Lost
Mysteries Revealed
Chapter VII
Alex, Hurley, and Sayid coughed from the explosion which ripped open the Flame hatch,the explosion sent debris twoards the boulder where the three were hiding from the blast. There was smoke billowing from the gaping hole which was in the hatch leading into the Flame,the three walked slowly twoards the blown open hole and held Sayid's torch next to where there was now a long shaft with a sturdy looking ladder attached to where the shaft was.The three looked down the almost neverending shaft and into the darkness below.Alex stood up and said "So..You gonna go first?"she pointed to Hurley,who laughed slightly and said to her"Me?I'm not so sure..how about you go,Sayid.."Alex stood there as Sayid said to Hurley"I'd rather stay up here incase any of Zeke's friends come and find the cause of the explosion we just made.."Alex turned to both of them and said "Alright..I'll go down first and see if we can find anyone who can reveal any of the mysteries of this crazy Island.."Hurley and Sayid nodded and said in unison "We'll go after you.."Alex put her feet against the side of the blown open hatch,she said quietly to them "Wish me luck.."
Jack was in the Swan hatch when a large explosion was far away,he ran from the computer to where John Locke was sleeping,his leg still healing from the blast door injury."John...did you hear that?" Locke woke slowly from his sleep and said drowsily "What?Jack..it's late and I'm tired.."Jack grabbed him by the shoulders and sat him up against the wall where the bed was attached,"Locke..I heard an explosion..I'm sure of it.."Locke looked at him and said "But..the dynamite is still in the backpack where we first put it..how could you possibly hear an..."He gazed out into space and said slowly "...explosion.." He grabbed his crutches and slowly stood up,Locke turned to Jack and asked haistily "Where are Sayid and Hurley?" Jack looked around and stuttered slightly "I..I don't know.." Locke looked at Jack,both had a sense of fear in their stares..
Alex started to decend down the shaft which led down into the Flame's inner hatch,she decended down the fairly sturdy ladder and took a flashlight from her backpack.Hurley and Sayid looked at each other,Hurley looked down the shaft and said "I hope it's not a long way down.."Sayid nodded and looked out twoards the jungle on all sides of the clear patch where they were.Alex was about half way down the dark shaft which led into the unknown,she jumped off the end of the ladder into a small antechamber with a door infront of her.She slightly touched the Dharma symbol on the door,the image of a flame on the octagon shaped logo and mouthed the words "the Flame". She looked lower on the solid steel door and saw a small key code,she pressed a "2" and a female voice came through a small speaker,saying statically"Please type in key code for Dharma Initiative ID 23-108-4"Alex yelled up the shaft to Hurley and Sayid and asked them "Do you know any 6 numbered patternes between 1 and 44?"Sayid turned to Hurley and said to him "I've got nothing..you?"Hurley thought for awhile and yelled down to Alex "Use these numbers...4,8,15,16,23,42.."Alex pressed in the numbers and waited for a response from the key code terminal...A few seconds later a loud clang was heard and the female voice said "Key code accepted,Please proceed to protoccol.."Alex yelled up to Hurley and Sayid "It was accepted..I'll have a look around while you guys decend down,ok?" Sayid yelled back down as he started down the ladder"We'll both be down in a minute or so.."Hurley yelled down to Alex"..Make that two for me.."
Alex walked into the main complex of the Flame,most of the walls were silver in color and steel,there was a long hallway with working lights and several clear tubes on the cieling,she walked forward and took off her shoes where there were other shoes as well.Sayid got off the end of the ladder and walked towards her,she turned to him and said quietly "Take your shoes off.."Sayid nodded slightly and slipped his shoes off and set them near Alex's and the other pair of shoes..Hurley followed soon after,panting slightly as he said "That's was the longest ladder I've ever climbed up...I hope this hatch has a door to the outside like our hatch.."Alex,Hurley,and Sayid walked into a large room with beakers and chemicals of all sorts,the large Flame logo was on the steel wall..there were two computers like the Swan's and several monitors.As they walked deeper into the Flame,they started to hear music..Hurley turned to them and said "Why is Mama Cass playing?" Sayid kept walking and said "Because we are not alone.."The three walked into the living space as the music got louder.Alex held her hand out to them and said quietly"Shhh..someone is close.."There was a voice behind them,a man's voice who said "Drop your guns and turn around.."The three turned around to see a man in khaki suit with a Dharma symbol on it,carrying a AK-47 gun..Sayid looked closely to it and mouthed "The swan.."Alex walked closer and said "Desmond..so this is where you went.."The man was Desmond,the man who was in the Swan before the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815..