Title: Spread My Wings

Rating: (This Chapter) K

Charachters (in this chapter): Jack, Charlie, Sayid, Claire, Alex, Hurley, and Shannon.

Warning: I forgot to mention in the last chapter, there is a charachter death warning for upcoming chapter, and yes, it is an important charachter

Ships:CharlieClaire, ShannonSayid, JackKate or SawyerKate (I haven't decided which yet), HurleyOC, and WaltOC (this story is going to take place over a span of many years, the last two won't be for a while)

Disclaimer: I don't own Lost. But I do own this storyline, and my version of Alex

Author's note:Thanks to everyone who reveiwed the first chapter. I'm going to try to answer as many reveiws as possible.

Krisinmtka: Thanks for being my first reveiwer! I'm afraid the rescue mission isn't going to happen for a while, as you will soon see, the survivors are going to have anough on their hands. As for reuniting mother and daughter, that is going to happen soon!

SGCFan4ever: As you requested! ;)

Charlie saw Claire run off in tears. He instantly forgot what Jack was talking about, and instead ran after Claire.

He found her on the beach in her tent. She was holding Aaron and silently sobbing. He knelt down next to her and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Hey," He said softly, "You okay?"

"Don't touch me," She spat, her eyes filled with pure hatred.

Charlie didn't expect this from anyone, let alone Claire. He stood up and took a step back. Claire set Aaron in his crib, and stood up as well.

"I trusted you," She glared at him through red-rimmed eyes, "I trusted you, and then you go behind my back just for some crummy heroin,"

"Claire…" Charlie began, but faltered. He had no excuse.

"I should have known," Her voice was shaking, "You're just a worthless ex rock god. I should have expected it,"

"Claire," Charlie pleaded, "Claire, listen to me,"

She turned her back on him.

"Go away," She whispered, "And don't come back until you're clean,"

Charlie wanted to plead, to get down on his knees and beg Claire's forgiveness, but he knew that wasn't going to happen. So instead he walked out of Claire's tent dejectedly, and headed to the caves, where he located Jack.

"Jack," He said miserably, "I need help,"

Several Days Later…

After what seemed like ages to her, Jack finally deemed Alex healthy. She immediately went to find Sayid.

"Sayid?" She asked nervously, when she found him tending the signal fire on the beach, "While I was giving you my full biography, you looked like you knew something about my family, and you said you'd tell me later,"

Sayid stood up and faced Alex.

"Sixteen years ago, your parents and some others were on a science expedition. Your mother was several monthes pregnant with you. Their boat crashed here, and they had to live here," Sayid explained, "Your mother gave birth to you, and just a couple weeks later, the scientists came and kidnapped you. Then everyone on the expedition got sick and died…except for your mother. She is still alive, somewhere in this island,"

Sayid would never forget the look on Alex's face at that last bit of information.

"Where is she? Can we go find her? Does she remember me? Have you met her?" Alex began to sound like a small child on Christmas Morning.

"Your mother is very desperate to get you back," Sayid smiled at her. Then his face darkened, "She tried to kidnap Aaron, Claire's baby son to trade for you,"

Alex went pale.

"The scientists, before I left, were talking about…coming to get the baby,"

Sayid's eyes widened in shock.

"Whatever we do, we cannot tell Claire about this," He decided.

"Tell me what?" A voice came from behind them.

They whirled around to see Claire holding Aaron.

Alex went, if possible, even paler than she was before.

"You!" She whispered, "You were brought into the lab about a month ago…when you were still pregnant. But then they accidentally erased your memory, so they left you to die in the forest,"

Claire looked terrified.

"What happened? What did they do to me?"

Alex didn't say anything, looking away uncomfortably.

"What did they do to me?"

"They didn't do anything. They did stuff to your baby," Alex mumbled

"What did they do?" Claire asked, her voice sounding tearful.

"I don't know. I didn't see them do anything; I just heard them talk about it," Alex said uncomfortably.

"There's something you're not telling me" Claire said softly.

Alex sighed.

"They put a microchip in your baby, so they could retrieve him when he was ready,"

Claire let out a squeak of horror and Charlie, who was watching them from nearby, made a move as if to get up and comfort her, but clearly thought better of it.

"What do you mean by ready? When will that be?" Claire whispered.

"Judging by the conversations I heard before I left, it will be very soon," Alex mumbled guiltily.

Claire let out a small scream and clapped a hand over her mouth. Sayid, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke up.

"Claire, do not worry. We can assign one of those who knows how to use a gun to protect you and your baby,"

"Yeah, the scientists aren't that scary," Alex smiled wryly, "When you think about it, they're just a bunch of geeks in white coats and thick glasses,"

Claire didn't even crack a smile.

"What do they want with my baby?" She asked tearfully, "Why is Aaron so important?"

"I wish I knew the answer to that," Alex sighed.

Claire looked at Sayid.

"You promise that Aaron will be safe?" She whispered.

"Of course," Sayid said comfortingly. Then, after Claire thanked them and left, Alex turned back to Sayid.

"How soon can we leave to go find my mother?" The excitement was back in her unique yellow eyes.

"We can go tomorrow, if you wish,"

"Oh, can we? That would be so wonderful! Thank you so much!" Alex threw her arms around Sayid's neck, "You have no idea how much this means to me,"

Little did they know, Charlie wasn't the only one who was watching them. Shannon had been keeping an eye on them as well, wishing she could be the one throwing her arms around Sayid's neck. Ever since her stepbrother's death, she had grown farther away from Sayid. Then there was the responsibility with the hatch, and now Alex.

"Why do you have to be so damn talented, Sayid?" She whispered miserably, "I miss you, and you're not even gone!"

Aside from the fact that she was taking away Shannon's time with Sayid, there was something about Alex that she just didn't like. She didn't trust her.

Very early the next morning...

Finally…A chance to stretch my wings

Alex stood alone on the beach. The sun was just barely in the sky, and a soft breeze was ruffling her dirty blonde curls. She unfurled her wings, and stretched them to their full span. Jeez, that felt good. After being injured for about a week and not being able to fly, they were so stiff.

Suddenly, a hard gust of wind whooshed by, and Alex grabbed hold of the chance. She leapt into the air, and flapped her wings hard. Soon she was high above the island, soaring and diving. She let out a whoop of joy. It was the first time she had ever gotten to fly freely. Whenever the scientists made her fly, it was to measure how high or how fast or whatever. After she had escaped, she was flying to survive, to get away from the polar bears. Here, she was truly free for the first time, and it felt amazing.

And the other thing that kept Alex elated was the thought of finding her mother. She had lived for almost seventeen years without love, but now…maybe that would change.

She was jerked out of her daydreams when she heard shouts from below. The castaways were waking up…she hadn't wanted them to see her in flight. It felt sort of private. But, of course, with forty-some people on the island, it was hard not to be seen. With a sigh, she began a steep dive downward. She landed neatly on the beach, aware of many eyes in her direction.

"Dude! That was amazing!" A fat guy with curly hair was looking at Alex in awe.

People were murmuring their agreement, and then they began asking Alex questions about her flying. Sayid managed to break through the crowd.

"Alex!" He called, "Are you ready to go?"

Alex nodded, her face filled with excitement.

"Yeah, come on,"

And so the crowd began to wander off, and Alex and Sayid began to make their way down the beach. They planned to do as Hurley had tried to, follow the cable.

"Sayid!"

They turned around to see Shannon calling after them.

"I'm coming with you,"