Chapter Twenty-Nine: "Take me to the beach…"
Shot of Sayid anchoring the yacht and then going back to Andie, Sun and Jin.
Sayid (pointing): Their camp should be just over that rise if Michael's directions are correct.
He starts packing a bag and checking his rifle.
Sayid: When I get on shore I'll be able to get a better idea of what's going on.
Andie goes over to her bag and removes a pistol, checking the cartridge before arming it.
Sayid: What do you think you're doing?
Andie: Oh, I know you're not thinking you're going out there alone.
Sayid: You are in no condition to-
Andie: Let's not start with that again.
She slides the pistol into the back of her jeans and climbs off the yacht onto the smaller boat they've been pulling along. Then she turns to Sayid and smiles.
Andie: Come on.
Sayid sighs and turns to Sun.
Sayid: Take the yacht back around the island. Wait ten minutes and then return for us. If we are not on the shoreline, assume the worst and go back to our camp.
Sun (nods): Alright.
Sun and Jin watch as Sayid and Andie head for the shore in the boat.
Shot of Andie and Sayid pulling the boat onto the shore and hiding it in the shrubbery surrounding the beach line. They head towards the rock with the hole in it.
Andie: So what's the plan? When we get there, I mean.
Sayid: We watch from afar. We don't need to give them any more reason to come after us.
Andie: Yeah, well, I think that when the others show up with Michael demanding Walt; they won't exactly be jumping for joy.
Sayid: All the more reason we need to stay invisible. Am I clear?
Andie: Perfectly.
Shot of Andie and Sayid trekking along. They come to the rock with the hole in it and peer around it down towards the water. They see a camp, apparently abandoned. There is grubby looking tents and abandoned fires as well as the door to another hatch.
Andie: That's not where they took me.
Sayid: How can you be sure?
Andie: Because I'm sure. There were houses. I was in a room. I had a bed.
Sayid: Your memory of your time with them is sketchy at best. Perhaps you're confusing thoughts from before the crash with-
Andie: Sayid.
Sayid: Alright...well, we can't just ignore this. If they want us to believe this is how they live then we should play along; for now.
Andie looks back at the camp.
Andie: It looks empty.
Sayid: Yes, it does.
Andie: Where are they all?
Sayid: I don't know.
Andie: What if they went back to our camp? To Claire and-
Sayid: Don't speculate Andie. (Beat) Not just yet.
Sayid gets up and heads down to the camp, rifle raised. Andie follows with her pistol at the ready.
Shot of Andie and Sayid arriving at the camp. Each of them checks out the tents, kicking down the doors and barging in...but they are all empty. The two of them meet at the centre of the camp.
Andie: They're all empty; every single tent. (Beat) Can I speculate now?
Sayid: No. You know better than anyone how much these people lie. This is just a ruse.
Andie: Didn't we already go over that?
Sayid ignores her and looks around the camp. His eyes fall on the hatch. He walks over to it. Andie watches him; then catches on and follows. Together, they pull open the hatch and see the stone wall behind it.
Andie: Well...that's peculiar.
Sayid feels around the edges of the stone.
Sayid: The rock is real. (Beat) Perhaps this is a ruse too...
Andie: What, it's a fake hatch? Michael said they had guards here. They were protecting a fake hatch?
Sayid: We shouldn't underestimate them. (Beat) Especially you.
Andie leans against the rock.
Andie: So now what?
Sayid: We make the signal fire; like I told Jack we would.
He starts gathering bits of would and tosses them into one of the fire pits. Andie doesn't help him immediately.
Andie: What if something happens?
Sayid stops and looks at her.
Sayid: Nothing is going to happen to us, Andie.
Andie: No, not us. What if something happens to them; Jack, Sawyer and the others? (Beat) There is no way this is gonna go perfectly.
Sayid: Perhaps not. But they'll be okay. (Beat) He'll be okay.
Andie looks up at Sayid and gives him a small, thankful smile. Then she leans off the wall and helps him gather wood.
Short time lapse. There is now a large pile of wood in the fire pit. Sayid removes a lighter from his pocket and starts lighting the kindling at various spots over the fire wood. He stands back next to Andie and they watch their fire grow. Soon it is a roaring mass of flames billowing dark, black smoke into the air.
Shot of Jack, Michael, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley all standing near the pile of pneumatic tubes.
Sawyer (spotting something in the distance): Hey, Doc, what did you say Sayid's signal's going to be when the coast is clear to hit that beach party?
Shot of what he's looking at; the black smoke from Andie and Sayid's fire.
Kate: That means they found them, right?
Jack: That's miles from here. (To Michael) Where were you taking us?
Michael: What?
Jack: Sayid said that he'd light the signal so that we could meet him at the shore. Why aren't we going to the beach?
Michael: We are headed to the beach.
Jack: We're nowhere near the beach!
Michael: Look, I had to.
Jack: What?!
They hear whispers, and then Sawyer gets hit in the neck with a dart and falls to the ground convulsing.
Jack: Run!! Go, go.
Kate and Jack start running. Hurley crouches and covers his head. Michael just stands there.
Michael: Wait!
Jack and Kate are running. Kate gets hit with a dart. Jack fires into the bushes and picks Kate up. He gets hit with a dart and falls. The Others appear and collect them.
Flash to black.
Crediting this scene to the creators of the episode Live Together, Die Alone. This is from their script, I did not write it nor am I taking credit for it.
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