"Ow," Elizabeth replied, as she opened her eyes to look up at Jesse. "That hurts."

"Getting shot, usually does," Jesse said, with a smile, as she ran her hands along her coat and smiled when her fingertips hit the vest. "Ah, smart."

"Danny made me wear it." Jesse opened Zee's coat to reveal the vest with a bullet in it. "Wow, they really do work."

"Yes, they do." Jesse then shot a glance up as more gunfire went off and her smiled faded from her face. "Let's go make sure that the others are okay."

"How did you end up outside again?" Elizabeth asked Jesse, as they headed up the stairs with behind Danny.

"That man made a mad dash at Sam and I, hoping to knock us both back out the window," Jesse explained, as Danny motioned them to stay back. "Martin got Sam out of the way first and I went back through the window with the man, but since I was still attached to the rope, I was okay." She then rubbed her arm that was sore after hitting the side of the building. "I'm just gonna be sore in the morning."

"Better than being dead," Danny said to them, as he came back to them. "You ready to do this?"

"What you mean, Agent Taylor?" Jesse asked, as she set down her bag. "I was born ready to cause trouble."

"That's the girl I know." Jesse then handed Elizabeth the stun gun and he gave her a concerned look.

"Just in case." Jesse moved so that she was next to Danny. "Let's hope for the better."

"Yeah, let's hope." They entered the floor to find that the agents had gotten the men unarmed and into custody.

"Wow, that was easy," Jesse said, as Sam and Martin came up to them, and hugged her. "I need to fall and/or jump through windows more often."

"Not with me though," Elizabeth said, as she came up to their sides. "That was way to scary for me."

"Ah, come on. That was a cake walk for me." Elizabeth then rolled her eyes at Jesse. "Man, you wouldn't make it on the street. Being able to use ropes is a good thing to know when you're going to go into the thief occupation."

"And you know this how?"

"I once thought that it was the right career path for myself."

"Oh, really."

"Yes, really." Jesse then shot a glance over at Martin. "Until I got caught by an F.B.I. agent when I tried to steal his car." She then bit down on her bottom lip as she realized that Elizabeth may demand to know more about her life.

"I see that you got shot," Martin said to Elizabeth switching topics for Jesse, when he realized that she was growing uncomfortable with it.

"Yeah, I did," Elizabeth replied, as she looked down at the vest. "I didn't think that it would hurt so bad."

"Try getting shot without a vest," Jesse said, as Jack and Vivian came up to them. "Hi. I see that you'll made it out okay."

"Nice thinking," Jack said to them. "Took a lot of team work to pull this entire thing off and I'm proud of you all."

"Can I go home now?" Elizabeth asked, causing them all to smile. "I need my bed and some food."

"Sounds about normal," Jesse said, as she slid her arm around her friend's shoulder. "Yes, Miss Elizabeth, you can go home, as soon as we do all the paper work and call your mother."

"Sounds great."

"Yeah, it does."

FBI: Missing Person's Head Quarters

Jesse watched in amazement as Elizabeth's mom hugged her with tears running down her face. "That sight never does get old does it?" she asked the others, as she went back to stand next to Martin.

"Nope," he said, as he took a drink of his coffee and looked at Jesse out of the corner of her eye. "You about ready to go home?"

"Yeah, I'm ready." They then left Elizabeth with her mom and headed for the elevator. "Today's been a very long day."

"Yes, it has." On the way down in the elevator, Jesse kept looking at her fingers. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine." Martin shot her a scowl as they got out of the elevator. "Trust me, I won't be your next case. I'm gonna go home, sleep, shower, eat, and then head back to work."

"Sounds like a great plan," Sam said, as she came up next to them. "I'll drop by later." After Jesse got into his car, Sam pulled Martin aside. "Is she okay?"

"I don't know. She's been acting weird since the conversation with Elizabeth. I don't have a clue what's going on in her mind right now."

"I think that she just needs some things straight in her mind. She knows that she's going to have to talk to Elizabeth about her past and she's afraid that she's going to loose her as a friend because of what she did in her past. She just wants to get back to what she had been doing before this all happened. She wants life to go back to that and not what it used to be."

"She's afraid that she's going to get pulled back into that kind of lifestyle and she knows that once she's in it, she might not make it back out." They then turned to see Jesse slam a fist into the dashboard and tears started to run down her face. "I know that she doesn't want my help, but I can't just leave her alone."

"Give her time, Martin." Sam then pulled her keys out of her pocket. "She'll ask you for help when she needs it. Right now, she needs to fight the inner demons inside of her that want her to go back to that kind of lifestyle." As she was finishing her sentence, Jesse opened the car door and bolted towards the street. "Jesse!"

Martin and Sam rushed towards the street to see Jesse jump in front of a moving van and she then was gone from sight. "Jesse!" Martin yelled, as they rushed into the street.

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