A/N: Sorry about the long update issue. I was really, really, really busy! But now I have updated so let's read onward!

Claire's eyes went wide and she was completely mortified. Ethan picked up a long, heavy stick and glared at Charlie. Suddenly Ethan handed me the stick. He charged at Claire and grabbed hold of her, quickly slapping his hand over her mouth to prevent her from screaming. Charlie piled onto Ethan.

"Let…her…go!" Charlie gasped as Ethan tried to throw him off.

"Hit him!" Ethan ordered me.

I was trembling from head to toe and suddenly Claire fainted.

"Claire no!" Charlie cried out.

Ethan tore the stick from my hand and smashed it against Charlie's skull. He hoisted both hostages over his shoulders.

"You will be in such big trouble when we get her in." Ethan hissed.

I bowed my head, but was ok with what I had done. Nothing at all. We ran through the jungle at a fast pace so I got an idea. I took a piece of tape off of Charlie's finger and placed it somewhere where I knew Locke would find it. I did this with two other pieces of tape. Ethan stopped for a moment after we traveled for a long time and the rain started again.

"They're following us. Stay here, I'll be right back." Ethan whispered and took off back down the path.

I squeezed my eyes shut tight and stared at poor Charlie and Claire. Claire still hadn't woken up and Charlie seemed to stir a bit. About ten minutes later Ethan came back with blood on his knuckles and a bit on his nose.

"What did you do?" I demanded.

"Took care of something. Now we have to take care of something else." He gestured to Charlie.

Ethan took a couple of vines and made a strong noose with it.

"No Ethan no! Not that!" I cried out.

He was going to hang Charlie from the trees! Ethan smiled evilly and put the rope around Charlie's neck and blindfolds on his eyes. Conviently, that's when Charlie awoke.

"Claire? Claire!" Charlie started kicking around wildly.

Ethan climbed up the branches and wrapped it around one end of the tree.

"ETHAN! There has to be another way!" I screamed.

He jumped down from the tree and Charlie was pulled off the ground. Charlie choked and he pulled at the rope slowly taking his life force away.

Ethan held up Claire so she was facing Charlie.

"Bye bye Charlie." Ethan smirked.

Charlie's hands dropped away from his neck and his head rolled to one side. I put my head in my hands and cried just as the rain stopped.

"Jennie let's go." Ethan ordered.

"You go on ahead I'm going to cover our footprints."

Ethan didn't argue and dashed off into the forest. I pulled out a knife and climbed the trees. I moved forward a bit and tried to reach Charlie's ropes. Suddenly I lost my balance and fell out of the trees. The knife entered my abdomen and pain shot up my entire body. Soon I passed out right below Charlie.

"Jennie! Jennie can you hear me?" A voice rang in my ears.

I blinked a few times and looked about. I was in the caves; Walt was sitting next to me.

"Jack! She's awake." Walt called.

Jack approached the rock and checked the wound in my rib cage.

"Well that could have been a lot worse." He confirmed.

"Where's Charlie?" I asked, still slightly confused.

Jack pointed to the fire and I saw him sitting there.

"Do you remember anything that happened?" Jack asked.

I was about to say of course, but I realized something. Hurley must have figured out Ethan wasn't on the flight manifest, but why was I not left for dead? I wasn't on the manifest either. Someone must have had the same name as me, possibly the same age even. Convenient.

"No."

Jack didn't press on and Walt left and approached his dad. I would have thought Charlie would have remembered I was there, but I guess not. Now I could really help them, until they found out something else.

I crawled away from the rock and next to Charlie.

"Charlie, are you ok?" I asked nudging his shoulder slightly.

No response came from him. I stared at the long mark across his neck and wanted to throw up. How did they revive him?

"He took Claire." Charlie said quietly.

"It's not your fault you know." I told him.

I didn't get an answer. I knew what I had to do. Late at night when everyone was asleep I crept out of the cave and went towards our hatch. I clambered inside the corridor and bumped into Ethan in the hallways.

"Where the hell have you been?" He demanded.

"I had to hide for a little while. They nearly found me, but they revived Charlie."

Ethan punched the wall behind me.

"Damn it!" He ran a hand through his hair and sighed. "Just get in your nurses clothes."

I crept quietly into Claire's room and put on my costume. For ten days I tried to get her out but every chance I got Ethan barged in and took charge. Finally the night they were going to cut her open for the baby I snuck her out. Sadly I was forced to use chloroform. I carried her on my back almost all the way to the camp and then she started to wake up.

I met up with Locke and Boone in the middle of the woods. They stared at Claire, then at me, and back to her.

"You wanna help me?"

Locke and Boone dragged Claire back towards the caves and she passed out again. Ethan used a special drug, so when she woke up, she wasn't going to remember any of this. She did wake up though screaming and demanding who everyone was. But Charlie was even more shocked and hurt.

Charlie settled her down and Jack took me aside.

"How did you happen to find her? You were gone for as long as she was."

"That's because I've been looking for her. Ethan left a whole bunch of tracks so I've been following them. I found her tonight." I told him.

"You and Ethan were close. How could you not know that he was dangerous?"

"I met him when the plane crashed. He came up and helped me. That's how I met him." I lied and walked away from Jack.

I bumped into Boone by mistake.

"Oh hi!" I said, trying not to scream with excitement.

"Hey." He responded.

The following morning, Charlie claimed he was confronted by Ethan.

"He said that if we don't bring Claire back to him, he'll kill someone. The process will repeat every day she's not brought back to him." Charlie said.

Locke proposed that we set up guards. It didn't work so well. Scott (or was it Steve?) was killed. Locke claimed Ethan came in from the water. So they set up a trap. Claire would walk through the woods and gun men would be posted when Ethan showed up.

When they had disappeared the rain started. I quickly went through Sawyer's bag and pulled out a gun. I ran off into the woods and saw Jack beating up Ethan. They had him pinned and it was now or never.

BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!

Ethan crashed to the ground dead as a doornail. The smoking gun dropped from my hand for they shook violently.

What have I done?

A/N: I'm sorry this chapter seemed rushed, but things will go into more detail later.

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-16aqua