I don't own Blindspot or any of these amazing characters…
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I want to thank Blindspot-overwatch for helping me brainstorm. It was nice having someone help me organize my thoughts! Hope I didn't spoil too much of the story for you! Thanks for the ear and the suggestions. You are just what I needed!
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The team waited in the emergency room on news about Tasha. Ivan and Jane still had her blood on their clothing. Kurt had walked away moments after they arrived and although Jane had watched him, her expression contained, she'd been too lost in her own thoughts to wonder where he was going.
It was only when he returned and the Doctor called her to get checked that she realized where he'd gone.
She knew he worried, so she went willingly. Her wound was superficial, but he always treated any injury to her like it was life threatening. She took the hand Kurt held out for her and followed the doctor into the examination room. It didn't take any time to get her arm cleaned and bandaged. When they rejoined the team it was Kurt that reassured them that she was fine. Jane sank down in an empty chair and rested her head against him as he joined her.
The waiting continued.
Patterson was watching Reade with a worried expression. She knew what the others didn't, that Tasha had told Reade she loved him. She didn't know how he felt, or she hadn't, but seeing his face when Tasha was placed into the ambulance changed that. It might be too soon so say he loved her, but he was far from indifferent.
"Give him some space," Ivan told her softly.
"He looks so lost," Patterson worried.
"He's holding it together," Ivan denied, "Barely."
"How do you know that?" Patterson was impressed.
"It's easy to see how much he cares about her," Ivan explained, "Obviously, he needs some space."
"Have you ever cared about anyone like that?" Patterson asked him absently, her eyes still on Reade.
Ivan was studying Patterson silently before he answered, "I lost my parents and my siblings young, so I didn't really allow myself to feel like that for anyone else."
"What about the man that raised you?" Patterson finally turned her attention back to him.
"I guess I loved him in my own way," Ivan admitted, "But I never let myself be vulnerable like that again."
"That's sad," Patterson placed her hand on his arm in sympathy.
"From what Rich told me," Ivan reminded her, "You've closed yourself off in a similar manner."
"In our line of work," Patterson explained, "Tomorrow isn't guaranteed. Tasha…"
When she couldn't go on, Ivan reached over and took her hand. The fact that not only didn't she pull away, but seemed to hold his hand even more tightly made him look down at their joined hands with a tightening of his chest. Patterson was unlike anyone he'd ever met. He didn't know what to think, but he still didn't pull his hand away.
Jane was watching them with a little frown.
"What's wrong?" Kurt worried.
"Ivan," She turned to look into Kurt's eyes, "He's too well trained to simply be a scientist."
Kurt pulled her more snuggly against him. He knew just how important Ivan was to her, the fact that she was sharing her concerns with him, made him realize just how much she trusted him. After everything they'd been through, it was almost a miracle. It only made him love her more.
"I've seen it too," He admitted. Turning he watched Patterson and Ivan silently.
Suddenly there was a commotion at the front entrance. They both turned to see a pregnant woman being escorted to the front desk by the frantic father.
"She's in labor!" He told the woman behind the desk.
The woman was very pregnant and it obviously wasn't premature so his agitated state was because of his concern and love for the woman.
Jane watched on silently. When she'd found out she hadn't been pregnant…it had been devastating. The zip poisoning had obviously been a shock too, but for a brief moment she'd had the belief that she was pregnant with Kurt's baby.
Kurt was watching Jane while she watched the couple. He knew what she was thinking, because he felt the loss too. It might have only been a fantasy, but it had been one he'd long dreamed of and losing it had been cruel.
"Are you okay?" he worried.
Jane looked up at him, her vulnerability obvious. "I'm okay."
"It will happen for us," He assured her.
"You can't know that," Jane reached up and gently cupped his face.
"It will happen," He refused to consider any other outcome.
"Boy or girl?" Jane asked him gently.
"A girl," Kurt assured her immediately, "One just like her mother."
"We have two girls," Jane reminded him, "I want a little boy just like his father."
"Maybe twins," Kurt suggested, "They run in your family."
"Twins, hmmm?" Jane smiled up at him, "Talk about over achiever."
"I don't mind having them one at a time," He assured her.
"Them?" Jane teased him.
"We can't have just one," He insisted, "What would we have done without our siblings?"
Jane's eyes closed. His acknowledgement of what Roman and Ivan meant to her without any judgements made her want to cry.
She opened her eyes to see him looking down at her with a tender expression.
"Have I told you just how much I love you?" She asked him.
"Not today," He denied.
"I love you," Jane whispered.
He leaned down to kiss her.
"Love you, too." He returned.
Suddenly, Reade was on his feet.
Kurt and Jane immediately joined him, as did Patterson and Ivan.
"Did she make it?" Reade demanded.
The Doctor smiled at him in reassurance, "She was touch and go, but she's going to be fine."
The tension in the room immediately lessened.
"When can we see her?" Reade asked him.
"She's going to be in recovery for a little while and then transferred to the ICU." The Doctor explained, "We'll keep her sedated until sometime tomorrow, give her body a chance to begin healing."
"We need to put a guard on her door," Reade insisted.
"Is she in some type of danger?" The Doctor worried.
"She's a suspect in a criminal investigation," Reade told him flatly.
The others looked up at Reade without saying anything.
"I'll make sure to notify the staff." The Doctor assured him, "Is there anything else you need?"
"Access," Reade told the Doctor, "One of us will be staying with her."
"Is she a danger to the staff?" The Doctor asked them.
"No," Reade denied, "We're just taking all precautions."
Once the doctor left, Patterson turned to Reade and demanded, "Are you arresting Tasha?"
"Look," Reade pulled them to the side of the room where they couldn't be overheard, "If she's deep cover, we need to treat her like she's a part of the shooting. If it gets back to Blake that it was Tasha that prevented the hit, her cover is blown."
"What did Keaton say about all of this?" Kurt asked Reade.
"He said he didn't know anything about it." Reade admitted.
"What if it isn't a cover at all?" Ivan asked them.
"It is," Reade insisted, "Tasha didn't go rogue."
"Who sent her if it wasn't Keaton?" Kurt worried.
"I don't know," Reade admitted, "But until she wakes up and can answer some of these questions, we help her keep her cover."
"Agreed," Kurt assured him.
"Jane," Reade looked over at her, "Are you okay with this?"
"She might have given up Roman," Jane told them, "But today she saved Ivan and I. I'll help."
Patterson reached over and took her hand, squeezing it tightly.
"I'll stay with her right now." Reade told them.
"I'll come back first thing tomorrow," Patterson assured him.
"I'll relieve Patterson at lunch." Kurt offered.
"Okay," Reade looked at the others. "Rich is working on the drive. Why don't you find out what he's got and I'll keep you informed of Tasha's progress."
Watching them leave, Reade rubbed the back of his neck wearily. He was going with his gut, because everything they knew pointed to Tasha's guilt. He hoped he wasn't making a mistake.
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Rich looked up when the other arrive back.
"How's what's her face?" He worried.
"Tasha is stable, but in ICU," Patterson told him with exasperation.
"What did you find out?" Kurt asked him.
"The two men with Tasha were criminals with extensive arrest records. I couldn't tie them back to Blake, but they were wanted in three countries. The world will not miss them."
"You were wanted in six when you were arrested," Patterson reminded him.
"Well," Rich insisted, "Some of us have natural talent."
"What about the drive?" Kurt ignored his comment.
"It looks like at some point Roman was admitted into the hospital after he fainted. Crawford spent upward of six figures running all sorts of tests on him. The medical reports are in here, but as we all know it isn't complete. We have more drives to find before we get all the results."
"Can't we just go to the hospital and get his medical records with a warrant?" Kurt demanded.
"We could," Rich agreed, "If it had been done in the United States, but it wasn't. We have no jurisdiction there and they aren't just going to hand them over."
Ivan pulled up the information they did get.
"We need to find the other drives," He told them after reviewing the information. "Crawford, in one day, was able to get the results of the best tests money could buy. If we combine what I have with their findings, we'll be considerably closer in finding the cure."
"If there is one," Jane finished for him.
Kurt looked at her sharply.
"I need you to at least acknowledge that there might not be," She explained.
"NO," Kurt would not be dissuaded.
Jane sighed in frustration. She knew why he refused to admit it, but for him to be okay, he needed to start accepting the possibility. She needed for him to be okay.
"Does it give us any clues to where the next drive might be located?" Patterson asked watching Jane and Kurt with a worried expression.
"Maybe," Rich pulled up a jumble of numbers and symbols. "I have no idea what this is."
The other's looked at it without comment.
"Patterson?" Kurt looked to her.
"I don't know," She admitted, "But we will figure it out."
"What do we do?" Jane looked to Kurt.
"We need to pay Blake a visit and see what she does or doesn't know about the attempted hit." Kurt said with a tick in his cheek.
"Are you going to bring her in?" Patterson asked them.
"We are," Kurt agreed.
"She's not going to talk without her lawyer," Patterson insisted.
"Not to us," Kurt agreed, "But she might talk to Roman."
"Roman's dead," Patterson argued.
Ivan shot her a startled look. He knew she half believed he was Roman.
"She doesn't know that," Kurt reminded her.
"She tried to have Ivan and Jane killed," Patterson protested, "It's too dangerous. Ivan is a scientist. He's not trained for this."
"I can do it," Ivan assured Kurt.
Jane didn't say anything, but both her hands were clenched tightly.
Kurt knew it was hard for her, but they really had no other choice.
"Jane?" He worried.
"Let's go get her," She finally agreed.
He studied her face in concern. He knew she was reluctant, but she trusted him and he wasn't going to let her down again.
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Blake looked down at her silent cell phone and paced in agitation. She should have heard something by now. Even if Tasha hadn't been able to succeed, no way had all three of them failed.
Roman had to pay for betraying her and her family. She wouldn't rest until he did. He'd used her and lied. Her Father was dead because of him.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
"FBI, open up," The voice from the other side demanded.
Blake's eyes closed in disbelief. They'd failed…all of them.
When the door flew open she stood calmly, they had nothing on her, she'd been very careful. As they read the Miranda rights to her she said nothing.
She met the eyes of the woman who had identified herself as Roman's sister. She couldn't see a physical resemblance, but their eyes held the same danger. They were definitely related.
There would be no peace for her as long as Roman and his sister lived. She finally realized that killing one of them wasn't good enough. They both had to go. She wouldn't be safe until that happened. She didn't care how many people she had to hire. They needed to die.
Kurt watched the way Blake looked at Jane and felt sudden anxiety. Jane met her gaze unflinchingly. This was the woman that killed Roman. In that moment the stage was set for the showdown.
Kurt pulled Blake away from Jane knowing he'd made a mistake. Determined to do whatever it took to rectify it.
