Author's Note: I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday, but I didn't have time. I might update again today though, but if I don't it will be on Friday.

Foreshadow the Dark: Chapter 2

It was morning, and the sun was just coming up over the horizon, making the water glow like it was on fire. The temperature was already very high, and as the sun rose and the day went on, it would only get hotter.

Danielle packed the last water bottle into her bag, then closed it and went over to the others. "We're out of water."

"I'm sure we'll find some when we're out in the jungle." Pierre said as he slung his bag over his shoulders.

"But what if we run out before we find any?" Danielle was a realist. She always prepared for the worst, which often was very good. That is, if people actually listened to her.

"Danielle, I'm sure we'll be fine," Robert tried comforting her and she threw up her hands in surrender. It was in her best interest just to give up, for it didn't seem like anyone wanted to hear what she had to say. 'They'll wish they'd listened later,' she thought to herself as she swung her bag across her back.

Only she, Robert, Montand, and Mallorie were going on the hike. Pierre and Brennan were staying on the beach to make sure the fire didn't go out. Robert was yet again reluctant to let Danielle go, but this time he didn't voice his opinion out loud. He knew that it would only make his love mad at him, and she would still go whether he wanted her to or not. He had no say in what Danielle did.

Danielle could sense the stress on Robert's face and she grabbed his hand, giving it a quick squeeze. "Like I said last night, everything's going to be ok. And I promise we'll turn back if anything does happen." She smiled reassuringly. Danielle knew what things needed worrying about what things could be left on their own. She could take care of herself. She didn't need anyone else to tell her what she could or couldn't do. But she did appreciate Robert's efforts of trying to protect her. She didn't like to think of herself as a romantic, but it is pretty sweet and loving.

Danielle was shaken from her thoughts by Mallorie asking, "So what are we actually looking for?"

"Well," Danielle started. "The reason we crashed on the island is because we turned around to investigate that transmission. Which reminds me. The transceiver."

"We found it, but it's broken. We tried fixing it, but it still doesn't work."

"So we're going to find the source of the transmission?"

"Looks like it. And we can look for some water on the way."

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The sun was high overhead, burning down on the science team. There was not a cloud in the endless blue sky, but hopefully an afternoon rainstorm would roll in from nowhere and give them all a break from the ever pounding rays.

Danielle sighed and wiped the sweat from her brow. Taking out her water bottle, she noticed that it was empty. "Shit," she thought aloud. They had passed through a never-ending jungle and hiked half-way across a valley that seemed to stretch on for miles, but not once did they come across a stream. Danielle swayed slightly, feeling light-headed.

"Danielle! Are you ok?" Robert asked worriedly as he hurried over to her. "You should sit down." He wrapped and arm around her waist and guided her over to large rock, where he helped her sit down. "Here, have some of my water."

"Thank you," she expressed her gratitude as she slowly sipped the cool liquid.

"We should go back."

"No. I'm fine, I'm fine. I was just a little thirsty."

The others gave her some time to relax and take a break. After a couple minutes, she stood up and faced the jungle on the opposite side of the valley. Her instinct was telling her to turn around and start back to the beach, but her stubborn side was telling her it was fine. As she was debating, whispers sounded across the grassy hill. Not really hearing what was said, she turned to the others. "What did you say?"

Everyone looked at her strangely. "Nobody said anything."

The whispers started up again. "You don't hear that?"

"Hear what?"

Danielle listened more closely. She could swear she heard, "Don't go any farther. Turn around now." But she didn't want to turn back. She ignored the voices and her instinct and started for the jungle. Before she had gotten five feet though, a loud noise came from within the trees, which started falling. "We're going back now. Come on, let's go." IT would be a very stupid suicidal attempt to go into a jungle where there was some sort of large creature crashing around, ripping up trees.

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After several more hours of walking back through the jungle, the whispers came back. Danielle was trying to decipher the words when Robert stopped, saying, "We're lost." It was obvious that they were and there was no point in denying it. They did not recognize anything they had passed and there was a certain air about the dark trees that definitely wasn't there before.

"What do we do?" Mallorie questioned, fear eminent on her voice.

Not ending her concentration on the whispers nor turning to the other three, Danielle answered, "We walk with the sun behind us." When nobody said anything she continued, explaining. "Our beach faces east, so if we walk away from the sun, we'll be going in the right direction."

They followed her advice and began walking again. Danielle was distracted and kept looking this way ant that, as if she thought something or someone was going to attack them.

"Danielle-" Robert began but was interrupted.

"I swear I- Wait, do you hear that?" She stopped and looked around.

"Danielle-"

"No. I hear…" She rushed off into the thick trees, soon disappearing amongst the dense underbrush. The others looked at each other for only a moment before hurrying after her.

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