Chapter 10 What happens now?
Virgie wakes up to whistling. She looks to see she's in the jungle again. She stands up and follows the whistling. Soon she finds the source of the noise. Standing in front of her was a man wearing a Dharma jumpsuit leaning against a van, while drinking a beer.
"You want a cold one, sweetheart" the man asked, offering her a beer.
"Um, no thanks" Virgie answered a little uneasy.
"Suit yourself" the man said smiling.
She watched as he drank one can and pulled out another one from the six-pack he had with him.
"Who are you" Virgie asked.
"I'm Roger" he answered.
"Are you waiting for someone" she asked.
"Sure am. I'm waiting for you."
"Excuse me?" Virgie asked.
"I need you to deliver a message for me. Tell Locke that he has to find Horace" Roger said.
"Who's Horace" Virgie asked confused.
"If he finds Horace, he'll find the cabin. You think you can remember that" Roger asked.
"Yeah. Yeah I can remember that" Virgie answered.
"Good. One more thing." He walks up to her and puts his hand on her arm. "Is Ben still a Chatty Cathy?"
Before she could answer Roger's arm starts decay. She tries to break away but can't. Soon his own body starts to decay until he was nothing more than a skeleton.
"Virgie? Virgie!"
Virgie wakes up and sees a concerned Hurley looking down at her.
"Dude, are you okay" he asked.
"I'm fine" she said sitting up.
She looked to see that Ben and Lock were also awake. Last night Ben somehow called on the Smoke Monster and it chased away Keamy and his men. She and Hurley were forced to stay with Locke and Ben because Ben believed they could find Jacob's cabin. Apparently, Jacob was the real leader of the island, not Ben. So while Sawyer and the rest of the gang headed back to the beach, she and Hurley were stuck with the two whack jobs. After sending the night pretty much walking in circles they made camp.
"Where are we going" she asked them.
"I know how to find the cabin" Locke answered.
"You mean Horace" Virgie asked.
Locke and Ben looks at her surprised.
"You know about Horace" Locke asked.
"Um, yeah. I had a dream. This guy wanted me to tell you to find someone name Horace. He said if you find him, you'll find the cabin" Virgie explained.
"Anything else" Locke asked.
"Not really, except he asked about Ben" Virgie pointed at him.
"What about me" Ben asked curious.
"He asked if you were still a Chatty Cathy" Virgie answered.
Ben stares at her with wide eyes.
"The man in your dream, did he have a name" Ben asked.
"He said his name was Roger" Virgie said.
Ben looks like he was about to lose it.
"What's wrong" Locke asked him.
"Nothing. Didn't you say you were going to take us somewhere, John" Ben asked, changing the subject.
Locke wanted to ask him who Roger was but they didn't have time. He would let it go, for now.
"It's this way" Locke said leading the way.
Ben followed with Virgie and Hurley not too far behind.
"What was that about" Hurley asked Virgie.
"I don't know. I stopped trying to figure that man out a long time ago" Virgie said.
Sawyer and his gang were getting some water at a nearby stream. They've been walking for hours trying to reach the beach camp before nightfall. Ali was pouring a little water on her wounded arm. She looked around at everyone. Sawyer and Brad were standing guard with their guns at the ready. Charlie was making sure that Claire and Aaron were doing okay. Abby was sitting near them, rubbing her stomach. Miles had this worried expression on his face. And Ali had a pretty good idea why.
Ali walks over to where Miles is sitting.
"Are you all right" she asked him.
"Yeah. I'm fine" he said quickly.
"Virgie is going to be okay" Ali assured him.
She remembered watching the two of them together back at Ben's house. From what she heard about Miles he was pretty much a jerk but when he was around Virgie he was actually okay to be around. Hell, when Ben told them that she and Hurley had to go with them to find some cabin, Miles went nuts.
"Ben won't hurt her, will he" Miles concerned.
Ali thought it was sweet.
"No. I don't think he will" Ali answered.
Suddenly Miles turns his head to the side, like he's hearing something.
"What's the matter" she asked him.
Miles doesn't answer. He just starts following the stream.
"What the hell is he doing" Brad asked Ali.
"I don't know" she answered.
Ali follows after Miles and soon the rest of them. Miles comes to complete stop.
"Miles, what are…" Ali sees what he's looking at and screams.
Sawyer quickly covers her mouth.
"Are you crazy?! You want those yahoos to find us" Sawyer snapped at her.
"Oh my god" Claire declared.
Right in front of them was Zach's body rattled with bullets. Charlie quickly covers Aaron's eyes so he wouldn't see. Brad breaks away and runs to his body. He kneels down and pulls his body toward his chest and starts to cry. Everyone, except for Miles, knew how the two of them were close. Zach looked up to Brad like an older brother.
"We need to go" Miles told them.
"No" Brad answered.
They all looked at him.
"We need to bury him" Brad said.
"Brad, we don't have time…" Ali reminded him.
"We need to bury him! I won't leave him like this" Brad declared.
They wanted to help bury Zach properly, they really did. Zach was one of them, but they were afraid that Keamy would find them. Abby slowly walks over to Brad and places a hand on his shoulder.
"I'll help you" she said softly.
"Thank you" he said.
"Me too" Charlie said stepping forward.
One by one they helped Brad moved the body. None of them said anything, but deep down they knew one thing: more of them will die.
Freighter
Bi waited until the coast was clear. She sneaked in to where they were holding Kevin, um, Michael. He was handcuff to cot and he had a bloody lip.
"Kevin" she whispered.
He looked up and saw her in the doorway.
"Bi, what are you doing here" he asked.
"I'm here to make sure you're all right" she said.
She sat down next to him and checked him for any more injuries.
"Does it hurt" she asked.
"I'll live, for now anyway. Listen, you need to stay away from me" he warned her.
"Kevin…"
"It's Michael" he corrected her.
"Michael. Kevin. I don't care what your name is, you're my friend and I'm not gonna abandon you" she said strongly.
"I lied to you. I was spying for Ben. And you still consider me your friend" he asked in disbelief.
"I don't know much about you, but I do know that you're a good man. From what I can tell you made a mistake and you just want to make it right. Let me help you" she said.
Michael looked touched by her words. It seemed like forever since someone trusted him.
"Thank you. All right, when Frank comes back on the copper I need you to convince him not to take Keamy back to the island" he explained.
"Why?"
"Because Keamy is going to kill everyone on that island. Everyone" Michael said.
From the look on Michael's face she could tell he was serious and she believed every word he said.
Brad kneeled down on the grave them dug for Zach. Everyone else just stood back. Charlie was saying a silent prayer.
"Zach was one hell of a kid. He said he was a big fan of my band back home. I remembered promising him that if we got rescued and I would get back together with the band, he could come back stage and watched us perform. Zach would have gotten along great with the guys. I-I'm sorry, Zach. I'm sorry I wasn't there for you. But I promise, we won't let those freighter bastards won't hurt anyone else" Brad said.
"Amen" Charlie said, making the sign of the cross.
They said they're final good byes and walked off.
As they were walking Brad caught up with Miles.
"How did you know" Brad asked him.
"Know what" Miles asked innocently.
"You know what I'm talking about. You knew where Zach's body was. You did the same thing with Karl and Rousseau. How did you know" Brad demanded.
Before he could answer, Abby grabbed her stomach in pain.
"Abby, what's wrong" Ali asked her friend.
"Nothing. It's nothing. I'll be all right" she assured them.
Suddenly a shaggy looking man stepped out of the bushes. Sawyer, Brad and Charlie quickly pulled out their guns, stepping in front of the others.
"Whoa! Hey!" the man said, holding up his hands.
"Who the hell are you" Sawyer demanded.
"Lapidus?" Miles asked surprised.
"Miles?" Lapidus asked, equally surprised.
"You two know each other" Charlie asked.
Abby moans begins to grow louder.
"Is she all right" Lapidus asked concerned.
"She's fine" Brad answered.
"No, she's not" Ali declared.
They look down to see a puddle near Abby's feet.
"My water just broke" Abby announced.
"Oh god! We need to count the contractions. One sugar-plum fairy, two sugar-plum fairy…"
"Charlie, this is serious" Claire said.
"Look everyone just needs to calm down" Miles said.
Suddenly Frank's phone starts beeping.
"Why is it doing that" Ali asked worried.
"Keamy is on his way" Frank answered.
"You have got to be kidding me" Sawyer said.
"Our luck can't be that bad" Charlie said.
"You guys got to hide right now. If Keamy sees you he'll kill all of you. Go! Hide! Just hide!" Frank shouted.
Without another word they ran into some bushes. Brad helped Ali with Abby. They watched as Keamy and some of his men showed up. All they could do was pray they didn't find them.
Preview:
Abby giving birth.
"Push Abby, I can see the head" Ali announced.
Megan punching Keamy in the face.
Natalie and Ari getting in the life boat with Dan to head for the freighter.
Brad holding a baby in his arms.
"She's perfect."
