So here goes... enjoy!
Abi x
Jack sat quietly on the dirt floor of the cave, he was spent and It wasn't even midday. He had finished on Charlie about an hour ago and people had left to continue with there daily business. Jack was watching over Charlie, he had remained unconscious for the whole time and had showed no signs of waking.
"Jack get some sleep?" Kate entered the infirmary. Jack shook his head.
"No" he cried "I need to watch him" Kate came in and sat next to him. She looked tired. It had been a long night.
"I finally managed to get her to sleep" Kate smiled, "Claire that is" Jack nodded slightly. "Good" he said, "she needs rest" Jack was worried about Claire, he had been caught up so much in the action with Ethan and Charlie's injuries that he had felt he had abandoned Claire. She had given birth without painkillers, trekked though the jungle with her child only to have it taken off her and Charlie shot for protecting her.
"Please Jack" Kate brought him out of his daydream, "Just rest for a bit"
The doctor sighed loudly, there was no doubt he was tired. "alright" he exclaimed. "But if he wakes, you get me right away" Jack stood and went out.
I'll check on him later, thought Kate, knowing him, he wouldn't sleep. She looked back at Charlie in his silent slumber, Jack had neatly cleaned and bandaged all of his wounds. The cleaner his skin was the more prominent the bruises seemed to look.
Kate sat for a while and suddenly Michael appeared near the entrance of the cave. Kate stood up immediately, seeing he had no aid to walk, not even sure that he should be walking at all.
"Michael go back to your bed" she held him steady as he was struggling with his footing. "Come on" she said. Kate lead him slowly back to his bed, Jack was sound asleep a metre or two away from Michael's bed. Thank God he was finally asleep she thought. Michael lied down with no complaints.
"I have to find Walt" he cried. "I need to get him" Kate covered him with a couple of blankets.
"Soon" she said, "but not in your state at the moment" she looked at him. Although he seemed in pain, he was quiet with it, Jack had done a good job. "Just rest a bit, I'll fetch you something to eat"
Michael nodded cautiously. "OK" he said. Kate smiled and left in search of food. It was when she reached the running water, she heard it, a scream, one she had heard a couple of times before. Claire.
"Claire" Kate shouted and ran to the area where she had left her sleeping. Claire was asleep, her hands were out in front of her as if defending herself.
"Claire!" Kate tried to wake her, she screamed as Kate touched her to shake her. "Claire it's a dream" Claire's eyes shot open in fear. "My baby" she cried, "I want my baby"
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Charlie woke with a sudden jolt and a dull pain in his head. He could hear screaming in the distance and he concentrated hard to listen. He had heard the scream before but he couldn't place his finger on it. He sat up, a wave of nausea hit and he felt light headed.
"Right" Charlie tried to concentrate as hard as his throbbing head would allow. "You promised you'd protect her and her child and you will" Charlie was talking lightly to himself, though he didn't know why. His head was spinning like the world around him, but he tried to his thoughts straight. He had to help Claire and get her baby back, even if it killed him this time he thought.
Charlie sat up, suddenly almost loosing consciousness as a thump of pain spread from his gunshot wound. But he didn't care, he had to get up. He placed his hand against the cave wall for support and shuffled his feet under himself ready to stand. He struggled up, leaning on the cave, he began to breath heavily.
Bloody hell, he thought, I never thought It would be this hard. Charlie stood for a second, gaining back his thoughts and balance. Then he made his move, slowly out of the cave. To his surprise no one was in the main area of the caves and he managed to slip out. He had only got a couple of yards into the jungle when his head felt dizzy.
"I can do this" he whispered to himself, feeling his stomach in agony "I have to get them back, I promised!"
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"It's ok" Kate had finally managed to calm Claire down with a little reassurance. "We'll get your baby back" Kate sounded sure about it but really wasn't. Claire nodded in agreement. She wanted to go out and search for her baby now, but she knew exactly what Jack and Kate would say to her.
"Good" Kate smiled handing Claire a bottle of water, Claire took the bottle and almost downed the lot. Kate smiled in delight. Ten seconds later Claire was fast asleep.
Works every time, thought Kate. She had slipped several sleeping tablets into Claire's drink. Kate sat back and relaxed a little, it was getting to the middle of the day and even in the shady caves hit was hot. By 12 most people would retreat to the caves or tents away from the midday sun and heat.
Slowly Kate's eyes drooped, it had been a long night and she was shattered, just a quick nap wouldn't hurt she thought to herself. She closed her eyes and within minutes she was sound asleep. Completely unaware of Charlie's awakening, and unaware of his little walkabout.