Chapter 8: Reunited

"What are we going here? More like what the hell are you doing out here?" Sawyer had joined Jack and Kate and they were all now staring down on Locke.

"I…" Locke stopped and locked down at the bodies. "I killed them." He completed.

"You did this?" asked Jack. Locked nodded.

"Yes. I got every single last one of them." Said Locke. Sayid's eyes narrowed.

"All by yourself? No help?" asked Sayid. Locke smiled.

"There is no one out here to help." Said Locke. Sawyer suddenly moved forward towards the center of the crowd.

"What happened to your face?" asked Kate. Sawyer's eyes moved up to Locke's face where a large bruise was occupying his face.

"A fight." He said.

"Wait! Hold on a second." Sawyer said holding up his hands. The group went silent as they watched him move forward. Sawyer wasn't going to buy this crap, he knew the others wouldn't be this easy to defeat.

"I don't buy it." Said Sawyer. "What did you kill them with Einstein? Your stupid knife? Because the last time I checked, you did not have a gun." Locke went to open his mouth but Sawyer moved forward.

"We were captured by them, and we know what they are capable of." Said Sawyer. He shook his head. "You could not have done that to these people! Didn't you see what they had done to me? LOOK!" He pointed to his face where the scars of his cuts were.

He turned to see Jack and Sayid with confused expressions on their faces. Kate had left the group and was walking in between the bodies. She looked up as she noticed four sets of eyes on her.

"He got them." Said Kate immediately as she stared at Sawyer's incrediolus face. "I believe him." She motioned towards the trees. "Can you help us get back?" she asked Locke. "I'm sure you know how to get back to the beach from here." She gave Sawyer a hard look. She knew something he didn't know.

"Of course." Said Locke. They turned and began towards Kate who was now on the other side of the mound. Sawyer looked eyes with Jack and Sayid, who were still completely confused. He nodded to them and then at Kate. They both looked at her.

There was something wrong and Sawyer was going to find out sooner or later.

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"It was a great song, you should really listen to it." Said Charlie. "You know, if we ever get off this island, you could come to a show!" He and Eko were trampling through the forest once again and his mind had gotten the better of him. Eko had not said a word for the past half hour and Charlie was starting to get bored. So he began talking about the thing that preoccupied him the most, music.

"When will we get there?" asked Charlie. Eko stopped in his tracks.

"Stop." He whispered to Charlie. Charlie stopped beside Eko.

"What is it?" asked Charlie. Eko put his hand up and then Charlie closed his mouth. He could hear a ruffling of leaves, people walking towards them.

"The others!" hissed Charlie. "Eko, we have to go!" He tugged at Eko but it was too late. The first person emerged from the bush.

"Locke?" asked Charlie.

"Hello Charlie." Said Locke. Sayid, Sawyer, Jack, and Kate followed him.

"Kate! Your alive!" said Charlie enthusiastically. She smiled.

"I am." She said. Charlie was now beaming.

"It's great to see you all! I mean, what a state we have been in wondering where you all have been." Said Charlie. He looked over at Eko who didn't seem the least bit happy to see them.

"You were right Charlie, but the people you saw, they weren't dead, they were alive!" said Charlie. Locke smiled at them.

"Shall we go back then?" asked Locke. Charlie threw his hands up.

"Great idea! I am drying of hunger." Said Charlie he began to follow Locke back.

"Crap!" came a voice. Charlie turned. Kate was standing there groping at her back.

"I forgot my pack back there. I need to go get it." Kate said pointing behind her. She looked ahead at Locke. "Don't worry, I can get back." She said. He nodded.

"Wait, your not going alone." Said Sawyer.

"It's okay. The others are all dead." Said Kate. "There is nothing to hurt us."

"Kate, let Sawyer and Jack go with you." Sayid said calmly eyeing Kate suspiciously. "I'll go with Eko, Charlie, and Locke." Kate nodded and the two parties split ways.

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After five minutes of walking Jack gave a tiny laugh.

"You meant to leave your pack behind didn't you." Said Jack. Kate smiled up at him.

"Yup." She said. She looked over at Sawyer.

"Are you going to tell us then?" asked Sawyer. "Or do I have to beat it out of you."

"Don't worry." Said Kate. They reached the mound of people again and she turned to face them. "They aren't all dead." Jack nodded.

"I knew it." He said. "I didn't see Henry in here."

"Or Alex," added Kate. "He didn't kill them all." She walked over to the first person. "But thing that caught me was this." She kneeled down pointing to the first person. Sawyer and Jack immediately followed and looked at what she was pointing at.

"A puncture?" Said Sawyer. "So he took drugs, big deal."

"Sawyer, there are no drugs on the island, at least that we have." Said Jack.

"That means that the person that killed some of them had a needle." Said Kate.

"So your saying, that the person that killed these people was a other then?" Said Sawyer. Kate straightened herself out and looked at Sawyer.

"That's exactly what I am saying." She said standing up. "Don't you see? Locke didn't kill these people." She looked down at them.

"Then who did? And why would he say that he did?" asked Sawyer. "Why would the others kill their own stupid people?"

"Because." Said Jack standing up. "Locke has been compromised."

"What the hell does he have to gain for working with them. I mean, Michael had his kid, but what does Locke have?" asked Locke.

"I don't know. But it was something really important." Kate said.

Little did they know that someone was still sitting in the bushes, listening to every word that they said. They also didn't know how much damage they had just caused to themselves.

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Locke was emotionally drained. Being out in the forest for a days can really take a lot out of you. Not being able to see the sun and eat and drink when you please, was not a pleasure where he had been. He looked behind to see Sayid and Charlie deep in conversation while Eko stared right ahead, silent as usual.

Locke had the sudden urge to just spit it out, everything that was on his mind, but he couldn't do it. It would cause to much damage, and he knew it, Instead, he told himself over and over and over again.

Locke opened his eyes to complete darkness.

Where the hell am I? He asked himself. He tried to move his hands, but he had the feeling that they were tied behind his back. He wiggled around trying to feel for a sharp object but something forcefully hit him.

The darkness was lifted. It had been a bag on his head. He opened his eyes as much as he could and looked into the eyes of a man and a woman.

"Hello John, it's been way to long." It was Henry. A black woman was standing behind him with a piece of paper in her hand. Henry reached down and removed he gag from his mouth.

"Henry." Said John calmly. "What am I doing here?" Henry smiled and stood.

"We have some business to take care of." Said Henry. Locke as confused as he was sat up straight.

"What kind of a business?" he asked. Henry came forward.

"There is something I need you to do for me." He said. He took the paper from the woman. "And if you don't do what I say, there will be consequences."

"I'm not doing anything you say." Locke said and a cold, hard look formed on Henry's face.

"Nothing good will come out of you not doing as I say you know." He said. Locke narrowed his eyes.

"Kill me then." He said. "I don't care." Henry smiled and crouched in front of him.

"Oh no, it's not you I will kill. If you don't do what I say then the one you truly love most will die." Said Henry. Locke smiled.

"I don't love anyone here." He said. Henry smiled.

"No not here." He said. "But does the name Helen mean anything to you?" Locke immediately was outraged.

"What?" he hissed. Henry got up.

"This is what I need you to do." Said Henry. "I want you to tell your friends that you have killed all of us. The others that is. I want you to bring them to a place, where all the bodies will be. You will not tell them that I and a select few will still be alive. I want you," he poked Locke in the chest, "to make them believe we are no longer here." He stood.

"And if you don't," said Henry. "She will die." He stood and began to leave the room. He paused at the door.

"And by the way, do not bring Jack Shepard, Katherine Austin, or James Ford. Don't bring that fat one either. Otherwise, consequences will be paid. Good day John." And Henry left the room.