I didn't get as many reviews from the last chapter as I did from the first chapter…that makes me sad.
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It happened all very quickly for Miles, but he was used to that. To the others, such as Shannon, Boone, Charlie, Eko, and Naomi, it would have seemed like a few seconds had gone by.
Any little disruption in the real world will snap Miles back into reality, like if you woke up early and are really tired, so over breakfast you find yourself randomly staring at the wall and suddenly your brother claps his hands in front of your eyes. This is how John Locke saw Miles, sitting, as if he wasn't even there, but when he opened the door, he blinked a few times and looked around.
But in the other world, where the dead people are, it would be much different. It would look as if little bits and pieces of him were being pulled away one at a time, like iron fillings being magnetically pulled away by a magnet. This is how those on the spirit beach would have seen it.
"What are you doing?" John asked Miles. "Who were you talking to?"
John had heard Miles talking, because his body talked out loud as he talked to the ghosts. Miles took a while to answer; he looked at his elbow and examined a scratch on it, and he felt his face which had another scratch.
"Why are you here?" Miles asked, ignoring John's questions.
"You have to come with me," John answered. "You are going to be answering my questions now."
Miles was pulled up by his tied hands. "Feeling a bit schizophrenic, are we?" John asked as he pulled Miles to a house.
"If I knew what that meant, I would answer that," Miles said.
"You were talking to yourself," John stopped in his tracks and looked inquisitively at Miles. "No one was there."
"No one that you could see," Miles said. "I'm pretty sure you knew him. There were a lot of them, actually. But the one I was talking to first was a man by the name of Charlie Pace."
"It can't be," John said eventually. "Charlie Pace died not too long ago."
"I know," Miles shrugged. "He didn't seem to know a lot about being dead so I assumed that-."
"What are you talking about?" John questioned. "You can't talk to someone who's dead."
"Yeah, I can," Miles said. "It's a hard thing to do, but, I was born with the ability or something, ever since I was young I could hear dead people whispering everywhere I went. You can ask Naomi-oh, right; no you can't because you threw a knife in her back."
"I had to," John said. "But…were you really talking to Charlie?"
"Yeah I was," Miles nodded. "So you believe me?"
"Not quite," John pulled Miles along again.
"He has dark, dirty blonde hair, an English accent, he's kind of short," Miles said. "And he plays guitar."
John said nothing and pulled him into a house where a few people were gathered. Miles answered questions without giving much away; in fact, Ben answered a few of them for him.
"No more secrets, huh?" Miles asked as John led him back to the boathouse. "So what about the secret that I just informed you of before we got in there?"
"You talking to dead people don't matter," John said impatiently. John turned as he heard someone running towards them from the house.
Miles listened in on Sawyer and John's conversation and at one point he laughed out loud. How ignorant these people were. "Linus will find a way to get it."
"And how will he do that?" Sawyer asked.
Miles struggled to not laugh again. "He wants to survive. And considering a week ago you had a gun to his head, and tonight he's eating pound cake... I'd say he's a guy who gets what he wants."
"So why is that not considered a secret?" Sawyer asked, ignoring Miles.
"It-it's not important," John said. "Go home, James."
"Not important?" Sawyer questioned. "And how's that?"
"Go home, James," John reiterated. Sawyer threw a dark look at them both before turning back to his house.
"Goodnight, Miles," John said as he threw him back in the boathouse.
Miles sighed as John slammed the door. What a complete waste of time. Maybe he would try to connect with the island again.
After a full 20 minutes of patiently sitting on his bed, he stood up. He was still in the boathouse. He walked through the wall and the jungle before finding the beach again, which was about the same as when he left it. Eko and Naomi had left, and the two girls that were throwing rocks before were sitting on the beach with Charlie, Boone, Shannon, and another new boy and girl.
"Well look whose back," Charlie yelled when he saw Miles. "What happened?"
"There was… an interruption," Miles explained. "I was forced back to earth by Locke."
"Why?" Boone asked.
"He wanted answers," Miles told them. "But Ben already knew everything so I don't know what the point of me being there was."
"You never answered my question," Shannon said impatiently. "How's Sayid?"
"You never told me who that was," Miles said.
"I did so," Shannon argued. "But you had to disappear in the middle of the sentence to have your tea party on Earth."
"Maybe you should complain to Locke, because you're clearly too blonde to see," Miles retorted. "It wasn't my choice. It's a lot different when I choose to go back, I actually have to come in contact with myself and meld together."
Shannon opened her mouth to speak, but Boone interrupted. "Listen, man, just ignore her. She's always like that. Sayid is the Iraqi torturer."
"Oh, him," Miles exclaimed. "Yeah, I know him. He's a jerk."
"He's the sweetest guy I've ever met," Shannon said defensively.
"You obviously haven't met too many guys," Miles said. "I think he missed a couple of his therapy sessions or something, because something has really got his broccoli steamed."
"Listen, you," Shannon said threateningly. "I don't want to hear you badmouth him one more time, got it?"
"Sayid Jarrah is a total idiot," Miles said loudly. "No one likes him and his accent is cheesy and fake. He-,"
"Can we please have peace before a nuclear holocaust occurs?" Charlie interrupted. Miles and Shannon shot each other a hatred glare but stayed silence. "Right, well, now that that's over how's Claire?"
"Oh, well, her I know," Miles said. "She seems kind of depressed. She complains a lot and is kind of annoying. But I don't know…there's something about her that makes me think she's special. She has potential beyond anyone else. And why do you want to know anyway?"
"She was a good friend of mine," Charlie said, his face growing red.
"Oh, yeah right," one girl laughed. "You two were, like, the most perfect match on the island, besides Jack and Kate."
"Oh, please," Charlie rolled his eyes. "It's Jack and Juliet now. Kate's out of the picture now that she can't decide between Jack and Sawyer."
"Whatever," the girl rolled her eyes. "I'm Nikki, by the way."
"Hello, Nikki," Miles grinned. "There are a lot of people here that I don't know."
"Well, this is Paulo," Nikki indicated the man sitting next to her.
"Hey," Paulo nodded.
"I'm Elizabeth," one blonde girl smiled. "But you can call me Libby." She shook his hand politely.
"I'm Ana-Lucia," a Latina girl introduced.
"The murderer," Shannon mumbled under her breath.
"It was an accident!" Ana-Lucia bellowed.
Miles looked at Boone and Charlie in confusion. "Ana shot Shannon by accident," Charlie explained.
"Ah," Miles nodded in understanding. "Ana, I could kiss you, but I like Naomi."
"Okay, you know what?" Shannon said angrily. "I've had enough of you and your nasty comments-!"
"Hey, remember what I said about the nuclear holocaust!" Charlie said. "That still holds!"
"Finally, I get something nice sent my way," Ana sighed. "All I've been getting, ever since I got here was crap from her and her brother."
"It is so entertaining here," Miles grinned. "I could stay here forever. You know back on the island Locke had me hanging from the ceiling at one point?"
"And I used to hate him," Shannon said.
"Hey, you know what'd be cool?" Miles said. "If I went up to Sayid and said, 'did you know that Shannon thinks you're a freak and good for nothing?'"
"NO!" Shannon yelled. "I'll be good!"
"I thought so," Miles smiled triumphantly.
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Miles made an enemy! And not to mention I brought up the best ship ever in this chapter, Miles/Naomi!