Not again, not again, not again. Auggie thought to himself on the plane. He checked his watch. Four hours, 32 minutes, 28 seconds. That's how long it had been since Eyal had told him the news. It seemed like a lifetime to Auggie.

"Can I get you anything Mr. Anderson?" A deep voice asked. As soon as Joan had heard about Annie she had arranged for an agency private plane to fly Auggie straight to Lisbon. Joan had almost accompanied him herself, but a last minute international crisis had forced her to stay in D.C.

"No thank you." Auggie replied. "Robert is it?"

"Yes sir," Robert answered. "We have a long flight ahead of us; perhaps you should get some sleep."

"Believe me Robert if I could I would." Auggie informed him.

"Fair enough, let me know if there's anything I can do for you."

"Thanks."

Robert escorted Auggie to the hospital. They were in the lobby when Eyal found them.

"Auggie!" He called and ran over to him. "She just got out of surgery, they took her to a room on the fourth floor."

Auggie released his hold on Robert and patted his arm. "Thanks again Robert. You can go now."

"I hope everything works out for you Mr. Anderson." Robert told him sympathetically as he left.

"Here," Eyal said as he touched the back of his hand to Auggie's. Auggie grabbed his arm and they headed to the fourth floor.

"How is she? Is she awake? How's the baby?" Auggie fired off the questions he had been dying to ask for hours.

"She's… alive. When I left to come find you she was still asleep. They're worried she's lost so much blood that the baby…" Eyal found himself unable to continue.

"What?!" Auggie demanded.

"Might not make it." Eyal finished. "They've given her blood transfusions but they don't know how well her body will react to it."

Auggie's heart sank. He couldn't believe this was happening. Years ago he didn't mind living a dangerous life, even after his accident. But ever since Annie Walker walked into his life, he'd been more protective. Especially of Annie.

"What happened, Eyal? How could this possibly have happened to Annie? "

"Would you believe me if I said it was simply because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time?" Eyal teased half-heartedly.

Auggie didn't laugh.

Eyal sighed. "After she finished talking to you, she found her contact. The pass did turn out to be quite smooth, much simpler than the pass we did that first time, might I add. She had just walked out of security when the gunman pulled his weapon. Annie accidentally dropped the package and the noise shocked the gunman into pulling the trigger. The bullet pierced a blood vessel on her left leg just above the kneecap.

"I don't think the gunman intended to shoot anyone. After he shot Annie he dropped the gun and ran. I followed and caught him. The PSP arrested him and I went to find Annie. When I got back a group of EMTs were lifting Annie on a stretcher into an ambulance. That's when I called you."

They had reached the room then. Eyal guided Auggie to the chair by the bed. Auggie collapsed his cane as he sat down clutching it in his hands. Eyal collapsed into the chair by the door. He was out within minutes.

It was hours before Annie woke. Eyal had left around two in the morning and had come back with coffee for the both of them. Auggie took his but didn't drink it. He was exhausted and wanted to sleep but he couldn't until he heard her voice.

"Auggie?" A soft, feminine voice called hours later.

"Annie! You're awake." He exclaimed, finding her hand and clutching it.

"Auggie," She began, her voice hoarse.

"Take your time," he encouraged.

"I'm afraid," she paused to catch her breath. He squeezed her hand. "I'm afraid we're going to lose her." They hadn't officially found out the sex yet but Annie was convinced it was a girl. Auggie thought it was a boy, but Annie pulled the "mother's intuition" card and told him "it just feels like a girl."

"I won't let that happen." He told her boldly, squeezing her hand tighter.

She squeezed back harder, but then her hand went limp in his.

"Annie?!"

"Auggie, it's fine. She just fell back asleep."

Auggie relaxed and extended his cane.

"Where are you going?" Eyal questioned as Auggie stood up.

"To find some Aspirin. I haven't slept in over 48 hours and I have a killer headache. Now that I know she really is still alive I think I'm going to get some sleep."

"The beeping heart monitor couldn't confirm that for you?" Eyal joked.

Auggie ignored the comment. "Call me if anything changes?"

"Absolutely."