Duncan couldn't concentrate all he could think of was getting Andrea backing one piece. He knew that Marco wasn't stupid but he wouldn't put it past him to actually hurt Andrea. By 6 Duncan knew what he had to do and knew he had a time limit to do it in. Marco would be ready for him.

"Mac, Mac!" yelled Richie walking into the dojo

"Richie what?" said Duncan staring at the frantic look on his face

"Your still here I'm coming with you." said Richie with his sword

"Rich no." said Duncan knowing the need to be with him and see that Andrea was alright

"Mac you need me. Come on you can't get Andrea and fight Marco on your own." said Richie

"I have to go alone. He's the kind of guy that actually would hurt her." said Duncan

"What if he already has?"

"Rich I'll bring her home. Trust me." said Duncan

"I do trust you it's him I don't trust." said Richie

Duncan had been mediating in hope of some how reaching Andrea and letting her know he would save her. Andrea had been thinking of nothing but seeing Andréa and Richie again. She could feel her father reaching her. She knew he wouldn't let anything happened to her

"So you ready to feel what it's like to die a slow and horrible death?" said Marco

"He's coming for you and you are going to pay for this Marco."

"Macleod will come and he will lose." he said holding a needle in his hand

"Whatever you do to me you will regret." said Andrea

"Your father should never have left you alone." he said Feeling Duncan

"Dad!" said Andrea when she saw him

"Marco let her go now I'm here." said Duncan

"Macleod you know that I don't play by your rules." he said with the syringe close to Andrea

"Don't touch her!" he yelled moving closer

"Macleod you should leave precious valuables laying around." he laughed

"Marco no it's just you and Me." said Duncan

"Well if you really want to let her watch you die." he said pulling out his sword

Duncan gave Andrea a reassuring smile before facing Marco. Andrea could here the sound of the swords hitting each other and she could hear the sound of Marco making fun of her father trying to get me to get angry. They were coming back her way and she could see blood on her father. He'd been hit a couple of times in the arm.

"Macleod remember that she won't live for ever." said Marco with the needle in his hand coming over to Andrea

"Don't touch her." said Mac

"She's so young." he said as Mac disarmed him and Marco managed to take the needle into her thigh

"Oops Macleod." said Marco

Mac took his head and he took his quickening. He knew that what Andrea had been injected with could be a drug that would probably make her sick. As soon as he recovered from the quickening he ran to Andrea. She was starting to lose it.

"Andrea." he said untying her from the railing

"Dad, help me. I knew that you wouldn't leave Me." she said passing out

Mac drove her to the hospital and had her check out. He called Richie and told him to meet him at the hospital and that he would explain what happened when he got there.

"Mac, where is she?" said Richie walking into the waiting room

"Rich the doctor is looking at her." said Mac trying to calm the frantic young man

"How'd he get that close to her? I though you said that he wouldn't hurt her."

"Richie she'd going to be fine." said Duncan

"Excuse me Mr. Macleod?" said the doctor

"Yes, how's my daughter?"

"Well I'd say she's one lucky girl. The drug that she had been given was one that hasn't been seen for quite sometime, but it's also closely related to a date rape drug which we could easily take care of. She's sedated right now and when she wakes up and she can remember things then we'll let her go home. If I may ask how she managed to come into contact with this drug? "

"She was at party." said Richie

"That would be one way. She's in the room 142." said the doctor.

"Thanks Doc." said Duncan

Andrea lay sleeping on the bed with the wires and machine hooked up to her. She looked peaceful and at the same she looked hurt.

"Hey, darling its dad you're going to be alright." said Duncan brushing the hair out of her eyes

"Andrea? Andrea wake up please?" said Richie

"Richie." she said not opening her eyes

"Marco.dad." said Andrea

"He's gone it's alright I'm here." said Duncan holding her hand

Andrea finally woke up almost twelve hour later. She saw her father sleeping in the chair next to her bed and Richie was holding her hand with his head resting on the bed. She smiled at them and she lay back looking at the ceiling.

The next day Andrea got released from the hospital with strict instruction to take it easy and not do anything strenuous. She knew that both her father and Richie would be on her about it. The drugs she was given were to help flush the drug out of her system.

"Andrea?" said Richie walking into the loft he could here something coming from the back and as he got closer he started to run. He knocked on the bathroom door. He shouldn't have left her alone.

"Richie..Go away please." she said as he could hear her retching in the bathroom

"Andrea sweetheart let me in please." said Richie with his hand on the door

"No Richie I'm."

"Andrea I'm coming in." he said opening the door. When he walked in Andrea sat in front of the toilet she looked pale and her hair was pulled back

"Richie no you don't need to." she said as he sat down next to her

"I want to." he said touching her face and getting a rag and wiping her face off

"Hey, you can do this." he said as she leaned against him

"I think I'm done." she said breathing hard

"I'll help you back to bed."

"No the couch." she said leaning on him

As Andrea and Richie made their way to the couch and Duncan walked in. He stood there and stared at Andrea. She smiled

"What?" she said

"You look beautiful." said Duncan

"Thanks I sure don't feel it." said Andrea

"Hungry?" he asked giving her a kiss

"I don't know if that's such a good idea. Dad I never got the chance to thank you for saving me." she said

"Baby I'd never let anything happen to you." he said

"So hoe long before I can get back to my life?"

"Well I guess when you stop hacking around." said Richie

"Take it easy Andrea your body needs a chance to heal itself. Besides you have the time take it."

"I want to get back to things." she said looking at Richie

"Don't worry it'll be there." smiled Richie

"What is going on?"

"Nothing dad everything will be just fine." she said smiling and closing her eyes

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