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Lyrics: Open Your Eyes by Snow Patrol

Chapter 14-Open You Eyes

"All this feels strange and untrue

And I won't waste a minute without you

My bones ache, my skin feels cold

And I'm getting so tired and so old

The anger swells in my guts

And I won't feel these slices and cuts

I want so much to open your eyes

Cause I need you to look into mine"

"No!" M'Lynn screamed as she watched Ethan fall to the ground, at least four prominent gun shot wounds showing on his chest.

M'Lynn charged Charlie and knocked him to the ground. Once on top of him she punched him as hard as she could, her hand colliding violently with his nose. His hands raced up to protect his face and he dropped his gun.

M'Lynn grabbed it and jumped to her feet pointing the gun at him, "Why?" she yelled desperately, "Why did you do it?"

Charlie just looked at her, blood running freely from his nose.

"M'Lynn, what are you doing?" she heard.

The rain was so loud M'Lynn had to search for who was speaking to her. She finally found Jack standing to her side. The water clouded her eyes making it difficult to see his face.

M'Lynn turned back to Charlie, "We needed him!" she yelled over the rain. "He could have told us about them."

"He was crazy!" Charlie finally spoke.

"So we shoot him? Maybe I think you're a little crazy Charlie, should I shoot you?"

M'Lynn held her gun closer to Charlie's chest. She noticed Jack take a step closer to her but she ignored him.

"You're not going to shoot me." Charlie stated, but M'Lynn could tell that he was nervous. "I used all of the bullets."

"Did you?" M'Lynn countered, "By my count there is still one left."

M'Lynn and Charlie stared at each other for a moment. M'Lynn knew that none of the others would shoot her to stop her from killing Charlie. She had proven herself valuable since they had crashed and Charlie hadn't. Jack might try to stop her, but he would do so without hurting her.

Finally she lowered the gun.

"You're a fool." She spat at Charlie before walking over to Ethan and kneeling next to him.

Despite the cleansing rain, the water around him ran red. His empty eyes stared up at her and she raised a gentle hand to close them.

She was thankful for the rain; it hid the tears that were running down her face. No one there could have understood why she was crying. Ethan had been her last chance of getting to Ben. There was no way that Jack or the others would let her leave now. If she was to disappear into the jungle they would be sure to come after her.

M'Lynn cried harder. Here she was, so close to the man she loved, but she felt powerless to do anything about it.

"M'Lynn?" Sayid asked keeping his distance.

M'Lynn ran her hands over her face trying to wipe her emotions away. She stood and turned towards everyone. None of them noticed her pocket the key she'd found around Ethan's neck. She walked past everyone else and went to Charlie.

"You bury him." She demanded before leaving them all in the rain.

"Get up, get out, get away from these liars

Cause they don't get your soul or your fire Instant Song Lyrics

Take my hand, knot your fingers through mine

And we'll walk from this dark room for the last time

Every minute from this minute now

We can do what we like anywhere

I want so much to open your eyes

Cause I need you to look into mine"

"You okay?" Jack asked the next day.

"I'm fine." M'Lynn lied. "Why do you ask?"

"You were pretty upset yesterday. Was is because you were so close to Ethan or because you found out that he was one of them?"

M'Lynn sighed. Jack had never forgotten when he caught Ethan and Mel together in the jungle. She glanced across the beach to where Charlie was talking to Claire.

"What I felt for Ethan doesn't matter. It's Charlie. He ruined our one chance to find out about these other people. Since when is our fate being determined by a drug addict?"

"He just wanted to protect Claire. He wasn't thinking."

"Clearly." M'Lynn scoffed.

Jack looked at her, "You're acting like Ethan didn't kill two of us and kidnap Claire. You're acting like he didn't deserve to die."

"You're girl Kate murdered someone, should we take her into the jungle and shoot her as well?"

Jack shook his head, "That's different."

"Is it? So what makes Ethan different from Kate?"

"His act was malicious."

"You don't know that Jack. He could have had a reason."

"Are you defending him?"

"I'm just saying that he may have been doing what he felt needed to be done."

"For what purpose?" Jack asked in disbelief.

M'Lynn looked out over the ocean, surprised that Jack could be so blind, "For the same thing we have been fighting for since we crashed here, survival."

"Tell me that you'll open your eyes"