Chapter 4

"Someone's coming," Dennis told Caitlin as he quickly got up and moved the rug that sat in the middle of the main living space. He reached down and pulled open a hidden door that led to a basement. "Help me get him down there," he instructed her.

Caitlin grabbed all of the bloody towels and the blankets that were used to cover Hawke and then helped move him down the steps and onto a cot in the concrete, ten by twenty foot room. Dennis quickly climbed the stairs and shut the door behind him.

Caitlin quietly listened as someone knocked on his front door and he quickly opened it.

A few minutes later, he came back down to check on his visitors. "It was only my neighbor," he told her. "But, I think it might be best that the two of you stay down here for now. I don't think that Mr. Harris or his men will come here but I don't see why we should take a chance."

"I agree," replied Caitlin as she moved to check on Hawke. She placed her hand on his forehead and was relieved that he didn't have a fever.

"Are you hungry?" he asked.

Caitlin sighed. "A little," she replied. "I guess with all the excitement I pretty much forgot about eating."

"You need your strength," he told her. "I think I have a plan for getting your friend out but it will all depend on you."

Dennis climbed back out of the basement room to get them some lunch. Caitlin checked on Hawke's wound and made sure he was warm and wrapped well in the blankets.

"I don't want you doing this alone," Hawke suddenly told her.

His comment startled her. "Hawke, you're awake," said Caitlin. "How do you feel?"

"I'll be fine," he said flatly. "I meant what I said Cait. I don't want you going to get Doc without me."

"Hawke, you are in no shape to go anywhere," she told him. "I won't be alone. We have help."

"I heard," he replied. "How do you know we can trust this guy?"

"He's helped us this far," she replied. "We wouldn't have made it out of those woods and I'm not sure you'd still be alive if he hadn't come along Hawke."

Hawke sighed. "Cait, I'm grateful for that. After what we saw happening to Doc, I think it's too dangerous for you to go and try and get him out without me."

"I've been in danger before," she reminded him. "Don't you think hiding in Airwolf and coming to get you in Horn's compound was dangerous? Michael and Dom believed in me and I was able to get to you."

Hawke attempted to shift to his side and sit up. He winced slightly as a sharp pain shot through his shoulder. "I know," said while breathing deeply. "I never said you I didn't believe in you. I'm just worried."

Caitlin stood over him and gently pushed him back down onto the cot. "Hawke, take it easy," she scolded him. "You are in no shape to be up."

"I'm fine," he insisted.

"You always say that and you're never fine," she reminded him. "For once, can't you just let me be in charge and take care of things?"

Caitlin didn't like the expression Hawke gave her as a result of her comment. She felt like she had just awakened a bear. Hawke sat up and pushed himself off of the cot. "Not this time," he replied. "I came here to get Doc out and that's what I'm going to do."

As he moved towards the room's small stairs, Caitlin saw him waiver a bit. She reached over and grabbed him around his waist, pulling his arm over her shoulder for support. "I've never known anyone as stubborn as you," she told him. "I think you need to sit back down before you fall on your face."

As they were speaking, Dennis opened the floor door and descended the small steps. He quickly made his way to the two and helped Caitlin put Hawke back onto the cot.

"I'll be fine," insisted Hawke. "Just give me a few minutes."

"Sure you will," Caitlin replied. "Come on Dennis, I think it is best if we go upstairs and discuss the plans."

Hawke shot Caitlin a look that she would not soon forget. "Cait, don't do this," he told her.

"I don't have a choice," she told him. "Get some rest."

Hawke couldn't help but feel helpless. He was too weak and dizzy to climb the stairs alone. He knew that all he could do was wait and hope he'd get his strength back in time. "I'm not the only stubborn one," he yelled as she reached the top of the stairs.

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Later that evening, Caitlin left with Dennis. The two headed towards the Harris compound.

"Remember, my meeting with Harris won't take long," he told her. "They want me to scout new compound sites for them because I know every inch of our country better than anyone else."

"How long do you think I'll have?" asked Caitlin.

"About ten minutes," he told her. "From what I saw, they are keeping him in a tent just on the outskirts of the compound. I know of a hiding place about thirty feet from there. You'll have to get him out of the tent and to that hiding place pretty quickly. I pray he's able to walk because it might be difficult for you to do without help."

"What choice do I have?" she asked. "I can't go in there in your place."

"I know," he said. "Just be sure that you stay hidden after I leave. I'll be back to get you two hours later. If I head right there when I leave, they'll be suspicious."

Once they made it to the compound, Dennis showed her the hiding spot and led her just outside of the tent that he had seen them placing Doc in. "Be careful," he told her. "I'll see you in a couple of hours."

"Okay," she replied as he went back deep into the woods before taking the main trail into the compound.

Caitlin watched carefully for her chance to get to Doc. She saw one guard on the outside of the tent standing watch.

"I sure hope there is no one inside but you Doc," she said to herself.

As she slowly got up and began moving towards the tent, she felt a hand clamp down on her mouth and she was pulled back down into the woods.