Heather opened the door into the day care and took Gracie over to the desk where Ariel smiled at her but she saw the look on Heathers face as she approached.

"Heather...and Grace how are you?" She leaned down to Gracie's level and Gracie shrugged solemnly.

"I guess ok"

"Gracie why don't you go play" Heather pushed her towards the other children and Gracie trudged off.

"What happened?" Ariel asked.

"Well, She found out about Burt being her father...he left us" Heather stated and Ariel winced.

"Really? Wow"

"Well, He had something important to do and now so do I. I'm going to go get him if I can...So here is an envelope containing all Gracies important papers and my sister Allisons number is on the back if neither of us come back in twenty four hours call her" She handed Ariel the letter and Ariel looked at Gracie.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Heather shook her head.

"I have to try he's my husband. He's the father of my child and despite everything...I love him and he needs to realize that. I have to try" Ariel gave her a sympathetic smile.

"Good luck"

Heather smiled and went over to kneel down infront of Gracie pushing her s hair behind her ear and smiling at her.

"Hey sweetie...listen..."

"You're going with Daddy aren't you?" Heather smiled right to the point just like her father.

"Yeah I am sweetie..."

"Are you going to leave me and not come back mommy?" Gracie started to cry and Heather shook her head.

"No...no no ...is that what you think?"

"He left cause he didn't want me anymore...you're going to go with him and leave me here" Gracie wiped her eyes and Heather hugged her close.

"Never...I promise Gracie...I love you so much...You mean everything to me and I promise from the very moment I saw you I wanted you...that will never change"

"You promise...you'll come back for me?" Heather winced.

"I promise someone will come for you and that I love you"

"I love you too mommy...I would rather have you then daddy I'm sorry I cried all the time to meet him" Heather smiled and held her away wiping her cheeks.

"I love you too Gracie...now be a good girl for mommy alright?" Gracie nodded.

Burt sighed and taped yet another stick of dynamite to his last remote control car. He had killed three graboids so there was only one left. He would drive the car around until it ate the car then detonate the dynamite like he had with he previous three.

He didn't know what he'd do when he was done. He wanted to go back to the hotel and crawl into the warm bed with Heather and hold her close and hold Gracie but he was afraid to go back afraid they wouldn't be waiting and that he had pushed them both away again.

He set the car on the ground sitting safely on the large rock with his truck parked on the asphalt road a few feet away. He was driving the car when he heard someone call his name.

"Burt.." He looked up Heather was stepping out of a rental car on the road.

"Heather..." He stood and she moved closer.

"Heather, Don't move stay on the road where you're safe" She froze at the end of the road he looked but saw no sign of the graboid.

"I have to talk to you" She looked up at him and he moved closer to the edge of the rock.

"Alright just please stay there don't move" She looked around and he shook his head.

"Heather what were you thinking coming out here? Where's Grace?" He looked at the car and she sighed.

"I left her at the daycare I knew this could be dangerous but I had to see you"

He was about to speak when the shaking began he nearly lost his balance but managed to stay standing. Heather looked around but didn't move.

"Don't move" Burt told her and she looked at him with terrified eyes.

The shaking grew worse and before he could react one of the snake like tongues darted out of the dirt beside the road and grabbed her ankle. She screamed and fell onto her back on the hard road.

He moved jumping off the rock and running to her he grabbed a hold of her arms and yanked back he fell too landing on the hard road he wrapped his legs around her waist to try and hold her one arm wrapped around her. He reached behind him for his gun which had fell when he landed on the road.

His hand reached around a stick of dynamite and he let go long enough to light the long fuse. He gave one last hard yank on her and she screamed when her leg ripped free. The graboid popped up and he threw the dynamite into it's open mouth before rolling Heather beneath him covering her from the shrapnel.

The explosion shook the ground and pieces flew everywhere and after it was over he finally moved hovering above her.

"Are you alright?" She was crying and shook her head.

"My leg...it's broken...I know it is" He moved off of her to look and he felt sick when he saw the damage.

Her right pant leg was shredded and the bone was sticking out through the skin it was bleeding bad and when he looked back at her face she was fighting the erge to go to sleep.

"Hey, Heather come on now...stay awake...stay with me" He shook her and she made a noise and he moved slightly.

"Come on baby, stay with me please" She smiled but her head fell to the side and he moved his arms behind her lifting her into his arms.

She screamed when he lifted her at the pain shooting up her leg.

"Shhh...it's alright I got you it's ok" He held her close and she relaxed a little too exhausted to keep crying.

He put her in the passenger seat of his truck oblivious to the blood that was running heavily down her leg.

"Come on Heather...Stay awake...Gracie needs you to come home"

"I'm...so...tired my leg...it hurts" He was driving but he reached over and gripped her hand she was sickly pale now from blood loss.

"I know...I know but please don't go to sleep Heather stay with me"

She nodded but when he looked over ten minutes later she was asleep. He shook her and yelled for her but it didn't help she was unconscious.

He carried her into the hospital and by the time they had loaded her onto one of the beds he was soaked in blood.

"Sir...Please I need some information from you" A nurse took his arm and he had to let the doctors take Heather away.

"Please...is she going to be alright? I don't know what I'll do with out her...I have to go with her...she's my wife" The nurse gave him a sympathetic smile.

"Do you have any children?" It was a distraction move and he knew it but he bought it.

"Yeah...we have a little girl she's six her name is Grace"

"Oh how lovely...now can you tell me what happened to your wife and maybe what her name is how old she is?"

"Uhhh...Heather her name is Heather we were attacked in the dessert and...she's younger than me by...4 years she's thirty six" He decided and the nurse smiled.

He sat down and the nurse walked away promising she'd tell him as soon as she heard anything.