LOST - Fleeing Love - RPG

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Before this forum, we resided on abclost and I wrote fanfic’s there. I decided to bring a few over here. This was a gift for my two favorite ladies, Kristi and Heidi! Enjoy and please let me know what you think.

This is based on the old RPG over on abclost forum. I wrote this before I saw the show, so this is not canon!

Note: A few things have been changed, some wording and grammar. I couldn’t bring myself to repost without doing so lol

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“Stranded on an island, it's been a whole year, maybe the rescue will come sometimes next year…” Sarah hummed along to her little song as she skipped along the beach, it was early morning and Heidi was fast asleep. She had been out late with Cyrus and Sarah couldn’t wait to tease her about it. Everyone was like a family now and she felt like she had a bunch of aunts and uncles. She missed her family back home but this place was starting to grow on her. No one was coming for them and she had to accept it- everyone did.

Reaching her sandcastle, she smiled at her coconut made guard, saluted, and entered inside. The tarp used for her roof had been confiscated, the camp needed it so she gave it them for a price. She asked to go on the next adventure and Jack agreed, but she knew he wouldn’t let her go.

After a while she could hear footsteps coming towards the castle, she figured it was Heidi. So, she got ready to jump up and yell boo, “Ethan you bumbling idiot, we're close to our cover being blown.” Cyrus? What did he mean by covering being blown?

“Don’t get your pants in a knot, within a week everything will go as planned.”

“You better hope,” They talked about this guy named Ben and how they lived on the other side of the island. Sarah felt her heart race as she listened to them talk, trying to remember everything. She was now undercover and she had to be very still or they would see her. She wondered if they were serious? Did they belong to another civilization on the island? Sarah was about to sneak away when she heard Ethan mention Heidi’s name, she paused to listen.

“So, what about the apple of your eye, Ms. Rittner?”

“What about her?”

“What are we going to do with her?

“What are we going to do with, Gwen?” Cyrus countered.

“We get them out of here before the others come, keep them safe. Deal?”

“Deal,” Sarah had tears in her eyes, something was going to happen to her family! She couldn’t let that happen, she needed to get help. When they entered the jungle she waited a minute before she ran off to tell the one person she trusted, Heidi. When she reached camp she looked all around, spotting Heidi talking with Gwen.

“Heidi!” Sarah’s eyes were blurry with tears, “Something bad!”

“What happened or what did you do?” Heidi knelt down next to Sarah, giving her the look.

“Why do you always think I’ve done something wrong?”

“Because you usually get yourself into trouble, now what’s going on?” Heidi reached over to wipe away some tears.

“Something neither of you will like.” Sarah knew this was going to crush both of them but she couldn’t let the bad happen.

“Just tell us, honey.”

“I heard Ethan and Cyrus talking, they’re the bad guys. They’ve been talking about a list and how they gave it to this guy.” she looked up at Gwen, “They said they didn’t want to hurt you, they talked about sparing you or something.” Sarah was taken back by the anger on Gwen and Heidi’s face, but she knew they were mostly hurting. This was the first time that Sarah had seen Heidi truly angry and she felt bad, “I’m sorry,” She lowered her head.

“We have to tell others,” Heidi got back onto her feet and placed a hand on Gwen’s shoulder. “They’ll know what to do.”

“No time.” Gwen wanted this little misunderstanding over with. She wasn’t sure if Sarah was playing one of her games but she would find out.

“Gwen, we can’t fight them by ourselves.” Heidi could feel her heart beating faster, she hoped this was one of Sarah’s games but it was a lose-lose either way. She followed after Gwen, who was heading right for the jungle.

“Go get help,” Gwen’s words were cold, hurtful, and it made Heidi flinch. “I’ll stall them,” Gwen picked up a branch, “Then I'm going to beat, Mr. Rom until he bleeds.” Heidi didn’t want to leave Gwen on her own, what if she got hurt?

“Gwen, wait!” Heidi turned to Sarah and looked her right in the eyes. “Sarah, go tell the others. I’m going to stay with Gwen,” Sarah shook her head, she couldn’t let them go.

“You can’t go, please, you’ll both be hurt!” Sarah should have just told Jack, now Heidi and Gwen would be hurt!

“Sarah, don’t argue. Now, tell us where Ethan and Cyrus are?” Heidi asked with a stern look.

“Not until you go get help.”

“Sarah, tell me or I’ll steal Mr. Flopper and toss him into a tree.” Gwen wasn’t kidding either, she had no time for games. “Sarah, now.”

“Okay, no need to be a big bully.” Sarah knew this was a huge mistake but she couldn’t let Mr. Floppers get hurt. “But you have to be careful, promise?”

“We will,” Heidi said quickly.

“In the Jungle, near my sandcastle.”

“Thank you, sweetie, now go get help.” Sarah nodded and watched as Gwen and Heidi took off, Sarah had a bad feeling about this.

“Are you sure about this, Gwen?” They stood just outside the jungle, unsure about going in alone.

“Yes,” and they both walked into the tree.
“Cyrus,” Heidi called out with a half smile, trying to play it cool. She needed to drag this on, give Sarah enough time to tell Jack. “Ethan,” She could see Gwen holding onto that branch, ready to swing.

“Hey there Darlin’ what a surprise?” Heidi kept her smile, even though she was scared to death. She had been dating a traitor.

“Oh, I just missed you is all,” With a smile, she leaned in and kissed him and for the first time, she didn’t enjoy it. This man could be a traitor, he might have been the cause of all the problems. “What are you boys doing in here, playing hunter's?” Heidi relaxed just a bit, trying to keep herself at ease but Gwen, her body language read predator. She had been through so much this last year, she let someone in and now he betrayed her.

“More like explorer’s,” Ethan’s attention was drawn to Gwen’s knuckles, hands were grasping around the branch hard, she looked ready to pop. Something was wrong, he could see it.

“People have gone missing in here, it’s dangerous to go wandering off.” Gwen gave her best smile she could come up with. She watched as Ethan watched her, he looked concerned.

“You seem on edge, Gwen, you that worried about little old me?” Heidi moved to Gwen’s side, placing a hand on her shoulder.

“Easy,” Heidi whispered.

“No, I’m worried about lil old us,” Gwen knew she was dancing close to trouble but she couldn’t pretend, she was just too angry.

“You’re safe as safe can be,” Cyrus pushed himself free from the tree he was leaning against. “What gave you the idea you ain’t?”

“Just worried,” Gwen took a look around, wanting to make sure no one else would come for them. “We have something to ask you,” She couldn’t wait anymore, she needed to know.

“Not yet, please,” Heidi whispered, she had no weapon to protect herself. “Now is not the time.”

“Now is a perfect time,” She locked eyes with Ethan, “I need you to be honest with me, can you do that?”
Ethan nodded his head.
“Who are you?” Heidi was coming nervous all over again, they were in so much danger right now.
“Well, this is Cyrus and I’m Ethan, you already know that. What is this all about, Gwen?”

“Someone overheard your conversation,” Gwen continued on, “You were never on the plane with us, were you?”

“Cyrus?” Heidi felt sick to her stomach, she waited for his answer.

“We’re not the bad guys here, we had a job.” Ethan watched as Gwen raised her branch, she was ready to strike, “We could never hurt you, either of you.”

“Cy, please tell me your--” Cyrus cut Heidi off, quickly.

“Life's a funny thing darlin’, just followin’ orders.”

“We would never let anything happen to you, you can trust us.”
Ethan added.
“Trust,” Gwen was having an inward battle right now, how could she trust them? “How could you do this to me, how-”

“I never expected to fall for you, Gwen, but I did.” Ethan moved a little closer but not close enough to get hit. “We don’t want you hurt any of you, but Ben-”

“Come back to the beach with us, let Jack and the others help.” Heidi chimed in, hoping to stall just a bit longer. “We’ll make sure nothing happens to you.”

“I’ve seen how your friends operate, sweetie. I rather not spend the rest of my days in a pit,” Cyrus shook his head with a smile, “Plus, our boss will kill us, literally. Now, the best thing for all of us is to move on. You’ll be coming with us instead,” Cyrus moved in a bit closer.

“We’re not going anywhere, we’re going back to the beach. Let’s go,” Ethan just smiled that smile and shook his head. "Don't make me hurt you, Ethan." Ethan pretended to charge forward and Gwen swung, giving Ethan the real opening he needed to take hold of her. This distracted Heidi long enough for Cyrus to grab her, "I trusted you!" Gwen yelled, trying hard to break free but Ethan was so strong.

“Gwen, it’s all going to be okay, just sing.” Gwen was confused for a second but caught on, the boys were confused until the first hit. Solar plexus, instep, nose, and groin. The self-defense taught by Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality, “Thank you, Sandra.” With both men on the ground, they had time to escape, but Gwen went back for her stick and hit Ethan with it a couple times. “Gwen, we don’t have time for this. Let’s go,” Heidi didn't make it far before Cyrus grabbed hold of her.
“I don’t think so,” Cyrus struggled through the pain, “This time keep that pretty voice to yourself, Heidi darlin’. “Ethan, you okay?” Cyrus was amused, the girls had such a fire.

"Never better," He groaned.
"Gwen, just go!" Heidi yelled but Gwen didn't budge, she wasn't going to leave her friend behind.
"Nonsense, I won't be leaving you behind." Gwen swung at Ethan again, and again he dodged her attack. "Let her go, Cyrus."
"I didn't know you had this much fire, Ms. Havers, truly I'm impressed," Ethan smirked and moved closer, catching the branch in his hand this time. "One hell of a woman, Gwendolyn." she tried to yank the branch from his hand, and after a couple tries he let go and Gwen slammed the branch into her own head.
"Gwen!" Heidi could see the hurt on Ethan's face, he was upset about this. She was just so confused right now, how could he do this and feel sorry?
“This gave me no joy, I didn’t want it this way.” Ethan tied Gwen’s hands and feet with vines, Cyrus did the same to Heidi’s hands. “We need to get out of here, people are going to come looking.”

“Sing, clever trick. Not sure where it’s from, don’t get off island these days.” He cupped Heidi’s chin and sighed, “I’m sorry, darlin’, truly.” He lifted Heidi up onto her feet and led the way, “Let’s go.”

[Lady Lee-o]

Note: I added the first paragraph, it’s new. I also change dialog around, fixed grammar, and weird capitalization; same as before.

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It was a hot day on the island as the higher the sun rose, the hotter it became. Heidi was feeling dizzy and each step only made her more tired. She was trying hard to remember her way back but they kept changing direction, she guessed it was to throw the others off their trail. She wouldn’t cry, she refused to cry, even though she was angry, hurt, and betrayed. She wanted to slap his stupid smug face, hard.

They had been walking for an hour, Gwen was draped over Ethan’s shoulder, unmoving. Cyrus was pulling her along, the vines tight around her wrists. They were deeper in the jungle now and Heidi had no idea where they were, she had never been this far in. She was sweaty, tired, and thirsty. She was having some trouble breathing and was slowing down, “I need to rest, can’t--” Heidi collapsed to her knees, wincing, trying to regain her breath.

Cyrus knelt down beside her, brushing some hair out of her face. “Come on darlin’, sit in the shade,” He helped her over to a tree and settled her down beside it. Ethan placed Gwen down beside Heidi, “No funny stuff,” Cyrus warned.

“Gwen, please wake up.” It didn’t take much longer for Gwen to open her eyes, Heidi felt relieved. Gwen had a gash on her forehead which continued to trickle blood. “Are you okay, how do you feel?”

“Like I hit myself in the head with a bloody branch.” Gwen looked around as she slowly started to gather herself. “Where are we?”

“I don’t know, they kept changing directions on me.” They shared a small smile before turning their attention to Ethan and Cyrus. They were talking about something and Gwen wished she could read lips.

“How are you?” Gwen wanted to make sure one of them would be okay.

“A little Dehydrated, but nothing a little water won’t fix.” Heidi watched as Cyrus turned his attention to them, he had a smile on his face. “What do you want?” he wiggled the bottle of water and placed it to her lips, she drank it without question.

“Better?”

“Much, thank you” Heidi shuffled closer to Gwen, she didn’t want to be near Cyrus right now.

“Now, who overheard us talking?” Heidi looked up and smiled smugly, “I want to know.”

“How does it feel to want.” Heidi rested her head on the tree behind her, the shade felt good. She felt much better now that she had water and shelter from the sun. Heidi was hoping to stall them long enough to be found, or escape with Gwen and catch up with the rescue party.

Ethan knelt down next to Gwen and inspected her gash, each touch made Gwen flinch. At one time she would have welcomed this touch, it always gave her comfort- until today. “I’m sorry, I wish we could have said something earlier.”

“Not forgiven.” She said coldly.

“I’m still sorry, whether you forgive me or not.” Ethan knew Gwen might never forgive him, but that was the price to make sure she would remain unharmed. “Hold still,” he dabbed some water onto her wound, “Once we get somewhere safe, I can get your properly patched up.” He saw Gwen crack a smile, which struck him as odd. “What?”

“What kind of captors clean prisoners wounds?” Gwen didn’t yank her head away, it stung but she rather it be clean.

Ethan finished before sitting down next to Gwen and looking into her eyes. “One who cares for his captive very much.” He placed the water bottle to Gwen’s lips and let her drink, he really did care for her. It was hard for him to express how much.

“Jack and the others will come for us. If you don’t let us go, you’ll regret it. If I get free I will hurt you, I don’t want to but I will.” Ethan knew that Gwen meant every word but he couldn’t let her go. Ben would kill them, all of them.

“You don’t understand the dangers of this place, I can’t let you go.”

“Besides, your threats mean nothing to us. You have no idea where you are or how far,” Cyrus knelt down and smiled.

“We trusted you,” That was all Gwen said before she looked away.

“That was the point, the plan was to get close to the group.” Cyrus grabbed hold of her face, forcing her to look at him. “Who else knows about us?”

“If I wasn’t a proper lady I’d spit in your face.” Gwen glared and jerked her head away, but Cyrus was quick to slam her head into the tree. Gwen winced, “Who else knows, don’t make me ask again.”

“Cyrus,” Ethan’s voice was a warning and Cyrus was quick to release Gwen’s face. “Gwen, who else knows?”

“When I get loose, I will beat you both to death?” Gwen glared. She wanted them to suffer, she wanted to hurt them for everything they did. Not only was she suffering but Heidi too and all the people who trusted them.

“No you won’t, you're not a murderer you don’t have it in you.” Cyrus snapped back.

“But you are?” Heidi looked up into his eyes, “Was the sweet kind man I knew all a lie, are you a murderer?”

“The less you know about me, the better for you. Just sit tight and we’ll be out of here soon.” Cyrus then turned to Gwen, “and I’m not afraid of you.”

“Well, you should be.”

“Take a few more minutes,” Cyrus walked off and sat down next to a tree, Ethan pacing back and forth.

“Heidi, we have to get out of here,”

“It's no use, we can’t outrun them.”

“No, your probably right but we can outsmart them. Just long enough until help arrives,” Heidi nodded, “Everyone knows,” That got the boys attention, “I expect they’ll catch up anytime now. What do you think, Heidi?”

“The pit Ana-Lucia dug would suit you two just fine,”

“This island holds a lot scarier things, it will take more than your threats. No one will find you out here,” He placed a loving hand on her cheek, thumb stroking. “I wish this turned out different. I wouldn’t have let anyone hurt you,” That sincerity, she couldn’t trust it anymore, the trust was gone.

“I’m not sure I can believe that, this is on the nontrust level.” Heidi motioned between her and Gwen, “Cy, I don’t care about what you’ve done. I care about you right now, come back to the beach with us. We’ll never let anything bad happen to you,” When Heidi lied she normally kept it small, little white ones but this was a little red Devil with a broken wing. “Please Cy, come with us.” she leaned in and kissed his lips and every time it felt like the first time. That’s what made it hard, hard to lie.

Cyrus broke the kiss, “It's not that simple Darlin’,”

“Why can’t it be, everything was perfect. I can talk to Jack and the others, I-” Ethan watched as Heidi continued on, the display she was laying on. She was playing the game hard, trying to gain their trust.

“Cy,” Ethan called him over and he reluctantly broke away from Heidi. “She’s playing you, Cyrus, don’t fall for it.”

“She’s never lied to me before.”

“And we never lied to them either, think about it.” Ethan placed a hand on his shoulder, “They’d say anything to get out of here,” Ethan was right, they would say anything to get out. He was being tricked and hell he rather liked it.

“You almost had me,” He pulled her up and smiled, “Sorry, Heidi-kins but no deal.” He kissed her cheek.

“I’ve never give you a reason not to trust me.”

“An either did I, until now.” Heidi knew that Ethan caught on, he broke Cyrus away before she could break him.

“I’m getting better at the lying thing?” She couldn’t help but crack a smile.

“Heidi Darlin’, you had me fooled.” While Cyrus was distracted by Heidi, Ethan walked over and sat next to Gwen.

“You have every right to be angry with me.” Ethan could see Gwen’s walls breaking down, she looked so broken and he never wanted that to happen. “Gwen-”

“I trusted you.”

“I know.”

“You know huh, well that’s bloody fantastic.” Gwen had tears in her eyes, she didn’t want to hide them anymore. She wanted him to know how much pain she was in, “After everything that's happened to me this year, after letting you in. I opened up my heart to you, you bastard!”

“Loving you wasn’t a lie, Gwen, I do love you. That is why we’re taking you away from the beach because we want to keep you both safe.”

“I can’t believe you.” Gwen stood and pushed on Ethan’s chest, knowing now would be the proper time for escape. She caught Heidi’s eye and both of them knocked the guys backward. They used a sharp part of the tree to cut their bindings, both girls were finally free- but for how long? Gwen picked up a branch and tossed it over to Heidi, “Catch.”

“I’m only violent when I have to be.”

“Well I think now would be a good time, what do you think?” Heidi thought about it for a moment before nodding her head. Gwen turned back to Ethan, “You hurt me, now I hurt you.” She swung at him and missed.

“Put the branch-” He ducked another swing, “Give me the damn branch, Gwen!” His anger was starting to show through.

“Why, I’m having a great deal of fun. How about you Heidi?”

“Barrel o’ Fun.” Heidi lied, in fact, she didn’t like violence in the least.

“You kill us, you’ll be no better.” Cyrus kept a close eye on Heidi, he didn’t have to worry that much. He knew Heidi wouldn’t swing unless she had a reason.

“Were nothing like you but beating you down sounds right to me.”

“Damn it, put the branch down or so help me!” He stayed back, ducking out of the way. “I don’t want to hurt you, Gwen.”

“Too late for that, Ethan,” She looked at him right in the eyes, “I thought you were different and now I can see your nothing but a liar.” Gwen swung at Ethan and hit him in the arm, while he favored it she went for his head but he caught the branch. He grabbed hold of Gwen, pushed her hard against a tree.

“You want me to say it again, I’ll say it!” He took a deep breath and made her look right into his eyes. “I never wanted to hurt you like this, I never planned falling so deeply in love. You changed me for the better and I wanted to tell you a thousand time but I chickened out. I loved you more than I have ever loved anyone, I don’t want to hurt you anymore. I’ll go with you to the beach, just put the stick down.” He leaned in and pressed his lips to hers, she found herself kissing him back but she couldn’t fall for his lies.

“I won’t fall for any more lies!” Gwen pushed him away and swung, knocking Ethan right in the head. Gwen looked over to see Heidi get a lucky shot in.

“Oh my god, I hit him.” Heidi looked horrified.

“Yes you did, you did well. Come on,” They grabbed the supplies and ran like hell, it was so hot. They picked a direction and ran, hoping they would make it to the beach. “I’ve run through this jungle more times than I can count, giant monsters, polar bears, boar, but never thought I would be running away from the man I love.”

“Gwen, what did we just do?”

“What we had to do, they’ll be very angry when they wake up.” They kept running and didn’t dare stop, they didn’t know how long they would be out for. After a while, the girls started to run out of steam.

“We have to keep going,” Heidi was having trouble breathing, she had just gotten her exercise for a lifetime.

“No time, up the tree.” They could hear footsteps coming down the path, “Please tell me you can climb.”

“Yes, I can climb,” They needed to get up high, Heidi got up first and extended her hand to Gwen. They remained still and relaxed their breathing, moments later Cyrus and Ethan ran passed them, they could hear them talking.

“This is just pissin’ me off,” Cyrus punched a tree hard in his frustrations.

“I think it’s amusing,” They stopped just a few feet away, leaning against a tree. They outsmarted us and beat us into the ground, they might be smarter than us.”

“I won’t argue that but they didn’t get to the beach yet. They are around here somewhere, I'll look ahead and you check the area.” Ethan smiled and watched Cyrus runoff, when he was a good distance away he looked up.

“You can come down now, he’s gone.” They stayed, perched in a good position. He couldn’t see them but they were up there, he could hear them breathing. “I told you I wouldn’t hurt you, I meant that.” Gwen’s heart was pounding, she wanted to believe him but she refused to let him trick her. “Don’t make me come up there, please come down.” Ethan knew he wasn’t getting anywhere, but he knew if he climbed that tree she knock him out of it. That would hurt, but maybe it would give Gwen enough time to get away. “Okay, fine I’m coming up,” he slowly made his way up the tree and just as he suspected, he felt something hit his head and he fell to the ground.

“Serves you right,” Gwen was determined to not go out like one of those blonde bimbo’s in horror movies. Ethan wouldn’t kill her but Cyrus just might, “Come on, let's go!”

[Lady Lee-o]

Note: I change a bunch of things around from the original.

One more part!

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Sarah spent a good part of an hour looking for Jack, seems he had a few things elsewhere. When the small group came back she was finally able to break the news. “What do you mean gone?” Sarah was now at the mercy of the camp, Jack, Kate, Sayid, and Locke all stared down at her. “How did this happen?”

“They outnumbered me, two against a half! Gwen, she threatened Mr. Floppers!” Sarah was worried she might have gotten them killed, she was beside herself. “I tried to find you right away but you were gone.”

“If Ethan and Cyrus are as bad as you say, those girls are in a world of trouble.” Sawyer chimed in.

“We have to find them!” Sarah felt so bad for not finding help sooner.

“We’ll find them,” Jack smiled and placed a hand on Sarah’s shoulder, “We’ll head out into the jungle and bring them home.”

“I shouldn’t have let them go,”

“Don’t blame yourself, you did what you were told. Let’s go,” Jack, Kate, Sayid, Locke, and Sawyer heading into the jungle to find the girls.

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Knocking Ethan from the tree made Gwen feel a lot better but there was no time to relish in it. Cyrus was still out there and he could catch up with them any moment. Heidi knew Cyrus was angry enough to do something to retaliate, he wasn’t afraid of them.

When Gwen started to fall behind, Heidi slowed down and wrapped an arm around her. “Do you need to rest, are you okay?”

“I’m fine, never better.” Gwen was actually feeling a little sick, her head was pounding and she was still very angry. The adrenaline from the fight was wearing off, she wanted to rest but knew they needed to get to camp. They couldn’t be that far from camp, she wanted to lay in her shelter and just curl into a ball and never come out.

“You don’t have to put on a brave face with me, we should climb up and hide for a while. We can’t keep going at this pace, please, you need to rest.”

“Okay,” They stopped at a large tree a little deeper into the Jungle area. Heidi found her way up and helped Gwen. Not the most comfortable but the tree was big enough for them to hide. They stayed close for warmth, the sun was already starting to set. Heidi kept checking on Gwen’s wound, she had nothing to keep it clean besides the water. Every time she touched it, Gwen would flinch and it made her feel bad.

Gwen’s head was throbbing, reminding her of the day’s events. The island was finally starting to cool off and it actually felt nice, but Gwen knew that would end. Especially when they were shivering up in this tree tonight. She let her mind slip back to those nights when she had no one to hold her, and how nice it was when Ethan finally broke down all her walls. They had shared everything and it was now the ultimate betrayal, he betrayed them all. “I hate this bloody island.” She felt the stinging behind her eyes, just before the tears spilled down her face.

“I do too,” Heidi had her own waterfall, both of them just leaning against each other.

“Why did they do this?”

Truth is, Heidi didn’t know why. She didn’t know why everything happened this way. Finally, she let someone care for her, only to have her heart broken once again. She could only give Gwen a simple answer; “I don’t know.”

“I never thought I would love anyone again, after Eric.” She watched Eric torn from the cockpit, ripped to shreds by the monster. Seeing his body shortly after was a shock to her system and she had basically gone catatonic. “He knew how I felt, how much--” She couldn’t go there again, she couldn’t think about it anymore. They needed to get out of this jungle but she couldn’t move, not without hurting herself. She felt so weak, her eyes started to close.

“Gwen,” Heidi shook her a little, “You can’t fall asleep, I’m not a doctor but you certainly have a concussion. We’re going to get out of here, we’ll meet with the search party.”

“I’m so tired, Heidi, please.”

“For a bit, but I’m going to wake you every ten minutes or so. We’ll rest until nightfall and then we can sneak back to the beach.” Heidi wasn’t sure if wandering the jungle was a good idea but they had little option. Gwen needed a doctor and their doctor was at the beach.

“We should spend the night here,” Gwen said weakly.

“They’ll never expect us to go by night and you need Jack.”

“We’ll freeze out there, we should-”

“We’ll freeze here too, we’ll be warmer moving through the jungle. We can’t make a fire or they’ll see it, it’s move or be taken.” Gwen didn’t want to argue with Heidi and she was right of course.

“Fine,” Gwen gave in and let her eyes close.

“It’s the only choice.”

“I know, I just--”

“We’ll make it.” Heidi smiled and hugged Gwen, “We have to.”

Heidi kept waking Gwen like she promised, which only made her annoyed but Heidi wasn’t going to risk it. The last time she woke her up, it was finally time to go. “It’s night, we should move now.” The light of the moon would guide them, nature’s flashlight. They moved quietly as possible until they heard a branch snap. They looked and saw nothing before turning back around and bumping right into Cyrus, “Hi,” He held a hunting knife in his hand, “Hands where I can see’em, I don’t want another branch.”

“Just let us go, Gwen needs a doctor.”

“I spent all evening looking for you ladies, she can see a doctor when we get back home.”

“Not too late to just give up and let us go. They’ll--”

“Gwen, you talk way too much. If it wasn’t for Ethan I’d have killed you already, I wouldn’t think twice about it. Now, you’ll do me and my head a favor and shut your mouth.” He waved the knife at her, “You’re not going back to the beach.”

“Might as well kill me, because I’m not going quietly.” Gwen swung her fist and it connected with his jaw. Just like in the movies the knife flew out of his hands and across the ground. Heidi did the one thing she saw in the movies, she ran for the knife and held it towards Cyrus. One of two things would happen here, she’d kill the man or drop the knife; she wasn’t sure which one.

“Heidi,” Gwen’s voice was apprehensive. “give me the Knife,” she was frozen on the spot, could she use this knife, could she attack Cyrus? “Give me the knife, come on.”

“She Won’t kill me,” Cyrus stood, smiling that damn smile that made Heidi go weak in the knees. “Will you darlin’, you don’t have what it takes. You’re not a killer,”

“Heidi, give me the knife. We can--”

“Shut your mouth,” He turned his attention back to Heidi, “If you come with me, I’ll make sure no one gets hurt. Gwen can go and this can all end, you know you want this to be over.”

“Do as he says Heidi,” Ethan appeared from the brush and held his own knife, “We wouldn’t want a mess on our hands, would we?” Gwen turned around and swung at him, this time he was quick. He caught her wrist and twisted, “stop,” The pressure sent Gwen to her knees, she looked up at him with anger. “Stay down, because I don’t plan on getting hit anymore.” Ethan grabbed hold of Gwen’s hair and knelt down beside her. “You hear me?”

“Get bent,” She slapped him hard across the face but it didn’t phase him.

“I tried to be nice,” Ethan pulled Gwen up roughly by the arm and held her close. “I like to think of myself as a generous man but you don’t seem to agree.” he held the knife to her throat, “I’ve killed many and I don’t want you to be apart of that number. Now, shut your mouth and keep your hands to yourself.” She could feel the blade of the knife under her chin, she didn’t dare move. “Give Cyrus the knife Heidi,” he applied pressure to Gwen’s neck which caused a whimper to escape.

“This is on you now, we want to take you home. We want to make this all stop but Gwen will die if you don’t give me the knife. Her blood will be on your hands, you don’t want that.” Heidi’s hands were trembling, she didn’t want anyone to die. Her whole body was rejecting this, she couldn’t- She looked over at Gwen and saw the fear in her eyes, “Give me the knife,” Cyrus held out his hand and waited.

“Cy,” Ethan wouldn’t let Gwen be hurt, he couldn’t kill her. He loved her as much as Cyrus loved her, they were both protected.

“Yes, Darlin’,”

“I’m sorry,” Lashing out, she slices up the palm of his hand. She wasn’t able to do more but that was all she could muster at the moment. Cyrus recovered quickly and took hold of Heidi and made her drop the knife.

“Now that smarts,” Cyrus spun her around and kissed her right on the lips. “I knew you couldn’t kill me but I’m impressed,” he held up his bleeding hand, “You’re not a killer, Heidi.”

“I’m not you,” She said coolly, “You can take me wherever you want but I’ll never be yours again, not ever.” She elbowed him in the stomach and broke free but now he looked very angry. “Cyrus,” He came at her and knocked her hard into the tree.

“You did this to yourself, stay down!” The wind had been knocked out of her and she slumped to the ground.

“Heidi!” Ethan let Gwen go, watching as she ran to check on her friend.

“You two lost,” Ethan smiled and grabbed some vines, “It’s over we’re safely squared away for the night, we’ll leave in the morning.”

“No need, you’ll be coming with us,” Cyrus and Ethan turned to see the small rescue party. “This ends now.” Jack held a rather large looking knife.

“Help’s here, come on open your eyes.” Gwen gave Heidi a small shake and smiled when her eyes opened. “Barely get knocked around and you faint?”

“Did I mention I'm not good at this?” Gwen chuckled and wrapped her arm around Heidi, giving her a hug.

“Do you think you can take us?” Ethan held his own knife firmly in hand.

“You passed yourself off as survivors, you make us think you’re friends. How could you do this?” Kate was angry, she stared Cyrus and Ethan down.

“Easy, we were following orders,” Ethan smirked.

“You’re coming back to the beach with us.”

“And how are you going to make us?” Gwen and Heidi stayed back and watched the fight unfold around them. Ethan and Cyrus were surprisingly very strong, it was easy for them to knock around the others. Gwen watched as Sayid struggled to his feet, Ethan was ready to throw his knife. She got up and tackled him to the ground, knocking the knife out of his hand.

Cyrus had knocked Jack and Sawyer back, giving him enough time to grab a knife and knock Gwen back. He stood over her and smiled, digging his knife into her side. “Goodbye, Ms. Havers.”

“Gwen!” Heidi grabbed hold of a knife and made her way over to Cy, stabbing him in the side. She wasn’t sure what came over her but she just stabbed him. She pulled the knife free and watched Cyrus fall, “Oh god,” she dropped the knife as soon as she realized what she had done. She could feel his blood on her hands and it made her sick, “Cy, I--”

“You did good, darlin’, looks like you do have a killer in you after all.” Cyrus smiled and gave Heidi a wink.

“No, I--” Heidi looked over at Jack, “Do something please, please don’t let him die.” Jack ran over and knelt down to check on Cyrus. Ethan was applying pressure to Gwen’s wound, it wasn’t deep luckily.

“Just a flesh wound,” Was all Ethan could say before Heidi pushed him out of the way. He was done fighting, it was obvious they had been bested. Instead of sticking around he headed off into the forest, Sayid was about to go after him but stopped when he felt a hand on his leg.

“We’ll see him again,” Gwen smiled when Sayid knelt down, holding her hand. “Still a charmer,” she winced.

“You both are both very stupid and brave, you could have been killed.” Sayid sighed.

“Scold me later,” Gwen turned to see Heidi staring over at Jack and Cyrus. “Hey, how did I get all the wounds and you got the wind knocked out of you?” Gwen could tell Heidi was a million miles away, “Heidi,” Gwen gave her hand a squeeze, causing her to look down. “It’s going to be okay,”

“Jack, did I kill him?” Heidi felt sick.

“Not yet, we need to get him back to camp.” Heidi looked down at her hands, she was tainted with blood. His blood-

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“Heidi,” She looked up to see Kate standing there, “we need to get moving, are you ready?” When Heidi nodded she turned to see Sayid helping Gwen up, “Can you walk?”

“I guess we shall see,” Sayid and Kate helped Gwen down the path, Heidi moving alongside them. Sawyer and Jack were moving fast carrying Cyrus back down to the beach. Locke followed after them to keep an eye out for Ethan. Cyrus got weaker with each minute that passed.

“I need some extra hands,” Jack called out.

“Go, I’m fine.” Kate nodded and headed off to help Jack. “You’re worried about him?”

“Yes and no.”

“You should check on him.”

“I’m where I need to be,” Heidi gave Gwen her best smile, trying to show that she was fine. “To answer your question earlier. I guess I’m just lucky,” Heidi chuckled.

“Luck, I guess mine has been absolute shite.”

“You also charged in swinging. It makes you a target,”

“You’re right, I wasn’t thinking clearly.” The beach was about a hundred yards away, they could smell the ocean, see the sand, everything was going to be okay.



“Heidi, Gwen, you’re okay!” Sarah crashed into Heidi, almost knocking her over. “I was so worried about you, I shouldn’t have let you go!” Sarah turned to Gwen, seeing how badly she was hurt. “It’s all my fault, you’re hurt.”

“I don’t remember you hitting me in the head, this isn’t your fault.” Gwen sat down to rest, knowing it would be a bit before Jack came to look at her. Priorities. “We gave you no choice but to listen.”

“The one time I listen you get hurt. From now on I won’t behave!”

“Oh you better,” Heidi waved a finger, “Why don’t you take Mr. Floppers and go help build a fire for us tonight. Set an extra place?” Heidi motioned to Gwen and Sarah was off to do as she was told. Sarah watched people build a fire and learned from example, so she now had that skill and put it to good use.

Heidi spent the remaining time cleaning Gwen’s wounds. “Heidi, all done.” Gwen grabbed hold of her hand and smile, she had cleaned the wound thoroughly. “If my wounds were being inspected by a health inspector, I’d get an A.”

“Sorry, I was just thinking--”

“I know who you were thinking about, you should go see him.”

“Jack is working on him, I don’t want too--”

“If something happens and you didn’t get a chance to say your peace, you’ll regret it. Now stop making excuses and go see him or I will drag you there myself.”

“Gwen, I might have killed him.”

“Yes, but sitting here and playing nurse with me won’t change that. Go,” Heidi had inner turmoil for just a few more minutes before she stood up and headed for the shelter. She wasn’t sure what she would find, would he be alive or dead? She stood outside for several minutes, jumping at the sound of Jack’s voice.

“Hey, sorry I didn’t mean to scare you.”

“Is he-?”

“He’ll be ok, you took him down but he’s not out. Come on in,” She made her way inside and knelt down next to him, he looked so pale and she did that to him. “I’ll be outside,” She was going to protest but he was already gone.

“Darlin’,” Heidi tensed up when she heard his voice, should he be awake so soon?

“Cy I--”

“I gave you little choice, you did what you had to. No harm,”

“I could have killed you.”

“Yet here I am, breathing much to your dismay.” Heidi shook her head, mostly in annoyance. “Just say it, whatever is on your mind.”

“I’m mad at myself for not seeing how much of a fake you are. You were too good to be true and I should have listened to my gut.” Heidi watched as Cyrus winced as he reached for a water bottle. She pushes him back down and helped him take a sip of water. “Who are you?”

“I’m a bad man and that is all you need to know.” She stayed next to him and didn’t leave his side, not even when he fell asleep.



Sarah made a nice fire and set up a comfy spot for Gwen to spend the night. Gwen insisted that she could just sleep in her own shelter but both Heidi and Sarah insisted. Gwen was wrapped up in a blanket by the fire, eyes closed, just trying to make a sense of things.

“Looks cozy,” Gwen knew he was watching her, she sensed him lurking about. She did nothing as he moved over to sit next to her, “Not worried I’m going to kidnap you and take you away?” she continued to say nothing, “So, Cyrus is alive and well?” Gwen nodded.

“What do you want Ethan?”

“Just came to say my final piece,” Gwen turned to face him, “I meant what I said, I love you and that won’t ever change.” She saw he was being genuine. It didn’t matter, either way, they were over and done with. Her heart had slammed shut once again and she didn’t plan on opening it.

“Your words are empty, Mr. Rom.”

“Last names,” He nodded, “Okay, Ms. Havers. You’re angry and I betrayed you, It’s only fair that I warn you about--”

“Heeeeya!” The large branch landed right on the back of his head, knocking him out cold. “I got him!” Sarah held the branch, ready to strike again if she had to. “I got Ethan, I got him!” Sarah’s yelling caught the camp’s attention, Sayid was first to arrive.

“Good work.”

“Thank you! I do my very best,” She grinned and tossed the branch aside, plopping down next to Gwen, “Why didn’t you call for help?”

“We were just talking. I don’t think he would have done anything but thank you.” She wrapped an arm around Sarah and gave her a squeeze.

“You’re welcome,” When Heidi returned from the tent, they all settled in for the night. Gwen was given the all clear to sleep without worry and her body shut off. Heidi didn’t fall asleep right away but finally passed out.



The next day, Gwen and Heidi were still sleeping. Sarah woke up earlier and went to gather some things for breakfast. She did everything on her own, washed up, collected firewood for later and even did her own laundry at Ray’s. He helped her separate colors, whites, and darks. Early afternoon, Sarah sat with Mr. Floppers, waiting for Heidi and Gwen to wake up. She had fruit ready for them to eat, any minute now. On cue, the shelter flap opened and out came Heidi. “Morning,” When Heidi came over and sat down, a bowl was extended. “I made breakfast, well it’s more like lunch now.” Heidi smiled and took Sarah into a hug, crying softly into the young girl’s shoulder. “It’s only breakfast,” Sarah gave her a big squeeze, “Not like I created a long boat to get us out of here.”

“I was afraid I never see you again is all,”

“I was scared too, I sent you in there. I-”

“Yes, yes we live another day,” They turned to see Gwen coming for them, lowering herself down to sit.

“Good afternoon to you too, here.” Sarah handed her a bowl of fruit.

“Thank you,” Gwen smiled.

“Time to check the laundry.” She stood up and headed to get Mr. Floppers, he was currently without overalls. They needed a washing...

“Did he say anything to you?” Gwen asked Heidi as she popped a piece of banana into her mouth.

“He said I did what I had to do and that it was fine. He was smiling, what kind of guy smiles when you stab him?”

“Sick ones.” Gwen wrapped the blanket around her and picked out fruit one by one.

“Will we ever feel better?”

“I’ll let you know.” Gwen shrugged.

“I have to say I’m impressed,” They looked up to see Ana-Lucia smiling at them, “I just came from Jack’s shelter and the guys look rough, though it looks like they got their hits in to.” Ana-Lucia was just standing there and looking at them.

“Survival instinct I guess,” Heidi mumbled.

“Anyways, I came over here because Ethan is asking for you. He’s also asking for water,”

“He can dehydrate for all I care.”

“My heart of ice melts and yours slowly builds,” Ana-Lucia looked back at them once before walking off with a smile. “Hey, things will get better. Take it from a girl who knows.” Gwen watched as Ana-Lucia walked away, within a year she had gone from crazy psycho to Island helper. They defiantly started off on the wrong path...



Gwen finished her breakfast before grabbing a bottle of water and headed for the shelter. Ethan and Cyrus were both being held there for the time being. She walked into the shelter and waved the bottle before tossing it to Ethan. “Come to gloat, Ms. Havers?” Ethan smirked and sipped the water.

“Ana-Lucia said you wanted to talk, here I am.”

“Sarah has one hell of an arm. I’m still trying to figure out which bump is bigger, yours or hers?” Gwen actually cracked a smile.

“I can’t believe a kid knocked you out,” Cyrus chuckled, wincing as the force pulled the stitches. “Heidi-kins?” Gwen turned to see Heidi standing in the doorway, “Come for a chat?” He gave that sly smile.

“Do you have a point for us being here, if not we’ll be leaving,” Gwen stated firmly.

“We told Jack about Ben, and the others. We also promised we’d play nice if he let us live. We don’t expect to be freed but hopefully, we can get some protection.”

“Won’t they come for you?” Gwen was confused as to why their own people would kill them. What kind of society did this place have?”

“Ben would have us killed, others would come and do his dirty work. Give a bit of time and healing we could escape but what good would that do? We rather live with the angry stares, beats death any day.

“Great, so now we have to see you every day. Should just give you back to them, let them deal with you. Two fewer mouths to feed,” Heidi said coldly, which caught Gwen by surprise.

“Well darlin’, the knife is right there. You want the real kind of guilt, you think what you’re feeling now is bad? Try actually killing someone, go ahead and stab me and see how you feel then.” Heidi went for the knife but Gwen stopped her.

“No, this is what he wants. He wants to turn you into a monster,” Gwen cupped her face, “we’re not monsters.” Heidi handed the knife to Gwen and ran off, Gwen stayed behind for a moment. “If you love her, you have a funny way of showing it. You make me sick,” Gwen left the shelter and scanned the area, Heidi was already halfway down the beach. When Heidi collapsed to her knees, Gwen picked up the pace as best she could and stopped beside her. “It’s over,” She placed a hand on her back.



“Not for me, I did something I never dreamed I would do. Gwen, this place is bad for us, for all of us. I almost killed someone,” She sobbed.



“I feel just as horrible as you. I shouldn’t have rushed off to face them alone, if not for me you would not have come.” Gwen sighed, “I have guilt.”

“Why?”

“Because you stabbed him for me. His blood is in both our hands.” Heidi didn’t think about it that way, this wasn’t just her issue but Gwen's as well. “Let’s get out of here before people start asking questions.”

“Yeah, Let’s go stuff our faces with food and mope.”

“Splendid idea.”



(The End)