Megan opened her eyes to see a blurry figure in front of her. She couldn't focus on anything and even sounds seemed distorted. She lifted her head up to look around and saw that she was no longer in the warehouse. She didn't know where Colby was and she couldn't see very far.
"Awake?" a familiar voice asked.
Megan opened her mouth to speak but found it incredibly difficult.
"You've been given a high dose of narcotics. If it doesn't kill you the bullet wound in your shoulder will. It's been horrible knowing you Megan Reeves."
Megan slipped back into unconsciousness for a moment then she came to again. She didn't feel any pain but she knew that if she couldn't get moving she was as good as dead. Slowly she pulled her body into a sitting position and took stock of where she was. She wasn't any place familiar and still had no idea where Colby was. Steadying herself on the wall she stood up and tried to take a few steps forward. It was really difficult to move and she had to hold the wall to keep her balance. She found a door and got herself outside, still there is nothing memorable about the outside either. She stumbled but got herself up again and continued on the track she had set out but didn't make it very far before she fell to the ground. It was too difficult to get up again and she gave up allowing herself to be overtaken by the effects of the drugs she had been given.
Don pulled into the forth spot on Charlie's map to see a body lying on the ground. He didn't even turn off his car, he jumped out and ran towards it. "MEGAN!" he yelled closing in. When he reached Megan's position she got an unlikely surprise, Megan's leg flew up and tripped Don causing him to fall onto his back. Stunned Don saw Megan get up and stumble trying to get away from Don's position.
David ran after Megan, she was easy to catch due to her incoherent state. "Megan! Megan!" David carefully restrained Megan and took her down to the ground. "Megan it's David, we've got you."
"Dav…?" Megan began to see through her haze. "Sinti, he…" Megan began to cry and began go into shock. "Where is Colby?"
Don came over after he got over the shock that Megan had given him. "Hey kickass it's okay we've got you," he reassured Megan while David called an ambulance. "Megan can you hear me." Don went straight to work putting his jacket over Megan and stabilizing her arm, padding it so she would loose more blood.
"Don?"
"Yeah it's me." Although it was painful Don lay down beside Megan and stroked her hair trying to keep her calm while David cradled her head.
"Colby," Megan said trying to sit up.
"Don't worry Megan we've got Colby now just relax. Do you know where Sinti is?" Don looked at Megan's gun shot wound, it wasn't bleeding badly so he couldn't understand why Megan was so out of it.
"Don't, Sinti…know…" Megan got out as she squirmed under Don's watchful eyes. "Drugs…" she managed to force out while David held her wrist making sure her pulse was strong.
"Drugs?" Don panicked sitting up. "Megan. Have you been drugged?" Don was very clear and direct with his question. Once he got an affirmation, a slight nod from Megan he knew he had to keep her awake. "Megan I need you to focus, listen to me, you need to keep talking to me. What did they give you?" Don and David began scanning Megan's exposed flesh so any needle marks.
"I don't know." Megan's entire body was trembling, either from shock or from being cold. "Is Colby okay?"
Typical Megan, Don thought, she always looked out for others. "He's fine, a little banged up but he's alright." Megan smiled for a brief moment then her body went limp causing Don to further panic. "MEGAN, Megan open your eyes!"
"Don?" Megan asked as she came back around. "Colby…"
Don was glad Megan was awake but it broke his heart to see her in the state she was. "Megan everything is okay, Colby is fine." The ambulance arrived and Don got out of the way and stood with David as Megan was carried of.
David noticed that Don had gotten pretty silent, standing still, Megan's blood drying on his hands. Now that things had settled David knew Don well enough to know that all sorts of demons were going to begin to rear their heads. "Don?" David saw a pained expression spreading across Don's face, most likely due to the injuries that had been compounding on his body over the last few days.
"I think Megan broke ANOTHER rib," Don admitted as he carefully leaned himself up against the SUV. Dozens of other cop and FBI vehicles were crowding the area and closing off the scene. "I can't work this scene David. I'm really tired."
"That is understandable," David said patting his friend on the back. "I'll pass it off to someone then we'll go to the hospital to check on Megan and Colby, and get someone to look at your ribs." Don nodded and got into the passenger's side of the SUV and within minutes was asleep. David noticed Don had his cell phone in his hand and the thought occurred to him that he should call Charlie. As he drove he also pressed the speed-dial number he had for Charlie's cell phone. He was surprised when a woman answered. "Hello?" he asked puzzled. "Who is this?"
"Amita," the voice answered on the other line. "Who is this?"
"Oh, Amita, it's David. Is Charlie there?"
"He's sleeping," Amita responded. "Did you find Megan?"
"Yeah, she sustained a gunshot wound but should be fine. Don and I are on our way to the hospital now."
"Okay," Amita looked at both Larry and Charlie, they were out cold. "I'm going to wait till Larry or Charlie wakes up before we come down. They both need their rest."
"Okay, I'll keep you informed."
David hung up the phone and placed it next to Don whom immediately woke up. He took a sharp breath in, "Where is Megan?"
"Whoa, Don. Megan is fine remember? We found her." David thought it would be best to keep Don as calm as possible.
"Yeah, sorry." Don rubbed his eyes.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes. I think I'm going to take those T3's they gave me at the hospital." Don had been shot before and had many a time taken T3's so he knew the affect they were going to have. "Can you just make sure I get home okay? And that I don't say anything stupid."
David laughed, "All right."
Don took the pills as David drove, upon reaching the hospital they both got out but Don was starting to fade. David hovered closely making sure he didn't trip as they headed to Colby's room. "Hey," Colby said from his bed. "Megan's been taken up to surgery, she was stable when she came in…what's up with him?" he asked David motioning towards Don who was no longer lucid.
"He took his T3's," David said.
Colby laughed he was going to enjoy drugged up Don. "Should we get him to sit down? Take him home?"
"I need to check on Megan," Don said as he swayed on his feet. "Colby…you okay?"
"I'm fine Don. How are you?" Colby couldn't help but laugh at Don's peculiar behaviour.
"I'm great," Don said with a goofy smile.
David pulled a chair over to Colby's bedside and made Don sit down. "I'm going to go check on Megan can you make sure he stays put?" he asked Colby.
"Sure thing," Colby said propping himself up slightly. After David left the room Colby noticed Don had fallen asleep. He took a glance at his boss, he looked like hell, and while sitting in silence Colby heard a phone go off. It was Don's however Don wasn't waking up to get it. Colby carefully rolled over and fished Don's phone out of his pocket. "Don Eppes phone," he answered.
There was a brief pause on the other line till a woman spoke up. "Could I please speak with Agent Eppes?"
"I'm sorry he's unavailable at the moment," Colby said leaning back in his bed.
"Is he alright?"
"Who is this?" Colby asked, the voice sounded familiar but he couldn't place it.
"Robin Brooks," the women said.
"Oh, Robin it's Colby Granger."
"Colby. Where is Don? He didn't show for our dinner and I heard something about agents getting kidnapped, and…"
Colby noticed an unusually panic in Robin's voice and suddenly realized why. "Megan and I got kidnapped, Don is okay."
"Define okay for me please."
"Well right now he's sleeping but on the last count he has three broken ribs."
"What hospital are you at?"
"LA General."
"Okay I'll be there in a little bit. Thanks Colby."
Colby waited till Robin hung up before closing his eyes as well and letting sleep overtake him. The next time he woke up was when David entered the room. "How is Megan?" he asked.
"I'm fiinnne," came Megan's voice from the bed next to him. "Don called me kickass," Megan said laughing like a lunatic. "Is he okay? I kicked him, took him right down. He is such a girl sometimes."
Colby was having a field day with everything that was going on. "He's fine, drugged up like you, but fine."
"You wanted me to jump into the sewer. It's gross down there." Megan paused for a minute as she rearranged her thoughts. "Where is Larry?"
"I'm here," Larry said walking into the room with Charlie and Amita behind him. "Are you okay?" Larry was incredibly frightened when he woke up and found that even though he had been panicking all day he let his fatigue over take him. Amita had been little reassurance to him and Charlie was awoken in the fuss.
"I'm great…" Megan said with stars in her eyes. "And you're great. Everyone is great except for Don because he represses his feelings and buries himself in his work." Megan had found the underlying causes of many of Don's problems in a single sentence.
Charlie looked over at he brother sleeping in a nearby chair. "Amita will you help me get me home?"
"Charlie leave him there," Colby said knowing that Robin was coming to get Don. "Robin said she'd take Don home, she should be here… oh there she is."
Robin walked awkwardly into the room full of people. This was not the way she wanted her relationship with Don to come out to his friends, family and co-workers. "Well it seems to have been and eventful day," she said unable to come up with anything else to say. "Is everyone still in one piece?"
"We're holding it together," Colby said, he was the only one who wasn't in total shock.
"Glad to hear it." Robin walked over to the chair where Don was sleeping and crouched down beside him. "Don," she whispered in his ear. "Don, wake up," she said gently bringing him out of his comatose state.
"Hmmmm, Robin?" Don answered unaware of everyone else in the room.
"Yeah, it's me. I'm going to take you home, okay?"
"I'm really tired."
"I know," Robin said, and she did. One of the unfortunate realities of dating a 'G' man was the fact that they worked long hours and most often were emotional wrecks at the end of the day. "Okay big boy," Robin supported Don with one arm around his back with his arm across her shoulder. "Lets go." Robin gave everyone a smile before leaving with Don. It took a fair amount of effort to get all the way out to her car and into her house. Once she got him into the bedroom she set him down and took his shoes and tie off. After that she unclipped his gun off his belt and his badge then carefully unbuttoned his shirt and took off his belt. Once everything had been taken care of she slipped into bed next to Don and went to sleep.
Don awoke unable to breathe sitting up gasping he observed his surroundings. He couldn't place them, which caused him further panic.
"Don, Don it's okay."
Don looked over to see Robin next to him with a panicked look on his face. "Megan? Colby?"
"They are fine. Everyone is okay," Robin did her best to keep Don calm.
Don looked around the room and then paused. "Sorry," he said looking at Robin. "I didn't mean to scare you. How did I get here?"
"I brought you back from the hospital." Robin rubbed Don's back and waited for him to calm down. "Please sit back you're going to hurt yourself." Don lay back down in the bed and relaxed in Robin's arms. "Are you okay?" Robin asked paying with his hair.
"No." Don curled up next to Robin and let a few tears fall.
"It's okay," Robin said. After a few moments Don calmed down, "What can I do to help?"
"Take me to the hospital. I've got to check on Megan and Colby."
"In the morning," Robin said.
"But…"
"Don you need to rest, take another T3 and go back to sleep."
Don knew better than to argue with Robin. He took the T3 that Robin passed him and in a few moments he began to fade. "Got to love the drugs they give you." The haze began to intensify but before he drifted out he kissed Robin and said, "I love you."
Robin smiled and kissed him back, "I love you too. Now go to sleep."