Chapter Three- Too Late
It was decided that Sayid and Alex would go alone to Danielle's hut. Kate, Sawyer and Jack would go back to camp and tell everyone about Alex.
On the way to her mother's dwelling, Alex watched the way Sayid talked, moved and acted. She could tell he was form the Middle East by his looks and accent, but there wasn't much else she could figure out. She and Sayid talked about their pasts, but not in great depth. When Sayid mentioned being a wartime soldier, he was aware of the way her eyes flicked toward his face and then back to the rough trail they were on.
Alex felt herself growing close to Sayid. How could she not? He was handsome; there was no doubt about that. But there was something else about him. He was, in one word, a gentleman. He allowed her to walk in front of him, and whenever she stumbled, he balanced her, asking her if she was alright.
Alex couldn't believe she was actually tripping over things. She never tripped, stumbled or fell down before. But she might as well have been wearing high-heels for all the times she almost toppled over. Part of it she could blame on nerves of seeing her mother for the first time in ten years, but part of it she knew was due to the fact that there was an extremely cute guy behind her, ready to catch her if she fell.
By the time they reached Danielle's hut, it was almost dark. Alex's heart was beating so loudly she could have sworn that Sayid could hear it.
Sayid called out her mother's name softly. There was no response. He called again, louder this time. Still getting no response, he crouched down by the door and knocked on it. There was no sound from below.
Sayid frowned. He knew that Danielle only hunted during the day. Where was she?
Sayid opened the trapdoor and walked down the short flight of steps into the shelter. Alex hesitated, then followed. At first, they could see nothing, their eyes not yet adjusted to the complete darkness of underground. Sayid called out once more.
"Danielle? Are you in here?" he walked forward, then stopped dead in his tracks, his mind numb with horror. Behind him, he heard Alex's terrified scream. There, in front of him hung Danielle, a noose around her neck, a note clenched in her hand, her eyes open wide, but looking at nothing.
Author's Note: I am trying to type these up as fast as I can! I have all the chapters written down, I just have to get htme in my computer!