Author's Note: I am soooo sry for the long update. I just haven't been feeling very inspired to write this, without Shannon in the show. Plus, Crew has started up again, and so i've gotten a lot busier. Anyway, I hope you guys don't stop reading this because of teh long updates. You're my only inspiration for writing this! Please read and REVIEW! Thanx!
Disclaimer: Shannon's not in the show anymore. So obviously, i don't own it! If i did, she'd not only still be alive, but would be in every single scene!
Chapter 6- Finding Out
Sayid must have heard wrong. There was no way Kate had just said what he thought she had. There was no way Shannon was…
"What did you just say?" Sayid asked.
Kate sent him a sympathetic look as she answered, "Shannon and Claire had been with me."
Sayid sighed. It couldn't be true…. He saw Jack send him an apologetic look before he asked, "How? What happened?"
Sayid froze and glanced at Kate. As much as he dreaded hearing what happened, because that made it all the more real, Sayid knew that it was already real. Not hearing it wouldn't mean it went away, it just meant he would never understand how.
He switched his gaze over to Charlie, who was biting his lip, trying to keep himself from crying. Sayid then glanced back at Kate, took a deep breath, and nodded. He needed to know everything he could about the disappearance of the one thing on the island that mattered to him.
Charlie sighed when he noticed Sayid nod for Kate to continue. He avoided everyone's eyes, knowing that they were waiting for him to tell her it was okay.
But it wasn't okay. Claire wasn't okay, and he couldn't handle that. Why was it her? Why did the others want her? She was the nicest, sweetest woman he had ever met… she did not deserve this. So why was it her that kept getting captured by the 'others'?
He sighed once more, and glanced at Sayid. Hearing her capture would make it all the more real… but going back to the beach, and not seeing her anywhere, would do that too. He needed to know if there was any chance that she was okay.
"Okay," he whispered somberly, and Kate launched into her tale.
"Claire was sick of not being able to help at all, so she convinced Shannon to go fruit picking with her. I decided to join them, since I was getting really annoyed with Sawyer. At first everything was fine, we were just talking and having a good time. Then something hit me in the head, and I was knocked out.
"I drifted in and out of consciousness a few times. The first time I woke up, I saw some guy beating up Shannon." Kate stopped and sent an apologetic look at Sayid, who had paled. Then she continued, "The guy… I don't know, maybe I'm going insane, or it just looked like him because I had just woke up, and my eyesight was slightly blurry. Maybe my eyes were playing tricks on me… I don't really know."
"What do you mean, Kate?" Jack asked softly. She turned to look at him, and sighed.
"The man, the one who was hurting Shannon? I thought… Jack, I thought he was Ethan. He looked just like him."
"Kate… Ethan's dead." Jack reminded her.
"I know that, Jack," She sighed. "I don't really know what happened. Anyway, I tried to get up to help, but I was just too tired, and I slipped back into unconsciousness. The next thing I knew, I was looking at you guys."
Kate then glanced at Charlie, and added, "I didn't see Claire, Charlie. Maybe she got away… or maybe she didn't put up as much of a fight. I don't know what happened to her. I'm sorry."
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When Boone walked back to the camp after going out to the hatch with Locke, the first thing he did was look for his sister. He saw Sayid sitting at a campfire surrounded by Hurley, Jack, and Kate, but not Shannon. He searched the area for awhile, until he ran into Charlie.
"Hey, Boone, have you seen Claire?" Charlie asked as soon as he spotted Boone.
"No, what's going on?" Boone asked, concerned for her. He remembered how scared he was when he had first found Claire, on her way back from being captured by Ethan, and how she had fainted.
"Yeah, you didn't know? I guess she, Kate, and Shannon were out fruit picking, and they ran into the others. Shannon was taken, but we don't know for sure whether Claire was or not."
Boone froze, staring at Charlie. Did he just say that Shannon… his sister, the girl who he had argued constantly with since being on the stupid island… had been taken by the 'others'?
After trying for a few minutes to make a sound, he finally was able to ask Charlie what he meant, only to find that the man had already gone over to Sun and Jin to try to see if they had see the pregnant woman. He quickly searched the area and spotted Sayid, and noticed for the first time how sullen he and his companions looked. He quickly ran over to them, knowing they would be the ones to know the details. Not only were they the leaders of whole camp, but Sayid was the only one Boone had ever seen his sister with on the island.
"Sayid." He whispered as soon as he was in their earshot, and Sayid, Hurley, Jack, and Kate all glanced up at him. They all froze when they saw who it was, and their faces became sympathetic.
"Boone," Sayid replied. "There's… there's something you need to know."
Boone let out the deep breathe he had been holding and sighed heavily. His worst fears were all but confirmed. "Charlie already told me," he responded gingerly. "So I guess it's true then? Shannon has been captured?"
The others winced, hearing that Charlie had already told them. "I'm sorry, Boone… we were going to break it to you. Charlie's in denial over Claire, I suppose he didn't tell you too sympathetically." Kate apologetically.
"Not exactly," Boone said humorlessly. "I think he forget Shannon's my sister."
The others winced, before Jack responded, "She's been taken Boone, but we'll get her back. We won't rest until Claire and her are back with us, safe and sound." Jack said genuinely.
A/N: Once again, i'm sry for the long update. I had writer's block, and kept rewriting this. I still don't rly like how this turned out tho. Please review and tell me what you think! Thanx!
Christine: I'm sry, that was definitely not a shorter update than last time. I'll try to take less time for teh next update tho. Thanx for reviewing, glad u like the story.
Orlando-Crazy: Aw, glad u feel special and luvd, u should! And if u haven't been able to tell from my other chappies, i LUV CLIFFIES! Haha, so fun. Anyway, thanx 4 reviewing!
Asia1st: I hope the cliffie was answered 2 ur liking. Thanx 4 reviewing, glad u like the story.
Fadoodle: If I keep going with this story teh way I was originally planning, they'll be a lot more Shannon/Alex friendship moments, so I'm glad u liked the last one. Thanx for reviewing.
