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"It's okay Claire . . ." jack trailed off, feeling Charlie's pulse. "He's alive . . .but barely. His ribs have gotten broken again. There might be some enternal bleeding." Jack tore off a piece of his shirt and tied it around his own foot to stop the bleeding, then turned back to Charlie. "We need to get him in the cave where I can work."

Charlie walked down the allyway and onto the street of a city. There was no cars. No people. Just him, the wind, andthe city. He frowned once, thinking that he heard Claire's crying, but when he looked around, she was nowhere to be found.
"Ethan! Why are you doing this to me? Go ahead and kill me if you want to, I'm sure I'm already dying!" Charlie shouted.
"WHat do you mean?" Ethan's voice asked, a hint of concern in his voice.
"One of your traps got me. I was pinned against a tree. It got me pretty good. I probably won't make it through the night."
"That wasn't my trap."
"Don't play games with me." Charlie snapped.
Ethan appeared. "It wasn't my trap. It wasn't Locke's either . . .it was one of theirs."
Charlie frowned. "What are you talking about?"

Jack got up, scooping Charlie into his arms. "Let's go." he replied. He winced as his foot began to surge pain up his leg, but he ignored it. He had to take care of Charlie.

Charlie glared at Ethan. "What are you talking about?"
"ON eof them must have placed that there." Ethan replied.
"Who's them?"
"The others."
"What others?" Charlie shouted.

Ethan grabbed Charlie by the arm. "Claire isn't safe from the others. You have to take her away. Far away."
Charlie glared at him. "Why? So that you can kill me and take her?"
Ethan shook his head. "If you take her away from the others, I'll leave you both alone. You'll be doing my work for me."
"What are you talking about?"
Ethan pushed Charlie. "Go! Go back to her! Take her away! Far away!"

Suddenly Charlie sat up, gasping for breath. He looked around, coughing slightly, wincing from the pain. He looked around and saw Claire and jAck, Sawyer as well.
"What happened?" He asked.
"You were unconsious." Jack replied. "Calm down."
Charlie shook his head. "I've got to get Claire far from here . . .Ethan said that the others were going to take her."
Jack frowned. "Charlie, Claire is staying here where she can be safe. Calm down . . ."
Charlie shook his head. "NO! Ethan said that she isn't safe from the others!"

(( You didn't slow things down . . .The Kid and I were just getting caught up in the moment.))

Charlie tried to sit up, but he was in too much pain. He looked over at Sawyer. "Ethan, we were in an allyway and he was threating me to drug me up . . .then . . .I told him about the trap . . .he said that he didn't make it, neither did Locke or anyone else. . He said it was them."
"Whose 'them' Charlie?" Jack asked.
Charlie shook his head. "I . . .Ethan didn't say. He just told me to get Claire far away. I've never seen him look so . . .human before . .."

Jack sighed heavily. "This could just be another one of Ethan's tricks to lure you and Charlie away from us and then kill you both. I won't have you two running off."
"If we don't leave they'll come." Charlie replied. Suddenly remembering something.
"But-"
Charlie cut Jack off. "There were others. I remember now. When Ethan took us . . .before he hung me in the tree . . .there were others . . .he took Claire and ran from them . . ."

Charlie got up, wincing from the pain, and went over to her, gripping her hand in his. "Breath." He cried frantically.
Jack came over to them and cursed. "Um . . .okay . . .Uh . . .SAwyer, go tell everyone not to come into the cave. Tell them to stay away until I can get the baby out . . .also tell Locke to make some traps around the cave . . we don't want Ethan showing up anytime soon." Jack then turned back to Claire. "Okay, I need you to breath . . .and . . .I know you're not going to like this . . .but we're going to have to take off your lower clotheing."
Charlie gripped her hand tighter. "Its okay. I'm here."