Squib held the baby close to his chest, smelling the famous smell that was always around a newborn. He stopped for a moment to look at Mabel's sleeping face; she looked so much like Cody it was unbelievable. Despite the hair colour they were mirror images of each other. And Squib wondered how he would ever be able to look at Mabel without being reminded of her mother. He quickly looked away when they reached the outside of Cody's room. The Top Guns sitting on chairs that the doctor had placed for them.

"She doesn't want to see us." Adena mumbled motioning to the door.

"She wants to see her baby, she just keeps repeating that over and over again whenever we step inside." Megan mumbled her head resting on Adena's shoulder.

"Did you hear the news, guys? Mabel's going to live, they don't know how or why but she made a complete recovery." Squib laughed nervously, causing the baby to stire

"Really?" Sebastien asked, noticing the infant in Squib's arms for the first time "That's great." He tried to force a smile but didn't succeed

"I'm going to go in." Squib sighed, loosening his grip on Mabel just a bit and entering the intensive care room.

"Hey, Citygirl" He chuckled, tears blurring up his vision. The only one who could make me cry. He set the little girl down on the cradle that Cody had requested a few hours ago.

"Squib?" Her voice was hoarse and her mouth barely moved as she talked.

"Yeah, it's me." He nodded his head and made his way towards her hospital bed.

"Mabel? My baby. Is she going to be okay?" Her eyes closed for a moment and she slumped into position.

"Uh huh, made a full recovery." Squib nodded again, motioning to where he had set the girl down.

"Really? You're not just telling me this because I'm dying." She coughed out, a tress of red hair hung limply off her forehead and instinctively he tucked it behind her ear. And she caught his hand in the motion. "Don't bother, things like this don't matter anymore."

"They never mattered to you." He smiled and could now feel wet drops trickle down on his cheeks.

"True, Furlong, my you are an observant one." She snickered and for a second they both forgot her condition.

"Cody, why'd you do it?" He enquired, his eyes fixed on her face

"Do what? I didn't do it on purpose." She frowned "I was pissed off so I wanted to go for a swim, you know blow off some steam? And then after getting shoulder-deep I realized I couldn't swim and tried to make my way back to shore. And the rest is well history. Heh, pathetic, eh?" She paused to swallow, a task extremely excruciating on her throat" Can I see my baby?"

"Of course." He didn't really believe her story, but it was better to believe that then believing she had tried to kill herself. He got Mabel and placed her in Cody's arm and he knew this would be the last time they would ever be together.

"She's beautiful." Cody mumbled, her finger rubbing softly against the little one's cheek. "Be a good girl for Daddy, you will keep her won't you?" She looked up to Squib's face but quickly looked away "Don't cry, Squib, please don't."

"Too late." He shrugged and he nuzzled his head against Cody's forehead. And she smiled, her last smiled and she planted a kiss on Squib's hand and another on Mabel's tiny nose.

Then came the noise. The beep. The long, constant beep. Cody's eyes dilated and her head fell against the pillow and the baby slide down from her lap to where Squib could catch her. At the sound the Top Guns ran into the room followed by the doctor and a couple of nurses. And he knew they were crying, he could feel Adena's nails digging into arm, he knew the nurse was trying to comfort both Megan and Tannis, he knew Sebastien had stormed out, feeling this whole thing was his fault and he knew Cameron had gone out to get him. And he felt numb and isolated. He wanted to break something, he wanted to throw something, he wanted to curse and run. And when he'd get back Cody would try to get him to talk about his feelings, it was always like that. But not this time.

Because, Cody Myers' had passed away.

Right before their eyes.

And the beep was still there.

The long beep on the heart monitor.

And her body was still there.

Until the doctor shut the monitor off and covered her body with a white plastic sheet.

Gone.

Right before his eyes.