Liz woke up to Rorke playing with her hair. Like he does every time he wakes up way before her. She liked the feeling of it, it became a safe haven for her. She slowly sat up and stretched her aching neck. She was secretly hoping when she woke up, the first thing she would see is the wall to their bedroom. But no, the first thing she saw were the bars to the holding cell. Turning her attention on her husband, she gave him a little smile. From what she could see, it was still dark out.

"Morning beautiful." said Rorke

"Morning."

Liz stood up and stretched her body. Her neck and back were a little sore, but overall she got a good nap in. She paced around the cell to loosen her legs back up. Looking back towards Rorke, she was surprised he wasn't doing the same. His leg has to be numb at this point. She let out a small sigh and continued pacing. Eventually the silence was broken when Rorke spoke up. "Your father came by earlier."

Liz stopped her pacing and sat back down. "Oh gees. What did he want?"

"Don't know. He asked if I could wake you and I said no. Then he left."

"Pretty sure we'll find out soon."

"Mmm."

Liz gave him a confused look. This wasn't like him. He's usually more hyper-verbal. She wondered if something was wrong or if he was thinking of something. Either way her curiosity got the best of her. "Is everything okay? You're usually not this quiet."

Rorke didn't say anything. He reached into his pocket and showed her the picture. Liz's face faltered for a second. She glanced from the ultrasound picture to Rorke. His face was unreadable but Liz could sense a little disappointment. She sighed and said "I'm sorry. I wanted to tell you, but you've had so much on your plate lately that I didn't want to add more to it."

"Liz, you know you can come to me no matter what it is. Especially this, I want to know if your pregnant so I can be there for you." Rorke looked at the ultrasound picture and smiled. Then handed it back to Liz. "A little over a year later and months of trying, now we're having that child. I know it's gonna work out this time."

Liz took the picture back and said "Babies."

She smiled at the photo before turning her attention back on Rorke. He was raising a brow at her.

"Babies? As in plural?"

"Mhm. We're having twins."

Liz laughed when his eyes widened in shock. He stood up and paced around the cell for a moment before he stopped right in front of Liz and pointed to her stomach.

"Twins? As in there are two of them in there?" said Rorke gesturing to her stomach. Liz nodded and stood up to show him.

She held up the photo and said "Do you see two 'circles'?"

"Yeah."

"Each one is a child. I'm 8 weeks by the way."

Rorke sat back down with the ultrasound in his hands and kept staring at it. Liz has never seen him so...stunned before. It was pretty cute actually. She sat down next to him and linked their arms together. "So you ready for the up all night and diaper changes?"

"I'm more than ready. I can't wait to meet them."

"I can't either."

Rorke turned to give her a proper kiss. The first in almost 24 hours, the longest they've gone without contact. His hand came up and cupped her cheek, he was going to deepen the kiss until they heard the door open. They both sighed and pulled away. Rorke put the photo in his pocket so no one would know. Glancing to see who was disturbing them, it was once again Elias.

He walked in and unlocked the cell. "Liz. Come with me." Liz sighed and stood up. Walking out of the cell she stopped and waited for Elias to lock it again. Glancing over to Rorke she saw his worried looked plastered all over his face. She mouth 'it's gonna be okay', giving him a small smile before she followed Elias out of the room.

Liz was once again brought into a room with her whole family. This time Merrick was there. Elias motioned for her to sit as he took up a seat on the far side of the table. Liz obliged and sat down. It was a moment before anyone spoke. Then Elias cleared his throat and said "I have a deal for you."

Liz raised a brow at him. "A deal? This should be interesting, let's hear it then."

"If you give me everything you've learned in the past 2 years, I might just be able to make your sentence a bit shorter and you might even have a spot on the Ghosts."

Liz glanced around the room before she started laughing. Not a normal laugh but full on hysterics. Looking between everyone to see there 'not so amused' looks on their faces. She calmed down a little and said "So you want me to betray Rorke, so I can have a shorter sentence and maybe a spot on the team he wants to kill anyways? Yeah, that's not gonna happen."

"Told you dad. She's a lost cause." said Hesh

"It was worth a shot son. My question is why? It's the best deal you're gonna get." asked Elias

"Best deal my ass. You just don't like the fact that you can't order me around anymore."

"And Rorke doesn't?...No of course not since you're fucking him." said Hesh

"Do you want to know what it's like to be related to you? The prodigy child. The one who always got told how good they are in the field or how much of a natural born leader they are. God it was infuriating. Now who's the subordinate and who's the commander?"

"You're a fucking commander?"

"What? You never thought that would happen? That your little sister would become a commander before you?" Liz said sarcastically. She scoffed when Hesh rolled his eyes. Being around him was making her blood boil. She was never close with Hesh and it just got worse the older they got. The only good thing they had going was they made a good team when outside the wall. But those days were long gone.

"You don't deserve that title." snapped Hesh

"Maybe not. But I have a whole army at my disposal. What do you have?"

Hesh let out a huff and walked over to Liz. He grabbed her by the shoulders and slammed her against the wall. Liz's eyes slightly widened before going back to normal. She looked at a rage filled Hesh in front of her. Liz easily shoved him off of her. Her anger was boiling and she wanted nothing more than to punch him in the jaw. "We're not back in Santa Monica. Things won't end well for you."

Hesh let out a humorous laugh. "What are you gonna do? Run and tell Rorke? What is he gonna do?"

"You found Ajax. You saw what terrible shape he was in. That's what Rorke did when he called me a bitch. What do you think will happen when he finds out you assaulted his wife."

Liz saw everyone's eyes widened. And then anger set on their faces. At that very moment Liz could tell she lost all little credibility she had with them. But she didn't care. She knew where she belonged.

"I'm not even surprised about that. So you just picked some stranger over your own family?"

"Family." scoffed Liz.

Elias sighed and stood up. "This isn't going anywhere. I take it you made your decision?"

"I made it 2 years ago."

He motioned for Liz to follow him. Knowing exactly where she was going, back to the holding cell. She scoff when they entered the room with the holding cell. Elias unlocked it and Liz walked right in. Rorke was right by her side as soon as she set foot in there. She heard the cell door being locked behind her. "Well congratulations Liz. You are now a traitor to the United States."

"I'd rather be a traitor than stuck with you."

Elias scoffed and walked out of the room. She let out a sigh and was led to the bench by Rorke.

"Come here." Rorke wrapped his arm around her and moved her closer to him. Liz rested her head on his chest and listened to his heart beat. It calmed her. They stayed silent for a while until Liz spoke up.

"Hesh slammed me against a wall. I thought you should know."

"HE DID WHAT?" snapped Rorke

Liz looked up at him. She saw the anger and worry plastered all over his face. Giving him a reassuring smile to calm him down a little. "Yeah. I'll go into details once we get home. I'm fine though. And so are the babies."

"You sure?"

"Yes. I'm sure."

"Okay."

Liz leaned against the wall. A small smile formed on Rorke's face as his hand went to rest on her stomach. Her hand came up to rest on his. Both sitting in almost perfect harmony. They spent the next hour or so talking about the twins. From having to buy two of everything all the way to naming them. It gave Liz a piece of mind. To know her future had some meaning. She also knows she doesn't truly hate her father. Just wishes he would admit to his wrong doings. Either way he made his bed, now he has to lie in it.