Opening her eyes Sophie woke to Jimar clinging to her,it was almost as if he was afraid to let go. Sitting up slowly she smiled to see Nate sitting next to her in a chair asleep,he looked tired and she knew he was. She could see Eliot passing by back and forth in front of the door as well. Careful not to wake Jimar she reached across and ran her fingers through her husbands hair,she smiled when he stirred and opened those beautiful blue eyes she loved so much.

"Soph," He smiled sitting up. "You're awake,how are you feeling?" He moved sitting forward to take her hand in his.

"Hurting,sun burn and all,but,I'm fine now that I got some sleep." Looking down to Jimar she looked back to her husband. "What did they say about him?"

Searching her eyes he pressed his lips together in thought."They said he is over stressed," Nate looked down briefly taking a deep breath in releasing it slowly. "Kano,is in a coma."

Her eyes widened at his words,she did not know what to think or how to process what she was just told."That's- Do they think he is gonna make it?" When Nate looked away she knew the answer already,he didn't need to say anything. "Oh,Jimar,he will have no one."

Looking back up to her Nate shook his head."That's not true Soph," He gave her a brief smile. "He has us and,his dad will make it." his voice was full of sincerity and determination now.

In Kingston,Isaac paced the floor of his hotel room. He knew he had to take care of them,they all survived if his crazy boss found out it would not end well for him. The hospital was an hour away,but he had to take care of them at their hotel,he would have to do it one by one. It would be a slower process but it was one he would have to take,he was going to start with the husband then work his way down from there. He devised a plan,taking a knife he sharpened it,the sharpest it could carefully placed the knife within a protective cloth leaving his hotel to wait at theirs. He was sure this plan had to work.

They were released from the hospital the next day,Nate took Jimar to visit with his dad before they returned to the hotel room,Jimar ran ahead after Nate told him to go with Sophie so he could go to the lobby and grab a newspaper,he hadn't done a cross word puzzle in a long time. Isaac was there watching him closely. After finding one he was in the elevator,he nodded politely to the man next to him,that was the advantage Isaac had,he had never met the man before this. Turning to Nate they were between floors. Nate eyed the man for a moment before returning to his puzzle.

"I am so sorry..." Isaac said regret in his eyes.

Nate raised a concerned brow looking up from his newspaper. "I'm sorry but what-" He stopped at the sharp pain in his stomach. Looking down he watched as Isaac pulled the blade from his stomach sending it in a second time. Falling back against the wall of the elevator his blue eyes were swimming in unshed tears. As he watched Isaac exit the elevator leaving Nate to bleed out. Bringing his hands to his stomach he could feel the warmth of the blood seeping through his fingers and covering his shirt. The elevator began moving again towards their floor once it stopped Nate dragged himself out of the elevator,everything was going black and fast.

In the hotel room both Eliot and Sophie had grown concerned with how long the mastermind was taking.

"He should be back already." The concern and fear was evident in Sophie's voice.

Eliot knew when it came to crosswords Nate took his time but this time,it was different. "I'm going to go check."

In the hallway Nate used the wall to pull himself up leaving bloody hand prints along the wall. Once he reached the door to their suite he struggled with the handle until it opened on it's own and he was met with the site of a wide eyed Eliot. Nate being able to hold himself up anymore he collapsed into the hitter who caught him in time to catch him before he hit the ground.

"Nate!" Sophie yelled quickly coming to her husbands side. "Oh Nate,who did this to you?"

His eyes seemed distant as he spoke. "H-he apologized." His voice was barely above a whisper.

Jimar stood wide eyed watching everything,Sophie used her hands to put pressure on his wounds watching all the blood still seeping past her hands. Eliot knew they were in a bad place and called down to the lobby knowing an ambulance would reach them quicker then trying to get Nate to a car. Jimar unexpectedly moved towards Eliot who shielded the boy from the site.

Nate was staring into Sophie's eyes the whole time,she could see his bright blue eyes fading to a pale blue. "Don't you dare die on me. Do you hear me Nathan Ford?" His eyes were slowly closing,he was fighting a loosing battle with consciousness. Finally he found the darkness he knew all to well.

"Paramedics are here!" Hardison and Parker came rushing through the door followed by the paramedics who were right at Nate's side within seconds. Sophie stayed close never letting go of his hand as they took him on the gurney and to the ground level. They followed getting the information on where they were taking him. Eliot kept his eyes on the everyone in the lobby who watched as they wheeled Nate outside,one man stuck out but he had no time to deal with it right now,his family needed him.

"I'll be there with you soon Nate,please just- hang on." Sophie whispered in his ear,she placed a kiss to his lips before they put him in the ambulance.

"Sophie?" Jimar said quietly realizing it was her real name,Eliot had been holding the boy since he clung to him when Nate first showed up in the hotel suite. He reached out for her as she gathered him up in her arms.

"We need to get to the hospital,Eliot." Sophie said in a hurried voice,she did not want Nate to feel like he was alone there. "Where is Parker?" She asked hearing tires behind her she found Parker behind the wheel of a car that she...accommodated.

"Get in!" She yelled as the rest piled in.

At the hospital they found Nate being the center of attention in an emergency room. Sophie watched terrified as she watched nurses with various viles and bags of blood rushing in and out of his room,orders were being yelled out as people with blood covered scrubs ran in and out. It was a few minutes before they rushed out of the room with Nate.

"Nate." She said quietly as the doctor stopped.

"You're the family?" He asked in hurried voice.

"Yes,I'm his wife. Is he going to be okay?"

The doctor shook his head."We are rushing him into surgery I will-" He was interuppted by one of the nurses.

"He's going into shock,Hypovelmic!" They rushed Nate into an elevator taking him to a higher floor with the doctor close behind him.

Sophie covered her mouth with her hand to stop herself from sobbing uncontrollably,she had to remain strong for the others and for Nate. "Let's head up to the waiting room." She heard one of the others say as she nodded holding Jimar close to her.

Hours passed and night time had taken over the hospital. Jimar had fallen asleep in Sophie's arms while she stayed quiet waiting for any sign of the doctor. Once he came out she stood carefully with the young boy and met the doctor half way across the room. The others stood waiting for the news on their leader.

"Mrs Ford..." He started looking at the others as well. "Your husband made it through the surgery,we lost him twice on the table but he came back. His wounds were very serious,His liver was damaged as well as his spleen,he lost a lot of blood and it took us a while to get the bleeding under control. The injury to his spleen is why he went into shock,we were able to stop the bleeding but his is going to be very sore for a long time,he needs to take it slow once he comes to."

Sophie's eyes widened. "Can I see him?" She asked quietly but the look in the doctors eyes told him he was reluctant to let that happen.

"Mrs Ford,he's in intensive care,I rather you wait until he is in his own room."

Shaking her head she looked the doctor straight in his eyes. "I need to see my husband."

Looking at the woman he knew there was no way he was going to deter her from what she was wanting. "Alright,but only for a few minutes then you have to wait until he is in his own room." Nodding Sophie passed the sleeping boy to Eliot following the doctor.

Looking into the room her heart sank in her chest,what she saw wasn't the Nate she was use to. Slowly moving into the room she took his hand in hers. his hand was cold and clammy,which she knew was from the blood loss. Leaning down she placed a kiss to his forehead,looking to his stomach he had large bandages over it,the sight broke her heart.

"All of this over a crossword puzzle Nate?" She smiled running her fingers through his hair. "I know you,we will get through this,we always do."

"Mrs Ford,time to go." The nurse informed her and Sophie nodded.

"I love you,Nate. I won't be to far away,I promise." She placed a final kiss to his lips leaving the room and standing outside with the others.

"How is he?" Eliot asked quietly not wanting to wake Jimar up.

"Sedated." she said quietly keeping her eyes on her husband. Not to far from him was Kano,still hooked up to machines.

"Nate said,'He apologized' I wonder what he meant by that." Parker said coming to the grifters side for support.

"I'm looking into the security camera feed from the hotel to see if I can find anything useful. So far nothing sticks out,then again they aint' got the best security in place." Hardison was typing away on his new laptop since he last one was destroyed.

"Who ever did this,didn't want to do it." Sophie said looking back at her husband. She watched the steady rise and fall of his chest,if she didn't know any better without the machines he would look like he was just sleeping.

"We need to draw the madman out,this time we don't play nice. First he takes you three away,then Jimar's father and now he tries to take my husband from me. He wants a fight,I'm done running. Eliot,no one we don't already know is allowed any where near any of us or him,someone will stay with Nate at all times."

What he heard in the grifters voice was a bit unsettling but he knows what she and Nate had bee through in the last two years and now taking Nate and injuring him was the worst thing anyone could do. He nodded letting her know he understood.

Isaac made it back to his hotel room safely and like clock work his phone began to ring,he didn't get chance to say anything before his boss was yelling at him.

"You irresponsible little weasel,I asked you to do the smallest of tasks and you screw that up!"

"Sir-"

"No you don't get to call me that. I'm on my way to Jamaica and when I get there you better be damn sure to be ready to put an end to this damn game with all of them!"

"Yes sir. I will pick you up at the airport." The phone disconnected as Isaac stared out the window. What his boss didn't know is he had plans of his own to carry out.

[A/N: Alright The madman is on his way to Jamaica. What is Isaac's plan any way and why did he apologize to Nate the way he did. Will Sophie be the one to exact revenge for Jimar's father and Nate? What do you think? Thank you for the continued reviews!]