A couple of hours later and Danny arrived home, Matt had got himself trapped at the hut he shared with Zoe and Sam, but he was safe. Danny ran out his Jeep and into the house, he paused a moment and locked the door. God, that storm was bad. He didn't like it either, it brought back unpleasant memories and he knew Alice didn't like any storm, never mind one this big. He walked into the kitchen and saw all the family sat together, everyone but Alice.

"Where's Alice?" Danny asked.

Everyone remained silent, Danny frowned hadn't they heard him?

"Where's Alice?" Danny repeated.

Silence.

"For god's sake where is she?" Danny bellowed, anger slowly ebbed into his outer shell but inside, worry and fear was building up.

Liv looked up at him, she took a deep breath. She saw the look on his face, she sighed before looking straight into his eyes.

"Zoe had to go see to a giraffe, you know how she is, won't leave an animal in danger. Alice went with her... she didn't say anything except she told... told me..." Liv stopped and Thabo put a hand on her shoulder. He looked up to Danny.

"Told you what?" Danny pestered, his voice was shaking slightly. His beautiful Alice was out there in the bush in that storm? What if... he shook the thoughts from his head.

"Alice said to tell you, that she loves you." Thabo finished for Liv.

Danny stood frozen, he was staring at the cupboards. He shook slightly with terror and panic. He didn't know what to do. His breathing grew heavy. He couldn't take this.

"I... I gotta go..." Danny was stammering. Everyone but DuPlessis were staring at him. Some were scared, some were in shock.

"Dad?" Charlotte squeaked.

"No Danny." Dupe told him. "Alice and Zoe are smart, they'll be ok. We need as many of us here as possible. Ring Matt and tell him what's going on."

Danny was about to argue when Lyndon came from his room, tear stained cheeks. He looked up at Danny.

"Scared daddy." He whined. Danny took a deep breath and picked him up, holding him to his chest tightly.

"I know son, I know. But daddy's here..." Danny murmured. He walked over to a picture that hung on the wall and gazed at it. It showed him and Alice on their wedding day. God he loved her.

(x)

"That's him done! Let's get home." Zoe shouted over the heavy rain. Alice just nodded. Both climbed into the Jeep. Zoe turned it on and began to drive.

"I hope Danny's ok." Alice mumbled.

"He will be." Zoe replied she was driving along the road. Both the sisters fell into silence.

Suddenly, a lightning bolt struck a tree. Zoe saw it happen and stabbed her breaks. The Jeep slid to a stop as the tree fell in front of them. Alice however, was not quite as calm.

"No,no,no,no,no,no." Alice was muttering, rocking. "No." She repeated it, over and over.

"Alice it's..." Zoe began.

"Danny." Alice said. "Danny." She repeated.

"ALICE!" Zoe shouted. "He's fine."

"Radio..." Alice mumbled. "Broke."

"No it's not." Zoe replied.

"Flare." Alice whispered.

"Alice, we're not in trouble." Zoe said in confusion, she continued driving. "Oh... damn."

Alice was still muttering things. Zoe had her mind on other things, like how the hell they were getting home with no lights. She didn't know this track too well, all she knew there was a water hole and a ditch somewhere.

She'd found the ditch.

Alice's scream had ripped through Zoe's flesh. It was full of fear. Then she went back into her previous state. Her head now between her knees as her hands held the top of her head.

"Come on Alice..." Zoe said, she grabbed what she could. A gun, a torch. Not much, but everything had been broken. Zoe suddenly realised, this was a storm, a bad one. Alice and Danny's accident in the storm... everything broken. Tree. It all clicked.

Alice was out the Jeep but refused to move. She shook her head as Zoe tried to get through to her.

"ALICE!" Zoe shouted in her face. "We have to move! We can't stay here! Leopards Den."

"Danny." Alice mumbled.

"Is at Leopards Den." Zoe countered.

"No... Storm..." Alice replied.

Zoe was loosing patience.

"Don't make me drag you." Zoe commented.

"I'm staying here." Alice replied angrily.

"Aren't you a bit old to have your ear pulled." Zoe growled, "Come on." She said grabbing her shirt. Alice pushed Zoe off violently.

"I said NO!" Alice screamed.

"Alice! We have to move!" Zoe yelled back. "You'll die if you stay out here."

Alice remained silent.

Zoe thought for a moment. Zoe think, she said to herself. That was it! Alice was obviously in some sort of haze. The storms always made her weird, but all this had put her into some sort of flashback which had her in a weird mental state. Use it against her!

"You wanna save Danny?" Zoe asked.

"I SAVED DANNY!" Alice replied angrily. "Not her."

"I know you did, but no one else does, you wanna prove it yeh?"

"Everyone knows... I love Danny." Alice replied smiling.

"Yes, and Danny loves you but you need to come with me."

"No."

Zoe rolled her eyes, fine if Alice was going to act like this she was going to just drag her anyway, kicking, screaming whatever. She grabbed Alice. Alice was resisting but Zoe ignored her attempts. Suddenly Alice fell to the floor.

"Alice?" Zoe asked in shock.

Alice was crying upon the floor. Large, heavy sobs. Her shoulders shook. Her hysterical breathing evident. Her screams made Zoe cringe. She'd not seen her sister this bad... ever.

"I can't lose Danny... Danny's everything to me... But no one will save us." Alice cried. Zoe tried to move her but Alice refused just clutching her head.

Zoe had had enough of this. She bent down, she didn't want to do this. Hated herself for this. But...

"Alice." Zoe said.

Alice looked up at her. Almost immediately she had fell backwards and was clutching her cheek. Zoe stared at her hand. So she'd managed to do it. She'd hit Alice. Well you know what they say, it's good to slap them back to reality?

"What was that for?" Alice said angrily.

"Slapping you back to reality." Zoe replied.

"What?" Alice replied in confusion. Zoe grinned.

"It worked!" Zoe beamed, "Shit, that means you're gonna kick my arse!"

"Damn right I'm gonna kick your arse." Alice replied.

"Nice to have you back Alice." Zoe said softly as they began to walk.

"Where've I been?" Alice asked.

"In a trance." Zoe replied. "Freak" She added softly.

Alice remained silent as the two walked on... the question was, would they get back safe and sound?