I do apologise for the wait, an update would have been up sooner but I'm an idiot. Long story short since my laptop randomly deletes things I save everything to a memory stick which I then put into the washing machine. Needless to say it didn't work afterwards so I've had to rewrite the chapter again. Only after spending a rather lengthy amount of time rewriting everything I then broke my laptop. Like I said, I'm an idiot! Thankfully I now have a new one and have finally got the updates. Honestly it could only happen to me!

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Chapter 36:

By Rosa241

Fermat's POV:

Everything seems to fade slowly into focus as my mind clears. Things seem so confused in my head...everything seems to be hazy...I can't seem to think...

Tentatively I look around my surroundings unsure of where I am or why I'm here. I don't recognise anything around me, I don't understand...

Something...a sound reaches my ears...it takes a minute but eventually my hazy mind puts the pieces together, footsteps. Someone's coming...

I quickly dart behind a nearby piece of equipment, ducking down as small as I can get. What is going on?

The footsteps get louder and louder until they're almost right on top of me. I can feel my whole body shaking violently as my panic gets more and more intense, what's happening? Voices begin to surround me...

One voice seems to stand out, it's familiar...moments pass before the owner of the voice speaks again.

"This is the computer room...he should be here. Where is he?" The voice is so familiar, so...

"Scott?" My voice comes out barely above a whisper; the people in the room clearly don't hear me so I try again. "Scott?"

"Wait did you hear that?" I'm not sure who he's speaking to. "Seriously I could swear that I heard something."

"Fermat? Dear?" Now that voice I definitely do recognise.

"Lady Penelope?" Slowly I slip out of my hiding place; my heart pounding wildly as I finally set eyes on the familiar faces.

"Thank god." Scott breathes as he darts forward and engulfs me in a tight hug. "We've been looking everywhere for you."

"What's going on?" He pulls away and shares a strange look with Lady Penelope before turning back to face me.

"That doesn't matter right now. Come on we have to get you out of here, your dad's probably going out of his mind. We'll get you outside and we'll find him and everything will be fine." His words take a moment to sink in.

"My dads here?" He nods with a small smile but there's clear worry on his face. "Where is he?"

"You're..." He doesn't get anything further as a loud bang cuts through the air. "Gunshot."

"Let's get him out of here." I can see that Scott is torn but eventually he stands up and takes my hand.

"We have to get out of here." I don't get the chance to ask any questions before he pulls me away.

What's going on? I'm so confused...

Mac's POV:

I shot him...I SHOT him!

My mind goes into overdrive as things seem to have echoed into silence all around me. There's only one thought running through my mind as I finally hear some shuffling around me. I shot him.

How can one man have this kind of power? How can one man make someone go against their own will? It doesn't make any sense, none at all.

I know I'm going to have to open my eyes at some point but no matter how much I will myself I just can't do it. I can't open my eyes and look upon the man, the father, I've just shot.

"Brains are you alright?" Jeff's words send a shiver down my spine and my eyes snap open on reflex. Standing before me are the two men I entered the facility with.

But the gunshot...?

My eyes travel to the form lying on the ground not a stones throw away. Those once red eyes are now back to their normal colour, brown upon white staring directly up. No blinking, no nothing...just staring blankly ahead. The red blood pooling round his head now seems to be spreading further than I could have imagined. How can one person house so much blood?

"But how...?" Before I can even think another voice forces my head to snap round almost violently.

"Are you okay?"

"Floyd?" There stands my Superintendent, gun out in front of him, his eyes set firmly on me.

"Are you okay?" He repeats himself as he lowers his gun and steps over towards me.

"I've had better days...how did you..?" I gesture to the body on the floor, wincing as my arm protests the movement.

"I'll explain later, right now we need to get you out of here, preferably to a hospital." He drapes one of my arms, the non injured one, over his shoulders and drops an arms around my waist. "I think it's time to leave."

As Floyd helps me out of the warehouse I begin to realise the extent of my injuries. My left arm is most definitely broken, my left knee is killing me – Hell I hadn't realised until now how much it hurt – and I can feel the blood trickling down my face. But we did it, we did it, he's gone.

Sunlight eventually hits my eyes causing me to stumble slightly as my eyes shut instinctively. Thankfully Floyds arm steadies me before I fall over, God I don't need any more injuries to add to the list. Out of the corner of my eye a small figure races forward, a cry of 'dad' falling from his lips. We did it...we actually did it!

Tin Tin's POV:

Pulling my mind away from Fermats my entire body sags in relief. As much as I love that I could use my powers to help him I still hate the idea of using my powers.

"He's free, he's finally free." I breathe out in relief. It's been almost fifteen minutes since I freed Fermat's mind but now he's finally back to normal. His mind is his own once again.

"Seriously? You mean he's back?" Turning back to face Alan I can't help but smile as I see the look on his face.

"Yeah, yeah he's free. The hood is no longer in control over him." He hugs me tightly before I can even take a breath. It's nice to finally see him being happy at last.

"Now we just have to hope that my family can bring him home." I can sense the complete worry and panic in his voice; as much as he's trying to hide it I can hear it.

"They're going to be fine Alan." His eyes come up to meet mine. I've always been mesmerised by his eyes, they're so piercing and gentle. Even back when we hated each other I was always taken with his eyes, I suppose that's where my attraction first started. "Your dad and Scott, Parker, Brains and Lady Penelope are all going to be just fine. I know it. They're going to get Fermat and bring him home."

"I really hope so. I mean..." He trails off before dropping his gaze. He eyes flicker towards the window. "When Virgil got shot I thought he was going to die, I really thought he would but then he survived and now he's fine. What if...what if he was supposed to die? What if-"

"Stop it." I place my hand over his. "Stop automatically thinking the worst. I know you've been through hell but you have to stop. Your family are going to be fine, everything is going to work out. I promise."

He smiles once again before giving me yet another hug. A year ago I would have fled the country if he'd come anywhere near me but now we seem to hug more often than not. Not that I mind of course.

"You know I don't know if we could have done any of this if it hadn't have been for you. It was you who figured out that it was the hood behind this, it was you who separated Fermat's mind...he might have gotten away if it hadn't have been for you." I can't help but blush as he speaks, still hugging me mind you. "Thank you for being here."

As he pulls away his eyes meet mine briefly before something happens that I never dreamed would. His lips touched mine for barely a second before a knock on the door caused him to jolt away from me.

"Sorry to interrupt dear but we've just had a phone call from your father, he said to let you know he's on his way back." The nurse takes off down the hallway and all is quiet for a few moments before Alan speaks.

"He's fine, if he's coming back then that means that he's fine and that everyone's fine." His words barely enter into my mind for there's something more going on.

He kissed me.

Alan kissed me.

Floyd's POV:

"The ambulance is on its way. Don't worry you'll be fine." I can tell from the eye roll that Mac is doing fine.

"So you still haven't answered my question. What happened?" I know from the tone of voice that despite her clear pain she is not going to let this drop.

"Alright well we were just walking through the halls and then..."

Flashback:

We've been walking in silence for a while now. Hallway after hallway, empty room after empty room...nothing. No sign of life. Mind you I suppose that's part of the reason why this place was chosen as a hide out, it's huge.

"Is anyone else getting the feeling that this place is a dead end?" No one answers me but I can tell we're all thinking the same thing. We're too late.

"I think we should head back and meet up with the others, something doesn't seem right to me." The British man, Parker, speaks with a sharp tone to his voice. "Let's go."

We begin to walk back towards the entrance, my heart leaping into my mouth with every step. I don't know why or what caused it but I could feel like there was something completely wrong with the entire situation. My heart was pounding and my chest felt tight, something was seriously wrong...so very very wrong.

It was as we were walking that I began to hear them, voices! There were voices from further ahead in the tunnel. At first they were distant but quickly they became louder. I couldn't quite make out what they were saying but I knew one of the voices without a shadow of a doubt was Mac. Her voice was one that I could pick out no matter what.

Beside me Parker stopped dead in his tracks, he looked like he had seen a ghost...or maybe he had heard one.

"What is it?" I whispered, not sure why but I had dropped my voice as low as I possibly could. "Parker?"

"That voice..." He didn't have to say any more, my brain had already put the pieces together. The hood...he is here...

He's here in the warehouse...he's just ahead of us in the tunnel...just ahead of us with Mac... .God!

Mac..

Mac was standing there ahead in the tunnel with that madman. Without a thought for my own safety I powered forward, my gun aimed out in front of me. Using all of the stealth that I could possibly muster I crept forward until I could make out the figures. There were four of them, Mac was standing off to the side with her gun trained on Jeff Tracy. This had to be the work of the hood, he was doing this I knew it. They said he had some sort of power...

"No!" Mac screamed, her eyes were now squeezed tightly shut, he hands quivering. It was instinct that made me do it I suppose, without thinking my fingers pressed the trigger of my gun. The Hood collapsed into a heap on the ground almost instantly...it was over...

End Flashback:

"You saved me..." There was obvious fear and shock in her voice. "He would have killed me; he would have killed all of us without a shadow of a doubt. You saved us."

"Just doing my job." I couldn't help but shake at her words, she could have died. "I could have lost you."

"Well you didn't, I'm still here." Her eyes had tears brimming in them as she laid her tired head on my shoulder.

It's over, it's really over.

Yay! Fermat's free, the hood is dead and Tin Tin and Alan are making waves in their relationship. Wow, when I started this it was never meant to be this long but hey! Only a few more chapters to go until I finally bring this tale to a close. It's been a long time coming I'll tell you!