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Title: FOUND
Summary: AU. Sequel to LOST -- read that before you read this. Starts out in Season 5 episode 316. Riley and the Oceanic 6 are one step closer to going back to the island. But when they do go back...what will they find? More importantly, will Sawyer and Riley get back together, or has he moved on? Read to find out! S/OC. R&R -- NO FLAMES!
Rating: T to be safe
Pairing: Sawyer/OC
Spoilers: Basically, this is gonna follow the rest of Season 5:)

A/N: All flashbacks in this story will deal with Riley's life before she boarded Oceanic 815.

Chapter 1: Going Back

" You're insane, that'll never work."

I sighed and threw a blouse and some jeans into the suitcase on my bed.

" Look, you hired me to do this, Jake."I snapped, " You didn't tell me how, or why, or when I had to do this. All's I know is he pissed you off somehow."

Jake rolled his eyes.

" Come on, Snake, think about it," he said, " You do this my way --"

" No!" I said angrily, turning to face him. " We have a deal -- I do this my way. Then I'm done working for you."

" Uh-uh," he said and forced me against the wall. " You're mine. I decide when I'm done with you."

" Let go," I said as his face moved closer to mine. " Jake, you're hurting me..."

The night seemed to drag on forever as I followed Eloise down into an older part of the church, Jack, Sun, Desmond and Ben behind me. She opened a door that bore a Dharma symbol on it and we went inside. My jaw dropped -- it was like a tracking station. A huge pendulum swung through the middle, making a mark on the floor. Other marks accompanied it, marking a spot on what seemed to be a huge map of the world. One of the old computers was set up next to a chalkboard that had a bunch of complicated equations on it.

" What is this place?" asked Jack.

" The Dharma Inititiative called it the Lamp Post," answered Eloise. " This is how they found the island."

" Whoopee," I muttered under my breath, my sleep-deprived brain not wanting to cooperate with me.

" Did you know about this place?" Jack asked, looking over at Ben.

" No," he answered, " No, I didn't."

I looked over at Eloise.

" Is he telling the truth?" I asked.

She chuckled.

" Probably not," she replied and launched into an explanation as to how the island was found, why we had never been rescued. " Now while the movements of the island may seem random, this man and his team created a series of equations that tell with a high degree of probability, where the island will be at a certain point in time." she looked around at all of us. " Windows, as it were, that while open, provide a route back. Unfortunately, these windows don't stay open very long. Yours closes in thirty six hours."

" Um, excuse me, am I really hearing this?" said Desmond incredulously, " That's what this is about? You're all going back to the island? Willingly?"

Sun and I nodded.

" Yes," said Jack, " Why are you here, Desmond?"

" I came here to deliver a message," he scoffed, before turning to Eloise, " Daniel Faraday -- your son -- sent me here. He told me to tell you that the people on the island need your help. That only you could help them. He didn't say Sun. He didn't say Jack. He didn't say Riley. He didn't say Ben. He said you."

Eloise looked surprised.

" But I am helping, dear," she said.

" Consider the message delivered," he snapped.

As he turned to go, Eloise called,

" I'm sorry to have to tell you this Desmond, but the island isn't done with you yet."

I barely listened as Desmond ranted to Jack about loosing four years of his life because of Eloise...because she'd told him his purpose was to go to the island. Then he left, slamming the door behind him. I saw Ben staring at the place where the Scot had been, as though he was planning something. Eloise turned back to Jack and handed him a binder. She explained that we would have to be on flight 316 to Guam if we wanted to return to the island.

" And what if we can't get anyone else to come with us?" asked Jack and I knew he was thinking about Kate and Sayid. " What if we're it?"

She hesitated.

" All I can tell you, is that the result would be unpredictable," she said finally.

" So that's it?" I said, " We just get on that flight and hope that it works? That's it?"

" For you three, yes." said Eloise, looking from me, to Sun, then to Ben. Then she looked at Jack. " You and I aren't finished though."

Later, I lay in my car -- Jack had graciously dropped me off back at the marina where I found my car still parked in the same spot. I didn't feel like making an unnecessary reservation at another hotel. Suddenly someone knocked on the window and I groaned, sitting up slowly.

" What the hell --?"

Then I looked at the window and screamed.

Jake was standing outside my car and he looked pissed.

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