Ah, so I found a little time for this chapter but not sure about the next (last) one. I promise not to take too long! :o)

Chapter 7

When the call came from Michael's men, Dom and Doc acted quickly. "Michael just sent me the coordinates of the plane," said Dom. "His men verified that String is inside and that Walker's people were controlling it."

"They are taking over his compound now," continued Dom. "It's up to us to stop this plane from crashing into the state capital."

"You can't let it crash at all," said Caitlin. "If they are controlling it, how are you going to stop that?"

"Sweetheart, the Lady here can do a lot of things that a normal helicopter can't do," replied Dom. "The computers we have should allow me to hack into the control system of that plane. Once I do that, I can have it land safely anywhere I want."

"That's amazing," replied Caitlin.

"There it is," Doc interrupted. "I'm going to move in closer. You got anything yet Dom."

"System is scanning their onboard programs," replied Dom. "I think I found it. Now comes the hard part."

"I estimate we have about five minutes," replied Doc. "After that it will probably make its decent on the capital."

"I'm on it," said Dom as his fingers worked frantically on the keyboard.

Doc flipped on Airwolf's intercom system. "Hawke, if you can hear me, we're right on top of you," he said. "We are working on getting you down safely."

Caitlin instinctively reached over and flipped on the thermal scanners. She could see one person was on board and sitting in the pilot's seat.

Doc looked over in surprise. "I don't know how I knew to do that," she replied. "He's not moving but he appears to be alive."

"He is," replied Doc as continued to fly just above the aircraft as they quickly moved towards the capital building.

"We're running out of time Dom," yelled Doc. "I can see the capital."

"I'm almost there," replied Dom. "Hang on."

Within seconds they were nearly on top of the building when Hawke's plane began its downward decent.

"Got it," yelled Dom as he quickly changed commands and the aircraft began to alter its descent and climbed to a higher altitude, missing the capital building but flying right over it.

"That was too close Dom," said Doc. "Where are you going to land it?"

"There is a private airstrip not far from here," he replied. "I know the owner. I'm sending you the coordinates now. I've already programmed the autopilot of String's plane."

Caitlin let out the breath that she didn't realize she was holding. "That was the scariest thing I've ever seen," she told them.

Dom laughed. "Not exactly," he told her. "Believe me you've been in much scarier situations."

Caitlin shook her head. "I don't think I want to remember anything like that," she replied.

"Look at it this way," replied Dom. "You are alive and well aren't you? Besides, you've come out of it all a much stronger person. Don't be afraid to remember. There are just as many good times as there have been bad. I promise you that."

"Thanks," she said softly.

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Within minutes, Dom had successfully landed Hawke's plane and Airwolf came to a rest beside them.

"I never thought I'd see the day when I could land an aircraft without actually being inside of it," said Dom. "But I don't think I would want to have to do this ever again."

They climbed out of Airwolf and ran to Hawke's plane. Doc was the first one to climb inside. String was unconscious and sitting slumped down in the pilot's seat as Doc began to assess his injuries.

"He's been beaten pretty badly," he told them. "We need to get him to the hospital. There might be internal injuries."

Caitlin stared at Hawke as Doc and Dom gently removed him from the airplane and put him inside Airwolf.

"Let's take him to one of the Firm's clinics," said Dom. "There is one not too far from here. I'll contact Michael. I'm sure his men have stormed Walker's compound by now. Hopefully everyone involved is in custody."

Once at their destination, Hawke was immediately rushed into surgery.

"He has some internal bleeding," confirmed Doc. "They are going in to see if they can repair the damage."

"See if they can?" asked Caitlin.

"Don't worry," said Doc. "They are some of the best doctors in the country. He's in good hands."

Hours later Caitlin found herself at Hawke's beside. She couldn't help but be drawn to him even though she still struggled to remember him.

"Why can't I remember?" she said softly to herself. "The drugs should have worn off by now. What is it that's keeping from knowing who I am and who you are?"

Caitlin got up and began pacing around the room. She tried desperately to recall the past. "I can't take this anymore," she sobbed.

"Cait?" said Hawke in a low raspy voice. "Cait you're okay?"

Caitlin turned and was surprised to see Hawke staring at her. "No," she said as she turned and ran out of the room.

"Caitlin, what's going on?" asked Doc as he headed towards her in the hall.

"He's awake and I still don't know him," she said sadly. "I need some time alone."

Caitlin took off down the hall and found a small waiting room. She sat in one of the chairs and looked out the window at the evening sky.

Back in Hawke's room, Dom was trying to comfort him. "I thought she was dead Dom," said Hawke. "They told me she died."

"They lied to you," confirmed Dom. "She's okay but she has some memory loss. Michael decided to give her a memory altering drug for her safety."

"What?" asked Hawke. "That makes no sense Dom."

"Well, I'll let Michael explain it to you," replied Dom. "I wasn't too happy about it when I found out. As a result, we aren't sure if she'll ever fully remember everything."

String sighed. Dom could tell he was in a lot of pain, mentally and physically. "It doesn't seem fair Dom," he said. "How could a simple weekend trip turn out so badly?"

"What exactly were the two of you doing in Florida anyway?" asked Dom.

"Caitlin said she'd never been," replied Hawke. "She'd seen those flyers around the hangar and we started talking about it. I thought it would be fun to go. And, we were having a great time until…"

"Until you were grabbed?" Dom asked.

"Well, that ruined things too," he replied. "But right before that, things got a little serious between us."

"What do you mean by serious?" asked Dom.

"I felt the urge to kiss her," he replied. "Afterwards she pulled away and was upset. I tried to find out why and that's when we were grabbed by those men. I never got a chance to talk to her about it."

"And now she doesn't remember it," said Dom.

"I can't figure out how I misread the signals," said Hawke. "I was sure she had deeper feelings for me."

Dom gave Hawke a slight smile. "Of course she does," he replied. "I have no doubt about it. Maybe the timing just wasn't right."

"I hope you're right," replied Hawke. "The last thing I would want to do is ruin our friendship. She means too much to me."