Lost Hope
Freya's POV...
Locke returns to the camp and Sayid walked over to him,"How's our friend?"
"You don't have to worry about him any more." Locke said and looked at me then Sayid walks off as Sawyer walked over.
"Where you been?"
"I went for a walk, James." He said to him
"Well, now that you've stretched your legs, maybe you can-" Sawyer says then suddenly Hurley arrives, "Son of a bitch."
"Ummm...hey." He said
"Hello, Hugo." Locke said
"I don't know who you are, dude, or what you want, but we have to talk to you."
"We?" Locke asked and I looked at Hugo
"There are other people with me. The thing is...you got weapons and we got weapons, and I don't want anyone to get hurt...or killed. So, we're not gonna do anything. I want your word that you're not gonna do anything either." he says and Locke hands him his knife.
"You have my word."
"Okay guys, come on out." Hugo said behind him and I stand when I see Frank, Sun and Jack arrive. Sun looks around I'm guessing for Jin, but does not see him.
"Hello, Jack." Locke said, "I was hoping you'd come." Hurley hands Locke his torch, "I think we have some catching up to do."
Jack walks up to Hurley, "Hurley. This was your idea. You alright with me talking with him alone?"
"It's all you, dude." Hurley said handing Jack his gun
"Alright, let's catch up." Jack said and looked at me, "Freya are you okay?" I nodded my head, then him and Locke walk away.
Later Locke and Jack returning to camp, "It's so nice to have everyone back together again." Locke said. We were all sitting around, Kate was talking to Jack while looking over at Sayid and I was sitting next to Sun when the sound of a rifle cock as a woman enters the camp.
"Where's the man in charge?" She asked
"Who's she?" Hurley asked Sawyer
"That's Widmore's number two."
Locke comes out of a tent and smiles at the woman, "What can I do for you?"
"You took something from us, and we want it back."
"I'm sorry. I don't know what you're talking about." Locke said and she reaches for something in her back pocket and everyone's rifles cocked again, "It's okay."
"Do you have fix on my position?" she sai into a walkie
"Roger that."
"Show them what we're capable of." She says and I hear a whistling sound overhead, followed by a loud explosion. Everyone ducks, except Locke, who does not flinch. "You have until nightfall to return what you took; or next time, we won't miss." she say and tosses walkie-talkie to Locke, "Call me when you're ready for us to pick him up." Him? Jin?
She walks off and Locke drops walkie-talkie to the ground and smashes it with the stick he had whittled, "Well...here we go." Claire walks into Locke's camp and goes to Hurley.
"Listen up, everyone." Locke says to us
"Hey. What's going on?" Claire asked him
"People trying to kill us again." Hurley pointed out
"All this is happening a bit sooner than I'd expected, but these people have forced our hand, claiming we stole something from them, trying to provoke us into a confrontation. Well, if that's what they want, that's what they'll get. Gather your things, we're going to the other island and we're getting on that plane. James, I need your help with something."
Locke leads us later on through the jungle, I was walking next to Sun, I asked if she was okay but she pulled out a notebook and wrote something down then showed it to me, I can't speak English, Locke did something to me. I looked at her then back at Locke who looks at Sun and I.
"Sun. Have you seen Sayid? He was supposed to catch up with us about a half a mile back." She doesnt say anything, "Oh, the silent treatment?"
She writes something on her notepad, "You did this to me!"
"I'm sorry, Sun, but I didn't do anything to you." He says and touches Cindy's shoulder, "James should be on his way by now. Just keep everyone moving to the beach, I'll catch up with you there."
"Where are you going?" She asked
"I wanna make sure nobody got left behind." He said and looked at me, "Your coming with me."
"Like hell I am." I said and he smiled.
"Come on now, dont make it harder on yourself." He said and I sighed reluctently going with him.
After a short while I see Jack wearily get to the beach we were standing at after swimming
"Nice day for a swim..." Locke said and Jack stands. "Sawyer took my boat, didn't he?"
"Yeah."
Just then we hear a whistling overhead and we all look up.
"Get down!" Jack yells to us all, I run to the trees and hear an explosion, I looked out and saw Locke carrying Jack to safety, I walk over to them and look at Jack.
"Jack. You all right?" Locke asked and we hear another whistling sound and loud explosion nearby, "Don't worry. It's gonna be okay. You're with me now."
We were on an outrigger later I was hanging back with Claire who was 'guarding' me while Locke was talking to Jack, then later we arrive at the plane crashed in the secon time.
"Alrighty... let's see what it'll take to get this baby to fly." Frank said and we come across a dead henchmen.
"Son of a bitch!" Sawyer said and I examine the body
"His neck's been broken." I said and Locke descends from the plane.
"That's because I broke it. If it's any consolation, Widmore knew that I would kill these men."
"What are you talkin' about?" Sayid asked him
"They were only guarding the plane for show. If Charles had really wanted to keep me from actually getting on board he wouldn't have moved his little fences."
"Well... wait, now he wants us to leave the Island?" Hurley asked
"No, Hugo. He wants to get us all in the same place at the same time... a nice confined space we have no hope of getting out of... and then he wants to kill us."
"Kill us with what?" I asked
"With this." Locke removes an object from his bag, "Four bricks of C-4. I found them in one of the overheard compartments, wired to the electrical system of the plane. If we would've turned it on... boom."
"So what now?" Jin asked
"We can't be sure he didn't put more explosives on the plane. It's not safe. If we're gonna leave the island, I think we have to take the submarine."
"Well that's what I've been saying all along." Sawyer said to him
"Dude, wait... he's not supposed to leave the island. I mean, Alpert said that-" Hurley said
"Screw Alpert. He ain't here." Sawyer said, Where was he anyways? I thought as Sawyer approaches Locke.
"That submarine is gonna be heavily defended. We're gonna need everyone." Locke said to us.
"I'll help you but, like I said, I'm not going with you." Jack said to him
"Fair enough. Let's go." and they set off.
Later on we are hiding in the bushes, observing Widmore's seemingly undefended submarine. Locke tosses his backpack behind Jack.
"Just 'cause there ain't any goons on the dock, doesn't mean they ain't on the sub. We're goin' in hard. Got it? Lapidus, Hugo, Jin, Sun-you're with me. The rest of you wait 30 seconds, head down the dock behind us." Sawyer said to us then looked at Jack and Locke, "You think you two can get our backs?"
"Absolutely." Jack said
"All right. Let's go home." Sawyer said and runs toward sub then me, Claire and Locke head toward sub.
Locke grabs both backpacks and hands one to Jack, "You sure you won't reconsider, Jack?"
"Yeah, I'm sure." Jack said
"Whoever told you, you needed to stay had no idea what he was talking about."
"Locke told me I needed to stay." Jack pushes Locke off the dock and into the water.
"What happened?" Kate asked then suddenly a shot rings out and Kate goes down.
"Kate?!" Jack shouted and him, Sayid and Claire return fire at men hiding behind trees. Jack empties his gun, throws it down and lifts Kate.
"Ahh."
Sayid provides cover, while firing at the attackers, "Claire, Freya let's go now!" Claire shoots a man out of a tree, I start to get up but just then I see Locke climb onto the dock with his backpack unaffected by the bullets and kills the remaining gunmen.
"Claire! Freya!" I look and see Sawyer calling to us from the sub.
"James!" Locke shouts and shoots an approaching attacker. He exchanges stares with Sawyer, as Sawyer lowers the sub's hatch, Me, Claire and Locke are left on the dock. Claire shoots another attacker, I see drop her gun and run toward sub, I tried to get up to stop her but Locke holds me back and stops her.
"Claire! Claire! Wait! It's alright. It's alright." He tells her and I walk over to them.
"No! They're leaving us."
"No trust me. You don't want to be on that sub." He says and I look at him then back at the sub seeing it desend and my heart sank, Was I really just left here?
Locke looks out from the dock, looking fierce and frightful, "It sunk." I looked at him in shock
"What, the submarine? But, they-they were all on it, everyone... What? Th-they're all dead?" Claire asked.
"Not all of them." Locke puts on his pack, grabs his rifle.
"Wait. W-where are you going?" Claire asked
"To finish what I started." He said walking towards me and I swung my fist punching him in the face.
"You son of bitch!" I yelled with tears in my eyes trying to take another swing but he stopped my hand and I struggled.
"Freya, stop." He said
"You killed them! Why?!"
"Not all of them are dead." He told me and I looked at him, "Come on your coming with me." He said still holding my wrist dragging me with him.
Me and Locke arrived at the old Dharma houses, he wandered off and I stayed where I was looking out to see Richard and Ben step outside, unarmed, they both saw me and before Richard could say anything the smoke monster appeared and picked Richard up throwing him. I covered my mouth trying not to scream then I felt a hand grab my arm and drag me towards the house Ben was at.
"Just the man I was looking for." Locke said
"Well, you found me."
Locke takes off his pack and puts down his rifle then moves me to sit down on the other chair.
"Can I get you a glass of lemonade?" Ben asked
Locke takes out a knife, "I need you...to kill some people for me, Ben."
"And...why would I do that?"
"Because once I leave this island, you can have it all to yourself." Locke told him.
"All right."
"Good... Now whose outrigger is that down at the dock?" He asked Ben
"I believe it's Charles Widmore's."
"And do you know where I might find him?" Locke asked.
"He's hiding in my closet."
We enter the house and Ben gestures toward the secret room, "After you... Charles and his lady friend are in here... She's armed. But I'm guessing that's not a problem for you."
"Wait out here... You don't need to see this. You too Freya." He said.
"I want to see this." Ben said and we headed to the secret room, "Sorry, Charles." he said as we entered the room
"What a pleasant surprise. How nice to be able to talk without those fences between us." Locke said and looked at the woman, "And who might you be?"
"Zoe. My name is Zoe. I-"
"Don't talk to him. Don't say anything." Charles told her
Locke cuts Zoe's throat with his knife and I gasp, Widmore grabs her as she collapses to the floor.
"Why would you do that?" Charles asked
"You told her not to talk to me. That made her pointless... Now, Charles, it's clear you're not afraid to die. So, there's only one way to motivate you to tell me what I want to know. Soon, this will all be over. I'll get what I want. And I'll finally leave this island. And when I do, the first thing I'm going to do is kill your daughter...Penny." Locke said to him.
"You'll kill her whether I talk to you or not."
"No, I won't. I give you my word." Locke said
"And I'm supposed to take your word?"
"You tell me why you came back here and I won't hurt your daughter." Locke told him
"I brought Desmond Hume back here because of his unique resistance to electromagnetism. He was a measure of last resort." Wait what? No, Desmond can't be here.
"What do you mean, "last resort"?" Locke asked
"I'm not saying any more in front of him."
"Well, then whisper to me. Hmm?" Locke said and as Charles whispered in Lockes ear three shots are fired, I look over and see Ben holding a gun, he shot Widmore.
"He doesn't get to save his daughter."
"Ben...you never cease to amaze me. Fortunately, he had already told me what I needed to know. So, no harm done." Locke said wiping the blood from his knife off on a shirt.
"Good... Did you say there were some other people to kill? " Ben said.
"Desmond's here?" I asked Locke and he nodded.
"Don't worry Freya, you'll see him soon." Locke told me.
Ben and I are following Locke through the jungle at night.
"Hey, can I ask you something?" Ben asked Locke
"Shoot."
"If you can turn yourself into smoke whenever you want, why do you bother walking?" Ben asked him
"I like the feel of my feet on the ground. Reminds me that I was human... We're here." Locke said and we approach a well and look into it.
"Are you thirsty?" I asked
"This is the well I threw Desmond Hume into."
"You what?!" I yelled at him
"What's the matter?" Ben asked him
"I sent Sayid to kill Desmond, and obviously, he didn't."
"Looks like someone helped him out." Ben said
"No, Ben. Someone helped me out."
"What did Widmore say to you?" I asked him
"He said Desmond was a fail-safe. Jacob's last resort in case, God forbid, I managed to kill all of his beloved candidates. One final way to make sure that I never leave this place." Locke said
"Then...why are you happy that he's still alive?" Ben asked
"Because I'm gonna find Desmond, and when I do, he's gonna help me do the one thing that I could never do myself. I'm gonna destroy the island, and your gonna help me convince him Freya."
"I'm not helping you do anything that involves hurting my husband."
"Oh yes you will, if you ever want to see your son again." Locke said and I went to hit him again but Ben stopped me.
Later on Ben was loading bullets into a magazine and Locke was doing something with a rope, I was sitting next to a tree with a gag in my mouth and my hands tied again then I see ben point his gun towards the trees.
"As long as you're watching, why don't you join us?" He said and I see Sawyer walk out.
"What are you doing here, James?" Locke asked
"I heard Desmond fell in the well, so I came to help him get out." He looks into the well, "Looks like somebody beat us both to the punch. Oh well."
"Do you know why I'm here?"
"I'm guessing you need Desmond to destroy the island." Sawyer said
"That's absolutely right."
"Then what, Smokey? You going down with the ship? Suicide doesn't seem like your style." Sawyer said and looked at me then back at Locke
"I'm not going down with anything. But you and the rest of Jacob's little "candidates", absolutely are."
"We're not candidates anymore." Sawyer said and elbows Ben in the face and takes his rifle, "I'll be seein' ya." He said and left
"You're not gonna go after him?" Ben asked
"I don't need to."
"When you said you were gonna destroy the island, I thought you were speaking figuratively." Ben said to him
"Because I said I'd leave you in charge once I was gone? I'm sorry if I left out the part about the island being on the bottom of the ocean. That being said, you're welcome to join me on my boat. Because once we get Desmond to do, what we need him to do, I'm going to sail away from this godforsaken place and watch it sink." Locke says and I see him look at something in the dirt, "I think there was a dog here."
Locke helped me up and we headed through the jungle again, we run into Bernard and Locke forces him to bring us to Desmond.
"Looks like you caught something." I hear Rose say
"I'm sorry." Bernard apologized and we walk into camp and I see Desmon, my heart leaps when he locks eyes with me.
"Hello, Rose... " Locke said and looked at Desmond, "I'll make this simple. Come with me now or I'll kill them both right in front of you, Freya too."
"You don't have to go anywhere with him." Rose said to Desmond
Desmond looks to Rose then at me.
"I'll make it hurt." Locke said
"I want your word. You won't touch them or her-ever." Desmond said
"Done." Locke said to him.
"Then I'll do what you want." No Desmond
"Yes, Desmond. You will" Locke said and cut the rope from my hands and took the gag out of my mouth, I ran over to Desmond and he wrapped his arms around me tightly and kissed my hair then put his hands on my face kissing my lips.
"Desmond I'm so sorry I-" I said with tears in my eyes but he stopped me and wiped them away.
"Don't, don't apologize I understand, god Freya I love you and all that matters is that you're safe." He said and I hugged him again but it was cut short when Locke told us we had to go, I looked at Rose and Bernard and gave them a sad smile and left.
Locke, Desmond, Ben and I are walking through the jungle, it is thundering.
"You have any idea where I'm taking you, Desmond?" Locke asked him
"No. But, I assume it's a place where there's a very bright light." Desmond said holding my han as we made our way through.
"What makes you say that?"
"Oh. Just a hunch." Desmond said
Locke looks at Ben, "What was that?"
"What was what?" Ben asked.
We are walking up a hill and I see Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley.
"Well, this is gonna be interesting." Locke said, I see Kate takes Sawyer's rifle, cocks it, and starts shooting at Locke, Desmond pulls me to the ground blocking me with his body.
"You killed them!" I hear Kate shout and look at her.
"You might wanna save your bullets." Locke says and approches Jack.
I walk over to Kate and look at her, I could see by the look on her face I knew what she meant, Sun, Jin and Sayid were dead, I felt tears come out of my eyes and I hugged her then we let go of each other and I faced and he wiped my tears before pulling me into a hug.
"Okay. Then let's get on with it." I hear Locke say.
We reach the bamboo forest, Locke stops and draws his knife, "Jack, Desmond. It should just be the three of us from here on."
"Umm I'm going with" I said and Desmond looked at me.
"No you're not Freya" Desmond said to me.
"Yes I am, I just got you back I'm not leaving you again and thats final."
"Well if we're going we better go now, there's a storm coming." Locke said and we start to follow Locke.
We reach the stream in front of the light cave, "We're here." Locke said and ties some rope to a tree, Jack ties it to Desmond.
"This doesn't matter, you know." Desmond sai to Jack
"Excuse me?"
"Him destroying the Island, you destroying him. It doesn't matter. You know, you're gonna lower me into that light, and I'm gonna go somewhere else. A place where we can be with the ones we love, and not have to ever think about this damn Island again. And you know the best part, Jack?"
"What?" Jack asked
"You're in this place. You know, we sat next to each other on Oceanic 815. It never crashed. We spoke to each other. You seemed happy. You know, maybe I can find a way to bring you there too."
"Desmond, I tried that once. There are no shortcuts, no do-overs. What happened, happened. Trust me, I know. All of this matters." Jack said
"Shall we?" Locke said.
Desmond stopped me from walking, "Freya-"
"Dont you dare say goodbye." I said.
He pulled me into a deep kiss which I returned, "I want you to stay here, I dont want you to have hear me."
I shook my head at him, "No I'm coming with."
"If I dont make it you get off this island and get back to Charlie."
"Des-" He cut me off with another kiss.
"Please Freya, for me, please stay here." He said and I held back tears.
"I love you."
"I love you too, no matter where our lives take us, I'll always find you." They go inside the cave and I stand there watching.
Suddenly I hear screaming coming from inside the cave and I rush in seeing Jack and Locke looking over the edge of the waterfall, "Desmond!" I yell and Jack turns around looking at me.
"Freya get out!" but I stayed where I was hearing the man I love scream from below.
"It looks like...you were wrong... Goodbye, Jack." the ground briefly shakes violently and Locke leaves the cave, Jack tried to get me to leave but I fought against him and grabbed the rope trying like hell to pull Desmond up. I was about to give up and climb down there when I felt someone pull the rope with me, I turned around to see a bloodied Jack helping me.
"Come on pull!" We both start pulling on the rope and feel it start to ease towards us then I hear a painfl grunt and Jack went in front of me reaching over the waterfall, then I see him pull Desmond up, I rush over and hold Desmond's face.
"Desmond? Des? Please answer me." I say and the ground shakes again.
"Freya?" he says and I smile kissing his head.
"You two get to the plane now I need to go after Locke." Jack says and runs out of the cave.
"Jack!" I yell but he was already gone, I put Desmonds arm aroun my shoulder, "Desmond come on we have to go. Come on."
We made our way through the jungle, Desmon finally gathered up enough strength to walk on his own and in the distance I could see the plane, we get closer to it.
"Frank!" I yelled seeing him in the window and we moved to the side of the plane as a rope later came out the door and I saw Richard standing there, I had Desmond go first then I followed, I slipped on the way up and Richard caught my hand pulling me up.
"Thank you for not leaving." I said as I got in the plane.
"Of course." He said and I grabbed Desmond's han, he sat me down in a seat sitting next to me and wrapped me in his arms.
I get up and walk over to the cock pit, "What's it looking like?" I asked and Richard looked at me then back at Frank.
"Second time's a charm. It better be because we sure as hell don't have the battery power for a third time." Frank said and he flips some switches and the engines slowly kick in.
"That good?" Richard asked
"That my friends, is pure music!" Just then the ground shakes again knocking me off my feet and I feel someone catch me, I look up and see Richard.
"Thanks." I said standing back up and moving away heading back to Desmond who gives me a questionable look but I just shook my head grabbing his hand.
"Are we clear?!" I hear Frank shout to Richard
"Are we clear?!" Richard yells to Miles.
"Yeah looks like it to me!"
"He says we're good!" Richard says to Frank
"You better pray we are Ricky boy, because I'm gonna spin her around! Hold on!" Frank said, "Alright, we're good to go! Let's go!"
Richard and Miles buckle up in the cockpit. Frank prepares to take off, but he notices Sawyer, Kate and Claire on the runway.]
Just then I see Miles open the plane door and throw some wires out I see Claire, Kate and Sawyer climb onto the plane.
"We're running out of time!" I hear Frank yell
"Way to wait until the last second, Jim." Miles says to Sawyer
"Good to see you too, Enos."
"We got 'em!" Richard yells
"Everybody buckle up tight! Hold on!" Frank yells, me and Desmond buckled up and I clung onto his arm and he kissed my head as I layed it on his shoulder, it didnt matter if the plane didnt make it, I'm with Desmond and I always will be. Frank accelerates and the plane begins to rocket along the runway. The plane narrowly clears the tops of the trees and takes to the skies. I breath out a sigh of relief, we were going home.