Here's the next chapter. It was originally going to be a Skye centric, but that will be next chapter. This chapter focuses on the people in 2007. The centric characters are Demelza and Davina Reed, and they get four flashbacks between them coz there's two of them. Anyway, enjoy! I don't own Lost.
A twelve year old Demelza opened her eyes in the middle of the night to see her mother standing in front of her bed.
'Mum?' she asked quietly. 'Mum?'
'Demelza,' her mother, Winter, said.
'Mum? What's going on?'
'Don't be afraid, Mel,' her mum said.
Demelza was getting scared. What was going on?
'Mum, you're scaring me,' she confessed.
'I'm sorry, Demelza. I love you.'
And just like that her mother disappeared. What was going on?
Demelza got out of bed and ran down to her mother's room. The light was on. She opened the door and saw the shadow first. She screamed as she saw her mother hanging by a rope around her neck.
What was going on? She had just seen her mother thirty seconds ago.
'Sorry, Mel,' a voice said. Turning she saw her mother in the doorway. Looking in between the figure in the doorway and the dead person in the middle of the room, she thought she understood.
Was she seeing ghosts?
--
'Miranda?' Annalise asked.
'What's going on?' Davina asked.
'She's staring at the bigger island,' she explained.
'Miranda?' Demelza asked.
'Yes?' Miranda said.
'Why are you staring at the other island?'
'You can see me now?'
'No. Lynnie just told me what you were doing.'
She considered answering, but suddenly someone yelled.
'Can I get everybody's attention?!' Lapidus yelled.
'Who does he think he is?' Jacqui muttered. 'Jacob?'
Madison and Megan tried to maintain straight faces as the three women followed Ben into the jungle.
'Everybody, please!' Lapidus yelled. 'Listen up, folks! Here's where we're at. The radio's dead, so I haven't been able to call in our situation. But that's all right. Soon as they figure out we're not where we're supposed to be, they'll come looking for us. So best thing to do right now is just stick together. Stick together, hunker down and just wait till help gets here.'
'And where is here?' Jonas demanded. 'What is this place?'
'I don't know where "here" is because this island's not on my charts.'
'Really?' Kyle asked.
'Really.'
'I doubt that,' Addison said. 'Because there are some buildings over there and animal cages. Down the beach, you can see a bigger island across the water. So maybe you should get some new charts.'
'Right now, I'm just trying to keep everyone here safe. So let's gather up some firewood.'
'If he wants to wait, let him! I say we search these buildings! Maybe they have a radio or some food! Who wants to help me?'
Sun had ignored the conversation and had followed Ben, Madison, Megan and Jacquilyn into the jungle. Jacquilyn quietly doubled back around her.
'Why are you following us?' she asked. Sun turned around as Megan, Madison and Ben walked into the open.
'Where are you going?' Sun asked.
'Back to our Island,' Ben said. 'You wanna come?'
--
'Are you finding this as ridiculous as I am?' Alex asked.
'What, being here on this island after three years, or doing this for Richard?' Ursula asked.
'Both.'
'Yeah, I find it pretty ridiculous. You know that woman that was with Ben, Maddie and Megan?' Alex nodded. 'Who was she? I've never seen her before.'
'Serious?' Ursula nodded. 'Well, I guess she left the island just a couple months before you came. Her name's Jacquilyn Alpert. She's Richards' sister. Also Gabe and Jacqui have been in a relationship for, like, ever.'
'God, I never knew that.'
'Well it's true.'
--
'Wait!' Sun called, trying to catch up to the four people who were walking fast.
'I'm sorry, Sun, but waiting doesn't interest me much right now,' Ben said. 'There are four outriggers near here and I'm gonna take one. So you can come along and help us row, or you can stay here. Frankly, it makes no difference to me.'
'Why are you leaving?' she asked.
'Why are you staying?' Megan asked.
'Better question, why are you even following us?' Jacqui said. She was ignored.
'The main Island... is that where Jin is?' Sun asked.
'Honestly, we don't know. But that's where I'd start looking.'
'Sun!' Lapidus yelled, running through the jungle.
'Over here,' she called.
'You had to say something?' Madison said.
'Hello, Frank,' Ben said when Lapidus caught up.
'I got worried when I couldn't find you. I saw him leaving. What are you doing out here?' Lapidus said.
'Ben knows where there's a boat. I'm going back to the main Island with him,' Sun said.
'You don't think you can really trust this guy, do you?'
'I have to trust him.'
--
'You wanna remind me why the hell we're doing this?' Lapidus asked Sun as they got on the dock. A few hours before hand Sun had knocked Ben out with a gun, and threatened to kill Megan if the other woman made a move. They hadn't, so she left with Frank.
'Ben said if my husband is on the Island, the best place to start looking for him is here,' Sun explained.
'Oh, I see, that's some advice you took before you whacked him in the head.'
The two walked in silence to the Barracks.
'I'm sorry to say, Sun, but... I don't think we're gonna find your husband here. Maybe we ought to just head back,' Frank said, breaking their silence when they both saw the ruins the Barracks were in.
Sun ignored him and looked to where a door opened, a man walking out.
'Hello,' he said.
'Who the hell are you?' Frank asked.
'My name's Christian.'
'I'm looking for my husband. His name is Jin Kwon. Do you know where he is?' Sun asked.
'Follow me.'
The two cautiously followed him inside.
'What is this place?' Sun asked.
''72... '76, '78...' Christian muttered to himself as he looked through the photos on the wall.
'Where is my husband?' Sun demanded.
'Here we go. '77. He's, uh... he's with your friends,' he added, showing her the photo.
'What are you talking about? What friends?'
A look of recognition crossed her face as she looked at the photo.
'I'm sorry, but you have a bit of a journey ahead of you,' Christian said.
--
Later that night, Megan, Madison and Jacquilyn leant against the wall, their eyes widening when they saw who sat down next to Ben's makeshift bed, and watched as he slept.
'Ben,' Locke said. Ben stirred awake and his eyes widened too as he sat up. 'Hello, Ben. Welcome back to the land of the living.'
'My God. You're alive,' Ben said.
'Yes, I am.'
'How the Hell did you manage that, John?' Megan asked, making the three women's presence known.
'I knew that this would happen,' Ben said.
'Then why are you so surprised to see me?' Locke said.
'Because it's one thing to believe it, John. It's another thing to see it.'
'Then why were you trying to run away to the main Island?'
'I broke the rules, John. I came back to the Island. I was going to answer for what I'd done. I was going back... to be judged.'
'You have got to be kidding me,' Jacquilyn muttered.
'Judged? By whom?'
'Ben, you can't do this,' Megan said.
'I have to, Megan. John, we don't even have a word for it, but I believe you call it the Monster.'
--
'Water?' Raven said, sitting down next to Cass.
'Thank you,' she said, taking a drink. 'When do you reckon rescue's coming, Saffron?'
'I swear, you may be my boss, but I will knock your head off your shoulders if you call me Saffron one more time,' she warned. 'I don't know when rescue will come.'
'Hopefully soon,' Corey said, sitting down.
'Why were you on that flight, Corey?' Cass asked.
'Friends of mine wanted me to do God knows what with them. You?'
'my mother needs my help,' she said. 'Raven was coming with me to help.'
Lie. Corey could tell she was lying. Not about Raven coming to help, but about her mother. So why was she really on the flight?
--
'What's in the crate?' Amanda asked curiously as she walked past Addison, Logan, Illana, Bram, Jonas and Kyle.
'Just some stuff we need to get moved,' Addison said.
'Really?' she said.
'You doubt me?'
'I'm just curious. Need any help?'
'No, thanks,' Logan smiled at her. 'We've got it under control.'
--
Ben, Megan, Madison, Alex, Ursula and Jacquilyn were sitting in Ben's old office, when Locke walked in.
'So this is your old office, huh?' Locke said. 'I never pictured you leading your people from behind a desk. It seems a little corporate.'
'Was there something that you needed, John?' Ben asked.
'Well, Ben, I was hoping that you and I could talk about the elephant in the room.'
'I assume you're referring to the fact that I killed you.'
'Yeah.'
The other five people watched and waited for his answer.
'It was the only way to get you back to the Island, along with as many of those who left as possible. You do remember, John – that's why you left in the first place, to convince them to come back? But you failed. And the only way to bring them together was by your death, and you understood that. It's why you were about to kill yourself when I stopped you.'
'If all I had to do was die, Ben, they why did you stop me?'
'You had critical information that would've died with you. And once you'd given it to me... well, I just didn't have time to talk you back into hanging yourself. So I took a shortcut. And look at you, John. I was right. You're here. You're back. So are the rest of them. I don't know where yet exactly, but they came. It worked. And that's why I did it, because it was in the best interests of the Island.'
'I was just hoping for an apology,' he paused. 'I've decided to help you, Ben.'
'Help me do what?'
'Do what you say you are on your way to do. Be judged.'
The others all looked surprised. Why would he want to see that?
'That's not something you want to see, John.'
'If everything you've done has been in the best interests of the Island... then I'm sure the Monster will understand.'
--
The next morning Amanda walked up to Locke.
'I'm coming with you,' she announced.
'I'm sorry?' Locke said.
'I know you, Ben, Megan, Madison, Ursula, Alex and that other woman are going back to that island, and I want to come with you.'
'Okay, then. Come.'
'Thank you.'
Ben, Madison, Megan, Jacquilyn, Ursula and Alex walked over.
'Let's go,' Locke said to them all.
'Hey!' Addison and Caesar shouted in unison, a group of people walking over with them. Shawn, Logan and Tasha were in that group.
'What are you doing?' Addison demanded.
'We're taking a boat,' Locke said matter-of-factly.
'Where?' Logan asked.
'Over to the main Island,' Amanda said.
'I don't think so,' Caesar said.
'Are these your boats?' Amanda asked. 'Didn't think so. We're taking one.'
'Logan,' Addison said, as if telling him to do something.
He nodded sadly and pointed his gun at Amanda. Amanda looked shocked for a minute before whipping out her own gun and pointing it straight back at him.
No one dared to breathe as the two lovers faced off.
--
'So you're a clairvoyant?' the police officer questioned.
'Yes, I am,' a twenty three year old Demelza said, hating what she was about to do. Why was she doing this? First pretending to be a woman by the name Winter Espana, and then lying about something as important as this? What kind of person was she becoming?
'And if you can talk to the ghost of Harley, you will be able to determine whether or not Davina Reed killed her?'
'Yes.'
'Then do your stuff,' she said. Demelza nodded and walked into the room where the man, Harley, had been murdered by her sister. She couldn't believe what she was about to do to save her sister.
'Harley,' Demelza said.
'Who are you?' a ghost said, appearing.
'My name is Winter Espana. Who murdered you?'
'Her name was Davina Reed.'
Demelza didn't react. 'You don't know. So her name wasn't Davina Reed?'
'Yes, it was Davina,' he said.
'Just some person who broke into the house?'
'It was Davina!'
'Okay. Thank you for your time. I'm sorry for what happened.'
'It was Davina!' he yelled as she left.
She walked out of the room with the police officer.
'He said someone broke in and was stealing some stuff. He tried to defend himself, and the person shot him. He said it wasn't Davina Reed, though.'
'That's what the other clairvoyant said,' she nodded.
'Who was the other clairvoyant?'
'Her name was Annalise Jenkins. It seems, seeing as we didn't have enough evidence anyway, apart from the word of Harley's sister, that, thanks to you, Winter, and Annalise, we will be able to release Miss Reed. Thank you for your help.'
'No problem,' she murmured. She had just gotten her sister out of life imprisonment, but she didn't feel happy.
--
Everyone watched the two point their guns at each other.
'Drop your gun, Amanda,' Logan said. 'Or I will shoot,' he added, hating what he had to do.
'How about you drop yours, Logan?' she asked, not believing that he would shoot her.
'Just shoot her, Logan,' Addison said, as if giving him an order. His finger didn't go over the trigger. 'Shoot her, or I will.'
Logan quickly thought. If he didn't shoot her, Addison would, and would go for the head or heart, meaning she'd kill her. But if he shot her in the arm, which would save her life, Amanda would hate him.
He made his decision.
'Logan,' Addison said.
Regrettably he put his finger on the trigger and shot at Amanda, whose eyes widened. Quick as a flash Addison pulled her trigger too, making it go for the heart.
In a split second Alex jumped in the air in front of Amanda, the bullets hitting her.
Megan, Madison, Ursula and Jacquilyn all dropped down next to her, putting pressure on her wounds.
'Step away from the boat,' Addison said, seemingly unconcerned by the fact that she just shot Alex.
'No. I'm not gonna step away from the boat. I'm gonna take it, and you're gonna let me,' Locke said.
'You're not taking anything,' Caesar said, reaching into his bag for his gun.
'You looking for this?' Ben asked, shooting him dead.
'She's dead,' Megan announced, a tear falling from her eye. Amanda got a murderous expression on her face and she lunged for Addison, tackling her to the ground.
She punched her in the face.
'Need I remind you that I have a gun?' Addison asked. Amanda's eyes widened and she tried to get the gun out of her grip. As the two women struggled the trigger was pulled.
'Amanda!' Shawn, Tasha and Logan all exclaimed at once.
'Addison!' Kyle and Jonas exclaimed at the same time as the other three.
The five of them ran forward, just as Amanda got up.
'You okay?' Shawn asked her.
'Yeah, fine,' she said, glowering at Logan.
'These people,' Ben said, gesturing to Megan, Madison, Jacquilyn, Ursula, Tasha, Shawn, Samantha and Amanda. 'And I are taking a boat. Does anyone else have a problem with that?'
One by one most of the group of them walked away, Logan after a long look at Amanda.
'Consider that my apology,' Ben said to Locke, throwing him the gun. He kneeled down in front of Alex and closed her eyes, before kissing her forehead. He followed the others into the boat.
'I want to come,' Davina exclaimed suddenly, following them, with Corey, Annalise and Demelza behind her.
They all looked at Ben.
'Fine. Then come.'
--
A few hours later the group of them got to the dock.
'Home sweet home,' Madison smiled at Jacquilyn.
'Looks like we're not the first ones who decided to tie up here,' Locke said, nodding his head towards the other boat.
'That would be Sun and Lapidus. I showed them where the boats were, and Sun thanked me by smashing me on the head with a gun,' Ben said.
'Oh. Is she the one that hurt your arm? I noticed you were favoring it on the way over.'
'No. Someone else hurt my arm.'
'You just make friends everywhere you go, don't you?' Tasha asked.
'Well, I've found sometimes that friends can be significantly more dangerous than enemies.'
'Is that why you shot an unarmed man in the chest?' Locke asked.
'The man was unarmed because I'd stolen his gun – the gun he was going to use to kill you. I couldn't let that happen.'
'No sense in me dying twice, right?'
'You're welcome.'
The group of them walked in relative silence on the way to the Barracks.
On the way Tasha put her hand in Shawn's. He looked at her.
'I'm sorry she's dead,' she murmured quietly.
'So am I,' he sighed.
'So am I,' Samantha, who had been walking with Amanda, said, walking beside Shawn. 'She was nice.'
Shawn smiled at the young girl as she put her hand in the one Tasha's wasn't in. Tasha smiled.
'We're going to your old house, aren't we?' Locke asked Ben.
'Yes. It's the only place I can summon it... the "monster." Once it arrives, I'll either be forgiven... or I won't.'
'I think you're lying,' Locke said suddenly.
'Lying about what?'
'That you want to be judged for leaving the Island and coming back because it's against the rules. I don't think you care about rules.'
'Then what do I want to be judged for, John?'
'For killing your daughter,' he said. Megan stopped in her tracks.
'How dare you!' she exclaimed.
'Megan,' Ursula, Madison, Jacquilyn and Ben all said in warning.
She shot Locke a look of disdain and opened her mouth, but Amanda cut her off.
'Guys,' she said. 'We're here.'
They all looked to see they were there, and they walked towards Ben's house.
'So whose idea was it to move into these houses?' Shawn asked.
'Excuse me?' Jacquilyn said.
'Well, your people were living in the jungle. And then after you murdered the DHARMA people, you relocated here. I just wondered if it was your idea,' Locke said.
'Do you disapprove?'
'It just doesn't seem like something the Island would want.'
'You don't have the first idea what this Island wants.'
'Are you sure about that?'
They kept walking and saw a light go on in a house.
'What the Hell?' Davina asked.
'That was your house, wasn't it?' Tasha asked.
'Yes, and that's Alex's room,' Ben said.
'Well, I suppose you better go over there and check it out,' Locke said.
--
Ben walked in the house cautiously. He walked to Alex's room and opened the door.
'Sun?' he asked.
'What are you doing here?' Lapidus asked.
'This used to be my house. I saw a light turned on. What are the two of you doing in here?' Ben said.
Sun passed Ben the photo.
'That was taken in 1977,' she said.
'Are you trying to tell me that your friends were in the DHARMA Initiative?'
'You don't know about this?'
'Of course not. Where did you get this? Who gave this to you?'
'We met some crazy old man outside. He said his name was Christian. He told us to come in here and wait,' Lapidus said.
'Wait for what?'
'He said if I ever wanted to see my husband again, I had to wait here for John Locke,' Sin said.
'But considering he's dead, we ain't holding our breath,' Lapidus added.
'Well, you might want to look outside,' Ben said. The two looked out the window to see the other group, Locke in the middle of them. He waved at them.
--
'What you're saying, it's... impossible,' Sun said to Locke, ten minutes later.
'Impossibility is something I've grown used to on this island, so this is nothing,' Tasha said.
'I don't know how, I don't know why, but I'm sure there's a very good reason for it,' Locke said to Sun.
'As long as the dead guy says there's a reason, well, then I guess everything's gonna be just peachy,' Miranda said sarcastically.
'Says you,' Annalise and Demelza murmured in unison.
'forget about the fact that the rest of your people are supposedly 30 years ago... now the only ones who are here to help us are a murderer and a guy who can't seem to remember how the hell he got out of a coffin. Sun, Tasha, Shawn, Amanda, Demelza, Corey, Davina, Annalise, please, let's just go back to the plane, see if I can fix the radio, and maybe we can get some help,' Lapidus said.
'If you leave with him, you'll never find your husband again. I'm all the help you need,' Locke said to Sun.
'Are you saying you know how to find them? How to find Jin?' Sun asked.
'I have some ideas.'
'I'm sorry to say, but I'm leaving with or without you,' Lapidus said.
'If there's any chance of finding my husband, then I have to stay,' Sun said.
He nodded and turned to the others. 'What about the rest of you?'
'I'm staying,' Amanda said. 'The only person I trusted back there tried to shoot me a few hours ago.'
'I'm staying,' Tasha said. 'I have to find my cousin.'
'I'm staying,' Shawn said. 'I don't trust anyone on the other island.'
'I'm staying,' Corey said. 'My sister's somewhere on this island.'
'I'm staying,' Annalise said. 'Coz I can.'
'I'm staying,' Davina said. 'Really sounds like fun.'
'I'm staying,' Demelza said. 'Vina stays, I stay. Simple as that.'
All right,' Lapidus said. 'Well, for God sake, all of you watch your back.'
They nodded before he left.
'How do we find Jin?' Sun asked Locke.
'Ben has something to do first. Isn't that right, Ben?' Locke said.
'Yes, John. That's right,' Ben said.
'Better get to it then.'
--
'Where did John go?' Ben said half an hour later, walking out.
'He said he had something to do,' Tasha said. 'I will never understand him.'
'Did he say what it was?'
'No, I didn't ask. Jack must have lied,' Sun said.
'Excuse me?'
'About Locke being dead. I don't know why he would, but that's the only explanation.'
'Jack didn't lie. John was dead.'
'Just because he was in a coffin doesn't mean that he couldn't have faked his dea-' Shawn argued before getting cut off.
'Trust me. I'm sure.'
'So you knew this would happen to Locke if we brought him back here?'
'Sun, I had no idea it would happen. I've seen this Island do miraculous things. I've seen it heal the sick, but never once has it done anything like this. Dead is dead. You don't get to come back from that, not even here. So the fact that John Locke is walking around this Island... scares the living hell out of me. You may all want to go inside,' he added.
'Why?'
'Because what's about to come out of that jungle is something I can't control.'
'Any luck?' Locke said from behind them.
'It hasn't shown up yet.'
'Last time we didn't have to wait this long.'
'It's not a train, John,' Madison said. 'It doesn't run on a schedule.'
'Well, if it's not gonna come to us, then... I suppose we'll have to go to it.'
'It doesn't work that way. I only know how to summon it. I don't know where it actually is.'
'You could've just asked, Ben,' Jacquilyn said. 'Coz I do.'
--
'How the Hell do you know where you are going?' Ursula asked twenty-five minutes later.
'I used to come here regularly,' Jacquilyn said.
'Why?'
'Because I could.'
'We should keep moving,' Amanda said.
'Yes, we should.'
'I think I know where we're going now, Jacquilyn,' Ben said.
'Do you?' Locke asked.
'It's the same place they brought me as a child. It's where the Island healed me.'
'Well... let's hope it's as generous this time around.'
'What is it?' Corey asked, looking at the wall they had just approached.
'It's the wall around our Temple.'
'You lot have a Temple?' Annalise asked. 'God. What don't you have?'
'Where is it?' Davina asked. 'The Temple?'
'About a half mile from here,' Megan said. 'We built this wall to keep people like the two of you from ever seeing it.'
'We're not going into your Temple, Ben. We're going under it,' Locke said.
'And how'd you know that, John?' Jacquilyn asked.
'I just know.'
--
'Captain Lapidus!' Cass yelled, running down the beach when she saw Lapidus approach the island on the boat. 'Captain Lapidus! You're back. Thank God. They found guns.'
'What are you talking about?' Lapidus asked. 'Who found guns?'
'Illana and four of the others. They said they were in charge now.'
'Where are they?'
--
'What's going on?' Lapidus demanded after being showed where they were.
'What lies in the shadow of the statue?' Jonas asked.
'What?'
'Answer the damn question!' Logan exclaimed. 'What lies in the shadow of the statue?'
'I have no idea what the-'
He was cut off when Illana pistol-whipped him in the face, making him fall to the ground.
'Get everyone else,' she said to Kyle. 'Tell them it's time. And tie him up. He's coming with us.'
--
Half an hour after Locke and Ben had gone under the Temple, both of them came out.
'What happened?' Megan asked.
'It let me live,' Ben said to them.
--
'Dan, what are you doing?' Demelza asked as she saw her foster brother rush around the room.
'I'm going to Sydney, Mel,' he said.
'Why?' Davina asked.
'Because my father's there,' he said.
'Your father?' Mel asked in surprise.
'Yes, Demelza. My father.'
'Sydney?' she said, feeling a strange sense of dread.
'Yes, Sydney. Why do you ask?'
She looked at him seriously. 'Don't.'
'I'm going, Mel.'
'No! Don't you dare go! You can't do this to us Daniel!'
'Why the Hell not?!'
'Because something bad will happen if you do. People will die.'
'Oh my God, not your annoying "all-knowing" crap again,' he groaned.
'They will die, Daniel.'
'Who will die?'
'I don't know. But some people you love will be put in danger and some will die.'
'People I love? Like who?'
'A Hispanic woman. A red head. A green eyed man.'
'Right…'
'You can't go.'
'Newsflash, I am. And you can't stop me. You're not right about this, this time, Demelza,' he said before walking out.
--
Richard was sitting in a tent, building a ship in a bottle. He didn't look up as a shadow was cast over him.
'You actually have enough patience for that?' Nick said. 'He's here, by the way.'
Richard immediately stood up and walked out of the tent to see Locke walking into their camp, a boar over his shoulders.
'I brought dinner,' he said before setting the boar in the sand.
'John?' he said.
'Hello, Richard. It's been a while,' Locke said.
'Not long enough,' Jacquilyn added, walking onto the beach too. Richard looked at her in shock.
'Jacquilyn?'
'Richard,' she smiled at him as the others followed her out onto the beach.
'It's been three years. What happened? What – where were you?' Richard asked Locke.
'I'll explain on the way,' Locke said.
'On the way where?'
'It does gonna be night soon. You and I have an errand to run, and we don't have a lot of time.'
'What's he doing here?' Richard asked, looking at Ben.
'He helped me get back.'
'Why did Locke say these were his people?' Sun softly asked Megan.
'When we left the Island, John stepped in. He's the leader now,' Megan answered quietly.
'Who's that man he's talking to?'
'His name is Richard Alpert. He's a kind of... adviser. And he has had that job for a very, very long time.'
Sun walked over to Richard and Locke.
'Were you here in 1977?' Sun asked.
'Excuse me?' Richard asked. She took out the photo and showed it to him.
'These people... Jack Shephard, Kate Austen, Hugo Reyes. They were here with my husband--Jin Kwon. Were you here? Do you remember them? Any of them?' she asked.
'Yes, I was here 30 years ago. And I do. I remember these people. I remember meeting them very clearly, because... I watched them all die.'
--
Sun sat on the beach, fingering her wedding ring.
'Water?' Locke asked, sitting down next to her.
'Do you think it's true? They're all dead?' Sun asked him.
'I don't think we went through all this for nothing, Sun.'
'I'm ready, John,' Richard said, walking over.
'You still have that compass I gave you?'
'A little rusty, but she can still find north.'
'Ben, I'd appreciate it if you'd join us,' Locke called over to where Ben was.
'What, John, don't you trust me here with my former people? Afraid I'll stage a coup?' Ben asked.
'I'm not afraid of anything you can do anymore, Ben.'
'Well, in that case, I'd love to come.'
Locke turned to Sun. 'Stay here. We'll be back in a couple of hours. I'll see what I can find out. But whatever happens, Sun, you have my word, if there's a way for you and Jin to be together again, if there's a way to save our people... I'll find it.'
--
Jacquilyn sat with Megan, Madison, Andrew and Ursula in the sand.
'Ursula,' Brent said, walking over with Gabe behind him.
'You're back from hunting then,' Andrew said.
'Yeah,' Gabe said. 'Where's Richard?'
'He went into the jungle with Ben and Locke,' Jacqui said. 'Top secret, apparently.'
Gabe looked at her in shock. 'Jacqui…'
She stood up. 'Gabriel,' she smiled hugging him.
'You're back,' he said softly into her hair. Everyone else walked away to give them privacy.
'Yeah. Finally,' she added.
'I'm glad.'
'So am I,' she said, moving her head back and kissing his lips.
--
'So, John... you ready to tell me where you've been the last three years?' Richard asked as they walked.
'You really don't know?' Locke said in surprise.
'Well, I know that on the day that Ben here turned the wheel, you and I were sitting on a log. There was a bright light. There was a loud noise, and then you just... you disappeared.'
'Well, Richard, you're just about to see where I disappeared to. And after we're finished with that, I'd like you to take me to see Jacob.'
Ben and Richard stopped suddenly.
'That's not how it works, John,' Ben said.
'Is that true, Richard? Is this gonna be a problem?'
'You just got back, John. There's no reason to rush into-'
'I am the leader now. Right?'
'Yes, John. That's right,' he sighed.
'Good. Then I would like you to take me to Jacob. Can you do that?'
'Yeah, of course.'
'Fantastic. Let's keep moving. We're almost to the plane.'
'What plane?' Ben asked.
'It's a Beechcraft used to smuggle heroin,' Locke said as they made it to the edge of the clearing. 'Flew out of Nigeria, crashed here. All right, Richard, listen very carefully because you're only gonna have about three minutes to get this right.'
'Get what right?'
'A man's about to walk out of the jungle. He's been shot in the leg. You'll need this to get the bullet out,' he passed him a bag.
'I'm sorry, John. I'm not-'
'Now just listen. This is the important part. You're gonna need to tell him that he has to bring everyone who left back to the Island. And when he asks how to do that... You tell him he's gonna have to die.'
At that moment a man limped into the clearing.
'Who is that man, John?' Ben asked.
'Me.'
-- Tasha sat in the sand with Sammy and Shawn, the three of them looking out into the ocean silently. 'Excuse me?' a young Spanish voice said. 'Natasha Santos?' Tasha turned her head and her eyes widened. 'Amy,' she said softly, looking at the fifteen year old girl. She got up slowly. Amy smiled widely at her and hugged her tightly, tears escaping her eyes. 'Mummy,' Sammy interrupted the moment. 'Who's that?' Tasha stopped hugging her younger sister and took Sammy's hand as she knelt down. 'Sammy, this is your aunt Amy,' she introduced. 'Amy, this is my daughter, Samantha.' 'Hi Samantha,' she smiled widely. 'Hi Amy,' Sammy said shyly. Amy's eyes moved past her sister and niece to Shawn. She turned back to her sister and spoke in Spanish. 'Are you, by any chance, with that guy?' she asked. 'Possibly,' she smiled, also talking in Spanish. 'He's cute,' she said, still in Spanish as she eyed him. 'Bitch!' she exclaimed jokingly in Spanish. 'Stay away from him,' she laughed. 'He's mine.' Amy laughed along with her sister. 'I really hate it when you speak Spanish,' Shawn said.'Everyone!' Jacquilyn yelled suddenly to the people on the beach. 'Listen up! The almighty leader wishes to speak to everyone!'
Everyone turned at her outburst and looked at Locke.
'Hello, everyone,' he said. 'My name is John Locke. I've been told that for some time, you all have been accepting orders from a man named Jacob. And yet, oddly enough, it seems that no one has actually seen him. Now I'm sure there are very good reasons why his existence and whereabouts are secret. I just don't know what they are. And to be honest with all of you, if there's a man telling us what to do, I want to know who he is.
'This man, Jacob?' Sun said. 'Can he tell us how to bring Jin and the rest of our people back here?'
'Absolutely. Richard has agreed to show us where we need to go. So I'm gonna go and see Jacob right now. And I'd like all of you to come with me.'
They all began nodding and murmuring amongst themselves.
'I'm starting to think John Locke is gonna be trouble,' Richard murmured.
'Why do you think I tried to kill him?' Ben said.
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A twenty three year old Davina tried not to punch the man out as he looked her up and down, stopping for a lot longer then necessary at her chest. She walked over to him, smiling coyly, only because she had to. After all, he was the only person who had access to the room she needed to go to in the hotel.
'Like what you see?' she asked seductively.
'Oh, yeah,' he nodded, smirking slightly.
He was making this extremely easy on her.
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Davina kissed the man back as they got into room 423. As soon as the door was closed she pushed him onto the bed and took a gun from in her knee high boot, pointing it at him.
'What's the combination to the safe?' she asked calmly.
'What the Hell?' he said, confused.
'The combination to the safe.'
'What safe?' he feigned innocence.
'You know which one, so tell me the combination, or so help me I will kill you,' she said calmly.
His eyes widened. '23-15-4,' he said quickly.
'Thank you,' she said, walking forward and pistol-whipping him in the face, watching as he fell unconscious.
She walked over to the painting of a ship on the wall and removed it, going for the safe behind it.
'23…15…4,' she murmured as she did each part of the combination. She opened it and looked inside.
There was a folder with the words "The Island" on the front of it, another folder with the words "Benjamin Linus", another with the words "Oceanic Flight 815"… hang on. Wasn't that the flight that Dan had taken? The one that crashed?
In the safe there was also a diamond necklace, which is what her employer wanted for some reason. She couldn't resist though. She grabbed the three files, and the necklace. She looked around the room to see a computer, with a fax machine next to it. Thank God. She took all the documents out of the files and faxed them to herself. After fifteen minutes of that she had done them all and she placed the three files back in the safe. She would've taken them with her, but her employer would have known that she hadn't followed her precise orders. Suddenly she heard the sound of people in the hallway, trying to break down the door. Looking out the window she saw that there were police cars. Crap. They knew she was here. She closed the safe and put the 150 carat diamond necklace around her neck. She went back to the window and saw that four storey's below there was a pool, almost directly under her. She had to take the chance.
Davina slipped the short red dress off and took off her heels, climbing through the window. She threw the gun onto the roof above her, as she stood on a small ledge outside the window. She looked below her as the door to the room she had just left burst open. She jumped off the building and dove into the water below. She swam to the side of the pool and climbed out, a hotel worker passing her a white robe. She smiled at him as she put it on, and began to walk out of the hotel. She got out and hailed a taxi, getting herself driven away from the police.
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Dramatic, isn't it? Logan and Addison shoot at Amanda, Alex takes the bullets and dies, Amanda kills Addison in her rage, Caesar tries to kill Locke for it, and Ben kills Caesar to save Locke. And the Amy in this chapter was Tasha's younger sister, who was seen in like two chapters and taken by the Others. But I thought a reunion might be good. And Gabe and Jacqui reunite. Which is nice. And don't you agree the sisters have a pretty interesting past? Demelza lying to keep her sister out of jail, Davina stealing and finding files…
Here's the preview:
'You almost killed me, so excuse me for not trusting you.'
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'I vowed to never become you. And I still ended up doing it.'
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'I really hate her.'
'Yeah, well she hates you too.'
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'She just slapped me for no reason!'
'Oh, sweetheart. I had a reason.'
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'I love you so much.'
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'It's great being a ghost, Dinah,' the teenager said.
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'I see dead people.'
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'Do what you guys do best.'
'She means torture, doesn't she?'
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'Who are you?' Skye asked, moving away from the man.
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'We will kill him. And the girl, while we're at it.'
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Next chapter we're back to the seventies. And most likely won't see the 2007 people until I'm up to the Incident.
Oh, and a poll about the next death(s) is on my authors page. Please vote. It's important.
Oh, and just something I think you might find interesting: Jacob will be seen in flashbacks coming up.
