The team looked between each other as Frank sat in the chair before them. He placed his head in his palm and his elbow on the arm of the chair. They looked at him only to see the exhaustion in his eyes.

"Come on Frank, let's get you to bed. You need some sleep," Cody told him as he and Jake advanced towards him.

"I'll be fine," he replied as he started to stand up.

They watched as Frank walked a couple of steps before stumbling and catching the edge of the couch. Their faces showed worry: they'd never seen Frank Donovan like this before. Jake hurried to his side and helped him sit into the chair so he could re-gather some strength.

"We'll wait until the morning before deciding anything," Jake said to him.

Frank reluctantly nodded as Monica, Alex and Cody walked out of the room. Jake helped Frank to the bedroom and he looked back at them before staring forward and closing his eyes. He opened them slightly as he carefully sat on the bed and looked away from Jake.

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The next afternoon, Frank slowly walked outside with Jake, meeting up with the others outside.

"How're you doing Donovan?" asked Michelle, who had joined them.

"Fine. Michelle, I have to make a request of you," Frank told her.

"Sure, what?" she replied, a smirk on her face.

"I would like to go back to Death Alley and have you recount what happened the night those two people were killed," Frank said.

Michelle's expression changed almost immediately. It turned into an expression of 'are you serious?' before she turned away from the group and walked a few steps.

She stood there, arms by her side for a few seconds before nodding her head. "Yes, I'll do it," she told them, putting a hand up to her face to wipe away the tears, her voice filling with sadness.

Monica walked up to her and put her hands on the teen's shoulders. Michelle looked at her through the tears.

"Come on. We're all going together," Monica told her.

Michelle nodded as they headed towards the dangerous alley.

Once there, Michelle walked further into the alley, looking from side to side, remembering. "There was a struggle out in the street," she told them as the memories flashed before her. "The two, a man and a woman, were pushed in here by a group of men, led by Joseph Denner. The couple was then severely beaten before Joseph shot them."

She stared at the spot where the two people had lain, dead. The tears started to well up in her eyes again. She walked to the building where she'd hid that night.

"I tripped, and that's when Joseph saw me. He never saw the camera I had. I ran and two of his men came after me. They shot at me twice, one slicing me in the arm; that's why I want to the hospital. The two men never followed me inside. I'm assuming Denner killed them because they didn't complete their job; killing me," Michelle replied, her voice now racked with sadness.

The five team members looked at each other, guilt written all over them. They knew they pretty much treated the kid as an uncaring, spoiled and tough teenager who thought of no one but herself. Frank felt more guilt than the others. He closed his eyes, wondering what he could do for the teen.

"Well, well, well!" came a familiar voice. "What do you know? It's six for the price of one today!"

The all looked to see Joseph Denner standing at the entrance of the alley, a gun in each hand. Both Alex and Jake pulled out their guns. Cody and Monica took Michelle and Frank - who protested all the way - far enough away from the three.

"Drop the guns, Denner!" Jake told him.

"Do I really have to?" Denner sarcastically asked him as he aimed them at the group.

"What do you want from us?" demanded Monica.

"Why, that's simple! I want all of you dead! You all know who I am and if I let even one of you go, I can go to jail for a long time. I can't let that happen," Joseph explained to them as he walked closer.

"I've waited for this day ever since I saw you in that building young lady. Come with me and no one else gets hurt," Jospeh told her, quietly starting to laugh. "I won't kill them."

Michelle gave a deep sigh. She looked at the five surrounding her before she began to head towards Joseph. The group was surprised by this action. Frank tried to grab her arm but she was just out of reach.

"Michelle, what are you doing?" he asked her.

"I'm going with him so nobody else gets hurt. You've already been hurt enough, Frank Donovan," she replied as she headed towards the man.

She knelt before Joseph and looked up at him. "I'm ready. Do it now before I change my mind," she said.

"I never knew it would be this easy!" snickered Joseph as he aimed the gun right at her head.

The determination in Frank's eyes burned bright before he suddenly went after the teen.

"Frank, no!" cried Cody and Monica in unison as they reached for him.

But he was out of reach and he pushed Michelle out of harm's way. They landed on the hard pavement near the wall, Frank giving an involuntary gasp at the impact. Michelle could see the pain in his eyes as they lay there. She saw that he'd protected her from hitting the wall.

"Frank!" she managed to say as she climbed to a sitting position, finally seeing the blood.

Frank said nothing, am arm still around her, but he soon dropped it to the ground as he continued to breathe heavily, wincing from his painful injuries. Jospeh was very surprised by this action. He couldn't help but stare at the two for a moment before he growled and aimed the gun at them. Michelle closed her eyes tightly and heard a gun go off.

But she felt no pain.

Michelle cautiously opened one eye to see Joseph still standing there, his eyes wide open. He wasn't moving at all before he suddenly dropped his arms. His grip loosened on the gun and it fell to the ground before he stumbled back against the empty building. Michelle gasped as she watched the spectacle. She looked up to see Jake dropping his arm to his side.

"Looks like we don't have to worry about him much longer!" he said to the others before they hurried up to Frank and Michelle.

"Frank!" Monica called to him.

They carefully looked over their dazed boss, to see that his back wounds had begun bleeding slightly through his shirt, and his arm was bleeding a bit through the bandages.

"Man, he's been through enough! What else could go wrong?" asked Alex as she guarded Joseph, who was groaning in pain from his gunshot wound.

"Let's call the authorities and let them know who's down here. Then they'll have those murders solved!" Cody suggested.

The others nodded in agreement.

TBC...