"You are such a beautiful woman," Griffin whispered as Kim looked over at him from the spot that he had thrown her down on earlier that evening. She had not struggled or even tried to escape, it seemed that she was resolved to what was happening and was not going to give him any trouble, which was odd. She was a former ranger, she should fight, it was something that was so deep in her heart that he could not believe she was going silent. "Tommy is so lucky to have you."

"That's the only one that will ever have me, truly have me," Kimberly said as she looked over at the man and smirked. She did not care how mad she made him, she wanted him to try something right now. He would not live if he did, she knew that much about her powers. "You know he's going to come for me and if you kill me, you will die as well. He will not hold back, he may not hold back in the first place."

"Not exactly my plan to piss the man off to that point," Griffin said as he sat down next to her and gently rubbed her leg. He could feel her tense and he knew that she was uncomfortable here, even if she tried to hide it from him with her words. "I honestly am not going to do anything to invoke that sort of wrath from him, but with this happening, I'm not sure what he'll do."

"I'm pretty sure that this ranks pretty high on the things that you shouldn't have done. I did this for our children, he'll do whatever it take to bring me back and what he'll do…it'll make what I did to Carla look like child's play. My temper isn't nearly as bad as his, he just holds it in and then he explodes once you've pushed him…you've definitely pushed him," Kim said as Griffin looked over at her. For being captured, she was a very cocky woman and he had the feeling that if he provoked her, she would give him the same treatment as Carla.

"You nearly took everything from me, I should return the favor," Griffin said as Kim looked over at him.

"Taking away my children would have hurt me more, but taking me away from Tommy, is probably right up there with the children for him," Kim said as she smirked over at him. She was tired, but she was not going to let him see it, she was not going to let him see what any of this was doing to her.

"Why would that be? He could have any woman that he chooses," Griffin said as Kim looked away from him. She knew just how true that was, knew that Tommy could have found someone when she had her momentary lapse of judgment, but he didn't, he fell harder for her instead. That was something that she was forever grateful for.

"He could, but he choose me and I am honored that he did, I really am," Kim whispered as she looked over at the other man and shook her head. "You've never known that kind of love, I can tell, you haven't."

"You took that away," Griffin said as Kim shook her head.

"You never loved Melanie," Kim said as Griffin looked over at her and gave her a cold glare. "You treated her like she was scum, complete scum, that is not how you love someone."

"You don't know the half of it," Griffin said as Kim gave him a slightly confused look and he shook his head. "It's so easy for you, you've never known anything but love from that man."

"You know nothing about me, absolutely nothing," Kim said as she glared at the man and he shook his head.

"I know more than you think," Griffin said as Kim laughed and looked away from him. "You will look at me."

"No, I see you, but I don't truly look at you, there is nothing inside," Kim said as Griffin took a step back and stared at the woman. He had not expected anything like this out of her, he had not expected to see a pain in her when she talked about all of this, but it was there and it was something he wished he had never seen. It made her human, it made her not a murderer, but a woman protecting her family.

"Chloe, I know you miss your mommy, but can you please give me some rest?" Tommy whispered to the wailing baby as he walked back and forth in the nursery. He knew that Kim did this night after night and he had done his fair share as well, but he had never heard her like this before. She knew Kim was gone and it wasn't her being gone in the normal sense and the child had picked up on it, both of them had. Wyatt had taken hours to get to bed tonight and now he was awake with her.

"Daddy!" Wyatt yelled as Tommy let out a sigh and walked into his son's room. Chloe had probably woken the boy with how loud she was being and he hoped he could lull him back to sleep quickly enough, he was going to need all the energy that he could gather before tomorrow. Work was going to be hell and he knew there was going to be a major ranger meeting, the likes of which they hadn't had in years. He was not ready for something like this and he did not like to think about it since he knew they were going to discuss how to get Kimberly back without killing any of them in the process. He honestly didn't see how that wouldn't happen.

"Wyatt, are you okay?" Tommy asked as Wyatt crawled out of the bed and walked over to him.

"I want Mama," Wyatt whispered as Tommy squatted down next to him and then held the boy close.

"I know, I want her back too," Tommy whispered as Chloe wailed and he gently patted her on the back. She finally burped and then let out a tiny sigh before she settled against Tommy's shoulder and was off into blissful baby sleep. "Finally. Come on Wyatt, let's get some sleep."

"I want Mama," Wyatt cried as Tommy gathered him in his other arm and carried him into their bedroom. Tommy stared at the bed and he took in a shaky breath. His wife was not there, in the place that she belonged and he could barely take it. He then turned back towards Wyatt's room and crawled into the young boy's bed and cuddled with his two children. Long after the two of them were asleep, he lay there, awake wishing his wife was at his side, lying next to him.

"Tommy, you look horrible," Gina said as Tommy walked into their house the next day to drop the children off for the day. He had done good just to get himself out of the house this morning with a shower and he hoped to grab breakfast on the way to the office.

"I didn't sleep any last night," Tommy said as she looked over at him in confusion. "Things have gotten worse."

"Where's Kim?" Gina asked as he sat down at the kitchen table and cradled his head in his hands. "Tommy…"

"She went to keep them from taking the kids, if I go after her, they'll kill her," Tommy whispered as Gina placed a hand on his shoulder and he looked back at her. "I can't do this, not without her."

"Wouldn't you rather her be alive and well than her die?" Gina asked as Tommy looked up at her and just shook his head.

"I don't have much of a choice Mom, if I let them keep her until they decide to give up, I'll probably go crazy. If I go after her, I will lose her, neither of those choices make me feel good," Tommy said as Gina wrapped her arms around him in a hug.

"You do what you have to Tommy, you get her back. Those children need her and you need her even more," Gina said as he barely nodded his head and then forced himself to stand. "Don't get yourself killed in the process."

"It might be the only way to get her back," Tommy whispered as Gina barely nodded. "I'm going to do this, I love you, watch the kids for me."

"I will," Gina muttered as Tommy gave her a hug and then turned and walked back outside. Wyatt and Chloe both began to cry as they watched him go and she could not help but feel that her son was not going to come back into this house, that he was going to die, saving the woman he loved.