Bo passed his office waiting for word about the transfer flight. He was beginning to get worried. It had been 5 hours since the plane had left and it hadn't been heard from since. He was starting to wonder if maybe Natalie was right and something had gone terribly wrong.
"Bo! Have you seen Natalie?" Rex asked barging into Bo's office with out knocking. "I have been trying to reach her for hours."
Bo shook his head. "No I haven't seen her. Did she say where she was going when you saw her last?" Bo asked glad to have something else to worry about. Then maybe he wasn't glad. Cause this was Natalie and she could get herself into more trouble then anyone else he had ever known.
Rex looked at him exasperated, "She was going to see John off at the airport. And since he had already taken off and is probably on his way back right now she isn't with him."
Bo was even more worried then he had been before. First the transfer plane is very, very late, possibly missing and now Natalie is nowhere to be found? Something fishy was going on here. "Hang on let me make a few calls." Bo said to Rex as he reached for his phone to get some answers.
John groaned and opened his eyes slowly. Looking around he tried to remember what had happened. Not an easy thing considering it felt like his head was being stomped on by a herd of hippos! He blinked a few times and it slowly came back to him. He had been transferring Manning and then Natalie had shown up. Natalie! Where was she!
"Natalie! Where are you?" John called hoarsely struggling to free himself from the wreckage that had him pinned down. "Natalie, talk to me!" he called again even more worried when she didn't answer.
Pushing the last of the debris from him John pushed himself to his feet swaying dizzily when he head started to spin. Waiting till his head stopped spinning and he could walk properly he finally looked around and was amazed. It was amazing that he had survived the crash. He had no idea how long he had been unconscious but he knew he needed to find Natalie and get away from here in case the plan exploded. "Natalie!" he shouted again and again pushing things out of his way as he frantically searched the wreckage.
"John?" Came a soft groan. "I'm here John." Natalie called again weakly.
John heard her soft cry and ran to her throwing off the debris that was piled on her. When he finally saw her he about started to cry. She looked like hell. With a nasty gash on her head that was oozing blood and a very bloody stomach he knew she needed medical attention right away. "Natalie!" he gasped out and picked her up gently wincing when she let out a pained gasp. "Owww" she moaned then passed out.
John was relieved that she was unconscious for the moment and ran for the gaping hole in the side of the plane. He jumped to the ground with Natalie in his arms and sprinted away from the plane determined to get her as far away as possible in case the plane blew. When he was about 100 yards away he set her down gently and then turned back and started toward the plan to get Manning. When he was about halfway back he say Todd stumble out and run into the forest. John shrugged and turned back to Natalie only to spin around again when the plane exploded into a blazing fireball.
He ran back to Natalie and covered her with his body in case any fragments found there way to them. After a few minutes he was satisfied that they were safe and he pulled back and started to check Natalie over. Besides the cut on her head she had a wound in her side that looked really bad. "Natalie," John said, " You got to wake up Honey!"
After a few minutes Natalie began to stir. "John?" her eyes fluttered up and the first thing she saw was John looking down at her very concerned. "John," she murmured again, "Where are we? What happened?" Struggling to sit up she gasped as her head swam and her vision blurred.
"Lie back down. You have a nasty bump on your head." John said gently pushing her back down to the ground, careful of her injured side.
As she lay there she became aware of a searing pain in her side and looked at John alarmed, "John what's wrong with me?" She managed to get out as she clenched her hands against the pain.
John looked very worried, "I don't know. You hurt your side pretty bad." He said this calmly so as not to worry her too much and send her into a panic but he was scared out of his mind. He wasn't a doctor but it looked really bad to him. He prayed his mayday right before they had crashed had been heard.
Bo finally got off the phone and looked at Rex grimly. "I'm not sure where Natalie is but John's plane went down about 30 miles from Llanview! No one knows what happened but I need to get out there right away!"
Rex looked at Bo shocked and then nodded. He watched as Bo grabbed his coat and raced out of the station. Rex had started to leave when Evangeline burst into the room and said frantically, "Something is wrong with John I can feel it!"
Evangeline had been standing outside the door when Bo made his announcement to Rex about the plane and decided that this would be a great time to show Rex that she was the one for John and not Natalie. Pretending to look around she asked innocently Where's Bo? I need to talk to him. John is in trouble!"
Rex looked at her with pity in his eyes and said, "Evangeline I saw you outside the window when Bo got off the phone."
Evangeline turned red and stammered, "I..I don't know what you are talking about."
Rex started to get angry, "Oh please. You're pathetic! My sister is missing and John is in a plane crash and all you can think about is trying to show me you have a 'connection' with John? You're about the sorriest excuse for a woman that I have ever seen. And Roxy is my mother so that's saying something!"
Evangeline looked guilty and then angry, "Who do you think you are to talk to me that way?"
"I'm Rex Balsom who the hell are you!" He said sarcastically. "I hate John McBain and I'm a better friend to him then you are you harpy! Now get out of my way I need to find my sister!" He said pushing past her and slamming out of the office. He did have the presence of mind to call Michael and tell him about the crash. He knew that Bo would want him there.
"Rex?" Called a voice from behind him. And Rex turned around to see one of his old girlfriends sitting in a chair by a desk. She was probably in for soliciting, which was the reason they had broken up. "I saw Natalie getting on a plane at the airport earlier."
Rex looked at her astounded. Thanks to the bomb scare the only plane that had taken off that day was the prison transport. Oh god! That meant that Natalie had been on the plane when it crashed! He thought to himself and raced for the door.