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Summary – A search for the mysterious island brings Daniel Faraday and Charlotte Lewis together. Starts prior to season 4, goes into season 5 and beyond. R & R!
Rating – T, perhaps will change later.
Hope everyone enjoys this! Xx
Daniel Faraday stepped onto the Kahana cautiously. He didn't trust Charles Widmore, the man who had hired him, but travelling on the freighter was necessary for him to get to the island. Come to think of it, Dan hadn't even met Mr Widmore, but he had received a large sum of money for his cooperation. None of that mattered though, soon he would embark on the greatest discovery of his career, and soon he would arrive at the island. Dan looked around the deck of the ship. He saw luggage and supplies being loaded onto the ship. Two people, an American man and a woman from New Zealand, were fiddling with some radios and discussing their shifts in the communications room. Across from him, Dan saw an American man talking on his phone, looking tense. He hung up the phone, and discretely threw it in the ocean. Dan felt it best to keep an eye on him. To his right, there were men - they looked like soldiers - comparing guns. One particularly angry-looking man caught him staring, and Dan quickly looked away. He decided the communications people were his best bet. He strode over to them.
"Excuse me? Hi, I'm um Daniel Faraday. Can you tell me which one of these people is Naomi Dorrit?"
The man looked Daniel up and down and then spoke.
"Yeah, she's that one over there", he said, pointing to a woman holding a clipboard. "I'm George Minkowski, by the way, and this is Regina"
The woman nodded at Dan and flashed him a smile.
"Ok, uh… thank you George".
Daniel walked over to Naomi, who looked up as he approached.
"Naomi Dorrit? Hi, I'm uh… I'm Daniel Faraday".
Naomi looked at Dan and smirked a little.
"Just a stab in the dark love, but are you the scientist?"
"Yeah that's me"
"Ok, we've been expecting you. Come and meet the rest of the team who will be going to the island with you".
Dan followed Naomi through the ship. There were many little rooms with bunks to his left and right. He went past what looked like a supply room, and a kitchen, and went up a flight of stairs until they walked into a much larger room, with a long table. There were three people already sitting there. One was an older man, with greying hair and tanned skin. He was talking and laughing with the redheaded woman with the British accent. Dan was immediately drawn to her. She had wavy hair, freckled skin and piercing blue eyes. She was beautiful. Across from them, sitting on his own, was an Asian man. When Dan and Naomi walked into the room, the man and the woman stopped talking and the Asian man looked up. Naomi ushered Dan to a seat next the Asian man and strode confidently to the front of the room.
"OK, now that we're all here, lets all get introduced. I'm Naomi Dorrit, and I am leading this expedition. What about you?" She stopped and looked at the man sitting next to Dan. He sighed and looked up, rolling his eyes.
"I'm Miles Straume. I am a spiritualist. I honestly don't know why I am here, but the money was good so…" He shrugged and looked down at the table. OK, my turn then, Dan decided.
"Well, uh, my name is Daniel Faraday. I have, uh, worked for about ten or so years as a physicist".
The two people across from him flashed him a smile and said hello. Miles stayed silent. Next, the grey-haired man spoke.
"My name is Frank Lapidus. I am going to be flying you on and off of the island and talking care of all things aerial. Don't worry, you're in good hands, if I do say so myself"
Everyone turned to the woman.
"My name is Charlotte Lewis, and I'm an anthropologist from Britain".
The woman smiled at Dan, and he felt his stomach flip inside of him. She was simply stunning. And the accent was cute, too.
Everyone turned to Naomi.
"OK, now that we're all better acquainted - room assignments. It will take us about a week to reach the island. Until then, Miles and Frank, you're bunking together and Daniel and Charlotte, you're sharing a room. All of the information you need for you're journey is in these files –" she passed them out around the table "- and there is no need to discuss the information with anyone outside of this select group. We'll meet again tomorrow. For now, head to your rooms and get better acquainted with each other". She gathered up her papers and left the room. Miles wasn't far behind her. Daniel, Charlotte and Frank talked for a while about their various jobs. Charlotte's was to study human life on the island. Frank's was simply to fly the team in and out safely. Daniel's was to gather information on the 'unique electromagnetic and exotic properties' of the island. Daniel had prepared for this trip for months, gathering information on the Dharma initiative and the island itself. Most had come from Mr Widmore's associates; there was not much information on the Dharma initiative. It was almost like it never existed. They split up – Frank went to check out the helicopter and Daniel wanted to find some food, while Charlotte went to collect her luggage. Dan wandered into the kitchen and searched though the cupboards. He found a box of muesli bars, which had already been opened and stored with the other food. He took one and went off in search of his room – in search of her. He walked around for five or so minutes until he saw her, reaching up, struggling to place her bag on top of the storage cabinet.
"Here, uh…let me help you with that"
Dan rushed to her side and helped her. She smiled at him, and he was sure he blushed. He quickly turned away so that she would not see.
"So, Daniel, wasn't it? Looks like you and I are going to be roomies!"
"Yeah. Looks like we are".
Daniel knew the next week was going to be excellent, just him and Charlotte - roomies.