Looking for Claire

[Charlie]

Charlie could tell Claire was tensing up as they continued down the corridor. His grip tightened around her hand protectively. "I only see that one at the end" He whispered, while motioning toward the door at the end of the hallway. "How long has it been since they let you see him?"

[Kate]

"No problem." Kate said with a weak smile. Then she turned around and went into a room. There were filing cabinets around the room and a desk. She looked through the cabinets and found something rather confusing...

A beard. A beard hidden in a filing cabinet? What was that about? Although Kate thought this was strange, she didn't really think of it having a significance and so she put it back and came out the door, back into the corridor.

As she came out Jack came out of the room he was in at the same time.

"You find anything?" Kate asked. Jack shook his head.

"You?" He asked her. Kate thought about the fake beard but as it didn't seem important she also shook her head. She was worrying about Claire and Charlie and if the Others had found them yet but she had to concentrate on finding Aarron and not getting caught herself.

At that moment she heard a baby crying. Her eyes widened and she looked up at Jack. Without a seconds thought they both started to go down the corridor where the crys were heard. It was a very long corridor and they began to walk down it more cautiously in case they were found.

Soon enough they were right outside the door where the crys were heard. Kate's heart was beating fast. She looked at Jack next to her who also looked hesitant to open the door. She looked back at the handle and was about to reach for it just as it opened for her. The door swung open and there was a man holding Aarron. Kate was frozen to the spot. They had been found! He looked at them. It was the one that Kate, Jack, Sawyer had encountered when she had followed them when they were looking for Michael.

"Kate, Jack." He said with a grin. "You found us." When Kate and Jack looked at him with a confused expression, he spoke again. "We knew you were here all along." He stated. "Did you not see the hidden cameras? Oh wait...you didn't because they're hidden." He continued with a laugh. Kate looked over at Jack again with a helpless expression. He looked at her with a defeated look on his face as if he could have avoided this.

"I think you better come in." The Other said moving aside so they could get into the room. Kate looked to her feet and swallowed before reluctantly walking into the room.

[Claire]

"I haven't seen him since I've been here," she said sadly. She wanted her baby back so much. She felt anger towards the Others for doing this. She stopped as she heard cries, "Do you hear that?" she asked Charlie straining her ears. It was very faint. The sound could even be mistaken for something else. But Claire knew that cry was from Aaron, "Tell me you hear him!"

[Charlie]

At first Charlie didn't hear anything. He had been listening to too loud of music for too long. As he strained to hear, he nodded his head in agreement. "Yeah. I hear it." He said as he quietly continued down the corridor toward the noise. As they got closer to the door at the end of the hall, they could see another hall toward their left. He quickly noticed Jack and Kate about to open a door. Suddenly the door swung up and Charlie quickly pushed Claire into the room they were standing by.

[Claire]

Claire had not seen Jack and Kate and wondered what was the matter, "What? Did you see something?" she asked looking around her.

((sorry for short post )

[Charlie]

"I think Jack and Kate heard Aaron too" He said breathing heavily. "They were down the hall abit, outside the room I think they're keeping Aaron in. They were about to go in when someone came out. I think they've seen him before because they went into the room without a fight"

[Claire]

Claire covered her mouth in worry, "Well, do you think, they'll be okay? Did it look like they were in any danger?"
She was beginning to have one of her little worry attacks. The last nasty one she had was just after the plane crashed which brought on her contractions, "W..what if they don't escape? What shall we do?"

[Charlie]

"I don't know, Claire" He leaned his back against the wall, and slid to the floor, rubbing his tembles. He knew Claire was on the verge of freaking out, but he didn't really know any way to help her. He had an incredible headache, and was very much on the verge of freaking out himself. He looked back up after a moment. "Maybe I could distract them somehow. You know I could go in, get the Others to come after me, leaving Jack, Kate and Aaron in there, and then you could sneak in and lead them out"

[Claire]

Claire looked at Charlie anxiously, "But then you'll be in trouble," she said. She saw how determined he was and considered it, "It could work," she said hesitantly, "But promise you'll be careful."
The last thing she wanted was for Charlie or anyone else to get hurt. But it was a plan that could work.

[Charlie]

Charlie stood up, taking Claire's hand and kissing it softly. "I promise" He smiled sweetly at her. "Look" He said moving a little closer to the door. "You stay here. I'll go in there. When you see the Others leave go get Aaron. Okay? You can do this, Claire" He gave her a reassuring smile before heading into the hall before she could object.

[Claire]

Claire forced a smile back determined she was going to do this. As Charlie left she wished him to be okay by the time this was all over. She waited nervously whispering to herself, telling herself this was going to work. She just wanted her baby back so they could all go back to where they should be.

[Charlie]

Charlie stood at the door nervously. He hadn't been this twitchy in what felt like forever. He turned back to Claire giving her a reassuring thumbs up. He seriously doubted this would work, but he would give his life in an instant for Aarons. He took one more deep breath before quickly opening the door before he thought about it too much. He smiled brightly when he noticed Aaron in a crib in the corner of the room. It quickly faded as he turned to see Jack, Kate, and someone he'd never seen before. He froze for a moment before remembering the plan, and quickly headed out the door. It seemed to work as the man followed him around the corner, leaving Claire in the clear.

[Kate]

Kate and Jack entered the room and the man closed the door behind them. They looked at him and Kate looked at Aarron in the mans arms and hoped he was ok.

"Sit down." The man said to them. Kate looked at him hatefully.

"Give him to me first." She said sternly. The man smiled and looked at the infant.

"He's fine with me." He said simply before putting him into a crib. Kate watched him put Aarron in the crib and felt a wave of hopelessness. Maybe they could jump him and escape with Aarron. But there were probably more of them here and they could hurt or capture any one of the group in the madness. The man looked at her expectantly and she and Jack sat down.

Kate shot a nervous glance at Jack and the Other opened his mouth to speak when the door burst open. Kate expected it to be another Other but it was Charlie! She stared in suprise. Why wasn't he with Claire?

"Cha-" Before she could complete the sentence he was back out the door and the man was following him. Jack stood up and walked over to the door then looked back at Kate with a look of suprise and confusion. Kate returned the expression.

[Claire]

Claire watched Charlie as he ran off to take the plan in to action. She breathed in deeply, "Okay, Come on Claire. You have to do this." she closed her eyes and took one last breath.

She glanced out of the door and saw the back of an Other chasing down the corridor. That was Claire's cue. She sighed and before she could have another thought on it she found herself jogging over to the door way.

In case there was someone else in there she was cautious and glanced around the door first. She saw Kate and Jack and there beside a desk was a small crib with a crying baby in, "Aaron!" Claire beamed with a smile.

Immediately she rushed in and grabbed the baby ignoring Jack and Kate and picked the little infant up. Kissing the baby on the forehead she had tears in her eyes, "It's okay," she whispered as he wailed, "Mummy's here. I'm so sorry," she rocked him in her arms.

Glancing back up at Jack and Kate her expression was serious, "Are you guys okay? Charlie's plan worked, we need to go now!"