November 14th, 2004

Jade opened her eyes. It was in the early morning and it was snowing once again outside. Mommy and Daddy were asleep. She stood up in her crib and flung her legs over the side. She carefully slid down the side. She giggled and toddled out of her bedroom.

Too bad Alex and Ty were sound asleep. The seventeen-month-old sat down at the top of the stairs and scooted down on her butt. Daddy had taught her that trick. Once Jade made it to the bottom of the stairs, she ran to the back door and pushed it open. She grinned at the sight of the snow.

"'No." She said walking outside. The door shut tightly behind her. Jade wobbled out into the snow. Her little feet turned red as she walked further into the snow.

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Alex groaned as the morning sun woke her up. Jade hadn't woken her up. She smiled. She liked it when Jade slept. Alex got up and put her bathrobe on.

"Eggs and sausage? Thanks baby." Ty said snuggling in the bed.

"Very funny, Davis." She smirked as she walked to Jade's bedroom. "Jade, time to get up." She walked to the crib and saw that it was empty, "Shit. TY! She got out again."

"Great." Ty shuffled into the bedroom, "I'll take the upstairs and you take the downstairs."

"Sure." Alex sighed and jogged downstairs. This was Jade's newest game. She loved climbing out of her crib. They had to figure out how to keep her in there. "Jade, darling where are you?" Alex looked in all of Jade's hiding places in the kitchen and living room. Nothing.

"She's not up there." Ty said walking into the living room.

"I can't find her either." Alex said as her heart started to race.

"Where is she, Ty?" Alex was panicking as she went to the back porch. "JADE!!!"

"Alex calm down she has to be here." Ty said.

"Calm down?? She's not here!!" Alex cried. "T-Try the garage." Ty nodded slowly. Alex looked down and saw tiny feet print in the snow. "OH god." Fear swelled in her chest. "JADE!! Talk to mommy!!!"

Alex stepped out into the snow. She didn't notice how cold it was. She just needed to find her baby. Alex followed the feet print until she saw Jade. She was lying down in a pile of snow with snow on top of her. Her lips were blue.

"Oh god." Alex ran over to her daughter, "Jade, Jade, can you hear mommy?" Alex checked her pulse. She had one but it was weak. Alex took her bathrobe off and wrapped it around her daughter's limp body. Her hands were shaking. She was trying to keep her tears at bay.

"TY!!!!!!!!!!" She screamed as she lifted up her daughter. Ty ran outside. His blood ran cold when he saw his wife running to the house with his daughter.

"Oh my god." Ty looked at her.

"CALL AN AMBULANCE!" Alex screamed. They both ran inside. Alex sat down on the couch, cradling Jade. She rubbed her daughter's frozen hands. "Jade, wake up for Mommy." Alex rubbed Jade, trying to warm her daughter up.

"They'll be here in ten minutes." Ty whispered bending down in front of them.

"W-Wake up, J-Jade." Alex sobbed holding her daughter tightly. Ty stared at Jade. Her lips were still purple. She looked dead.

"She'll be fine." Ty whispered. "She'll be fine." Soon, Carlos and Doc ran in. They were shocked to see that is was Jade, but they were quick the help. They wrapped her up in a blanket and rushed her out into the ambulance. Ty climbed in the front as Alex stayed in the back with their daughter. Doc radioed the hospital.

"I'm bringing in a severe case of hypothermia. Girl, around seventeen months." Ty nodded, "She's not responsive her pulse is thready. How long was she out there?"

"I don't know." Ty croaked.

"ETA is about five minutes." Doc said. Ty glanced in the back.

"How is she?" He asked.

"She's hanging in there." Carlos said. Soon, Doc pulled the bus up into the bay. Dr. Brown immediately grabbed Jade from Alex's arms and rushed into the trauma room. Alex wanted to burst in there and help, but Ty held her.

"We need to let them work." Ty whispered as he watched them warm up the saline.

"I c-cant loose her." Alex whispered.

"We w-wont" Ty said holding her. Alex whimpered collapsing into Ty's arms. Her world was coming down around her. Ty dragged her over to the chairs. "Shhh." He whispered as his wife sobbed in his arms. Carlos looked at them sadly.

"I'm sure she'll be fine." He said, "The doctors here are great with babies…"

"Thanks, Man." Ty said to his ex-roommate. It seemed like hours until Dr. Brown came out to talk to them, but it was only a half-hour. Alex jumped up.

"How is she?"

"We have her stabilized." Dr Brown said, "She has some frost bit to her toes. We may have to remove one or two."

"Oh god." Alex gasped, "Don't. Don't remove anything please!"

"We'll see." He said, "She's still unconscious and will probably remain that way for awhile. She has a lot of damage, but young children are resilient creatures. She may wake up tomorrow feeling completely fine."

"Can we see her?" Ty asked huskily. Dr. Brown nodded.

"We moved her to a private room. She's hooked up to a few machines, one of which is to help her breath, all right?"

"Okay." Alex whispered as she followed Ty and the doctor. Her heart stopped when she saw her daughter. She was so pale and hooked up to machines. "Oh god…" Her lip trembled as she sat next to the hospital crib.

* * *

They didn't sleep at all that night. How could they when nurses and doctors came in and out of the room checking on Jade? She was still asleep. Nothing had moved. Not a finger. Not a toe. Alex was convinced they were watching her slowly die.

"Here." Ty handed Alex a cup of coffee. She nodded her head.

"Thanks." She whispered softly. Ty pushed some brown curls off of Jade's pale forehead. "Did Adam get some food?"

"Yeah. Mom and him are across the street." He said.

"Good." Alex said. "I knew…I knew she started climbing out, but…. I didn't think she knew how to go down the stairs."

"I taught her that." Ty sighed. Alex nodded.

"I should have locked the gate on top of the stairs." Alex said.

"Don't blame yourself, Alex." Ty said, "I can't blame myself either. It was neither of our faults. We found her and she's alive." Alex sighed deeply staring at her daughter.

"I know…" She whispered. Jade's eyelid started to flutter open.

"Alex." Ty whispered.

"I see." She said, "Get Dr. Brown." Jade's bright blue eyes started to flutter open. "Hi, baby." Tears started to fill those gorgeous eyes. "It's all right. Mommy is here."

"How is she?" Dr. Brown asked walking.

"She's awake." Alex smiled tearfully.

"All right. Let's get the tube out." He said slipping some gloves on. Alex took hold of her daughter's bandaged hand. Dr. Brown pulled the tube out of Jade's throat and she baby started to scream. Alex and Ty were both so happy to hear her crying.

"Shhh, baby. It's okay." Alex whispered. Jade sat up. She was scared, not understanding where she was.

"MAMA!!!!" She cried.

"C-Can I hold her?" Alex whispered.

"Go ahead. Just be careful of her IV." Dr. Brown said, "She still needs to stay here. We need to monitor her limbs."

"That's' fine." Ty whispered as he watched his wife hold Jade tightly. There was still a chance Jade could loose a finger or two or that she could have received some kind of brain damage, but everything looked good and if it remained good, Jade would be a miracle.