Sorry to leave you all hanging like that at the end of chapter three. I just needed it to be suspenseful. Lots of things coming up in the next chapters. Hope you all enjoy it!

Chapter Four

Charlie ran through the jungle ignoring Jack and Kate. He was determined to get to Claire. He stopped and leaned against a tree trunk seeing a small pavilion made of shrapnel and metal sheets. It was connected to a small cave and had no door. Charlie's breathing returned to normal and he stood up straight.

"Charlie!" Jack said grabbing onto him. Charlie shushed him and pointed. Jack looked over Charlie at the shelter as Kate joined them breathing heavily.

"Let's go," Charlie whispered. Jack grabbed him before he ran off.

"Wait, we have to think of this rationally. We don't know what Ethan could do to Claire if we just rush in there," Jack said. Charlie nodded; the last thing he wanted was Claire to get hurt even more.

"Here, each one of us will need one of these," Locke said joining them. He handed them each a knife. Charlie slid it through his belt loop and patted it to make sure it was kept safe.

"What do we do?" Charlie asked.

"Two of us need to stay out here," Sayid said. "Just in case."

"Good idea, I'll stay," Locke said.

"I will too," Sayid said.

The other four nodded and they headed into the makeshift residence. Charlie peeked into the doorway.

"It's clear," he whispered. Jack, Sawyer, and Kate followed him in. They stood in front of two pathways that led back into the caves.

"We should split up. Claire could be in either of these tunnels," Kate said.

"Okay," Jack said.

"Charlie I'll come with you," Kate said.

"Looks like it's just me and you doc," Sawyer said. He stepped aside for Jack to go down the left path first. "After you."

"Ready?" Kate asked once they were gone.

"Ready," Charlie said. They walked down the path into complete darkness. Charlie tried to peer through the shadows but saw nothing.

It seemed like they were walking forever until they noticed light at the end of the tunnel. Charlie rushed forward.

"Charlie," Kate said grabbing him. "Wait up and go slow." Charlie put on a face, he didn't want to go slow.

They walked until they reached a room and Charlie recognized it. "This was the room I woke up in. I remember, they had me on the floor right there," he said pointing to the spot. "And Claire was right there."

"Well, where is she now?" Kate asked. Charlie shrugged. He then noticed there was another room joined to this one. He went to the doorway and peered in.

Lying on the bed was Claire. He hands and ankles bound with rope. She was sleeping uncomfortably as Charlie could tell on her face. He looked at her body and noticed a lump from the middle was missing, she had her baby.

"Kate, she's in here!" he yelled. He rushed in followed by Kate. He sat on the ground next to the bed. "Claire," he said patting her face softly. "Claire, can you hear me? Wake up Claire!"

Claire roused from sleep and looked around. She then saw Charlie. "Oh, Charlie!" she whispered excited. He hugged her and she kissed his cheek. "I'm so glad you found me!"

"Yeah, I am too," he said. He started to untie her wrists. Kate began to untie her ankles.

"Are you ready to go?" he asked his body trembling with excitement.

"Yeah," she smiled but then it dropped. "Wait! Christian!" she said.

"Christian?" Charlie asked.

"My son! Where is he? Ethan took him from me!" Claire said tears forming in her eyes. "He took him and he hurts him Charlie! I told Jack someone was trying to hurt my baby!" Charlie pulled her into his arms.

"Sh, it's okay Claire, we'll find him. I promise," Charlie said. Kate stood.

"Can you walk Claire?" Kate asked. Claire stood with Charlie's help and she tried to take a step but she was too dizzy.

"No," Claire said squeezing her eyes closed.

"Ethan must have drugged you bad," Charlie said. He stood and picked her up in his arms.

"Charlie, you can't carry me all the way back," Claire said.

"The hell I can't Claire," Charlie said. Him and Kate started to walk out. They then ran into Jack.

"Where's Sawyer?" Kate asked.

"I don't know, the room we were in led us to two different paths. I lost him somewhere," Jack said. "Claire, how are you feeling?"

"Okay a little dizzy," she said from the safe comfort of Charlie's arms. "Did you find Christian, my son?"

"Oh, no Claire, I'm sorry," Jack said. Claire's face dropped. "We'll find him." Claire nodded.

"Let's get out of here," Charlie said. They walked down the dark tunnel and out to where they started. Charlie then noticed he and Claire were the only ones who came out.

"Where did Jack and Kate go?" Claire asked.

"I don't know," Charlie said. "I'll take you outside, Locke and Sayid are out there. They'll keep you safe."

"What about you?" Claire asked.

"I'm going to look for Jack, Kate, Sawyer, and Christian. I'll be back promise," Charlie said heading out. He walked out into the jungle.

"Sayid? Locke?" he called out. They were nowhere to be found. "Where'd they go?"

"You're asking me?" Claire asked.

"Hello there," Ethan said. Charlie and Claire looked up. Ethan stared at them with a menacing glare.

"Where's my baby?" Claire asked.

"Oh, he's fine, but you won't be seeing him for a long time," Ethan said. Claire felt hot tears rush to her eyes and she broke down in Charlie's embrace.

"Give her to me," Ethan said. Charlie pulled away.

"Over my dead body," Charlie said.

"That can be arranged, I already tried it once," Ethan said. Claire looked at Charlie as if to say 'no.'

All of the sudden a loud whack was heard and Ethan fell to the ground. Sayid was behind him with a wooden log. Charlie looked at him.

"Here, give me Claire, go back look for her son," Locke said. Charlie placed Claire next to Locke and Sayid who carried her off.

"Keep her safe!" Charlie yelled after them.

"Charlie! Find Christian!" Claire yelled. Charlie nodded and started to run back to the cave when he felt someone trip him. He landed on the ground and turned to see Ethan.

"It's just you and me now Charlie, you and me," Ethan said and advanced towards Charlie.

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Okay, another cliffhanger ending. Sorry to hit you guys with those! They make the story much more interesting! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and the episode of 'Lost' this week. Poor Charlie! Hope it gets better for him in future episodes! Here are the review responses.

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Harper's Pixie- Sorry I ended it there! I ended it with another cliffhanger! Sorry! Thanks for the review!

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