A/N: Ok, this will be fun. THE EXPLANATION IS HERE! lol. I own no Lost people! Just tot ell you all, I have no problems at all with the government, I just thought this would be cool! lol
Chapter 16: Explanation
" HEY! HEY! OVER HERE! OVER HERE!"
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It was coming, a ship was really coming. Everyone abandoned Shannon, who was still on the ground. The ship had turned and moved towards the shore. The wave of overwhelming relief was felt all over that shore. People were jumping, laughing, yelling, and crying.
" We're saved!" Everyone was yelling. The ship was pulling into the sallow water. A tall man in a coast guard uniform was looking out from the captains deck at the castaways with an expression of utmost astonishment. He stopped the ship, anchored it, then jumped out into the shallow water. He waded up towards them.
" Oh my god, you all are alive... oh my god." H seemed speechless. Jack stepped forward.
" Jack Shepherd, I can't tell you how happy I am to see you!" Jak said, wiping his eyes. The man seemed dumbfound at the sight of them. He stared for a moment and then snapped to it.
" Yes, wow, John Davis, Do you have any items you must bring back?" He asked. Jack pointed to the pile of luggage 20 feet from him.
" Yeah, I had everyone bring it down from the caves because we didn't think we'd be able to make it back up there." Jack said. Everyone was picking up there luggage. Sawyer brought Isabella forward, keeping Cecilia back with Kate.
" Uh, sir, this lady has been on this island for a really long time, she's sick with... what was it?"
" African Sleeping Sickness."Jack finished. Sawyer nodded.
" She isn't contagious to anyone but her child and Walt." John nodded.
" Um, She can stay in the captain's lodge, come here...?"
" Isabella." She stepped forward and walked out into the ocean. She seemed dumbfounded and extremely interested in the boat. Saiyd turned to Jack.
" Should we go back and get Danielle?" He asked. Jack sighed.
" Saiyd, I would if it weren't for...," He looked over at Shannon, who was shaking and still on the ground, "you know." Saiyd nodded. John Davis was back on the shore again.
" OK, 10 at a time so the current won't take anyone. Who's the leader of you all?" He asked. Everyone looked at Jack but he shook his head.
" Sawyer, and Kate, and Saiyd, Michael, and you too Shannon.. And me." John Davis nodded.
" OK, all of you need an explanation for this, you can join Isabella in the captain's lodge." He kept looking up into the jungle.
" We'd better get out of here as fast as possible." John said. Everyone looked at him.
" What did you say?" Sawyer asked, advancing a little on the man. The man's eyes grew wide.
" That'll have to be explained later, come on!" He waved his hand and began to walk back towards the anchored boat. Sawyer gave Cecilia to Sun and went off with them. The moment they stepped onto the boat, it hit them. They were really saved, once and for all. John went back 3 more time, brining everyone on. In a strange way, as they watched the island drift away on the horizon, they were sad. It had been their home, even if it wasn't a happy one. Once it faded into the distance, John turned the boat on automatic. He walked out onto the deck where the other passengers were assembled. He gave each of them big bottles of water, and flight-style meals of chicken, potatoes and green beans. Sawyer, in all his life, had not seen anyone eat so fast and so much. After John had given out blankets, extra food, and medicine, he went back to the lodge.
" OK, I know you guys are probably wondering about this island." He started. He was greeted with blank silence and attentive looks.
" Way back when, in about 1920, the government was operating a top-secret project. We now refer to it as R.T.A., the Radioactive Testing Administration." He let out a long sigh.
" You might think the government is a good agency where we always do things right. The truth is, we don't. Well, you might have seen a ship on this island, Black Rock, if I recall right?" There was a collective nod. No one dared to speak.
" Well, just remember that. Now, we were trying to test the affect of a chemical on human beings, it had to be tested before we used it but, since the idea was to kill or at least destroy them, we didn't exactly have a lot of volunteers. But in July of 1921, this person, he had to have been a nut job. His name was Daniel Rom."
" Now technically, we were not allowed to test him because he was, by definition, retarded and schizophrenic. But we were very desperate. So we took him to an island, a remote, small, unmapped island. But after he was tested, he went horribly crazy. He gained un-human strength from the chemical imbalances in his body. He killed all 40 of our officers who were stationed there. We fled the island, we knew it was not safe to go there ever again."
" Wait, what about the Black Rock people?" Sawyer piped in. Isabella spoke up.
" That, was my people. My great great grandfather and grandmother crashed the black rock here, you all know the rest of the story." She said to the group. Everyone nodded.
" But, John, Radioactive substances usually just cause cancer." John shook his head.
" That is why we kept this top-top secret, if Germany had found out about this, we would be part of Germany today." He replied.
" Well, we knew we couldn't go back to this island, but we could set up traps to Daniel couldn't leave. We didn't have electricity for a while, but when we did, we installed an electrical system around the island. It has a machine that if you go past a certain point, it will crush you to death. Right before Daniel attacked us, we installed a radio tower so our island-issued men could transmit if there was any problem. We managed to put a series of numbers on the transmitter that warned ships to turn back."
" The numbers! My numbers! On that vault!" Hurley had joined them. John nodded.
" Yes, on the vault, or should I say, the radio tower." This brought stunned silence.
"What?"
" It had to be kept safe, so we put it in a war bunker. The only possible way to get it out would have been to put your face in the window and say the numbers."
" A password?" Hurley asked. John nodded.
" Yes, oh hold on a second." He turned quickly to his controls and picked up a radio.
" Picked up safely , no Rom problems, disable please!" He called over the radio. A brief moment of silence followed and a man's voice came from the other end.
" Roger! Davis, disabled in 3-2..1, its safe, you have 3 minutes. Glad to here there safe, over and out ( a/n: I don't know what they say at the end of these navy radio talk things, so don't make fun of me!lol)." He set down the radio and pressed the gas peddle of the boat.
" Hold on, we only have a few minutes to get past the electric system." They held onto anything that was nailed down. Sawyer could here the people outside slide forward and Cecilia's happy laugh.
" Ok, we're good," John said, slowing the boat and turning to them, " is there any questions you might have?" He asked. Shannon spoke up.
" Yeah, how the hell does a chemical imbalances make someone come back from the dead?" John gave her a funny look.
" Don't be silly, that's not possible." He said. Shannon let out a scream of anger.
" Yes it is! I saw my brother! He tried to kill me, goddamn it!" She yelled. She pointed to her gash. John took out his first aid kit and put his hand on Shannon's forehead.
" Your very warm, ma'am, you're probably coming down with something." Shannon swatted his hand away and stood up.
"I'm fine, and I'm right! God!" She opened the door and slammed it behind her. John shook his head.
" Is she always like that?" He asked. Saiyd shook his head.
" We do believe that something happened for her to see her brother, Ethan Rom, and the Marshall." John stopped and looked at Saiyd questionably.
" She saw her brother, how did he die?"
" A beach craft we found, fell with him in it. He died from a blood collection in his leg."
" Wait, he died on that island?" They all nodded. John put his hands on his forehead.
" We never should have started R.T.A., this not good, " He looked at his radar map," We should land in about 2 hours. Just relax now. We'll know more later." It was no use. It seemed John had told them all he knew. Kate seemed to be staying very close to Sawyer. She seemed scared and confused. She fell asleep on his shoulder while Sawyer sat in silent thought. He was ready for a change, now that they were finally, finally safe. He knew what he needed to do. After a half and hour of thinking, he fell asleep too.\\
A/N: OK, if you didn't understand evena tiny bit of this, email me at . Write as the subject, Just The Two Of Us ?'s or something. I reeeeeeeaaaallly want it all to be explained to my regular readers, but I wanted to write it properly also. Ask me ANY question bout anything or event on the island and I will answer it. I have the whole thing mapped out! Well, I hope you all liked it! I'm not done though, so keep reading! Thanks, Review plz!