Tom watched Rachel with all the other scientists. Rachel saw him walking out of the lab. She looked around at the rest of the James crew.
"Where's Mike?"
"Searching for his wife and kids, I'm meeting up with him to search for both of our families. Why do you care? You have Nick."
"Doesn't mean I can't still worry and care about Mike. Also, Nick died last week."
Tom was a little shocked,
"Oh, I didn't know...I'm sorry for your loss. But Rachel, don't rebound with Mike, only get back together if you mean to stay with him."
Rachel shook her head, watching him leave. Dr. Neustadter came up behind her.
"Do you have any family left?"
"My boyfriend Nick died last week. I found him and we were together for a couple weeks then he disappeared…. The immunes killed him. No other family."
"I'm sorry."
"Let's not dwell on it."
"Can I and some others see first hand how the cure works?"
Rachel thought about it,
"Yes, go grab a few and some of the doses I've got in the case."
Dr. Neustater went to gather some others and the case. Rachel turned seeing Tom,
"Captain!"
Tom turned around,
"Could I have a radio? I'm going out with Dr. Neustater to show them how the cure works. So if I find anybody related to the James crew I could get in touch."
Tom nodded, handed her the phone.
"Good luck, Dr. Scott."
"You too."
Rachel and Dr. Neustadter were giving out doses of the cure to anybody who would listen to them. They had made three stops before they came across a bunch of eight to ten years olds. As she got closer she did a double take,
"Lucas? Lucas Slattery?"
The little boy looked at her.
"How do you know my name?"
"I know your daddy, where are your mom and two sisters? I'm Dr. Rachel Scott."
"Mommy and Sophia died, Hannah is sick. I came out to get food. Where's daddy?"
"Let's go get your sister then I will take you both to your dad. Okay?"
"Okay! Follow me!" Lucas was about to take off.
"First come here, I need to give you a shot to keep you from getting sick." Rachel gently walked over to him.
Lucas looked scared, but let her give him the cure. Lucas led her to where he and Hannah were living. Rachel was appalled at their living situation, following him down the hallway.
"Hannah! I brought someone who has a shot that can help you and she knows daddy!"
Rachel stepped in behind Lucas, upon looking around the room her eyes finally landed on Hannah. The twelve year old, just barely opening her eyes, Rachel took the last dose she had and injected her with it.
"Is dad….."
"He's alive, he's actually out looking for you." Rachel whispered, getting out her sat phone Tom had given her.
Mike was looking out the window, they had found Tom's dad, and his two kids. Mike had lost hope finding Christine and the girls when Tom's dad told him about Darien.
"Have you heard from Rachel?"
"Not since I came home to her kissing Nick." Mike said, looking out the window.
"I saw her this morning at the lab, she was looking for you when me and some of the crew dropped by."
"Figured she wouldn't care about me any more."
"Nick's dead, killed by the Immunes."
Mike got a guilty look on his face.
The sat phone rang, he answered it,
"Slattery."
"Hey…"
"Hey, Dr. Scott, what can I do for you? I figured you wouldn't want to have anything to do with me. I'm still looking for them, So it better be good." Mike whispered, voice thick with anger and tears.
"I actually found what you're looking for." Rachel smiled at the two kids.
"All of them?" Mike asked, his tone changing to hopeful.
"Hannah and Lucas… Christine and Sophia didn't make it."
"Lucas? But the message she left me…."
"I don't know Mike, but I'm looking at a carbon copy of you right now." Rachel smiled at Lucas.
"Okay, Tom is tracking your phone we're only twenty minutes away, hang tight."
"Okay, see you in a bit."
Mike got off the phone looking at Tom.
"You think it's really them, Mike?"
"Rachel said she was looking at a carbon copy of me. Lucas wouldn't have stayed around with her, unless she used my name."
Tom nodded.
Twenty minutes later Mike and Tom pulled into a bad part of town. Both of them got out of the truck Mike called Rachel again,
"Hey we're here. Where are you?"
"Lucas is coming to get you."
Mike looked up seeing the dark haired boy whose voice has been haunting his dreams every night since that call from Christine.
"Lucas!" Mike ran to him, scooping him up in his arms and hugging him tight, tears in his eyes.
After a minute or two Mike pulled away looking at him.
"Where's Hannah and Rachel?"
"Follow me!" Lucas grabbed his hand.
Both Mike and Tom followed him, finally making it back to a crumbling apartment building. Lucas led them up to where Hannah and Rachel were. Walking into the room he quickly saw both of them, they were talking to each other.
"Hannah!" Mike made his way to her, hugging her.
"Is she okay?" Tom asked Rachel.
"She's sick but I gave them both the cure."
Tom nodded. Tom called Russ, getting him to find a house big enough for Mike and the two kids. Mike had come over to where they were standing.
"What now, Captain?"
"Russ has secured a four bedroom three bath house two doors from me and next door to Kara and Danny."
"Can we talk in private?" Rachel whispered, looking at Mike.
Tom looked between them.
"I'll help the kids pack."
"Yes Rachel?"
"I'm sorry for how everything went down between us, I hope we can still at least be friends." Rachel started to walk away.
Mike grabbed her arm, pulling her to him and kissed her hard. He broke the kiss,
"I want us to be more than friends. "
"What about your family?" Rachel asked.
"I don't think I'll be able to do this without you." Mike said, looking toward the bedroom where the kids were.
"They are your children Mike, I'm not the type of girlfriend that says you have to choose between your flesh and blood and me. I'm just not sure what to tell them about our relationship."
"We're dating."
"I don't think that's a good idea, considering you were married to their mother."
"They knew about the divorce papers before I left for the Arctic. What do we tell them, when you are there every night and day sleeping in my bed."
"Then we will tell them."
"Okay, let's get them back. I want Rios to do a general check up on both of them." Mike said, looking in on them, then back at Rachel smiling.
"What?"
"I love you." Mike whispered, kissing her.
"Love you too."