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Chapter 30:

Jack and Sue sat down and quietly watched the chaos, people running around, CSI's examining and bagging the evidence. Sue spoke up quietly,

"Is everyone okay?" She had been holding onto Jack's hand tightly, not wanting to let it go. He didn't mind at all, and held it strongly back. Jack didn't know what to say. He responded quietly,

"I don't know. Tara and I were in the van; we only got a few scrapes and bruises. Bobby and Dimitrius…" Jack choked up a little bit, and Sue squeezed his hand even tighter, her face overwhelmed in grief and concern. "Bobby and D," Jack continued, "and Howie were all unconscious last I heard. They were taken to the hospital right after Levi found me. They say they'll be okay, but we don't know right now. I don't know what happened to Myles, but I've heard that he's fine."

Sue started to cry more in earnest, and Jack moved his chair over to beside her and pulled her close.

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Jack had been in pretty dangerous circumstances before. This time had been different. The moment he had heard Myles scream into the microphone that it was a trap, watching his friends rush out the door, then seeing the café be engulfed in flames, it changed him.

Jack had be blown to the side of the van, smashing into the various equipment, but trying to steady and shield Tara from getting any more hurt, as she screamed. What surprised Jack was that his thoughts immediately drifted to Sue. His heart hurt to think that he might never see her again.

After the confusion had worn off, he had quickly crawled over to Tara. She was awake, and mostly unharmed except for a large bleeding cut stretching across of face. Jack ripped a piece of fabric and got her to put pressure on the wound, before helping her up, and getting out of the van.

The scene before him made his stomach clench. Most of the customers and employees had escaped fast enough to only have a few injuries similar to Jack and Tara's. Their attention, however, was diverted to the paramedics crowded around 3 motionless bodies. They hurried over and their worst fears were confirmed.

One of the paramedics went over to Jack and Tara to keep them back.

"Are they okay?" Tara asked quietly. The paramedic nodded reassuringly.

"They're going to be fine, as far as we can tell. They all received minor concussions, which is why they are all still unconscious. We are going to transport them to the hospital as soon as possible. We should take you both as well." He nodded towards Tara. "You need that cut sutured. And are you alright sir?" Jack nodded and turned to Tara.

"You go to the hospital. I'm going to stay here and find out what I can, and I'll be there as soon as possible." Tara nodded, still slightly in shock, and allowed herself to be led away from the scene. Jack watched as his friends were loaded onto stretchers, and could help but feel the ache in his stomach.

Dimitrius had a family; if something happened to him, Jack would feel responsible. Bobby had Darcy. Jack wished it would have been him. He didn't have anyone he needed to care for. But then his thoughts strayed again to Sue. Jack started to feel selfish that he was alright, that he would see her again. Torn with his feelings, confused and distressed by the situation, Jack watched the ambulances containing his friends, zoom away.

Jack didn't know how long he sat there, before he heard a familiar bark. He turned around quickly, and saw Levi bounding towards him. Jack suddenly froze. He had told Sue that he had been here. Had she come? Was she hurt? His mind irrationally processed each possible situation. She at least had found out what had happened, and was probably sick with worry.

A police officer he didn't recognize made his way towards him. He didn't waste any time,

"I'm sorry sir, but do you a blonde lady, deaf, pretty… she's the owner of this dog and she's claiming to be FBI." Jack nodded anxiously.

"Where is she?"

"We couldn't let her past the police lines because she didn't have any identification, especially since this is a possible terrorist attack. She's been trying everything to get past." He pointed in the direction of where he came. Jack thanked him and quickly hurried over, aching to just see her and hold her.

He headed over and looked around in the crowds, wishing he had gotten more information from the officer. He turned suddenly as he heard two guards yelling for someone to stop. His heart jumped into his throat, as he saw Sue hurrying towards him, unaware of the men pointing their guns at her. Seconds later, after the men had backed off, Jack held her tightly in her arms, as she cried, and it was then Jack knew that he couldn't live without her anymore.

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Jack and Sue had rushed to the hospital to hear what had happened with D, Howie and Bobby. They were surprised to see Myles with his head in his hands, waiting in the waiting room. He looked up as he heard them hurrying over.

"What's happening?" Jack asked quickly, making Sue sit down, and then taking the seat next to her.

"Tara is just getting stitches; she should be out any moment. Donna arrived about 10 minutes ago. She came back out and told me Dimitrius is awake. He's bruised and cut, and has a concussion but should be able to go home tonight."

"Bobby and Howie?" Sue whispered. Myles took a deep breath, as Jack squeezed Sue's hand even tighter.

"Howie's still unconscious but from what they can tell, it's only a concussion. Bobby's in surgery"

"The paramedics said he would be fine." Jack protested.

"They did an MRI and found he had some bleeding in his brain." Sue gasped, and looked at Jack's devastated face. Silence followed until Sue spoke up again.

"What happened Myles?"

"We were all suspicious when after 15 minutes Ben French hadn't arrived. I looked around and saw a man standing not too far away from me, though he hadn't noticed I was there. After a few moments I realized it was French. I heard Dimitrius saying what the note had said, as he was pulling out a cell phone, and started running. Next thing I knew, the café went up in flames." Myles ended sadly. Sue choked back a sob, and Jack put his arm around her shoulders. Sue whispered quietly,

"He got away?" Jack looked at Sue realizing how devastating this was for her, considering this was the man who had murdered her brother.

"No." Myles said, as Jack suddenly look up at him. Sue looked at him surprised. "I stopped him. He's in custody now." Jack turned to look at Sue, and saw the small amount of relief in her eyes, though it was still masked with concern for Bobby.

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An hour past and Jack shifted uncomfortably in the hospital chair. Myles had taken to pacing again. Tara sat dazed, her focus barely shifting, after she had been released, her cheek looking red and sore. Jack still had his arm tightly around Sue, whose head was resting on his shoulder. She was sleeping lightly, after the exhaustion of all the events in the last few hours, but Jack knew they all had a long wait ahead.