Charlie's eyes were wide. They were almost to the corner now. He knew they would see him. He was so dead. As a sad attempt to hide, Charlie presses himself up against the wall. He feels like he's about to vomit. His stomach flips uneasily. The girl rounds the corner first. She's young and has curly, brown hair. She sees him and her eyes widen. She stops and turns to whoever she had been talking to. Charlie listens carefully.

"Dad, uh, can you go get my jacket...? I'm cold?" the girl's voice says.

"Well, you should have gotten it before, Alex." the father's voice states. "But, I guess I'll get it. Wait here."

"Okay, thanks," the girl states. Charlie hears someone walking away and breathes a sigh of relief. The girl rounds the corner again and looks at Charlie. She spots his neck and gasps. Charlie feels weird and looks at the girl. "Are you him?" the girl asks. Charlie furrows his brow.

"Am I who...?" Charlie asks, trying not to sound terrified.

"Charlie. T+You're Charlie, aren't you?!" Alex asks, sounding excited.

"...Yeah..."Charlie responds sgakily.

"How's Claire?" the girls asks, stepping towards him.

Charlie tries to melt into the wall. "How do you know Claire?" he states.

Alex waves her hand. "Is she okay? Did the labor go well?"

Charlie gets defensive. "Did YOU do that to HER?!" he hisses, standing tall.

Alex shrinks a bit. "No, uh, that was Ethan...but-but is she okay?" Alex states timidly.

"I don't know! Where is the baby?!" Charlie demands, taking one of Alex's shoulders.

Alex shrugs her shoulder away. "Follow me," she commends.

Charlie nods and reluctantly follows Alex around the corner. She looks around and leads him on down the hallway. Soon, they reach a door on the right. Alex pulls a small ring of keys from her pocket. She went through them quickly until she came to a small, golden one. She peered over her shoulder at Charlie before jamming the key into the keyhole. She twisted the key around before opening the door. She swiftly ushered Charlie into the dark room. She abruptly closes the door behind her. Charlie squints in the darkness before Alex switches on the lights. Charlie blinks a bit before looking around the room. The white walls looked as if they were in the process of being decorated. A zebra and monkey hung on the walls while the other pictures lay on the ground. Charlie spots the crib and races over to it. There it was, the baby. It was wrapped in a blue cloth, leading Charlie to assume it was a boy. Charlie carefully reaches into the criub and lifts the infant out. The baby squeaks and wriggles before settling into Charlie's arms.

"Is this...Is this Claire's?" Charlie asks Alex.

"Yeah, he's cute, huh?" Alex smiles warmly at the baby.

"Beautiful," Charlie gushes.

"Alex, I have your jacket." her father's muffled cry comes from the hallway.

Charlie looks at Alex in panic. How were they going to get out?

Alex looks from the door to Charlie. "Okay, me, my dad, and Ethan are the only ones in here." Alex states.

"No, I saw another man...He was HUGE!" Charlie almost shrieks.

"Oh, that'll be Tom. But, he's probably gone by now. He has to take over at the Hydra by now anyway." Alex babbles.

Charlie nods.

"Well, I'll lead my dad off. Ethan...I don't know what to tell you." Alex's brow knits together. "But you got in unnoticed. You can do it again."

Charlie barely nods. "Right,"

Alex leaves the room. Charlie approaches the door and hears Alex and her father talking before they walk to wherever the dad had been before. Charlie sighs, looking at the blue bundle in his arms. Taking a quick breath, Charlie opens the door and steps out into the hallway. He looks around. There is no one. He begins to walk towards the corner. He felt like every step he took sounded like a car crash. He tip-toes towards the corner and peers around it. "Bloody--" Charlie quietly begins as he jerks his head back. Ethan was coming. Charlie swiftly pads back to the baby room. He wiggles the doorknob, but it's locked. Charlie's breathing becomes heavy and he looks at the baby again. Charlie heads in the direction that Alex and her father had went. He had no other choice. Charlie came to the end of the hallway and to two, large double doors. He pushes them open and peers behind him. Ethan had just rounded the corner!

Charlie slips out the double doors and down the steps. He looks out at the jungle around him and can't help but hyperventilate a little. The baby squirms in his arms and Charlie begins to head around the station. He had to get the baby back to Claire. The sun seems to set faster than it usually did. Charlie is soon enveloped in darkness and, instead of stopping, he marches on. His legs ache from the speed he had managed to keep up, but the baby needed milk. He needed his mother. Charlie was growing more and more paranoid the further he got from the station. He feels as if Ethan would appear at any moment with that noose and--

As if reading his mind, the infant begins to cry. Charlie bounced him carefully in his arms, trying to shush him. He had gotten too far for this to go south. The baby eyes him in the darkness. Charlie smiles down at him briefly before looking ahead of him. The sun begins to rise again as the night ends. Charlie forces his throbbing legs to keep going. Finally, Charli8e heard that magnificanyt noise. Slosh. Slosh. The waves. People talking. Charlie's eyes lit up, but he was too tired to smile. The infant began to cry as soon as Charlie set foot on the beach. Everyone looks up and they rush around him. "Jack...Claire..." Charlie hoarsely utters.

"Hey, back up, everyone." the leader's voice commands.

Everyone parts. Most of them leave. Others hover closely.

"Claire...Is she okay?" Charlie asks Jack quietly.

Jack nods, looking at Charlie. "She's fine. She woke up a few hours ago. Asked for you."

Charlie responds, voice gravelly, "Really? Here. I got him."

Jack takes the baby from Charlie's shaking hands. "Are you alright, Charlie? You were just hung and..." Jack lowers his voice, "you just quit heroin...?"

Charlie's legs wobble and he lies, "I'm fine,"

Jack nods, disbelieving. He and Charlie start towards Claire's tent when, Charlie collapses.