Disclaimer: I do not own anything to do with lost, blah blah blah, I think you get it

Notes: Set after Exodus part two. While Jack and the motley crew are off exploring the hatch, and Jin, Sawyer and Mike are getting captured by the "others", what's going on in camp with Charlie, Claire, Hurley, Sayid, Shannon, Sun, and the other castaways? Charlie centric, but something from everyone above.

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Shannon sat away in a corner of the caves with Vincentand watched Jack leave, abandoning them all for what was sure to be death. And maybe its better that way, she thought. What do we have left to live for on this island besides the hope of getting rescued.

Hurley gave up his attempt to stop Jack from leaving and trudged over to a fire pit, poking the dying embers with a stick he found lying near by. He glanced up as Sayid stirred from behind him and went to sit near Shannon , comforting her as best he could.

Sayid forgot all his troubles for the moment when he glanced in the direction of Shannon . They hadn't talked since him and Charlie had come back from the black smoke, so he decided to go have a chat. Not sure if she wanted to be alone or not, Sayid made his way over to her slowly, and was thankful that she greeted him with a smile.

When Sun heard that Jack was leaving, she became more worried then ever. Now Jack, Kate and Lock, the castaways' three leaders were all going down into a dangerous hatch, maybe never to come out again. Who would everybody look to if their task failed? Charlie? Definitely not... Sayid? Maybe…

Claire looked around at all of the others, noticing the look of worry and panic on everybody's face. She didn't know for sure if she believed Charlie that there were no others… If that were true, then why did the French lady take Aaron from her? When her eyes fell on Charlie, Claire saw something that usually wasn't written across his face, and began to worry even more for his health.

Charlie looked up from the fire to see Claire eyeing him suspiciously, and decided it would be a good idea to take a walk. He stood up and excused himself, glancing briefly at Claire before taking off.

Hours after Charlie had left, Claire started to become very nervous, and wandered out of the camp in search of him with Aaron in her arms, thinking he couldn't have possibly gone too far with everything that's happened on this Island . When she realized he wasn't around after calling his name a few times, Claire remembered that he didn't believe in the others, or all the bizarre things that had happened.

Sun, who had been keeping an eye out for everyone to make sure they were okay, noticed Charlie leave a concerned Claire to go for a "walk". Once Claire got up to follow him, Sun decided that she should go find her and bring her back. Quietly, Sun stole out of the camp, leaving a sleeping Hurley, a Shannon and Sayid, who were deep in conversation, and the rest of the castaways who were all either sleeping, pacing about, or staring gloomily into the flames.

Charlie was suddenly hit by a very strange feeling in midstep, and decided he should better start heading back. Now that he thought of it, it was pretty stupid of him to go tramping through the man eating jungle alone at night, just because Claire had looked at him funny. He supposed he was just worried she would find out the truth about the little porcelain statue he carried around in his pack. Sighing, Charlie stood up and began to head back to camp.

Claire whipped around, and almost dropped Aaron when she heard rustling in the darkness. A wave of relief washed over her when she saw an apologetic Sun scrambling out of the bushes.

"I am sorry!" She said, "I did not mean to scare you like that.. I was.. I saw you leave and I got worried.. You shouldn't be out here, especially with Aaron!" Claire took a deep breath and lifter her baby higher in her arms. "Yes, I know Sun… But I saw Charlie leave about 2 hours ago and he still hasn't come back!"

At that moment, a shadow emerged from the bushes and the two women screamed.

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K, well there was my first attempt at a fanfic, I know it was short but, meh...hope you all liked it! I'll probably be updating really soon, seeing as how I already have the next couple chapter written…. Well, I'd be really happy if I got some reviews, thanks,

Pen

p.s, Any suggestions?