Morgan and Jack sat in the dimly lit computer room, mostly the only noise that could be hear was a frequent beeping of the machines and the timer every 108 minutes. Morgan sat across the room in the fat armchair with a blanket across her lap and a glass of hot chocolate in her hands. Occasionally, she and Jack would exchange a word, but mostly there was just silence. Until now....
Morgan and Jack suddenly heard the sound of a baby crying lofting through the air.
"I better go check on Heidi." Morgan said as she stood up and set her glass of hot chocolate on the table beside her.
Morgan stepped into the nursery and walked over to the crib where Heidi lay.
"Oh, what the matter baby?" Morgan asked as she gently picked up Heidi's crying form.
As she picked Heidi up, she touched her cheek and felt that she was burning up with fever. Knowing this wasn't natural, Morgan rushed out of the nursery to the computer room where Jack was.
"Jack, I think there's something wrong with Heidi." she said urgently.
"What's wrong?" Jack asked as he stood up and walked over to them.
"I don't know. She has a fever and won't stop crying." Morgan said.
"Bring her in here." Jack said, leading her over to the bunk beds.
Morgan gently lay Heidi down on the bottom bunk.
"Maybe you should go over there." Jack said motioning to where the small dining booth was.
Morgan nodded and walked over and sat down. She waited for about fifteen minutes....fifteen worry-filled minutes. When Jack completed his thorough examination, he walked over to where Morgan sat nearly in tears.
"Is she okay?" Morgan asked immediately.
"Well...." Jack said, pulling up a box to sit on, "I'm afraid she has colic."
"Is that serious?" Morgan asked.
"If left untreated....th-there have been cases where the child has died." Jack said with a hushed voice.
Morgan couldn't contain herself anymore; she burst into tears and covered her face with her hands. Jack placed his hand on her knee as a sign of comfort.
"Jack," Morgan said, looking up, "Please take care of my baby."
Jack's heart went out to the crying mother before him and he felt a new sense of responsibility he hadn't felt before.
"Morgan," Jack said, taking her hands in his, "I promise, I swear to you I will do everything I can to help your baby."
Morgan nodded and more tears came. Jack sat down beside her and wrapped his arms around her shaking body. Morgan leaned on Jack, allowing him to comfort her.
"Maybe you should go sit with Heidi." Jack said after a little while.
Morgan sat up and wiped her eyes and nodded. She and Jack stood up and Morgan walked over to where Heidi lay wide awake on the bottom bunk.
"Hey, baby." she said as she sat down on the edge of the bed.
Heidi looked so pitiful; her skin had a red look to it from the fever and she wasn't crying, but Morgan cold tell she was in pain. Her eyes looked so pitiful and it broke Morgan's heart to see her precious baby like this. Morgan didn't know how long she'd sat there with Heidi when Jack came back in the room.
"Morgan." he said to get her attention, "I'm gonna walk back to the beach and get Charlie and John because it's their shift now."
"Okay." Morgan nodded.
"Are you gonna be okay down here alone?" Jack asked.
"I'll be fine." Morgan said.
"You want me to bring you anything from camp?" Jack asked.
"Will you bring me my other clothes?" Morgan asked, knowing she would be down here for a while with Heidi.
"Sure." Jack said, walking off.
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Jack arrived at the beach and went straight to his and Morgan's tent and put her other clothes in his backpack. He then walked across the beach to where Charlie and Locke sat working on splitting coconuts.
"Hey, guys, it's your turn at the Hatch, you know." Jack said as he neared them.
"Sorry we weren't already there; must've lost track of the time." Locke said as he stood up and wiped his coconut-covered knife clean.
"Where's Morgan?" Charlie asked, noticing she wasn't with Jack.
"She's back at the Hatch with Heidi." Jack answered, "Heidi's got colic."
"Poor thing." Charlie said.
After they put the split coconut away, they walked back to the Hatch. When they entered, they heard a beautiful voice lofting through the air; a woman's voice singing. They followed the voice and it lead them to the nursery. They looked in the open door and saw Morgan sitting in the rocking chair with Heidi in her arms. Morgan was singing 'It Came Upon the Midnight Clear' to Heidi's sleeping form.
"It came upon the midnight clear,
That glorious song of old,
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold:
'Peace on the earth,
Good will to men,
From heav'n's all gracious King':
The world in solemn stillness lay
To hear the angels sing.
Still through the cloven skies they come,
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heav'nly music floats
O'er all the weary world:
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on hovering wing:
And ever o'er its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
And ye,beneath life's crushing load,
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way,
With painful steps and slow,
Look now for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing:
O rest beside the weary road
And hear the angels sing.
For lo, the days are hastening on,
By prophet bards foretold,
When, with the ever circling years
Comes round the age of gold:
When peace shall over all the earth
Its ancient splendors fling,
And the whole world give back the song
Which now the angels sing."
Locke nudged Charlie on the shoulder and motioned for him to follow him to the computer room, knowing that they should give Morgan and Jack some time alone.
"Morgan." Jack whispered when Charlie and Locke were gone.
Morgan looked up and smiled.
"You're back soon." Morgan said.
"I brought your clothes." Jack said, taking them out of his backpack and laying them on the couch beside the door.
"Thanks." Morgan said, looking back down to Heidi.
"How's she doing?" Jack asked, walking over to her.
"I just got her back to sleep. She'd been crying ever since you left." Morgan answered.
"Charlie and John are here."Jack said, just to let Morgan know.
Morgan nodded.
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Back at the beach, Walt sat under a tree with a board in his lap for a makeshift desk. On the board was a piece of paper he was drawing on. As he drew, he heard footsteps approach him.
"What you got there?" Michael asked as he sat down beside Walt.
"It's a card for Morgan." Walt answered, taking another crayon out of the small box beside him.
"Why are you making her a card?" Michael asked.
"I heard Jack tell Charlie and Mr. Locke that her baby was sick." Walt answered.
"Well, this is nice of you to make her a card." Michael said.
"When I get through drawing it, will you take me to the Hatch so I can give it to her?" Walt asked.
"Sure, little buddy." Michael said.
When Walt finished drawing the card, he and his dad set off to the Hatch. When they reached the Hatch, they entered the computer room. They saw Charlie sitting at the computer, leaned back in the chair sound asleep, clearly 'neglecting his duties'.
"Shhh." Michael whispered as he tip-toed over to Charlie to 'teach him a lesson'.
"Look out it's an earthquake!" Michael yelled as he jerked back on Charlie's chair.
Charlie yelled in sudden surprise and nearly jumped out of his skin and he fell out of the chair face-first onto the floor. The next thing he knew was hearing Walt laughing to hard he could barely breath, Michael was laughing, too.
"You nearly gave me a sodding heart attack!" Charlie said, clearly not amused.
"I guess that'll teach you to fall asleep on the job." Michael said.
Charlie cursed under his breath as he got up and sat back down.
"Do you know where Morgan is?" Walt asked.
"She's in the nursery." Charlie said.
"What nursery?" Michael asked.
"Go see for yourself." Charlie said, pointing down the short hallway.
They entered the living space and saw Jack sorting through the drug cabinet and Locke looking through the records on the shelf across the room.
"What are you two doing here?" Jack asked.
"Walt made Morgan a card." Michael answered.
"Oh. Well, she's in there." Jack said, pointing to the door to the nursery.
Walt walked over and entered the nursery quietly.
"Hi, Walt. What brings you down here?" Morgan asked, looking up.
"I heard your baby was sick so I made you a card." Walt said, walking over to her.
"Thank you." Morgan said, accepting the card.
On the front of the folded piece of paper was a picture of the beach. She opened the card and saw a picture of several balloons and a bouquet of flowers. Written below it was 'Get well soon'.
"Thank you. This is nice." Morgan said, smiling.
"You're welcome." Walt said, looking at Heidi.
"She's cute. I haven't seen many babies." Walt said.
"You wanna hold her?" Morgan asked.
"Sure." Walt said.
"Come here." Morgan said, patting her knee.
Walt sat down on Morgan's knee and she helped him hold Heidi so he wouldn't drop her. All the while, Michael stood in the doorway, smiling.
A/N: I hope you liked it; I worked VERY hard on it.