Chapter 8 to a LOST Love

Shannon warningly asked, "Boone…what is she talking about?"

Boone shook his head vigorously. "Honestly! I have no idea! She's gone nuts!"

"Hey!" Sayid snapped. "Watch it, Boone…" He turned his attentions to the still struggling Alexandra and wrapped her in a fierce embrace, hoping that would calm her. Unfortunately, it didn't work, and she pushed herself out of Sayid's embrace. Sayid let her go and watched her, waiting to see what she would do.

Practically yelling, Alexandra said, "Tell them what you did out there. What you did to me…" Boone still didn't answer, only kept shaking his head in denial.

Turning to the rest of the group, crying now, she said, "He hurt me. I remember now…I didn't at first…but now I do. He did this to me, he and the others…"

"What others?" Locke asked.

"I don't know…they all kept their faces hidden. I saw his though…" she pointed directly at Boone. "I pleaded and begged for his help, but he wouldn't help…wouldn't help…They cut me many times, even when I was screaming for them to stop. They took me to this place with many knives. Knives everywhere…on the ceiling, in the walls, everywhere…"

Immediately, Kate and Sawyer looked at each other at the mention of the shack. Jack saw that look and asked, "Guys? Do you know anything about this?"

"Yeah," Sawyer said, "we saw it. When we split up into those search groups, our group found that shack. She ain't lying, there really is a bunch o' knives everywhere; and from the looks of it, it'd been in use recently, too." He looked at Kate again, his expression softening. "We don't know whose it was, but a couple of those knives were in use…one of 'em still had blood on it."

Sauntering over to Boone, Sawyer casually said, "I think our friend Boone picked up that knife. Wanna show it to Jack, Boone?"

If looks could kill, Sawyer would have been lying on the sand instantly. Pulling the knife out of his back pocket (dangerous place to have a knife…) Boone handed it to him, handle first. Jack was a little freaked by the size of this knife, but he took it anyways.

Suddenly, Alexandra gave a slight scream at the sight of the knife. "That's it! That's it!" Tears were now coming profusely down her face; Shannon felt like she was going to be sick, and Charlie looked away from it. Sayid slowly pulled Alexandra against him, softly whispering to her. He was shocked by how badly she was shaking.

Giving another gasping sob, Alex suddenly pushed herself away from Sayid and started sprinting down the beach away from the group.

Shit! thought Sayid. "Alex! Wait!" Sayid cried out. He ran after her down the beach. He had to run very fast, but she was still far ahead of him.

She's so fast! Damn…this kept running through Sayid's head as he kept calling for her to stop. His breath was coming fast now as he kept running and running down the beach.

Finally, he saw her slow down and collapse in the sand, sobbing. Slowing down to a brisk walk, Sayid caught up with her and he sank down to his knees beside her. Touching her shoulders gently, she turned to him and buried her face in his chest, sobbing her tortured heart out.

More soon! Sorry about the delay I was just so incredibly busy!

A Bleeding Rose