Lost Hope
Chapter 13
Freya's POV...
Me, Desmond and Sayid were being held in a room after what happened with Minowski, Desmond came and sat down next to me.
"Is the baby okay?" He asked me
I looked at him and hld his hand, "Yeah, I didnt hit my stomach on the table when Keamy pushed me away from you. The baby is okay, the momma however just wants to sleep in a nice bed with you and never leave." I said and he kissed my temple.
"Soon, I promise." He said thenLapidus enters the room where were.
"Thought I'd check in on you guys and bring you some food." He said holding up a bag then looked at Desmond, "How are you feeling by the way?"
"Much better, thanks." Desmond said with his arm around me
"Why are we being held captive? We had nothing to do with Minkowski's death." Sayid said
"This has nothing to do with Minkowski. The captain wasn't very happy that you three decided to bust out of sick bay and into our radio room."
"We didn't bust out. The door was left open! We assumed that was you." I said to him and he looked at me
"Why the hell would I do that?" he asked
"Did you have any contact with our people on the beach?" Sayid asked
"No luck. Something must have happened to the phone." Lapidus said then pours what's in the paperbag onto the bed.
"Lima beans?" Sayid asks and Desmond hands me one, I hate lima beans but i'm pregnant so I didnt care.
"Sorry, we had a little problem in the kitchen. Just stay put, alright?"
"I still want to talk to the captain." I said to him
"No, you don't." He told me
Lapidus knocks on the door, "Regina?" the door opens and he leaves, I sigh and lean against Desmonds chest.
Short Desmond POV...
Later that day Freya layed down on the bed and fell asleep with me next to her, I wake up and see that Sayid is eating out of a can.
"Good morning." he says
"Good morning." I said getting up carefully so that I dont wake Freya up, she needs to rest more then I do right now.
"I hope they resolve their kitchen issues." Sayid said frustrated
I notice a piece of paper has been slipped in through the door vents," Sayid! What's that?" I ask him and he goes to pick it up.
"It's a note. Three days ago, when I was in Locke's camp, Ben claimed he had a spy on this boat." He told me and unfolds the piece of paper and reads it then hands it to me it reads, "DON'T TRUST THE CAPTAIN".
I look at him then look at Freya, the captain was her uncle, I was torn. On one hand she wanted to se her uncle but at the same time I didnt know anything about this man, I had to protect her, and our unborn child. No matter what.
Freya's POV...
After a while I woke up and we hear a repeating noise. I get off the bed and go to Desmond who wraps an arm around my waist.
"How long's that gonna go on for, eh? Can't they just fix whatever the bloody hell's causing that?" Desmond says
"That sound is not mechanical." Sayid told him
"What, you think somebody's doing that? Somebody's just banging those pipes again and again?"
"That's exactly what I think." Sayid said just then Ray enters.
"Thanks for your patience. The captain would like to see you now." He said and shifted, how was I going to be able to face him?
Ray leads us on deck.
"Where's the helicopter?" Sayid asked.
"Lapidus is running an errand."
"What kind of errand?" I asked him
"I'm a doctor. I don't know where he's going." Ray said
"Did he go to the island?" Sayid asked
"You know anywhere else he could land?" Ray asked sarcasticly
"What's he going to do there?" Sayid asked and I looked to see what Desmond was staring at and I saw the lady what was outside our door walk closer to the edge of the boat with a chain wrapped around her.
"I said I'm just a doctor." Ray told Sayid
I listened to them arguing but I saw Regina about to jump off the side of the freighter and Desmond runs toward her.
"Hey! Hey!" He shouts and we go over to look at her.
"That woman just jumped over the side of the ship!" Desmond yelled at the crew doesnt seem to care.
"Don't just stand there! What's the matter with you people?!" He yells again.
"What's wrong with you? Get the rope!" I yelled at them
"Why aren't you doing anything?!" Desmond shouted, "Bring a rope!"
"Get a rope!" Desmond and Sayid both yelled
"Stop!" we heard someone yell behind us and I turned and saw my uncle standing there.
"She just jumped!" Desmond said
"It's over! She's gone! Everybody get back to your posts. That was an order." my uncle said aprroaching us.
"I'm Captain Gault. I suppose you two have a few questions." He says then looks at me, "Freya? Is that you" He asked
I nodded but felt Desmond put his arm around my waist, "Yeah it's me."
He moves closer and I feel Desmond tighten his grip but I looked at him and nodded telling him it was ok, he reluctantly let go and I moved to my uncle and he stared at me then pulled me into a hug.
"I can't believe you're here." He said into my hair, I felt some tears come out, I havent seen my uncle in 3 years but we talked almost everyday whe he could, he was my guardian after my parents died but once I turned 18 and started school he was able to go back to work again.
We pulled away from our hug, "Sowhat can I do for you?" He asked and I moved back towards Desmond
"What?" Sayid asked
"You said you wanted to speak with me." He said looking at me
"Let's just start with why a woman jumped over the side of your ship, and you did nothing to stop it." Sayid told him
"I didn't jump in, or order my crew to jump in, because I didn't want to lose any more people." my uncle said
"What exactly is going on here?" Desmond said behind me
"Some of my crew has been dealing with... what might best be described as a heightened case of cabin fever. I think it's got something to do with the close proximity of the island."
"Why don't you turn around, then?" I asked him
"I've tried, but we have a saboteur on board, and he's done one hell of a job on my engines. I've got my crew working around the clock to repair them." He said
"And then you'll take our people home?" I asked him
"Then we move to safer waters... those are my orders."
"And I don't suppose you'll tell us who gave you those orders?" I asked him
"Sure, I will. Charles Widmore." He said and I looked at Desmond, why the hel was Charles Widmore worrying over the island?
My uncle led us into the captain's stateroom. He gets a metal box out of a cabinet, and puts it on the table, "Do either of you know what this is?"
"It's a flight data recorder, otherwise known as a black box." I told him, "Come on now you taught me all about this stuff as a kid." I told him and he smiled a little.
"That's exactly what it is. Now here's the funny thing. This black box comes from Oceanic Flight 815. A salvage vessel recovered it from the bottom of the ocean. It took a considerable amount of Mr. Widmore's resources to procure it. It was found with the wreckage of the plane, along with all 324 dead passengers, " He paused looking at me, "That's not the complete story, as you are well aware Freya, given the fact that you're standing here, breathing... the wreckage was obviously staged. Now can you imagine what kind of resources and manpower go into pulling off a feat of that magnitude? Faking the recovery of a plane crash? Putting 324 families through a grieving process based on a lie? But what's even more disturbing... where exactly does one come across 324 dead bodies? And that, is just one of the many reasons we want Benjamin Linus." He said and it finally all clicked, Charles Widmore wanted Ben dead.
Later on Ray leads us to our new room.
"So what do you think of the captain?" He asked us.
"He was surprisingly forthcoming." Sayid told him
"Yeah, he tells it like it is. Just don't piss him off. You know what I mean? I think you'll like your room. It's on a quiet part of the ship." He says
"This... ship isn't moving." Desmond told him holding my hand.
"Well, if you say so." Ray says and opens the door to a room. Cockroaches scuttle across the ground, and a large blood stain is on the wall. I turned away covering my mouth and Desmond turned too putting his hand on my hand, I looked at him and nodded telling him I was okay. I may be a doctor and have delt with a lot of blood but being pregnant didnt help that right now.
"That shouldn't still be there... Damn it!" Ray yelled and turns to the man cleaning the floor down the hallway behind us.
"Hey, Jacobson. Is that you? Jacobson!
"Yeah." The man answered.
"Mop this up."
"Sorry, I gotta go up on deck." The man said
"No, you're gonna mop this up!"
Just then the man walks toward us and comes out of the shadow and I look to see it Michael, I look at him in shock
"Kevin, this is, uh..."
"Sayid."
"Desmond."
"Freya"
"Kevin Jacobson"
"Nice to met you Kevin" Sayid said.
Later that night we were sleeping in our berths. An alarm starts to blare and we jolt awake and run onto the deck. People are watching as Captain Gault is beating up two of his crew members. The ships tender is leaning against the freighter's railings.
"The rules of desertion... still apply to everyone." He say punching the last man twice.
"Nobody leaves this ship without my say-so! I'm not beating these men to scare you! I beat them to save your lives! Do you remember what happened to the last two men who took off in this boat?" He said addressing everyone pointing to the tender.
"You remember what happened to Minkowski? As soon as we get the engines fixed, we're back in the hunt. In the meantime, everybody just hold on. Jacobson!" He shouted looking at Michael.
"Yes, sir."
"Clean this mess up." My uncle said to him
"Yes, sir."
The crew starts moving about, talking indistinctly. Michael starts to walk. The two beat-up men get escorted through the door back to the berths. My uncle starts climbing up the stairs to his quarters and I let go of Desmonds hand and follod after him.
"What the hell was that?" I said to him.
"Exactly what it looked like" He told me still walking, I grabbed his shoulder and made him face me.
"Dont give me that, I have seen you get angry before but beating up your crew? What happened to you?" I asked him and he looked at me then looks down on the deck for a moment.
"Mr. Widmore happened." He said then I saw him look at Desmond, "Who's he?" my uncle asked.
"His name is Desmond, we met him on the island," I told my Uncle and h looked at me puzzled, "It's a long story, but all you need to know is that we love ach other, we're getting married if we can ever get home and I'm pregnant." My uncles eyes widened.
"You're father would be rolling around in shigrave right now" He said with laugh, and I smiled at him.
"Yeah well shit happens, you taught me that." I told him
"If he makes you happy then thats all I care about, but if hurts you just remember I alos taught you how to shoot." He said with a wink and walked into his quarters shutting the door. I looked down at Desmond who was watching Michael walk away from Sayid, he looked up at me and I gave him a small smile.
We go down to the engine room and Michael dismisses a man named Jeff.
"You shouldn't be here." He said to us and Sayid slams Michael against the wall.
"Hey! Uhh! Aah!" Michael cried out
"Hey Sayid, what are you doing?" Desmond asked
"Why are you here?" Sayid asked him
"Listen, if they see me talking to you—" Michael started to say
"Then talk quickly!" Sayid yelled cutting him off
"You won't understand it!" Michael yelled
"I'll understand perfectly, Michael. You just start from the beginning and explain how you came to be on this boat." Sayid said, Michael started to tell us everything.
We have been listening to Michael's story in the engine room of the Kahana.
"So you're telling me... that you're working for Benjamin Linus?"
"Yeah. Yeah, that's what I'm telling you." Michael told Sayid
"Sayid approaches Michael nonchalantly, as if to hug him, then he grabs Michael, spins him around, and pins his right arm behind his back.
"Hey! Aah!" Michael yelled
"Hey, Sayid." Desmond said
"Guys!" Michael grunts, "Hold it! Uhh! Let me go! What are you doing?!"
"Shut your mouth!" Sayid said as he marches Michael through the door, down a hallway, and into the captain's stateroom, Desmond and I follow.
"What the hell is this?" My uncle asked
"This man is not who you think he is. He was a passenger on Oceanic Flight 8-1-5. I spent two months with him on the island before he betrayed us. This is the man who sabotaged your radio room. He destroyed the ship's engine, and his name isn't Kevin Johnson. It's Michael Dawson, and he's a traitor." Sayid tells him