Freefall (One)

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Title: Freefall
Characters: Suliet and Jate meet Next Generation
Rating: PG-13
Words: 5100
Summary: Aaron and Sam are charged with picking up a very drunk Jay after a fight with his girlfirend drives him into a night of drinking. While on the way home Sam gets an emergency call to investigate a shooting at a local church. He is forced to bring both Aaron and Jay along for the ride and all three of them are in for the adventure of their lives when they uncover the hidden Dharma Lamp Post station. One bright flash and they find themselves stranded on an island in the middle of the South Pacific in the year 2007! But they have bigger problems on their hands when they find their future parents corrupted by one man who is certainly not John Locke. SEASON SIX SPOILERS

Author's Notes: Okay, this is a tough one to explain. Basically it is a Suliet/Jate fic (I love both ships equally) that takes place mid season 6. It is centered around the idea that Juliet caused a lot of problems when detonated the bomb one of which being that future Aaron, Jay (James/Juliet's future son) and Sam (Jack/Kate's future son) get thrust into the season 6 timeline. Bear with me for the first chapter. It is more interesting than it sounds. What I have done in the author's note section is laid out character profiles for Aaron, Jay and Sam so it won't be as confusing...I hope.

Problem: Juliet caused a reality split when she detonated the bomb. The flashsideways timeline is but one of many alternate situations that occurred as a result.

Setting: 30 years post rescue. A world where the plane crashed, but the freighter did not blow up and all at that time were rescued.

Dr. Aaron Austen: Short blonde hair, grey eyes, glasses. Kate takes him in when Claire is unable to be found as per original timeline. Jack learns about his relationship to him at his Father's wake and is apprehensive around Aaron and has difficulty dealing with his guilt over leaving Claire behind. Kate eventually convinces him that he is the only family Aaron has and after a brief struggle with depression he finally lets go, marries Kate, and settles down with his family.

Aaron is an ER doctor and occasionally teaches some of the first year medical school courses. He is a family man that is both calm and wise beyond his years. He married veterinarian Elizabeth 'Liz' Heller seven years ago and they have one daughter, Caitlyn Austen, who loves hanging out with her 'Grampa Jack'.

Federal Agent Samuel 'Sam' Christian Shephard: Sam and his sister Claire are Jack and Kate's biological children, along with adopted Aaron (who I guess would be their half cousin, but I am not getting into that.). Sam has a similar profile to Jack, but with Kate's eyes and an unwavering stubbornness that is greater than both of his parents combined. He also regularly maintains what Kate considers "Island Jack Scruff" much to her displeasure and she is always nagging him to shave it off if he ever wants to find a woman. Jack maintains that he managed to get her just fine.

He is generally restless in nature and after finishing a Ph. D. in Geology at Columbia joined the FBI's Counter Terrorism task force. Sam is a world traveler and though he has both a house and family in Los Angeles, when he is not working he is leading field team explorations to some of the most uncharted regions of the world. Sam once spent six months in the Antarctic chasing after a meteor that crashed somewhere in the ice fields. He has a bad habit of not knowing when to give up and Kate often worries that he is more like Jack than Jack is.

Sam is named for Jack's and Kate's (adoptive) fathers.

James 'Jay' Ford: Son of James "Sawyer' Ford and Juliet Burke, Jay is a cunning high profile lawyer who's swaggering charm and good looks have contributed to his successful career. He is a spitting image of Sawyer and is currently dating Spinal Surgeon Claire Shephard...much to Jack's annoyance. Though he can be irritating at times, Sam and Jay are good friends, to the point Sam defended Jay when Jack found out about his relationship with Claire. Though he knows how to pick his fights, Jay has a certain dependability about him when it really counts. He has also inherited his father's fondness for nicknames and his mother's calm and collected nature.

Chapter One: 30.5 Years, 2 Hours, 23 Minutes, and 21 Seconds Later