Cooper slowly drove back towards his office. He was afraid of what would happen next. He didn't want to leave this place. He was too young! Where else would he work? If he was kicked from CHROME, he was afraid he wouldn't be able to find another job anywhere else. He didn't have much experience, other than in the espionage business. It scared him with the thought of being unemployed. There was nothing much for him to do. All he's ever remembered was going to work everyday.

The moment he drove into his office to report his injury, Madalynn took one look and gasped. She and Ash had gone back into his office to wait to hear the news.

Cooper was lost for words. "I'm, I'm partially, blind." He stuttered. He wasn't sure if he even believed that statement himself, but his ability to see told him otherwise.

"Oh, Cooper! That's horrible!" Madalynn breathed.

"Blind?" Ash said slowly. "Cooper, this is all my fault. I'm so sorry. I've ruined you."

Cooper stopped and looked at her. "No. No, this is not your fault. You were manipulated. Remember what I said before? Let's me worry about my own-"

"Cooper, stop." Ash said. "It's on me and you know it. Everyone knows it. Maddie may have manipulated me but I was also the one who was dumb enough to believe and listen to her."

"You two, both stop." Madalynn said, butting in quickly. "This was neither one's fault. Please, the more you argue the more further away you two will be. We need you to love each other, not hate each other."

"I don't hate her. I never have." Cooper said slowly. "I'm just, stressed. I have to report my injury and that means I may lose this job. I don't know what I'm going to do."

"Don't worry, you'll fight through this. You're strong." Madalynn said, giving him a slight nuzzle. Cooper nearly melted at her touch. It had been so long since he had such a comforting gesture.

Once Cooper sent the email about his injury, he moved back from his computer and sighed. Madalynn noticed his concerned and worried face and quickly went up to him.

"Cooper, it's going to turn out alright. I promise." Madalynn said gently. "Would you, like to go out with me tonight? You need to destress and relax." Cooper agreed.

"I'm sorry, Carr, but you cannot safely work here anymore in this position or in the espionage position. Being partially blind is very dangerous in any type of situation we deal with here. We are going to have to let you go and hire someone else. I apologize, but it's for your own safety." The higher up of the London station had come by immediately after seeing the email the next day to learn about Cooper's injury in person. He was a white Bentley Continental. The news was what Cooper thought would happen but didn't want to believe would happen.

Cooper could only nod. He was devastated and wasn't sure what to think.

"Who will you hire?" Finn asked. He, Holley, and a few other agents were nearby in support for Cooper.

"We've got our eye on a car who used to work here actually as an agent. He's a Roll's Royce, and very capable of this position. In fact, he practically begged for this position a few years back. Of course, Cooper was also head at the time and there was no way we were going to give up Cooper. You have been a great, hardworking car, Mr. Carr." He smiled. "I'm very glad to have met you. You will not be forgotten." Cooper could only nod.

Once his office was cleaned of all his belongings, Cooper felt as if he would break down. This was becoming too much for him. He wasn't ready. He wanted to work here for many, many, many more years to come in the future. Now here he was, laid off at only 35. He felt like a joke.

Maddie watched from afar as Cooper sat and stared at his office and said goodbye to the agents there. She frowned at his state of mind, the fact he looked like he was ready to cry, and looked down at the floor. She decided she didn't belong here, and wondered why Cooper had allowed her to come back when she wanted. After all she had done. Perhaps, she had thought to herself, that Cooper wasn't actually like his brother at all. He wasn't like Noah. He didn't kill agents on suicide missions. He loved all of his agents and respected them.

Max on the other hand, was upset about Cooper's wound. There was too much happened for the small plane to comprehend where once he and Cooper left the building, Max felt sad. He felt like he was going to cry and he looked back at the familiar front doors they would always enter through at 5 in the morning. He wanted to be an agent when he grew up, but how was he going to learn when he would never step foot in the place again until he was older? He knew his life would be much different now and he wasn't ready to give it all up yet. But the tone of his father's voice told him that he should worry more about him rather than the building he would love to call home. That shaky, broken up voice his father possessed made him wish he had never believed what Maddie had told him so long ago. About how Cooper was a bad car. Cooper was no where near a bad car. He was a car not prepared for his life to change so drastically. I think it was possible for anyone to see that.

"Cooper, hold on!" Cooper stopped before he touched the main road home and looked back. Madalynn was racing after him through the parking lot, Maddie at her tail. Cooper didn't know what was going on. His mind was elsewhere.

"Cooper Carr, I want to tell you how truly, deeply, extremely sorry I am. How sorry I am for everything I've done to you." Maddie said softly. She tried not to pay any mind to Max slowly inching away from her and more towards Cooper's side out of discomfort.

Cooper didn't know what to say, so he kept quiet. Part of him still loved Maddie, and part of him wanted so desperately to give her up. He would never be able to be with her anyhow. There was no way he could even dream of it.

"I'm so sorry for what I've done, to you, and to Max. I will forever be on your side." Maddie looked down to the asphalt. This was hard for her, Cooper could tell, so he tried to help her feel less embarrassed.

"It's alright, Maddie." Cooper nodded slowly. "I forgive you. But you must know, there is no way I can possibly forgive you for what you've done to Max."

"I know. I don't blame you." Maddie looked away before driving off. She had to leave. She couldn't stay.

Cooper paused before looking to Madalynn. He felt a different spark with her now that he hadn't felt before, he wasn't sure what it was. "Ms. White, are you in any way able to accompany us for dinner tonight?"

Phew, guys, this is the end of this story. I feel like I've been writing this for ages. The next story is even worse with the feels, so don't dry your tears just yet.