alabelle: lol. Sorry about that. It was suposed to say " falling flat on his back as the door he'd been leaning against flung open". Guess I need to do a better spell check next time, huh?
samdean4567: If I told you that would ruin the story!
Spice of life: Yeah, Charlie needs some lovin. And I would gladly give it to him!
It took him a moment to bring the air back into his lungs, having the wind knocked out of him for what seemed like the hundredth time today.
He pushed himself up on his elbows, glancing to his left as he watched the big metal door at the end of the hall rise back up into the ceiling as if it had never existed.
He stared at it for a moment in confusion, wondering what the hell was going on as the beeping and static continued.
The shower turned off and Claire's arm reached out from the bottom, grabing a hold of her towl and pulling it back behind the curtain before emerging a moment later with it wraped tightly around her body.
"What's going on?" She questioned, shouting over the hissing speakers as she held the towel to her chest, hair dripping wet as it fell around her shoulders.
Charlie held onto the side of the wall as he pulled himself up, his body throbbing. For a guy his size, all this body slamming into metal was not doing him much good.
"Charlie!" A voice called from the room at the end of the hall. "What's happening?" He questioned initially, poking his head out of the door way. "Come out of there. I don't want you guys getting traped" Echo instructed, waving them over from inside the room where the computer was kept. Charlie turned to Claire, checking to see if she'd gotten the message.
She reached out and took hold of his hand, gripping tightly as she used the other to hold her towel shut. Charlie lead them out into the hall way, moving slowly, as if one wrong step would trigger some kind of missile to go off and kill them all. The speakers rumbled over head, causing the walls to tremble under the pressure of the sound, making it seem as if the whole hall way was shaking.
Charlie stayed close to the wall, holding Claire close at his side, worried something from the ceiling might fall and crush her. They'd just barely made it into the hall when the door to the bathroom slam shut, and the large steel door at the end of the hall emerged from the sealing and slammed down before the pair could even recover from the startle of the first slam.
Claire clung to his chest, holding onto him as if he were the only thing keeping her from being harmed by all of the slamming and hissing over head. The static was fallowed by a loud drown, as if a machine was shutting down. The lights flickered over head as the volume of the speakers rung in their ears. As the sound faded, so did the light around them, and with in seconds, it was pitch black and silent.
"Charlie" Claire whispered, her arms squeezed around his waist. Charlie pulled his arms around her in an attempt to comfort her, letting her know everything was gonna be ok.
"Don't worry. Its just the electricity screwing up" He assured, although he doubted that was actually the reason. Claire nodded, accepting his explanation in hopes that her fear would subsided, feeling a sudden chill as the cool air settled in against her skin.
"Is everyone ok?" Sayid questioned, looking around the room which was almost completely dark except for little bit of light coming off of the computer screen.
"Yeah" Desmond replied, a loud crash fallowing his voice as he moved away from the book shelf he'd been leaning against, giving a few heavy books room to fall. He stumbled through the dark, making his way towards the computer so that he could see.
"I'm fine" Echo assured, his voice booming eerily in the darkness. "Everyone's fine?" Sayid confirmed, feeling as if something was out of pace.
Echo and Desmond were both visible in the dim light of the computer, and the two both nodded in confirmation.
"Everyone alright out there?" Sayid called, leaning against the metal door that had shut completely after the metal cart had rolled away due to vibrations in the floor.
"Yeah. We're fine" Charlie assured, trying to sound confident in order to keep Claire from getting to afraid. He could feel her shaking as she clung against him, he wasn't sure if it was from fear or from cold but either way he held her tight, doing his best to aid with both.
"Ok..." Sayid sighed in relief, not sure what to do next. Then it dawned on him. Something was out of place. Something was missing.
He wasn't the only one it had dawned upon. The three men trapped in the darkened room exchanged glances, all sharing the same thought.
"where's Locke?"