A/N….. Just wanted to take this little note to Once again thank all my reviewers, all of you guys are great, and to also thank the ones that, have added me and my story to their alerts. I love all of you guys…Thanks so much…Also wanted to let you guys know that I will try to do 2 updates this week, but might not get to it. I leave on vacation on Sat. (going to see my Broncos at Training Camp…Oh and Peyton Manning of course) Anyway enjoy!


James was pacing back and forth in Merri's room; she should have just listened to him and not tried to make a run for the door, none of this would be happening, if she had just listened to him. Now he was starting to panic, he never wanted to hurt her, but she had left him no choice. All she had to do was listen to him, now because she didn't; she had caused her own pain.

Merri looked at James with a mixture of sadness and pain in her eyes. What had happen to the kind, genital, loving man that she once knew? What had made him like this? How could he have done this to her? Better yet, what had happen to Chris, he should have been back by now. She doubled over in pain, something was not right, she had to started to have pain in her abdomen, it had to have happen when James grabbed her and tossed her back on the bed. She knew she needed to talk James into getting her some medical help.

"James…Please…Please…let a Nurse or a Doctor come in here.. I need help, I'm in pain.. I promise I want try to leave or anything, just please let someone in here. Please James! You're the only one that can help me…"

James didn't like to see his Mere in pain, but he just didn't trust that she wouldn't try anything.

"Mere, my sweetheart, I want to help you; but I just don't know if I can trust you not to try and leave again, look what happen last time. I didn't want to do that, but you left me no choice in the matter. Listen very carefully, If I get you help, you have to promise to be a good girl! Can you promise me that?"

Merri knew what she needed to do, to save herself, and her helpless babies…

"Yes…Yes.. I can do that, I promise I want try anything, Just please get us help.."

James reached for the buzzer, and called for a nurse…


Meanwhile at the Nurse's station/command post, David was trying to come up with a plan to get inside the room, Chris was losing his patience with him. Both men looked up when they heard the buzzer going off. David looked over to Alice, and nodded at her to answer it.

"Nurse's station, Alice speaking…"

[ "This is room 433, I know that you are aware of what is going on in here, now you are going to listen to me and going to listen to me good Alice. You are going to gather up stuff you need to check on a bullet wound and abdominal pain, bring this stuff and only this stuff. Do you understand me?"]

Alice was looking at Chris as they listened to James, Chris was writing a note to Alice, careful not to let David see. ( tell him you will need help to bring everything to the room – leave the rest to me once we get into the room )

"Yes I understand, I will need another member of my medical staff to help me with this."

["That's fine bring only ONE person and what you need, you have 10 minutes."]

James released the buzzer and headed to stand guard by the door.

Back outside the room, Alice started to gather up the stuff she would need to check, change a bullet wound and she went to get an ultra sound machine to check Merri's abdomen. Chris made his way over to Alice.

"I'm going with ya…"

"Does David know this? And is he ok with it?"

"With all due respect ma'am,right now I outrank him, and besides, that's my family in there."

Alice motioned for Chris to follow her, she lead him to a room with extra scrubs, she handed him a pair to put on along with a lab coat and a mask.

"Hurry put these on, we don't have much time, before David will start looking for you."

"Agreed we need to get there fast."

Alice walked back out of the room, and towards the nurse's station. David walked up to her.

"Where did Agent LaSalle go?"

"He said something about needing to call his Boss."

"Fine then, I'm sending a security guard with you."

"NO ! I'm taking another member of the medical staff, I need trained medical personnel, not security."

Chris overheard Alice as he was heading towards the nurse's station, she had everything ready to go and was headed towards him; they both headed towards Mere's room. Once there Alice knocked on the door, James opened it just enough to see that it was the hospital staff. He allowed them to enter the room and set up the equipment. Alice walked up to Mere, she had her arms wrapped around her abdomen and looked to be in pain.

"I've brought you help dear." Alice looked over to where Chris was standing on the other side of the bed. Mere looked over to the man standing there, she looked deep into his eyes, and she knew this was her Chris looking back at her. He had figured out a way to get to them. Mere looked back over at Alice then.

"I'm having very bad pain in my abdomen and some minor pain around the bullet hole, but my abdominal pain worries me, could there be something wrong with the babies?"

Before Alice could answer, James rushed towards the bed and pushed Chris out of the way.

"Please don't let my Mere loose our babies, we have wanted them for such a long time. Haven't we honey!"

Mere looked over to where Chris had been pushed too, she knew she had to play along with James.

"Yes, we have…We both can't wait to see them and just be a family with them."

At that moment Chris knew what he had to do, he moved to get behind James so he could restrain him. With him being distracted this was the best time for him to act, he reached his arm around his neck, pulling James towards him. James started to fight back, but Chris managed to keep the upper hand. He jumped on his back, still keeping his arm around his neck. James started walking backwards towards the wall, all while trying to shake Chris off of him, but Chris kept the upper hand and held on, until James backed him into the wall and knocked Chris off of him.

Chris stood back and shook his head, trying to clear the cobwebs. It was at that moment that James pulled out his gun and aimed it right at Chris. Chris took one look at James and charged him right there, grabbing him around his gut and forcing him to the ground. The two men fought for control over the gun, just as it went off.. Merri screemed….

"NO! CHRIS!"