Charlie woke up with a throbbing pain to his head. He put his hand to the pang and felt sloppy liquid. He looked at his hand and saw the vibrant red blood.
'What the hell happened', Charlie thought. 'Where the hell is Jack'?
He was alone. He began to panic. ' O God don't do this to me again', Charlie thought, thinking of the kidnapping four years ago he was involved in.
"Jack", Charlie yelled. "Jack where are you".
Charlie felt a blow to the back of his head and everything went black.
Jack's hands had been bound. He looked around. There was no trace of Charlie. "O SHIT", Jack thought, I drug Charlie to the caves and now this. He felt a pang of guilt in his stomach. He just wished that out of nowhere Charlie's young face would pop out of the bushes and untie his hands. No one came. Well no one that Jack wanted to see. Ethan appeared from the bushes.
"Ethan you bastard where's Charlie", Jack growled.
"Oh he's fine," Ethan said with a devilish grin appearing across his face.
Two men appeared behind Ethan, holding the limp, bleeding, Charlie. The blood was trickling down his face. His hands were bound also. Yeah Charlie was a tiny guy, but these guys were huge. they were taller then Jack even who was pretty tall guy to begin with.
"Owen set him down here", Ethan pointed to a spot in front of the helpless Jack. The man just dropped Charlie on the ground. Charlie remained limp which alarmed Jack. Ethan took Charlie up by the hair and held a knife under his neck.
"Now tell us Jackie. Where do you keep your kiddies ... all of them", Ethan demanded?
Jack thought of Lilah, his daughter. He thought of Jacob. But then there was also Charlie's life hanging on the line. Ethan held the shiny blade to Charlie's throat. Jack began to breath loudly.
Ethan smirked. "Choosing between your lovely daughter and your little friend," Ethan laughed.
Jack was speechless. How could he choose between his daughter and the son of his best friends, or his best friend to begin with. there was no time to waste. If he denied now he could save Charlie but if he said where Lilah and Jacob were that would give him time. he knew that Lilah and Jacob would be safe with Sayid, Sawyer, Boone, and Locke.
"The kids are at the beach where else," Jack said feeling guilty.
"Thank you Jackie," Ethan smiled. "Owen, Gordon, take them away".
The Owen man picked Charlie up by the hair. He acted like Charlie was a duffle bag and not a human, and slung him over his shoulder. Jack wanted to get up and beat the shit out of him but he was useless.
The other man who must have been Gordon, drug Jack up by the arm and held him in place. He pushed Jack to walk along. Jack wondered why they knocked Charlie out and not him. Maybe because Jack was to heavy to carry yet Charlie was light and small. He looked ahead of him seeing Charlie's head over Owen's shoulder. He was still bleeding...badly. Jack wished he could help him, just looking at the wound made him cringe. What was next to happen?