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Chapter 4

Charlie looked at Locke's bloodied and dirty face. "Jesus Locke! Are you okay?"

Locke managed to forcibly reply, "Something's pinning me. I can't move."

"Okay, okay," Charlie tried to calm himself down, "Here, drink some water." He held the water bottle up to Locke's dry lips for him to drink. Most of the water never made it into his mouth and Locke coughed.

Charlie came around to the other side and started studying the pile. He had to move the long metal beam off Locke's chest. Charlie grabbed one side of it and began to lift it. It was heavy and the metal cut into his hands, but slowly it began to rise. Locke pulled himself out from underneath it and both of them collapsed onto the ground. Charlie saw that Locke was covered in bruises.

"Do you know where Eko is?" Charlie asked hopefully.

"No," Locke panted, "He was with me when this place collapsed, but I have no idea where he could be now." Than as if remembering something he added, "Desmond, Desmond went down below."

"Where?"

"By the computer. There's a trapdoor leading down. He's down there."

"Charlie! Hey Charlie!" Bernard's voice echoed off the stone walls.

"Bernard!" Charlie yelled back.

"Come by the broken ladder, we can pull you up."

"Charlie, are you okay?" Claire's voice asked faintly.

Charlie came over to the tall shaft with light streaming down into it and looked at the silhouettes at the top.

"I found Locke." He told them.

"Here," Bernard threw down a rope, "Steve's still working on the other side. I'll go get him. We'll pull you and Locke up. He's okay right?"

"Yeah, hold on." Charlie went back to Locke and helped him over. Locke tied the rope securely around himself and the three hoisted him up. Locke groaned, his whole body seemed to be vibrating and soar. At last they pulled him up, next it was Charlie's turn.

"Come on Charlie," Claire called. The rope was thrown down again.

"But what about Eko and Desmond?" He asked.

"It's getting late." Bernard explained, "And we have to get Locke back."

"We can't just leave them down here!" Charlie protested.

"We need more people." Claire said.

Reluctantly, Charlie grabbed the rope and they pulled him up. He couldn't help feeling guilty for leaving Eko in what would perhaps be his eternal grave.

Kate awoke on a hard surface. Her neck ached as well as the rest of her body. She sat up and wondered vaguely how she could keep this up. Kate looked around her and saw nothing. She was in a pitch black room, but someone was next to her.

"Kate," Jack's voice cut through the darkness.

Kate felt relieved it was him and slowly her eyes adjusted to the light and she could make out the doctor's figure.

"Where are we?" She asked.

"I don't know." He admitted.

"Sawyer?" She asked.

"He's not here." Jack responded, his heart sinking at her eagerness to find him, "Kate, we've got to get out of here. They can't keep us like guinea pigs anymore."

"I know, but how?"

"I've been feeling around this room, and I found a door. When they open it, we can over take them."

"Sounds like a last resort." Kate spoke.

"It's the only thing we've got." Jack admitted.

Sayid and Jin approached the hatch. Sayid motioned for Jin to come closer. He looked at Jin and then pointed towards the camera built into the side of the hatch. Jin understood that Sayid wanted him to dismantle it. Then Sayid would be able to take out the guards without being seen.

Jin nodded and then slowly made his way through the underbrush avoiding the two men. As he crept through the leaves, Jin thought of Sun, hoping that he would see his pregnant wife again. Jin swelled with pride at the thought of his child and then fear when he realized how much pain Sun would probably be in when she gave birth on the island. But they would surly be rescued by then.

Jin vowed that if he got back alive, he would try to be the best husband in the world and not to lose his temper anymore. He thought that he had been doing a really good job of that during the past couple of days.

Snapping back to reality Jin thought about the task at hand. He would need to climb on top of the hatch to reach the security camera. That way he wouldn't be seen. He could create a makeshift loop by just pointing the camera in a different direction, that way no one would notice.

To get onto the hatch, he would need to climb the rock wall it was built into. Jin rubbed his hands together, preparing to climb. Even if they could get into the hatch, how would they find Jack, Kate, and Sawyer?

Jin began to tackle the wall. He grabbed onto some thick vines that hung from the top and pulled himself up. He began looking for hand and foot holds on the rough rock. Slowly, he made his way up and over to the hatch, gradually getting closer. The guards were facing the other way, watching the forest for enemies.

After a difficult and sweaty climb, Jin dropped onto the top of the hatch. His feet made a slight clanging noise as he hit it. The guards started to converse, looking around them to try and find the culprit of the noise.

Quickly, Jin bent down and broke the camera off its mount and pointed it away from the guards so that it filmed in a different direction. That was the sign for Sayid to attack. He abruptly sprang out of the bushes, surprising the guards and knocking the gun out of their hands.

Sayid took his soviet and whacked it hard against one of the man's heads. Jin jumped down and punched the other one. The two pummeled them until they were unconscious. Jin secured them with rope and then Sayid carefully tried the handle of the door. It was open. Jin took the guard's gun and they cautiously entered the dim hallway.

Jin followed Sayid as they made their way through the hatch. Sayid kept a careful eye out for any more security cameras. At the end of the hallway, there stood two doors. Sayid chose the one on the one on the right and carefully opened it. He peered in and saw that it was even darker than the hallway. He slowly stepped in with his gun ready.

Suddenly, he felt a tremendous blow to his head and Sayid fell to the ground. A man was on top of him punching him.

Jin heard the commotion and ran into the room. He tackled the person on Sayid and punched him in the face. But as the hallway light filtered in, it hit their faces.

"Jack!" Jin realized.

"Jin!"

"Sayid?" Another voice called out that sounded like Kate.

"We've come to rescue you." Sayid explained.

They all happily greeted each other and caught their breath.

"Thank God it's you." Jack said relieved, "Sorry about that."

"That's perfectly fine Jack, but we shouldn't stay around and talk. We need to leave as fast as possible." Sayid spoke, feeling the uneasiness of being in the enemy's nest.

"We can't. Sawyer's not here." Kate told them, "Last time we saw him he was on some sort of operating table."

"You should go. Jin can take you all to the boat. I'll stay here and look for Sawyer." Sayid decided.

"Sayid, it's too dangerous." Jack said, "You shouldn't go alone."

"And I suppose you are the one who wants to come with?"

Jack didn't reply.

"I'm coming." Kate said with finality in her voice.

"Very well, but we have to go now. Jack, the rest of the camp needs you. Your responsibility is to them. Go with Jin and if we don't get back by nightfall you should head back." Sayid ordered.

Jack looked uncertain. Sayid could tell he felt responsible for Sawyer.

"Go," Sayid urged.

"Okay, Sayid," Jack looked into the other man's eyes trusting him, "Kate," He said wondering if they would ever see each other again, "I'll see you when you bring Sawyer back."

"Right," Kate replied thinking mostly the same thing Jack was.

Jack and Jin headed out the exit and Kate and Sayid went further into the hatch.

"Do you have any idea where they could be holding Sawyer?" Sayid asked.

"No," Kate admitted, "I think they drugged us."

On the other side of the door, was the hexagonal room that Henry had given them the sodium pentothal. It looked the same way they left it except this time Kate realized that the grills on the floor were in the shape of the Dharma logo. She looked to the center of the floor and saw a metal flame set into the center.

"The Flame." Kate said.

"What?" Sayid asked confused.

"It's the name of the hatch."

"I see." Sayid understood.

They precariously entered another hallway. It was deserted; the two both sighed in relief, but knew that the danger was far from over. Kate hoped that Sawyer was alright, but she longed to see Jack again. She knew he would be regretting leaving them.

Another door was coming up. Sayid put his ear up to the crack and listened, "I hear voices." He whispered."

Kate nodded and Sayid counted silently to three. On three, he opened the door violently and leaped though with the gun pointed. Henry was in there along with the surgeons and Sawyer.

"Alright, nobody move!" Sayid ordered.

The others were surprised and stood still, everyone except for Henry who just blinked and had a small smile on his face. Sawyer was slumped in a chair, apparently out cold.

"Drop what you're holding." Sayid commanded to the man with the syringe in his hand. The man obeyed. "Back up."

Kate went over to Sawyer and managed to sling him over her shoulders. Sayid was still pointing the gun at his enemies.

"Oh Sayid, you're just delaying our progress." Henry sighed, "At least we got most of the tests done."

"Shut up! I don't want to hear a word from you!" Sayid yelled.

"I think you are better at getting people to talk than to shut up." Henry ignored Sayid.

"Let's go Sayid." Kate spoke. She didn't want him to loose his temper.

"Wait, we must tie them up first." Sayid explained. He took out some rope from his pocket and cut it up. Watching them carefully, Kate began to bind Henry's and the other's hands together. As Kate got to Henry, she kept a very alert eye on him. She used all her senses to predict what he would do.

It seemed to take forever to tie the knots. Kate felt suspicious that Henry could act so mild tempered toward them when they were doing this. He had to have some sort of plan. Finally she finished and Sayid locked the door from the outside.

"I hope that'll hold them." Kate said.

"If we are lucky, the doors won't be hooked up automatically to the control room." Sayid said as he helped Kate carry Sawyer's dead weight. Sawyer's blonde hair fell over his eyes. Kate liked him better this way, when he wasn't making snide remarks. In addition, Sawyer also had white gauze wrapped around his arm. It was the one with the gunshot wound in it Kate remembered. Had that been what the surgery was for? And what had Henry and the Others done to her and Jack?

"He should be fine." Sayid read her worried expression.

"If we can get out of here alive." Kate spoke as they hurried through the dim hatch.

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