"Charlie!" Locke cried out as he stared down at Charlie at the bottm of the hill.

He searched for a way down the hill. He soon found a rocky path nearby and began to climb down it. He hurried as quickly as he could towards Charlie and once he was next to him, Locke looked over Charlie for any injuries that he might have suffered.

"Charlie, wake up!" Locke tried to tell him.

Charlie didn't answer him because when he landed, his head hit a semi-hidden rock and it knocked him out cold. Locke was afraid to move Charlie in fear that he could have a serious injury to his head or neck yet he knew that he had to do something. Locke looked around the area to see if there was anything that he use.

He soon found out that he didn't have to do much as he heard Charlie groan.

"Locke?" came Charlie's voice.

"Charlie, tell me more about these dreams. I get the impression that you really care about this Serena," Locke told him. "Tell me what happened to her in these dreams."

"The injuries..." Charlie stuttered as he tried to climb to his feet. "The injuries... are very serious. Enough so that... I can't bear it. When the... accident occurs... I don't know what happened to her. I don't see her. I have to know."

Charlie began to move and push himself up. Locke tried to stop him.

"Charlie, wait. You could have a serious injury and moving might make it worse," Locke told him.

"Locke, all I want to do now is find out what these dreams mean. I don't even know how long they're going to last let alone when the next one will happen," Charlie groaned as he leaned against a tree.

Locke noticed how Charlie was cradling his one arm and figured that he must have hurt it on the way down.

"Charlie, you should get your arm checked out by Jack. It looks serious," Locke told him.

"Leave me alone Locke! I told you too much already!" Charlie replied as he turned and started to run away from Locke, stumbling as he did so.

Locke stared after him before giving a sigh and heading back to the caves.

'I don't think there's nothing I can do for him. Whatever's going through his mind, he knows he has to deal with and he chooses to deal with it alone,' Locke thought to himself along the way.

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Charlie ran through the forest, several thoughts going through his mind. Mainly about Serena. He couldn't believe that he told Locke what his dreams were about.

"Now why did I go and do that? He probably thinks I'm lying about my relationship with her," Charlie whispered to himself.

He came to the same clearing he was in after the first nightmare. He sat down next to one of the trees, minding his arm in the process. He held it close to his body for it terribly hurt if he moved it.

"God, why does this have to happen here?" he asked himself.

Sleep was beckoning to him ever more than what was before. He hadn't slept that much th night before and he was slowly getting dark.

"Please don't let these dreams come back," he murmered to himself. 'But I know they will.'

'Charlie,' came a female voice.

Charlie looked in the direction it was coming from and he saw something moving in the bushes and the ghostly figure of Serena walked out from behind them.

'Help me Charlie. I know you can,' she told him. 'Only you can. Please help me.'

"How can I help you Serena? I'm only God knows where and you're in LA," Charlie replied as he looked over her.

Before she could answer, the ghostly image disappeared and it caused Charlie to think about something soon before he got onto the plane at Sydney.

Charlie reached out for the phone and picked it up, hoping that he made the right choice. He dialed a number and let the phone ring a few times before someone picked up.

'Hello?' the person on the other end said.

'Hi Serena. It's me, Charlie,' he told her.

'Charlie! I'ts great to hear from you! Well, what have you decided? Have you talked to Liam yet?' Serena asked him, bombarding him with all these questions.

Charlie quietly laughed for he knew they were coming. The two of them had talked about it a lot beforehand.

'I'm coming over to LA. With you. I've told Liam that I pretty well decided and I'm going to see him soon to tell him that I am going for certain. Not going to tell him when I'm leaving because I know he'll show up and try and talk me out of it. When I do talk to him about it, I know he'll be wanting to talk me out of it, for certain. When I talked to him about it before, he really didn't want me to. He thought that I was dumping all my problems on you,' Charlie told her.

'You mean the drug addiction?' she wanted to confirm.

'Yeah,' he reluctantly admitted.

She knew he couldn't see the smile on her face but he thought he could.

'Charlie, I can assure you that you are not dumping that problem on me. Never have before when you came to visit or when we were together, why should you now?' she replied. 'I know that he won't like it at all.'

'Yeah, I know. I've got to talk to him about that tour that's starting in LA. At least I've got to try to bring the band back,' Charlie told him.

'I understand but don't expect too much,' Serena told him. 'I'll pick you up at the airport. Let me know later on what time the plane's leaving and stuff and I'll be there.'

'Thanks Serena,' Charlie said with a smile. 'I'll let you know.'

He hung up the phone and he sat in the chair for a moment, knowing he had to go talk to Liam. And his older brother wasn't going to like it at all.

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Claire was still pacing back and forth as Jack carefully watched her.

"Where is he? Locke should have found Charlie by now," Claire said out loud without realizing it.

"Who says he hasn't?" Jack asked.

"What do you mean by that?" Claire demanded as she turned to stare at him.

Jack inwardly shuddered at the look that Claire was giving him and was thinking 'if looks could kill'.

"What I mean is that maybe Locke found him but Charlie was injured or refused to move. It could be a few possibilities Claire on why they're not back yet. Maybe Locke didn't find him yet..." started Jack.

"Don't talk like that. Locke has to find him," Claire angrily told him as she walked up to him.

Before Jack could say anything else, they heard a rustling of leaves behind them and Locke walked out of the brush to greet them. Claire hurried over to him.

"How is he?" she demanded to know.

Locked stared at her, wondering how he should tell her what he had seen and heard

"Not good. He's hurt and he still wants to be alone to deal with this," Locked replied, lowering his head.

"He's hurt and you just let him go?" Jack asked him.

"He managed to run off before I do could anything to stop him. Claire, I think you might be able to help him," Locke replied as he faced her.

"How could I help him?" she wondered.

"He thinks he's alone in dealing with this problem but he's not. I believe that if you can convince him that you can help him until these dreams are over, I think he will be better," Locke explained as he faced her.

"'Until these dreams are over'? What do you mean by that? They're going to stop?" Jack wanted to make sure. "Dreams just don't start and stop as they please. We have them all the time. Sometimes we remember them, but mostly we don't."

"This time's different. I think someone's trying to tell him something and that someone is Serena," Locke replied. "And I fully believe that the island's helping her. Now let's go find him."

Claire nodded and began to follow him but Jack soon grabbed her arm, stopping her.

"I think I might know where he is," he told her. "Follow me."

Claire began to follow Jack into the forest, wondering where they could possibly be headed.

TBC...