[A:N:Thank you for the reviews I appreciate each one of them and here is the next chapter! I know this one is short too but I'm still sick so I'm trying to keep the updating up to speed so you don't have to wait to long. :) ]

As Sophie entered the room the girl sat up and eyed her closely. Sophie noticed this right away and sat on the edge of the bed next to the girl.

"The way you and that man,Nate,the way you two talked to me,what is going on?" Claire sat up watching and reading Sophie,it was something she realized she could do a long time ago.

"Claire,we've told you,we are friends of your parent's who are going to take care of you until this guy is caught and taken care of. We don't want anything else to happen to you." Sophie offered up the only answer she could give the girl.

Meanwhile down by the Boston docks to meet his 'old friend'. Se stepped out of the shadows and smiled a small smile at the mastermind.

"Mister Ford,I thought we had an agreement,you don't contact me unless you have something for me that concerns Damien Moreau." Nate laughed lightly as the Italian circled him.

"Well,the stakes have changed,what do you know about the Maxwell kidnapping?" A smile formed across her lips that didn't sit well with the mastermind.

"Mister Ford,I assure you that I had nothing to do with that,however. I did hear a little something about this girl of yours." Smirking she noticed Nate frown.

"She's not my girl. Just tell me what you have so I can get back to my team,I don't have time for these games of yours." Shrugging she handed him a file with multiple mugshots of different people who were after the Maxwell's for putting them behind bars. Taking the file Nate decided to head back to the hospital since they would be checking her out in a few hours. Back at the hospital Sophie was still dealing with the multiple questions Clair was throwing at her.

"You know something you aren't telling me what is it?" Claire's blue eyes were only part of what she had gotten from the mastermind,Sophie picked up the thinking and figuring skills out of her.

"Listen Claire,I don't know anything really I just-" Nate had entered the room and the grifter couldn't be any happier.

"Time to go,let's head back to my place and get you settled in for the day." Sighing Claire wasn't to happy about not having her answers questioned and Nate could feel some tension in the room. As Claire left to change into her clothes Nate turned his attention to the grifter. "What happened?" Stepping closer to the mastermind a smile played over her lips.

"Well,Nate. Your daughter is asking questions again,maybe you should take over from here,tell her a few things that won't end in more questions. Her smile turned into a smirk as Claire came out the bathroom ready to go.

The moment they were at the bar and in his apartment Claire looked around at everything,the multiple screens on the wall,the layout of blueprints and papers. Nate and Sophie watched her closely as the other three took their typical places on the couch.

"What do you people do? The schematics laid out here are just like the warehouse I was in,there is many easy out exits marked here too." Hardison hearing this raised a brow pointing a finger at the mastermind.

"Nate,I'm telling you-"

"Hardison." Was all he had to say to get him to stop talking as he through his hands up in defensive posture.

"So are you guys going to tell me who you really are? Or am I going ot have to put two and two together and guess on my own?" Hearing the question the other three quickly came up ith excuses to leave.

"Whoa look at the time,I'm late for an Orc battle." Hardison was first to leave with Parker right behind him.

"I have to uh,go you know,punch something." Eliot said letting the door close behind him leaving the three alone.

"Claire you need to sit down for what we have to tell you." Sophie put a hand on her shoulder leading her to the couch as Nae sat down so that she was between both of them.

"What's going on,I want to know." She said as she looked at both Nate and Sophie.

"Listen Nate and I,we might be your parent's,but it's pretty close to a yes." Claire's eyes widened as she looked between the two of them, Her expression turned from curious to hurt in a matter of seconds,Nate had n clue what to say.

"You..might be my parents,the ones who never wanted me! The ones who gave me up?!" Sophie went to place her arm around the girl but she jumped off the couch,being in a new apartment she headed up the spiral stairs finding herself a place to sit at the top of the stairs as tears fell from her eyes. Sophie went to get up but Nate held his hand out stopping her as he stood up. She watched him head up the stairs and wondered what it was he planned to do,he wasn't the best when it came to his emotions. Claire hid her face the moment Nate took a seat next to her.

"Claire." He spoke softly. "There is a reason behind what happened in the past."

"You hated me,that's why you never wanted me." She said in a whisper.

"No,that's not it. I had no clue you existed and Sophie,she did what she thought was right,and it was the right thing to do."

"Why was it the right thing?" She asked looking up to him with identical blue eyes.

"Her father was going to kick her out and cut her off from the money she had,she wouldn't have been able to take care of you. She couldn't find me so she had no other choice." Wiping a few tears from her cheeks she looked down.

"So you guys never hated me?" Sophie came up the stairs slowly sitting down in front of the two of them.

"Of course not Claire,giving you up was the hardest thing I ever had to do." Nodding slowly Claire looked between the two of them.

"Sophie and I took a test just to make sure,but whatever the results we will protect you." Nate placed and arm around her the loss of Darlene and Ken was suddenly starting to hit her as she wrapped her arms around the mastermind and began to cry. Looking to Sophie he made a face felling bad for the girl. THey stayed like that for nearly an hour until it seemed like she had fallen asleep. The sedative was still wearing off so the excitement and stress had prove to be to much. Picking her up gently in his arms Nate walked down the stairs laying her on the couch as Sophie covered her with a blanket.

"What do we do now Nate?" Sophie asked looking down at the girl.

"We get the guy who kidnapped her and killed Darlene and Ken. We don't stop until we get this guy." The other three returned as Nate motioned them to be quiet as they all sat at the table. Eliot studied the two of them to see the tension had subsided which made him happy. Passing out the mug shots he pointed to them.

"These guys were after the Maxwell's so Hardison I need you to get me whatever information you can on these people. W start with the first one on the list, Anton Drake."

"Nah,this isn't his style,I went toe to toe with that guy in Dubai one time,he's a hitter,not a kidnapper." Eliot Spoke up but Nate still wanted the information.

"I got the archives downtown!" Parker said excitedly as she grabbed her gear and headed out the door followed by Hardison who assumed the identity of an FBI agent to obtain records not filed on a hard drive.

"Eliot I want you to go talk to Anton and see if he knows anything about this." Eliot nodding standing up leaving the grifter and mastermind alone. Reaching across the table Nate took Sophie's had in his which surprised the grifter but it felt welcoming to her and sent a chill through her.

"We will figure this out Soph,I know we will." She offered a smile and nodded.

"For her sake I hope we do." Looking at the couch as the girl slept,Nate had many questions on his mind and many theories,he was still coming to terms with the fact that she might be his,but with Sophie he was willing to make it work."

[A/N2: So now Claire knows there is a possibility she still has parents. However,can Nate come to terms with this and what happens if she gets kidnapped tuned :D]