Hey guys, its half term so i'm hoping to get a few chapters done in the next week or two. Anyway heres the next...

Abi x

"Dude, is he ok?" Hurley noticed Kate and Jack return to the caves carrying Charlie. They went over to infirmary and placed him on soft blankets and wrapped him up.

"He'll be ok" Jack came out of the side cave speaking to Hurley as he went. "Will you keep an eye on him" Jack looked Hurley in the eye.

"Sure, but I don't think he's going anywhere fast" Hurley cried as Jack refilled his bottle with fresh water from the stream.

"You'd be surprised" Kate said lightly, "Just make sure he doesn't move an inch, we'll be back soon" Hurley nodded in agreement and went to see his friend as the other two disappeared out of the caves, seemingly in deep discussion. Hurley tried to listen but didn't catch anything.

Hurley hadn't really seen much of his friend recently, the sight of him made him wonder what an earth had gone on in the past day or two. Charlie sure didn't look that great, apart from the fact that he had many cuts and bruises his skin was sickly pale and unnatural.

"Dude if you don't mind me saying, you look crap man" Hurley chuckled though he was greatly concerned for his friend.

"Thanks" he jumped as he heard Charlie answer, "Just what I wanted to hear."

Hurley smiled and looked at Charlie, his eyes half open now staring at him.
"How's Claire?" Charlie croaked. Hurley's brow furrowed slightly, he hadn't seen Claire in a while either. "I'll go check if you like" Hurley was deep in thought.

"Good idea" Charlie's voice perked up a little at the thought of maybe seeing Claire. Hurley stood up and left. Charlie smirked, it was no word of a lie, he did want to see Claire, but he wanted to find her baby first. Besides, he thought, its my fault her baby is gone. It was now or never, he thought, he had to take he chance.

Hurley searched the cave and nearby only to find Locke sitting on his own sharpening a couple of knifes.

"Have you seen Claire?" Hurley asked quickly. Locke was silent for a moment, he had received the news from Jack and Kate. If he told Hurley there was a chance that the news would be leaked to Charlie.

"No" Locke said eventually. Hurley looked at him quizzically, he was hiding something and he knew it. "You know don't you" Hurley said suddenly surprising Locke. There was silence again and it was suddenly broken by a short moan and thud from the main cave area. Locke stood up immediately and he and Hurley returned to the main cave to find Charlie.

His body was sprawled on the floor, he was coughing uncontrollably, his limbs were twitching violently and his muscles involuntary contracting and relaxing.
"Damn it" Hurley cried in despair, "I promised Jack and Kate that I would make sure he didn't move"

"Too late now" Locke discarded Hurley's comment and fell on his knees next to Charlie. He grabbed the boy by the shoulders a shook him.

"Charlie" he shouted "Charlie, It's Locke, wake up" Locke's command didn't seem to make a difference and Charlie continued to shake. His arms flailed about and he knocked Locke in the face, sending him backwards. Locke shook off the dizziness and looked back at Charlie who turned to his side and retched emptying the little contents of his stomach onto the cave floor. His shaking continued.

"Fetch me a blanket" Locke ordered. Hurley swiftly left and returned with a large blanket. Locke took it and rolled it into a pillow and placed it under Charlie's head as support.

"What do we do?" Hurley was desperately watching his friends convulsions become worse.

"I guess we can't do anything" Locke cried trying his best to stop Charlie from rolling around. "I suppose we wait till Jack gets back, he might tire himself out before then" Hurley placed his head in his hands and sighed, was this his bad luck again, was this his fault.

Minutes passed and Charlie did not change, nor did he regain consciousness. Locke sat next to him, there seemed nothing he could do except wait. The two waited for a while, quiet helpless. Suddenly Kate and Jack appeared carrying Claire's pale a lifeless form in.

"Oh my God" Hurley knew at once what was going on. He fell to his knees as Kate and Jack passed him taking Claire away into a nearby smaller cave out of the way. Jack rushed back and headed to Locke and knelt next to him.
"Hurley you were supposed to be watching him" Jacks face tensed with concern.
"I only left him for a sec"

"How longs he been like this?" Jack asked.

"10 minutes" Locke said, "he was sick too" Jack sighed loudly and lent over his patient. He looked at Charlie's eyes to find his pupils rolled back. Jack sat back for a second and watched, the twitching began to slow and finally stopped.

"Thank God for that!" Locke exhaled loudly. Jack checked Charlie's pulse to find it racing. "I don't want to move him" he said "I don't want to risk him having another seizure. We build a fire nearby to keep him warm, it might be a while now before he wakes"

Locke nodded and stood up. "I'll fetch some firewood" he said, "It won't be long before the heat of the day will be dyeing down" And with that he was gone.

"I'm sorry man" Hurley exclaimed, "I didn't think he would go anywhere"

"It's ok" Kate sighed, "He's a stubborn bugger" she laughed, "give him half a chance and he'll be off. But he sure isn't gunna have a nice awaking this time" Kate sighed thinking of how close Charlie and Claire actually were.