A/N I do not own these characters. Oh wait I do own Shelly, Jerry, Mr. and Mrs. Falk, and any other character I might make up on a whim, and all the mob guys except Walter Balsom. I am getting no profit off the use of ABC characters so please refrain from suing me. I have no money anyway.

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Chapter 1

Natalie began to wake up and groaned. Her head hurt and she felt like someone had kicked her while she had been unconscious. She blinked her eyes and tried to focus, bright light assailed her. Blinking again she looked around and tried to figure out where she was. She saw a man in a white coat and her still foggy brain supplied the answer; she was in a hospital and was surrounded by doctors.

This brought up another round of questions, how had she gotten here and why? She looked up and saw a fairly young doctor and tried to speak. Her throat was dry and her tongue felt thick and all she was able to get out was a short rasping noise.

Michael saw that she was waking up and leaned over, "Natalie? Can you hear me?" At her nod he continued, "My name is Michael McBain, I'm a doctor. You are in the hospital. Do you understand?"

Natalie heard him and tried again to speak, but her throat was so dry. She managed to gasp out, "Water?"

Knowing that the drugs she had been given had probably caused her dry mouth and that she probably had a raging headache he nodded and handed her a glass of water. She gulped it down before he had a chance to tell her to drink it slowly, "Slowly." He said, too late.

Natalie drank the water greedily and then suddenly whipped her head around and began to retch over the side of the gurney. The involuntary spasms passed and she took another drink, sipping slowly this time. She was still confused, why was she in a hospital and where was Rex? After a minute she asked, "Where is my brother, Rex?"

Michael knew she would be confused so he wasn't surprised to see the puzzled expression on her face. He knew that she would want to see Rex as soon as she woke up; he would want to see John immediately after such an ordeal. So he said, "Look we need to check you over and make sure you are all right, then I'll send Rex in. He's out side waiting for you and he'll be so happy you're ok!"

Still sore and feeling like crap she decided she probably should be checked out. She needed to stay healthy and she still wasn't sure what had happened to her. She didn't remember why she would be so sore. Maybe she had fallen and hit her head. That would explain her headache and her confusion. "Ok. Dr McBain."

Michael nodded and started to leave the room to tell Rex, John and Shelly the good news. "I'll be right outside telling Rex your awake." He said as another doctor began the examination.

Shelly paced the floor in front of Chris, who was sitting in a chair next to her, because she was worried; the physical movement gave her something to do. After all this she was feeling overwhelmed. The fact that she had killed someone, the fact that she had helped rescue Natalie, and the fact that it still wasn't safe for her to be out in the open all seemed to be making her crazy. Rex stood in the corner of the room simply staring at the door where his sister had gone thru, as if willing the doors to open and Natalie to walk out and tell him everything would be ok.

John was simply sitting in one of the waiting room chairs calmly, talking to someone. The man he was speaking to was short, maybe 5'7" a little heavy and was balding. He was a cop, of that Shelly was sure. It looked like they were talking about what had gone on at Lions heart. She looked over at Chris and asked, "Do you know who he is?"

Cris looked over and saw the man. According to what Michael had told her when they had come in the man was Bo Buchanan and was a relative of Natalie's somehow. Not understanding how Natalie was related to Bo Chris simply said, "Bo Buchanan. That's what Michael told me. I think he's the police commissioner."

Shelly nodded and continued to stare at them, trying to figure out what was being said. What ever it was appeared to have shocked John, judging from his stunned expression.

John heard what Bo Buchanan said and was indeed stunned. He had just found out that Natalie was a member of the Buchanan family and that she herself had no clue. She had been kidnapped at birth, and what's more her 'Mother' Roxy had been found murdered just 2 days ago. He wondered how he would tell Rex about his mother. He didn't like the man but he knew what it was like to have a parent murdered. He thought of Shelly, she had never known their father and didn't really understand what he felt. But then he thought about how she had basically had her whole life torn apart and her family ripped away from her and realized that maybe she did have a clue as to how he felt.

It was so strange how Natalie and Shelly had been kidnapped and given away. In his gut he couldn't shake the feeling that the 2 cases were connected somehow. There were just too many similarities for it to be a coincidence and he told Bo this. Bo agreed and they made plans to meet at the station and share their information, after they heard word on how Natalie was doing.

Michael came out of the ER and walked directly over to Rex, seeing this everyone followed, hoping to hear good news. As Michael reached Rex the whole group had assembled and waited silently for him to speak. "She woke up just a few minutes ago," Michael told them and he felt their relief. He looked at Rex and told him, "She wants to see you after she is done getting checked out. It'll be about 10 minutes before they are done. She is going to be a bit groggy from the pain medication she's been given. She took quite a tumble and is in some pain."

"Was she...?" Shelly asked, praying she hadn't been raped, that they had gotten to her in time.

"No, not that we can tell." Michael told them, understanding what he was being asked. He slid a glance to Rex and saw the other man looked confused then horrified. "We could only do a brief exam with out consent."

"You thought...? But you said she wasn't? She is going to be all right isn't she?" Rex asked understanding what Shelly had been asking. The thought of Natalie being violated made him sick to his stomach and he suddenly realized what Shelly had been keeping from him about her vision.

Michael answered as many of their questions as he could and then went to go find out if the examination was finished yet. He saw that it was and went to go get Rex and send him in.

Rex walked into the room and saw Natalie sitting on the gurney looking pretty good considering what she had been through. He was just so happy to see her again after all this time. The last 8 months had been hard on him, not knowing if she was ok, if she was even alive. To be this close to her again was very moving for him and he embraced her in a tight hug.

Natalie hugged him back and smiled against his skin. "I missed you too Rex," She told him and then tried to let him go but Rex held on. "Come on Rex. You're acting like it's been a month since we have seen each other rather then a week. What gives?"

Rex heard her words and stiffened. He pulled back sharply and looked her in the face, "Natalie?" seeing that she was serious he began to panic. She didn't seem to remember being kidnapped. "What day is it Natalie?"

"It's January 10th. Why?" Natalie answered, confused.

Rex reeled; January 10th was a day before she had been kidnapped. "Natalie. Its July 25th not January 10th"

Natalie heard him and began to get freaked out. She mentally calculated and realized that was 8 months! Her hands flew to her stomach and felt that it was flat. "My baby? Where is my Baby?" She said with horror and panic on her face.

To be continued...