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Chapter 8

It was nearly 12 hours before they would let Katie and Racheal into the ICU to see John. He'd nearly died in surgery twice. Both John's legs had been broken, as well as both arms. There were also extensive internal injuries from the beatings and the bullets. He'd been shot 4 times. Surprisingly there was no significant head trauma so the doctors believed he would be just fine as long as no infection set in. Katie and Racheal settled in to wait for John to wake up. They were both asleep when he finally did wake up 2 hours later.

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It took John a few minutes to realize he wasn't in the factory anymore. When he looked over to his left, he saw his daughter sleeping in a chair next to him. She was curled up in her usual position. Bobby's daughter, Racheal, was sleeping in the chair behind her. He started to reach his hand up to brush Katie's arm, but she woke up when his hand was a few inches away from hers.

"Hey, old man. How you doing?" Katie asked him quietly.

"Been better." John replied hoarsely, "Where are we?"

"Macedonia, Georgia."

"How did we get here?"

"Demons grabbed you from the house we were investigating."

"Did they get you too? Are you ok?"

"I'm fine John. I don't think they knew I was there. As soon as I knew you were missing I called Racheal and she helped me get you back."

"But your laptop was in the truck. How'd you track it?"

"I found my computer in the road where the truck had been parked. You must have tossed it out the window just before they drove away. How long have you known about the tracer anyway?"

"Quite awhile. You left the program running once. I was gonna pull it off my truck as soon as I found where you stashed it. Glad I didn't."

They sat there in silence for a few more minutes before John spoke again.

"So what's my damage?"

"Boy, " Katie laughed, "I don't even know where to start."

"Ok, smartass. Let me rephrase the question. How long am I gonna be in here for?"

"Well, there were some pretty bad internal injuries. Collapsed lung, laceration to your spleen, things like that. Plus both your arms and legs are broken, but the breaks aren't too bad. Luckily you have such a thick skull so there's no head trauma." Katie said that last part with a laugh.

"You really have spent too much time around your older brother." John tried to sound annoyed, but it didn't work out very well.

"How do you know its not the other way around?" Katie said with a smile.

"Because he's older, so I get to blame him for being a bad influence."

In the middle of that sentence, John tried to stifle a yawn but failed.

"Uh oh," Katie teased, "Looks like it's time for the old man to take another nap. Now, you just shut your eyes old man and let the nice medicine do it's job. I'll be here the next time you wake up."

"Hey, Katie." John said.

"Yeah John."

"I'm glad you're here."

"Yeah, sure you are." Katie replied, sarcastically.

John looked at his daughter and saw the smile in her eyes that wasn't on her face. He watched her whisper something to her friend and then grab her phone out of her pocket as she left the room. She was probably going to check in with her brothers. She always did after they finished a job, even if she couldn't give them all the details.

He loved that his children were so close to each other in spite of all the bad decisions he'd made while they were growing up. He fell asleep knowing that they would be ok no matter what happened to him. That was if Katie ever let anything too bad happen. It still hurt him that she only called him by his first name, but she was coming around according to Caleb. He saw it too. She seemed more relaxed around him than she used to be and was joking with him more and more.

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Katie left her father in Racheal's care and walked out to the parking lot to make sure no one had gotten into the truck.. She also decided to call Sam and see if he was still headed for California. He answered is phone on the second ring.

"Hello." Sam said.

"Hey, Racheal and I finished our job. You still want me to meet you in Cali?" Katie asked.

"Nope, I'm back with Dean. We're gonna sleep for a few hours and then look for our next job."

Katie breathed a sigh of relief. She had hoped that the boys would work out their problems.

"That's the best news I've heard all day." Katie told her younger brother.

"Yeah, well with dad off god knows where and you doing your own thing, some one has to keep Dean out of trouble."

"Don't you mean try to keep him out of trouble."

"That too."

"Hey, tell Dean I'll call him later. I gotta get back inside."

"Inside where?"

"The hospital in Macedonia, Georgia. Bobby got a little beat up, but he's gonna be ok."

"Are you ok?"

"I'm fine. Didn't even get a scratch."

"Are you sure?"

The concern in Sam's voice made her feel a little better about the whole situation John had put her in. Her little brother was finally warming up to her.

"I'm fine Sam. I promise."

"Ok, let us know if you need anything."

"I will. Don't forget to tell Dean I'll call him later."

Katie hung up her phone and then went back into the hospital. The doctors would be in soon to check on John. Katie knew that as soon as John thought he was well enough, he'd start fighting his treatment. Katie decided to make arrangements to get John out of the hospital first thing in the morning. She'd try to get him to stay for at least a week and then take him to Kila. It's not like he could get far with 2 broken legs anyway.