Chapter 13: Discoveries
The next morning Sayid and Kate were fixing the trap while he told her what Jack planned to do. Kate was very sceptical in the beginning; she agreed with Sayid that it was a risky plan to say the least.
"Who's going?" asked Kate.
"Myself, Jack and Locke." said Sayid. "Any more and the Others might get the wrong impression."
Sayid had said the last part because he knew that Kate would want to come with them. He and Jack had already discussed that that wouldn't be wise.
Kate was disappointed that Jack never asked her, but not at all surprised. After what happened last time she didn't think he would ever ask her again.
"When are you leaving?" said Kate.
"Tomorrow at sunrise." said Sayid.
At first Kate was going to find Jack before sunrise, try and convince to let her join them. Then she thought that if she did that then they would mostly liking be leaving on worse terms that they're on now. She instead decided to make peace with him before he left. Just in case the worst happened.
As Kate and Sayid started to put the finishing touches to the trap they saw Michael approaching.
"Don't tell Michael about what we're planning to do, he doesn't know." whispered Sayid.
Kate nodded, she agreed with not telling Michael. Everyone knew what he would do if he ever saw one of the Others.
"Hey Kate, you mind if I have a word?" said Michael.
"Sure, what's up?" said Kate.
"Jack said you got taken by the Others." said Michael.
Kate knew exactly where Michael was going with the conversation and answer him before even ask the question.
"I didn't see Walt." said Kate.
"Did you see anything?" asked Michael.
"Not really. They had a bag over my head from when they attack me. I couldn't see anything, but I could hear things." said Kate "Mostly just murmurs, but the one thing I remember is one of them calling the other Alex. I think she was the one that was holding me."
This caught Sayid's attention, who until now wasn't really listening to their conversation while fixing the trap.
"Alex?" asked Sayid.
"Yeh." said Kate. "That mean something to you?"
"Not to me, but that was the name of Danielle's daughter." said Sayid.
"You mean the one they took?" said Kate.
Sayid merely nodded. All three of them stood in silence for a moment contemplating what they had just discovered.
"You mean they raised her themselves?" said Michael.
"What are these guys playing at?" said Kate.
"I don't know, but they've got another thing coming if they think there raising my boy" said Michael.
And with that he started to walk up the beach, it was with the same determination he had the night he returned. He walked liked he had discovered a new hope, and that just maybe Walt would be ok until he rescued him.
Michael had spent his whole life knowing that someone else was raising his son, and now he had him back he wasn't going to let it happen again.