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*Hal takes care of Ben while in the cell*

Hal craned his head over his shoulder as the two soldiers holding onto his arms continued dragging him through the building to look at Ben, who was also being dragged by two other guards while Anne and Wolf, the soldier who helped them try to escape, were being dragged behind the blonde. Hal couldn't get a good look at Ben's face though due to the way his brother was letting his head fall forward, chin on his chest. So instead, Hal glared at soldiers holding onto the teenager, silently promising them a very painful death if they hurt his little brother. He was already hurt enough.

Having been in the same cell earlier, Hal had seen the bruises Ben had been sporting after he was 'interrogated' by the soldiers. And when they were caught after their failed escape attempt, he saw the soldiers rough up Ben a little. He had been roughed up a bit too before they were picked up and dragged back into the building where their 'prison' was.

Once they entered the room, Hal, Ben, Anne, and Wolf were pulled inside and over to the cells. While the soldiers who were holding Wolf and Anne took them to the cells on the other side of the room, Hal and Ben were taken to the one closest to them. Another soldier, one who wasn't holding on to one of their prisoners, came forward and unlocked the cell door before backing away.

The minute the door was open, the men holding Hal's arms practically threw him into the makeshift cell. Luckily, Hal was able to keep himself balanced enough so he didn't actually fall to the floor. As he turned around to face the soldiers however, he saw that Ben was most likely not going to be that lucky. Sure enough, as the guards pushed the teenager into Hal's cell, he fell to the floor.

"Ben? Ben, you okay?" Hal asked in an urgent tone as he fell to his knees beside his younger brother, putting his hands on Ben's shoulders to turn him so he was facing the older sibling.

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine." Ben tried to assure his older brother. His weak, exhausted, and slightly pained voice told Hal the truth though, causing the dark-haired young man to move his hands from Ben's shoulders to his face, cradling it gently.

"Is he alright?" Anne asked from the cell she was put in when she saw Hal and Ben still on the ground.

"I don't know." Hal answered, keeping his eyes on his brother, who slowly shook his head.

"I said I'm fine." Ben tried to insist as hard as he could. Unfortunately, his tone of voice hadn't gotten better in the few seconds since he last spoke. Though Hal wanted to, he didn't argue with the blonde as he easily saw the exhausted expression on his face. He didn't want to make it worse.

"Come on bro, up on the cot." Hal said as he moved his hands to grab Ben's arms and gently pulled him to his feet, led him to the bed and helped him sit down, "Lay down, it's okay."

The teenager nodded, obviously too exhausted to argue. As he laid down on his stomach though, he suddenly tensed up and arched his back a little, letting out a small gasp at the same time. Hal immediately got on his knees beside the cot and put his hand on his brother's shoulder as he said, "Ben?"

"I'm alright. The spikes, are just healing me." Ben answered, more pain in his voice than there was before, though he forced himself to relax, not wanting to worry his older brother any more than he already was.

Hal knew that Ben was just saying that, but he didn't confront him on it. Instead, he just moved his hand from Ben's shoulder and rubbed his little brother's back comfortingly, whispering, "It's okay, it's gonna be okay."

Ben didn't say anything, he just did his best to stay relaxed as the spikes continued healing him. After a minute or two, the pain slowly lessened and he turned his head to look over at his brother, "Hal?"

"Yeah Ben?" Hal replied, tilting his head slightly to get a better look at Ben.

"We aren't getting out of this one, are we?" The blonde wondered, his voice empty, like he had already accepted the fact that they were going to die in just a few hours.

"Hey, of course we are. We're going to be just fine." Hal tried his best to reassure his brother, even though he himself wasn't sure if he believed it. They had been in many grim situations, but none of them seemed as grim as this, not counting what happened about week ago with Pope of course, though Ben didn't know much about that situation.

"We've pushed our luck too many times Hal, it was bound to run out." Ben told him.

"Hasn't run out yet bro. We're going to okay. I promise." Hal objected, hating how hopeless his little brother sounded right now. Ben didn't say anything for a long moment. Long enough for Hal to think that maybe he had fallen asleep. He found he was wrong though when the blonde opened his eyes to stare up at him.

"Hal?" Ben said with a quiet voice, "I never said sorry, about Maggie."

It took a few seconds for Hal to realize what Ben was trying to say, but before he could tell his brother to stop, that he knew that Ben was sorry and to just forget about, the teenager continued, "I am sorry. I am. I never meant or wanted to hurt you."

"I know Ben, I know." Hal replied as he ran his hand through his brother's hair, then gently ordered, "Go to sleep, you need your rest."

"Hal?" The dark-haired young man was about to tell the teenager to stop talking and go back to sleep, that they could talk later, if there was a later that is, but before he could, Ben said, "Thanks, for everything."

"You're welcome." Hal only whispered, because Ben's eyes had finally fallen shut. After a minute, his breathing evened out as well.

"How's he doing?" Anne wondered from her cell on the other side of the room after a couple of minutes, wanting to make sure she wouldn't accidentally interrupt them if they were still going to keep talking.

"He's asleep." Hal answered, turning his head to glance at her as he did so. Anne nodded, but still looked fairly worried, moving her own head as though she was actually trying to see for herself if Ben was alright.

"What are the odds of us getting out of this?" Hal then asked her, wondering if he actually had been lying to his younger brother.

"Honestly? Probably not very good, but you know your Dad. He's going to do everything he can to get us out, and your Dad is one stubborn person." Anne tried to be honest yet give her oldest stepson some hope, even though she was struggling to have any herself.

Hal let out a soft chuckle when he heard that and said, "You got that right."

Neither Hal or Anne said anything after that. Lieutenant Wolf also stayed quiet. There simply wasn't anything left to say. All they could do was sit and wait, either to be rescued, or to die. So the three people that were still conscious got comfortable in their cells and waited. Wolf sat down on the cot in his cage. Anne did the same thing after pacing in her cell for a few minutes. Hal, since Ben was lying down on the cot in their shared cell, sat on the floor and leaned his head back to rest on the bed right by Ben's arms.

Finally, after what felt like hours yet minutes at the same time, the door to the room opened, and several soldiers came in, their backs straight and emotionless expressions. As the soldiers came to the occupied cells, a soldier that Hal quickly recognized as the one that was hitting on Isabella before when they first arrived, though now had a cut on his cheek, said, "Time to go."

Hal turned around and gently shook Ben's shoulder to wake him. It took a few seconds for the teenager to wake up and realize what was happening, but he then stood up with his older brother's help. The soldiers then opened the cells doors, came in, and tied their prisoners' hands behind their back before leading them outside to face the firing squad.

*Matt reunites with Ben and Hal*

Tom stared at Weaver, who was still crouching over Katy's body, for another few seconds before he looked back over at his wife and two oldest sons. Anne was still standing right beside him while Hal had moved over to Ben's side, his hand on the blonde's shoulder. As far as he could tell, they all appeared to be okay, but he knew that appearances could be deceiving.

"Are you three sure you're alright?" Tom couldn't help but ask again. His family had literally been arrested and lined up for a firing squad, and had no idea if they would be saved or not.

"Yeah, we're fine." Anne answered reassuringly, moving to stand right up against her husband. As she did that, Tom wrapped his arm around her, holding her close while looking over at two of his sons, making sure that they actually were okay. At that moment, his other son came running towards them.

"Hal! Ben! Anne!" Matt shouted, running to his family at top speed. Reaching them, he threw his arms around Hal's waist. Hal instinctively returned the hug, holding his youngest brother tightly.

"Hey buddy." Hal said, looking down at his baby brother with a wide smile. Matt immediately smiled back before he let go of Hal and moved to hug Ben.

"Are you guys okay?" Matt asked as Ben returned his only younger brother's embrace, hoping that Matt wouldn't feel how much the older blonde was shaking.

Hal however, noticed and put his hand on Ben's shoulder to comfort him, getting both of his brothers' attention before answering, "Yeah, we're fine buddy. We're all okay."

Looking back over at his Dad, who was watching the three, Hal repeated his earlier statement, "We're all okay."

*Tom checks on Ben and Hal*

Only about two hours later, after they had successfully revealed that Katy was an Espheni mole and they had saved Hal, Ben, Anne, and Lieutenant Wolf from the firing squad, Tom walked into the infirmary part of the building, looking for his two oldest sons and his wife. Considering how Ben had been tortured and that he had seen both Hal and Ben get beaten when they were captured when they tried to escape the night before, Anne had them come to the infirmary with her so she could check them both over. After making sure that everything was now under control at the military base, Tom rushed over to see his sons and his wife.

"How are you doing?" Tom asked as he walked over to Anne, effectively getting her attention as he did so.

"I'm still, a little freaked, but I'm okay." Anne replied, turning to face her husband as he stopped in front of her. He then placed his hands on both her shoulders, rubbing them a little comfortingly.

"I'm really sorry." Tom apologized, feeling that it was because of him the soldiers targeted his family. Anne though, quickly protested, knowing that it was the aliens who had controlled all of this.

"None of what happened is your fault. Katy was an Espheni mole, trying to destroy us. Just means the aliens are more than threatened by us." Tom nodded, knowing deep down that his wife was right, though that didn't really make him feel any better.

"You still shouldn't have gone through all that." Tom said quietly after a moment.

"We've all gone through things that we shouldn't have to go through. It is what it is." The doctor responded sympathetically.

"Yeah." Tom mumbled. After a minute of silence, Tom looked back up at her and asked, "Where are Ben and Hal?"

Anne raised her hand and half-way pointed to a door on the right side of the room and replied, "In there. I want to keep Ben in overnight for observation, but Hal's free to go."

"Thanks." Tom responded before giving his wife a quick peck on her cheek then headed over to the door where Anne said his sons where on the other side of.

As Tom entered the small room, he found his two oldest sons like Anne said. Ben was lying on the bed on his side, while Hal sat in a chair beside the bed, keeping watch over his younger brother. Tom slowly walked over to Hal, who turned his head to look at him when he heard the door open. When he saw it was his Dad, he turned his attention back to Ben while Tom came to stand beside him, and put his hand on Hal's shoulder.

"He doing okay?" Tom wondered in a hushed voice so he wouldn't wake Ben.

"Yeah, Anne said he should be fine, just wants to keep an eye on him to make sure." Hal answered, leaning back in his chair a bit.

"And what about you? You okay? You've been through a lot lately." Tom questioned. It hadn't even been two weeks since his oldest had been kidnapped by Pope and was nearly killed. Everything that happened at this base in the last 24 hours had to have been triggering for him.

"I'm okay Dad. Don't worry about me." Hal replied. He knew that he had worried his Dad enough when he had been kidnapped by Pope, and now with both of them, along with Ben and Anne being arrested and sentenced to death, his Dad was worried enough. He didn't need to know how he was barely holding back his own shock and fear over everything that happened. Besides, he wasn't the one that was tortured. That was Ben.

"A parent never stops worrying about his children Hal." His Dad informed him. Hal didn't give any response to that. He just turned his attention back to Ben who was still fast asleep.

When Hal didn't say anything, Tom sat down on the edge of the cot, then said, "I thought Anne cleared you."

"She did, but, I just wanted to," Hal started but stopped when his Dad cut him off.

"Make sure Ben was okay?" Tom correctly guessed with a smile, earning a nod from Hal.

"An older sibling never really stops worrying about their younger ones either." Hal pointed out with a slight smirk, causing Tom's smile to grow.

As his oldest son turned his head back to face his sleeping sibling, Tom reached forward and put his hand on Hal's shoulder and commented, "You're a good brother."

"I don't know about that." Hal somewhat objected with a slight shake of his head. Though he had been doing his best to take care of his brothers, he felt like he had been failing, at least with Ben. In the last few weeks, he had been so angry and hurt that he stopped looking after him, or at least, hadn't been doing as much of it as he should have been. If he had, then maybe he could've stopped the soldiers here from kidnapping his brother and torturing him.

"You are Hal, you are." Tom insisted, moving the hand that was on his son's shoulder to place it on the back of Hal's neck as he continued, "Ever since this war started, and your Mom died, you've really stepped up. I'm proud of you."

Hal slowly turned to face his Dad, his eyes shining just a little. The last time he could remember his father telling him that was when they first rescued Ben from the skitters. The fact that even though Hal felt like he had failed, his Dad was proud of him, and that meant a lot more to the young man than he realized it would. With a small and sincere smile, Hal replied, "Thanks Dad."

Tom nodded and smiled in response before patting Hal lightly on his shoulder, then ordered, "Now, go get some rest. I'll take care of Ben."

Knowing his Dad wasn't going to back down, Hal nodded, feeling a little too tired to argue with his Dad about staying anyways. As he stood up from his chair, he said, "Okay. If you need anything, just come and get me."

His Dad nodded, giving him a half smile before he turned his attention back to Ben, who was still sound asleep. As Hal reached the door though, he stopped and turned back around to face his Dad and Ben, still feeling a need to keep an eye on his brother. When he saw his Dad sitting in the chair he just vacated, keeping watch over the teenager, he felt slightly better. Despite feeling a bit overprotective at the moment, the older brother knew that the parent would take care of Ben, so he left the room in search of his youngest brother, and for something to do.

AN – I hope you all liked this chapter. Next chapter will have missing scenes from 5x09 which will hopefully be up soon! If you guys have any ideas for missing scenes or want to see any expanded scenes, just let me know. See you all later!