"Hey Ironman, how are you doing sweetie?" Paige typed.

"Hey Paige. I'm doing okay, a little confused. But I wanted to apologize to you." Ironman typed back.

"What for?" Paige asked.

"Well as bold and daring as you are on your site; and when I saw you with your friend earlier today I didn't think you'd mind me talking to you." Ironman replied. "But you really seemed embarrassed I'd brought it up."

"Wait, this happened today?" Paige typed.

"Yes, don't you remember? We were at the Otterman building." Ironman sent back.

"Oh sweetie, I'm afraid you must have confused someone else with me. I didn't leave the house today. And I'd have loved to have met you. You are one of my biggest fans. I'm not ashamed of my life here." Paige told him.

"Oh, oh gosh, no wonder she was so embarrassed and her friend got so mad. She just looked so much like you." Ironman told her.

"Well they say people have a double, I guess you met mine. I'll tell you what, there aren't many of my videos you haven't already bought, but I think there are three or four. Tell me which one you'd like and I'll give you a free code for it." Paige told him.

"No, that is so sweet of you. It was my mistake. But maybe someday we can meet for a coffee or something, my treat." Ironman typed.

"I think I'd like that." Paige smiled.

7 am the next morning, Walter's room in Cedars:

Paige sat in a chair beside the bed. Walter's hand in hers as she dozed. It was nearly 1 am when they got Walter admitted to the hospital after stabilizing him in the ER. But he hadn't regained consciousness. Cabe took Ralph home with him and Toby took Happy and Sylvester home. Happy was just on the living side of being a zombie.

Toby had tried to help her but she steadfastly refused any of his offerings. As soon as she entered their home she crawled on top of the couch and refused to do anything else. Toby sighed. This was going to take a lot of work to fix.

Toby hadn't been shocked when he joined the team after they got Walter stabilized and found out that Sylvester was quitting Centipede Partners. He was actually surprised it took this long. He knew Sylvester was constantly having to tell himself he had to be mad at Walter. It started out great but none of his partners were really happy. And if he was to be honest he wasn't happy either. He missed Walter and being able to mouth off and poke fun at him.

Toby sighed as he checked on Happy on the couch. He picked up his phone and called the nurses' station to check on how Walter was doing. He ticked off all the normal things and then thanked the man and hung up. He pulled up Paige's number and hit to dial her.

Paige woke with a start at the sound of her phone ringing. She looked around trying to get her bearings and saw Walter lying there and everything came rushing back to her. Then the ringing caught her attention again and she grabbed her phone up.

"Hello?" Paige said clearly confused as she answered blindly.

"Hey Paige, I just called to check on Walter and I thought I better call you, see how you are." Toby told her.

"Oh, hi Toby. Umm, I'm okay I think. Just a little disoriented." Paige told him.

"That's understandable. So Sylvester quit, what's our plan?" Toby asked.

"What? Why are you asking me? I'm not in charge." Paige complained as she still wasn't thinking straight.

"Well someone needs to be." Toby told her.

"Well then, you can be in charge. I've got too much on my plate right now." Paige vented.

Toby sighed.

"Fine, talk to you later." Toby told her.

Toby called Sylvester next.

"I told you, I quit." Sylvester complained as he picked up his phone.

"Sorry Sylvester but you can't quit yet." Toby told him.

"What? Why not?" Sylvester complained.

"Because you still have that programming job for Bishop's to finish. You know as well as I do that we can't quit or take time off in the middle of a job we agreed to do." Toby reminded him.

Sylvester grumbled as he mentally went over the contract he had drafted and realized he was right.

"Fine, when are you coming to pick me up?" Sylvester complained.

"That's my big boy." Toby grinned. "See you in an hour." Toby said as Sylvester complained.

Toby sighed as he looked at his biggest challenge. Toby walked around and sat down on the coffee table facing Happy. She looked adorkable, face down on the couch. Sound asleep with a bit of drool slipping out of her gaping mouth. He leaned over close to her ear.

"Flathead." Toby said softly before he jerked back.

Happy's eyes popped open and she bolted upright.

"What?" Happy asked as she looked around. Her left hand came up to wipe at the drool.

"Good morning my little Asian flower. How are you feeling?" Toby asked while grinning at her.

"Toby?" Happy looked at him, confused.

"That's me, your favorite Fungus. It's time to get a shower and get dressed to pick up Sly." Toby told her.

Happy sat down on her hip as she looked about still confused and rubbed her eyes with her right hand.

"Damn." Happy swore as her right hand ached when she put pressure against her face. They both saw her hand and Toby sighed.

"Great, you broke your hand last night. Why didn't you say something?" Toby complained.

"How did I break my hand?" Happy asked.

"Seriously?" Toby asked as he looked at her. "Do you not remember?"

"Obviously not Doc." Happy told him.

"Well let's get in your truck and I'll tell you as we go to medcheck. I'll call Sly and tell him we'll be picking him up a bit early." Toby told her.

"What exactly do you recall from yesterday?" Toby asked as they drove down towards Sylvester's place.

"Well I remember Paige and I went to see Walter about that website. And Walter quickly pointed out that the model wasn't Paige and someone had swapped Paige's face onto the model. And he pointed out that the guy that was in some of the videos and pictures with her was Tim Armstrong. I kind of remember helping Cabe set out dinner. But things get a little foggy after that." Happy told him.

"Wait, Tim is involved in this? No one said anything to us last night. So you really don't recall how you deck 197 last night?" Toby asked as he drove.

"What? Why would I hit Walter? He's my best friend." Happy asked even more confused.

"You must be repressing the memory of what happened." Toby shook his head as they pulled up in front of Sylvester's apartment building. Sylvester hurried out and got in beside Happy.

"Were you able to get it?" Toby asked Sylvester.

"Yes, Walter hadn't changed my computer access." Sylvester told him as he opened up his laptop as Toby pulled out and headed towards Medcheck. Sylvester clicked play on the video that was loaded.

Happy watched as she walked over talking to Walter. She watched Walter stand up as they had some heated words. Happy stared disbelieving at the video when she saw herself slug Walter and he collapsed, striking his head on the desk as he fell to the floor.

"What the hell. Is Walt okay?" Happy asked quickly.

"Well he hasn't regained consciousness yet. But the CT showed the bleed had healed on its own so there shouldn't be any permanent damage." Toby told her.

"Are we going to go see Walter after?" Happy asked Toby as he set her hand.

"Well we can, but we can't stay long. You still need to work on the Beauchamp job and Sylvester has the Bishop's job." Toby told her as he put the stockinette on her hand. He grabbed the cotton cushioning and began wrapping it around her hand. Finally he grabbed the fiberglass wrap and wet it a little before he began wrapping it around her hand.

"There we go my Asian love." Toby smiled at her as he put his hands on the exam table on each side of her. Happy smiled even as Toby moved in and they shared a tender kiss.

Happy saw Toby looking in the mirrors quite a bit.

"What's wrong?" Happy asked.

"I'm not sure. But that cop has been following us for some time." Toby told her.

"They do that sometimes, to see if they can get the driver to freak out." Happy told him.

"Yeah, I'm not so sure." Toby told her as he signaled and moved over to the right lane.

The cop followed suit and Toby swore. He signaled again and pulled into a strip mall parking lot and parked close to one of the stores. He wasn't sure what was going on but he wanted witnesses just in case.

"What are we doing?" Happy asked.

"Trying to find out why this cop is following us." Toby told her as he watched him pull up behind them blocking them from backing out of the parking space.

The officer got out of his car and slowly walked up the side, but about ten feet from the car. Toby rolled down the window.

"Morning officer, is there a problem?" Toby asked.

"This truck is licensed to Happy Quinn." The officer told him.

"Yes sir, my wife. She's right here next to me." Toby told him.

The officer stepped a bit further forward so he could see Happy and Sylvester as well.

"Where are you headed?" The officer asked.

"Is that really relevant?" Toby asked.

"If you want to get there any time soon, yes." The officer told him.

Toby sighed.

"We're on our way to see a friend in the hospital before going to work." Toby told him.

"I see and Ms Quinn won't be driving, correct?" The officer asked.

"No, I'll be driving." Toby told him.

"Good, make sure she doesn't. Driving on a suspended license is still an offense." The officer told them and started walking away.

"What the hell? Since when?" Happy said quietly.

Toby held his hand up and waited until the car left.

"Sly, I think Ralph might have done some hacking last night." Toby told him as he put the truck in reverse and backed up slowly.

"Why would Ralph do that to me?" Happy asked, confused.

"Because he was pissed as hell at you last night for hitting Walter." Toby told her.

"Paige?" Happy said exploratorily as she walked into Walter's room. Toby and Sylvester stopped at the nurses' station.

"Oh Happy, come on in." Paige smiled as she looked over and saw her.

"I wasn't sure if I would be welcomed." Happy said as she moved on up.

Paige frowned and Happy held up her hand.

"You broke your hand when you hit Walter?" Paige gasped.

"Apparently, but I don't recall hitting him. I don't recall much after helping set up dinner for everyone." Happy told her. "I'm really sorry. Walter means a lot to me, I'm not sure what could cause me to do that." Happy said with tears in her eyes.

"Well he had said something I'm sure was pretty offensive but, how you responded wasn't good, at all." Paige told her.

"I'd imagine not. Apparently Toby thinks Ralph hacked the BMV last night. We were followed by a cop when we left Medcheck and he was checking to ensure I wasn't driving on a suspended license." Happy kind of grinned.

Paige's eyes closed as she sighed.

"I'm sorry Happy. Ralph really was upset last night so that wouldn't surprise me. I'll make him fix it." Paige told her.

Happy shrugged.

"I deserve worse for what I did, even if I don't recall it. Toby said he hasn't woken up yet." Happy looked at Walter. Her hand drifted up and she gently moved the hair from his forehead.

Paige smiled.

"Not yet. Hopefully soon." Paige told her.

"Walt, I'm really sorry. Please wake up." Happy told him. Happy sighed as he didn't respond. "Are you staying here today?"

"I think so. My mind wouldn't be on taking care of business anyway." Paige told her.

"Toby is making Sly come in to finish the Bishop job." Happy told her.

"That's good. Umm, about work. I think I am going to be quitting CP too. Just so you know." Paige told her.

"I'm not surprised." Happy nodded.

"Everything Walter said and did last night, it showed me how much he loves me. Showed me that Florence isn't a threat to our relationship. That he didn't invite her to that lecture like that. I overreacted and didn't give him the chance to talk and tell his side." Paige sighed.

"Good, you both deserve your happiness. Maybe give us a little godbaby." Happy grinned.

Paige laughed.

"Baby steps Happy." Paige said, shaking her head.

"Baby steps for what?" Toby asked as he walked in.

"Baby steps in Walter and I rebuilding our relationship." Paige smiled.

"Good idea. Has he been making any sounds or saying anything?" Toby asked as he stepped up and opened Walter's eyes and examined them.

"Not that I have heard." Paige told him.

Toby nodded.

"Good, his eye has almost completely recovered and what little is left still responds to light. I give him about eight hours before he starts talking." Toby told them.

Paige and Happy both grinned in relief.

"Did you ever eat last night?" Toby asked Paige.

"No." Paige told him.

"Well you can either go get something now or I can have Sly go get you some food. Which is it?" Toby asked.

"I don't want to leave Walter." Paige told him.

"Sly it is then." Toby said just as Sylvester walked into the room.

"What's me?" Sylvester asked.

"Paige hasn't eaten since lunch yesterday. You've been selected to go down and get her some breakfast." Toby told him even as he pulled his wallet out. Toby handed him a twenty as he told him what to get for her.

"I don't eat that much Toby." Paige complained.

"Tough, you haven't eaten in almost twenty hours. You need a good meal." Toby told her as Sylvester left.

They heard squeaking shoes and then Ralph ran around the corner of the room.

"Mom, has Dad awakened yet?" Ralph asked as he flew around Walter's bed and into Paige's arms.

"Not yet Ralphie. Toby thinks he should in a few hours though." Paige kissed his cheek.

Ralph glared at Happy.

"What is she doing here?" Ralph demanded.

"Ralph. That is enough of that. You owe Happy an apology. And you are going to fix whatever you did to her license and anything else you messed with last night." Paige told him.

"Ralph, I'm really sorry. I don't know why I hit Walter last night. I don't recall even doing it. I'm just very sorry." Happy told him. "Walt's been my best friend for years and I am really ashamed." Happy told him.

Ralph glared at her for nearly a minute straight.

"Fine, but if you do something like this again or if Dad doesn't recover you are going to regret this on a whole other level." Ralph told her.

"What's going on?" Cabe asked as he walked into the room.

"Ralph is laying the law down on me." Happy gave him a sad smile.

"Did you break your hand kid?" Cabe looked shocked.

"I guess so. Walter's head must be as thick as Toby jokes sometimes." Happy grinned at Paige and Ralph.

Everyone laughed but Ralph but slowly he smiled and nodded.

Greetings! I hope this finds you all well! Well tomorrow will be my 3rd anniversary of when I wrote my first chapter of my first Scorpion story! And Saturday will be the 3rd anniversary of when I posted it! lol Well over 2 million words written in these 3 years for Scorpion (counting Knight's Tale and Lady Knight, over 1.5 million if you don't). So far about 1.9 million of those words have been posted. Hard to believe. I thought about trying to do a one shot story when all the versions of Paige and gang that met from Quantum Slip, have a little reunion together to post on Saturday but it seemed too convoluted of an idea...

Railman - LOL Too funny...I wonder if they send out "Wish you were sick" cards? LOL

Lucy - LOL Yep, you and Cabe are on the same wave length for sure! Yep, Ralph was mad as heck!

Marti - Right? I know Happy is volatile but that was extreme!

Guest #1 - Thank you! Ralph certainly thinks so! Strictly speaking I think Cabe should have yes. But trying to be as Fatherly as he can to all of them. He's willing to cut her some slack, at least until Walter wakes up, or if... Well Walter did say it was okay for them to come over. Of course he never imagined anything like this going down. Paige like Cabe is just trying to see how things play out so to speak. Keeping it friendly for now. Ralph on the other hand...not so much! lol

Susan - If I had one and someone said that to me...*yikes* something would be wrong with them! LOL Poor Ralph indeed. That would be pretty bad. Thank you! Glad you are enjoying it!

Guest #2 - She definitely came packing so to speak. lol

Margaret - Yep Walter definitely hit a nerve with Happy and then Happy hit a nerve with him. And now she can't remember what happened...Not Good!

Guest #3 - Thank you! Glad you liked it! hehe Yeah...seems a little strange for sure.

JerBr23 - Poor Ralph indeed. Wanting back in and getting back in are 2 different things...Sly probably should have waited to find out from Walter if he could or not. lol

To the Adventure! -Tim