Tittle: Charlie's going crazy

By: Lissie66 Chapter 14- What happened?

To the beach...

Lizzie Blithe sat in the sand, it was hot which made her think of her husband, who loved to go to Arizona to visit his family. She stroked her hair and thought about her daughter and wondered how she was doing. But what was bugging her the most right now was where in the world did Charlie go?

Claire came to Lizzie and sat down with her little baby asleep. Her golden hair was down and shined. She wore a blue tank and wore light jeans. Lizzie looked up to Claire and practically read her mind, "You're worried about him too aren't you?"

Claire had a surprised expression and slightly nodded, "Yeah, I just feel like he's been gone for a while-look I think- Ah forget it." She blurted as her hair blew in the wind.

Lizzie looked interested in what she was going to say, "No, what were you going to say?" She asked.

Claire almost laughed at her idea and replied, "Well...don't laugh ok?" Lizzie nodded and looked straight at Claire, "I think we should go through the jungle and look for him." She replied.

Lizzie didn't laugh, it sounded pretty good to him except for one flaw, "That actually sounds pretty good, except we couldn't take Aaron with us." Her eye shifted down to little Aaron.

Claire bit her lip then spoke, "Well, I could leave the baby with Sun and Jin then we could go." She suggested.

Lizzie nodded in agreement, "Ok, are you really up for this?" She asked with a slight smile.

Claire nodded, "Sure." She quickly got up and started to speed walk to Sun who was sitting watching the waves like most of the people were doing.

"Hey, Sun." Claire called.

Sun looked up to Clair and smiled, "Oh, hi Claire." Sun greeted.

"Hey, I need to go somewhere with my friend can you watch Aaron for me?" Claire asked.

Sun nodded and slowly took the baby, "Of course I will. But, what are you doing?" She asked.

Claire got on her shoes, "A little hike." She replied.

Sun eerily looked to the baby then back at Claire, "A hike? Shouldn't you tell Jack?" She asked.

Claire lightly laughed, "Why would it matter to Jack?" Claire ran off back to Lizzie, not letting Sun say anything more.

Jin came up to Sun and asked in Korean, "What is Claire doing?"

Sun quickly looked up to her husband then replied, "She's doing something with that girl." She replied as the both of them watched Lizzie and Claire go off into the jungle.

...

What happened to Ben, John, and Desmond, and Zelda...

Ben was quiet most of the time. In fact too quiet. John felt like making a huge sound to destroy the silence. He loudly spoke, "So, Ben are you alright?" He asked.

Ben heard the man's loud voice and replied, "I've been better John." Ben was sitting on a metal part in the cell. He wasn't even sure if it was supposed to be a chair but he sat on it anyway.

He thought about what John said and shook his head. How could he be OK? He's locked in a cell that's dirty, and yucky may I add? And on top of that he hadn't eaten in a while and he was starving. His thoughts were interrupted when he heard a young girl's voice from the cell door, "Look, this is my only chance to free you. Alright?" She whispered.

Ben was perplexed, was that Zelda wanting to help him out? It had to have been there was no other young voice, "What?" He asked.

"Look I have the keys to the cell," She continued, "But the only way I can get you out is only if you do exactly what I tell you to do." She continued.

Ben was REALLY confused then, "Look Zelda why are you offering to let us out?" He asked.

The door creaked open and the dark girl figure came into the light, "Zelda?" It wasn't Zelda at all it was...Jaine?

Ben had a mixed feeling of relief and yet he was shocked. He put al those complex thoughts out of his head and spoke, "Jaine?" He remembered Jaine when he saw her appear.

Jaine nodded, "Yes, me again," She started to walk towards Ben, "Look, I can get you John, and Desmond out of here safe but you need to follow me and be quiet."

Ben excepted her being here and replied, "Alright, what about Charlie?" He questioned.

Jaine replied, "Charlie's taken care of. What I need you to mainly do is get Zelda to come with us." Jaine explained she had a slight smile.

Ben looked shocked and a slight chill ran down his spine, "Why?" He whispered.

Jaine had a emotionless face and replied, "Trust me Ben, this is what Jacob wants." She opened the door for Ben to go out.

Ben was unsure of this idea, but if it was what they needed to get out then he would do it. He slowly walked out of the room and heard talking coming from the room. He quietly circuited through the hall and heard something going on in the kitchen.

He peeked his head and saw Zelda was scrubbing dishes. Ben slowly walked behind her-almost made it there too- then Zelda turned around and saw Ben. She didn't scream she just backed up in horror, "How did you get out?" She asked in a frightened tone.

Ben stopped and calmly confirmed, "Zelda, you need to come with me."

"What?" Before Zelda or Ben said anything more he quickly grabbed her and covered her mouth. She struggled to get loose but knew it was hopeless. She quietly cried, "Are you going to kill me?"

Ben didn't know why they needed Zelda but one thing he knew is she was their ticket out of that cell. He brought her to Jaine, "Alright, what do we need with her?" He asked.

Zelda looked at Jaine, "Who are you? How did you get in here?" Her quiet voice echoed through the room.

"She is one of the people that can help you guys find the next area, then the last." Jaine replied to Ben ignoring Zelda's question. She handed Ben the keys, "Now go, don't you dare try to get Charlie...He's taken care of." Jaine walked back into the darkness and disappeared.

Zelda spoke with a loud voice, " Who was she?" She asked.

Ben looked into the cell then replied, "It doesn't matter." He went to the cell door where John and Desmond were held.

"Tell me Zelda, which key opens this door?" Ben asked.

She didn't say anything just looked at him. Ben started to walk over to Zelda then she finally replied, "The third key...ok it's the third key it has a three on it." She quickened her words as he got closer, thinking that he was going to do something to her.

"Thank you." He whispered. He took the third key then put it into the door handle and opened the door. John Locke eerily looked at Ben, "What-How did you escape?" He asked.

"I find ways," Be replied as he faced to Desmond, "Come we need to get out of here quick."

"But what about Ch-." Desmond asked but was cut off by Ben.

"Charlie is not our concern right now, our primary objective is to get us out of here." Ben hastily responded.

John shook his head, "We're not leaving without him Ben."

"John, trust me, Charlie is going to make it out." Ben assured in an annoyed tone. John wanted to protest, but, he had to trust Ben. He seemed like he knew what he was talking about. John started to walk out the cell door, "Come on Desmond lets go." He looked down to Zelda, "Are you keeping her as a captive? Ben what are you trying to do?"

"Trust me John." Ben said a bit louder than he should have. A few moments passed then John Locke nodded, "Fine Ben, But your still going to have to tell me soon why we're taking her."

Ben started to walk away with Zelda, Desmond started to follow behind him and John watched them go then followed behind Desmond.

...

Thirty minutes after Ben, Desmond, John, and Zelda escaped...

Lizzie and Claire were both walking in the jungle it started to rain, which gave Claire bad memories. Her eyes circled the jungle as Lizzie walked up the muddy hill.

"Do you think we'll find them?" Claire yelled as she used her hands to shield her eyes from the rain.

Lizzie was clueless about that question. There was a chance they could, and there was a high chance they would not, but yet they kept going through the jungle like they believed they would find Charlie.

She almost slipped and caught herself, "I'm not sure, lets keep looking alright?" Claire nodded and followed Lizzie.

They came to the top where there were a lot of trees. The carried on through the jungle, and as they came along they heard faint whispers, Lizzie was a bit frightened so she started to talk to Claire, "So...what's up?" She asked.

Claire had a weird expression on her face, "What's up? Um...lets see a bunch of tree's, the sky, space, I could go on forever talking about what's up there." She jokingly replied, "I'm not comfortable up here either."

Lizzie suddenly stopped, She heard movement through the bushes. "What is it?" Claire asked.

Lizzie looked around, "I don't know...I heard something." Claire and Lizzie started to get uncomfortable and backed up, "Maybe we should go back to the beach." The sound started to get closer and faster.

"Yeah! Lets go." The scared girls started speed walk away. They heard the sound stop so they started to go even faster. They kept going on until they heard a voice say, "Claire?" She slowly turned around and saw John covered with water and looked dirty.

"Who are you talking to?" Desmond asked then looked up at the two wet girls, "Claire...hi." Lizzie wondered why they didn't say hi to her, but frankly she didn't care whether they did, she was just happy to know that by their movements appeared to be people.