Title: Because You Left
Pairing/Character(s): All of them. No, seriously, any character from LOST or Glee could show up at any time. Character lists and pairings/potential pairings will be listed on a chapter-by-chapter basis.
Rating: PG-13 overall.
Warnings: Specific warnings will be given for specific chapters -- fic overall will contain a fair amount of violence, death, mayhem, angst, and the ever-present threat of giant smoke monsters.
Word Count: God only knows. Lots. Lots of words.
Spoilers: Potential spoilers (kind of) for all six seasons of LOST. Plot spoilers for Glee through episode 2x08 "Furt," with the possibility of small details from all later episodes appearing throughout the story.
Standard-Issue Short-Form Disclaimer: I do not hold copyright to Glee or LOST, make no claims to such, and am not profiting from this.
Summary: Ten years ago, Ben Linus killed several of his own people and left the Island on a stolen submarine with a child that wasn't really his. He and his son have been running ever since, from one end of the United States to the other. But no one can run forever, not even them.
Author's Notes: This is a Glee/LOST AU crossover. Given the number of non-LOST characters in the story, it shouldn't be totally inaccessible to those who weren't LOST fanatics. And for those who are LOST fanatics -- this fic is massively, massively AU. Massive. Massive AU. So while some things will carry over from the show, others will not, and lots of things will probably be warped all out of recognition.
In short: This is Bat Country.
(But at least it's not a flash-sideways.)
Chapter One: Man Out of Time (Ben, Sue Sylvester, Kurt, Blaine)
There is a spy at Blaine's school, a spy who could be very, very dangerous to both Blaine and his father (although not quite in the ways they would expect).
Chapter Two: The Catalyst (Ben, Juliet Burke, David Karofsky, Kurt [Karofsky's father mentioned, Blaine mentioned])
Blaine has always trusted his father to take care of things, and Ben always has. If that means he has to look after Kurt Hummel for the time being, well. That should be easy enough.
Chapter Three: Everything In Its Right Place (Ben, Blaine, Juliet, Karofsky [Kurt mentioned, Richard Alpert appearing in flashback])
Ben and Blaine are good at keeping secrets from everyone else, but not from each other.
Chapter Four: The Substitute (Ben, Blaine, Kurt, Juliet, Holly Holliday, Mercedes Jones, Finn Hudson, Rachel Berry, and Karofsky. Other glee-clubbers mentioned.)
Everyone is suspicious, and yet no one suspects a thing.
Chapter Five: Other Options (Ben, Blaine, Kurt, Karofsky, Holly, Mike Chang, Artie Abrams, Burt Hummel, Brittany S. Pierce [Tina Cohen-Chang mentioned.])
In which Ben goes to a lecture, Burt meets his son's new friend, and Brittany is full of surprises.
Chapter Six: Covert Affairs (Ben, Blaine, Burt, Kurt, Finn, Rachel, Karofsky)
Burt has a box of old memories. Finn has doubts. So does Karofsky. Rachel does, too, but perhaps not as many as she should. And all Ben really wants is a distraction.
Chapter Seven: Will I? (Kurt, Blaine, Kurt's mother)
Blaine tries not to think about the possibility of losing his father. He fails.
Chapter Eight: Contact (Kate Austen, Roger Linus, Ben Linus Anderson, Holly Holliday, Michael Dawson (briefly), Blaine Linus Anderson, Wesley Kim, Sun Hwa Kwon, Ji Yeon Kwon, David Karofsky, Paul Karofsky (aka Leslie Arzt), Sayid Jarrah. Various Warblers. Couple dead people.)
In which we see dead people.
Chapter Nine: The Threat (Burt, Finn, Ben Linus Anderson, Coach Beiste, Sue Sylvester, David Karofsky (briefly), Kurt, Dr. Juliet Burke, Leslie Arzt [AKA Paul Karofsky])
This is what happens when Ben tries to color inside the lines for a change.
Chapter Ten: With Friends Like These (Sam Evans, Finn Hudson, Mike Chang, Noah Puckerman, Artie Abrams, Rachel Berry, Quinn Fabray, Ben Linus Anderson, Leslie Arzt [aka Paul Karofsky], Holly Holliday, Dr. Juliet Burke, Blaine)
Finn has a plan. Sam and Quinn have their doubts. Ben has too many friends. And Blaine has a decision to make.
Chapter Eleven: The Incident (Part One) (Burt, Carole, Blaine, Kurt, Michael Dawson, Holly Holliday, David Karofsky, Emma Pillsbury, Will Schuester, Ben Linus Anderson)
Warnings (highlight to read): shots are fired in a school setting
For the first time in a very long time, Kurt Hummel is genuinely, purely happy. It isn't going to last very long.
Chapter Twelve: The Incident (Part Two) (Santana Lopez, Kurt, Blaine, Karofsky, William Schuester, Sue Sylvester, Ben Linus Anderson)
Warnings (highlight to read): student bringing a gun to school, threats of violence, shots fired in a school setting, descriptions of injury, one character (literally) asks to be killed.
A frightened dog is the most dangerous kind
Chapter Thirteen: Special (Burt, Kurt, Ben, Blaine, and Walt Lloyd)
They're not quite ready for explanations, not yet. Right now it's enough that no one's died.
Chapter Fourteen: The Other Side of the Story (Charlie Pace, Kate Austen, Ben Linus Anderson, Roger Linus, Kurt Hummel (briefly), Burt Hummel (briefly), Leslie Arzt, Jennifer Karofsky (very briefly), Walt Lloyd, Michael Dawson, Grandma Dawson, Wesley Kim, Sun-Hwa Kwon, Juliet Burke, Sayid Jarrah, and Charles Widmore (via telephone). Ethan Rom mentioned.)
"So. What do we do now?"
Chapter Fifteen: After Shocks (Carl Howell, Emma Pillsbury, Tina Cohen-Chang, all the Hudmels, Sue Sylvester, Santana Lopez, Brittany S. Pierce, Will Schuester, Holly Holliday. [All other Glee kids are at least mentioned.])
Sometimes, there is no right thing to do, no way to fix it. Sometimes, the best you can do is make sure that no one's left thinking that they're going through this all alone
Chapter Sixteen: Ask Me No More Questions (Blaine Anderson, Ben Linus Anderson, Carole Hudson, Leslie Arzt (aka Paul Karofsky), Burt Hummel)
Carole visits the Andersons at the hospital. And so does someone else.
Bonus Feature: Previously on GLOST (part one)
(a white rabbit disappearing into the jungle, a man with dark, sad eyes, his father's voice terrible in the nighttime, the sound of whispers, a hand pushing him forward)
Chapter Seventeen: ... and I'll Tell You No More Lies (Ben Linus Anderson, Blaine Anderson, Burt Hummel, Kurt Hummel, Finn Hudson, Kate Austen, Charlie Pace, Shannon Rutherford, Annie, Roger Linus, Charles Widmore, Richard Alpert, Tom Friendly, and Eloise Hawking.)
WARNINGS: Kidnapping, shooting, several murders, one mass killing, torture and severe psychological damage, psychic events, more murder, implied parricide, and theft of a submarine. And then more murder. Ladies and gentlemen: Ben's backstory.
Ten years ago, Ben Linus killed several of his own people and left the Island on a stolen submarine, with a child that wasn't really his. This is why.
Chapter Eighteen: After All I've Been Through (Burt Hummel, Carole Hudson, Leslie Arzt, Claire Littleton, Tom Friendly, Dr. Juliet Burke, Ben Linus Anderson, Matthew Abaddon. [Nikki Fernandez and Boone Carlyle appear briefly; several other LOSTies are mentioned by name or reputation.] Warnings for brief, soft-focus descriptions of the aftermath of a plane crash, drugging, kidnapping, and lots and lots of threats.)
I need to introduce you to a man named Leslie Arzt. (Or: in which we learn a few things about Karofsky's father, and Burt and Carole attempt to put the pieces together only to learn that a few of them have been left out.)
Chapter Nineteen: Furt (Ben Linus Anderson, Blaine Anderson, Finn Hudson, Kurt Hummel, Burt Hummel, Carole Hudson-Hummel, Mercedes Jones, Artie Abrams, Brittany S. Pierce, Mike Chang, Tina Cohen-Chang [Santana Lopez and Will Schuester briefly].)
In which Finn explains his decision with some help from Tobey Maguire and Marvel Comics (and Kurt), and Ben and Blaine do a few things that they have never done before.
Chapter Twenty: The End is the Beginning (is the End) (Kurt Hummel, Blaine Anderson, Ben Linus Anderson, Finn Hudson, Sayid Jarrah, Artie Abrams, Brittany S. Pierce, Lord Tubbington, Santana Lopez (and her Abuelita), Ethan Rom. Warnings for description of a panic attack/night terror.)
It's this dream. Every time I have it, I know that something's going to happen. Something bad.
