Soo yea...

I woke up with a huge headache and my eyes puffy. I had nightmares all night about Ranger. I need to put my mind at ease so I decided to bite the bullet and ask Ranger. Just as I was about to call for Ranger, Lester walked in with boston cremes.

"I appreciate this Lester" I told him with a sad smile.

He smiled " I know you'd do the same for me" he said, before frowning. "Beautiful what's wrong?"

I smiled "nothing".

"Beautiful you don't have to lie or hide from me" he said.

Thinking it over while eating, I finally nodded my head. " I'm not so sure about Ranger anymore?"

"oh you know he is doing this to save you Beautiful" he told me.

"I know but how could he kill a whole family? I mean that's just not right, what if there was kids or they were innocent?"

"Beautiful in this business were not paid to ask those questions, and that's the truth. We can't ask those questions, it would eat us up in side if we knew. I'm sorry I know your not use to this but it's our world beautiful " he said sadly.

"But but but, that can't be! I mean you guys do good! You help and your caring and…" I trailed off.

"Beautiful we also do bad, our lives are not our own that contract insures that" he said.

"I just can't see you guys like that, it's strange".

"That's why we love you, but Beautiful you can't hide in denial forever" he said.

I wasn't hiding in denial about the guys I knew, I wasn't. "I love you guys too its just hard for me to see you that way because you guys are always so nice with me".

"I know" he said kissing me on the forehead. He got up to leave before I caught his attention again " can you tell Ranger I want to speak with him?".

"sure" was his response.

I laid there for what seemed like eternity until Ranger finally came.

"You wanted to see me babe?" he asked.

"yea I wanted to ask you some questions".

He nodded his head. I bit my lip but asked anyways " what happened on that mission?"

He raised his eyebrow at me and I glared at him in return. Finally he sighed " It's classified, what I told you, you shouldn't have heard." He said.

It felt like the ground beneath me was taken away and I wanted to scream at him, it was one simple thing i asked!. Instead I sat there just looking at him, while I died on the inside. My mind was processing everything and I couldn't trust Ranger if he wasn't willing to tell me everything. Ranger had this strange look on his face as he turned to leave. I sat there numb, rooted to my spot and a lonely tear fell. Was this my life with Ranger filled with secrets? I can't trust him, he can't trust me? My curousity never satisfied? How did it get this way? To me he was batman, but what happen to women that loved batman? I sighed batman didn't even get wonder woman, she chose Superman in the end. My heart was aching, I wanted to leave. I couldn't do that with somebody out there to get me. Sigh I'm stuck here.

The next day I asked for my phone and Bobby reluctantly gave it to me. I checked my messages and cringed. My mother, I was expected at dinner at six. I sighed she wouldn't be happy. The day was boring and I was practicing walking.

That evening I saw Bobby again and asked what the up date was about the guys?

"nothing yet Bomber, we have Hector and Lester keeping an eye on things, but there's been nothing" he said. Maybe the guy had given up? Hope started to blossom within me. I got up and went to see Hector.

"hola!" I said.

"hola, what you like?" he said.

I smiled at him " can I look at the file with the guy in it?"

"si! You need to know" he said. He handed me the file while I thumbed through it. I borrowed a laptop from Hector and went to work on searching the aliases. In three hours I had turned up nothing and that worried me. Every criminal had a record. I sighed and went back to my room and went into a restless sleep.

I was awoken by my phone. "hello?" I answered groggily.

"STEPHANIE! Where are you?! Not coming to dinner when I asked? YOU BETTER BE HERE TONIGHT!" she all but screamed and hung up on me.

I was wide awake and there was no way that I was disobeying my mother again. Besides the guys turned up nothing, I couldn't find anything and Ranger isn't even sure if the guy is actually out there, I should be able to leave. Time ticked as I kept thinking everything over, maybe I could draw this person out? By afternoon had a plan well almost. I went for a stroll to the control room. I knew Ranger had eyes on me so this would have to be quick. "hey guys!" I smiled cheerfully at Cal and Vince.

"hey bomber" they said in unison. I smiled. After chatting with the guys Vince got up to leave and left Cal and I alone. I got up and stood behind Cal, with the stun gun I got earlier from Hec's office "I'm sorry" I said before I stunned him. He was out and I reached in his pockets for his SUV keys and fob. I ran to the elevator and ran in the garage looking for Cal's SUV. I found it! Pretty soon I was out of the parking gurage headed to my parents. It felt great to be out and about. I was stopped at a red light when I felt myself flying forward and getting caught by the seatbelt, everything went dark.

Henchman POV

We were getting tired of waiting for her to come out. Emar wants her. Those hired idiots told a little to much, now we were stuck watching this building where he took her into. But fate was on our side today. She left in a black SUV. Not many women in the building, eaiser to notice. We pulled in behind her. "Emar we have her in our sights, we'll get her soon".

"yes sir as you wish". My next call is to the other team to ram her vehicle. I watch as the white SUV in front rams her. We took her killing the other worthless guys in the SUV we were in. We head to an abandon warehouse and stripped her. We take the photos we need and tie her up. We set up cameras and leave. Emar wants to know for sure that this will hurt Ranger. Her tracker should insure that they find her and we will watch again.

Ranger POV

Lester came running into my office " Stephanie left the building in Cal's SUV, we were about to follow but the SUV showed up hit and run about two miles away from here, she was missing, her tracker is in the industrial part of town." How the hell did she get out! I hadn't wanted to face her after how she looked at me the other day. It was like right then and there I knew we would never be together by that one look. It stung and this was worse, she didn't listen or trust me. We were done, she can't live this way. I even told her what happened which made her faint. If I told her about every single mission I'm pretty sure she'd get a restraining order and leave the country, good thing they're classified. I was about to get up but Tank walked in. He took one look at my face and ordered Santos to retrieve Steph.

"I'm going with him" I say.

"You're not, you're going to sit down and listen to me" Tank said.

I sighed but sat down.

"We all love her but I saw the look she gave you and how you have been moping around here. She didn't handle it well, and now she ran. The way to save her is for you to leave. Before you argue, Emar's men left a tracker on her, they want us to find her, they want to make sure that getting to her will hurt you. You can't let them know. They must have been watching us. Ranger man please listen, I know this hurts, but it's the truth." Tank said watching me. Leave it to Tank to voice my thoughts and inner demons. I knew, I knew that Steph couldn't handle my life and by some foolish hope I wanted her too. But as much as she says she doesn't want the kids or white picket fence, she does. Why else would she keep Morelli around? He's a chance at a future, but she's waiting on me and I'm waiting on her. But yesterday that look, I don't think I'm going to wait anymore. I look at Tank and nod. Miami does sound appealing.