Its flat and it stinks" he takes a drink

"Can you get it to work you know whats wrong?" Hurley asks Jin

"Chill out let the man do his thing" Sawyer says

"Sawyer that beer as been here since before Rocky three maybe even two, its probably poison by now" I say

Sawyer takes another drink and says "Skelator seems to like it. Bottoms up!" he hits his can against its head.

"That's not cool dude that guy had a mom, a family, friends. Oh and a name that Skelator is Roger Workmen" Hurley says

"Its work man you blockhead thats his job he was a Dharma janitor" Sawyer says while laughing a little bit.

"Yea well you should still respect the dead" Hurley says

Sawyer puts in hand up in defense.

Jin says something in Korean.

"Woah woah woah can you fix it?" Hurley asks

"No, no fix" Jin replies

"But you have too can't you try dude we have to get this running"

"Hey leave the man alone hes right no fix, take a look at that mess, theres no way its going to get running, how thick are you" Sawyer says

I role my eyes.

"What's your problem man? Why don't you want this to work?"

"I don't care if it works, why is this so important to you"

"Because we could all use a little hope"

"If its hope you're looking for esé, you're on the wrong damn island, cause there sure as yell ain't no hope here"

Sawyer takes another drink off his beer and I sigh.

*

We are still at the van and Sawyer and Jin go through a couple beers. Sawyer and I try to help Jin learn a little more English.

"I'm sorry" I say

"I'm sorry" Jin repeats

"Okay nice keep it coming" Sawyer says

"Uhh, you..were..right"

"Okay thats perfect" I say

"Those pants dont make you look..fat"

"Now you got it" I say

"Only three things a woman needs to hear" Sawyer says

Hurley comes back and says "Come on, get up, we got work to do"

"What's your problem jumbotron?" Saywer says

I have rolled my eyes so much today I think they might get suck in the back of my head.

"Shut up! Red...neck...man"

I can't help but laugh at the nickname and the look on Sawyers face.

"Touche" Sawyer says

"Whats Jiminy Cricket doing here?" Sawyer says referring to Charlie

"We needed another man"

"What about me huh?" I say

"No I'm not saying your not as.. strong as a man but..I.. just"

"Hurley"

"Yes?"

"I was kidding"

"Oh okay"

"Another man for what?" Sawyer asks

"To push this car dude"

"Push this car, push it where?"

"Doesn't matter where to me, I call shotgun" I say

*

I sit in the passengers side and Hurley sits in the drivers side while Jin, Charlie and Sawyer push the van down the hill.

It worked.

We bring the van back up and Charlie goes with Hurley so they can try to jumpstart it.

It worked.

We run down to the van and get into the back.

We drive around is circles for a while then we head back to camp.

Out of all the bad stuff that happened to us, we really needed a win.

And thats what we got.