Part 333: Day 79

contributed by Dragan but MASSIVELY tweaked by me.

It's still his segment though. :)

The night time wind gently caressed the Butterfly Rogue, which rocked back and forth on the high seas.

Seth continued to shiver in his sleep: his teeth firmly clenched, and his pillow was covered in heavy sweat. The young man began to grip his arms, seeing a hazy shade of colors dance before his eyes. By instinct, he slowly turned over to his side; his eyes became partially open and he saw Kate by his side as always. “K-Katie.” He whimpered.

Kate slowly stirred from her sleep and then sat up; looking down at him. “Seth?” she gasped.

“I can’t . . s-s-s-stop sha-k-k-king,” He groaned.

She then touched his forehead and reeled back as it seems he was definitely burning up. “Oh my God! Seth!!!” she exclaimed, realizing something was severely wrong.

“Could you guys . . .c-c-c-crank down the AC?” he jittered.

Kate quickly jumped to her feet, running out of their room; stirring Kellye from her own slumber. She scooted past the others and ran outside to the back of the boat. Once she arrived toward the back, she yelled for the one person best suited for the present situation. “Tony!” she screamed making Tony and Marita jump to their slumber.

“Kate, what’s wrong?” the blind man coughed.

“It’s Seth!” she pointed toward the cabin, “Something’s wrong. I think he’s sick! He’s burning up!”

Tony began to place his pants back on, “Burning up you say?”

“Yes. He’s mumbling too.”

“Hmm. Delirium could be the result of an infection. I was afraid of that.” Tony turned toward the love of his life, “Sweetie, shall we?”

Marita immediately then took him by the arm and helped to guide him to Seth’s room. Kate lead the way as they crossed several of the Survivors sprinkled about. Sawyer then called out to the fugitive . “What’s going on Freckles?” he inquired

“Not now Sawyer!” she responded, running past him.

Sawyer glares at her for a brief moment, twitching his left eye. Opening her eyes, Mia watched as Tony and Marita pursued Kate into the bedroom area. . Instinctively she pulled away from John and jumped up after them as well. Her abrupt departure made the archer awake as well. “Mia?” John called to her; looking around.

Shanna noticed her reaction and called out too. “Mia? What happened?” she asked.

Mia turned to her red headed friend, whom she has taken on as a younger sister. “I think its Seth.” She said

The gang quickly began to huddle around Seth in his room, who was shaking and becoming very delirious. “How is he Tony?” cried a visibly upset Shanna.

Tony gently touched Sun’s shoulder, to let him know what was going on. She started to slowly and gently remove the bandage from the young man’s side. she flinched and commented on his wounds in Korean. “What is it? What do you see?” asked the blind man

“It is infected.” She responded, looking at the blindfolded young medic.

“Damn this is what I was afraid of.” Tony grimaced.

Seth moaned heavily as Mia held on to his hand, gently petting it. “Will he be alright?” asked Shanna by his side.

“Sun I need you to administer some more morphine for him. It’ll help alleviate the pain somewhat.” Tony turned and motioned for Marita to lead him out.

Sun immediately sprung into action, Tony cannot help but admit to himself that perhaps he did luck out with the crew selection for the boat. He distinctly recalled Jack telling him what an asset Sun will be to them because of her propensity to play nurse and overall knowledge of herbs. Hopefully it will be enough to keep Seth from succumbing to his infection. “Tony!!!” screamed Shanna.

Tony turned to the girl.

“Will he make it?” she cried into his face.

Marita quickly grabbed her and pulled her in for a hug. “It’ll be alright sweetie.” She whispered into her ear.

“I already lost Brendon, I can not bare the thought…”

“It’ll be alright Shanna.” The doctor assured her,” We’re not losing anybody else, not on my watch. John? You awake?”

“Yeah, Tony?” the archer stood up.

“Find a bucket or a pan then go scoop out some ocean water,” the blind man told his friend, “We’re going to try to disinfect his wound.”

Sun administered the shot of Morphine to the young singer, overhearing Tony. She agreed it was their best chance to break his fever. Mia gently pushed aside several strands of hair, she watched as he gritted his teeth and uttered the one thing that comes to his mind. “Tanya.” He coughed, as he proceeded to pass out.



Seth slowly began to stir back to consciousness. He smacked his lips together, and opened his eyes. He then saw Kate smiling over him. He smiled the patented Seth smile back to her. “Kate? How long was I out?” he asked her.

She doesn’t respond.

“Kate?” Seth asked again.

She looked at him with a goofy grin and then proceeds to walk out of the room. Seth grunted as he got up, following her. The moment he got into the living room, he saw it was just him and her. “Where is everybody?” Seth then asked her.

Kate continued her goofy grin and then seemed to pull a microphone out of the blue. When she did, the giant TV next to her, clicked on and began to flash images across it’s LCD screen. Seth watched it and saw a house exploding, then an image of the Marshall Mars that hunted Kate, then it showed an image of her kissing Jack and then another imaging of her kissing Sawyer. It stopped off with a picture of an aging waitress. Kate then closed her eyes and began to sing into the microphone with deep passion.


Oh Mamma, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law
Law man has put an end to my running
and I'm so far from my home
Oh Mamma, I can hear you a crying
you're so scared and all alone
Hangman is coming down from the gallows
and I don't have very long
The jig is up, the news is out
They finally found me
The renegade who had it made
Retrieved for a bounty
Never more to go astray
This'll be the end today
Of the wanted man
Oh Mama, I've been years on the lam
and had a high price on my head
Lawman said 'Get him dead or alive'
and it's for sure he'll see me dead
Dear Mama I can hear you cryin',
you're so scared and all alone
Hangman is comin' down from the gallows
and I don't have very long
The jig is up, the news is out
They finally found me
The renegade who had it made
Retrieved for a bounty
Never more to go astray
The judge'll have revenge
todayOn the wanted man

Oh Mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long arm of the law
Law man has put an end to my running and I'm so far from my home
The jig is up, the news is out
They finally found meThe renegade who had it made
Retrieved for a bounty
Never more to go astray
This'll be the end today
Of the wanted man


Seth stared at her in complete shock. He didn’t know what to make her awesome singing ability. Then slowly out of the kitchen emerged Sawyer. His hair was completely soaked and he wore a t-shirt that shown a skull and crossbones. “Sawyer?” Seth asked.

Before he could say anything else, the redneck kicked him hard into his stomach, making him crash against a side wall. The flimsy stucco caved in slightly, making Seth grip his chest. “What’s your damn problem?” the musician screamed.

Sawyer then held up his right hand and a guitar fell out of the ceiling, sliding perfectly down around his chest. The guitar was the familiar one, composed of white tape against a red background. “Is that Eddie Van Halen’s guitar?” the singer asked.
.
Suddenly a very familiar riff exploded around him. Seth continued to stare at the southerner as he played the guitar like he was born into it. It was the stare that Sawyer was giving him that confused him even more; it was one of the hateful stares he had every received. What did this mean?

Sawyer then started to sing :

On the day I was born,
the nurses all gathered 'round
And they gazed in wide wonder,
at the joy they had found
The head nurse spoke up, and she said leave this one alone
She could tell right away, that I was bad to the bone

Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-BadB-B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone

I broke a thousand hearts,
before I met you
I'll break a thousand more baby, before I am through
I wanna be yours pretty baby,
yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone
I make a rich woman beg,
I'll make a good woman steal
I'll make an old woman blush,
and make a young woman squeal
I wanna be yours pretty baby,
yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya honey, that I'm bad to the bone
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
B-B-B-B-Bad
Bad to the bone

Seth pushed him away as he ran toward the other end of the cabin. He stared at him from the stairway, with Kate’s goofy grin and Sawyer’s hateful stare. “What the hell is going on?” he asked aloud.

No answered, they just stared at him. The TV then flashed another images, this time it was Alexander fighting Darth Maul with a lightsaber. Seth needed answers for the craziness that flashed in front of him. Looking over to his side, he though for a second and snapped his fingers. “I know…Tony.” He blinked.

He quickly turned around and crawled up the door to the outside of the boat. Seth then jerked when he turned the knob and it was clocked. Then it finally opened of it’s own occurred and to his amazement was his childhood stuffed animal companions, Primo and Bentley. Primo was standing on his friend’s head and motioned toward the back. “C’MON INNNNNNNN.” He said in a high pitched voice.

Seth walked out to the back of the boat where the majority of everybody else was. John was kneeling down with his hand on a football and McKay was by his side. They were both looking down as if they were praying, after John scored a touchdown. Then Seth noticed the large oak piano at the back with Tony playing it. Marita was laying on it, in a sparkling red dress, staring at her love. Ana-Lucia was kneeling beside them and dressed in a nun’s outfit ; looking upward, as she had her hands clasped as if praying. Seth then jolted as Tony started to sing a new rift into the air.

Doctor, my eyes have seen the years
Through the slow parade of tears without crying
Now I want to understand
I have done all that I could
To see the evil and the good without hiding
You must help me if you can
Doctor my eyes
Tell me what is wrong
Was I unwise to leave them open for so long?
As I've wandered through this world
As each moment has unfurled
I've been waiting to awaken from this dream
People go just where they will
I never notice them until I've got this feeling
That it's later than it seems
Doctor my eyes
Tell me what is real
I hear their cries
Just saying "It's too late for me"

Mia then came into view, playing BB King’s guitar in the guitar solo of Tony’s song.

Doctor my eyes
Cannot be disguisedI
s this the prize
for having learned how not to cry?

Seth then quietly backed up and proceeded to close the door, retreating back into the cabin. He stared down at his feet dumbfounded. “Da hell is going on?” he said to himself.

He then turned around and instead of being in the cabin, he realized he was on the stage of some kind of old theater. Suddenly the lights came on, pirouetting all around.. Cheesy music then filled the dark room.. John quickly came out of the door, running past Seth. He then slid across the stage to a contingent of giddy gals awaiting him.

With a heavy amount of musical passion, he then let out a horrifying wail, and began to sing, pointing to Mia, who then joined him in the song as they are dueting while McKay, Taylor, Shanna, and Mandy sang backup and danced around them.

I got chills,
they're multiplyin', and I'm losin' control
Cause the power you're supplyin',
it's electrifyin'
You better shape up, cause I need a man,
and my heart is set on you
You better shape up, you better understand,
to my heart I must be true
Nothing left, nothing left for me to do

You're the one that I want(you are the one I want),
ooh ooh ooh, honey
The one that I want (you are the one I want),
ooh ooh ooh, honey
The one that I want (you are the one I want),
ooh ooh ooh, honey
The one I need (the one I need),
oh yes indeed (yes indeed)
If you're filled with affection,
You're too shy to convey
Meditate my direction, feel your way
I better shape up, cause you need a man
I need a man, Who can keep me satisfied
I better shape up, if I'm gonna prove
You better prove, that my fate is justified
Are you sure?
Yes I'm sure down deep inside.


“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!” Seth goes running towards the other end of the stage and opens the adjacent door. He quickly opened it up and dove inside. Then moment he looked up he could see a beaming Joscelyn, who was looking at Hurley dressed in a tux. The large man then started to tap his foot and spun around wearing shades, as a spotlight fell on him seemingly form nowhere.

I've got sunshine on a cloudy day.
When it's cold outside
I've got the month of May.
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl).
I've got so much honey
the bees envy me.
I've got a sweeter song than the birds in the trees.
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl).
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey Ooooh.
I don't need no money, fortune, or fame.
I've got all the riches baby one man can claim.
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl (my girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl).
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
with my girl. I've even got the month of May
with my girl (fade)

Josie then let out a girlish scream and fainted in Seth’s arms! “What the hell is going on, have you all lost your freaking minds?” The musician screamed as he held the unconscious girl.

Suddenly then a strobe light flashed behind him and a deeply hypnotic disco beat began to play. Seth turned around and looked at the sight before him. “Oh my God in Heaven.” He mumbled as his eyes bulged before him.

“Buddy what happened to you?” his old friend asked him.

Brendon walked over, decked out in white Polyester. He then quickly backstepped toward another stage that appeared out of nowhere and began to disco dance, spin, gyrate and sing in a high pitched tone. All the rest of the gang then joined him on the dance floor. The young Asian then grabbed a hold of Shanna and they danced together!

Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,
I'm a woman's man: no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm,
I've been kicked around since I was born.
And now it's all right.
It's OK. And you may look the other way.
We can try to understand
the New York Times' effect on man.
Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
, you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin',
and we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive. Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive.
Well now, I get low and I get high
, and if I can't get either, I really try.
Got the wings of heaven on my shoes.
I'm a dancin' man and I just can't lose.
You know it's all right. It's OK.
I'll live to see another day.
We can try to understand the New York Times' effect on man.
Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother,
you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin',
and we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive. Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive.
Life goin' nowhere. Somebody help me.
Somebody help me, yeah. Life goin' nowhere.
Somebody help me. Somebody help me, yeah.
Stayin' alive. Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,
I'm a woman's man: no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm, I've been kicked around since I was born.
And now it's all right. It's OK.
And you may look the other way.
We can try to understand
the New York Times' effect on man.
Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother,
you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin',
and we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive.


Seth jerked and then dumped the unconscious Joscelyn on the nearby bed and then ran out of the bedroom. He jolted through the cabin area that had seemed to returned to normal and then made it to the back of the boat. He was alone. Seth then felt an overwhelming desire for his love Tanya, as he never missed her more than at that moment. He slowly then stared into the moon shining above him. He took no notice of the two sharks that appeared out of the water and proceeded to sing.


One is the loneliest number
that you'll ever do
Two can be as bad as oneI
t's the loneliest number since the number one
No is the saddest experience you'll ever know
Yes, it's the saddest experience you'll ever know
'Cause one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
One is the loneliest number, whoa-oh, worse than two
It's just no good anymore since you went away
Now I spend my time just making rhymes of yesterday
One is the loneliest number
One is the loneliest number
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
One is the loneliest
One is the loneliest
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
It's just no good anymore since you went away
(number)One is the loneliest (number)
One is the loneliest (number)
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
(number)One is the loneliest (number)
One is the loneliest (number)
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
(number)One...!
(one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do)
(number)One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
(number)One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do

The song finally stopped and he looked upward. He could see her loving face reflected in the moon high above. “Hang on honey, I’ll be home soon.” Seth said



Sun continued to dab the cloth into the salt water and wash the puss out of Seth’s wound best she could. Kate, Mia, and Shanna were keeping close vigil as they all rested together in the corner of the bedroom. Tony stood near the entrance to the doorway with his arms cross. John tapped Tony’s shoulder to get his attention. “How bad is it?” the archer asked him.

Tony looked towards the sound of his best friend’s voice. “Bad.” He sighed, “He needs antibiotics and we’ve already given him all we had. If he doesn’t get medical attention soon, I . . . .I just don’t know.”