27 - The Thirty-First

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    [h="2"]Recap[/h]
    [h="2"]Part 1[/h]
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    The chapter opens to Michael playing an acoustic guitar in his room at Ft. Irwin. After a few moments, Pegs enters and comments that she had no idea Michael could play. He says he used to, but hadn’t for a while. She asks if Puck had come by, Michael says he hasn’t. Pegs says she hoped he would have returned with their clothes from the washer and complains about the itchy PTs. Michael plays a little 12 bar blues shuffle. Pegs continues to bitch and moan about the quality of the garments she’s been given to wear. Michael laughs it off, mentioning Puck was also supposed to have an update on Riley [today]. The two discuss the chances of Riley being released, and briefly argue whether or not she tried to kill herself. Pegs as a little expository dialogue, letting us know what the rest of the survivors are doing before continuing to bitch about the clothing. Michael continues to play the guitar for a moment before he gets frustrated by Pegs being in the room. They argue about the secrecy of their relationship.


    Tanya calls out to Michael from outside the room a few times before entering, asking if he had need/use for a speed loader that she found in one of her bags. Michael takes it and comments about her wearing a jacket, asking if she’s cold. He offers to find a space heater for her, but she declines stating she’s for a lot more stuff to go through and just needs to stay active. Michael goes back to playing the guitar for a brief moment before Pegs lays a guilt trip on him about spending time together. Tanya rushes back into the room in a panic, saying she found Kalani’s journal in Hope’s bag. Kalani’s hidden journal that Angel had retrieved from Bill’s desk before the tower collapse and had packed into Hope’s backback before sending her across the zipline to the chopper. Tanya tells Michael, “Read.”


    We cut to Saul, Victor, and Chinwe. Saul and Victor are questioning her about Kalani. She says she never trusted him. Saul starts to spew random bits of information out before Victor pulls him aside and tells him to be careful of what he says. Saul unwisely ignores the warning. Victor and Saul continue the exposition, about the ‘other tower’ until Chinwe—also identified as CJ during the exposition—gets annoyed, takes the documents back and says, “You’re done with the notes. Get the hell out.” Saul goes off on another rant about who the rat was, and that everyone had been so sure it was Louis when they locked him up. Victor cuts him off with another warning not to divulge too much information. Saul continues to ignore his warnings, stating he’s tired of all the “bullshit secrets, like they even matter.” Victor pleads with him, but Saul ignores him, deciding instead to continue his rant about Chinwe (C.J.) keeping secrets. She reluctantly agrees to share and the exposition begins anew. C.J. tells then that one of her teams found Kalani at LAX, a man named Sean followed up on the claim that he flew in from Hawaii and said his story checked out, having found an airliner crashed on the runway just as Kalani had described to them.


    Victor inquires why his picture was in the stack with the rest of the Mallers. C.J. claims Sean had a bad feeling about Kalani from the beginning, so he was blindfolded on the way back. She talks about having lost a lot of people before Kalani showed up [either died or left], acknowledging the fact that if he really was a pilot it would be a valuable resource for them. Saul hints to her that they were overrun. C.J. doesn’t deny it. He continues, telling her that [The Tower Residents] had the same idea with the apartment building, but that it didn’t work out, further indicating that they didn’t have half of the defenses that Chinwe has in place at her current building. Saul brings up the one that managed to get past their combo lock “some freaky fucker in a suit” and is promptly cut off when Chinwe produces a photograph of Ink, saying it’s a still from a surveillance video. Victor makes the connection between Ink and the reason why Chinwe is alone now. She agrees. Saul pushes for further information sharing, using Ink as the reason why it’s so important. Chinwe goes on to tell the two of them when and where Kalani was found by Sean, on a road outside of LAX, she’s uncertain as to which.


    We now jump to the beginning of Kalani’s journal entry as told by Kalani—beautiful to hear Kevin’s voice again—for a few brief lines, before it crossfades into Michael’s voice as he reads the rest, back at Ft. Irwin. Michael, Pegs, and Tanya have been joined by Datu now. Michael begins to read the note that Tanya points out on the back cover, and as Michael begins to read it slowly fades into Kalani’s voice [I would like to note the score at this point is absolutely beautiful, and whoever wrote it should be given an award]. It is the beginning of Kalani’s confession and apology. He mentions taking off from Maui in his Dash Eight there were twenty-three of them, but by the time they transferred to the [7-]5-7 they found at the terminal at HNL there were only ten that made it aboard. He mentions that they were the only flight to take off from the island.


    From here we step into real-time onboard the 5-7 with Kalani at the controls. His daughter enters the cabin to tell him that the others were asking if he’d heard anything. He says that he’s been trying [the radio] but nobody is answering. He flips on the radio and tries contacting Oakland Radio using the call sign November Six-Four-Zero-Alpha. He cites his current position as “40 east of Atico Waypoint on Romeo five-seven-seven.” A British gentleman enters, informing Kalani that [they’ve] been going through the luggage in the back and offers some snacks. Kalani asks for a water, identifies the man as Pippin and says he wouldn’t complain if he came across any jerky. Kalani and Hannah have a brief argument about Hannah’s ability to take care of herself. Pippin returns with food, a stolen laptop, a bunch of cash, and tries to give Hannah a stolen purse. Kalani tries to convince her not to take the purse, saying he doesn’t want a bunch of useless crap weighing her down in case they have to run for it.


    Kalani figures they are about a half an hour out, and tells Pippin he should see to making sure that everything is secured in the back before they land. Pippin begins to argue—with an odd forcefulness—that LAX might not be the best place to land. Kalani puts him in his place with relative ease. Pippin mentions that he’d found a pistol among the luggage left behind, and passes a snide comment about Kalani’s Little Leaguer baseball bat [a great bat, by the way].


    Kalani puts the plane down at LAX, but the landing gear had an issue and they ended up sliding on their belly to a stop. Everyone exits the plane via inflatable ramp, and chaos ensues as they are set upon by a horde. Kalani and Hanna make their escape in the opposite direction of the rest of the survivors. Kalani spots a baggage cart. Pippin calls to them just as they are about to take off and Kalani stops to wait for him. The three drive off in search of a way off the runway. Pippin spots a gate, and proceeds to provide cover with his pistol as they race towards it. He runs out of ammo and reaches for Kalani’s bat. No dice there, though. They get to the gate and Kalani gets Hannah over first. Pippin takes off, without offering any assistance to Kalani saying “Sorry, Tubby… you’re on your own.” Kalani finally makes it over the fence, and he and Hannah take off again, searching for a car to carry them the distance. Kalani hears a horn in the distance, and spots a car in the distance. They flag the car down and jump inside, just in the nick of time. Pippin is already in the car, he greets them and Kalani responds with “Fuck you, wanker.”


    As the car pulls away from the gates, Kalani labours to catch his breath, extending his thanks to the people who picked them up. Latch tells him it was “No problem” and that they were lucky his and his sister found them. Scratch is the last voice we hear, telling Kalani and Hannah not to worry that they’re “safe now.”
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