Episode Two

Scene One

"There are some at the agency who thought that your silence could only be guaranteed by killing you, but I have managed to convince them that you won't be a problem as long as you don't remember anything. There's no need to thank me Natalie, we both know that I owe you a debt that can never be repaid. I wish that I didn't have to do this, but I have my orders and they must be followed for the sake of my son. In the morning everything that happened tonight will be a long forgotten nightmare," Marty stated as she pushed the contents of the needle into her arm.

Natalie's eyes shut and Marty went to work leaving empty bottles of Vodka all over the room. She removed the tape from her mouth and untied her hands, leaving behind a note, wedged inside of Natalie's closed palm. It was risky leaving the note behind but it was imperative that Natalie get her message.

Scene Two

"Matt, how's your Uncle doing?" Dani asked as he walked into the apartment.

"I didn't get a chance to see him tonight. The Doctor would only allow him to have one visitor and I let Natalie go.

"I'm sorry," Dani whispered as she wrapped her arms around him.

"It's all my fault."

"What?"

"I shouldn't have left him alone tonight. I knew how important this award was for him and then to lose it to my dad the way that he did…maybe if I had stayed with him he wouldn't have gone off the deep end the way that he did."

"It's not your fault Matthew," Dani said as she placed her lips against his wanting to make him feel better.

Matt wrapped his hands around Dani's waist and pulled her closer to him as he deepened the kiss. He continued to kiss her as he guided her to his bedroom, desperately wanting to forget everything that had happened with his uncle. He just wanted to feel pleasure and to lose himself inside of her and he would deal with the consequences in the morning.

Scene Three

"I can't believe that Matt convinced you to give him another chance after abandoning you and little Drew," Sean stated as he walked Destiny and Drew into her apartment.

"Matthew's made a lot of mistakes but so have I. I love him Sean and he's Drew's father…is it so wrong for me to want us to be a family?"

"No…it's not wrong Little D…It's just that I don't want to see you get your heart broken by him again."

"I won't…Matthew's changed…he wants a relationship with me and his son and we're going to take things slow, but I believe that he loves me just as much as I love him," Destiny explained.

"I hope you're right little D. I'm going home to get some sleep…love ya," Shaun stated as he pulled Destiny and Drew into a tight bear hug and then walked out of her apartment.

"I know that things with your daddy are worth fighting for," Destiny whispered to Drew as she carried him into his bedroom and laid him down on his bed.

Scene Four

"What the hell happened tonight?" Irene asked as she spotted Allison outside of her son's cell.

"Nothing…I drugged Clint just like I was ordered to," Allison answered defensively.

"Yeah, and you were sloppy enough to let Natalie Buchanon catch you in the act."

"How was I to know that she would be lurking around the hospital?"

"You should have taken the necessary precautions to make sure that you weren't interrupted. Your carelessness almost cost us everything that we have been working towards."

"It didn't."

"Yeah because Marty's cleaning up your mess as we speak."

"I could have killed Natalie, I didn't need Marty's interference in my mission. I had everything under control."

"I know that you hate it, but Marty's realized how much power she holds in this organization and now that she has we need to answer to her."

"I know…that doesn't mean that I have to be happy about it," Allison stated.

"What are you doing outside of my son's cell anyways?" Irene asked.

"I was just going to interrogate them," Allison explained herself.

"You know that my sons are under her protection and you're not allowed to interrogate them any longer."

"Come on Irene,…I just wanted to have a little fun with them and I know that I can force them to talk."

"My sons are off limits…you have your orders and if I catch you anywhere near this cell again I will tell him and we both know that he will have no trouble killing you for disobeying her orders."

"Why the hell is she protecting them anyways after all the pain that they have caused her?"

"I don't know, but they're under her protection and we can't go anywhere near them without suffering the deadly consequences. Let's go Allison, before she gets back and spots us here," Irene stated as she roughly grabbed her arm and escorted her away.

XOXOXO

Marty crept into Liam's room and watched him as he slept. She missed him so much but if the organization ever knew the truth about who he really was they could use him against her the way that they used Cole and Hope. It was better for everyone involved if he remained with Natalie.

"Your mother loves you very much Liam. You've gotten so big and it's obvious that Natalie has taken very good care of you in my absence," Marty whispered as a tear rolled down her cheek. She pulled his covers up around him and walked out of his room shutting the door to his bedroom. Marty hoped that one day, when her mission had been completed, she would finally be able to claim him as her own, but until then she had to leave him in Natalie's care.