Chapter 29 to a LOST Love

Later that night, Alex was sitting by the fireside alone. She was thinking about earlier that day and all of its events, the good and the bad. Sighing, Alex put her head in her hands, and then moved her hands in front of her face. She interlaced her fingers and pressed her lips to her thumbs, contemplating in her mind.

A soft moan was heard from beyond the trees where Alex sat. Alex perked up her ears but heard nothing. Must have been a figment of her imagination…she sighed again and suddenly she heard the moan again…and another…

Rising up of the sand, Alex carefully dusted herself off and slowly crept toward the direction of the moaning, not wanting to scare whoever was there. Moving agonizingly slow, she lightly brushed away leaves from her body so as not to make too much noise. The moans were beginning to get louder, but they sounded now as if they were trying to be smothered.

Alex finally found the source of the noise, but she hesitated to peek around the tree that she stood behind. There were now two sources of moans, and Alex knew exactly what the heck they were doing. Curiosity was driving her insane to figure out whom the culprits were, and so, taking a deep breath silently, she peeked around the tree trunk.

What she saw almost made her gasp out loud: Sawyer and Kate were going at it right there in front of her! They weren't completely naked, but darn close; Sawyer still had his jeans relatively on and Kate had her shorts around her feet and her bra was still on. It was rapidly coming off, though…Kate and Sawyer were locked in a kiss and their moans were muffled by each others' lips. Alex noticed a ton of beautiful flowers by the couple that were coming apart from their bouquet.

Alex whipped around the tree trunk, stifling her gasp and her giggles. Finally somebody else was having fun around here, too! Completely forgetting her silence and grinning widely, Alex started to walk off when she stepped on a twig and this huge crack echoed through the forest. This was no ordinary stick-breaking-crack; this was a huge-stick-breaking-crack. Alex instantly froze and listened for noises.

Suddenly, the noises from the couple stopped. Alex heard Sawyer say, "What the hell was that?"

"I dunno," replied Kate. Alex heard them get up off each other and rapidly scramble to put their clothes on. Alex tiptoed as quietly as she could, but quickly, to get out of there.

Once Alex started to hit sand again in the forest, she stopped trying to be quiet and she ran toward her campfire, her giggles now coming out softly. Bursting through the trees, she saw Sayid standing there, searching for her.

"Sayid!" Alex said surprised.

Sayid looked up at her and smiled. He started to walk over to her.

"What are you doing here?" Alex asked, still slightly shocked, but trying to be nice.

That stopped Sayid in his tracks, his smile falling. Seeing that, Alex smiled to encourage him that she meant no disrespect, Alex giggled full out now. "Oh, Sayid," she said, jogging over to him. "You'll never guess what I just saw!"

Smiling back curiously, Sayid asked, "And what is it that you saw, my darling?" He wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer in for a kiss. She kissed back willingly, and then she whispered in his ear. As she did, Sayid's eyebrows rose in shock and he laughed in surprise.

When she pulled back, he asked laughingly, "Really?"

Alex nodded. "But you can't tell anybody, Sayid. No one!" she said, instantly serious. She pointed her finger at him to emphasize her point.

"Aww, please!" Sayid pleaded childishly, clasping his hands together.

"No!" Alex laughed. "No, no, no! She'd kill me if word got out!"

At that Sayid instantly sobered up. His smile dropped from his face and he turned away from her as if ashamed. Alex's smile, too, faded the second his did.

"Oh, Sayid," she said breathily. "I'm so sorry, I…I…"

He turned back to her. "You died once to me. I can't even think about that again. When you died, everything to me shattered; everything. Please, don't…don't say that again."

"Oh, Sayid, I'm so sorry," Alex rushed up to him, hugging him fiercely. "Forgive me, Sayid." He hugged her back and breathed in her scent for comfort. She, too, breathed in his.

Suddenly, through the trees came Sawyer with Kate right behind him. Seeing the two there, Sawyer asked huffily, "What did you see?"

Alex and Sayid looked at each other and Alex winked. Turning back to Sawyer, Sayid feigned innocence and asked, "See what?"

"I think you know what I'm talking about, Mohammad!" Sawyer said, angrily, starting to quickly walk toward Sayid.

"Sawyer!" Kate said warningly. He paid no heed and kept coming toward Sayid.

Alex stepped in front of Sayid, shielding him with her arms. "We saw nothing, Sawyer," she said dangerously. She was still so fragile, and to see her protecting Sayid softened Sawyer's rage. He glowered at Sayid once more and he took off in another direction. Kate turned back to the two and mouthed, "Sorry," to them and walked after Sawyer.

Alex sighed. Turning back to Sayid, she said, "I'm serious, Sayid. Not a soul! I shouldn't have even told you."

"Well, I'm glad that you did," Sayid responded back smoothly. He put his arms around her back again and they kissed once more. Senses were swirling in a familiar pattern for the two, fireworks exploding behind their closed eyes.

Without warning, Alex broke out of their kiss with a gasp and her eyes clouded over. Sayid could see her pupils had gone huge, but she didn't see him at all.

Fire and smoke…Alex was in a familiar place again. Everything was dark save for tiki torches burning to give some light. She was in that awful place of her dreams, the place of torture. Except this time, no one was racked up on the walls or hung or cut away at; there was no one there. Every rock was as she remembered it, every groove in the rock wall. Suddenly, she heard a sigh behind her and she whipped around.

There was a huge black beast in front of her, it's back turned toward her. She heard tearing noises coming from the thing and she slowly walked two steps to the right. The thing didn't even notice her as she moved and suddenly she saw what the thing was doing.

Sayid was the thing the beast was tearing at. The beast was eating Sayid! Sayid's throat had been slashed open viciously and his organs were being eaten by the beast. The beast appeared cat-like in its fluid movements. Blood was slowly running toward Alex's shoe and when it finally touched it, she shrieked as loudly as she possibly could.

Alex shrieked loudly in real life and Sayid took her by the shoulders and shook her. "Alex! Alex!" he kept crying out to her. Finally, Alex stopped screaming for a second and fainted in Sayid's arms.

"Shit! Alex!" Sayid called out. "Shit!" He scooped her up awkwardly and shifted her slight weight in his arms. He ran away from the campfire and toward help.