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They had been driving for an hour, Hannibal giving Face directions but not telling him exactly where they were going and that was really starting to worry the hell out of Face.

"Hannibal, he's really losing a lot of blood. Where are we going?" Murdock yanked the tourniquet tighter on B.A.'s leg even as the big man groaned in pain.

"Look here, Bosco. Stay awake for me. Lemme tell ya' about the wolves I'm still putting on the van. I think they'd look even better now that she's all pretty'd up and painted."

"Shut up, fool." B.A. said weakly, eyes slipping shut but only for a second as Murdock started gently slapping his face.

"You better get his crazy ass off me." B.A. growled looking at Hannibal.

"No can do, B.A." Hannibal said before moving to the front seat again.

"Don't worry kid. We're going to see an old friend." Hannibal pointed to a street off the main road in the town they were driving through.

They pulled up in front of a house and Hannibal jumped out and started towards the porch as Murdock and Face got B.A. as gently out of the van as possible, joining Hannibal on the dark porch as the Colonel knocked on the door.

A light came on and the door flew open revealing a dark haired woman in a bathrobe holding a shotgun on them.

"What are you doing on my porch?" She asked before the angry look on her face turned to recognition and confusion.

"John?"

Face and Murdock looked at each other over B.A.'s slumped shoulders.

"Maggie, one of my men has been hurt. We need your help."

"John, you're…" She looked around Hannibal at B.A. and her demeanor changed to one of someone in charge and familiar with giving orders.

"Get him in here. Come on."

Face and Murdock moved B.A. through the house, following the woman's slight form into a back room set up with doctor's equipment.

After they got B.A. up on the table she looked at Hannibal.

"John, I need to know what happened but I need to get him fixed up faster. Stay with me while I work. You two, out." She pointed to the door.

After the door had closed Face followed Murdock back into the living room.

"Hey, you ok?" Face reached for the pilot's arm.

Murdock looked up at him. "Eh, stuff's a little thin right now. It took me a minute to figure out if the MPs were really out there or maybe…" He rubbed gently at the healing bruise under Face's eye.

Face reached up and stilled his hand. "Stop. It's just a black eye, no worse than being set on fire or Bells palsy." It had the desired effect as Murdock chuckled and not that frenzied giggle that worried him. Face wrapped his arm around the pilot's waist and pulled him closer.

"We're good. Bosco will get through this just to spite that asshole, Decker. Listen, Hannibal wouldn't have brought us here if he didn't think the doc knew what she was doing. And speaking of, how do you think he knows her anyways? They did seem… familiar." Face laughed as he wagged his eyebrows.

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When Maggie and Hannibal walked into the living room later, Face and Murdock were asleep, the pilot laying half on Face, half off the couch with Face's hand tangled in his hair.

Maggie looked at them, then at Hannibal. "Well, nothing is ever conventional about your team, now is it?"

Hannibal cleared his throat and Face opened his eyes nodding to them before leaning over and whispering into the messy mop of Murdock's hair before they both got up off the couch.

"Everything good?" Face dragged a hand through his hair as the other lingered on Murdock's back.

"He's lost a lot of blood. He's going to need a transfusion. Hannibal said he's AB-, that's very rare but that you have the same type." She looked at Murdock.

"Eso es lo que dicen." Murdock rambled in Spanish while bouncing anxiously on his heels.

Maggie looked at him with concern then her eyes flicked to Face who shook his head, 'yes'. "Ok then let's get you in the room to help."

"Face, take the van around back to the barn so it's not out there for everyone to see." Hannibal said before following Murdock and Maggie.

"Got it."Face grabbed the keys.

When Face came back into the house a few minutes later he immediately heard the after effects of B.A. being awake when they told him he'd have to get a transfusion from Murdock.

"Hell no, I don't want this crazy fool's blood in me."

"B.A., you need blood and you know Murdock has the same blood type as you."

"I've always wanted a brother!" Murdock smiled even as Hannibal threw him a 'cut it out' look that Face knew Murdock was ignoring.

"I ain't gonna be your brother, fool."

"B.A., I need someone to help me when things get all warbly." Murdock leaned his head on the big man's shoulder.

"You got someone already. Now get off me and go crawl on him." B.A. grumbled.

"It's different! We'd be family and you know what they say, 'blood is thicker than water', 'bros before hos.'

"Murdock!" Face spluttered as the room got extremely quiet, until Hannibal snickered then started to laugh outright.

Murdock turned and blew a kiss in Face's direction.

Face saw B.A. glance at Murdock, checking to see if things were warbly at the moment, though the big man would never admit it.

Then B.A. sighed, "Come on, dammit. Let's get this over with before I change my mind. I better not wake up in the morning wanting to kiss on Face, with your crazy blood in me."

"Bosco, we may be brothers but if ya' did that I'd have to throw some pity on ya' real quick like."

"Shut up. We ain't brothers."