Fic: RunAway - VII. Death

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Chapter Title: Death

Chapter Summary: Viggo opens his package
IMPORTANT NOTE: There is NO death in this chapter! 

IMPORTANT NOTE: There is NO death in this chapter!

Viggo stared at the small box. There was no return address, but he recognized the handwriting. No one had specifically told him about Dom’s disappearance, but news traveled fast around the fellowship and he figured it out. He knew none of the others had received a box from Dom in the mail. If they had, the wouldn’t be worrying so much.

 

Viggo – do not open until Oct. 20^th, the box said mockingly. Four days away. Viggo decided he could wait until then.

 

***

 

Viggo didn’t bother to identify himself. He knew he was the only one with the number.

 

“Dom, why did you send this to me?”

 

“You did get it, then? I expected you to call yesterday.”

 

“I decided to wait a day before calling you to let myself cool down.”

 

“That’s why I didn’t say where I was. I knew you’d want to kill me. Vig, you’re the only one who knows, okay? No telling. I mean it.”

 

“Why me?”

 

“Because I knew you’d do it without trying to talk me out of it.”

 

“No one’s going to believe it, Dom. Especially not Billy. He knows you too well.”

 

“He wanted me gone, and now I am. Or, I will be, once you finish.”

 

“I don’t know how to make this look real.”

 

“You’re an artist. Anyway, you always tell me I can do anything with art. Use your own advice. I trust you.”

 

“Where are you?”

 

“Um… Nowhere, yet. I’m on a bus.”

 

“What country, Dominic.”

 

“Have they even noticed I’m missing?”

 

“Of course they have! Elijah’s starting to freak out and Billy’s worried you’re going to do something awful… Hell, I don’t even know what he thinks.”

 

“Well, everything’s explained in your letter, so just… follow the plan. It’ll work.”

 

“Fuck you, Dominic.”

 

“You’ll do it?”

 

“Yes.”

 

***

 

The box contained four letters. A formal one addressed to the entire fellowship and cast of Lost, a more personal one to Dom’s parents, his brother Matt, and Elijah, and two shorter notes for Billy and Evi. It also had a long, detailed list of instructions for Viggo, a round trip plane ticket, a vial of Dom’s blood, and a lock of his hair. There was also an empty box of sleeping pills and three empty beer bottles.

 

Viggo sighed and started planning his next project. A multimedia piece, set at a beach in New Zealand, entitled Death.

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