Disclaimer: I make no profit from this. The Lost characters and universe do not belong to me.

This is the sequel to my LOST fic: Legacy. If you thought that was full of drama just wait until you see this! Thank you for reading!

A/N: This story started out as an RP on a forum I visit. This is the part that I wrote for the RP. Yes the plot jumps around and yes it is full of drama like a soap opera, but that is why I love it. Credit also goes to my fellow writers; tigerlilly, benlinusisagoodguy, and fearandloathin for their input and genius characters.

Flashbacks are in italics. Flash forwards are bold.

Chapter 2

"How can you not know who Bella's father is?" Ben asked in a dangerous voice.

"Ben, you know when it happened. We got back together but then Dharma attacked the village and Ethan showed up. It all happened so closely that your guess is as good as mine."'

"Mel." Ethan began, "Please tell me that you didn't have another child with that man."

Mel turned to Ethan, "In case you've forgotten Ethan, you are the reason I became pregnant with William in the first place! Don't you dare condemn me."

"Now, I'm done having this conversation in front of everyone." Mel said as she walked back to Juliet and took Bella from her arms.

"Thank you." she whispered to her and Juliet gave her a small smile of encouragement.

"Wait." Ben said. "Please."

Mel stopped but didn't turn around.

"Juliet." Ben started, "We're going to need your expertise. I'm certain Mel wants to know who the father of her child is, right now."

"Are you ready?" Juliet asked Mel.

They had gone straight the Juliet's lab.

Mel shook her head, "Either way I lose."

"Listen Mel, whatever happens Jack and I are here for you."

"Thanks Jules, the two of you have been such good friends to me since I came back."

"Hey, we're fighters. We have to stick together." Juliet smiled as she looked at the machine in front of her.

"Can you tell that quickly?" Mel asked.

"Yes." Juliet nodded, "I know who Bella's father is."

Mel followed Juliet outside.

"You won't tell anyone will you?" she asked.

"Of course I won't." Juliet answered. "It's for you to tell."

Mel smiled, "Thanks Jules."

Mel had almost made it to her front door when she heard Ben.

"I take it you've found out the truth." he said as he walked up to her.

"I have." she told him.

"Well?" he smirked, confident that Bella was his.

Mel looked up at him. This wasn't the kind Ben who had come to visit her at the hatch. This was someone else. He'd changed towards her the instant he found out she'd known Ethan was alive.

"Well what?" she said putting her hand on her hips. "You want me to be honest, what about you? Its obvious Sophie never even had an idea that it was possible Bella was yours. Didn't you tell her when you were coming to see me?"

"Why would I do that?"

"Because we weren't doing anything wrong! Or have you forgotten that we slept together long before I left."

"It would have caused her stress, she didn't need that."

"How do you think she feels now? To know that you and I might have another child together?"

"She will cope, she always does."

Mel shook her head, "I'm not sure if you even deserve her or Molly."

"What you think about me and Sophie is of little consequence."

"Mel?" they both heard Ethan call as he came up to them.

Mel rolled her eyes as the village began to gather again.

"I am not talking about this in front of everyone!" she stated.

"Yes you are." Both men said at the same time.

"It's time." Ben told her and she knew there was no getting out of it.

"You don't want this to happen in public Ben." Mel said.

"I do."

"Just tell us who it is Mel." Ethan said gruffly.

"Fine! Ben is Bella's father! Are you happy?" she yelled at Ethan.

Ethan stood there, clearly shocked. Ben had a smug smirk on his face.

"Then all is well." Ben said.

"You think so?" Mel asked sarcastically as tears came to her eyes. "I thought I was done with all of this! Why didn't you let me stay away? Why did you have to bring me back here?"

"Because my daughter needs to be in the same place as her father. And so do you."

"No!" Ethan yelled as he charged to Juliet who was holding Bella.

Ethan grabbed Bella out of Juliet's arms. Juliet, fearing that a struggle would harm Bella, let her go.

"You are not getting your hands on another child." Ethan stated calmly.

Mel recognized his tone. It was the same one he had used with her when he had taken William from her.

"Ethan." Mel called, suddenly being hit with vicious deja vu. "You put her down right now. Give her back."

"I won't. I saved William from Ben and now I'm going to have to save Bella."

"You didn't save William, Ethan." Ben said as he stood beside Mel. "You took a child away from his mother and father."

Ethan shrugged, "I guess you'll never know will you?"

Mel gasped in outrage, truly shocked by Ethan's hurtful behavior. Where was the man she loved?

"Don't take her Ethan, don't do this." Mel pleaded.

"I don't have a choice."

Mel felt Ben slip something into her hand behind her back. She recognized the cool metal of a gun.

Tears were falling freely from Mel's eyes, "Baby, this is your last chance. Please give Bella to me."

"I'm sorry to do this to you again Mel but it must be done."

Mel raised her gun and pointed it at Ethan's head, "I was afraid you would say that."

Ethan chuckled, "You're not going to shoot me Mel. Put the gun down. You might hurt Bella."

"I'm not the one trying to hurt her, you are."

"You've been so blinded by Ben since you came here. You don't even realize that he is manipulating you, even now."

"I have you to thank for that, don't I? At least Ben cares for his children and even those that are not his. He does everything he can to protect them. Which is something I can't say about you."

Mel saw Jack approaching Ethan slowly from his side. She nodded a fraction of an inch after he caught her eye.

"I'll hate you forever for making me do this." she cried to Ethan.

Ethan shook his head, "You won't d..."

Mel pulled the trigger and shot Ethan cleanly in the middle of his forehead. As his body fell to the ground Jack lunged forward and caught Bella keeping her from harm.

The entire village let out a collective gasp after Mel fired her gun. Mel ignored them and walked over to Ethan. She aimed her gun at his chest and pulled the trigger twice. She had to be sure.

Mel dropped the gun as she came back to reality. She looked down at Ethan's lifeless body then turned wide-eyed to the crowd around her.

Her eyes stopped on Bella who was safe in Jack's arms. Once that was confirmed she felt her eyes roll into the back of her head and promptly fainted.

Mel woke up in a place she really didn't want to be, in Ben's house. As she sat up and looked around she saw she was on the couch in his living room.

Ben, Jack and Juliet were standing in the kitchen talking quietly. Ben was cradling Bella in his arms.

"Thank you Jack." she heard Ben say. "I don't know what I would have done if Bella had been hurt."

"You're welcome Ben but you know I didn't do it for you."

Juliet turned to Ben, "Where is Sophie?"

Ben sighed, "I'm not sure. She left after she heard that Bella was mine."

"Do you blame her?" Jack asked.

"You'd think she'd be used to me by now. It's not the first time this has happened."

Mel shook her head at his words. Ben Linus never changed.

"What about Mel?" Juliet wondered.

"Mel will be fine. She's a fighter, always has been."

"She just killed the man that she loves. I don't know if she'll be able to bounce back from that."

"You're one of her closest friends Juliet you of all people shouldn't underestimate her. She did what was right to protect her child.'

"You're the one who handed her the gun." Jack said.

"Thank you Jack, but I do remember. That was something Mel needed to do for herself. She should have never trusted Ethan again in the first place."

"But I did trust him." Mel said as they all turned towards her. "He trusted me as well, and because of that he's dead."

"Nooooooooo!" Mel screamed as she woke up. Tears flowed down her face as she fought at the demons in her head. She pulled her knees to her chest and wrapped her arms around them.

That was how Jack found her, rocking, repeating, "I killed him, I killed him." Over and over.

Ben stood as Mel wandered into the kitchen.

"You don't look well." he said a little too honestly.

"Right, thanks Ben." Mel mumbled as she went for the coffee pot and poured herself a cup. "Where is Bella?"

"She's sleeping in Molly's room."

Mel sat at the table, "You better hope Sophie doesn't see that. She'll flip."

"I don't think Sophie wants to see any part of this house at the moment, especially me."

"You're wrong. She's just hurt. I'm sure you didn't help things when you ran over there yesterday."

Ben chuckled, "I'm suddenly getting a sense of deja vu."

"We have been here before haven't we? Gosh, can you believe it's been a whole year?"

"And nothing has changed." Ben added.

Mel sighed, "You're right, it hasn't. We are in the same situation that we were in then. You told Sophie that you and I happened long before I left right? That nothing happened while I was living in the hatch."

"I mentioned it. But it didn't go as I planned."

"What did you say?"

"I told her when we had been with each other and she got upset so I said that it was the same time that she and Richard."

"You didn't" Mel said shaking her head.

"I was angry, it slipped out."

"Do you know anything about women?" Mel laughed.

"Obviously not nearly enough. I can't tie either one of you down."

"At least you have that one right. I'm going to go take a shower then I'll get Bella and head home."

"You don't have to leave you know."

Mel looked back at Ben from the hallway and smiled, "Yeah, I kind of do."

Ben smiled back but then his face became serious, "Jack told me that you woke up screaming last night. Are you alright?

"Just a nightmare, nothing to worry about." Mel lied then turned and walked into the bathroom.