Chapter 13 to a LOST Love

Alex got up and made her way to the main camp. On her way there, she smelled something…something was cooking. Hmm, wonder what it is? She thought. She was doing everything she could to push that horrible dream out of her head. Even talking to herself in her head was helping a little. She came out of the forest finally and saw Sayid sitting down cooking something.

She put on a false grin and said, "Hey," to Sayid. He looked up and smiled back. "How did you sleep?" he asked.

"Eh, not so good," she said, dropping the smile. She sat down next to him and sighed. "I had another nightmare last night again. I don't know why these dreams keep coming to me…I mean the one about you leading me to the cave, and now this one. It just doesn't make any sense. This one was even worse though…"

He looked inquisitive. "Want to tell me about this one?"

She gazed at him for a moment before beginning. "Well, at first it was all scattered images. I kept seeing blood everywhere, too…And I remember someone kept making hacking noises, like coughing, all the time. Then finally everything went pitch black, I couldn't see a thing." Here she paused.

Sayid looked at her questioningly for her to continue. "I heard voices, inside my head…they kept saying come to us, darkness, blindness, come to us…it really scared me. I didn't want to go to them, but I felt myself moving toward them slowly. The more I resisted, the closer I got to them. Then this really bright light shone in my face…and I saw…I saw you, Sayid."

At this, Sayid's eyebrows raised slightly. "I saw you…you were bending over someone lying on the ground. You stood up…looked at me…and asked, "Why? Why did you kill her? Why?" I tried to say something but I couldn't. Then I saw the body…it was…it was…" She paused, swallowing hard.

Sayid tilted his head to look into her eyes better. "It was…?" He prompted.

Alex sighed. "It was me. I was lying on Jack's "hospital bed" in the cave and I looked awful. My skin was grey, my eyes were colorless, I had blood trickling out of the corner of my mouth…it was so awful. Then you lunged at me, baring these huge fangs, and I screamed. Then I woke up."

They both didn't say anything for a moment, when suddenly Alex said, frustrated, "Why do these dreams keep coming to me? What did I do to deserve them? And the weird thing is…they keep coming true. Like the one with the cave…oh God, I hope this one doesn't come true."

Sayid put a hand comfortingly on her arm. "Don't worry, I'm sure it won't," he said. Alex gave a weak smile in return.

"Hey, Alex!"

Alex looked to her right to find Claire standing a ways away. "Yea?" she called back.

"Will you help me for just a moment? I need some help with this," Claire responded.

"Okay, I'm coming." Alex stood up and all of a sudden, her vision swam. She got really dizzy and took a step backwards to keep herself from falling. She tried to blink away the dizziness and finally it cleared. She saw Claire looking confused and looked down to see Sayid also confused.

"Woah, stood up too fast, I guess," Alex said, trying to come up with a logical excuse. Sayid and Claire both nodded, relieved it was nothing bad. Alex walked over to help Claire, thinking no more of the incident. Sayid went back to cooking breakfast, an old recipe of his mother's…coconut insides, bananas, and some really hot spices that he had been saving for the trip home. Now was just a good time to use them since he didn't know when he would use them next.

Later on…

Midday came around, hot as usual, and not a cloud in sight. The ocean was relatively calm and the people were getting sluggish. It was a nice day but way too hot for them to do much except sit around.

Alex had gone for a walk in the forest to try and escape the heat and the boredom that came with it. She'd been gone for, oh, about two and half hours, but finding nothing to do in the forest, she decided to head back to the beach. Might be safer there…the forest kinda creeped her out sometimes.

A really weird thing began to happen…as she got closer to the beach, her sight started going all fuzzy again. Stopping to clear her vision, once cleared, she kept going. Then it happened again and she got dizzy; this time it was harder to clear her sight than before. But it remained pretty clear right up until the forest started blending into the sand, then she was hit by a huge wave of dizziness that caused her to crash into a tree and clutch it for dear life. She was gonna be sick, the dizziness was so powerful…

She sat down and put her back against the tree, and with horror, she realized the world was growing darker and darker. Shaking her head and putting her hands to her temples, she tried to force the darkness to go away. It wouldn't and it only kept on coming, slowly but surely. Alex started to freak out and breathe hard with fear. A terrible pain shot through her head without warning and like a candle being snuffed, she was plunged into complete and utter darkness. Blinking her eyes rapidly, shaking her head, squeezing her temples…nothing would make the blackness go away! She couldn't see anything at all! What was happening to her? Why was she blind all of a sudden? She was fine yesterday!

Tentatively, her voiced laced with fear, she called out, "Help…help me…somebody…anybody! Help! Help me, please! HELP!" She waited for a few seconds before realizing she needed to move in the general direction of camp. Without knowing it, Alex had veered off of her course to the main camp and gone a distance away from it. Feeling around wildly with her hands, Alex crawled on her knees to look for something to hold on to. She only found trees and sand; no people, no plane metal, nothing. Alex was freaking out at this time, with good reason.

At the camp…

Alex hadn't been back for a while and Sayid was a little worried. After what happened to her last time…he shuddered inwardly, telling himself not to think about that. Sayid walked around asking people if they had seen her. All he got from Sawyer was, "No, Ali, I haven't seen her. Your girlfriend ain't here, much as I'd like her to be," he said in that rude manner we all know. Sayid left without saying anymore to Sawyer; Sawyer simply infuriated him.

He went to Charlie and Claire with Marie on the beach. He asked them if they had seen Alex and neither of them had. Sayid sat down next to Charlie on the sand and stared out at the ocean. "I'm sure she's fine, she's alright," Sayid said aloud. Charlie grinned. "That's the ticket, Sayid. She's a strong girl, she can take care of herself," he said. Sayid nodded at him and stared back out at the sea.

"Hey, do you guys hear that?" Claire suddenly asked. Charlie looked at her, puzzled. "Hear what?" Sayid asked, still staring at the ocean.

"See, there it is again! Listen!" Claire said urgently.

Sayid half turned his gaze from the ocean and listened. He could hear the sea crashing on shore, the wind in the palm trees, and…a small voice calling out something. He could barely hear it at all.

"Where's it coming from, like what direction?" Sayid asked the two.

"I think that way," Claire pointed with her finger along the direction of the tree-sand line. Sayid stood up, brushed off his pants, and started walking toward that line and following it. He walked a short ways, calling out, "Hey! Over here!" to the anonymous voice.

The voice shouted back, "Help me! Someone help me please!" Sayid quickened his walking pace a little bit. He came around a corner and saw Alex in the distance. She was walking funny…she was feeling around wildly with her hands and crashing into trees. She would clutch onto them…she looked really scared. "Somebody please! Help me!" Alex cried out. Sayid's eyes grew huge and he sprinted toward her, yelling, "Alex! Alex, I'm here! Alex!"

Alex stopped calling out and listened. "Help me! Please, whoever you are! Help me! I can't see! I can't see anything," she suddenly yelled. She tried to take a step in Sayid's general direction, and she stumbled and fell. She picked herself up and sat on her knees.

Sayid finally reached her, sank down to a crouch and grabbed her shoulders. She flinched mightily when he touched her, but then she slowly felt her hands along his hands and traveled slowly up to touch his face. "Alex, what's wrong? Are you alright?"

"Sayid? Sayid, is that you?" she asked, pretty sure it was him.

"Yes, yes, it's me. What happened?" Sayid asked impatiently.

"Sayid, I…I can't see. I can't see at all!"

"What!" Sayid asked, panicked. "Oh God, Alex…look at me," he grabbed her face with both hands and turned her face toward his. He stared into her eyes and saw her pupils were huge, but they wouldn't focus on anything. They kept darting around wildly, searching...

"Sayid, I can't see you…I can't see anything at all. Oh God, Sayid, help me," Alex begged.

"Look at the sun! Look at anything, something!" Sayid said panicked. He turned her face toward the sun. Her eyes didn't even squint as she stared right at it.

"I can feel it, but I can't see it at all. I can't see anything. Oh God, help me, help me…" Alex said softly.

"Okay, come on, we're going to get you to Jack," Sayid said. And with that, he helped her stand up and then picked her up. She was so light…Sayid walked very quickly toward the caves, avoiding Charlie and Claire so they wouldn't question him or her. Alex wrapped her arms around Sayid's neck and rested her cheek against his chest. He was so warm...he made her feel safe.

Suddenly, Alex noticed a temperature change. "Jack! Jack!" Sayid said loudly.

Alex heard a voice in the dark say, "What is it, Sayid? I'm right here."

"It's Alex. She…she can't…she can't see, Jack," Sayid finally got out.

More to come, I promise!

A Bleeding Rose