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"Stop!" Jacks voice echoed loud and clear in the small chamber. Claire looked up in shock and Ethan froze, he turned slowly looking closely at the doctor. Jacks face was pale and drawn, he was breathing heavily.
"Leave him alone" Jack said calmly as he approached Ethan slowly. "Hurting Charlie was not in the agreement Ethan" Jacks voice was raised with anger.
"What was in the agreement Doc?" cried Ethan standing up straight and replacing the knife to his trouser belt. "I told you to be back within 24 hours with supplies and tell no one, I said nothing about Charlie and besides you broke my rule" Jack looked angrily at Ethan.
"Just let me do my work" answered Jack looking at Claire. "I'm not here to pick fights"
"Good" Ethan came closer, "Than you will do exactly what I will say" Jack nodded slightly though he didn't really know what he was letting himself in for. Ethan laughed and walked towards the door.
"I'll be back Doc" he laughed and with that he went out closing the door behind him, Jack heard a key turn and the lock clicking. As soon as he was sure Ethan had gone he took his bag off and fell to his knees next to Charlie.
"Are you hurt Claire?" he looked quickly up to the pregnant girl still huddled up with her hands bound and chained to the wall.
"Yes" she cried "I'm fine" she nodded a little unsure of herself, she hadn't really bothered to think about weather she was hurt or not.
Jack turned back to Charlie and checked his pulse and breathing feeling quiet relieved to find the signs of life there though faint. He noticed the gash on his forehead.
"Claire has he been conscious at all?" Jack suddenly fired a question.
"Not really" Claire sighed, "He kind of began to come around but Ethan knocked him out, he's been out for ages, I thought he was dead but he started coughing earlier" Jack took a small rag out of his bag, soaked it with water and began to clean the wound. He wished he had never left now, this was all his fault, if he hadn't doubted Claire in the first place.
"I'm sorry Claire" Jack cried "All this is my fault"
"What"
"If only I had believed you Claire maybe we wouldn't all be here and none of this would have happened" Claire remained silent while Jack bandaged Charlie head. Jack looked over to her and felt it best if he moved over to her. He stood up placing his bag next to her. He took Charlie from underneath the arms and moved him slowly towards Claire.
"It's not your fault" cried Claire, looking at Charlie's white face. Jack removed two blankets from his bag, he wrapped one around Claire and the other around Charlie, who began to twitch and shake.
"Charlie?" Jack brought his face close to Charlie's "Can you hear me?" Charlie's eyes twitched open and closed. He began to shiver wildly. Jack took him by his shoulders and sat him slowly up so that he was now slumped in the doctors arms. Jack could feel the chill in Charlie's body, there seemed little warmth.
"Is he going to be ok?" Claire didn't know what to say.
"I don't know" Jack needed to be honest "he's got hypothermia, I need to warm him up before he gets too cold" Claire took her blanket off and wrapped it around Charlie.
"Having a nice natter are we" Jack and Claire looked up, they had not taken note that Ethan had returned.
"Well sorry to break the party up" Ethan marched towards them, one hand hidden behind his back. Jack looked at his suspiciously, what was he up to now? Ethan bent down next to Claire and she pulled away from him. Ethan laughed, he slapped Charlie hard on the back. Charlie gasped out for breath and began to cough, Jack held him tightly in his arms as his body shook.
"Oh so he is awake" Ethan smirked.
"What do you want?" Jack's eyes watched Ethan's every move.
"This" Ethan's hidden hand reviled a syringe, Jack moved forward to grab it but before he knew it, the needle had sunk into Claire's arm and the contents was gone. Claire screamed for a second and passed out.
"Don't worry" laughed Ethan "she'll come round soon enough" he stood and disappeared out of the room locking the door behind him.
Jack was frozen with shock, he picked up Claire's arm and checked her pulse. It seemed perfectly fine, Jack was confused, what had Ethan done. Claire was breathing, just seemingly passed out. Charlie continued to cough uncontrollably in Jacks arms.
"Breath" Jack said slowly, "Breath deeply" Charlie gasped for breath and shuddered, he relaxed in Jacks arms. The doctor sat him up in front of him and held him steady.
"Jack" Charlie sighed loudly, "what the hell is going on." Jack smiled a little, he was glad to hear Charlie say something.
"Just relax Charlie" Jack held him up as he began to slump a little and loose consciousness again. "Where do you hurt?" Jack said slowly and clearly.
"Everywhere" Charlie said faintly , as his eyes began to droop quickly. Jack tried to hold him up but he slumped down to the floor and passed out. Jack looked at him for a second and then to Claire. He placed her in the recovery position and picked Charlie up again into his arms to warm him. What the hell had Ethan done, who was this guy.
Jack sat for a while in silence, the only sound that there was, was Charlie's ragged, uneven breathing. Ethan did not return and Jack began to dose. It was just as he was falling asleep that he heard a noise and opened his eyes fully. It was Claire, she was awake and breathing heavily propped up against the wall.
"Claire?" Jack reached out to her.
"Jack?" Claire's eyes were wide with pain, "It's coming Jack" Jack froze with fear. "The baby's coming Jack" and with that she screamed with pain.