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Chapter 22

"Michael please, I need time to process this, I don't even know if your brother will be happy about me having his baby, I'm unsure of a lot of things, I'm not even sure if I'm happy about this yet"

"Natalie, you're not considering getting rid of it are you?"

"Michael, do you know anything about me? Do you think I would do something like that? I just need time to process that's all, to think about it, to figure out how a baby would work in with my job, with my life, I've worked so hard to get here, where I am, and I just have to figure out how I can do this same job and be a mother also, it's a lot to figure out in a few hours"

Natalie told him and Michael realized he was being unfair and he backed off, Harry walked over to them.

"Nat, can I talk to you, it's important" Harry told her and she walked to the side with him, Michael watched Harry and he got an uneasy feeling come over him, he wasn't sure what it was, but it was strange.

"I've got an informant in Jersey and he wants to meet with us about some info on Izzy, tonight at five, are you in?" Harry told her and she nodded her head yes. Natalie walked back over to Michael

"Natalie what's going on?"

"Nothing"

"Natalie, I know you, what's going on?"

"I said nothing!"

"I'm sorry I yelled Michael but I'm a little on edge, okay? I mean, John has been gone for a month, I miss him and now I just find out I'm having his baby. A baby I didn't plan on having, I don't know why I'm not happier about it and... and .. I 'm worried about him alright? I'm worried about your brother, about him finding Izzy and about what might happen, I just want all of this over with"

"I understand kid, I'm sorry about putting pressure on you, just be careful what ever you do, be careful"

"I will thanks," Natalie said and she smiled at him, Michael left the station.

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Natalie and Harry drove to Jersey almost the whole way in silence.

"What's up? You're not normally this quiet" Harry told her

"Got a lot on my mind that's all" Natalie told him

"Are we almost there?" she asked and Harry told her yes.

Harry pulled into the parking lot of a hotel on Route six, he drove to the back on the hotel and they got out. Harry knocked on the back door of the hotel and he asked Natalie to go around to the front to just keep a look out for his informant that was obviously not there. Natalie walked to the front of the hotel, her hand on her gun holstered on her waist, she was getting a queasy feeling coming on, she wasn't sure why, was it nerves or morning sickness or was it something else.

John was in the hotel room eating, Agent Hower was looking out the window with binoculars when he saw her, Ms. Buchanan, he thought about telling John but he wasn't sure what she was doing there, was she on the take, he wondered, was she working John over to get info. He watched for a few more minutes and then he saw something else, someone stepped out of Izzy's hotel room, that person grabbed her from behind and yanked her in t he room as she seem to try to grab for her gun.

"John!" Agent Hower screamed as John heard his urgency and ran to the window to see nothing but a door to Izzy's room being slammed shut.

"What's going on? Is it Martino?"

"No, but your girl, Buchanan, she's here, she's in the room"

"What! What are you talking about?"

"I saw her for a few minutes, I... thought maybe she was on the take and then someone grabbed her and pulled her inside the room, she obviously wasn't expecting it"

John got panicky, he started to open the door to go after her when he stopped himself, he had to think, he had to focus, she was smart she could handle herself somewhat and keep herself alive, what the hell was she doing here? He asked himself as he got out of the room and went into the back alley, just in time to see Harry talking to someone, someone that he had seen go into Izzy's room a few times. "That son of a bitch!" he said to himself as he watched carefully. He pulled out his phone and called another agent from up the block in a van to follow Harry and have him arrested when he saw Harry drive off.

Inside the room

"What the hell do you want from me?" Natalie screamed at Izzy as one of his men took her gun away, they took her and tied her to a chair in the room.

"You're insurance, I need to meet the big man and you are my insurance that the feds don't follow me, that they don't do a thing"

"The Feds?"

"My, you really are a slow one aren't you, sexy but a slow learner"

"See your pal Harry, he owed me, big time, I could've caused all sort of problems for him, especially after he stopped me from, from well, actually you owe him too, if it wasn't for him you would've been face down in the river somewhere by now, of course that would have been after I had my fun with you" Izzy said touching her arms with his hands, Natalie was repulsed an spit in his face.

"Get away from me you son of a bitch, and I don't understand how you are going to use me to get the feds off your back"

"I should smack you for that one but since you are with child I'll let it slide this time, your baby's daddy, he's been snooping around thru those windows across the way, he's right over there princess and he won't be able to help you, unless of course he decides to just give in to my demands"

"And what might that be?"

" I need to get out of here, I need to get away with out being detected or followed to meet some important people all he has to do is look away, get the other agents to look a way, that's it. That's all, just turn the other cheek and the red head he's so crazy about and his child will be fine, he really does have fabulous taste" Izzy said and he roughly took a kiss from her

"Get the hell off of me!" She bit down on his lip and then screamed at him.

"Whoa! Knew you were a wild one!"

"You know, he's not gonna do it right? He isn't gonna let you just walk away from here to keep me safe, he's not that interested in me, I'm not that interested in him, he was just some guy to well.. You know.. And unfortunately we weren't careful, me being pregnant won't get you anywhere cause he doesn't care, I already told him and he's fine with me getting rid of it"

"Do you think I'm that dumb? You think I should fall for that?"

FBI's room

John walked back into the room, he went over to Kenny and told him what he observed and told him he was going in thru the back of Izzy's room to get her.

"No! I will not allow you to jeopardize this case for a woman, sorry John but what ever he's doing with her, I don't care, we will be playing this by the book, we're here to do our job, do you understand me Agent Mcbain, you are expected to do your job! We wait for Martino." Hower told John and then John got pissed, he took a hold of his collar by his hands and threw him up against the wall just as Tony walked in from the adjoining hotel room

"What the hell is going on in here?" Tony yelled at the two of them

"Johnny's about to kill his career for a woman and I can't let him do that"

"From where I stand you are in no position to stop me"

"John what the hell is going on and let go of him" Tony told John, john let go of Hower and left the room

"I'll get her out of there myself," John said and he slammed the door

Agent Hower explained to Tony what was going on, Tony shook his head and headed out the door to find John.

John calmly walked up to Izzy's room, he had to do this, he had to just give himself up to them, maybe then he could trade himself for her. He knocked on the door. One of Izzy's goons came to the door.

"Where's Izzy? I need to talk to him," John told the goon

"Federal Agent Mcbain, what can I do for you?"

"You've got something for me, what do you want for it?"

"See, now I knew you would figure out what was going on, you really are a lot smarter than you look, too bad your girl over there isn't" Izzy said as he opened the door wider so John could get a quick glance at Natalie, he saw she was tied up, he was surprised she wasn't screaming but he realized she was being calm and trying to figure things out, figure away out of this.

"Come in Agent Mcbain, let's talk, frisk him"

"She's yours, you can have her back, both of them, safe and sound, no harm done for a price, not a large price actually something very small, just a turn of the cheek, a head start of sorts, walk away right now, take your FBI friends with you, I'll go to my meeting and well.. Then I'll let them go.."

"Them?"

"Yeah, you'll find out about it soon enough, I don't want to spoil the surprise."