A/N it's been a while since I updated this so a quick recap. Danny and Alice have crashed the truck, unbeknownst to Danny Alice is trapped under the truck and petrol is leaking on her - while a fire edges closer. Danny is out looking for her.

Charlotte and Nomsa have disappeared and Georgina has discovered 2 men on the land they are chasing her.

And Evan and Dupe have been caught up in a swampy landslide.

Like I said before drama drama drama x

(X)

Danny jogged towards the heap that jutted from the ground. Visibility was almost zero, the rain was unrelenting.

"Alice I've been so worried!" he pushed the truck door of the mound…..and was looking at a large rock jutting out of the mud.

"A rock?" he yelled. Where was Alice then? Dammit! He kicked the rock and swore when pain shot up his leg. He ignored it. Felt a sick feeling descend into his stomach. Where on earth was Alice? She couldn't be any further back than this! Maybe she hadn't fell from the truck. Maybe she woke up disorientated. Climbed from the truck and began walking away from them - he was going the wrong way! God! She could be in trouble. No food, no water. Wild animals - hungry wild animals. He had to find her - losing her simply wasn't an option! He turned and began to run making his way towards the truck. Hopefully she'd have left some footprints. Hopefully this pouring rain hadn't destroyed them. God please let her be ok!

(X)

Alice lay still trapped under the truck slowly being suffocated by smoke she tried to brace her feet but the ground was slippy and she couldn't gain any traction. She couldn't breathe! Yanking her arm wasn't working it only hurt, hurt her more than anything she had ever endured in her life. Her eyes felt heavy and she was seriously struggling to breath! She coughed violently as a plume of black smoke surrounded her.

Alice knew what was coming, felt the inevitability deep inside her soul. She thought of her daughter. Her beautiful charming Charlotte. Thought of her smile, how it could light up an entire room. Her laughter, so soft and sweet. Tears filled her eyes. God what was going to happen to her baby without her? Yeah there was Rowan - but Rowan with a pre-teen girl? God knows how he'd cope! She sent up a prayer. "God please find a way to keep Charlie at Leopards Den."

Danny was more capable of bringing up a little girl then Rowan was. She coughed and choked as the air around her was getting thinner. No doubt the fire was inching closer and closer. Her death steadily becoming more certain. She hadn't said or done so much! She hadn't taken Charlotte to Lapland. She hadn't been on a cruise. She hadn't told the man she loved how she felt. Why hadn't she told Danny she loved him? She coughed once again. Remembered that she always carried a pad and pen in her jeans at the back pocket. Although it used a lot of precious energy and oxygen she found a way to pull it out of the pocket. She used her left hand to write a messy message.

'Danny please take care of Charlotte. I'm sorry I didn't tell you face to face but I love you. I always will. Kiss Charlie for me tell her I love her and I'm proud of her. Alice x'

She tore off 3 sheets. Wrapped it up then wrapped the other two around it hoping the words didn't smudge. Before she could stash it another plume of black smoke came and Alice could no longer breathe….

(X)

The rain began to slow. Two men lay sprawled on a bed of sludge. Dupe on his back and Evan face down. They were unmoving and were covered in a brown slimy residue. Dupe awoke first, felt the plink plink of rain steadily dripping on his weathered face.

"Ooarrrr." he groaned and opened his eyes. He was looking at an angry black sky. Grey clouds still spitting down rain. He felt around him and found that he was on sturdy land. He sat up, looked around in shock. The whole area was foreign to him. He didn't recognise his own land! There were no landmarks around him to give him a clue as the where he was. It was then he remembered he wasn't alone - Evan.

"Evan!" he called. "EVAN!"

No reply. He must be hurt! He had no flashlight, no gun. He screwed his face up and concentrated on looking around him. He saw a large unmoving heap. Was that Evan? He pulled himself to standing. His clothes weighing him down and walked over. Sure enough it was Evan, lain face down. Dupe turned him over. He had no light so he couldn't tell if he had any injuries. He put his hand over Evan's mouth and was relieved to find him still breathing. Slowly and unevenly but breathing.

"Evan." he said softly.

Evan's eyes remained closed.

"Evan!" he repeated louder.

Still silence was his reply.

He tapped Evan's face. "C'mon Ev!" Dupe demanded. Fear making anger rise inside him.

Evan grimaced. Turned his head and wiped his face. Opened his eyes.

"Thank God!" Dupe breathed.

"What happened?" Evan asked slowly.

"I have no idea, at first I thought it was a landslide but it's too slimy."

"How did we outrun it?"

"We didn't. The truck thankfully slowed it down. Probably saved out lives."

Evan nodded. The only sound the plinking rain.

"I think that the earth tremors and the force of the thunder loosened some earth, then went a river bust it's bank it caused a sludge slide." Dupe mused.

Evan sat up frowning. "We're in trouble huh Dupe?"

Dupe glared. "You bet your ass we are! No truck. No rifles. No water. No one even knows where we are! For god's sake Ev why the hell insist on us coming out here huh?" Dupe fumed.

"I just wanted to help Danny."

"Well Evan you made it ten times worse!"

Evan looked at the floor.

Dupe exhaled. He was being too hard on the boy. His heart was in the right place. "Evan I'm sorry - ignore me I dislike exercise and with all that running I just had a months worth.""Your right Dupe." Evan said softly. "It was stupid coming out here. Do you thin they're ok?"

"Who? Danny an Alice or Georgina Nomsa and Charlotte?"

"All of them?"

"Well Danny and Alice - who knows. Danny will get them home, I know it. And Georgina, Nomsa and Charlotte will be as safe as houses. I just wish I was there to be sure."

"So we going home then?"

"We'll have a quick wander around for Danny and Alice then go home - deal?"

"Deal!" Evan murmured. Dupe stood up and held out his hand to Evan to help him up. Now Dupe had to try and find a way home, without letting Evan know he had no idea where they were!

(X)

Georgina ran for all she was worth. She felt sharp stones and twigs embed in her feet but that didn't stop her. When she reached the trees she began to zigzag inside them. The branches from the trees slapping her face didn't slow her down. Even when she felt the warmth of her blood seeping down her face she didn't slow. She ran til her lungs burned for oxygen. She ran til she was sure the man had no idea where she was, she finally reached Sarah's lookout. She collapsed on the floor.

"Oh my God!" she cried as tears fell down her face. Nomsa and Charlotte must have been taken prisoner by those two men. Poor Charlotte must be terrified. She was free, but those men knew about her. They wouldn't be happy that she escaped. They were probably looking for her, what if they had weapons! What if they shot her on sight! Oh my god, this was too much! She had to alert the authorities! Except there was no phone out here. What was she supposed to do? Ask to borrow the local drums? She thought hysterically.

As much as she yearned to stay here and hide she didn't have that option! She had to go back to the house and alert the police and then hopefully find a way to free Nomsa and Charlotte. Oh god this wasn't her! She wasn't a hero. Not even close! But what could she do? They needed someone and she was the only available candidate. She quickly looked out and saw some old boots. They were a little big but beggars couldn't be choosy. She tied them tightly then looked out at the scenery. The rain was slowing but not stopping. She needed a plan, decided to devise one as she walked towards the house. If she didn't leave soon she never would!

A/N more soon, i have something wrote it's all abit rubbish lyk :/