Lost Hope
Chapter 14
The next day the helicopter comes back and we see a body being carried away on a stretcher. Me, Desmond and Sayid were standing by the railing.
"The injured man... there was no gunshot. What do you think happened to him?" Desmond asked Sayid.
"I don't know. But when they get back, they'll be certain it doesn't happen again." Sayid answered
"Omar! Keamy wants you in the armory." I heard my uncle yell walking towards him
"He said I wasn't supposed to let those two out of my sight." Omar told my uncle.
"I'll watch them. Go." My uncle said and Omar look at his phone and leaves.
My uncle walked over to us, "There's a pantry below our galley with enough room for two men. I've left you a supply of food and water. You need to go there." He said putting a hand on my shoulder.
"Michael-is he dead?" I asked him
"No, but not for lack of bloody trying, which is precisely why you three need to be hiding before Keamy comes back on this deck."
"Hiding is pointless. Give us your Zodiac raft so we can start ferrying people back here from the beach. The only way to save our lives is to get our people off that Island." Sayid said to him
"Meet me behind the container in ten minutes. The boat will be in the water." My uncle said and gave my shoulder a light squeeze before walking away. I looked after him thn Desmond pulled me to him, I rested my head on his chest and he kissed the top of my head.
Ten minutes later we met my uncle,"Stay on a heading of exactly 3-0-5. Faraday says that's the only safe way to and from the boat." He told us.
"What will you tell Keamy if he notices the Zodiac is missing?" Sayid asked
"I'll tell him you stole it. Now go." My uncle said and gave my arm a quick squeeze.
"Desmond." Sayid said and Desmond held my hand and looked at me then back at Sayid.
"I can't go with you." He said
"Why not?"
"I've been on that island for three years. I'm never setting foot on it again ... not when I'm this close to getting Freya home." He said and I put my other hand on both of ours.
"I'll be back with the first group as soon as I can." Sayid said
"Stay on that bearing, yeah?" Desmond said
"I will."
"You need to go now." My uncle yelled from up top.
Sayid gets into the raft and Desmond unties the rope and he sets off for the Island. i moved into Desmonds arms and looked out watching Sayid leave.
"We will get home right?" I asked him having small doubt.
"I promise you I will, and as soon as we do I'm gonna marry you." He said holding me tightly.
"I was thinking about that, if you came back to the states you would have to beome a legal citizen, same if I was to go with you to Scotland." I said and turned to him, "So my question is Mr. Hume, where would you like to start our family?" I asked him and he smiled.
"Well future Mrs. Hume, either way as long as we have each other I'm happy, but your life is in the California, if you'll have me I'll move there with you." He said to me, and I smiled.
"You know what? I'm actually sick of California, I wanna move to Scotland with you, but first I think we should travel, get a boat and just sail. Who cares where we go, we'll get married and travel the ocean." I said and he nodded his head.
"I think that sounds amazing." He said and I kissed him on the lips then put my head back on his chest just looking out at the ocean, we are so close to going home.
Later on that night the mercenary crew are loading gear into the chopper. Desmond and I were watching from the steps far away I was sitting in front of him resting my head against him.
"Hey, doc. Wanna hear something weird?" We heard Omar say to Ray
"Ah, sure." Ray said
"You know that morse code message that I got from the beach? It said that the doctor washed up on the shore with his throat slit." Omar said
"But I'm the doctor."
"Crazy, right?" Omar said and Keamy walked up.
"Everything here?" He asked
"Yes sir."
"Good. Get it packed up." Keamy said and Frank showed up.
"What are you gonna do with all that?" Frank asked
"Fire her up, Frank." Keamy told him
"Mr. Keamy, I was hired to fly scientists." Frank said
"Get your ass in the cockpit and fire up the chopper, Frank." Keamy said
"I'm not taking you." Frank said
"I'll kill you, Frank."
"Yeah, well, you do that, you'll never get back to the island 'cause I'm the only pilot you got." Frank said
Keamy moves over to Ray, "Sorry, Doc." Keamy says and slices his neck. Ray starts gagging and Keamy throws him overboard into the water. Suddenly Desmond slowly moves to stand up and I follow, he grips my hand as we watch my uncle walk out.
"That change anything, Frank? Huh? Another 30 seconds goes by and someone else's turn—" just then my uncle fires off a shot.
"I fixed your gun. Now stand down, Martin, or I will fire." He said to Keamy.
"I don't think you want to do that, Captain." Keamy told him indicating to the device strapped to his left arm. I tried to move forward but Desmond tightened hs grip on my hand and pulled me loser to him.
"What's that on his arm? What's that on his arm?!" My uncle shouted and looked away for one second. Suddenly, Keamy grabs Omar's gun and shoots him.
"N-!" I started to yell but Desmond put his hand over my mouth and pulled me up the steps and hid us behind a wall. He pulled me to his chest and I couldnt help it I just let go and started crying, my uncle was dead, I just found him again and he was dead.
"I'm so sorry Freya, I'm so so sorry." He said and I just contiued to cry against his chest and we hear the helicopter take off, I wanted nothing more then to put a bullet between Keamy's eyes, but I knew Desmond wouldnt allow that.
Later on the Zodiac arrives back at the freighter, me and Desmond run over.
"Hey, hey! Hey, we're back!" Daniel shouted
"Where's Sayid?" Desmond asked
"He had to go after Jack. You go. They're headed for the chopper." Daniel said
Desmond helped Sun up and she walked over to me holding Aaron.
"You okay?" I asked and Jin came up next to her
"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you." She said and they turned their backs to me as daniel shouted.
"I'm gonna head back for the next group."
Just the Michael walks up next to me talking to Desmond, "Engine's fixed. Tell Hendricks to try it."
Sun and Jin turn around as Desmond runs off to the control room and they stare at Michael in shock.
"I don't understand. How'd you get back to New York?" Sun asked him
"Uh, Walt and I, uh, uh... we took Ben's boat and we followed his bearing. A couple of days, we came to an island, you know, with people. I sold the boat... we hopped a cargo ferry back to the States. Didn't tell anybody who we were." Michael said to her
"And now you're working for Ben?" She asked him
"I do not work for Ben. I'm trying to make up for what I did. I'm trying to help you out here." He said and looked at Jin, "Translate what I said." He told Sun
"I understand." Jin told him
Suddenly a door clanks open and I turn to see Desmond
"Hey! Michael! I need you now!" He shouts and Michael and I follow Desmond as he runs to a room below deck. Sun and Jin follow too. We came into a room filled with C-4 explosive.
"Oh, my God." I said moving to Desmond putting my arm aournd his waist and he put his around my shoulder.
I see a green light shine on a radio receiver. Desmond is examining the bomb it's connected to. Jin sent Sun to the top deck and Desmond tried to get me to go but I refused, if this went off I was not leaving him.
"There's enough C-4 here to blow up a bloody aircraft carrier. When I was in the army... I did six months' explosive ordnance disposal, which, as the saying goes, is just enough time to learn how to blow yourself up." Desmond said.
"Is it on a timer? And why hasn't it gone off yet?" I asked him
"This is a—a radio receiver. It's... it's like a walkie-talkie. You send it a signal, and, uh... it-it triggers a bomb remotely." He told me.
"So can we... turn off?" Jin asked him
Desmond exhaled, "This is a... this is a trip wire. Move it, and... boom. This is dummy wiring. If you cut the wrong one... boom. This is multiple firing systems. You disable one, and the next one... boom. Uh, this... battery's the power source. If you disconnect it—"
"Boom." Jin said
Just then Michael comes back with a tank and tells Desmond what he's going to do.
"You're gonna what?" Desmond asked.
"Freeze it. This is liquid nitrogen. We use it in the refrigeration hold. The bomb needs a charge from the battery to detonate, right? And the battery runs on a-a chemical reaction. I spray the battery. I can keep it cold. No reaction."
"And what's the catch?" I asked him
"The catch is we only have one canister. We use it up, we're right back where we started." Michael said
"Well, shouldn't we save it till the light turns red?" Desmond asked him
"If we see that light turn red and the battery's not already cold, that is the last thing we will ever see. Either way, at least we'll have a warning, buy ourselves some time." Michael told him
"All right, um, freeze the battery. Jin, help me trace back these wires, make a list of where each of them goes to. Freya," He said turning me to face him, "Please go up top with Sun, I need you to be safe."
I shook my head, "No way in hell Desmond, if we cant stop this from going off I want to be right here with you." He looked at me then kissed my forehead.
"Alright but you stay by the door." He said and I nodded moving to the dorr frame watching them work and Michael begins to freeze the battery.
"I think I might have something. Okay, so... so if... if I cut this wire, it... it should disconnect the firing mechanisms." Desmond said moving with cutters to the wire.
"Stop" Jin says "No good."
"Damn it! I-I just don't know enough. H-how do we even know your little freezing trick's doing anything?" Desmond asked Michael
"We'll know if that light turns red and we're still here." Michael told him
"How much stuff do we have left?" I asked him
Michael checked the tank, "We got a quarter tank."
"What happens if we can't deactivate the bomb?" Desmond said
"We better get everybody the hell off this boat." Michael said
A little bit laster we hear a beep and the light on the bomb receiver turns red.
"You three need to go now. Get everybody off the boat. We have maybe five minutes left in the tank. Go!"
"You go. Go. I stay." Jin told me and Desmond and he runs to me grabbing my hand and we start running to head to the top deck. We get there and head over to the pile of life jackets on the ground and we hear a chopping coming.
"Oh, bloody hell." Desmond said running forward, "Don't land! You can't land! Don't land! Don't land! There's a bomb! There's a bomb! Get away! There's a bomb! You can't land! Go back!" He yelled but the helicopter was still coming "Don't land!"
"No! Don't land!" He shouted but it landed and we ran over to it "No! No! Look, you don't understand! Jin and Michael are doing everything they can, but there's no time! You've gotta get off the boat now!" He told Jack who ran knocked on the chopper shouting to Frank.
"How long till we can fly again?" He asked.
"Somebody patch the other hole where the bullet came out!" Frank yelled
"Give it to me. I'll do it." Desmond said and went in the chopper.
"Here! Somebody pump some gas!" Frank yelled
"I'll handle the fuel." Jack said getting the fuel canister
"Get that life raft right there! Come on! Let's go!" Frank shouted and I went and grabbed the raft putting it in the chopper.
I heard Aaron crying and turn to see Sun heading towards the door me and Desmond came through.
"Hey, Sun! Sun! Where you going? We gotta go." Kate said to her
"Jin's below with Michael. I can't-"
"No, no, there's no time! There's no time. We have to go." Kate said trying to move Sun back to the helicopter.
"I won't leave him!" Sun shouted.
"Okay. You get the baby on the chopper. I'll get Jin. All right?" Kate said to her.
"Just keep pumping till I get it started! That'll be enough to get us to the island." Frank said. Then he starts the helicopter up
"Hey! Not yet!" Jack yelled
"Your buddy said we got five minutes as of three minutes ago. If you're going, this is it. Let's go!" Frank said and I got in the chopper sitting down next to Hurley, and Jack was getting Kate.
"Let's go!" Frank yelled and Aaron was crying in Sun's arms
"Give me a minute! No! Wait!" Desmond yelled trying to finish up then getting up and sitting next to me on the other side of me and out his arm around my shoulder. and I clung to him.
"Where's Jin?" Sun asked Jack and Kate as the chopper takes off.
We hear Jin shouting and look out to see him running towards the helicopter. Sun tries to get up but Hurley holds her back
It's Jin! No! Jin! Jin! Jin! We have to go back! Turn around!"
"We can't do it" Frank said
"We have to! We need to go back!" She yells trying to break free from Hurley just then the freigher explodes, and Desmond pulls me to him as the shockwave hits the helicopter and I bury my face in his chest and I hear Sun screaming.
"Jin!" She cries "Jin!" She continues yelling as she cries.
I was holding onto Desmond who cradled my head in his hands as I cried into his chest, hearing Sun crying was making me cry more, Jin was gone, another person we cared about dead. I heard Jack tell Frank to fly towards the Island.
"You got it" Frank said.
After a while we hear a loud buzzing noise and a bright purple light lights up the sky then it stops.
"What was that?" Desmond asked still holding me.
"Where's the island? Where's the island?! Where the hell's the island?!" Frank asked and we all looked out and just saw nothing but ocean
"It's gone." Hurley said
"Where the hell am I gonna land this thing?!" Frank shouted
There's another smaller island close by they took us to!" Jack shouted
"I got news for ya, Doc. There's nothing but water in every direction!" Frank said
The we hear the helicopter engine sputtering and an alarm beeping.
"Doesn't matter now. That's it, people! We're out of fuel!" Frank said taking off his head set and the beeping continues. "Get your life vests on! We're going in! Brace yourselves!"
"Desmond! The life raft!" Sayid yelled to Desmond who grabbed the raft handing it to Sayid then putting a life vest on me strapping it on.
"Hold on!" Frank yells and Sayid releases the life raft into the ocean. Next thing I knew the chopper crashes into the sea and and everything went dark.
I came to and saw I was floating above the water with my vest on and I hear Kate shout.
"Where's Jack?!"
"Kate! Where is he?!" I hear Frank yell
"Are you okay?" Sayid asked me and I nodded.
"Hurley, carry the baby." Kate says handing Aaron to Hurley.
Jack makes his way to the surface.
"Where's Desmond?!" I asked trying to find him and I feel Sayid pull me towards the raft and Hurley helps me on.
"Sayid, are you all right?"
"Yes!"
"Where's Desmond?" Frank asked
"Get the baby." Kate says to Hurley.
"I got him." Hurley said and Aaron is crying.
"Desmond?!" I hear Frank yell following his eyes I see Desmond face down in the water and my heart stopped, "Jack! Give me a hand!"
Sun gasps and grunts as I pull her into the raft.
"Get him to the raft. Get him to the raft. Get him up in the raft. We've gotta get him in the raft." Jack said swimming over holding Desmond.
"Is he breathing? Oh, my God. Is he breathing?" I asked worried as Frank and Jack get an unconcious Desmond to the life raft and Jack performs CPR.
"Oh, my god." Kate said putting her hand on my shoulder.
"Oh, come on, Desmond." Jack said doing chest compressions
"One, two, three."
Just then Desmond opens his eyes and coughs out water, I let out a relieved sigh and went ovr to him as Jack helped him sit up
"Yeah. Yeah, yeah." Jack said grabbing my shoulder smiling and I silently thanked him as I held Desmond to me. He contiued coughing wrapping his arms around my wasit putting his head on my shoulder.
"Yeah, you're all right." Jack said
"You're all right, man. You're okay." Hurley told him and he continued coughing.
"Desmond." I said whispering his name, " You're okay, we're both okay" I told him
"It's okay. It's okay. We're alive." Jack said laying back.