As the night went on Sophie kept her watch over Nate,she knew how much pain he was in and he was getting worse as the hours pass. Hearing movement she looked over to see Harvey tossing in his sleep,she had a feeling he wasn't who he said he was,she had a feeling that he was working with Jordan. Feeling Nate's arm move tighter around her with the other mans movement,she knew he was awake.
"Are you okay?" she whispered keeping her voice low.
"Just hurting." He said quietly glancing to her,the good news was he could open his swollen eye enough to see her with both of his eyes."We need to leave."
His words shocked her momentarily. "Nate,it's raining outside and you are injured." she knew he wouldn't make it far.
"Sophie,I remember a lot from moonlight and there was no Harvey at all." He sat up slowly with her help.
Taking in a deep breath she nodded knowing it would be no use in trying to argue with him,she didn't trust Harvey either."Alright,do not move,not even an inch." She smiled repeating his words to him.
"The supplies." He said pointing to the first aid kid. "We need them,grab them okay?"
Nodding she grabbed a bag and as quietly as she could she placed them in it. Grabbing the old blanket she wrapped it around him and helped him get up as they made their way to the door,opening and closing it she helped him as they made their way away from the ranger station. She noticed how much he was leaning on her and new something was terribly wrong but she wasn't going to push him right now,not until they were safe again. As they made their way through the woods the rain was making her shiver,Nate could feel this and moved so she had the blanket around her as well.
"Nate,we don't know where we are going."
"There has to be something out here Sophie,some other safe place. We can't...we can't stay out...here." Nate was beginning to struggle and that worried her more then anything.
"Nate,you can't go on like this." She said quietly turning his face to her gently with her hand to see how pale he was.
"I'm fine,come on." He said pushing forward.
"A road." Sophie said as they came to a trail that lead to a main road but at this point Nate had enough as his legs collapse. Sophie was there to catch him. "Nate!" She yelled looking down at him as he began to loose consciousness.
"I- Just we need to get out of here." He was struggling more and more now.
Moving him into her arms she was surprised when she found blood on her hand. Moving his shirt her eyes went wide when she found he had been shot,this made her understand why he kept loosing consciousness at the ranger station and his black shirt had hid the blood well."Shh...please just stay quiet." Tears stung her eyes as she watched his blue orbs that were normally bright begin to fade. "Damn it,why do you keep things like this from me Nate?"
"Be-because,I hate to see you c-cry." He offered her a small smile but knew it wasn't much help at all. "Sophie...just take care...Logan and Claire alright."
"You are going to be fine,don't talk like that" Grabbing the kit it was no use because the rain,when she looked back up to Nate he had his eyes closed. "Nate,darling...talk to me,open your eyes." When he didn't respond she couldn't help the tears that began to fall down her cheeks,she was cold but she wasn't leaving him or his side. Placing a kiss to his forehead she held him close. IT had been a long while but the sight of headlights caught her attention,the sight of a ranger was more then welcoming for Sophie as she waved him down.
As the car pulled over the ranger ran over to her. "What happened? Are you alright Miss?"
"I'm fine,but my husband." She said moving back to Nate. Looking over the mans name tag she read the name 'Raglan.'
"Oh,he's not looking good,let me call this in." Rushing back to his car he quickly put the call in to get an ambulance and another ranger out there as soon as possible.
"Nate,hang in there,for me and the kids please...don't you dare leave me,help is coming." She ran her fingers through his rain soaked hair and down his cheek lovingly as the ranger returned.
"Help is coming,it should be here soon,what happened?" He asked watching her as he kept checking Nate's pulse.
"If I told you,you wouldn't believe me." She kept her focus on Nate seeing more headlights appearing and the sound of an ambulance in the distance.
The ranger went to meet up with his partner who came back to the two of them."Who did this to him?" Raglan asked looking to Sophie.
"He's out there,some where looking for us,we have to get him out of here." She didn't look away from Nate,his breathing was becoming more shallow.
"They are almost here." Raglan returned to check Nate's pulse again. "We're loosing him,Greg." He said looking back at his partner who was quick to flag down the ambulance and rush them over to him. Within minutes that had both Nate and Sophie in the ambulance.
Once they arrived at the hospital,Nate was rushed into an emergency room while Sophie was taken to another suffering from the early stages of hypothermia . She fought against the hospital staff trying to get to Nate. "Miss,you need to let us take care of you while they take care of your husband,you are safe and in good hands." A doctor told her.
"I need to be with him...with Nate." She said quietly feeling exhausted.
"Everything will be fine,you need to warm up and rest a bit then you can be with your husband." Sophie heard what he had said but the shivering and exhaustion took over as she closed her eyes.
When she finally came to again she sat up quickly startling a nurse."My husband?" She asked looking at the woman.
"He's in surgery,the doctor will be in once the surgery is over. How are you feeling Mrs Ford?"
"Fine,can I wait in the waiting room now?" The nurse nodded as Sophie got up,her mind was set on Nate and finding anything that she could,as she walked past the room where he was she took note of the blood on the floor and on discarded pieces of gauze and emergency tools. Taking a seat in a chair tears streamed down her face once again.
Back at the Ford house it was nearly two am as the rain hit against the side of the house in a steady beat. The crying of two month old little Logan woke Claire as she got up picking him up in her arms pacing back and forth. "I know,you miss mom and dad,I do too little guy,I promise we will find them okay."
Hardison had been typing away at his computer when something popped up."Eliot! I got them man! I got'em!" He yelled excited.
"Where are they?" Eliot asked coming to his side alone with Claire.
"At the hospital." Writing down the address they were quick to get Logan dressed warmly along with little Madelyn,once they made sure all the kids were ready they piled into Lucille and sped off towards the hospital.
Sitting there seemed like the longest wait of her life."Mom?" a familar voice grabbed her attention,looking up she saw Claire holding on to a sleeping Logan while Hardison held on to a tiny Madelyn.
"Claire." Sophie said Quietly as her daughter rushed to her wrapping her arms around her but being careful with her little brother. Taking Logan in her arms she nodded to Eliot thanking him for taking care of them. Placing a kiss to her sons forehead she smiled when he woke at the familiar sound of her voice. "There's mummy's big boy." She said quietly staring down into identical brown eyes.
"Wh-where's dad?" Claire said looking around for her father. Sitting down Sophie held her arm out as Madelyn came over to her as well. Looking to all the questioning faces she sighed quietly. Eliot knew that wasn't good at all.
"Your dad...he's in surgery right now. I haven't heard anything yet." Logan yawned making the grifter smile,she was happy to have her family back but worried that Nate wasn't going to make it out of this one.
"Soph,who was it?" Eliot asked
"Harvey,some guy named Harvey did that to him and Jordan was behind all of this,he had us in this...this house in the middle of no where,but we got out." She didn't want to talk about it she just wanted to know how her husband was.
"I knew it,it has to do with moonlight." Claire said moving to hold Madelyn who was back asleep in her arms.
"There's more to that then you think sweetheart." Sophie said quietly. She wasn't going to tell them in detail just yet what Nate had said,now wasn't the time. Right now she just wanted to hold her son and keep her daughter close,she had feared when they were locked away in that room that they would never see them again and now she was facing the possibility that her son will not get to know who his father was and her husband would not get to see his son grow up. All these scenarios were weighing on her even more knowing that Nate himself thought he wasn't going to make it out of this because of the last thing he had said to her,to take care of Claire and Logan. He would only say that if he knew something was going to happen,she knew him,he could have been hiding even more injuries,but she couldn't think about that,she had to stay positive for the team,for their children,she had to hold on to that little bit of hope that he was going to be okay,this was Nate,he always came back to her.
The doors opened and a doctor stepped out looking exhausted,there were hints of red on his scrubs from the surgery,it was visible to everyone in the waiting room. "Mrs Ford?" he asked as Sophie stood slowly not to wake her son.
"Is he going to be alright?" She asked. Her heart was racing slightly,of course he wasn't going to be okay he was shot and barely breathing when he got there. He had a broken radius and his wrist,the way he wrist looked when she looked at it. She could only fear there was permanent damage done to it. She was also worried that Harvey would be back.
[A/N: Haha cliff hanger,had to do it,to keep you all guessing. Stellaru,I don't have it saved anymore but I will go back over it and try to fix chapter 6 then repost it for ya. So,what do you think will happen with Nate? And who is Harvey exactly? Remember guys I love getting prompts so if you have anything in mind send it to my inbox :D Also thank you for all the wonderful reviews,I love them all! ]