Thank you for your continued interest. For those wondering about Bobby and Tara, the focus of this story is more on Sue and Jack's relationship and Myles's past/family. I don't know if I will do a Bobby/Tara relationship in this story. If you're looking for that, check out Dousing Flames.

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*Feb 2022 update: Since I've written this story, I have watched all the Sue Thomas episodes again and just wanted to say that I wrote this story without remembering Myles's actual sister from the show or how their relationship was. I did laugh when I realized I got her career the same, though.

Myles gave up trying to do mental math. His head was starting to hurt. If he got out of here, he was going to make a suggestion to whoever was in charge that they should at least have a box of games or something to do in Limbo because having nothing really sucked. He looked over at Emily, who had her eyes closed and was lying on the bench with an arm thrown behind her head. At least he had someone to talk to.

"Your sister," Emily said after a moment, making Myles cringe. "Tell me about her."

"What's there to tell? She's the star," Myles answered a little snidely. Emily opened one eye and looked at him.

"Really."

"Yes. She had the better grades, the better friends, the better career..."

"What does she do?" Emily asked.

"She's a lawyer."

"How is that better than FBI?"

"Because she helps people."

"But so do you..."

"Oh, but it's different," Myles cut in. "At least, that's what my parents believe."

"So why did you stop talking to her?"

"I didn't say that."

"You said you're not close. That's code for not talking. I might be a teenager, but I'm not stupid," Emily pointed out. Myles grumbled and crossed his arms. Emily waited patiently.

"I...I told her what her fiance had done," Myles finally said.

"What did he do?" she pressed when he didn't go on. He sighed.

"He cheated on her."

"Ouch. She was mad you told her?"

"Furious. Told me to mind my own business. I tried to tell her he was a no good for nothing bum, but she wouldn't have it. Said he was sorry, and that was all that mattered. They still got married. He doesn't like me, and she doesn't like to talk to me because of my opinion about her husband."

"Wait, wait, wait," Emily said, sitting up. "You just finished telling me about Lucy and what you had done, so how does that make you different from your sister's husband?"

"It doesn't," Myles said quietly, looking at his hands. "It makes me exactly like him, and sometimes I wish Lucy had given me another chance like my sister gave him his. I'm the very person I despise. I guess...I guess I can see his side of things now."

"Maybe you should tell your sister that," Emily said gently.

"I've thought about it," Myles admitted, "but she'd just gloat and rub it in that I was wrong. I really don't want that."

"So you'd rather not have your sister at all?" Emily asked, incredulous. "Don't you have any good memories?"

"Of course I do," Myles objected. "We had lots of fun growing up until our parents made everything we did a competition. It just became second nature to fight and one up each other all the time. We lost the fun and our relationship. Then the fiance thing happened. We just have never been the same."

"If you wake up from this, will you go see her?" Emily asked quietly. Myles fiddled his fingers.

"I think I might," he nodded.

"I'll hold you to it," Emily said, eyes twinkling. "I'll haunt you if you don't."

"All right," Myles smiled. Then he felt sad. If she was saying that, then she didn't have hope of waking up. He looked around at everything and wondered if he was even going to wake up.

Sue

She watched Henry and Joe carefully as they talked to Will. She saw what they had done. She saw what they were planning to do. She remained quiet so as not to draw attention to herself. Eventually, Henry was ready to leave.

"Do it soon," he said to Will, looking at Sue then. She shivered, knowing what he was implying.

"Yup. Got it," Will nodded.

"See you tonight," Henry added, patting the back of the kitchen chair before going out the door. Joe was silent on his way out. Will set his forehead down on the table, defeated.

"It's not going the way you planned is it?" she asked finally. He rocked his head back and forth to indicate no while still resting on the table. He got up after a moment and freed her again before pacing.

"Maybe we should call Jack," Sue suggested. "If you team up..."

"I'm dead," Will finished. "No, he needs me for a crucial piece of this next plan. If I get him red-handed, he's done. If I blow it now, I'm dead."

"How can I help?" Sue asked. He looked at her.

"I don't think you can this time," he admitted. She felt deflated then, and he gave her a sorry look. He went back to pacing while she sat on the edge of the bed. She wished Jack was there.

The Bullpen

"Okay, so we just got a big warning," Jack said to the team. They were all somber in their team huddle. Levi was lying on the floor beside Sue's desk, head glued to the ground. Lucy was at the hospital with Myles.

"Yea, and it was bad. Bombs around the White House? Who let's that happen?" D asked, shaking his head.

"And we have no idea where their next target is," Bobby said.

"No," Tara shook her head. It was a very grim situation.

"What do you have on our guys?" Jack asked Tara. She went to her computer and pulled up the information on the screen.

"Not much," she answered. "They've been good at staying under the limelight until now, and I can't find anything on them that could be used as leverage." Her phone rang then, and she answered it.

"We can't let them get another bomb off," Jack said somberly. "For all we know, it could kill people this time."

"I've got teams rounded up with search dogs to look for Sue," D told them. "If we find her, we might find one of our guys. If we find one of them, he can lead us to the rest."

"It's really the only hope we've got right now," Jack agreed. He looked over at Levi, who was watching him. He knew the dog was counting on him to bring his girl home.

"You guys," Tara said excitedly, hanging up. "We got a lead!"

"What?" Bobby asked.

"Someone just called to tell me about someone they saw leave the site of the bomb. They followed them, and they are currently standing outside of the hotel room they've gone into," she told them. Jack and Bobby sprang into motion.

"We'll go," Jack said, grabbing his coat. "D, you keep on the manhunt for Sue anyway. You might get lucky."

"Got it," D nodded.

"Send back up," Bobby told Tara, who nodded. They rushed out the door, a new hope in their hearts.

Lucy

"Oh, I'm sorry," a voice said, startling Lucy out of her daydream. She turned to see a blonde woman standing in the doorway.

"Hi," Lucy said. "Come on in."

"I didn't think he'd have company this early," she said, coming in and sitting down. She couldn't keep her eyes off of Myles.

"Well, someone has to be here for when he wakes up," Lucy chuckled. "Who are you?"

"I'm Melanie," she answered.

"How do you know Myles?"

"Is he going to die?" Melanie asked instead.

"We...we don't know," Lucy confessed. Melanie bit her lip.

"I got here as soon as I heard."

"I'm sorry, you didn't say who you were," Lucy pointed out.

"I'm his sister," Melanie said, finally looking at Lucy.

"Oh," Lucy said, shocked.

"And you are?"

"I'm a coworker. Tara and myself take shifts. Tara is another coworker," Lucy rambled.

"That's kind of you. Mom and Dad should be here soon," Melanie added. "They called me right away, but they got stuck in Florida."

"I'm sure Myles would be happy to see you all here," Lucy said. Melanie gave a ghost of a smile in return.

"Maybe. Maybe not," she answered.

"Why not?"

"It's a long story," Melanie dismissed. She stood then. "Excuse me, I have to get some coffee or something."

"Okay," Lucy nodded, watching her leave. She was flabbergasted. Then she wondered why Myles might not be happy to see his sister.

Jack

His arm was still aching from where he had been shot as he crept to the hotel door with Bobby right behind him. The rest of the back up had the area surrounded. Jack wanted to take down these men very badly. He wanted to make them pay.

"Ready when you are, mate," Bobby said almost inaudibly. Jack nodded. Then he opened the door.

"FBI, freeze!" he shouted. He saw two men in the room. One knocked a chair over in his haste to escape, and the other tossed down a lighter and aimed a gun at them.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Bobby said, training his gun on the armed man. "That's not the best way to go right now." The back up swarmed in then, arresting the armed man while Jack hurried to get the second one. He got to the bathroom just in time to see legs sticking out of the window. He grabbed them, hauling the man back in, who was shouting and swearing at him. Jack dodged a flying foot expertly. Bobby joined him, and together they yanked the man inside and cuffed him.

"Oh yea," Jack said, recognizing him. "He's one of them."

"Great," Bobby responded, herding the man out to join the other one. Jack joined them and looked around the room. Someone had managed to put the fire out, but Jack knew most of the information was gone just by looking at it. He followed the two handcuffed men out and watched them get put into the van and off to the FBI interrogation room. Bobby holstered his gun and looked at Jack.

"Well," he said. "There's two. Only four more to go."

"Let's just hope they don't run away now that they've lost two of their gang," Jack said. He had a sinking feeling that something bad was going to happen, but he didn't know what.

Henry

"They got Pete and Mike," Joe said, worried. "What do we do, Pops?"

"We keep on the plan," Henry answered. "We can do it without them. We still have Bruno."

"And Will," Joe added. Henry nodded absently. Yes, Will. There was something off about Will, but Henry wasn't sure just what it was. If Will didn't come through for him tonight, then he was obviously a player for another team. Henry would deal with him and the girl if he had to. Nothing was going to stop him.