When Caitlin came to a few minutes later, Hank was relieved. Aside from the small cut she had from apparently having hit the countertop, which she couldn't recall, she insisted that she was fine. There was nothing she could have said or done, Hank's mind was made up and he had Jay take her to the hospital to be checked out. Hank knew he was being overprotective but he also saw in it an opportunity to get her away from work and from the case.

When they walked into the ED, things were quiet. Connor walked up to them and looked at Caitlin.

"Wow. Antonio took a swing at you"?

Caitlin said nothing. She didn't know what to say. She would have preferred telling him it was the truth. At least it would have meant that he wasn't missing… if not forever gone.

"She fainted and hit her head", said Jay coming to her rescue.

Connor put his arm around her and led her to one of the ED rooms. "Let's have a look at that and then you can tell me what happened".

"I'll wait for you here", said Jay as he stayed behind.

"Caitlin looks like crap. What'd you do to her"? he heard his brother's all too familiar voice come from behind him.

He turned. "Nothing. She fainted at the district".

"And you brought her? Why didn't Hank or Antonio do it"?

Jay looked at Will, unknowing where he was trying to get at with those questions. He knew he couldn't tell the truth about Antonio. It wasn't that he didn't trust Will…Ok maybe he didn't entirely trust him to keep this quiet, but there was too much at stake. One, Caitlin and Hank would have his head on a stick if he told. Two, Kelly's fiancée was working upstairs and this was not the way she should find out what was happening and three, they were trying to keep a lid on this case and he knew he shouldn't, couldn't talk about it to anyone.

"Antonio's out working on a case and Hank's got his work cut out for him, so I brought her. I'm her partner Will. It's what we do, we watch out for each other's backs".

Will raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure that's all there is to it"?

Jay started getting tense and frowned. "What are you insinuating"?

"Oh come on Jay, don't give me that crap. You're my brother. You think I can't read it on your face when you've got the hots for some girl. You've got feelings for Caitlin and more than you should considering she's married. And to top it all off, married to one of your teammates and the niece of your boss".

Jay said nothing.

"You may be able to hide it from her, or at least try to, but it's written all over your face".

"Yeah well, you're reading my face wrong. Even if I had those kinds of feelings for her, which I don't, as you said, she's married. That alone would make me drop any intentions or feelings I may have".

Jay knew he was lying, not only to himself but to his brother and he hoped that he was putting on a very convincing face. The feelings he had for Caitlin were indeed more than they should be but regardless of that, he was no fool. He knew that she was off limits. She was married to Antonio and was happy. He cared for her that much that he would never do anything that would jeopardize that happiness, even if he wasn't the source of it. Yet with what she was going through, there was nothing more he wanted to do but be there for her and show her that she was not alone. That she could rely on him and lean on him.

Not wanting to go any further in the discussion with Will, he walked over to the coffee machine. He grabbed a coffee and sat in a corner of the waiting room where he was sure that Will would not see him.

Connor looked at Caitlin's cut. "Don't think you'll need any stitches and if I do you may keep a scar and we don't want that. I'll put some skin glue".

He turned to the nurse and asked her to get it then turned his attention back to Caitlin. "So, run me through what happened earlier".

Cat shrugged. "Nothing".

Connor frowned. "You fainted, hit your head, got a laceration and you say nothing. You could have fooled anybody else but it just so happens that I'm a doctor, in case you didn't know".

She smiled a bit. He sat down on the bed. "Did you have a dizzy spell"?

She sighed. "I was feeling a bit dizzy when I got up from my desk. I didn't have time to have breakfast so I headed for the kitchen to grab a cup of coffee and something from the fridge. I remember getting the cup and then waking up in the sofa".

Connor stood and grabbed the blood pressure cuff. He placed it around her arm and pushed the button. When it was done he took it off and put on his stethoscope.

"It's a bit low. I'm just going to listen a bit".

When he was done he looked at her. "OK. Sounds good. I'll run a quick blood panel, there are a few things I want to check out".

"Like what"?

"Well your sugar level for one, you hadn't had breakfast, could be from hypoglycemia. Have you been sick recently"?

"No. Just tired. Work's been hectic".

"I know what you mean. So maybe we'll just check for any kind of infection as well. You might be fighting off something. I wouldn't worry too much if I were you".

He winked and left the room. She inhaled deeply. If only he knew that this was really the least of her worries. Maybe she should have told him. Her emotional state and what she was going through could also very likely explain why she had fainted.

The nurse came in to draw some blood and a 2nd medical student came to glue her backup. She could tell he was nervous but he had done a good job.

Jay's phone rang.

"How is she"? asked Hank.

"Connor says she's fine. He's running some tests, we should have the results in approximately an hour. How are things going? Anything on Antonio and Kelly"?

There was a short silence on the other side of the line.

"We have a positive match on the blood samples, they are both Antonio and Kelly's blood. Caitlin was right, a fake road work was put in place hence the detour. There was minimal traffic so it was a piece of cake for them to only make Antonio follow the detour down the alley and then reopen the traffic to normal for the ones after. We've got two visible faces, and we are running face con as we speak. Aside from that nothing. No contact has been made for a ransom whether it be here, at Kelly's house or Station 51".

"You really think they would do this for the money"?

"I was hoping they would but I think that time has come and gone. This is pure revenge and I'm not liking how things are turning out. We have zero leads. Let me know when you have more info on Caitlin".

"Will do".

Caitlin, who had dozed off, stirred and woke up as she heard the room door slide open. Connor walked in followed by Nathalie and a big machine.

"OK", said Connor. "No infection and your blood sugar is low, so we're going to give you a few glucose tablets".

"Glucose tablets? Can't I just eat a Snickers or something and head back to work"? She really wanted to head back to the district to see what new elements, if any, had developed on the case. Time was counted. In abductions associated with assault, time was the worst of enemies. The longer it took for them to find Antonio and Kelly, the more the chances were that it would be too late…. If it wasn't already the case.

Connor looked at Nathalie. "Well, generally I'd say yes. But in this case, it's important that we get your blood sugar back to normal and monitor you for a while".

Caitlin blinked a couple of times. "Why? What's wrong? What are you not telling me"?

Connor smiled at her. "Technically, nothing is wrong. Caitlin, you're pregnant"!

She looked at him, then at Nathalie with her mouth agape. Pregnant?

Nathalie looked at her. "I take it this is coming as a surprise. You and Antonio weren't trying"?

Caitlin closed her mouth. "Not really. We'd talked about it but we didn't want to put too much pressure. We thought we'd let nature take its course for a while and then if nothing happened then we'd try harder".

"Well, seems as though mother nature was kind enough to bless you with this baby".

Kind? Sure, it was kind, but her timing really sucked. Caitlin simply nodded.

"You had no idea? No late period or nausea"?

"I'm pretty irregular and to be fair, I've been so caught up in work, I'm not even sure I've kept track properly. No nausea just been tired these past weeks. I was supposed to see the doctor about that".

Nathalie moved the ultrasound machine towards the bed. "Well, it's not uncommon to still have your period at the beginning or entirely throughout your pregnancy. That doesn't matter now anyway. Your hormone levels are pretty high, around 280,000, so my guess is that it's been a couple of weeks already. Why don't we take a look and see exactly where we are at"?

Cat nodded. A baby? Antonio's baby. Their baby. The one she had dreamed about all those years. The one she had hoped for ever since they had gotten back together. He or she was there, in the warm cocoon that her body had become. She wanted to be happy but none of this was the way she had imagined it. In her hopes and dreams, she took a home pregnancy test in the bathroom while Antonio waited impatiently in the room next door. They would sit together waiting for the result to pop up on the screen. When it would show 'positive', they would laugh, smile, cry, kiss and hug. They would make love to celebrate and talk about their future as a family as he cradled her in his arms, her head resting on his chest. They would be together for the first ultrasound and to hear the baby's heartbeat. None of it felt that way, none of it felt right. Instead of all of that, she was in an ER room, with Connor and Nathalie and Antonio was missing, injured and may never know that he was going to be a dad again.

As Nathalie put the gel on her belly, she fought back the tears and focused on the screen. Within seconds, Nathalie found what they were looking for.

"Hello, little human".

Caitlin blinked a couple of times as she looked at the screen. It was small but it was there and she knew enough to recognize its little heart beating. Nathalie took a few measurements and printed off some pictures.

"Looks great and from the measurements, it appears as though you are 11 weeks pregnant. You're halfway through your third month. And you only got tired and a dizzy spell… I'm jealous. I couldn't keep anything down from month 1 to 3"!

She handed Caitlin a picture. "I'm sure you can find a nice way to surprise Antonio with that"!

Cat smiled. "I'm sure I will. Thank you".

"OK. So, you've got to start prenatal vitamins and get an OB. You'll also need to advise work, we can't have you running around after criminals and getting hurt, now can we"?

She nodded at Nathalie's comments and question.

"Now all you've got to do is break the news and take care of yourself and in 6 months, you'll both have a beautiful and healthy baby! Congratulations"!

Connor smiled as Nathalie left. "Alright then, I'll get you those tablets and you'll be on your way".

When Connor had made sure she had taken her tablets, he left so that she could gather her things and head off. She carefully put the picture in her pocket and headed to the waiting room to meet up with Jay as Will watched.

Jay stood as she came in. "Everything all right"?

She smiled. "Yeah, just low blood sugar level. That'll teach me to skip breakfast. But I'm fine now, so let's not waste any more precious time and head back to the station".