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Clover covers her ears to shut out the sound. It’s so damn loud. It feels like her head is about to explode, the pain is unbearable. She thinks she’s screaming, but she’s not sure.
The next time she opens her eyes, the headache is gone. Clover flinches when a hand is placed on her shoulder.
“Hey, hey… It’s just me.” Juliet's soft tone makes her exhale from relief.
She looks up at the others.
Sawyer, Jin, Nova, Miles, Dan, Juliet and her.
Stuck on this god forsaken island. How many days have they done this now? Jumped through time and space, along with the painful flashes?
“Is it… Over?” Clover asks hoarsely.
“My headache is gone.” Juliet says.
“My nose isn’t bleeding.” Miles sounds relieved too.
Clover raises her hand to touch her nose. No nosebleeds. Finally.
They all turn to look at Dan, as if searching for answers. But he is far away, despite sitting next to them. His shirt is covered in blood and he has a bitter expression on his face. He’s still shaken after what happened to Charlotte.
Clover would feel sorry for him, if she wasn’t so busy feeling sorry for herself.
She was so, so close to leaving this place. Now, she doubts she’ll ever see home again. Will she ever be back in their own timeline? It all feels like a fever dream. This shouldn’t be happening.
“This was the last one.” Dan eventually says.
“You sure?” Sawyer glares at him skeptically and gets a nod in confirmation.
“Locke did it.”
They almost sigh from relief, all of them. But the question remains…
“Where- When are we?” Nova speaks up, wording the questions on everyone's lips.
How did all of this fucking chaos start? They were all so close to getting rescued, before shit went south.
She looks at the group of people she’s stuck with. All of them failed in some way. All of them fucked this up. But how?