Lost

Mysteries Revealed

Chapter IX

Jack Shepard's eyes opened up quickly when he heard the gun vault door close. He awoke startled and jumped out of the top bunk bed where he slept,he turned to find John Locke sleeping below him on the other bed,his crutches rested on the wall next to him."John..did you hear that?"Jack said as he tried to wake Locke..who opened one eye and looked at Jack,saying "What noise?" he opened the other eye and got out of his bed,grabbing his crutches to stand.Jack repeated what he said "I think I heard the gun vault close,was anyone else in here when you went to sleep?"Locke limped over to Jack and said in a daze "Ana-Lucia came right before I went to sleep,she said she was going to take a shower and feed..."Locke's eyes widened as he slowly said to Jack "...Henry..."Jack ran twoards the where the gun vault was,as he approached the closed vault,he noticed a pool of dark blood comming from under the iron door..he waited for Locke to limp over"John,open the door.."Locke nodded and proceeded to turn the combination on the lock to the right combination..they opened the door slowly,their eyes were wide with horror at what they saw...

Sayid turned to Desmond and said to him"..Dr.Marvin Candle..."Desmond was busy putting away the Orientation tape,he asked Sayid "What did you say,brotha?"Sayid looked at him and said "We captured one of them..the Others,he told us that a man named Marvin Candle was supposed to be at the Flame.."Desmond looked around and stuttered "Wha..there's no one here but us..it's impossible.."Sayid stood up and walked into the living space,he walked up to Hurley and Alex,"We have one of you captive,Alex...he told us that there was a man in this exact hatch,his name was Marvin Candle.."Alex's eyes widened as she ran out of the living space and to Desmond,she went over to him and said "Where is he,Des?"Desmond turned to her and said "I don't know what your talking about,Alex.."She grabbed him and pinned him up against the silver steel wall,she yelled at him "Dr.Candle!The man in the Orientation film!You know who I'm talking about!"Desmond got out of her pin and ran into the living space and near where the bathroom was,he stood infront of theutility closetand yelled to the three infront of him"He's lying!Don't believe a word he says!He's not real!"Sayid pushed past Desmond and opened the utility closetdoor to find an Asian man in a labcoat,bound and gagged in the utility closet...Sayid,Hurley,and Alex looked at them man that they just saw on the Orientation Film...

Jack knelt down in the pool of blood around Ana-Lucia's body,he put his fingers on her neck to feel for a pulse..he kept looking as Locke limped over to where Henry gale slept and looked down at the pile of broken glass and water next to Ana's body..he turned to Jack,who was desperatly trying to find a pulse on Ana."Jack..Henry's one smart guy..look how he escaped.."Jack looked at the glass and water,then to Locke..who started to think about what happened.."She brought him water..he threw the water in her face to distract her as he broke the glass,it seems.Then he took a piece of glass and slit her throat while she was temporarily blinded by the water.."Jack turned Ana's body over on her back to see a gash across her throat,her eyes still wide open..he shut them and looked around her body,saying several times"The gun..where's the gun?"Locke looked at Jack and asked "What gun?"Jack turned to Locke and said frantically "She had a pistol on her..."Locke limped over into the living space and looked down"He's gone.."Jack got up and walked over to Locke,who pointed to bloody shoeprints which led out of the hatch's exit door..they both looked at each other as they heard the beeping of the countdown timer