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Alright, this is my last Halloween ficlet of year. I hope you guys are all having a wonderful holiday. If you need me I’ll be off answering comments and preparing for Nano and zombies. ;)
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Title: Claimed
Pairing: Sayid/Kate
Rating: R (Character death, sex)
Words: 435
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Summary: He places her in the dark waters and waits.
A/N: Written for [livejournal.com profile] mollivanders who requested Kate/Sayid + “whispers”. Happy Halloween, my dear! <3

Sayid carries Kate’s lifeless body into The Temple. Her blood is still hot where it seeps onto his arm, her eyes still frozen wide with terror. He had watched passively as Claire plunged the knife into her chest. In another time, her accusing stare would have haunted him. Now he feels no remorse. It will be forgotten soon anyway.

He places her in the dark waters and waits.

*
She wakes up with a gasp, her chest heaving with the effort of each breath. Sayid smooths her wet hair away from her face.

“Welcome back,” he says softly.

Kate begins to shake.

“What did you do?”

*

She won’t forgive him, but she won’t leave him either. The days pass and she still doesn’t understand what she is now. She only knows she doesn’t feel anything, she thinks of Aaron and feels no pull. This is how she knows she is dead.

Sayid moves through the jungle by her side, silent as ever. They slip away from the rest of the camp, away from the monster and Claire.

“Would you like to find the others?” he asks.

Kate thinks of Sawyer and Jack.

“I don’t want them to see me like this.”

“I understand,” Sayid replies.

*

They fuck in the caves, her back flush against the cold stone wall as he moves inside of her. She waits for a sense of relief, for warmth to seep back into her bones. She looks into Sayid’s eyes and knows he’s waiting for the same thing.

He comes with a small moan against her lips and then they part. Kate curls into herself on the stone floor and wishes he had left her to rot in the jungle. Anything would be better than this.

*

“I want to show you something,” he whispers in the darkness.

Kate takes his hand as they step out into the night. A warm breeze catches her hair, carrying with it the low murmur of voices.

“What is that?” she asks.

Sayid puts a finger to his lips.

“Just listen.”

The murmuring grows until Kate can hear the voices, so many voices. She can hear them all: Boone, Charlie, Juliet, Whispering, pleading for release.

“Oh God,” she says.

Then she hears someone else, someone she’s known all her life. Among the chorus of whispers, Kate hears herself.

“That’s me,” she says slowly. “What does that mean?”

“It means we belong to the island now.”

Sayid presses a kiss to her temple.

“It means we will never leave.”

For the first time since she changed, Kate feels a tear slide down her face.

Date: 11/1/10 02:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maridee42.livejournal.com
Oh, wow. This is like...being zombies but still being able to think. WOW. And I think you implied that everyone's like this - but only the infected are still able to move?

Date: 11/3/10 03:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ozmissage.livejournal.com
Thank you so much! Yeah, that was my solution to the whispers. I was playing with the idea that all of the dead are trapped on the island, but only the "claimed" can really hear them. :)

Date: 11/2/10 03:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mollivanders.livejournal.com
You destroy me. I want to quote the whole thing back at you for parts I loved but that last line just stole the cake. Dear god.

Then she hears someone else, someone she’s known all her life. Among the chorus of whispers, Kate hears herself.

“That’s me,” she says slowly. “What does that mean?”

“It means we belong to the island now.”

Sayid presses a kiss to her temple.

“It means we will never leave.”


This makes me so sad, but so realistically. I love that she knows she's dead because she doesn't feel anything for Aaron, and that she doesn't want Jack or Sawyer to see her like this (and Sayid understands). Every moment here is just perfect. Thank you so much dear! <3

Date: 11/3/10 03:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ozmissage.livejournal.com
Aww, yay! I'm so glad you liked it. Kate and Sayid are both a little tricky for me to write, so it makes me very happy to hear this worked for you. :D

Date: 11/3/10 03:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] valhalla37.livejournal.com
AHHHHHH.

Holy hell, this is the height of sadness and tragedy but in such a gorgeous way. I love that Sayid brings her to the same curse he's experiencing, and that after they're both waiting for a warmth that never comes; it's a great juxtaposition for two characters who are seem as emotionless sometimes. And the ending, with the whispers -- aaaack, my heart. Perfect, though killer.

Date: 11/3/10 03:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ozmissage.livejournal.com
Thank you so much! <3



Date: 11/6/10 06:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] swugpzicvo.livejournal.com
:) Интересно однако. Thank you!

Re: 

Date: 11/6/10 11:15 pm (UTC)

Date: 11/18/10 02:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aurilly.livejournal.com
Oh god, this is so viscerally upsetting. It's like my OTP together forever and ever, but there's no joy in it.

Haunting and beautifully written, and now I have to go pout now.

Sorry, this sounded like a negative comment, but I wouldn't be this affected if it hadn't been so well-done.

Date: 11/19/10 11:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ozmissage.livejournal.com
Aww, thank you my dear!

Sorry about all the doom though...;)

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