"Jack! Jack!"

"There comes my call of duty again", the doctor said, with a tone of slight disgust, to Kate.

Does he know? Thought Kate to herself. She immediately got up and followed him, making sure to follow him wherever he went, wherever he could have hidden what she needed most right now.

"Jack! Jack! Look at this bottle. Look at it!" the round faced Korean held out the bottle for Jack to examine.

"Looks like a bottle to me."

"No, this note. I forgot to give it to you."

She retrieved the crumpled paper from her khaki pants.

"Here!"

He quickly opened up the paper, fumbling.

He's probably still struggling after that kiss, thought Kate.

Jack managed to open the paper at least when--

"Jack! JACCK!"

Hurley came running towards him at full force.

"Slow down..Hurley.. Slow down!"

WHACK! Down went Jack and Sun and Kate and Hurley.

The collision managed to untangle and Hurley got up, placing his hands on his hips, panting.

"Dude.. Dude.. Oh man.. Couldn't find you before. Me and Boone.."

A shadowy figure came running towards them.

"Who is that?" stated Jack, adamantly.

"It's me, Boone!" said Boone as he ran up to them. "Damn, Hurley, how'd you run that fast?"

Hurley shrugged.

"Did you tell him?"

"Dude, what?"

"The dead body, Hurley!"

"What?" Jack's face turned from pale to a look of confusion. "What's going on, you guys?"

"We saw Sayid.. He's dead! Stabbed.. He was stabbed!"

Sun couldn't take it anymore. She ran to her place on the beach. It was the spot that provided her with the most comfort. The shoreline. She rushed.

"Jin.. Jin where are you?" she stated, more to herself than to anyone. "I need you.. I need you.." She wept and wept, the ocean filling with tears, carrying them away, only to come back once more.

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Claire woke up. She shook her head- had she really been sleeping? She had not been able to fall asleep quickly for the past few nights. Her eyes still closed, she smiled, relieved she had gotten sleep. Her hands stretched in the air and she found herself yawning.

Boom. Her hands made contact with the cold floor. She instantly opened up her eyes. A feeling of shock and fear took hold of her. She was paralyzed. She tried to move..

What's going on? What.. Where…? Is this a dream?

She turned and felt a pang of relief- there across the room was Charlie, staring at her, with eyes that started swelling up with tears.

Why is he leaning up against the air like that she thought?

She grasped hold of the chair next to her and stood up, slowly, carefully. She walked across the room, her heart pounding with every step.

"Ch.. Charlie?"

She instantly banged her head.

"W..what?"

And she placed her hands in the air, feeling that glass divider.

Charlie stood himself up, both now staring at each other through the glass.

"W.. what's going on Charlie? What is this?" she stated through confused tears.

Charlie couldn't help but weep. His helplessness, her helplessness.. But he managed the words to explain everything.

"Claire, lis.. Listen to me. I don't.. I don't know what's going on. We were both being dragged into the forest and now we're in this room and nobody's been here and all I've seen is you."

"No..nobody else has been here but us yet?" Claire looked around the room and now she really noticed it. Her senses came back to her. Cold walls stared back menacingly and this glass barrier.. What kind of sick idea was this?

"Charlie, what's going on?.. Charlie!" She screamed.

"Ssshhh.. Claire… sshh.. The others must have found out we're gone. They'll follow us. They'll save us. What we need to do now is wait."

Charlie couldn't help but buckle down. There was Claire staring back at him so naively. And here he was offering her false hope. He didn't understand what was going on himself. He had been trying to break through this glass. It was impenetrable, he had decided. Somebody had designed this in such an odd manner.

He slowly slided his back down the glass. I need to figure out what to do. I need to figure out what to do. He stood up. He looked at the walls of the room, and really noticed every corner this time. What's that.. That..

He walked towards a corner of the room, Claire staring desperately after him.

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Sorry, I know this chapter and the last few have not been very eventful. It will all tie together though, eventually, I promise! Please review!