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Chapter 27

Sue slowly walked to the bed, never taking her eyes off of the man, laying dormant man under the covers. She held Jack's hand in hers as she rubbed it with her thumb. "Hi Jack, I don't know if you can hear me, but, if you can, you have to pull through, okay?" Sue closed her eyes when tears blurred her vision.

Her eyes flew open when a hand touched hers. Sue was forced to wipe the tears from her eyes in order to read Jack's lips. "What was that? I couldn't see." Sue said.

"I said I heard you, and boy, believe you me when I say that it's good to hear your voice." Jack smiled weakly.

"I'm just glad you're okay…you are feeling alright, right?"

Jack managed a laugh. "Yeah, Sue, don't worry about me. I'm fine." He paused. "How's Chloe?"

"She'll be okay, thanks to you Mr. Hero. It looks like you saved the day."

"I don't care about being a hero," Jack smirked, "but hey, if the shoe fits…"

Sue laughed. "I'm not sure if I got through to D, I could have gotten his voicemail."

"We'll find out sooner or later; either he'll call screaming about what horrible agents we are or the whole team will be here before you can say 'You didn't know Jack was secretly Mr. Hero?'."

Jack heard a familiar voice from the doorway, when Sue saw where his attention had been diverted to she turned around. "Who didn't know that Jack was Mr. Hero?" D smirked and walked in, followed by Myles then Lucy. "Hey! My man, Jack, why do you always have to get yourself into trouble, that's supposed to be Sue's domain."

Jack half-smirked as the men gave him a 'handshake/hug', Lucy gave him a real hug. "How are you feeling, Jack?" Lucy asked.

"Good, considering."

D slapped Jack's leg and said, "You better be, hero's always jump right back. Pardon the pun."

"What were you thinking jumping out of a window?" Myles asked with one of his looks that said 'you're an idiot, did you know that?'.

Jack smirked, "At the time I had my mind set on getting Chloe and myself out to see at least one more day." He said. "I have a question, why isn't anyone with Bobby and Tara?"

Lucy answered, "When we peeked in they were sort of having a 'family moment'."

"Oh, well I'm glad that you guys are all here. But uh, what are we going to do with the little family? They're already all over the news, and if Don Taylor sees it, well…"

"Uh, Jack," D said, "we think he already knew they were there. The fire wasn't accidental; there was car fuel everywhere, and that would explain the carbon monoxide poisoning that you and Chloe got."

"We're going to get Bobby and Tara over here in a few minutes to discuss everything." Myles said.

Sue offered, "I could get them now. Bobby will be really glad to see you Myles." She said sarcastically.

"Ha ha, Thomas."

Tara felt a hand rubbing her neck, "You're tense."

"Tell me about it," Tara whispered, never taking her eyes off the sleeping Chloe, afraid that if she blinked the child would disappear forever.

"Hey," Bobby turned Tara's head towards him with his hand on her chin. "We'll get through this. I won't leave your side until this guy is put behind bars. Or better yet, dead."

Tara unwillingly smiled. "I know, Bobby."

Bobby lightly kissed her lips, then allowed Tara to rest her head on his shoulder. She pulled her feet up on the loveseat. Bobby wrapped an arm around Tara's slender shoulders and rested his chin on the crown of her head.

A light knock on the door caused Bobby and Tara to lift their heads.

Sue quietly said, "Can you two come to Jack's room for a second?"

"Yeah, I wanted to see him anyways." Bobby stood up than helped Tara up as well. They both kissed Chloe on the cheek then followed Sue to the other hospital room.

"Sparky! My man!" Bobby walked over to his best friend and hugged him. "I'm glad to see you're finally awake, mate."

"It's good to see you to, man." Jack smiled after Bobby finally pulled back.

"Thanks, Jack, for getting Chloe out, I don't think I'll ever repay you."

"No need. I'm just glad I'm still alive."

Bobby turned to the rest of the team who Tara had already greeted. He walked over to Lucy and gave her a tight hug and a kiss on the cheek. He gave D a smirk and a 'handshake/hug'. Bobby found himself standing in front of Myles. "This is awkward." Bobby grinned, finding it more entertaining than weird.

"Shut up Manning." Myles grunted and gave Bobby a man hug. "It's good to see you again. Alive."

"You too mate." Bobby looked around at all the people, "I didn't think they allowed so many people in here."

"They make exceptions for people who have guns." Jack smirked.

Lucy and Sue forced Tara to sit down. "I'm fine."

"Not to us you're not," Lucy said.

"Well, if I have to sit than so should Bobby."

Lucy and Sue looked at each other, than looked at Bobby. He raised his hands, "Don't get any ideas, sheilas,"

"Do you really think that's going to change their mind, Manning?" Myles grumbled. "They're impossible to escape."

"Fine. Then I won't give them the satisfaction of knowing that they forced me to sit. Besides, I sort of like sitting beside Tara."

Lucy and Sue shrugged. Sue signed to her, If they're sitting, as far as I'm concerned we had all the power over them. Smirking, Lucy signed back, Of course! The two women burst out laughing as the rest of the team exchanged glances, none of them knowing what they were saying.

Tara shook her head, then raised her hand to get Sue's attention, "So, what exactly are we all doing here?"

"We need a new plan." D told them what they knew, the Taylors, the fire, everything.

"Wait a second." Bobby threw a worried glance at Tara, finding that she had the same expression on her face, "Jonathan Taylor?"

"Yeah. Why?" Jack asked.

"Jon lives across from us." Tara answered.

Myles frowned. "You're sure it's him?"

"Jonathan Taylor, early thirties, a wife Michelle, son Michael."

D straightened. "Let's pick him up."

Bobby stood up, Tara followed suit. "Jon would never do anything like that, he wouldn't even help."

"It's unlikely that he did, we're more interested in his father."

"Where are you going to question him anyways? It's not like we're in Washington in case you haven't noticed." Tara inquired.

"At his house. And as soon as Jack and Chloe can fly, we're back in DC."

Sue raised her eyebrows. "Am I the only one here who sees a problem?" The others stared at her. "Where is Tara going to stay? Don is still after her, Chloe isn't safe at the hospital…we have to get them to another safe house. Pronto."

Myles sighed. "As much as I hate to admit it, Sue's right. We can't keep Chloe here without protection-"

"I am not going anywhere as long as Chloe's still in the hospital!" Tara exclaimed.

"You can't stay here, Tara," Jack said.

"Try and stop me."

"Okay, people," D said, "let's calm down and consider our possibilities. We can't leave Chloe here without a guard, and we all know that that isn't the best kind of protection. We need her to get better fast so we can get her, Tara and Bobby back in a safe house somewhere far from here."

"Like Tara said, we're not going to any safe house until Chloe can come, too." Bobby reminded.

"We get that," Jack said, "so, we need a compromise."

Lucy suggested, "Well, Chloe only needs to stay here for a night or two, I don't see the harm in letting Tara stay, too."

"Thank you!" Tara exclaimed.

"I have no intention on leaving either Tara or Chloe alone for a second and there is no way I am letting either of them get hurt again."

D sighed, "So it's settled then. We'll all find a hotel nearby that we can stay at, although I'm not leaving the hospital until Jack and Chloe are out."

"Uh," Tara said, "me and Bobby could really use some dry clothes, and I'm guessing that we don't have anything left at our house, so…"

"Not to worry," Lucy said, grabbing a back pack from behind her, "I brought clothes for all five of you, well, D got Jack and Bobby's."

"Just one question, why are you two wet?" Sue asked.

Bobby and Tara looked at each other, "Uhh," Tara racked her brain for an answer that would suffice.

Bobby changed the subject, "So how about those hotels? You have any idea which one will have the luxury of your company?"

The rest of the team smirked and shook their heads at the couple.

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