CEDARS

Jennifer was adamant, someone was after her and that if she stayed over, she'd wind up dead. Any reasoning by the Doctors and Jonathan that staying over was best for her was met with outrage and threats of leaving against medical advice but when Jonathan pushed her for a reason, she refused to answer him.

"Darling," She pleaded with him, "Take me home, we can play doctor there,"

"Darling, you know I wish I could but you know that this is the best place for you, you have a head injury," He said, to calm her down, he'd climbed into her hospital bed and wrapped his arms around her.

"But I feel fine! I do have a little bit of a headache," She didn't want to admit, it felt like her head was on fire and her eyes were beginning to turn black and blue, "But other than my leg, I think I'll be okay,"

He shook his head, he had to give her credit, she was determined but he was just as stubborn, she was staying put, He climbed off the bed and took her face, "Visiting hours are nearly over, I promise I'll be back in the morning,"

She was still afraid but knew he'd never leave her unless he had to and Jennifer knew that Jonathan had set up plain clothed security guards around her room to protect him, He pulled her face toward him and kissed her, she had to admit, she melted and if she wasn't exhausted, frightened and in pain, she'd have thrown caution to the wind and made love to him right there.

It wouldn't have been the first time, while one of them was injured, they'd had made love, When Jonathan was temporary blind from the mad-man who put chemicals into their pool or when she twisted her ankle after falling down the stairs when their house was being broken into and the thunder had frightened her enough for her to lose her balance and land at the bottom of the stairs.

They'd still made love, it was as natural to them as breathing and when he kissed her in that hospital bed, she wanted nothing more than to lock the door, slip off this hideous gown and make love to her husband.

She had to admit, when he pulled his face off hers and let go of her, she was disappointed.

"That's just going to have to hold you until morning," Jonathan said revealing that famous dimple.

Just then the nurse came in, "Mrs. Hart, it's time for your sedative," Holding out a paper cup.

"I don't want to take a sedative, please," Jennifer knew that if she did, her in habitations would be lowered and she was still frightened someone could come after her.

The Nurse, who looked young enough to be Jennifer's sister was adamant, "I'm sorry but these are what the doctor prescribed and we don't want to be uncooperative, do we?" the Nurse shoved the paper cup under Jennifer's nose and she reluctantly swallowed the pills.

"Now, see isn't that better," The Nurse said, pulling up the blanket up to Jennifer's chin.

Jonathan tried not to laugh as Jennifer scowled at her and kissed Jennifer on her head, "I'll be back in the morning with Starbucks,"

She nodded, feeling the effects of the sedative, and her eyes started to close before Jonathan left the door.

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES

"What do you mean, SHE'S ALIVE!" A Man with wavy brown hair and a three-piece suit bellowed to his three men, "You said she was DEAD!"

"Boss, when we hit her car, she looked like she was dead," A short man named Jack Henry said from across the room, He'd been the one to hit Jennifer's car but was surprised when the newspapers hit and said, that Mrs. J. Hart had survived with severe injuries.

"Apparently you didn't look hard ENOUGH!" Hiram Lodge threw a paper at him, "Look we have less than 72 days to get rid of this, Problem before we're all sent down the river, now Do I have taken care of this problem myself or do you think you morons can take care of one 98lb woman?"

Jack nodded, "We'll take care of her," with that, Jack and the rest of the men left.

Going outside in the Hot LA Sun, they gathered together.

"How are we going to get her now?" One man, they called Chewy because he liked to chew tobacco asked.

"I think for this. We'll need to bring in a ringer," Jack raised one eye brow

"You don't mean…" Chewy was nervous, this was a last-ditch resort that he'd hoped would never happen.

"Exactly" Jack nodded

BACK AT THE HOSPITAL

Jennifer was having a fitful sleep, she dreamt that she was running but she was also running, running from a strange face and when she tried to open her mouth to scream, nothing came out. When she tried to run even faster, all she could do was fall forward and when she tried to reach out for someone to help her, she was alone.

But suddenly, she heard Jonathan calling for her, "Darling, Darling, it's okay, I'm here," and she could feel herself getting up and searching for those familiar eyes, she could finally hear her own voice calling for him and it was that calling of her name that woke her.

"Oh Jonathan! I had the strangest dream!" She said out loud, and when she opened her eyes and realized she was still alone in her hospital bed.

Except she wasn't alone, there was someone else in the room with her, a figure in the corner holding a syringe.

"Who's there?" Jennifer called out, starting to panic

"Just relax, Mrs. Hart," a voice that sounded soothing came forward, the only thing Jennifer could make out was a pair of cold, green eyes reflecting in the pale moon light.

"Who are you?" Jennifer struggled to get up but something was holding her legs down, but she didn't understand, when Jonathan had left her hours earlier, her legs weren't restrained.

"Just…a Friend," the voice continued to walk across the hospital room, it wasn't very large but it still took almost a minute for whomever this person was.

"What do you want with me," Jennifer said pressing the call button with her thumb.

"You can press that button all you want, no one will be coming to help," the voice cackled and moved next to Jennifer's bed.

Jennifer opened her mouth and screamed louder than she had ever screamed before, the sound seemed to reverberate and bounce off each wall but the louder she screamed, no one rushed in to help her and the stranger sank a needle into her arm, sending her into darkness.

The Next Morning

Jonathan was worried, he'd been trying to reach Jennifer for hours and she never picked up, normally she could hear four towns over and want to answer it. But nothing, maybe she was having tests done and that's why.

Or at least that's what he was trying to tell himself.

He hustled his way through the hotel lobby and upstairs in the elevator where he walked to Jennifer's room, holding two cups of Starbucks as promised but he saw through the glass window, she wasn't in her bed, he dropped the Starbucks on the floor and rushed to the nurses' station.

"Jennifer Hart, where is she?" He demanded to know

"I'm sorry, who?" the Nurse, looking bored behind the desk asked,

"Jennifer Edwards Hart," Jonathan tried not to yell

"She should be in her room, Room 216," the Nurse said typing on her computer.

"She's not there,"

"Carole, Did Jennifer Dart go for her MRI?" The Nurse asked another nurse

"Not Dart! H-A-R-T" Jonathan's patience was growing thin.

"No, she's supposed to be in her room, did you check the bathroom," The other nurse asked, standing up.

Jonathan lost his patience and walking around the nurse's station, grabbed the nurse by her arm and dragged her to Jennifer's room.

"Mr. Dart, this is unnecessary and I'm going to have Security arrest you!" The nurse protested as Jonathan dragged her.

They got to Jennifer's room and Jonathan opened the door, shoving her forward, "Where is my wife?"

The room was a disaster, the bed was messed up and it looked like the IV in Jennifer's arm had been ripped out, there was blood on the floor and it looked like a discarded hospital gown on the floor except Jennifer's clothes were still in the closet.

"I'm going to ask this one more time, where is my wife?" Jonathan said through gritted teeth.