Moments

Another chapter dedicated to my friend Emma who has been bugging me to write another chapter and for my other Scorpion fanatic friend, Kasey, for her growing support as she reads this fanfic and as always thank you all for the kind reviews because they are greatly appreciated : - )

Disclaimer: I do not own Scorpion or any of its characters. I'm just a massive fan that likes to write!

/MOMENTS

"Cabe went to the school and Ralph wasn't there. The teachers told him that he was picked up by his dad an hour ago."

The sentence hit the team members harder than the force of the explosion that they so recently experienced. Paige's face scrunched up and within a second tears were once again emerging from her still swollen eyes. Walter without a second thought embraced the crying liaison powerfully, allowing her to weep into his purple shirt. Toby and Happy exchanged sorrow looks before Amanda cleared her throat and spoke.

"Hello! Shouldn't we be tracking down those guys that are stealing from me or something or are you just going to be standing there all emotional. Seriously I am considering hiring a different SPECIALIST team to handle my case. Sorry Tobsie but this is not good enough for me."

The doctor spun his body to face Amanda intentionally for the first time in hours. Fists formed in both of his hands as he was ready to pounce at her for disrespecting his friends and calling him by that embarrassing nickname but Happy stopped him just in time.

"Whoa doc! You'll be able to kick her ass once the case is over but she does have a point" her eyes lit up as she jogged towards Walter's computer, trying to type in a password but cursing loudly and demanding for the genius to make his way to her and help her to achieve her idea.

Walter did as he was told after gently letting go of the fragile body in his arms and telling her to calm down as he assured her that everything was going to be ok. He then ran down the staircase, unlocked his computer and was already putting the mechanics plan into work.

"Somebody mind filling me in?" said the shrink after breathing heavily to slow down his angered heart rate.

"Amanda said that we should be tracking them down which is exactly what I am now doing. I have already used Drew's phone number to hack into his GPS and… yep I'm in. Here" pointed the tech genius to a red spot on a map of Los Angeles that was moving constantly "Ralph is definitely with him but I still don't know where he might be taking him"

The two team members turned to the hatless man lost deeply in thought.

"Come on Tobsie, tell us" demanded the mechanic half mockingly.

Toby glared at her before beginning to explain his theories.

"Drew definitely knows that we are onto him after we found out about his role in the case, otherwise he would have no reason to be taking Ralph from school this early. There is a very low chance that he is taking the boy to his house because we have easy access there thanks to Paige. His best move would be to go somewhere far but Ralph would spot it and would certainly find a way to contact us which is something that Drew doesn't want that so he could be taking him to a hideout somewhere on the outskirts of town. That is his safest bet."

Happy was already forming calculations in her head as to where he could be going or how they could capture him before any harm comes to Ralph. Walter's eyes wandered onto the computer screen which caused him to furiously start hitting a thousand keys.

"What is it?" questioned Happy noticing her friend's nervous actions.

"He destroyed his phone. The satellite tracker stopped working. We lost them."

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"Ops!" exclaimed Drew as he watched his phone shatter to a million pieces. He was pretending to speak through it with a friend as he was driving and "accidentally" dropped it through the opened car window. "Ah well not to worry. I can purchase myself a replacement. You see daddy is earning a lot of money now and I could buy you somin' too. What would you like? A baseball glove? Whatever you want you can have it" he said and smiled at the silent boy before facing the road and stepping on the gas pedal to speed up the car by a mere fraction.

The boy sat there without a single word, gesture or facial expression towards the man sitting beside him. He liked the fact that he no longer had to suffer behind the desk at school but something just didn't seem right. If his dad was going to pick him up earlier then why didn't his mum tell him about that? Why was he acting all happy and weird for no reason and where were they going? His mind didn't allow him to relax. That was what Drew was afraid of all along.

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"Well what do we do now? Call Sylvester. Maybe he'll know"

"No Toby. Sylvester is with Megan and she needs him. There is no reason to distract him with anything more than he has to deal with already."

"Wow Walter! Is it me or is that a little EQ greeting us?"

The bickering between the two men was becoming hard to listen to. Amanda was sitting on Toby's desk, sipping a glass of water as Happy was thinking of more ways to find Ralph. Then it hit her.

"Ralph has his phone on him doesn't he?" the 197 IQ genius nodded "Well then we can track him down in that way"

Her sharp thinking impressed Toby as Walter begun to do just that. The two swapped glances but the soft smile that Toby gave to ease the situation from before was discarded from the woman and made her walk over to the hard-at-work team leader.

"Done! Look. They've stopped at a gas station."

"That's it! I think that they are driving by car!" cried the Harvard graduate sarcastically.

"Now's a good time to contact Ralph. Send him a vibrating text message, strong enough so that he can feel it but quiet enough that Drew doesn't hear it" commanded Happy.

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"T-thank you Sylvester… I love you" forced out Megan before shutting her eyes and smiled. Her day must have been exhausting. Firstly finding out that she doesn't have much time to live, then being proposed to and finally getting married to the man of her dreams. The human calculator understud her need to shut her heavy eyelids and sat beside her in silence whilst holding her precious pale palm, not being bothered about how sweaty it was beginning to become. He hated it when she shut her eyes as it terrified him that she may never open them again but decided to live in the moment and not worry about what may or may not happen. With his free hand he reached into his sweatshirt pocket and pulled out his phone. He typed in the number and waited for Walter to answer. This was the reason why hearing a female voice startled him so much once the ringing stopped.

"Paige? Where's Walter" he questioned the what seemed like crying woman and begun to deduce what she was saying in between deep sniffs.

She explained to him why the team was currently occupied which caused her to sniff faster and more frequently. Sylvester was deeply troubled by the information that he received and begun to propose a form of help so that the case could be sorted out as soon as possible. The liaison denied any help, assuring him that they were coping and after a long pause she spoke again. This time she sounded less worried as if for a split second she forgot all about the troubles of the unwanted case. Her voice slowly returned into its old self as she asked him how he was coping. Sylvester's mind begun to clear as the words that were locked inside of him begun to finally flow out. The worries, the thoughts and all that he told himself, he was now able to share with a fellow human that listened and understood him. It were times like this that he realised just what an important asset Paige really was to Scorpion.

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Ralph was still sitting in the car seat agitatedly as he awaited his dad's return from the small shop that stood in the gas station. He could just about make out his father's figure as the man stood impatiently in the crowded shop cue. The instant boredom of the young genius forced him to begin estimating the average weight of a truck in the parking lot or determining the rough temperature caused by the day's boiling sun, of a black Ford that had just pulled up beside him. Whilst in the middle of the second equation he felt a peculiar vibration in his trouser pocket only to remember that it was his phone. He unlocked the phone's heavy encryption that Walter helped for him to install and read the message that has just momentarily sent to him.

Listen Ralph do not read this message out loud! Call us as soon as you are able to be alone because we fear that you may be in serious danger.

The message was sent from Walter's mobile. That was all he knew. The words "serious danger" would automatically terrify any normal but his heart rate didn't even rise. He remained calm and looked towards the gigantic shop window only to see that his dad was still standing quite far away from the cashier. The boy quickly calculated that he had roughly fifteen minutes before his father would be heading towards the car so he immediately called the sender's number.

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"Ralph baby? Is that you honey? Are you ok? We were so worried" cried Paige into Walter's cell whist firmly embracing his hand. She had sprinted down the stairs, tripping on the way but being caught by the 197 IQ man just at the right time, once she heard that they were calling her son and now she was hearing his confused from the situation voice.

"I'm fine mum. What's happening?"

His worried slightly scared the team as they all begun to fear the worst.

"Listen Ralph. Do you have any idea where your dad might be taking you?" said Walter after he had put the phone on speaker and once he heard Ralph answer he continued "Ok then Ralph I want you to listen to what Happy is about to tell you because we need you to fiddle with your dad's car ok? It's going to be fine, just like in issue 579 of Robo-Spies that I read you once remember?"

Paige's face lit up as she heard those words. Walter. The world's most emotionless person was easing her son's conscience and recalling each activity that they both ever performed together. He truly cared. She heard her son's voice asking his current mentor why he needed to do what was just asked of him.

"We think that your dad may be up to something but I will explain all that to you later buddy. Now I'm passing you over to Happy" spoke Walter before passing the mobile device to Happy. He met Paige's smiling gaze as they both stood side by side, still holding each other's hands firmly.

"Not good" cursed Happy, loud enough for everyone to stand dead in their tracks. The frustrated Paige begun questioning the mechanic by which she answered.

"I was in the middle of guiding Ralph through the wiring but he stopped me saying that Drew was coming and cut off. Drew's defiantly gonna notice that Ralph played with it. We won't be able to contact him anymore. Ralph's in trouble. Big time!"

A little bit of Waige in that chapter and honestly I really enjoyed writing a bit more of the action (although I hated doing Drew coz as you know I hate the guy). Btw I'm still not sure if I should kill off Megan or let her live (at least a bit longer) because I love her as a character but the death may be a bit interesting. I want your opinions as you are the ones reading it so let me know if you prefer:

Living Megan or dying Megan.