Javi in Yellowjackets was one of the few male survivors of the plane crash, but his fate was tragic. After disappearing for about two months, he was found hiding in a cave beneath a peculiar symbol tree, where he had been surviving by living underground, possibly feeding on small animals like birds

. Despite being found by his teammates, Javi refused to explain where he had been or how he survived, only cryptically mentioning a "friend" who told him not to return to camp

. Javi's survival ended in Season 2, Episode 8 ("It Chooses"), when he died trying to help Natalie escape. The group had decided to sacrifice Natalie as food due to starvation, but she ran away and Javi attempted to lead her to safety. While crossing a frozen lake, Javi fell through the ice and drowned. The others chose to let him die to save Natalie

. After his death, the survivors retrieved Javi's body, and in a grim act of survival, they dismembered and ate him. His death deeply affected his brother Travis and the group, marking Javi as the second person to die and be consumed in the wilderness

. In summary, Javi survived alone underground for months but ultimately died by drowning while trying to save Natalie, and was then cannibalized by the group