Finally Rescued
Sayid splashed water onto his face and swept his wet hands through his black curls before looking around him. Behind him on the beach Claire and Charlie sat talking to Hurley who had the golf clubs, a bit away with their backpacks and water bottles stood Jack, Sawyer, Kate and Locke seeming like they were going on another trip into the jungle. Over by the raft around a small fire sat Michael, Walt, Jin and Sun talking pleasantly and eating fish that Jin had caught. Sayid's gaze shifted to the last group, Shannon sat starring out to sea, Sayid took a slow step towards her but stopped himself as Boone, her brother, stepped out of the shadows and handed her some food and water. Sayid caught Boone's lingering gaze on his sister and wondered what the true nature of Boone's love for Shannon really was. Sayid looked back out to the ocean trying desperately to distract himself from Shannon and Boone, he noticed a large dot a fair way out to sea, Sayid felt his heart skip
" SHIP! SHIP!" Sayid yelled running out of the water and back up onto the beach, he met Shannon, Boone and Locke halfway, Locke placed a hand on his shoulder making sure that Sayid knew he was there
" What did you see Sayid?" he asked stepping back and starring out himself
" A ship… A large one… We have to use the flare… NOW" Sayid ran back to his tent and got the flare. The survivors had gathered out on the beach, Sayid walked into the middle and used Sawyer's lighter to light the flare, he let go of the flare and it sped up into the air, People's head's followed it as they desperately prayed that the ship would see them. Sayid felt Shannon's warm presence beside him, he looked over at her and smiled as she slipped her hand into his,
" THERE LOOK IT'S COMING TOWARDS US" someone shouted and everyone's heads spun towards where they were pointing and sure enough the light's of the boat was coming towards them, The survivors let of great cheers and began scrambling around to hug everyone. Shannon turned to Sayid not letting go of his hand; she used her free hand to brush Sayid's hair out of his face. A smiled graced her lips and he lent forward and took her lips in his, Sayid could feel the lust they shared as their kiss bought them closer and he knew Shannon felt it to. Sayid rubbed his hand up and down her back loving the feel of her tank top under his fingers, a shout made the couple break apart as the boat floated in, they anchored on the reef and launched a small boat out and road to shore. Michael, Jin and Charlie ran out into the water to greet them helping the sailors to pull the boat to shore, the two men seemed surprised to see them
" How long have you people been on this island?" one of them asked scratching his head intently while looking Kate and Shannon up and down
" A month and three weeks" Sayid replied stepping forward and placing a protective hand around Shannon's waist " We were in a plane crash… Flight 815 from Sydney to Los Angeles". The men looked stunned but nodded in reason
" We were going to fill up our cruise ship in Bali… we passed the island and saw your flare and thought we'd come and investigate" the other man said looking at the islanders and then back at his friend. They took a step away and murmured for a moment then turned back
" Well what are you folks waiting for… Go… Go pack your stuff we have a schedule you know" the survivors laughed and scampered away. An hour later their possessions had been collected and in-groups of five they were being loaded onto the ship. Sayid stood with his luggage, waiting in line for his turn. He glanced back and wondered whether he should do something about Danielle but he decided it was best to leave it alone, the sailors had put the survivors into groups and five groups had gone including Hurley, Jin, Sun, Michael, Walt, Kate, Sawyer, Jack, Charlie and Claire's group. Sayid watched as the boat returned and Boone and Locke began loading in their's and Shannon's things, Sayid stepped forward and put his suitcase in the boat and plopped himself down on the seat with Shannon sitting next to him. With Shannon's loving hand in his Sayid rowed away from the island, trying desperately not to look back…