Disclaimer: I do not own Lost. Duh.
Author's Note: Hey! Sorry for such a long wait—I had, like, NO idea what was going to happen in this chapter! But now I do and so there will be one more chapter after this one, which I already have written up.
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Chapter Fourteen—Escape
Charlie looked down at Claire, who was lying on the floor screaming through clenched teeth, already dripping in sweat. Then he looked at Boone, his eyes closed and his mouth open. Finally, he looked up at Ethan and Luke, who were giving him a "Ha-ha-we've-got-you-now" grin.
He looked at Claire again, who was struggling to lock eyes with him. She smiled weakly and he did in return. In one swift motion, Charlie reached his hands into the back of his pants and pulled out a .44 handgun, firing shots at Ethan, then Luke, then both of them again. When he ran out of bullets, he saw that both men were dead, each having four bullet holes in their chest.
Claire rolled over her head to look at the three dead men beside her, and then looked up at Charlie. Taking several breaths in between each word, she asked him, "Where did that come from?"
He explained, "Jack gave it me. Now, c'mon, we have to get you out of here."
Claire shook her head "no", and then pointed at Boone.
Charlie sat on his knees and sighed, deep in thought.
Jack and Locked were running through the forest when they heard eight bullet shots being fired. They stopped and looked behind them, seeing Charlie and Claire nowhere in sight. They exchanged worried glances, and then ran back at full speed toward the cave.
Charlie was still sitting on his knees, thinking of what to do when he heard running footsteps, coming from the prison area. Charlie looked and saw three men running towards them. Bloody terrific… he thought with dread, but then Claire got his attention and pointed towards the cave entrance, where he saw Jack and Locke running for them, motioning for them to get down.
Charlie did as he was told and hovered down over Claire, hearing several gunshots being fired above him. When they stopped, he looked at where the three men were running and saw that they had all fallen on the floor, presumably dead.
Then Charlie looked up to see Jack and Locke above him. "Claire's having her baby," he quickly rushed out.
"We have to get her out of here," Locke said to Jack, who nodded.
"Charlie and I will get Claire, you grab Boone," Jack said to Locke, who bent down to pick up Boone, and then hoisted him over his shoulders.
Charlie held onto the front end of Claire while Jack grabbed her legs, and the five people jogged out of the cave as quickly as possible.
When they were far enough away and Jack could tell that Claire was in unbearable pain, they stopped and Jack positioned Claire near a tree.
He checked to see if everything was ready for the baby to be born, and it was. As Charlie held Claire's hand (and nearly broke from being squeezed so tightly), Jack delivered Claire's baby, a beautiful boy.
Claire held him in her arms, crying from joy, and Charlie looked onto the baby, smiling. Claire hugged him tightly and repeated over and over, "I have a son. I have a son."
So I hoped you liked it! Once I get two reviews, I will post the final chapter of Save Me! Thanks to the reviewers of Chapter Thirteen!
16aqua lol I love the way you get so into it! But I am very sorry about the whole killing Boone thing. ;)
Kirstieee.x Thanks! I'm so glad to know that it was suspenseful! Haha I really hope you liked this chapter!