Meant To Be

Transmission

"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 it 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 had a prisoner, 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 a 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.