Stranded Memories

Rating: PG-13 for language

Disclaimer: "One Ring to rule them all… One Ring to find them… One Ring to bring them all… and in the darkness bind them…" Oops, wrong Domness… and section… I own crap. They wouldn't even give me the bloody Lost poster at Disney, and that ruined my day. FOX owns all OC characters and OC related thingys… and ABC owns sobs all Lost related things… even my Charlie…

Summary: Little things can push people over the edge. That very thing happens to Seth Cohen. When something happens to him that sends him into a crashing situation, who knows how he will survive. Seth-centric. Lost/OC Crossover.

A/n: Yet another sidebar… because everyone wants to know the reaction when Claire gets back… or at least I do. This one centers on Claire.

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"Unbelievably Believable"

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She ran. Faster than she had ever run in her entire life. The only sounds that reached her ears were her footsteps pounding, echoing off the walls as well as her breathing, heavy and short. She was terrified, so far, just by dumb luck, Seth's plan had worked.

The only problem was, she was lost. It wasn't at all like she expected it to be, and without very much food or water (if any) she was already losing her strength. But she had to keep going. If she got caught… she didn't want to think of what would happen.

Her thoughts lingered on her baby. She was leaving her baby in the hands of a crazed maniac. She felt that it she would never ever see her baby again, and the thought made her stop. What was she doing? She couldn't leave without first finding her baby.

All the odds were against her. If she would find her baby, there would be chances of someone watching him, and if there was someone watching him, she wouldn't be able to escape. She'd always be able to come back (if she remembered how to) with more people. Then she'd be able to help Seth too.

She had decided. After convincing herself that this was the best idea, the best plan, she continued, but this time at a steadier pace. Then suddenly she stopped. A loud scream reached her ears. It could only have come from one person. Seth. She had to turn around, she had to stop him, but his words echoed in her mind.

"I have a plan. I don't think that there are that many of them. If I can cause enough of a scene to distract them all, you can run."

Maybe that was all it was. Maybe it was just a distraction. She could only hope as she continued trying to find the exit.

The screaming never stopped, it just kept going and going, echoing off the walls. Echoing, never ceasing. Making her feel sick to her stomach. Maybe it wasn't a distraction. Maybe they were doing something horrible. Maybe she should turn back.

Maybe.

But she didn't. She could smell fresh air, she hadn't smelled it in such a long time, it was a welcomed thing. It meant she was near the exit. She remembered watching Lord of the Rings with Thomas.

"But the air doesn't smell so foul down here. If in doubt Meriadoc, always follow your nose…"

That little bit of advice stuck in her head. And soon, she found her way to a wooden door. She could see the light coming from underneath it. She pushed and pushed and pushed, but got nowhere. She soon found herself sitting on the ground, nearly in tears. She had gotten so close, so close only to fail now.

With a loud cry, she stood up again and tried someone, not knowing that that cry could have caused more and more people to come looking for her. It was only then that she realized that she was pushing; the door could be a pull open door.

Quickly, using her small fingers, she pushed them into one of the cracks between the door and the wall, and pulled as hard as she could.

A bright light blinded her.

Claire was free.

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She didn't know how long she was wandering around the jungle. She was lost. She was hungry, thirsty. But she couldn't stop. She wouldn't allow herself to give up. By now it was dark. She was bound to get lost. But the point was, she didn't know where she was going in the first place. All she really was doing was wandering around in hopes of finding something.

Or in hopes that someone would find her.

That was when she heard it. The high pitched noise. It was so quiet, but she could hear it, just barely. She began to work her way towards the noise. She could hear someone moving as well. As long as it wasn't Ethan, that would be good.

Then the noise stopped. She heard the whistling noise again and began moving.

"Vincent…" she heard someone call out. The voice. It sounded so familiar. And Vincent. That named sounded familiar as well. "Vincent?"

It was so close. She reached threw some bushes and found herself face to face with Locke and Boone. "Thank God," she thought. With that, she promptly passed out.

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Between Locke and Boone they got her back to the caves safely. At once Jack rushed over. "Claire?" he asked.

"She's out," Boone said, with Locke's help carrying her over to a ledge and setting her down.

"What… where?" Jack asked.

"She was walking through the jungle Jack. She just passed out as soon as she found us…" Boone explained. Jack was still a bit confused, but immediately began tending to her wounds.

She seethed slightly because the alcohol burned. "Shhhhh Claire," Jack said soothingly, trying to get her to calm down. He noticed that she was no longer pregnant and was worried about what exactly had happened to her.

Then it hit her. "Seth… Seth needs help."

The comment took Jack for a loop. According to Charlie, Seth was evil, but Claire actually sounded worried about him. He didn't know exactly what to believe.

"Claire?" Claire's talking had awoken Charlie.

Not worrying about the burning of scars that Jack was healing, Claire turned and looked at Charlie. The look of disbelief on her face was so evident. "Charlie?" she asked, blinking quite a few times. She didn't believe her eyes. Ethan had killed Charlie. Charlie was dead.

No. Charlie was standing right there and walking closer. It had to be some sort of dream. There was no way that Charlie could have survived. "Claire… love?"

Suddenly, she felt extremely light headed and fell back down. Exhaustion took over, pulling her into a deep sleep.

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When she awoke, Charlie was right there next to her. Maybe it wasn't a dream. Maybe he really was alive. He had to be.

"Charlie?" she asked weakly. She was still exhausted.

"Claire, love you're up, finally," he said, not bothering to hide the joy in his voice.

It was as if Claire never heard what Charlie said. She was too busy looking at him. The rope marks on his neck. She studied them. So it had happened. Ethan did try to kill Charlie… but how… how could he have survived that. "You're alive…" she said almost silently.

The tears began to fall. She couldn't believe that he was alive. Charlie nodded, and wiped away the tears. "And now that you're back I'm even better," he admitted. The thought brought a smile to her face. Then she heard a scream.

She sat up quickly. It made her dizzy. "What was that?" she asked quickly.

"Nothing Claire. There was nothing."

But Claire knew that was wrong. She heard a scream. It sounded like… Seth. Crap! She had almost totally forgotten about him. He was probably dying now. Once Ethan found out that she had escaped.

"Shit," she cursed angrily.

"What is it?" asked Charlie, stunned. He had never heard Claire curse before.

"Seth--" she started. Charlie cut her off.

"That bastard. What did he do to you?" he asked angrily.

Claire was confused. "Nothing…" she said slowly, getting up. Charlie set her back down. He wouldn't let her go. "Charlie. He's in trouble. He's gonna die… Charlie…" She tried to get up, but she could see the anger in his face. "Charlie?"

"He has you brainwashed," he said simply. "Seth is bad news Claire. He's evil."

Once again, confusion took over Claire. What was Charlie saying? He didn't hear him scream. He wasn't there when they beat the living crap out of him. She pushed Charlie out of the way. Now it was his turn to be confused.

"You have no idea, do you?" she asked. He could see the weariness in her eyes. She couldn't go out there. Ethan was out there.

"Claire, stop," he said, grabbing her arm to stop her. Claire froze before grabbing her other arm and forcing Charlie's hand off of her.

"Charlie, don't…" she said. "Just… don't…"

With that, she walked off into the jungle.

Charlie mentally slapped himself as he followed her into the jungle.

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He kept a distance from her, so she wouldn't know she was being followed. Charlie was worried about her. They must have brainwashed her. That was the only way that she would think that Seth was in trouble. At least that was what he thought.

Seth was bad news. But obviously, Claire didn't believe that.

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Sawyer.

Sawyer tromped his way though the jungle. It had been over a week since anyone had any news on Seth. Sawyer knew it was crazy, but he felt as if Seth was the only person he could trust. And now, he was out there somewhere. Probably dead. He didn't want to think that though. Seth was strong.

Then there was the fact that everyone believed the stupid little has-been and thought Seth was some crazy murderer person. Sawyer knew better than that. Seth couldn't hurt a fly. He had learned that when he broke down over the death of his brother.

But he couldn't convince anyone that Seth wasn't evil. Everyone just loved him. 'Specially after he flipped off the doc. But he didn't care. Jack had taken the word of a half-dead has-been. He had been trying to find Seth and the girl the whole time. With no luck.

Damn it to hell. Sawyer kicked the dirt in front of him. It was a lost hope. The stupid fucking island was so big, and Seth was just a kid. A kid. He was what, seventeen? Great age to die, wasn't it?

With all his mental rambling, Sawyer didn't notice as he ran into someone. He didn't apologize, as he looked at the man there. Holy shit. He knew who that was.

Ethan.

"Where the hell is he?" Sawyer asked angrily, easily picking up the scrawny man. Ethan didn't look a bit frightened. Actually, he laughed. That was confusing.

Quickly, with only a flip of the wrist, Ethan had grabbed a knife out of his pocket and now had it pointed directly at Sawyer. "Let me go," he said coolly and calmly. Not quite ready to die, Sawyer did, but he didn't take his eyes of the traitorous man.

It was only a second afterwards that Sawyer realized that that was on sucky idea. Almost as quickly as Ethan had pulled the knife out, he had it turned around and directly across Sawyers neck. "Now you listen, and you listen good, you hear me out. If you don't bring back Claire to me, I will kill him…"

"Kill who, you bastard?" Sawyer cursed angrily.

"Seth Cohen…"

With that, Ethan hit Sawyer hard on the head. Sawyer blacked out and fell to the ground. Ethan walked away, quite satisfied.

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Claire continued to walk through the jungle. She didn't know where she was going, but she had to escape everyone. They were driving her insane. She didn't know that Charlie was following her. She thought to the best of her knowledge that she was walking alone.

She knew it wasn't safe. But she didn't care. They all hated Seth, and Seth was the only reason she was alive. But she couldn't bring herself to tell them that. She was so worried about his safety.

"Well if you were so worried about him, why did you leave him?"

That was what was running through her head ever since she started her walk. She shouldn't have left. She didn't know where he was or anything. She had screwed up big time.

Then she noticed something. She stopped dead. She could hear someone breathing deeply. "Hello?" she whispered quietly, hoping that it wasn't Ethan.

Moving slowly into a grove, she spotted Sawyer leaning against a tree. While she didn't really care for the man, but he looked like he was hurt.

"Sawyer?" she asked, walking over to him.

"Well, if it isn't the girl of the hour?" he asked sarcastically in his strong southern drawl.

"What is that supposed to mean?" she asked, curiosity taking over.

He didn't respond at first. Claire could see a look of worry in his eyes. What had happened. "Sawyer?" she asked.

"Well, apparently, Ethan wants you back sweetie…" he said. Claire was confused. He had had a run in with Ethan? That must have meant that he was around here somewhere. Worriedly, she looked around. Then Sawyer continued.

"He's gonna kill the kid if he don't get you back babes," he said.

Claire was confused. The kid? Her immediate thoughts went to her baby. Sawyer must have read her mind. She didn't have to say anything.

"He said he's gonna kill Cohen if he don't get you back…"

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A/n: AHHH!!! What the hell am I doing? And no one believes me when I say Ethan is my second favorite character. Maybe that is why…

Sk8ingclownx9x -- not my choice as to whether or not to have Anna in it… but I'll pass it on!

Keks -- XD!! Wednesday is Lost-day… and the updates may be sparse now… xD… I had like three chapters written… xD

alexis -- What exactly was it though? xD…thanks! PISH!

paige fan -- XD…Seth is a pretty cool character, but I like the Newport parts (probably because I don't like them)