VERY IMPORTANT: stupid, stupid me! ok, so listen, you know at the very end of season four, they showed Locke's face dead. Well, stupid, stupid me thought it was Charles Widmore's face, not Locke... STUPID, STUPID me! Ok, so based on that, I wrote the last chapter and he was alive and I sort of planned the whole story that way... so its unrealistic--- SORRY! I'll try and adjust the way I planned it to fit what really happned, K? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPENDING TIME FROM YOUR LIFE READING THIS STORY.... luvyalll! and thanxx to Wickedgal08 for an idea that I so totally used! thankxx to her and Lin Hades for reviewing ((I only got two reviews)) and thannxx to those who reviewed in chapter one too... Enjoy!
A knock was at the door. Jack sighed and thought: paparazzi. "I do not wish to be disturbed."
"This is not paparazzi. I am… a messenger," answered the person at the door.
"Oh yeah, a messenger from who?"
"Korea, from Sun Kwon, regarding… regarding the newborn," said the hesitant voice of the person outside.
"You expect me to believe you?"
"If you wish not to, then I will leave at once."
He did not want to take any chances, and thought what the heck. He headed for the door and opened it, to see Liam Pace standing in front of him.
"Oh, obviously, you're no messenger from Korea. Come in," he said, letting the rock star into his home.
The sight of this person could not but bring memories of the jolly little munchkin in the island. The thought of him caused him to fight back tears. Jack wondered why Liam Pace had come from Australia knocking on his door and why he was so desperate to meet him.
"Liam Pace, what brings you here?"
"Do you know how everybody in the plane looks like?"
Jack thought it was weird question to ask, but answered: "I only knew Charlie, because he was the rock star, and I know the people I survived with, so no, I didn't memorize every face in the plane."
"My brother," said the young man quickly and hesitantly.
"What about him?"
"You… you said in one of your interviews that Charlie, that he was one of the…" Liam was obviously stuttering and having trouble completing the sentence.
"Yes, Charlie, I recognized him, he was one of the few good swimmers who were able to rise to the surface, but he unfortunately drowned afterwards."
Flashback: (Really happened in season three episode 21 – Greatest Hits – Here Charlie finds out about his fate from Desmond and that he has to die and flick the switch, so he had to lie so he could flick the switch and everyone would be rescued in exchange of his soul)
Sayid: Even if the station is flooded, I think I can be able to find the switch and disable it.
Jack: What about swimming back up? … Oh no, I'm not going to let you go on some suicide mission just to flick the switch.
Sayid: Someone has to do it or we'll never get off this island.
Charlie: I'll do it. Swim down, turn off that bloody switch, swim back up, piece of cake.
Jack: Charlie, you don't even know what we're talking about.
Charlie: Look, I was junior swim champion in northern England. I can hold my breath for four minutes. I know exactly what you're talking about Jack.
End Flashback (Jack still believes this when it was really a lie.)
"Are you sure it was Charlie?" he asked desperately.
Jack nodded simply.
Liam shook his head for two seconds and said: "You're lying! Charlie was a bad swimmer!"
Flashback 2 (Jack does not remember this- it happened in season one – episode 5 – White Rabbit)
Charlie: (running over to Jack) Jack, Jack, look, there's someone out there, look (pointing out into the ocean) I would go after her, but I can't swim.
End Flashback (This is when the woman named Joana drowned in only the fourth day of the crash. The point is that Jack thinks that Charlie is a good swimmer when her really is a sucky one)
Jack was confused. He had a feeling that Charlie could have been lying when he told him that he was a swim champion. But he had to cover his lie; he couldn't expose the island's secret to Liam. "Well, from what I saw, he was a mighty one."
"That's impossible," he said with tears in his eyes. "My brother was a drug addict at the time of the flight; he would have been too desperate or too drugged to even consider swimming and even if he did, he wouldn't have made it. You're lying."
"Call me a liar, but I'm not lying to you," said a worried Jack. Jack knew that Charlie was a drug addict. Why did he consider that before saying that in the interview?
Liam wiped away his tears. He tried to hold the rest back, but couldn't and cried openly. Jack didn't know what to do with the crying guest in his house accusing him of lying.
"Would you like anything to drink, Liam?" asked Jack just as a polite host would.
Liam shook his head and continued crying. Jack did nothing.
After about ten minutes of this silence, Jack said: "I'm sorry for your loss."
Liam had an odd face, as if desperate for something. He then burst out suddenly: "I want to know the truth!"
"Look, it is a possibility that I may have mistaken your brother for someone else. He was wet anyway," said Jack, trying his hardest to conceal the truth.
"Like who, there isn't anyone else on the plane with those characteristics. I analyzed the list of names that were on the plane. No one looks like him!"
Jack was shocked at how carefully he planned this. But he had a quick comeback: "there's James Ford." There was a slight similarity between the two, he thought.
"I knew it!" he yelled. "How would you know… how would you know that the person you saw is James Ford. He isn't one of the oceanic six and I asked you earlier if you memorized every faced in the plane… you said you didn't! So you're lying. You must have spent some time with the other survivors… something doesn't fit"
Jack was speechless. Liam obviously had a well-planned out interview to prove Jack a liar. He didn't know what to say, so he quickly asked Liam to leave his house, and just then, the door bell rang. Jack ran to answer it. It was Desmond. Jack would have laughed at the irony of this, but he was too nervous. He has been discovered a liar.
"Hello brotha, aren't you going to welcome me in? You look pale something the matter?" asked Desmond, noticing that Jack was shaking.
Jack whispered, "Liam Pace is in my house. He knows I'm lying… he knows we're lying about the whole plane crash."
Desmond pushed past Jack to see Liam sitting there crying. He turned to Jack. "Just tell him."
Liam stood. "Tell me what."
Desmond extended his arm to greet him. "Hello Liam, my name is Des…"
"I don't care about you're sodding name! I want to know what really happened! I want to hear it from someone who's been there," he turned to Jack.
"I've been there. I knew your brother and I was the one to see him die," said Desmond, which caused Liam to stare at him in confusion.
"Desmond, slow down," said Jack close to tears.
"Is he really dead?" Liam asked still crying.
Jack nodded. "But not the way you think he did. If you want to know, Liam, if you want to know this information, you must promise to the great lord above you that this information will not go out."
Liam nodded.
Jack looked at Desmond in doubt.
"I swear to my life, I swear to my soul, I swear to God, Zeus, Allah and every other god any person has ever believed in that not a word of this will be mentioned to any living soul in this universe. Believe me, my only concern is knowing the sodding truth about my brother."
"Just tell him brotha, even if he does spill, it's not like anyone would believe him. He himself is unlikely to believe us," said Desmond.
"Anything would be more believable than the crap in your interviews," said Liam in rage.
The story was told in a very general matter, but every detail of Charlie's life on the island had been told to Liam, the only detail left out was Desmond's flashes, which Jack doesn't even know about.
Liam left immediately after he was told about Charlie's death. He got up right after that and left Jack's house in violent tears.
Desmond stared at Jack for a while, and then he said: "What did you say to him which made him so suspicious you're lying?"
"I said that Charlie was one of the few good swimmers that were able to swim up to the surface then drowned."
"No wonder he suspected you…" said Desmond thoughtfully. "Charlie's a bad swimmer."
"He told me that…"
"He lied."
"But why?"
Desmond thought of an answer. He couldn't tell him the truth about the flashes and everything…
"He wanted to be a hero."
Jack felt guilty he didn't stop Charlie from going down there, especially after seeing Liam's reactions.
"His heroic efforts caused pain for millions of fans around the world, not to mention the whole camp."
It was then that it happened. Desmond's flashes. He saw Juliet crying with a hurt arm. Then he saw Charlie leaning on Juliet with a hurt leg. They were in the island. He saw a plane crash again in the island. Then it shows Claire crying over a grave with blood on her hands.
"Desmond, are you OK," asked Jack looking oddly at Desmond's face. Desmond look astonished. He nodded.
"I'm fine…" said Desmond shaking his head. "May I use the bathroom?" asked Desmond. Jack nodded and led him to the bathroom.
Desmond then began to think. He felt confused and his head felt dizzy. He couldn't take it in. Charlie's alive? That's impossible. I saw him die right in front of my face. Why is everything on the island? I am not going to that hell ever again. If the plane that crashed is my plane. Then I won't get on a plane ever again. Charlie's dead! Maybe I shouldn't believe everything I see. Maybe this is just some kind of mental illness and not a flash. Maybe it is a flash and will not come true. What's with Juliet and all the damaged arms and legs? Why does Claire have blood on her hands? She isn't a violent person. WHY IS CHARLIE SODDING ALIVE? WHY AM I ON THAT SODDING ISLAND? These thoughts all raced in his head, until there was another flash, showing Charlie lying on the ground with blood on his face, whether he was dead or not was unclear. It then showed Aaron in Claire's arms. Then he sees Penny hugging Charlie. Afterwards, he sees Kate at a grave, sobbing. The flashes confused him even more. He did not want to think about them. He stormed off out of the bathroom.
"Jack, please, take me to your hospital and give me a check up… a mental check up, I think I'm going crazy…" he demanded.
"What?" asked Jack in utter confusion.
"Just do it before they come again!"
"Before what comes again? Desmond… what's wrong…."
"Look brother, I'll explain on the way just grab your sodding keys and lets get out and lets go to the sodding hospital!" Jack obeyed quickly and they got into the car.
"Now Desmond, explain to me, what happened…"
"I'm seeing things, impossible things. I'm seeing Charlie… alive. I'm getting weird flashes, of a plane crashing on the island… I'm seeing Juliet hurt with Charlie leaning on her. I'm seeing Claire with blood on her hands…"
"Well… have you lack of food, water or sleep?"
"No."
"Has there been anything unnatural the past few weeks?"
"Other than fact that I'm off that sodding island for the first time in many years, no."
"Do you miss the island?"
"Hell no."
"Have you faced any medical disabilities?"
"No."
"Has something disappointed you?"
"No."
Is there anything else you could give to go by?"
"Nothing… its just happening."
"Is this the first time it happened?"
Desmond paused, deciding whether to tell him about the flashes or not. "Yes."
"You hesitated, is there something you want to tell me?"
"No."
"I can't help you then. I'm no psychologist."
"The take me to one."
"No one else can know about the island, the psychologist can't know about what you're seeing."
"Then never mind. Go back." Desmond had to accept the fact that Charlie was alive and what he's seeing could come to life.
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