Tantrum

"Nicky..." Nick heard the sultry whisper in his ear. Nick struggled to open his eyes as his mind is cloudy. Nick could see Catherine's blonde hair as his vision began to focus. Nick reached up and gently caressed her face relieved to see it was her.

"Oh Catherine," Nick said breathless as he pulled her to him and kissed her. "I had the craziest dream." He said kissing her again. Catherine smiles as she pinned his hands above his heads waking him up more. Catherine kisses his jaw and neck as she slowly began undoing his belt.

"Mr. Stokes..." Nick heard a warped voice echo in his head. "Mr. Stokes..." Nick opened his eyes and looked around.

"Mr. Stokes, it's time to wake up." Catherine said looking at Nick. Nick closed his eyes tight shaking his head only to come face to face with Jackie when he opened them. Nick struggled to lift his head as he felt incredibly weak.

"I need you to lay back. The medicine I gave you can make you incredibly unsteady. Just take some deep breaths." Jackie said moving the bed so he could sit up.

"Y'all gotta work on your timing!" Nick said struggling to sit up but was too weak. "What the hell you do to me?"

"I gave you some pain medication and nitrous oxide so I could fix your stitches." Jackie said as Nick continued to try and sit up. "Mr. Stokes, you really should relax." She said as Nick pulled off his mask.

"No IVs?" Nick asked sitting up.

"No IVs. I'm that good. Can you please lay down?" Jackie asked.

"You got any food?" Nick asked. Jackie made a strange face went to her fridge.

"Uh... I have a left over turkey sandwich or a piece of pizza..." Jackie said as she looked up to see Nick gone.

Mac pushed Jack into the war room hoping to end the rampage and destruction in the wake of Jack's path. Jack was angry. No, not angry. Jack was livid.

"Everyone out." Mac ordered. Mac knew that Jack would never intentionally hurt one of them but Jack did not have a clear mind. Mac tried to help his friend. "Jack, you gotta calm down."

"Did you know too?" Jack asked still upset.

"No, I found out earlier with everyone else." Mac said but Jack looked skeptical. "I swear! I would've told you."

"Yeah, I know. I'm sorry... I just feel like everyone else knows what's going on except for me." Jack said rubbing his face trying to hide his emotion. "This morning were kicking ass in France and then we come back and my whole life was a lie, and everyone knew but me."

"This doesn't change who you are Jack. This just adds to it."

"I just wish they would've told me. All the unspeakable things I did for the CIA... serves me right."

"You were following orders, serving your country."

"You tell me how killing families is helping my country. If I was them I'd want me dead too." Jack said shaking his head of his inner demons.

"I get that you're angry but don't be mad at the wrong person. You're burning bridges and scaring the hell out of a lot of people. None of which will help." Mac said and Jack nodded. "You scared Addie to death."

"Okay, I'll be cool." Jack said putting his hands up in surrender.

"Good, because the CIA is here."

"What?!"

Riley came outside and saw Nick sitting on a bench surrounded by Phoenix Guards. Nick casually sat flicking a cigarette. Nick smiled at her.

"You smoke?"

"I quit a while ago, but it was the only way to get outside." Nick said shrugging his shoulders. "I thought I could call Catherine, but GI Joe here took my phone."

"I'm sorry about before."

"Me too, kid. I shouldn't have yelled at you. I get why you were upset. Catherine... she's amazing. She's my lifeline but I've always been here safety net. She's too good for me. I got a lot of baggage. Long lost secret twin who works for the government is only the tip of the iceberg, darling." Nick joked with a smile.

"It's your business. I shouldn't have been such a jerk. I've just had a lot going on..."

"With your old man?" Nick said flicking the cigarette away. Riley's eye went wide as she looked at him.

"How's you..."

"He told me about you and your Ma when he cut me. Not to mention you look like him." Nick said looking at her as she felt a whirlwind of emotions. "When's the last time you've seen him?"

"When Jack beat him up. My father wasn't... isn't a good guy. He used to beat my mother and he came out one night to do it again Jack got to him. Nearly killed him." Riley said not wanting to get into too much detail.

"Damn..." Nick said unsure what to say. "Do you want to see him?"

"Wha..." Riley whispered breathless as her emotion began to show.

"Catherine's daughter is my god daughter. Her name is Lindsay. I loved and treated her as she was my own. Her father was no good. Eddie choose alcohol, drugs, and literally any and everything else over Lindsay. It didn't matter to Lindsay though. She loved him. Don't get me wrong she got mad at him from time to time but she always loved her father. Even after he died she visited his grave for every birthday and holiday. It's something I never understand, but it wasn't my place too. I just needed to be there for her and support her... You don't have to justify your actions to anyone. If you want to see your father I can set it up. He's still in the hospital and he's going to be there for a few days. I can make the arrangement." Nick said looking at her.

Mac chased after Jack as he stormed the war room. Matty was in the war room with two CIA suits as they watched the dismantling on the screen. One of the operators for the team wore a bodycam giving them a live feed.

"Stand down, Dalton." Matty said seeing his rage.

"Matty..." Jack tried to argue back.

"I got you, Jack. Sit down and let me handle it." Matty said but Jack remained standing putting his hands on his hips. Jack was an attack dog awaiting his chance.

"Agent Dalton, and Agent Macgyver, I'm Agent Middler.." The older CIA agent said smiling putting his hand out for them to shake.

"I know who you are..." Jack said cold leaving the man's hand in limbo.

"You'll be pleased to know the second dismantling was a success." Middleton said.

"No outstanding?" Jack asked skeptical.

"None..."

"Brother to base." The operator called to them.

"Go ahead." Matty answered.

"It looks like someone answered the bounty. Sicarios are in LA. There's proof here they've been tailing Stokes." The operator said using his bodycam to show pictures of Nick leaving the hospital with Catherine.

"Received brother. Get the intel and head to exfil." Middler ordered.

"Received." The operator said.

"Sicarios are here, and we are just finding out about it?!" Jack exclaimed.

"This is a CIA operation. There's no reason to have Phoenix involve."

"No reason?!" Jack yelled back as Mac stood in between both men.

"Easy, Jack." Mac said quietly.

"Mac, I wanna hit him. Punch him right in his stupid mouth."

"No, we're taking over. You have totally screwed this one up." Matty ordered. Bozer peeked his head in the war room only to immediately leave. "Bozer, get in here. I need you... where's Riley?"

"I thought she was in here?" Bozer said quietly.

"Boze... What's going on?" Mac asked hoping this was the distraction they needed.

"Jackie kind of had her hands full with Nick. He may have left. Riley and I were helping look for him." Bozer explained with a nervous smile. "It's probably nothing." Matty shook her head as she went back to her phone.

"Addie, show me Davis' current gps location on my screen now." Matty ordered.

"She's on the highway. Where are they going?" Bozer asked.

"Did you give Stokes' his gun back?" Matty asked.

"Yeah, but I took out the firing pin. What are you thinking?" Jack asked surprised at her accusatory tone.

"He did say he wanted to leave." Bozer said sheepishly.

"Riley knows his weapon has no firing pin. He's a cop. He's not going to kidnap an agent to leave... no, no. I think I know where they're going." Jack said shaking his head.

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