I'm still having problems with my internet connection, and I'm currently unable to receive e-mail. So if you sent a review, thank you but I haven't been able to read it. I will reply to any old ones as soon as I get it working. Oh, and just so I don't feel like I'm plagiarizing, a couple lines in this were burrowed from the show friends.
FATE
Heros
"Jack!" Shannon called as she ran, carrying Ben at her side. He had just walked out of the tent
when he spotted her running his way. "What's wrong?" He questioned casually as she stopped
infront of him. "I was watching Ben, and Boone came over wanting to talk about something. So
for a little while I was distracted. And then next thing I know he's wondered off into the jungle,
so we went after him. And there was a man standing infront of him. He ran as soon as he saw us.
Boone went after him" She explained quickly as she struggle to catch her breath. "Ok, sit down.
Just try to breath" He instructed. No need for asthma attacks today. "Is he hurt?" he asked,
looking him over. "He doesn't act hurt. But theres blood on his jacket" She explained. Jack looked
him over. A few dusty hand prints lay on the selves of his shirt. "He's alright. Just scared I think"
Jack explained. Shannon nodded, relived. "Should I go tell Claire?" She questioned, pulling
herself off the ground. "No, don't do that" Jack said quickly. Shannon stopped and turned
around. "Why not?" She questioned, a little confused. "Look, Claire's not doing well. She's been
getting sick a lot lately and won't take any medicine. This stress is only going to make it worse"
Jack explained sternly. For a moment Shannon was silent. "Alright. I understand" she agreed, and
scooped Ben up in her arms.
Sun was dragging a heavy bag across the sand. She'd spent most of the morning in the jungle,
finding fruit and eatable plants and was now dragging them back to her tent. "Oh, here. Let me
give you a hand" Michael offered, popping up out of no where. "Oh. Thank you" She smiled up,
but quickly put her head back down. She didn't one any one to spot the red mark that still lay
firmly on her left cheek. She even parted her hair so it covered that side. He took the other side of
the strap, and together they lifted it off the ground. "Man. What have you got in here?" He
questioned. "Food" She answered shortly. "Hope you brought enough for the rest of the class" He
said sarcastically. They reached the tent and dropped it by the fire, witch was extinguished during
the day. She lowered herself onto one of the metal boxes to regain her strength. "Thank you" she
said appreciatively, turning back to him. "No problem" He replied with a smile, and took a seat
beside her. For a moment it was silent. "Excuse me for asking, but shouldn't your husband be
helping you with all this?" He questioned curiously. "Oh, no. Jin refuses to go in the jungle. He says
it is to dangerous" She explained. "But he lets you go?" Michael questioned, a little resentfully. Sun
considered her response for a movement. "It's not his place to tell me what I can or can't do" she
replied, her voice calm and serious. "oh, no. That's not how I meant it. I meant is her alright with
you going out there alone?" Michael corrected himself. Sun nodded, understanding. "No, he's not
happy about it" She explained. "Is that why I haven't sceen you too together in a while?" He asked,
looking back at the tent. "It is one of the reasons" she replied softly. She looked down at the bag
that she'd carried back. "So you've been fighting?" he questioned, trying to confirm his ideas. She
nodded. A small breeze blew by, bringing her hair out with it, and for a moment he noticed the
redness of her cheek. A look of surprise caught his face. "Please tell me that's not what I think it is"
He said in shock. For a moment Sun was confused, then she realized what he was looking at. "What
do you think it is?" She questioned softly, not knowing what else to say.
"Charlie" Claire called, makeing her way over to him. He was kneeling infront of one of the rocks
across from Hurly and Sowyer. Across the surface of the smokey grey rock laid a stack of cards.
"Hey" he grinned up from the five fold in his hands. "What are you boys playing?" She questioned,
kneeling down infront of them. "Slap Jack" Sowyer grinned, using the play on words to full
advantage. " I wanted to use the real thing but, I was out voted" he added with a smirk. "Well,
would you mind if I borrow Charlie for a minute?" She questioned, flashing a little smile his way.
"Go right ahead" Sowyer approved suggestively. Charlie pulled himself to his feet and walked over,
a little distance away. "So, what's the good news?" he questioned with excitement. "Well, Jack
came in to check up on me earlier today, and we found something very interesting about our baby"
She explained teasingly. "Well?!" He asked impatiently. "Well....theres two of them"she answered
with a grin. "Two? As in twins?" he question, to make sure, grinning from ear to ear. Claire
nodded. No words could escape his mouth, so instead he threw his arms around her. "Hey! What
the hell is going on?" Sowyer called from his spot on the ground, secretly feeling left out. "Were
having twins" Charlie explained happily as he plopped back down in his spot. "Well damn. How in
the sam hell did you manage that?" He questioned in disbelief. Charlie shrugged, giving a glance up
at Claire who was standing beside him. "Before we know it this islands going to be swarming with
kids" Sowyer predicted sarchasticly, shaking his head. "Well they won't be coming from me. Three
is quite enough, thank you very much" Clare assured them, kneeling down beside Charlie. "Hold it
right there, if you wanna sit, you gotta play" Sowyer warned. "Alright" she shrugged, and pulled out
five cards from the deck.
"How's he doing?" Sayid questioned softly, sliding into the tent. "Sleeping" She replied, "like
nothing happened." Sayid smiled, glancing down at the one year old curled up at Shannon side. "Has
he said anything?" He questioned, looking back up at her. "He asked for some water and little things
like that, but nothing about what happened" She answered, brushing her hand over Ben's hair as he
slept. "Is he hurt?" Sayid continued to question, scooting a little closer to look over her shoulder.
"Hes got a little scrape on his knee, but jack patched it up" She answered. Sayid now could see the l
little red scrape she was talking about, just below the him of his shorts with a fat square band-aid
pulled across it. "Was Claire upset?" he asked, looking back to her. Shannon looked down silently
for a moment. "She doesn't know" She answered softly. "You mean you didn't tell her?" he
questioned in disbelief. "Jack asked me not to tell her" She explained with a hint of guilt. "Why?" he
looked confused. "Because she's sick. Apparently the hormones are getting to her and he didn't
want to add the stress. But I still think I should tell her" She explained. "Then tell her" he suggested,
finding the answer simple. "But what if she gets worse or passes out or something?" Shannon
protested. "I think she can handle it" Sayid assured. Shannon sighed. "I guess your right" and with
that, she pulled herself off the ground. "I usually am" he nodded with playful agreement. Shannon
shook her head as she walked out the door.
"Are we playing for money or fun?" Kate questioned, looking over the four who were playing cards
at the rocks. "Both. And I'm kicking there ass" Claire grinned. "Mind if I join in?" Kate asked,
plopping down beside her. "Sure" Claire agreed, and pass Kate some cards. "Hell no you can't join.
Bad enough I've got one broad whopping my ass, don't need two of em!" Sowyer protested, his
accent showing strong. "Fine with me. I'll just sit back and watch her whoop your ass then" Kate
grinned teasingly, and dropped her cards back in the pile. "Good" he grumbled, then opened his
cards again. For a while it was silent as they laid there cards down. A jack dropped out of Hurleys
hand and the four went to hit it. Once again, Claire's hand was on bottom. "Jesus Christ. You know,
this is all your fault" Sowyer muttered bitterly, leering at Charlie. "Oh? What ever happened to 'if
you wanna sit, you gotta play'?" he replied accusingly. "Went out the fucking window when
started kicking my ass" Sowyer exclaimed. "I can quit of you want" Claire offered proudly. "The hell
you can! You ain't going no where until I win my money back" Sowyer assured her. "Dude, why
dose it matter. Money isn't going to do shit for you here" Hurly reminded him. "Did I ask you?"
Sowyer said smugly, turning to him. "No..." Hurly answered shortly. "That's what I thought"
Sowyer grinned as he shuffled his cards. "That's what I thought" Hurly mumbled mockingly, "chain-
smoking bastard." this only aided to Sowyer amassment. "Speaking of smoke, how bout wrapping
up another one of those cigarets for your good buddy?" Sowyer questioned, turning to Charlie with
a grin. "You beat this hand I'll make a whole pack" Charlie replied, makeing it interesting. "Well in
that case you better tell your women to back off" Sowyer mumbled teasingly. Charlie glanced over
at Claire, who raised an eye brow at him. "Yeah...right" he huffed sarcastically. Sowyer glared
across the rock as he shuffled the cards once again. "I gotta take a piss. Don't start with out me"
Sowyer announced to no one imparticular as he rose to his feet. " You that scared?" Kate teased,
looking up at him as he passed by. "Bite me" he grumbled back and headed off into the woods.
Charlie tapped his cards on the surface of the rock, Flashing a smile over at Claire. She looked up
from her hands and blushed, returning the favor. "Oh god. Will you two get a room?" Hurly
mumbled with disgust. "Maybe later" Claire grinned, still looking at Charlie. Kate's jaw dropped.
"Hold on a second. Since when did sexual innuendo start popping up in this relationship?" she
questioned in disbelief. Claire looked down, biting her lip a little. Kate shook her head and turned to
Hurly. "Must be the hormones" she concluded. "Dude!" he exclaimed in response. "What did I say?
Hormones?" Kate questioned in confusion. "Yeah. Can we please talk about something else?" he
suggested despretly. "Yeah, lets talk about something else" Claire agreed, a little embarrassed. Kate
sighed uncomfortably as the silence continued. "Hormones" she whispered in a ghostly-imitating
voice. "Cut it out!" Hurly demanded with a cringe. Kate and Claire both giggled. "Dude, dosent this
bother you?" He questioned, turning to Charlie. "Are you kidding? Pregnancy hormones are great!
Much better than period hormones any way" He explained casually. "Dude! Gross!" Hurly
exclaimed, and shook his head with disprovement. "Oh, chill out" Kate muttered teasingly. "Alright,
I'm back" Sowyer announced from behind. "Can I play now?" Kate questioned, looking up at him as
he crossed behind her. "Fine" he grinned, "your money's mine freckles." He continued to smirk as he
made his way over to his seat. "Your fly's open, red neck" She teased in response, imitating his
voice. He looked down, and quickly tunned to zip up. He plopped down and picked up his cards.
Shannon stood just outside the jungle, stareing into the trees. She had a bright pink Shaw wrapped
around her, the thin tank top and cut off shorts not doing much good to keep warm. Sayid walked
up beside her, studying the worried look on her face. "He's not back yet" She whispered, without
looking at him. "He will be" Sayid assured. She didn't respond. Instead, he watched as a shiny tear
rolled down her cheek. "Shannon..." he said, not knowing how to help her. "I hate this island" She
sobbed, looking straight ahead. "I hate having to worry every time someone steps into that jungle. I
hate that Ben has to live his life in a on this beach, not knowing what its like to be a real kid. I hate
being able to think that something terrible may be happening to my god damn brother" she raved, her
shoulders shaking as the tears rolled down her cheeks. Slowly, he moved his hand up and laid it on
her back to comfort her. She pulled herself to his chest and buried her head agenst his shirt. He stood
with one arm around her, letting her get it all out.
"God damn it!" Sowyer yelled angrily, slamming down his cards. Kate gave Claire a high five before
hopping to her feet and doing a little victory dance. "Ha, I got your money" she teased in a sing sung
voice as she continued the little dance. "Yeah, yeah, yeah.." he ground sarcastically, rising to his feet.
"And your fly's still open" She noted in the same beat as before, glancing down at his pants. He
looked down quickly to see a firmly zipped line. "Ha, I made you look" she teased, still dancing and
singing. He walked past and shoved her shoulder, knocking her to the ground playfully. "You going to
get my money?" She called out as a reminder as he walked away. He replied by flipping her off. Kate
grinned and sat back up, grabbing another hand from the pile. "Well, I guess its boys agenst girls now"
she noted, seeing that it's now two on two. "What was it before? Boys agenst girls vs red neck?"
Hurly inquired. "Yeah, something like that. Lets play" She grinned excitedly. Before they could begin,
Shannon stopped behind them. "Claire?" she asked softly. Claire turned and looked up at her, as did
every one else. "Earlier today, when I was watching Ben, he wondered off into the jungle. He's fine
now, but when I found him he was with a man. I didn't get a good look at him and he ran when he saw
me and Boone" she explained softly. "Oh my god. Is he alright?" Claire asked with surprise. "He's got
a scraped knee, but he's fine. He's been sleeping most of the day" she answered. "Why didn't you
come get me when it happened?" Claire asked, rising to her feat. "Jack asked me not to. He's worried
about your condition" She explained softly. "My condition?" Claire questioned, with a look of
confusion. "He says you haven't been feeling well lately and he didn't want anything to set you off"
Shannon explained solemnly. "What? " Kate questioned a little defensively, standing behind Claire.
"I'm going to go see Ben" Claire announced, and headed off quickly towards Shannon's tent. "I'm
going to talk with Jack" Kate announced after her and stomped of in a different path. Charlie stood,
biting his lip uncomfortably. "I guess I should go with Claire" he stated. She nodded, understanding
and watched as he wondered off. "Did you tell her?" Sayid questioned, walking up behind her.
Shannon nodded. "Well then, lets get going" He suggested quietly, so no one close by could hear.
"...go where?" She questioned, looking confused. "The jungle"
Boone's feet pounded agenst the ground as he ran. He'd lost the man a long way back, and had been
fallowing his faint trail ever since. The sun had gone down, leaving the forest dark and hard to see.
Without a flash light he should have turned back long ago. But something inside him forced him to
keep going. A bolt of energy shot through him as he ran with a look of determination. His heart raced.
He had been moving so fast his could barely see as he passed tree after tree, and was paying attention
to the path ahead, not his feet. It was only moments before they met nothing but thin air, sending him
tumbling down a dirty hill. He caught a thick root before plunging to the rocks below, and tried to pull
himself up. But the more he pulled, the more the root creaked as it was pulled out of the soil, and he
feared that soon it would snap. It was at that moment when a hand reached down. Reluctantly, he
grabbed it and allowed the stranger to pull him up. He coughed the dust out of his lungs once reaching
the surface for a moment before looking up to see the man he'd been chasing the entire day. "Who are
you" he coughed, stareing up at him. The man looked down solemnly, before answering...