Walter stumbled around the room looking for the one piece he just dropped while fixing up a telescope for Ralph. He finds the piece some feet away, under a table. He is finally able to finish it. Hearing footsteps he looks up surprised to see Sylvester and Megan. She's leaning on him for support. Her braces haven't came off in weeks even for the simple tasks. "What's going on" Sylvester says as he helps Megan into a chair. "I could ask you the same thing" Walter says with a smirk. "Walter, you know we're a couple now. We've been over this" Walter sighs and sets down his tool. "I thought we agreed that she wouldn't be near here. It's not safe" Sylvester goes to speak but Megan interrupters "Walter, it's either here or jail." Walter looks at her then to Sylvester then to her again. Thinking better than to argue he shrugs and continues on the telescope. Sylvester sits next to Megan and a short time later Cabe enters and asks for Sylvester's help with math since Walter is so engulfed in the telescope. Making sure Megan is fine with it he goes into the other room. Walter immediately confronts Megan. "Megan. Why Sylvester. Why now." Megan gives him an eye "Walter. I know you don't understand the world outside of math and science but sometimes things are just meant to be." Walter rolls his eyes in a pondering motion and bites his lip. "Megan. Sylvester is one of my best friends and you are my family. If he loses you then I have two people I've lost. He's so caught up with yo-" "Walter. Stop" Megan looks almost heartbroken "Walter. I know that you don't believe in the whole concept of love and all but I know somewhere deep in that heart of yours that you know that no matter how much you have prepared yourself that you are not ready to lose me. And I'm not planning on going anywhere for a while but it's not as long as I'd like, and you... And him... Need to keep the friendship. I know you may not like "our" thing but he makes me so happy Walter... We danced. It was just like that world stopped and I was able to forget that I had something killing me. We danced Walter and he was right there making everyone else's luxury my reality. How could I leave that." Walter looks Down at the floor and then back up to her. Before he can get a word out Cabe and Sylvester enter. "New mission. Call the rest of em." Cabe says quick paced walking to the room behind them. Megan is sent home and the team had been called in. Sylvester and Walter exchange looks. Then it begins.
After Megan has left, Cabe calls in the team "We have to go now. Take nothing that can be traced and get in the car. I pulled Ralph out of school and he's on his way to where we're going now" The team jumps in the car and sits in silence for some minutes before Walter speaks up. "Cabe" "Not now Walter" They arrive at an airport where they are guided onto a plane that is just landed. looking on the plane they see a many people. famous actors actually. " Get in a group and don't ask questions" Cabe says the team forms in the middle of the cast and then walks off the plane. Fans scream at them. The team is then lead to a hotel which is the host of an underground bunker. "Cabe could you tell us what the hell is going on?" Toby speaks up. "Scorpion is on lock-down.'' "care to elaborate?" Walter speaks up. "You five have countless confidential knowledge and the U.S. government is concerned. The pentagon has been threatened and we aren't taking chances. This team has been qualified as an asset to the U.S government and shall now be protected as one. Five government operations, including scorpion, have been threatened and we are on lock-down until further notice." The Team shifts uncomfortably. "OK.. But what the hell was with the thespian plane?" Toby says with a shrug "To everyone there It was just famous actors and their extras getting off a plane to film, and not a government team hiding from threats." Toby accepts that and steps back. Finally Walter has decided to speak up "We are not staying here. We are hired to solve crimes. Not hide from them." Walter starts walking towards the door and Cabe stops him then grabs his shoulders "You are right. But with the crimes you solve, you go in clean, now everyone of you have a target on your back. So we let other people handle this." Walter goes to argue but is interrupted by Paige "Excuse me. Where is Ralph?"
"He's going in through a child's choir. He will be here shortly" "Actors and kid choirs Cabe" Toby says. "Hey, I barely had an hours notice" "Now i'm going back to the garage. I'm getting anything that could give any extra information about any of you. You will be locked in. Use the dial pad by the door for assistance." Cabe leaves and the team is left by themselves. roughly 20 minutes pass and Walter rises "Well he's gone by now, let's get out of here." "I'm game ." Happy speaks up" They realize the sealed "vault" door is only able to be opened from outside. By now Ralph has arrived and been put with them. Walter of course trying to leave when the door was opened but had no luck. A voice comes over an intercom " get comfortable. you'll be spending the night, there are rooms in the back." there are nice rooms built into the bunker, but no one would sleep for hours…
The next morning everyone was finally asleep. Walter awakes first and walks in the main area to see Cabe on a couch With coffee. "Cabe. I'm not staying here. There is no use for me or the team here." Cabe sighs, looks up at Walter He looks tired and looks at Walter for some seconds before saying "want some coffee?" "At least get me a computer and lets try to get out of here quicker. I can have so much more information in the next hour than anyone out there could in the next week." Cabe refuses and Walter rebuttals. The argument is continued but then finally ends in Cabe's favor. The team is slowly trying to push Cabe into letting them out but it is no use. Although he seems different… Especially around Sylvester and Walter. They are kept in the hotel bunker for another night and early the next morning they wake up to "Good news fellas!" Cabe is up and moving around fast paced "we can go?" Walter speaks up "Just like that? Is there another team of geniuses out there that solved the crime?" Cabe speaks again "Actually there was never a ' true' threat it was Collins and some people he hired. they're in jail now." The team's in shock "so you mean to tell me that stayed in this bunker for two nights, All because of Collins?" Happy says "exactly" Cabe says. The team is able to leave and is now escorted by car back to the garage. They walk in and it is a complete mess Sylvester starts cleaning and the others just walk around. "Sorry about the mess guys." Cabe says entering. They are just happy to be back at the garage. Everything is fine for the rest of the day. The Walters phone rings…
"Hello?" "Yes is this Walter O'Brien?" "This is he" "Sir. I have some news that may be upsetting and you may need to get into a comfortable surrounding… Your sister who was in care with us here has sadly passed." Walter who is now sitting. Looks for the first time, confused. "Wh-What? There is obviously a mistake. She was sick but had time. You must be wrong." "I'm incredibly sorry to tell you this and we will be more than happy to make arra- " "no!" Walter gets furious which attracts the team. "Sir, I know this is something unexpected and hard to take in but she was found in her bed peacefully asleep." "I'm coming there now." Walter slams down the phone and runs outside. An SUV speeds away and the team is left in wonder. Walter storms into the hospital where she has apparently been brought. "My name is Walter O'Brien. I would like to see my sister Megan." The woman at the desk looks nervous. "Sir, i'm who you spoke with on the phone. Your sister is deceased and has asked to not be viewed by anyone other than the approved medical staff. Walter slams his hand on the desk "Look!" "Sir please calm down. you are able to view her will and wishes, which may explain things better" The woman behind the desk goes in a back room and comes out with a folder containing Megan's requests. One letter was addressed to Walter. He picks it ups and it reads "Walter, I know right now that you are probably fuming and that was expected. I have requested for my body not to be viewed by you or anyone that I know. I never told you I wrote my will because I knew how that would affect you. I don't want you or anyone to see me laid out on a table or in a box filled with some solution. I want you to remember me from when I was alive and not have that picture in your head. Now, I ask you to be sensitive with Sylvester. I knew this was bound to happen when the doctors told me my braces weren't coming off. Make sure he knows that I was glad my last dance was with him. I want you to remember that you may be a genius, but you are also my brother and im glad to say that you were. Please don't be angry with the people here. They are only respecting my wishes and I hope that you would want them to." Walter sets down the papers and has a look of disbelief and then walks out.
"Walter's been gone a while. I wonder what that call was about" Sylvester says becoming worried. Walter never shows and the team goes home. The next morning they are at the garage and Walter walks in and sits typing at his computer. Sylvester comes up to him. "Walt. Where were you yesterday? And have you heard from meg- " "sly" he says then goes to speak again hesitating. "She… shes gone." "What?" "You heard me Sylvester" Walter says roughly. Sylvester sits down and looks at Walter with tears in his eyes "Walter what are you talking about?" Walter takes a breath "Sly… I think you understand what i'm saying." Sylvester looks confused and some tears stream down his face. he begins to shake his head "no...no! She's not she wasn't-" Sylvester begins to panic "No she's not Walter! No she's not! oh my god. no. no!" Walter grabs Sylvester "DAMMIT SYLVESTER! She's gone... it's over." Sylvester looks up to Walter who is also starting to tear up, but pulls himself together. "The funeral is Saturday." Walters looks around looking like he may say something but he walks off. Sylvester is in tears. Suddenly Toby comes in "Hey sly how's it going?" Sylvester turns revealing his face covered in tears… soon enough all of the team is aware of the tragedy.
The next Saturday the team is at the funeral. They stand around. Hardly anyone was there. The sadness that filled the air around them was hard to bear. After the service was over, Walter sat by the grave. Sylvester was nowhere to be found. For the first time after the mess up happy was confiding in Toby and resting her head on his shoulder trying to hold back tears. Paige was the go-to for grief and Cabe, he just stood there. Like a soldier. He said nothing and looked at no one. Walter was now on the ground next to the grave yelling into the sky. Sly comes out of a nearby building. His face filled with fresh tears. Within 3 hours they were at the garage. Everything was quiet. Walter typed at his computer. All of the sudden Ralph walked in. He slowly walks up to Walter. Looking at him obviously trying to think of an intelligent thing to say. He pauses in front of him for almost 10 seconds before embracing him in a long overdue hug. Walter contemplates this for about 3 seconds before bursting into tears. (Something no one ever thought would happen) and clinging to Ralph.