Erica Evans wasn't a weak person. She was a tough, confident FBI agent. She liked her job and always followed the protocol. At least until the V's arrived. After that, everything had gone downhill. Her family was gone. Joe was dead and Tyler had left to live onboard the ship with the Visitors. Both of her partners, who she had trusted with her life, had turned out to be Visitors. Just like Ryan. But Ryan was not like the Visitors. As he said a few weeks ago; he is one of them but he isn't withthem. She believed him. And no good had come out of that. Anna was still here and her plans weren't stopping anytime soon.

As Erica sat there next to a completely hypnotized Jack Landry in the middle of an even bigger crowd of people she didn't know what to do anymore. Lisa had failed to try to assassinate her mother at the warehouse a few hours earlier. Ryan and Joshua were still up on the ship and she hadn't heard a word from them since she told them Lisa failed. Erica hadn't talked to Chad at all. Jack was gone. Not physically, but right now, he and every other human outside was mentally gone. But that's not what hurts the most. The fact that Kyle Hobbes had just disappeared without even trying, when he had promised her that he would be there, is what's making her feel like this.

Erica looks up at the bright light coming from the bottom of the ship. She feels the anger inside her rise the more she looks at it. If Anna hadn't arrived and started to invade their planet, everything would be as it used to. Joe would be alive and Tyler would be safe. Everyone would be safe. But that's not the case now. Anna wants their DNA to fast track her evolution. She wanted Tyler. Erica just couldn't take it anymore.

"Are you satisfied now Anna? Your wish has come true, everyone is gone!" Erica screams as she stands up from where she sat on the ground next to Jack. "You've destroyed everything! But I won't let you win this fight if I so have to die for it!" She yells as she stares up at the ship. Her usually bright blue eyes have turned dark blue with anger.

Erica continues to yell even though she knows Anna won't hear a single word of what she says. But it feels good to let it all out. All the anger and frustration she has been keeping in for weeks comes to the surface. Suddenly she feels a hand grab her shoulder gently but yet firmly. Her agent mode kicks in and she does a swift turn and swings her right fist against the person behind her and then her left, just like she is trained to do. Her hair falls down before her eyes, blocking her sight from seeing who it is. A stronger hand grabs hers wrist and pulls her forward. She knows it's him.

"Ssh! Erica, it's me. It's okay." He whispers as he pulls her back against his hard chest. "It's alright." The words are comforting even though she knows he can't promise that everything is going to be alright. But it's not enough. Suddenly Erica pulls back and starts to pound his chest with her fists and tries to push him away.

"Where were you? Why did you leave me alone? You promised you'd be here, you promised!" She says as she starts to sob. Hobbes just pulls her tighter against his body. His arms wrapped around her once again and cradled her as her body shook. She allowed him to comfort her. He really was the only one that could right now. She needed him, even though she would never admit it.

Hobbes frowned as he looked up and around at all the people standing with hypnotized smiles on their faces. It looked disgusting. But since it was Anna's work, he wasn't very surprised. It only made him more angry and frustrated when there was nothing he could do. They just had to wait and see what the consequences were when everyone woke up from their hypnosis, if they ever do wake up.

Hobbes continues to hold Erica close to his body as her cries subsided. He could feel her relax as he runs his hands up and down her back. Her tears were soaking through his shirt. She pulls her head back from his neck and stares up at him. Kyle looks into her bright blue eyes. They are so deep and filled with so many emotions. He could see everything so clearly. They stare at each other for a long moment, not saying anything, until Erica takes a shaky breath and wipes her eyes with the back of her sleeve.

"I'm sorry" she whispers weakly. Her voice is hoarse and her eyes red and puffy from all the crying.

"Hey, don't apologize" He answers as he strokes away a single tear that made its way down her cheek. "If anyone should apologize here, it' me. I screwed everything up." He continues with guilt shown evident in his eyes.

"We all screwed up" she answers with a tiny smile.

"Yeah, you're right" he continues with a small grin as he tucked some strands of her blond hair behind her ear.

Erica lets out a sad sigh and closes her eyes. It had been a long day and the exhaustion was finally catching up on her. And the fact that she hadn't slept more than a few hours every night wasn't helping with the fatigue. The nightmares were bad. She would wake up in cold sweat almost every night. Her heart would beat twice as fast as it usually does. After she woke up she never went back to sleep. It was just too hard. Usually she just got up from bed and grabbed a glass of tequila to calm herself down. It helped a bit. So did her nights with Kyle. It was just supposed to be a onetime thing, but it went on. He came to her house late at night and she let him in. They drank. They talked. They kissed. They had sex. Then he left. Not because he wanted to, but because she had told him she didn't want anything more. But she did. She just couldn't tell him the truth.

Last night she didn't think he would come at all. Not after the big fight at the basement after the blue energy plan failed. She had been furious at all of them, including herself. At the site, Kyle had told her to blow the whole reactor up but she had listened to Ryan when he told her he could shut it down. Kyle had not been happy about it. But then when Jack told her there was a different between a calculated risk and senseless slaughter, Kyle suddenly said Jack was right and that they did the right thing.

When she left she was sure he wouldn't show up later that night. But he did. She couldn't figure out why. When she opened the door he stood there in his regular black outfit. A black t shirt and the thick black jacket she loved. It looked so good on him. Even though she was still mad at him, she let him in and looked the door behind them. As soon as she turned around Kyle shoved her up against the door and kissed her hard. Apparently he was a bit angry at her too. Not that she could blame him. Neither of them said anything as they started to tear each other's clothes off without breaking their lips apart. He'd put his hands on the back of her thighs and picked her up while she ran her fingers through his dark brown hair. It had been rough. Every bit of frustration was apparent. Frustration from the fight earlier. Frustration from not being able to do anything to stop the war. They were both mad at each other, which just created more passion in that moment.
But something was different last night. She expected him to leave afterwards like he usually did. But he stayed. He didn't say anything, just went to the other side of her bed. She tried to tell herself it was just meaningless sex. But it was starting to get more serious than that without any of them realizing. And that scared her.

When she opened her eyes again they were met with his greenish blue ones. His face is only a few inches away and she can feel his warm breath against her jaw. He slowly leans forward. Their lips crash softly. It's sweet and innocent, compared to last night. Kyle places his hands on each side of her face as he deepened their kiss. Erica put her arms around his neck as she pressed her body against his. She let out a faint moan as his one of his strong hands found her lower back. When they finally came up for air Erica rested her forehead against his.

"Uhum" Someone cleared their throat behind them. They turned around was met with the uncertain, yet amused face, of Paul Kendrick.

"Here I am, thinking I made you a good agent Erica, but here you are, making out with a fugitive." Paul said as he raised his eyebrows questionably.

"Paul it's not what it looks like!" Erica answered quickly as she backed away from Kyle and looked at Paul with pleading eyes. "I- I... It's- Just don't- He is working with me!" She stammered as she tried to make up a good excuse for kissing the man that was on the top of Paul's most wanted list.

"Erica, calm down." Paul said as he took a few steps forward. "I know he is working with you and the Fifth Column." He shrugged. "He is also working for the Project Aires and has been for weeks." Paul continued as he looked at her.

FLASHBACK TO WHEN HE WAS HELD ATT THE HEADQUARTER

Kyle Hobbes wasn't always a world known fugitive. Sure, he had been a criminal for a long time, but five years ago, when he learned that his sister Sarah had been murdered, Kyle lost the last family he had and it was just downhill since then. His parents died when he was just a teenager, and Sarah was all he had left. But then she was gone too. It was then that Kyle Hobbes started to block everything out. He kept all his emotions buried deep inside and just stopped caring about anything. He became a cocky, selfish fugitive. For five years he didn't let himself feel anything but anger. Anger against the men who drove the car that collided with Sarah's that night.

Paul Kendrick had called him and told him to come to the underground headquarter to look at some information they had received from the federal bureau of investigation in Los Angeles. At first he refused to go but when they told him it could help the Fifth Column destroy Anna's plans for Tyler and the humanity he agreed. He wasn't happy about leaving Erica to deal with everything on her own but if he wanted to stay on the Aries project, he had to leave.

Hobbes went down the stairs and into the stairwell that led down to the underground headquarters of Project Aires. It was two weeks ago that he had gotten an anonymous call that told him all about an underground hiding place where they gathered all the people that knew about the visitors real reason for coming here. Kyle didn't know how they managed to get his cell phone number or even find out where he was but when Paul Kendrick told him he knew that he was a member in the Fifth Column, he agreed to meet them to find out how much they actually knew.

As he walked through the dark hall that led to the room Paul asked him to meet him in, he kept thinking about Erica. He hadn't seen her since they told Lisa about their plan to fake a kidnapping to get Anna alone. After he had left Lisa tied up and gagged in the warehouse, Kyle had taken all his stuff out of the basement and moved them to his new room at the underground station where Paul had asked him to stay for a while. He didn't like Paul Kendrick, but since he was a wanted fugitive he didn't have that much of a choice. This was his chance to make up for the things he had done to get on the list of wanted criminals.

He walks into the room he now can call his own and throws his bag on the floor next to the small bed where it lands with a thud. The bed lets out a creaky sound as he sits down and puts his head into his hands. Then the room goes silent again. The only thing that can be heard is his breathing.
Suddenly the door opens and Kendrick walks in. With him he has a yellow folder, probably filled with photos or documents regarding the V's. The door closes with a click behind him and Kendrick takes a chair and sits down opposite Kyle who's still sitting on the bed.

"What the hell was so important that you had to drag me away in the middle of the day?" Kyle asks with his deep British accent as he looks up at Kendrick.

"This!" Kendrick answers firmly as he takes out a few photos and some papers from the folder he brought. He hands them over to Kyle who quickly checks trough them with a frown.

"Where did you get these?" Kyle asks sternly as he looks up. "This is not what it looks like."

"Oh, well that's great!" Kendrick continues sarcastically as he throws his hands up. "I guess you have really good explanation for this!" He says with a threatening voice as he holds up one of the photos. The photo shows Kyle talking to Marcus, Anna's closest man. Her right hand. Her watchdog.

"That bloody lizard there told me my sister was alive and that he had her on the ship" Kyle answers as presses his finger to Marcus face on the photo. "Then he blackmailed me into blowing up the building last week." He said and looked away.

"What! You were the one who detonated the explosives?" Kendrick shouted as he stood up again. "Three of my agents and four civil hostages, including Joe Evans, died that day!" He yelled as he stepped back.

"How the bloody hell was I supposed to know that was going too happened? They told me Eli Cohn and his men were the only people in that building!" Kyle shouted back as he stood up and started to pace forth and back next to the small bed. "They tricked me. I didn't know anything about the hostages or the people that were there. I didn't know she- ." Kyle stopped himself before he said too much. He didn't want to bring Erica into this; neither did he want Kendrick finding out that something was going on between the two of them.

Paul Kendrick watched as the British man he had been searching for for several years carefully as he paced back and forth. Kyle Hobbes was a known enemy of the state and on the top of every law enforcement agency's most wanted list. He was a dangerous criminal. And yet here he was walking right next to one of FBI's highest ranked men. And he was even here voluntarily. Kyle suddenly stopped and rubbed his hands up and down his thighs quickly before he sat down at the bed again. Paul watched with fascination as the tough, badass fugitive started to tap his foot on the concrete floor. He almost couldn't believe it. Kyle Hobbes was nervous.

"I assume by her, you mean Erica Evans?" Kendrick continued as he remembered what Kyle said just a minute ago. Kyle's head snapped up quickly at the mention of Erica. His expression was unreadable.

"She didn't have anything to do with any of this; it was all my idea" Kyle answered quickly.

"Don't bother, we already know everything. You, Erica and Jack Landry are all members of the Fifth Column here in New York." Kendrick said calmly as he looked at his phone. He shut it and then slipped it back into his pocket. "I have to go. There is a situation upstairs." He continued and walked out leaving Kyle alone with his thoughts.

(20 minutes later)

As he sat with his back pressed against the wall all he could think about was what Kendrick had said. He knew everything about the Fifth Column. And even worse, he knew about him and Erica. Kyle mentally kicked himself for being so stupid to think that no one would ever find out. He knew that sleeping with Erica was bad, but he just couldn't help it. There was something about her that made him feel alive again for the first time in years. And he barely even knew her. Before he could think further about it the door slammed open. He looked up just as a worried looking Kendrick gave him a small gesture meaning he should follow him upstairs. And so he did.

"Slow down there and tell me what the bloody hell is going on up there, will you?" Kyle asked as he caught up with him.

"Anna is what's going on! Every human out there is hypnotized by some light coming from the bottom of the ship!" Kendrick answered angry. "And it's not only here, but every single city where there is a mother ship all the people are just standing there."

"But what about- ?"

"She's fine!" Kendrick answered before he even finished his sentence. "We brought her here about an hour ago. She doesn't know that you're here though."

"Mr. Kendrick! Erica Evans just ran out the door" a young woman said as she approached them where they stood.

"You people let her go out there while the queen of lizards is hypnotizing the whole planet? Aren't agents supposed to be protecting people? Idiots!" Kyle yelled angrily as he turned around and ran for the door.

END OF FLASHBACK

Meanwhile on the ship

Chad Decker was not the kind of person who got nervous easily. He wasn't the kind of man who cracked under pressure. It took a lot to make him nervous since he was a world known news reporter. His face was on everyone's TV screen every single day. And to be that good, he couldn't get nervous about things. He just had to block all of that out. But there were some things that made his heart beat faster than usual, for example, being brought up to the mother ship to be questioned by Anna.

He swallowed hard as he walked towards the big room where he usually met with Anna when he came up to the ship. But this time it was completely different. He had three visitors escorting him there. He didn't really know what Anna wanted but his best guess was that she somehow had found out that he was a part of the kidnapping of her daughter. Then she probably also knew that he is a part of the Fifth Column and is working undercover to get information from her. That would be really bad. And now he was walking to his own death. He wondered how she would kill him when she met with him. Maybe she would bring her tail out and pierce his heart. He shuddered just at the thought of it. When he neared the big room Anna supposedly was in he felt his heart start to beat faster and faster. He took a shaky breath as he walked in. And there she stood. She was wearing one of her usual black outfits. Chad would have thought it was incredibly attractive if not for the circumstances. Anna turned around from where she was standing looking out through the massive windows and looked at him. Her expression was unreadable. He wasn't surprised.

"I have received some very disturbing information about you Chad." Anna said with a calm, yet firm tone.

"Yeah? And what would that be?" Chad asked as he pretended to be surprised.

"I have a recording from the kidnapping of my daughter earlier this morning." Anna said as she walked towards him. "I was shocked to find out that you were working with the men who kidnapped Lisa." She continued as she looked at him.

"I-…I- I have no idea what you're talking about." He answered quickly. Too quickly. "I would never do anything to hurt you or Lisa."

"Then what do you have to say about this?" Anna said as she played the recording with the message he and Hobbes had done. The message was the same, they were wearing their masks and Lisa sat gagged and tied to a chair at the warehouse. But it was his real voice that was playing and not the one Hobbes had remade. He was screwed. "I believe that is your real voice Chad." Anna said as she turned it off. "I am disappointed in you Chad. I really thought you were different."

"Anna I-…"He had to think of something fast. "I don't work with the Fifth Column." She slowly turned around to look at him. "Some men with masks grabbed me when I was on my way to one of your shuttles this morning." He swallowed as he thought of the next big lie he could tell her. "They forced me to do the recording and show it to the world." He said as calm as he could. If she didn't believe him he would end up dead. That he was pretty sure of.

"Do you remember anything about these men who supposedly grabbed you?" Anna asked firmly. Chad didn't know what to say. He couldn't understand if Anna really believed him or if this was another one of her fake acts.

"No." He answered firmly. "They put a bag over my head and then threw me in the back of some sort of vehicle." Chad continued as he looked away. This was going better than he thought it would. "I'm sorry Anna."

"No need to apologize if you didn't do anything bad Chad." Anna said with a small smile. He could clearly see that it was a fake one but Anna didn't know that. "I don't know why I doubted you." She continued as she walked back to the big window in the front of the room.

"Already forgotten."

"I have some important things I need to take care of." Anna said as she walked towards the exit.

"That's fine. I'll show myself out." he answered as he walked away.

Chad walked quickly through the long bright corridor. He had never felt this relieved in his entire life. He was still alive and Anna didn't know that he was a member in the Fifth Column. Anna had actually thought he was kidnapped by some men in masks when he told her. Of course it was a lie. When he thought about it, it was a really bad lie. He couldn't believe that she'd fallen for it. But she had. And that was the only thing that mattered at the moment. Now he just had to get off the ship as fast as possible so he could meet up with the rest of the team. Since he had spent a lot of time traveling back and forth with the shuttles, he knew what time the next one would leave. And the visitors that ran the shuttles recognize him which makes it easier to get on it.

As he walked down a small hallway he met the eyes of a medium built man who stopped right in front of him.

"You're Chad Decker, right?" the man asked quietly.

"Yes." Chad answered slowly as he eyed the man in front of him.

"I'm Joshua. I believe we have something in common." He said calmly.

"You're the Joshua who's working with Erica?" Chad asked as he glanced around to see if someone could hear them. But no one was around.

"Yes."

"Nice to finally meet you." Chad said as he nodded.

"What are you doing here?" Joshua asked after a few seconds.

"Long story." He said as he shook his head. "Do you know if the last shuttle has left yet? I need to be on it." Chad continued.

"It leaves in a few minutes." Joshua answered hesitantly. "But Chad, when you get down there, things are going to be different." He continued firmly as he looked him in the eye.

"What do you mean different? What has happened?" Chad asked with a worried look.

"Anna has been trying to bliss humans for a few days and today she finally succeeded." Joshua answered quietly as he saw someone walking past them.

"Bliss? What does that really mean?" Chad asked with confusion.

"It's like hypnosis. She takes away their emotions and makes them do anything she tells them to. And it's bad." Joshua told him.

They talked quietly for a few more minutes before Chad had to leave if he wanted to make it to the last shuttle. Joshua had explained a lot about the bliss and how it usually worked but that there could be different effects since it was humans. He also told him that Amy, Ryan's daughter, might be an even bigger threat than Anna if she continued to evolve as she did. Then Joshua had told him something awful. Ryan was dead. They had found him dead on the ship a few hours ago and Joshua suspected that he'd been killed by his own daughter. Even though Chad never really liked Ryan, he felt bad. He and Joshua had decided that Chad should get down to the ground again and contact Erica as fast as possible. She was their leader now and she needed to know what had happened today.

"Tell Joshua I want an update on how we are progressing on the DNA extraction." Anna said as she turned to Marcus who had arrived shortly after Chad Decker had left.

"Right away, my queen." Marcus answered with a nod and then he went to find Joshua. On the way out he passed Thomas who was on his way to meet Anna.

"My queen." Thomas said as with a nod when he came to stand in front of Anna. "Chad Decker is on his way down to the ground on the last shuttle."

"Good. That is exactly where I expected him to be." Anna answered calmly.

"But my queen, he was a part of the kidnapping of Lisa this morning?" Thomas asked a bit shocked. "You can't let him leave. He might be working with th-"

"Thomas!" Anna interrupted him firmly. "Chad Decker is not working for the Fifth Column." Anna said. "He lied to me. But I believe he did it to get a good storyline for his show. He was overtaken by a human emotion called greed." Anna continued as she looked at Thomas puzzled expression.

"How can you be sure that he is not actually working against you?" Thomas asked with a frown.

"Chad Decker may be good at making the humans believe everything he says." Anna answered as she started to walk towards the exit of the room. "But he can't lie to me."

Anna walked down the hallway to where the portal that went down to the dungeon Lisa was being held in was located. She had made it fifteen years ago to keep her own mother a prisoner without anyone knowing about it. If her people had found out that Diana was still alive, they wouldn't have seen her as their queen anymore. Diana was their queen. But now she was dead and Anna could rule her people as she wanted. Her plans for the humanity were progressing well, even though Lisa had betrayed her. Anna knew that Lisa had been affected by human emotions. She had fallen for Tyler for real. I wasn't just an act anymore. The human emotion called love had proven to be a lot stronger than Anna had anticipated. But she wasn't going to let that stop her. Nothing could stop her now. She would defeat the Fifth Column and get the DNA from the humans she needed.

Lisa sat on the dirty floor of the dungeon. Her eyes were red and puffy from all the crying. Her mother had somehow found out that the kidnapping was staged, and that she was a part of it. She had no idea how her mother had found out about it, but she had. And now everything was ruined. Her mother knew that she was working against her. The rest of the Fifth Column might be in danger. Tyler was dead. He was only supposed to be an object for her. She was going to make him fall for her so that her mother could harvest his DNA. At first it had been going well. But she fell for him. Human emotions had taken over. Love took over.

She was taken out of her thoughts as the sound of the portal reached her ears. Lisa turned her head slowly and looked at the exit. She wasn't surprised to find her mother standing there with her usual uptight expression. Lisa had never been able to read her mother. She was unpredictable. Strong. Cold. And she was pure evil. Lisa always knew that her mother's plans for the humanity and their planet weren't good, but she had never expected it to be this bad. And she had learnt it the hard way.

Lisa slowly stood up as she turned around fully to face her mother. Her knees hurt from sitting down for hours. But she didn't care. She didn't care about anything anymore. But she had a good reason for that. Tyler was dead and she had watched him die without being able to do something.

"Why are you here?" Lisa asked her mother with a hoarse voice.

"I came to tell you something." Anna answered coldly.

"Nothing you do or say to me matters anymore." Lisa continued as she looked at her mother with an empty look.

"That is not a way to speak to your mother. Neither to your queen." Anna said as she took a few steps towards her daughter.

They stood there, just looking at each other for a long while. Anna tried to see into her daughters mind to find out why she had betrayed her like she did. She knew that her love for Tyler was a part of it, but it wasn't the whole story.

"I am going to let you out of here." Anna surprised Lisa by saying so. Lisa had expected her to leave her there for years. After all, her mother had left her own mother down her for fifteen years.

"Why?" Lisa asked dryly.

"Because you are the future queen of our species." Anna said as she turned around and walked towards the portal. "Nothing can change that fact." She continued. She sounded almost frustrated about it. Which she probably was.

Just as Anna was about to get on the platform of the portal Lisa told her to stop.

"Why did you kill Tyler?" She asked as a tear made its way down her already tearstained cheek.

"You already know why Lisa. I did it to save our species." Anna answered calmly as she gave her daughter a sweet smile. A sweet, fake smile. "I know you hate me for sacrificing Tyler, but there is a way to bring him back."

"What do you mean?" Lisa asked with a confused look.

"The queen of our species can do almost everything. Bring a human back from the dead is not a hard thing to do." Anna answered right before she went up with the blue colored light.

Back on the ground

Erica sat on the white couch in her living room. But it didn't feel like it was her living room. She felt like she had never been here before. She felt lost. It was dark outside. The room was dim and completely silent. All that could be heard was her slow breathing. Erica looked at the bottle of tequila that stood at the small table in front of her. It was half empty. She and Kyle had shared some of it a few nights ago after a round of meaningless sex. Then she'd told him that she was tired and wanted to go to bed, which he knew meant an entire different thing. She wanted him to leave. And so he did.

As she leaned forwards to pour some of the contents in the bottle into a small glass she heard him. He was still in the kitchen. After Paul had explained everything to her she had told them that she was tired and needed to go home. Kyle had insisted on taking her home. She wasn't sure if he actually wanted to make sure she got home safe or if he just wanted sex tonight. He was too unpredictable.

Just as she tipped the glass back and let the burning sensation fill her throat, she saw him make his way into the living room in the corner of her eye. He sat down on the couch next to her and let out a sigh.

"You okay there?" He asked as he cocked his head slightly.

"No." She answered. "Nothing is okay. I haven't heard from Tyler since I told him the truth about the Visitors. The plan to assassinate Anna failed and then I found out that my colleges have been tracking me for weeks. And you left. So no, I'm not okay." Erica said as she looked him in the eye. She expected to find judging or maybe anger in his eyes, but all she saw was guilt mixed with compassion.

"I'm sorry that I left. There was some complications at the underground headquarter that your boss calls it." He said in a mocking voice that made her smile for a short second. "And I'm sure your kid is fine." He continued as he stood up. "I should go before they lock the doors to my cell."

"You can stay here if you want." Erica said as she looked up at him.

"You're sure?" He asked. He wanted to stay but he wasn't sure what she needed right now.

"Yeah." She answered as she grabbed the side of the couch as leverage to help her stand up. It had been a long week with not much sleep included. And it was starting to take its toll on her. As she stood up everything started spinning slightly. She wasn't sure if it was the lack of sleep or the alcohol.

Kyle frowned as watched her sway slightly as she stood up from the couch. He grabbed her by the waist to keep her from stumbling down on the couch again. She had been drinking, but not enough to make her feel dizzy. He knew she wasn't a light weight when it came to alcohol.

"Thanks." Erica said softly.

"You okay?" Kyle asked as he kept his hands on her waist.

"I'm fine." She answered quietly as she avoided his eyes. "Just stood up to quickly."

"You sure?" He said slowly. He wasn't entirely convinced.

"I'm fine." She said coldly as she glared at him. But she was far from fine. She was still feeling lightheaded and her body felt like concrete. Everything felt as if it were moving in slow motion. She felt weak and nauseated. "I'm just going to head to bed." She answered. Her throat felt dry as she swallowed.

Kyle knew that she probably wanted to be alone. But he also knew that Erica was stubborn. If something was wrong, she wouldn't tell anyone until she really had to. That was just the way she was. He'd figured that out during the last few weeks.

Erica took a deep breath and closed her eyes. Her head was spinning with thoughts. The thoughts flowed through her head like steady waves. And it made the whole room spin. And the fact that he still had his hands around her waist didn't help with the dizziness. She opened her eyes and took a step forward. Bad move.

Kyle watched her stumble again as she tried to take a step away from him. He tightened his grip with his left hand and slipped his right one under her arms to keep her from falling down. She leaned in to him and let him support her weight. Now he was worried.

"Erica…" Kyle said with a worried expression. "What's going on?" he continued as he held her.

"I don't feel very good." Erica answered weakly. She felt even more nauseated now that she was standing up. "I'm going to be sick." She said as she felt her stomach churn.

"Come here." Kyle said as he helped her to the small bathroom. She fell down to her knees and leaned over the porcelain toilet.

Erica breathed deeply, waiting for anything to come up. But it didn't. There was nothing to throw up seeing that she hadn't eaten much the last few days, just coffee and some fruit when she had the chance. And alcohol. She didn't have a problem with alcohol. It just made her feel better. She wanted to not hurt for a few hours. And just for a few hours she could forget about everything that was going on. She needed it.

As she kneeled on the floor she felt his eyes in the back of her head. She knew he was probably a little bit worried. She felt him crouch next to her and his hand started to rub her back slowly and soothingly. It felt so good. Tears stung her eyes as she closed the lid on the toilet and rested her head on her arms. The nausea wasn't as bad anymore but the dizziness and weakness was still there. She took a deep breath and looked up at him.

"This is really embarrassing." Erica said with a weak smile.

"I've been through worse." He answered as he gave her a small grin.

"I bet you have." she said softly. She had no idea what he'd really been through during the years he had been on the run. She wasn't sure that she even wanted to know.

"So what is going on?" Kyle asked slowly as he stroked her cheek. She never expected him to be this caring. He usually just cared about himself.

"I don't know." She answered as she closed her eyes and let out a small sigh.

"When was the last time you slept Erica?" He asked. His voice saw soft and caring but underneath was a layer of concern. "The last time you ate something?"

"I had an apple and a cup of coffee this morning." She answered nonchalantly.

"Coffee and some small mushy fruit are not called food." He said and he gave her a look.

"Yeah well I didn't have time!" Erica snapped as she glared at him.

"You didn't have time to eat anything during the last 12 hours?" He said angrily as he looked at her with an annoyed face. "Erica. You and I both know you had a hell of a lot of time to eat and you didn't." He continued firmly.

"What are you, my mother?" She shouted at him. She was getting mad. Her eating routines were none of his business.

"Maybe if you'd stop acting like a bloody kid I wouldn't have to be here!" Kyle told her harshly. He was frustrated that she wasn't taking care of herself. She didn't eat or drink enough. And by the pale skin and the bags under her eyes he was sure she wasn't sleeping enough either.

"Why do you even care? Why are you eve-" She didn't have time to finish the sentence as she felt the nausea creeping back up. And fast. She slammed the toilet lid open and started heaving and coughing. There still wasn't much in her stomach which made her feel like she was suffocating instead of retching. It hurt. Tears formed in the corners of her eyes.

She didn't know if he had left or not before she heard the sink go on. She kept heaving as the tears flowed steadily down her cheeks. She couldn't stop them. When she was done and the nausea had calmed, she flushed the toilet and wiped her mouth that now had an acidly taste because of the retching.

"Here." Kyle said as she handed her a glass of water to rinse her mouth with.

"Thank you." She answered weakly. Her throat was killing her. It felt dry and sore. She spit the water into the toilet and sat down the glass on the floor next to her. As she leaned back against the tiled wall. "I'm sorry." She said as the tears started to flow down her cheeks in abundance again.

"Hey it's okay. I'm sorry." Kyle said as he pulled her into a tight embrace. Erica put her head in the crook of his neck as he rubbed his hands up and down her back which always made her feel better. "It's okay. You're okay Erica." He continued in a whisper.

When she'd stopped crying and the nausea had passed entirely Kyle had made her eat a small ham sandwich and a glass of juice to get her blood sugar up. She hadn't realized how hungry she actually was before she'd taken a bite out of the bread. She gave him a small smile as she chewed the last piece of her sandwich. It actually tasted good.

"So now that you've eaten, let's get you to bed kiddo." He said with a smirk as he put the juice package back into the fridge.

"What?" Erica asked shocked. Did he really want sex or was he just kidding?

"Calm down, I meant for sleep." He said with a small laugh.

"Right. I knew that." She said quickly as he helped her to the bedroom.

"You know, I'm not an invalid. I can walk to my own bedroom." She said with a smile.

"Says the woman who nearly collapsed a few minutes ago." He answered with raised eyebrows. "You're worse than science boy."

"I am not!" she said as she started to take top of. By some reason she didn't mind that he was there. Maybe it was because he'd already seen her completely naked.

"I thought I told you. Sleep, not sex." Kyle said as he eyed her.

"Well, I'm not going to sleep in my jeans." She answered as she slid them off and threw them on the small chair next to the door before she slipped under the covers off the bed. "Come on." She said as nodded to the place on the bed next to her.

"I can sleep on the couch, its fine." He answered.

"Kyle. You've slept with me in this bed before. It's fine." Erica said as she put her head on the head board and looked at him. "And the couch is horrible."

"Okay then." He said with a nod as he started to take his shirt off. Erica watched his every move. His body was perfect. A lot of muscles. Some tattoos. When she looked up and saw him looking at her with raised eye brows she blushed and looked away.

"Like what you see Evans?" He asked with a huge grin as he pulled the covers back and lay down next to her. "You want some?"

"I am going to sleep now. There will be no sex." She said sternly, yet amusing. "I doubt I would even be able to stay awake. I am so damn tired." She said as she closed her eyes.

"You wouldn't have been able to fall asleep." He said seductively with his deep british accent. "Trust me."

AN: This is my first story and I'm from Sweden so there might be some mistakes in the text. If you want me to continue, review and let me know :)
I don't own V or anything.