Author's Note: Well, due to an assessment coming up, I won't have time to even type out part of it and put it on. So my next update will be two weeks later, instead of being weekly, what I'm trying to do now.
Mortica Black Rose: Thank you very much for the immediate review once more, I guess by writing Sayid doing these work mostly due to his siblings is not too overstretching the line yet. But I do not want to portray him as a saint either, because he isn't. Basically, to describe Sayid's character I think Naveen Andrews did it perfect. "He's human. He's not a good guy or a bad guy. This man is complex and strange."
October Sky: Glad that you like my first story and is now reading the second (I hope!) So, hope you enjoy this one too!
When the sun rose the next day, Minta and Sayid was preparing for departure. Sayid was filling up his backpack while Minta wrapped a blanket and any additional tools into a roll.
"What are you two planning?" Sawyer asked suspiciously.
"Sayid is going to make a shelter in the jungle while I am collecting some herbs for Sun." nodding to her husband they began to walk.
"Come on, that story ain't fooling no one!" Sawyer said darkly, chasing after them. "You are just going to keep Sayid company, and he is escaping because of what happened last night."
Sayid stopped his orderly pace and let go of his wife's hand. Seeming to be only adjusting the straps on his backpack, he said very calmly. "I am not escaping. I spent the whole of last night thinking and my current action is my best solution. I need time to decide what I must do, it is not an easy choice. What will you do in my pace, Sawyer?
"I can be a hero to everyone by torturing Ethan and likely gain information that will please our ears, but I will then have to lose the wife I love once more, as well as my God, and I will also hate myself. Yet if I do not lose the ones dearest to my heart, I will be despised by the rest of the camp as I let the chance of leaving the island slip due to my own selfishness.
"Do you know why Minta is with me? Not purely to keep me company, as this may be the last time we can spend our time together. If I torture Ethan, I know she will never forgive me. I should be able to simply say no, but I cannot help but to wander what if I choose the other solution…"
The other man could not answer, he was torn between feeling sorry for Sayid and the disbelieve that he actually had fully forgive him, and felt strong pity for him. The island changed everyone in some way and Sawyer was certainly not completely immune.
"I won't take more then a week. If Jack asks then tell him that I've gone away to employ my hands the right way." Sayid added. "Although I doubt that anyone would even notice, let along care, my absence."
Author's Note: Yeap, this chapter is finally here: the summary of my story, where Sayid have to choose.