Chapter 10 Ranger's Second Chance
"Boss, we are almost home" Tank said, as he looked out the windows and saw the city lights beyond the Trenton Memorial Airport.
Ranger was smiling and looking out at the city, "I am so happy I have babe home, now I can finish this business and start a life with her" He thought to himself.
After a smooth landing, they all got off the jet, and saw the Black SUVs there. "Thank god I love the ground Agent McGee said out loud.
Gibbs laughed and so did Vance.
"Okay NCIS we will see you at Rangeman in the morning. Rangeman has booked a hotel for you to stay at, so no worries." Ranger told them.
"We will pick you at 9:30 in the morning. There is nothing we can do tonight" Lester told them. They were in a circle around on of the SUV's getting an update.
"Okay Babe let's go home." Ranger said. He opened the back door to the SUV and saw Hector in the driver's seat. He already saw Stephanie asleep in the back seat. He got in with her and made her more comfortable buckled her up. After He put a seatbelt on himself he told Hector to drive.
"Yes, boss" Hector drove back to Rangeman.
As soon as they got back to Rangeman. Ranger opened the door, to see Lester outside.
"Hey boss, just heard from the rescue partythey found three little kids, all girls with torn jeans and skirts on them" Lester was all smiles reporting the good news.
Stephanie was openmouthed as she walked toward Lester, "They found Mary Alice, Lisa and Angie" Stephanie was almost jumping up and down. Ranger could see tears in her eyes, she was so happy, suddenly Stephanie gabbed Lester's shirt, "Where are they?" She snapped at him.
"Babe relax let Lester take a breath and answer." Ranger snapped.
"Right, they are at Trenton Memorial Hospital being treated for some minor cuts, scraps, dehydration but they are okay."
Stephanie jumped into the driver's side of the SUV they were just in.
"Babe, I am driving." Ranger told her.
"No, lets go now" She snapped at him.
Ranger got into the passenger's side seat in the front and buckled up.
Stephanie pulled out of the Rangeman parking garage and broke through one of Rangeman's gates.
"Babe, slow down." Ranger said hanging on by his nails to his seat. He saw her take a hard left where she could not turn left.
Ranger took a large gulp.
"Babe, please slow down, and you just went the wrong way on a one-way street" Ranger said.
She continued to drive like a maniac. Ranger saw a red light coming up.
"It's Red stop" Ranger yelled. It did not work she kept driving went right trough three red lights. He saw a stop sign up a head, and the Trenton Memorial Hospital.
"I not even going to tell you" Ranger just shook his head as his wife plowed through the stop sign, took the next right at was at the hospital in three minutes.
Ranger let out a big breath looked at his watch "Three minutes new record."
"Next time I am driving" He grabbed the keys from the car. Took Stephanie's hand and went into the hospital.
Stephanie was trying to pull Ranger to the ER department, so she could get to the girls.
"Stephanie" He turned her, so she could face him.
"The girls are going to be upset, and having you acting crazy is not going to help them. You have to calm down." He pulled her to a sitting position on a bench.
She sat there for a few minutes looking though glass window looking at the stars.
"Okay let's go get my nieces." She took a deep breath got up and went through the ER doors to where a girl was sitting down behind a desk.
The girl at the desk was just about to ask when, "Hey Stephanie, Boss we are in here." Hal said and waived them to the door.
"We are with him" Ranger told the girl. He should her his ID and was almost running to catch up with his wife.
She bumped into a Doctor that was just coming out of a patient's room.
"Wow slow down." The doctor said.
"Sorry I am trying to find my nieces. They have been lost for about four days. A Rangeman search party found them today." She was all most yelling at him
Hal looked at Ranger. He held up his hands and backed away.
"Yes Angie, Mary Alice, and Lisa. They are doing fine, we have them rehydrated, some food in them and their cuts and scrapes cleaned up they are this way." The doctor led the way to where there was a playroom where little kids could play.
Stephanie looked threw the glass windows, and saw Mary Alice pretending to be a horse. Angie trying to stop her and Lisa playing with blocks.
Ranger smiled at the sight of them.
"You did good Hal, thank you" Ranger held out his hand. Hal took it and shook with him.
Stephanie went to the door opened and went in.
"Aunt Stephanie" Mary Alice came running up to her and tried to give her a hug. The baby bump got in the way.
Lisa and Angie saw their aunt and ran up to her too.
Stephanie bent down to their level, "are you three alright" she said with concern in her eyes.
"Yup" Lisa said.
"Come on then. Uncle Carlos is checking you three out and all of you will stay with us until we find mom, grandma Mazur, Plum, grandpa and the other Rangeman workers there."
The three girls smiled, they were also beaming.
After fifteen minutes they were checkout and in the SUV. Ranger got in the driver's seat. Stephanie in the front and the girls in the back buckled up the drove back to Rangeman.