As always not mine, everything belongs to JE I'm just having my fun.

What Now?

RPOV

I carried Steph to seven when we got back to Rangeman. She was still asleep and didn't show any sign of waking up soon. I laid her on the bed and brushed a kiss across her forehead. I was proud of her, the past week she has been working really hard with her training and I could tell that she really wanted to make her self better.

I was also proud of how she was much more concern with her safety now. She didn't complain about having a man on her at all times, she always had a panic button with her, and she was always calling to check in. I couldn't ask for more from her.

I walked out of the bedroom to find the guys sitting there waiting. They all wore concerned faces and I didn't blame them I felt the same. A solid week we have been looking for Rodriguez and we didn't turn up anything. I was beyond furious. My Babe was endangered and we weren't having any luck ending it.

"Ric man, I don't like this. He's keeping a close eye on her and yet we are still missing him" Tank said

"I've been thinking the same thing. Do you think he is monitoring the office some how?" Lester asked.

"I didn't think of that." I grabbed my phone and hit the speed dial for Hector.

"Yeah."

"Hector I need you to head over to the bonds office and sweep it for any device that is not one of ours."

"On it boss."

I looked over at Tank and knew that he has something else on his mind, "What's up Tank?"

"I have a concern."

"What's that?"

"Morelli."

"Why?"

TPOV

I wasn't looking forward to this, Ric didn't know what Morelli had done. I was waiting until we got back to the office in case he decided to kill him. The guys are going to be beyond pissed, shit I was beyond pissed.

"Tank why is Morelli a concern?" Ric asked me again this time there was an edge to his voice.

"Just before the shots were fired Morelli came into the office and had some words with Steph. She stepped out from behind me to confront him; Steph told him more or less that her life was not his concern." I took a deep breath and went on, "Morelli slapped her, hard, hard enough to spin her into me."

I watched Ric's face as his eyes turn dark and hard, I looked over at Lester and Bobby and they had the same look. As if we didn't have enough problems now we had to make sure that the ass stayed away from her as well.

"We will deal with him after we take care of Rodriguez." Ric said in a cold hard voice. "Right now we need to decide what we are going to do about Steph."

I know what Ric wanted to do with Steph, and I knew she would not like it. She has been great the past week, always taking one of us with her and she never complains. But I know that he is going to want for her to stay inside and as much as she has been working with us she is not going to like that.

"Ric we can't lock her up, she won't go for it." I told him

He sighed, "Your right, I know that you are, but I need to keep her safe."

I looked long and hard at Ric, we all knew that he had feeling for Bombshell even if he won't admit it. But there was almost a sound of pleading to his voice, the concern was evident on his face. Hell we were all concerned we all loved her Bobby, Les and I as a sister, and Ric more, much more.

"We will keep her safe Ric," Lester told him, "I don't think that Rodriguez wants to kill her, he is toying with her. I think that there should be two men on her, one of us and one of the other guys."

"Les is right, two men on her when ever she leaves the building, the men we trust the most. I think that she will be okay with that." Bobby said.

I could see Ric fighting with the idea, "Ric she has done everything that we have asked of her and never once tried to fight us. I love the new Bomber she is much more aware of her surroundings, and she thinks about her own safety, but I don't want to risk pushing her away by locking her up now." I told him.

"Fine, we will do it your way for now, but I still don't like it."

If I didn't know any better I would say that Ric was whining.

RPOV

The next several hours were spent talking about which of my men we trusted the most to watch over Steph. I was not happy about letting Babe leave at all, but part of me knew that the guys were right, if I tired to lock her up now she would just hate me for it. After everything was said and done we decided that Woody, Cal, Hal, and Vince would be the four others to help watch over her.

Tank called down to have the four come upstairs while I checked on my Babe. She look so peaceful in her sleep, you would never guess that her life was endanger yet again. I sat on the edge of the bed and watched her sleep, she is amazing and beautiful, and I don't know what I would do if I didn't have her in my life.

Now that the cop is out of the way, maybe I had a chance at someday with her. But that would have to wait until this was done and over with. I heard a knock at the apartment door, I got up and brushed a kiss across her forehead before heading back to the living room. Just as I was closing the bedroom door my phone rang.

"Yo."

"Boss," It was Hector.

"What did you find?"

"You were right I found a camera and six different bugs. Vinny claimed two of the bugs, but the other four are unknown.

"Can you trace them?"

"Working on it now."

"Keep me posted." And I snapped the phone shut.

I found the others sitting at my dinning room table, I didn't want to have this meeting down stairs because I wanted no chances of someone over hearing us at all. I sat down and briefed them with as much information as I was allowed to give out, only leaving out the exact detail of when and where Babe and us had first meet Rodriguez.

When I finished bring them up so speed I was surprised to see shock and anger in all four of their faces. It amazed me the effect that Babe had on my men. I don't think that there is a man in my company that wouldn't give their lives for her, and I wouldn't even have to order them to do so.

"Any word from Hector?"

Just as I was about to answer Tank we heard a whoosh… whoosh sound. "That sounds like…"

"A Helicopter!!!" We all yelled at the same time. We jumped and raced for my room, just as we were about to enter we heard glass shattering and Steph screaming.

"BABE!!!" I had my gun drawn as I threw open the door to find five masked men pulling her out of bed with a gun to her head.

"Let her go." Lester yelled

"Come any closer and we will kill her." One of them said as they back towards the hovering helicopter.

We all had are guns drawn and trained on one of the men in front of us, Lester was the closes to Steph and the windows. As they made it to the copper they opened fire on us. We returned fire and four of the men were taken down the only one still standing was the one holding Steph. He took her and jumped onto the copper, just as it was pulling away with them Lester ran forward and jumped on with them.

I watched helplessly as they flew away the last thing I saw of them was both of them being stunned and falling to the floor of the copper.

"Steph!"

Sorry it took so long to post this, I have had a bit of writer's block, but I hope you enjoy!