Writer's Note: First of all, I hope you all had a great Christmas, I certainly did. I had a great time with my family and have eaten way to much ;) You're reviews blew me away again! Thank you all for reading and reviewing so loyal. They really keep me going and sharp. Here's a new chapter, please let me know what you're thinking! Enjoy!

Chapter Twenty One

Casey sat in between Rachel and Quinn, who were trying to calm her down. Ever since she had come in, she hadn't said a word. She just wasn't able to form any words, she was just to upset. Quinn had taken care of the cut on her cheek and it had stopped bleeding. After what felt hours, she calmed down. She accepted the tissue Rachel gave her and wiped her face dry. She looked over at Rachel, who looked terrified.

"Casey, who did this to you?" Quinn asked quietly.

Casey bowed her head, she really didn't want to ruin their happiness. Liv had told her all about what had happened in New York and she really wished she could tell them good news.

"My brother. Joseph."

Over Casey's head, Quinn looked at Rachel, who sighed silently in relieve. But then Casey looked up again, her eyes looked so sad at the brunette.

"He wasn't alone. Jesse was with him. He told me he's working for my father now."

Fear reached Rachel's eyes again as Casey's words sunk in. Jesse was back. He was out of jail and was here. That was not good. Before she knew it, Quinn sat right in front of her, grabbing her face.

"I'm really sorry, Rachel. I really am."

Rachel looked up at the smaller girl and felt sorry for her. She looked really terrible. The brunette tried to smile at her to comfort her.

"It's not your fault, Casey," Rachel said and wrapped her arm around the shaking girl.

"Casey, is Liv alright?" Quinn asked worried.

"Yes. Joseph doesn't dare to touch her," the dark haired girl replied smiling.

"Why not?" Rachel asked.

"Because he can't handle her. She kicks his ass."

Casey was beaming by now off pride. She even stopped shaking and her eyes were less terrified. Both Quinn and Rachel looked at her, surprised.

"Then why didn't she stop him for beating you?" Quinn asked curious.

Now Casey's face fell and her eyes turned to terrified again. She looked up at Rachel, who still was holding her.

"Jesse had her. I don't know what he did to her, but she couldn't move," she told them. "Before I left, I carried her upstairs."

"He sedated her. He used to do that to me to when…" Rachel's voice stocked, tears where threatening to surface. "We have to go to her. She will need some help."

Rachel stood up and Casey and Quinn followed her outside. They got in Quinn's car and drove off. In the car, the brunette turned to Casey.

"Are they still in Raven?" she asked.

"No. They are staying elsewhere, I don't know where," Casey replied.

Rachel nodded and turned back to stare out of the window, into the dark. Her nightmare had just became reality. She couldn't count the times she had dreamed he would come back and now he had. She sighed quietly, when would this nightmare stop? She looked up as she felt that Quinn had laid a hand on her leg and was looking at her.

"Are you okay?" she mouthed.

The brunette just nodded and laid her hand on Quinn's hand. She was so glad she had Quinn. Rachel was glad they had talked, she loved the blonde way too much to let her go. Quinn pulled up at Raven and they got out the car. Casey led them inside and upstairs. She opened the door of what was Liv's room and quietly, Quinn and Rachel looked at the sleeping Liv. At least, Rachel thought she was asleep. Quinn certainly didn't think so as she shot into the room and knelt down next to the bed. She pressed her hands on where Liv should have a pulse. She found a weak pulse, but saw and heard that Liv wasn't breathing. She stood up and started to give mouth to mouth.

"Call 911. She isn't breathing," she called at Rachel between two breaths.

Rachel left the room with the cellphone in her hand and dialed 911. Casey just stood there in the doorway, watching Quinn giving life support to her sister. If Liv wouldn't make it, she swore she would finish Joseph. Rachel came back into the room.

"They are on their way. Let me, I'll take over."

They exchanged spots and gasping for air, Quinn watched her girlfriend giving life support. Then her eye fell on Casey, who was as white as a sheet and looked like she could collapse any minute. She walked towards the girl and she pulled her out of the room. She sat Casey down on the floor and knelt in front of her. Casey looked up at her, her eyes filled with tears.

"Is she going to make it?" she asked with a thick voice.

"I don't know," Quinn replied honest.

Suddenly, Casey's eyes filled up with fear and clenched her right hand around her left wrist. Before Quinn could even do something, Casey dugs her nails into her skin. Just in time, Quinn grabbed her hand and stopped her from hurting herself. Casey looked up terrified.

"Calm down. The paramedics are here any minute."

The words had hardly left her mouth as the paramedics came up running the stairs. Quinn stood up and led them to the room where Liv laid. She quickly filled them in on the situation. The paramedics quickly take over from Rachel and they lifted Liv on the stretcher.

"Do you know how much she had?" one of the paramedics asked.

"Casey?" Quinn looked up at Casey, who stood in the doorway again.

"I…I don't know."

She started crying uncontrollable and Rachel rushed over to her to prevent her from falling. Casey leant heavy against Rachel as the paramedics take Liv outside. Outside, they shove her into the ambulance and Quinn jumped into the ambulance as well.

"We'll follow you," Rachel said and the doors were slammed shut.

With blaring sirens the ambulance drove off. Rachel led Casey to Quinn's car and helped her in. She shot the door and walked around the car to the driver's side. Quickly, she tried to pull herself together before she got in the car. She opened the door and got in. She started the car and drove off, racing after the ambulance with a terrified Casey next to her…

With a sigh, Quinn turned around as the doors closed behind the stretcher where Liv laid on. She was told to wait here for any news. All she could do now was wait and pray. She sank into a chair and pinched the bridge of her nose. She hoped she would wake up and this would just be a bad dream. But she knew that this was very much the reality. How it could have happened, she still don't know, but Jesse was on the loose en he probably was out on revenge. For a second she started to worry, she had left Rachel drive alone after them. She looked up as she heard footsteps and saw Rachel and Casey come towards her. The blonde stood up and took Rachel in her arms briefly. Rachel answered the hug.

"Where is she?" Casey asked as she looked desperate at Quinn.

"Marc is with her. He's a doctor here and he is very good," Quinn told her.

She had never been so happy to see Marc in her life. He immediately had taken Liv to an examine room. She knew he would pull her through this.

"I need to see her!"

Quinn needed every strength she had to stop Casey. Rachel wrapped Casey in her arms and sat down in a chair. Casey tried to wiggle out of Rachel's arms, but the brunette was stronger than she knew. Finally, Casey grew tired and slumped against Rachel's chest. Quinn noticed the girl was scratching over her skin with her nails, trying to draw blood. The blonde took Casey's hands in hers, to stop her hurting herself. Casey just looked up, with so much hurt in her eyes that Quinn felt so sorry for her. For hours they sat like this in the waiting room. Half way, Casey had fallen asleep. Both Quinn and Rachel hadn't been able to sleep at all, worrying about Liv and Casey. Finally, Marc came through the doors, looking exhausted. Quinn stood up and Rachel could only look up at him.

"How is she doing?" Quinn asked, trying to read Marc's face.

"She had had a fair amount of sedatives and it was a tense moment in there, but for now she's okay." He eyed the sleeping Casey and pulled Quinn with him out of hearing range. Rachel quickly laid Casey on the chair and joined them. "But she's not out of the woods yet. She has a concussion and I believe someone had been beating her up very badly. We made a CT-scan of her brain and there is a swelling. The next twenty-four hours are crucial," he told them.

Rachel and Quinn exchanged looks, this was very bad news. Apparently, Casey hadn't seen everything that had happened to her sister. On one side it was a good thing, but it wasn't a good thing when she would file a complained at the police.

"Thanks, Marc," Quinn said thankful.

"Can we see her?" Rachel asked.

"Yes, of course. She's in the room down the hall, third door on your right," he told them. "If there's anything I can do for you, please let me know," he said and walked away.

Quinn looked over at Rachel, who was looking at the sleeping Casey. Quinn saw a certain sadness over Rachel and wrapped her arm around the brunette. Rachel looked up and smiled at her girlfriend.

"Are you okay?" Quinn asked quietly.

"Yes. I haven't been thinking about his return that much. It will come," the brunette replied and pulled Quinn closer.

"And I'll be there," Quinn said.

"Thank you."

Quinn looked down on the smaller woman and smiled. The brunette smiled back and kissed Quinn tender. Quinn kissed her back, putting a bit more pressure into the kiss. They looked up as they heard Casey yawn. They exchanged looks and Rachel freed herself from the embrace.

"I'll tell her," she said quietly and walked over to Casey.

Rachel knelt in front of the chair and looked up at the sleepy Casey. A bit daze, Casey looked back and seemed to suddenly remember where they were and why. She shot up, looking around her frantically.

"How is she?" she asked, looking back at Rachel.

The brunette looked over at Quinn, before looking Casey straight in the eyes.

"Not so good, I'm afraid. There's a swelling in her brain and the next twenty-four hours are crucial."

Casey's face showed a mixture of fear, anger and angst as it sunk in. Rachel was afraid she would slide into a shock, but Casey suddenly stood up. She had her hands clenched in fist, but her face no longer showed the anger.

"Can I see her?" she asked with a calm voice.

"Yes, of course. Come."

Rachel wrapped her arm around Casey and took her to Liv's room. Quinn followed them quietly, feeling proud of Rachel. She had stayed so calm all this time, it was like she was coping really well with all of this. But Quinn knew she would deal with it later, when they were home. Still she was proud of her girlfriend, staying so strong. They walked into Liv's room and Casey gasped for air as she saw her sister lying there in bed. Liv's face was as white as the sheet on her bed and her face was more damaged then they had known. Casey walked over to the bed and looked down at her sister. Behind her, had Quinn come standing next to Rachel, holding her hand. Without saying a word, Casey sat down. She took Liv's hand in hers and stayed that way. Quinn and Rachel found a spot on the other side of the bed, supporting each other as they looked at Casey and Liv. They knew words weren't enough at this moment, so they kept quiet. Hours had passed as Quinn's and Rachel's pagers went off. Casey hardly looked up as Quinn silenced hers and walked out of the room. Rachel looked at her watch and saw it was almost half past twelve, their shift had start an half hour ago. Quinn came walking back into the room.

"We have to go, at least until…"

"Go. Do your job."

Both Rachel and Quinn looked at Casey, who stared back at them. She looked exhausted, but Rachel knew she wouldn't go to sleep.

"Are you sure? We can come back," Quinn said doubting.

"No, I'll be fine. There's nothing you can do now," Casey replied and Quinn suspected she wanted to be alone with Liv.

"Okay, then. Call us if something changes, okay?"

"I promise."

Rachel grabbed her coat and gave Casey a quick hug before she left the room. Hand in hand, Quinn and Rachel walked out of the hospital, worried sick about their friend…

Snow was falling down as Quinn parked her car on the parking lot off the base. She and Rachel got out of the car and started to make their way to the building through the snow. Rachel looked up and caught smiling a snowflake between her fingers.

"I love snow," she exclaimed and smiled at Quinn.

Quinn just quirked her eyebrow at Rachel's childish happiness. Something wasn't right with Rachel. Ever since she had heard Jesse was back, she hadn't said a word about it. The blonde promised herself she would talk to Rachel as soon as there was time.

"Well, it certainly is attractive," Quinn admitted as she looked up as well.

She saw the snowflakes coming right at her and the cold touched her warm skin. She also saw big clouds floating by quickly and she suspected the snowfall would become worse.

"Hey, Quinn?" Rachel asked as they made their way to the building.

"Yes?"

Quinn looked aside and saw the brunette smirking.

"Since when are you riding a motorbike?"

The blonde held open the door for Rachel and wiped the snow of the brunette's back. For a second her mind went back to the first time she rode on her bike.

Nervous, Quinn sat on the bright red bike. Next to her stood Jaidy, grinning like mad. She handed Quinn the fitting helmet and helped her putting it on.

"You look sexy," Jaidy commented.

Quinn just grimaced and looked at the road ahead. They stood on the parking of their apartment and would go to the base on the bikes for the first time. She looked next to her and saw Jaidy had already started her bike. A shot of adrenalin shot through her veins and she started her bike as well. Jaidy soared away over the road and Quinn followed quickly behind. Within seconds her nervousness was replaced by a feeling of freedom, something she only felt in a chopper…

A hit to her arm, pulled Quinn back to the reality. She looked next to her and saw a smirking Rachel looking up at her.

"Where did you go?" she mocked.

"Nowhere. I've been riding since Jaidy gave me a bike for my birthday," she told the brunette as they walked further inside.

"No kidding. She gave you a bike for your birthday? Did she gave you riding lessons as well?"

"No need to. She already taught me on her bike and I could easily get my driver's license."

Now Quinn was smirking at Rachel's surprised and shocked face. Luckily, Rachel hadn't changed that much, she still was punctual and wanted to be safe with a lot of things. They walked through the last pair of swing-doors and were met with a very angry looking CO.

"Where did you two come from?" he asked sternly.

"From the hospital, CO," Quinn replied calmly, she knew him longer then today.

"Are you both alright?" he asked suddenly concerned.

"Yes, we are both fine, but a friend of ours lays there in a critical condition," she explained seriously.

"Okay, I'm glad you both are alright. Puck will fill you in."

With a nod, he walked away to his office. Quinn and Rachel walked into the canteen, where their crew were waiting on them.

"There you are," Puck said relieved and the women walked over to sit with them. "Everything alright?" he asked as he saw their worried faces.

"We'll explain later. Did we miss anything at the briefing?" Rachel asked, looking down at a weather report that lay on the table.

"Well, there's a storm coming this way. At the moment we can fly, but it's getting worse," Puck filled them in, pointing it out on the weather report.

"Shit," Rachel mumbled as she saw what he meant.

"And you said you liked snow?" Quinn mocked her girlfriend.

Looking dead serious, Rachel looked up. "Not anymore."

The blonde just couldn't help to laugh out loud at that dry and dead serious comment. It was just hilarious, especially with that serious face Rachel had on.

"What are you laughing?" Puck asked, half laughing as well.

"Just now, our pilot exclaimed to love snow and now she hates it," Quinn explained laughing and the brunette just grimaced.

"Nothing as fickle as woman," Ned chuckled, which earned him a slap on the head from Rachel.

Laughing, he moved away from Rachel. The brunette could see the humor and laughed with them. It felt good to laugh out loud for a moment, especially after an intense and emotional night. To be honest, she hadn't thought that much about Jesse's return after they found Liv. She looked aside at Quinn and knew the blonde was worrying about her.

A nurse entered Liv's room and found a sleeping Casey. The girl laid with her head on Liv's shoulder. The nurse smiled at the sight and pulled a blanket out of the closet. She draped it over Casey and started to check Liv's vitals. Nothing had changed, so the nurse left the two sleeping sisters silently.

It was a quiet time at the base. Ever since the shift had started, there hadn't been a call out. Rachel watched her friends playing cards, it looked like Quinn was winning. Rachel had never been one to play cards, so she had pulled back to the back of the canteen and was looking outside. The weather hadn't got much worse, they were still able to take off if needed. Her mind wondered off to last evening. She hoped Liv would be okay. Before she could stop herself, she felt fear settle in her stomach like a lump of ice. Jesse was back. He was free and probably wanted revenge. She cringed slightly as she thought of what he would to. He probably would kill her. She had peace with that, as long as he left Quinn alone. As she looked outside, she thought she saw his face in the dark, but she knew she must be dreaming. Jesse was banned of the base and no one could enter the base without passing the officer of wait. The sudden sound of the alarm bell made her look up. Immediately, she shot in her pilot mode. She ran with her crew to the locker room, to save yet another life…

The red and yellow chopper soared through the night and snow. They weren't able to fly at their normal height, due to change of freezing of the main rotor.

"Rachel, what's the call out?" Quinn asked.

"A family in distress. They're stuck on a shifting rock in their house. Apparently, they have a house right on the edge of a cliff. They didn't have the exact coordinates," Rachel added.

Quinn quickly went in her head through the area. There weren't that many houses that were build close to the edge. To be precise, there was only one and she knew exactly who owned that house. She stood up and walked over to Steve.

"I know where it is."

She gave Steve the coordinates and soon they headed to the distress call. Within fifteen minutes they arrived at the spot and Ned opened the cargo door. Quinn looked down and counted three people out of the house. She frowned, she thought the family existed out of four people. She shrugged and hooked the winch to her harness. Soon, she stood on the ground and ran over to the family.

"Emily!" she yelled at the woman against the wind.

The older woman looked up and smiled as she saw Quinn. She and the two kids came running towards them.

"Quinnie! Thank God you're here!" Emily yelled back.

"Where's Ed?" Quinn asked worried.

"Still in the house. He wanted to save his collection," Emily told her as Quinn shoved the sling over the youngest kid's head.

She rolled with her eyes, remembering Ed owned an impressive collection of antlers. He shot the animals himself and told her they were mostly sick and were dying anyway. Quinn motioned to Ned to pull them up and soon they were in the safety of the chopper.

"How much more?" Ned asked and Quinn stuck up three fingers.

Ned nodded and winched her down. Smoothly, Quinn lifted up the older kid and went down again to pick up Emily. That's when the problems started. As Quinn had unhooked the winch she walked to Emily, who stood near the house. Ed hadn't still come out.

"Emily, we have to go!" Quinn yelled and tried to pull the woman with her.

"Wait! Ed is coming," the older woman yelled back.

Quinn looked through the open door, but didn't see Ed coming. The rock shifted downwards and they fell onto the ground due to the shock. Quinn quickly got to her feet and pulled Emily with her to safety ground. She motioned to Ned to let down the winch with the sling and as it came down she looked back at the house again. The hook touched the ground and Quinn quickly hooked herself and Emily to it. She motioned to Ned to winch them up. Quinn looked down at the house again, hoping Ed would come out in time. She thought she saw something and there he came out of the house, carrying his antlers with him. The rock shifted again downwards and Ed started running towards them. It was however too late. The rock kept shifting and fell down into the ravine.

"Ed!" Emily screamed and wriggled into her sling.

As soon as they came in front of the chopper, Ned pulled them in. He sat Emily down in the back of the chopper as Quinn unhooked the winch. She looked down, hoping Ed would have made. She however didn't see any sign of life. The chopper flew forward and suddenly Puck cheered.

"I see him! He's hanging in the ravine. At five o'clock!"

It didn't take long for Quinn to spot him. As quick as she could, she hooked herself on the winch and Ned winched her down. The wind was blowing her in every direction and snow soaked her through and through, but she didn't care. Finally, she reached him and managed to get to him save.

"Quinn! I've never been so happy to see you!" Ed called as he saw her.

"Me neither, Ed. Let's get out of here," Quinn smiled.

She secured him and slid the sling over his head. She motioned he could let go of the rock he was clenching on and Quinn motioned to Ned to pull them up. Looking down at the man, she wrapped her legs around him. Ned pulled them in and he got greeted by his wife and kids. Ned closed the door and Quinn just heard the words he said as she plugged in the intercom.

"Pilot has control."

Feeling content, Quinn and Rachel walked out of the locker room half an hour later. They had dropped the family at the hospital and Quinn had quickly walked to Liv's room. She had found Casey sleeping and had left smiling. All was good and even Casey was getting some rest.

"Good safe, Fabray," Puck complemented her and slammed on her back with his hand.

"Thanks, Puck."

"Uhm, Quinn, Rachel?" Jackie stood in the doorway, looking serious. "There is a phone call for you. It's Casey."

Before they had left, Quinn had filled her in on the situation of Liv. Rachel and Quinn made their way over to Jackie and followed her inside the WING Ops. Quinn grabbed the phone, locking her eyes with Rachel.

"Casey? It's Quinn."

"Quinn? Something is wrong."

Quinn closed her eyes as she heard the panic in Casey's voice.

"Why? What's going on?" Quinn asked, looking at Rachel again.

"They've taken her for surgery. I think she's going to die."