Chapter 12: Open up

"Hurley, Danielle!" Jack was on the ground slapping Hurley to try and wake him. Sayid was shaking Danielle to try to wake her.

"What happened?" Hurley said as he finally woke up.

"You and Danielle passed out," Micheal informed him as Danielle also woke up.

"The numbers," Danielle tried to stand up. She couldn't. She felt like something was weighing her down. Hurley felt the same way.

"Okay, can we like get out of here it's creeping me out," Shannon was whining as usual.

"Will you shut up, we're trying to save a couple of lives," Sayid glared at her.

"Look if it wasn't for me we wouldn't even be looking for them," Shannon glared back at him. She didn't want to, but he was mad at her. She decided it would be best to be mad back at him.

"Exactly, if it wasn't for you we wouldn't have spent all day walking around this island looking for something that isn't here!" Sayid stood up and raised his voice.

"Maybe if it wasn't for you..." Shannon was out of comebacks. She just sat down.

"We need to get this thing open," Charlie suggested.

"No!" Hurley and Danielle yelled at the same time.

"What is it with you two?" Michael asked.

"The numbers," Locke said.

"What do you know about them?" Danielle asked.

"Nothing, I'm using my common sense, you think the numbers are evil, right?" Locke asked Hurley and Danielle.

"Yeah, dude, I swear those things are cursed," Hurley said, still glued to the ground.

"You think numbers are cursed! Ha!" Shannon started to laugh. "You're crazy!" Danielle looked at Hurley. He was gritting his teeth.

"I'm not crazy!" he yelled. Hurley fought as hard as he could to get off the ground, but he just couldn't get up.

"I want this hatch opened!" Charlie was raging mad. Shannon swears she saw steam coming out of his ears. "This is the only way to Claire!"

"And Alex," added Danielle.

"Wait, now your agreeing with them? I know that if you open that bad things are gonna happen!" Hurley was yelling.

"We need to take a vote," Jack said.

"That's a waste of time!" Charlie was already trying to find a way to open the hatch.

"Charlie, we need everyone to agree," Jack stayed cool.

"You want me to agree to not try and save Claire? No way in hell," Charlie got a rock and started beating the hatch.

"This might not be the best idea Charlie, think of Charles," Sayid was also trying to convince Charlie not to open the metal hatch.

"You can do what you want, but I'm going to find a bloody way to save Claire!" Charlie picked a huge and heavy rock and lifted it high above his head.

"Charlie don't!" Hurley tried to get up again. He was wiggling around at an insanely rapid pace.

"I didn't know he could move that fast," said Jin staring at Hurley. No one understood him, or cared what he was saying.

"I have to save Claire!" Charlie threw the rock down with all his might, and a little help from gravity. The hatch cracked in half. Nothing happened.

"Great now can we please go back to camp!" Shannon got up and started to walk away.

"Shannon don't go off alone!" Jack called.

"I'll be fine I know the way back!" Shannon kept walking. Everyone stared at her as she disappeared. That was the last time they saw Shannon. When everyone turned back to the hatch it was crumpling.

"What the heck!" Charlie stood up and backed away. Everyone else backed away also. Except for Hurley and Danielle who were wiggling away.

"Thank you Charlie!" came a voice from inside the hatch. No one dared to get close enough to see what was inside. Danielle and Hurley wiggled harder, but then the wind started to pull. It pulled Danielle and Hurley towards the broken hatch. Inside the hatch was glowing red.

"HELP!" Danielle screamed, she was almost inside the broken metal door. Hurley, on the other hand, was not that close. The wind would have to pull a lot harder to get Hurley inside, so he grabbed Danielle's hand, while her feet were falling. She felt two cold hands grab her ankles and pull her down. "NO!" she screamed. The other castaways only saw her mouth move, but heard not a sound, for the wind was much too loud.

"We need to help them!" Charlie yelled. He felt extremely guilty. Charlie tried to grab on to Hurley, but where the rest of the castaways were the wind was pushing. Finally everything stopped. The wind quieted and everyone was silent. They heard a dog bark and Vincent came running into the clearing.

"Vincent come back!" Walt was chasing his dog, and without noticing it he broke their silence. Michael bent down and caught Vincent, but he said nothing and still stared a the open hatch.