Pacejunkie: I think there might be a bit of confusion. Charlie and Claire are trapped in the bathroom, like you origonaly thought, and yes, Claire is just wearing the towel. All the others are in the room with the computer. Sorry if its a bit hard to keep track, but since I don't have a map of the hatch I just have to go off my own idea of where everything is.

Alabelle: Yeah, Lockes pretty much lost it. Then again, we can't really blame him. I think almost destroying the world would drive any of us a little nuts.

Babybrothalova: I know. Everyone should pay more attention to Charlie.

Hatch

"Did you try the wires?" Sayid asked, after ducking under the door way that remained suspended over the beat up metal cart. "Yeah. Everything's working" Desmond explained in bewilderment as he hopped down from his step latter.

"Is everyone out there ok?" Echo questioned, giving an indicating glace towards the hall Sayid had just emerged from. "They're locked in the bathroom" Sayid replied with a blank expression, as if things couldn't make any less sense. The men stared at him for a moment, not sure what to think of the statement.

"That door dosen't Lock" Desmond noted after a moment, eyeing Sayid curiously. "In that case, its stuck" Sayid corrected himself. "Either way, the door isn't opening" He confirmed, although the fact that a regular door managed to get stuck during a lock down did seem a little unusual. Then again, what about the hatch didn't seem unusual?

"So, how do we get them out" Echo questioned, not likeing the whole idea of them being stuck in such a small space. If something else happened, they'd have no where to run.

"Maybe we could break down the door" Sayid suggested, after all, there had to be something in this place heavy enough to brake down a simple wooden door. "Trust me. If that door is stuck, its stuck for a reason. There's no breaking it down" Desmond confirmed, shaking his head.

"Then what are we going to do?" Echo questioned impatiently. Desmond sighed and shrugged in response, hoping to find an explanation soon.

Meanwhile...

"How long do you think we'er gonna be in here?" Claire questioned, looking up at Charlie as she sat on top of the toilet seat, hugging herself for warmth. Charlie glanced down, trying to ignore the eye full of cleavage in plain vision from where he was standing.

"Hard to tell" He replied with a shrug, hands shoved in his pockets as he leaned back against the door, keeping his eyes on the floor to avoid staring at the abundance of flawless bare skin displayed before him. Claire let out a small sigh, worrying about leaving her son at the beach as she jiggled her crossed, looking aimlessly around the confined little bathroom.

"You know, we might be in here a while. If you want I can turn around so you can, you know.. get dressed" Charlie offered nervously as he scratched the back of his head, worried she might take his suggestion as some kind of excuse to see her naked.

"Actually, if you don't mind, I still need to take my shower..." she explained, feeling a little awkward for even mentioning. If it wasn't an emergency, she would have just done as he'd suggested and got dressed. But it had been almost a week and she didn't walk all the way down here for nothing. Besides, it would be a while before she'd make Sun watch Aaron again.

"Its fine with me" Charlie assured, trying to sound casual. "Thanks" Claire smiled appreciatively as she rose to her feet, glad to know he understood. Charlie turned towards the door, doing his best to keep his eyes from roaming as he heard the plastic shower curtain swoosh open and he towel drop to the cold metal floor moments later.

The water came on with a loud hiss, causing the pipes to sing as Claire waited for the temperature of the water to rise before stepping inside and pulling the curtain shut behind her.

Once she was in, Charlie turned back around, letting out the breath he'd been holding for what seemed like an eternity.

Not only was he stuck in a narrow bathroom with his newly acquired claustrophobia, but now he was closed in with a beautiful naked women, the steam rising from her shower filling his lungs, making it hard for him to breath.

Not because it was suffocating, but because it made him all the more aware of what lied just beyond that thin strip of plastic.

Another loud hiss echoed through the tiny bathroom, and this time it wasn't from the pipes. The speaker's roared with static as the beeping began to sound, a crackled voice trying to make its way through.

Charlie's eyes flashed up ward to where the sound was comeing from, falling flat on his back as the he'd been leaning against flung open.