Title: Over the Edge
Rating: T
Summary: Charlie finds out what lengths he'll go to in order to protect his secrets
Spoilers: Season 2 through SOS
Author's Note: Written for the Chana challenge – Charlie, Ana, a gun, and a kiss
Disclaimer: I have no rights whatsoever to Lost or its characters.

Chapter 1

Ana leaned against the counter in the hatch's kitchen as she watched Jack stuff granola bars and bottles of water into his pack.

"You sure you want to do this?" she asked.

"I have to do something,"said Jack. "He's not talking. If I go out to the line and tell them we have him, there's a chance we could get Walt back and finally end this. I have to try."

Ana nodded. Certain as she was that Jack was wasting his time and risking his life, she knew it was no use to argue. She pulled the gun out of the waistband of her jeans and offered it to him.

"Better take this," she said.

Jack paused, his outstretched hand resting on a bottle of peroxide on the counter. He looked at the gun for a moment, then grabbed the bottle and shoved it firmly into the pack.

"No," he said. "You need that. I'm not leaving you unarmed with Henry."

"You need it more than I do," said Ana. This guy must be suicidal. He knew what he was up against with the Others; he'd been face to face with them. She couldn't understand his plan to walk into their territory defenseless.

Jack said nothing. He zipped his backpack and slung it over his shoulders.

"Fine," said Ana, gently setting the gun down on the counter. "Then I'll get another gun. Could you live with that?"

"And just how are you going to get another one?" asked Jack.

"Trust me," said Ana. She knew exactly who to go to for a gun, and how to get it. "If you want to leave before I get back, take this one. But promise me you won't go out there unarmed."

Jack smiled and shook his head. "I'm not taking that one," he said. "I'll wait for you."

That wasn't good enough. "I said promise."

Jack sighed in exasperation, but he shrugged off the backpack and tossed it onto a chair.

"Fine," he said. "I promise. I'll be right here when you get back."