Disclaimer: I make no profit from this. Ben and all of the other Lost characters do not belong to me. Helena, however, is mine.
A/N-This is set in season 3 after "The Man Behind the Curtain"
Chapter 3-Alone
They had been walking for over an hour and Ben had been silent the entire time. Helena was lost in her own thoughts. The events of her death played over and over in her mind. No matter how many times she walked through it she still couldn't understand it. She had come to a twisted conclusion as to why she was in this place; why she was on this island.
She remembered lying on the floor of the kitchen after she had been shot. Blood was pooling around her and her pulse was slowing. In her last moments before death she remembered thinking that it was a Wednesday and that her favorite television show, LOST, would be on later that night. Even though she was lying in a pool of her own blood she was upset she was going to miss LOST. Her last thoughts before she died were, "Now, I'll never find out what happens."
She remembered the voice she had heard before she fell to the island. It must have sensed her thoughts about the show. It seemed she was being given a first hand chance to find out what was happening. Helena couldn't decide if this was a gift from heaven or a punishment from hell.
Helena shook her head at her own inaneness. It was ridiculous that her last thoughts were of a TV show. It was even more ridiculous that she now stood inside that same TV show. The only difference was the man leading her was clearly not an actor. He was really Benjamin Linus and that made him all the more dangerous.
Helena was brought out of her thoughts when she spotted a dark substance on the ground in front of her. Ben just walked over it but Helena stopped.
"You told me you were taking me back to your camp."
Ben turned back to smirk at her, "I lied. Does that really surprise you Helena?"
Helena shuddered when he said her name. She wondered why he had that effect on her.
"I don't want to go to Jacob's cabin."
"I don't care what you want. Did you really think I was just going to let you go? That I was going to take you back to my people and you could become one of us? For some one who claims to know all about this island, you sure aren't acting like it."
"So what, you're going to test me like you did John? You want to see if I can see or hear Jacob as well?"
"No, that is not what I had in mind at all."
"I'm not going." Helena said firmly. On the inside she was terrified, she knew what happened the last time Ben visited Jacob and she wanted nothing to do with it.
Ben was at her side in an instant and grabbed her bad arm making her wince in pain, "You don't have a choice, now come on." He said dragging her with him.
Helena fought him the whole way but he was stronger than her.
"You really are a bastard aren't you? And to think, I really liked your character."
Ben stopped in front of the cabin, "Character?"
"Damn." Helena said.
"We will discuss that later." He said pushing open the door.
"Jacob? It's Ben again. I have someone with me who I think you should meet. She is very interesting and I think it would be good if you could talk with her."
Ben pulled Helena with him into the small cabin. Even though it was bright and sunny outside the cabin remained dark.
"Do you really think he can hear you?" Helena asked skeptically.
"Do shut up." Ben said impatiently as he pushed her into a rocking chair in the corner. He pulled a length of rope from his bag and began tying her to the chair.
Helena tried to push him away but he only ignored her weak attempt. Within minutes she was latched tightly to the chair and the chair was tied to something heavy anchoring it to the floor.
"Don't leave me here." She pleaded.
"Look at you Helena; you're in no position to make demands."
"What am I some kind of sacrifice to get you back into Jacob's good graces?"
Ben glared at her and she saw his hand twitch like he wanted to strike her. He held his temper and answered her, "You're not a sacrifice. What kind of people do you think we are?"
"Please, Ben, you can't leave me here. And if you say don't tell me what I can't do I swear I will scream."
Ben was taken back, apparently that was exactly what he was going to say, but then he chuckled and turned for the door.
"What if I help you?"
"In what way?" he asked turning back to face her.
"I know what the crash survivors are planning. If I tell you will you let me go?"
She had his attention, "I'll consider it."
"The tents, Jack has rigged them with dynamite. When your people show up everyone will be gone except for Sayid, Jin, and Bernard. They plan to shoot the dynamite to set it off."
"And where will everyone else be?" Ben said carefully.
"They'll leave this afternoon for the radio tower. Danielle is leading them to it. Except for Charlie and Desmond, they are at the Looking Glass to turn off the blocking device."
"And you know all of this because?"
"I have seen it."
"You're a clever woman Helena; you might turn out to be useful after all." He said turning again for the door.
"Wait, aren't you going to let me go?"
"No." Ben said opening the door. "I'll be back after nightfall, maybe. You should be fine until then." And with that he was gone, the door shut behind him.
"Ben!" Helena screamed, "Please don't leave me here! Oh God, Ben don't leave me here alone!" she screamed until her throat was raw but it was no use, he was gone and she was alone.
