 Boone and Locke are out working at the hatch, when Boone makes the mistake of telling Locke that he wants to confide with Shannon about the hatch. Locke ties Boone up and puts goo on his head to heal the wound. When Boone wakes, he hears Shannon calling for help. He finds the strength to cut off the ropes and save her. Throughout the episode, they run from the monster only to have the monster tear up Shannon. Boone goes back to the camp and Locke tells him the it was all a hallucination. Flashbacks show that Boone and Shannon had a previous relationship, and the reasons why he traveled to Australia to find her.