A/N: Wow it's been months since I posted the last chapter! School got really busy and I'm leaving on a sports trip tomorrow then another vacation next week. So anyways the next chapter is done just got to get it read by my beta and should be up soon hopefully. *Added lyrics from the song Starlight by Muse. So here it is, chapter 4 :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Lost or any of its awesome characters.....and the song is Starlight by Muse.

Chapter 4- Bonding

Far away

This ship is taking me far away

Far away from the memories

Of the people who care if I live or die

"Charlotte!" I called out, running to her as fast as I could. She smiled as she saw me.

"You okay?" I asked as I touched her hair.

She smiled. "Yeah, I'm fine." I quickly began to untie her hands.

"Yeah, me too. I'm great too." Miles called out. I paid no attention to him and continued to untie her hands. When her hands were finally free, she rubbed her sore wrists. Suddenly her expression changed to shock, and that's when she turned and stumbled.

"Charlotte?"

She collapsed.

"Charlotte! Charlotte! Charlotte! No, no, no. Look. Hey. Look at me, look at me. It's okay. It's okay," I said as I turned her over. She was bleeding profusely from her nose. Everyone was running towards us now.

"Charlotte!" I yelled as I gathered her in my arms. I knew she was going to....

"Dan!" he heard her voice. "Wake up, Daniel!" Charlotte said again. Daniel's eyes fluttered open and saw Charlotte hovering above him.

"Charlotte?" Dan said sleepily, he didn't know what was going on.

"You were having a nightmare Dan. I heard you say my name, what happened?" She asked him as he sat up.

"I can't remember." Dan lied; this dream was so real he was trembling with fear.

"Do you want to go for some breakfast to take your mind off of things?" Charlotte asked him and helped him to his feet.

The days passed slowly on the freighter. It was a normal day for Daniel, breakfast at 8 with Charlotte, weapons and combat training headed by Naomi, experiments on the deck in the afternoon and his favorite time: playing cards at night with Charlotte. After lunch, Daniel went to his berth to gather equipment for his latest experiment. Hopefully this would work out and nobody would get sick going to and from the aforementioned "Island." He wondered what Charlotte was doing until his thoughts shifted back to his experiment.

He was now completely frustrated. This was the 4th time; I should have it by now he thought as he ran his fingers through his messy hair, it was growing longer again. He heard her familiar footsteps come from behind him.

"Frustrated?" Charlotte said teasingly. Daniel gave a nervous chuckle.

"Ummm...k-kinda." He looked back down to his book.

"I'm sure you can do it," Charlotte said sincerely as she placed a hand on his shoulder. Daniel couldn't exactly find an answer so he gave her a simple nod, he also couldn't help but notice the way that his skin tingled where she touched him. Charlotte took a place against the railing and silently watched him. With just Daniel, it was a comfortable silence. She checked her watch. 1:42 PM, the little numbers told her. This was when Keamy and his "friends" ate their lunch, so they always took advantage of this quietness. After another 15 odd minutes, Daniel checked and re-checked his equations. They were perfect. Finally, he thought.

"You've got it?"

"Yeah, I think it will be safe. I've re-checked and I-I think a bearing of 305 will be the safest traveling to and from the Island."

"Let's go sit down for a bit."

Like their regular card games, they usually hung out behind the container during the early afternoon before the mercenaries had shooting practice. They talked about everything. As each day passed, they grew closer and closer. Closer than both had originally intended. They were so engrossed in their conversation didn't really notice Miles coming out of nowhere.

"Why are you guys always back here?" Miles smirked. Daniel nearly jumped out of his skin, which gave Miles some satisfaction. Charlotte simply turned and glared at him, until she found the perfect comeback to make him leave.

"Why don't you go kiss up to Naomi now?" Charlotte said coolly (it was pretty obvious to most, if not all that Miles had a little school-boy crush on their group leader). That shut him up. He turned and stalked off, the red glow of embarrassment quickly creeping up to his cheeks. As soon as he was out of earshot, Charlotte and Dan burst into laughter. It was at least a minute until they could talk again.

"You sure got him there." Daniel said between laughs.

"Yeah, that look was priceless!" Charlotte replied happily, and her eyes met his brown ones for a moment too long. She couldn't help but think she had a little crush on him. Why him? she thought. Then she shifted her gaze to her fingernails.

"So, you were telling about Chopin?"

Daniel spent most of the morning trying to figure out how they can get back to the freighter and off this crazy Island. He looked down the beach and saw Charlotte sitting by the water. She has been a bit quiet for a while, although she still talked to him during breakfast this morning. His answer came that afternoon. He was sitting outside their tent when he heard distant shouts down the beach. As Daniel caught up with the group, he saw Sayid. He brought the Zodiac so he could get the people back to the freighter. Juliet called a meeting for the camp over by the kitchen. Daniel went and stood by Charlotte while they figured out what the hell was going on.

"I'm going to start taking people to the freighter, six at a time. Pack your stuff and I'll take the first group in 10 minutes," Sayid said, and everyone nodded and went off to go pack their belongings. As they walked to their tent, Dan told Charlotte she should go on the first trip and she agreed. Ten minutes later, by the Zodiac, Dan went to talk to Sayid as he came up.

"Hey, Sayid. Listen, if you want to run off into the jungle after that chopper, you should do that. But in the meantime we need to get these people off this Island." Dan said.

"I won't be long. If I can catch up to Jack and Kate..." Sayid replied but Dan cut him off.

"I can start ferrying people now; I can get them there safely. By the time you get back, I can have most of these people on our boat." Sayid looked over to Juliet, and after a moment she gave him the slightest nod. Then Sayid reached into his pocket and pulled out the compass.

"I trust you know the bearing. You'd better get going." Sayid said, handing the compass and giving him a pat on the arm before heading towards the jungle.

"Thank you," Daniel said and turned to address the group. "All right, first group in the raft. We can fit six!"

"Wait. Sun's pregnant. She should go first." Juliet said.

Sun smiled back at her. So Sun and Jin ended up taking Charlotte and another guy's spot on the raft. Charlotte grabbed her bag and stood back and waited for the raft to launch. A minute later, Daniel saw Sun holding a small baby in her arms as Sayid and Kate ran back into the jungle.

"All right, this is just the first trip. Here we go," Dan said. As he pulled the Zodiac into the water, he looked back over his shoulder and gave Charlotte a little wave. If he had enough time he would have told her not to worry, that he would be back soon. To him, Charlotte looked pretty worried as she stood and watched the Zodiac until it disappeared into the horizon.

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