Chapter 11 – Another Loop hole?
Luca made her way through the sand, just her luck, Richard goes missing for a few days, 'working' back in England and now she's stuck trying to find her way to this damn statue's foot.
Luca didn't know what to expect when she went there, didn't know what would happen or what would be said, all she'd been told was that she had to meet Jacob at the statues foot, but she wasn't allowed to tell anyone about that, had to walk round the island until she finally came to it, but she was absolutely exhausted.
She sat down in the sand and took a drink from the water bottle she'd taken from the fridge, it was so hot and humid today, not even the cold water could quench her thirst.
Luca had only been on this island for a day and despite the little tumble yesterday, everything had gone well and she'd got in to routine easily.
Luca picked herself up and started walking once again around the island.
"Is anyone else with you?" Janet asked,
"Luca's here" Miles replied, Janet nodded and then pushed past him in to the living room where Luca was sitting with her leg up on the table,
"Just like home" Janet asked and sat down next to her,
"Yup" Luca replied, but she didn't look over to her, she was looking at the ship in a bottle that was sat on the fireplace,
"We need to know" Janet reminded her, but Luca was so lost in everything that had just happened that she hadn't heard her,
"Luca" she repeated,
"I'm supposed to be dead" Luca said out loud, "I wasn't supposed to come out of that cavern" she added,
"What are you on about?" Janet asked, she didn't understand,
"He told me that I would die once I put in the numbers" Luca explained, "That's why I took such a long time to leave, I just lied there, waiting to die, but I didn't"
Luca looked up at Janet as if for reassurance and Janet put her arm round her and told her,
"The island does many things for a reason, maybe He was wrong, maybe you weren't supposed to die"
"Yeah, but he said that's how it was going to play out, how the loop hole would interlock the other loop hole, we went over it so many times" Luca told her,
"Yes, but-" Janet tried to reassure her that it was Ok, everything was, but Luca couldn't believe it, they'd been over it far too many times.
Luca looked at the large stone foot in front of her, she was here, she'd finally found it, but what was she supposed to do next?
Then she saw a man, white top, black shorts, almost ginger hair.
He looked to be maybe in his late thirties, early forties, but as he took the wooden shaped cone out of the water, a fish inside, Luca knew he wasn't one of the others and this was obviously Jacob.
The guy Richard and the others had told her about many times, the Islands messenger, the proper leader as Ben described him, the instructor?
He seemed like a really big guy to Luca, but she did wonder what he wanted with her?
She was nothing, compared to what he could do!
Luca actually wondered why his name wasn't Jesus?
Jacob looked over to her and smiled before gesturing over with his hand.
Jacob hadn't been told much about what would happen, only that he had to prepare for it and this girl could help him.
Luca walked over to him,
"Hello" Jacob said and held out his hand, "My name is Jacob",
"Hi" Luca said and shook his hand, Jacob nodded and then asked,
"Fish" he nodded down at the fish (which looked to Luca like an oversized gold fish that you get in a shop) which lied on the rock in front of him, Luca shrugged,
"Go on then" Luca replied.
"Yes, Ok, Ok" Lisa hushed, "We're in the hatch" she explained to him,
"Get out here" Charles demanded,
"I can't, this big black smoke thing is coming after us" Lisa explained before the signal went.
"Who was that?" Nicky asked out loud, everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to Lisa who was holding the radio in her hand,
"It was just some static" Lisa explained, "I thought I heard voices" she lied,
"Let me have a look at it" Nicky suggested,
"No, it was just some static" Lisa assured him, but Louise suggested,
"Go on, see if we can reconnect with them people", Lisa sighed silently and then handed the radio to Nicky.
Walt was with one other men as he walked in to the forest, they were looking for a hatch, that's where everyone else was, where all the survivors would be, but Walt knew they wanted to do nothing, but kill them. And he could not let that happen.
Walt started walking slower and soon he was behind him, Walt took the hanker chief out of his pocket and put it over the guys mouth to try and drug him, put him to sleep, but the guy was too fast and tackled him down to the ground.
"So yes" Jacob told her, "Oceanic flight 815 is going to crash here, the people I have seen before, the people I am going to see will be on it, but even though I believe what the island is doing is good, I don't know what the outcome at the end will be, I have to leave it to the people on this island, they have to make their own choices, choose for themselves" Jacob explained, "But I don't know why the island chose them, I've seen them in the past, they've travelled back in time, about twenty nine years ago when the Dharma Initiative were here, they brought Ben and I feel as if they've done their part, but they obviously haven't"
Luca nodded in agreement, but then asked, "Your brother only needs John Locke per se, so the others must be needed for a greater purpose",
"Yes, but I know everything that will happen to the day I die, eight years, six months, fifteen days, sixteen hours, twenty-three minutes and forty-eight seconds" Jacob asked,
Luca sat back on the rock
He even knows when he's going to die???
She had some theories, but wasn't sure if any of them were true,
"What if the island wants to turn Jaspers loop hole in to another loop hole which we can use to our advantage?" Luca suggested,
"It could, but not even the human mind has that much capacity" Jacob told her, "It's horrible having a physical form, you can only cram so much in",
"What are you then, like a lost soul?" Luca asked,
"In a way, yes" Jacob replied, "I always age, always have a birthday, but my physical form stays the same"
"That sounds great" Luca told him, "Staying the way I am now, it sounds brilliant, never dying"
"It's like a trap" Jacob explained to her, "I don't mind it, it's OK, but I know once my physical form is terminated, I will be a lost soul and I don't want to, but if it keeps this island safe, I'll do anything",
"Why?" Luca asked, "Why is the island so special",
"Look around you and you'll see" Jacob told her "Never look at a dart board with blind eye's or you'll lose" he added at the end.
"Luca, your not going to die, the island keeps people alive for a reason and you always have more of a destiny than you anticipated" Janet explained,
Miles nodded along with it, but then they heard a noise. Coming from outside.
It was night now and the other half of the crew would be here shortly, but that noise certainly wasn't coming from them and only when Hurley heard it, did he go running out of the house, shouting,
"Vincent" Hurley yelled as the retriever run up to him and jumped up, "Where you been?" Hurley asked, giving a hug, he hadn't seen him in over three years and was surprised he'd survived all this.
"Is that the dog" one of the others asked, coming up behind Hurley, "The one that was on the plane", he thought he was hallucinating.
Vincent barked twice and then run back in to the forest,
"Vincent, come back here" Hurley yelled, but then there was nothing, not even a rustle of leaf and Hurley looked at the other as if to ask, did that really happen?
"Hurley" Kate asked when she saw him,
"Kate" Hurley asked looking up,
"Hurley" Kate repeated and let out a sigh of relief,
"Kate" Miles said as he came out of the house,
"It's good to see you both made it" Kate told them and hugged Hurley when she got up to them, she was happy they were here, at least two of them still seemed sane.
The rest of the group Kate had been with emerged from the trees and took their posts.
"Miles" Janet called from the house and they all looked over to her,
"Quick" Janet yelled and then walked back in to the house,
Miles walked back to the house with Hurley and Kate right behind him,
"What else did Jacob ask you?" Luca asked, "What did he say about Richard?",
"Umm" Miles tried to remember, but his memory was a little blurred, "He said...." Miles trailed off, trying to remember,
"Miles hurry up dude, we need to know" Hurley told him,
"Umm, he said....." Janet sighed, "He said Richard had a great purpose than just a a supervisor, that he was meant for even greater things" Miles blurted out finally, a few seconds later, when he remembered,
Luca instantly thought back to that night....
Luca had been there for a few months now and she'd settled down brilliantly, she and Jacob hadn't spoken for a while, she'd only had about four or five visits with him and she knew that she would die, once he was dead, Jasper would try and kill all the others and she would have to stop him, but even though, many people would of run a mile, she was one of the persons who wouldn't and if she was going to die, then that's it.
Luca got up in the middle of the night, for some reason or another, she just couldn't sleep and decided to go to the kitchen, have a cup of tea, but when she got there, Richard was leaning on the counter.
Luca knew about him not ageing, not getting older, so did that mean he didn't sleep? She wasn't too sure,
"What's wrong Rich" she asked,
"Can't sleep" Richard replied glumly,
"Me neither" Luca told him and then asked, "Cupper?", she saw Richard nod his head slowly and then she switched the kettle on before getting the milk out of the fridge, Luca got two cups from the cupboard and then looked back at Richard who didn't seem like he'd moved, she tried to make light conversation,
"So, how did you job go?" Luca asked, Richard looked up from the counter and then replied,
"It was nice" he replied, "I got a few more people to help with some medical care, but that's all, just daily routine" he explained,
Luca nodded, "It getting to you is it, this 'daily routine' of yours" Luca asked sarcastically, trying to lighten the mood and start conversation,
"No, it's just this dream" Richard told her, "I keep having it over and over again, but I don't understand it" he explained, Luca nodded slowly and then he turned round, "I keep seeing this scene, over and over, in my head, it's when I took Ben to see Jacob, to save him, but it's reverse roles, Jacob brings Ben to me and I heel him?"
Luca nodded.
Jacob knew that Richard was meant for far, far more than just an old supervisor and one day, when he died, maybe he'd be able to take the chance, take his place and fight against his brother just like King Horus had done for his father, Osiris.
"Richard's meant to go up against Jasper" Luca whispered, "That's why Jacob made him immortal, to take his place" she added,
"Yeah, but Richard could be dead" Miles said,
"Shut up Miles" Luca told him,
"Loop hole in a loop hole?" Hurley asked himself quietly.
"We have to find them dudes, we need Richard" Hurley told them.
"I don't trust her" Nicky whispered to Louise when they were alone,
"We can't go throwing assumptions" Louise told him,
"Yeah I know" Nicky whispered back, "But, I don't think she's on our side",
Louise looked at him, worried.
Then a voice came on the radio,
"Hello, can anyone here me?" the mans voiced asked,
"Yeah, loud and clear" Nicky replied,
"Good, are you from Ajira flight 116?" he asked,
"Yeah" Nicky replied, but he was very wary,
"Good, my names Desmond and your in grave danger"
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