Ethan ran for the nearest exit he figured he had less then ten minutes before the hospital went on lock down and security started looking for him. He called Justin and told him something went wrong and to leave now they'd meet later. That damn good Samaritan had interrupted him, stopped him from grabbing the doctor. How was he going to explain this failed job to Mr. Jones?

Once Ethan was away from the hospital he called Tobias. "Sir, there was a problem!"

"I pay you very good money Mc Quire, what kind of problem?'

"I injected her with the sedative, and was getting ready to carry her off, when some stranger attacked me. I had no choice but to leave her behind and run"

"I thought I made myself perfectly clear, I wanted her today! I suggest you figure out a way to fix this screw up Mc Quire!"

"Yes, sir! Right away!

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Eliot checked for a pulse in Mack's wrist. Thank God is was strong but slow. He picked her up and ran with her to the ER. "Mack, come on baby open your eyes and look at me!" Eliot stormed through the emergency room doors, with Mack cradled in his arms. " I need a doctor! She was attacked outside the cafeteria. She was injected with something in the neck." Eliot laid Mack on a gurney and pulled out the syringe that Ethan had dropped and handed it to the nurse.

"Sir, we've got it from here. Doc will be okay with us!"

Elliot didn't want to leave Mack's side he wanted to stay close but the nurse was giving him the stink eye. She showed him to the waiting room and told him she would let him know as soon as they knew anything. He pulled out his phone and called Nate.

How could he have been so stupid, he should have been closer to her and this would not have happened. Damn it! If anything happens to her...he didn't care from now on no more space. He wasn't going to let Mack out of his sight.

Nate and Sophie came running into the waiting room "Eliot, what happened?" asked Nate

"I was trying to give her some space. She was eating lunch, I was sitting outside the cafeteria waiting for her. I noticed a man that came out, he was standing in the corner. I got up, to see what he was doing. A group of people got between us. The man had Mack and was injecting her with a syringe full of something. He pulled the syringe out, and I fought him off. He ran! God, I'm sorry Nate. I should have been closer!"

"It isn't your fault! I have Hardison hacking into the hospitals security camera's seeing if we have a clear picture of him!"

"I swear to you Nate. No more space...I won't let her out of my sight!"

The doctor came out to the waiting room. "Dr. Ford's family?"

"I'm her brother Nate."

"Mr. Ford, your sister was injected with Antivan. It's a sedative, she's going to be ok. We're going to let her sleep it off, then release her to go home. The state police are going to want to talk to you."

Nate patted Eliot on the shoulder both men were relieved. Detective Bonanno came out to interview Nate about the attack.

"You care for her, don't you Eliot?"

"She's Nate's sister Soph...of course I do!"

"That's not what I saw when I walked in!"

"Then you need to have your eyes checked!"

The nurse came out and told Eliot he could see Mack now. Eliot walked away quickly, but not fast enough for Sophie to miss the relief in his eyes. It was the kind of relief one felt when you find out a loved one is going to survive. Maybe Eliot was finally going to let someone in his heart.

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Jax Jensen handed Tobias a file folder full of the information he had requested. "As you can see sir, Mr. Ford lives an interesting life. His associates are questionable."

"Good work, JJ!" Tobias slid an envelop towards JJ. "I need you to hack the hospital security cameras and see about a disturbance involving Dr. Ford today around 11:30. Pictures of those involved on my desk asap."

"Yes, sir!"

After JJ left, Tobias started going through each folder looking at the information. JJ was very good at his job, each folder had a picture, occupation, address, everything Tobias could possible want to know. The third folder is what stopped him, how interesting Prince Charming that "saved" Mackenzie yesterday worked for Nate Ford. Well nice to know his real name Eliot Spencer, I look forward to paying you a visit.

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Mack woke up in the ER with the hospital administrator, HR, and the hospital lawyer at her bedside. This isn't a good sign she thought, she remembered coming out of the cafeteria and being drugged. She remembered being carried by someone.

"Dr. Ford how are you feeling?"

"Fine, Mr. Drew."

"That's good. We are going to get right to the point. We feel your life has been unsettled for the last nine months. This last attack on you is just proof. We feel that it would be a good idea if you take a extended leave of absence and get things in order."

"How long of a leave?"

"Six months at least."

"Is this a suggestion or are you telling me?

"A suggestion of course, but we know you wouldn't want to endanger anyone life if another attack happened."

"No, I wouldn't want that."

The HR troll pulled out the paper work for Mack to sign. Holding back the tears Mack signed the leave of absence paper.

"Again Dr. Ford, we are sorry about this but it's for the safety of the hospital."

Mack was done, job one was getting out of this hospital and as far way as she could. If she knew Danni there her purse, and a change of clothes would be in the closet. Yes, there was one thing going right. Time to pull out the IV and then she was out the door, before anyone noticed she was gone.