"Myles!" Tara yelled as loudly as she could into the darkness. She and Dimitrius were standing on the edge of the road. D was setting up a spotlight that plugged into the lighter, since with the clouds it was so dark they could barely see each other.

He straightened up and began to pan down the hillside with the powerful beam. "There's where a car left the pavement. They could still be anywhere within a quarter mile of either side, though. Who knows where the car rolled to."

She sighed. "I know. But my voice can carry that far, if anyone's awake enough to hear me."

His grin came through in his voice. "I've heard you mad. I don't doubt it."
She let loose a shrill whistle as she walked down the road a bit. "Levi! Can you hear me, buddy?" Another whistle followed.

"This is the right place, from what Lucy told us," D muttered, continuing to pan the spotlight. "Unless the lady was off by a couple miles and I'm looking at where somebody just slipped a little."

Suddenly he heard Tara give a whoop, and he turned the light toward her. The shorter woman was on the ground, laughing as she was being kissed repeatedly by a soaking wet Levi. "Whoah, buddy! Okay, okay!"

Twenty minutes later, after slowy working their way down the wet hillside, D's voice came over the radio. "Jack? Guys? We found them. Better get a couple ambulances - they're in pretty rough shape."

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"Myles." Dimitrius' voice slowly worked its way through the haze of fever.

"D?" he replied faintly.

"You got it, my friend. Just hang in there." D grinned. "Although, you might want get your arm out from around Sue before Jack gets here."

Myles' breath came out in a laugh, followed by a wince and a grunt of pain. "Yeah. Thought… about that. Good thing…you guys who found us."

Tara was on the other side of the car. She shook Sue gently. "Sue?"

Myles held out a hand. "She's got...bad concussion...can't see you...spell...into her hand..."

"Ah. Gotcha." She did so, speaking as she spelled. "Sue? Can you understand me?"

There was a groan and a very slow nod. "Who—?"

"It's Tara. It's going to be ok."

Sue smiled as Levi licked her face. "Good boy, Levi. I knew you'd find them." She reached over and found Myles' hand. "Myles? You okay?"

A-M N-O-W. He squeezed her hand. T-O-L-DU T-A-K-E C-A-R-E U

She shook her hand in his. YES. D-I-D.

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"They're both going to be just fine," the doctor said to the anxious knot of people in the waiting room. "Miss Thomas sustained a moderate concussion, but she seems to be doing better. Her vision is clearing a little, which is a very good sign. I expect she'll be able to go home in a couple of days, and be back to work in about a week."

"What about Myles?" Dimitrius asked.

"Mr. Leland should be up and about in approximately the same time period, although he'll be at his desk while his shoulder and ribs heal. The cut on his leg was deep, but there wasn't any permanent damage – a couple dozen stitches, couple of units of blood, and some antibiotics for the infection. His fever is still up, but he's stabilized. The fever should go down in the next few hours."

There was a round of relieved sighs. "Can we see either of them yet?" Jack voiced it for all of them.

The doctor thought for a moment. "Well, at this point they're both exhausted, but a few minutes should be all right. Just keep it brief, and preferably only one visitor each."

As much as Jack would have liked to be the one, he let Lucy go in to see Sue. There was something else he felt he needed to do.

Myles looked like he was asleep, but a pair of hazel eyes opened when Jack walked over to him. "Rate I'm…going with cars…figure you all will have…some infantile nickname for me next."

Jack laughed. "I'll tell Bobby to start thinking up one."

"Don't…you dare."

"Ok. I'll hold off— for now. How you feeling?"

The taller agent sighed. "Well, the room has…stopped spinning. I suppose that's a…good sign. It's kind of weird, though."

"What?"

"To be having a...vocal conversation. Spent twelve hours...in virtual silence. Well, she was speaking, but…"

Jack nodded. "I understand - a little. Never spent twelve hours just signing, but it does make me see things differently whenever I talk to her in her language for any length of time."

Myles nodded. "Definitely."

"Well, the doctor said I could only stay a few minutes, but I wanted to see how you were doing."

"Appreciate…the gesture."

Jack turned to leave, then stopped. "Myles?"

"Hmm?"

"Thanks, for...well, you know...for taking care of her."

Myles laughed softly. "You're not the only one...who cares, Jack. You just care...a little differently, that's all. But...you're quite welcome."

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