Whatever protest she had, was forgotten once his lips were on hers, that was part of the problem, she couldn't think when he kissed her. She knew what the answer was, how to flush out Viktor, and his men. She needed to become Tatianna, and freely go to him, that was the only way she's be able to live without looking behind her constantly.

She unlocked the cabin door, walking in Spike was close behind her. He pulled the hat off her head, pulling her hair down, he ran his fingers through her hair. She closed her eyes, enjoying the feel of his hands in her hair. He pulled her close again, kissing her. She melted into his arms, laying her head on his shoulder. His hands moved along her back, holding her close.

She stepped out of his embrace, looking around the cabin she had some work to do. She started to open windows to air it out, uncovering the furniture. She went into the bedroom, pulling out clean sheets, she made the king sized bed. She opened the deck doors, letting the lake breeze blow through, airing out the bedroom. She stepped out onto the deck, looking out over the lake, enjoying the view. His arms went around her waist pulling her against his chest, he kissed the back of her neck.

"Come inside where it's safe."

She turned in his arms, cupping his face. "Spike, I'm safe here."

"I don't want to take any chances..Please." She followed him inside the bedroom, she wrapped her arms around his neck. He picked her up in his arms, holding her close to him, kissing her, she returned his kiss. He set her on the ground, breaking off the kiss, she smiled at him, caressing the side of his face. She pushed him towards the bed, wanting to feel close to him. "Kendall...I can't be with you."

She frowned, misunderstanding his meaning, she turned her back on him feeling hurt. "I understand."

He turned her around, pulling her into his arms, lifting her face to look into her eyes. "I want nothing more then to crawl into that bed with you right now and make love to you. But I can't let me guard down and keep you safe."

"Then just hold me." He pulled her into his arms, kissing her. She was convinced that she had to go after Viktor herself, just so she could live her life.

XXX

He held her while she slept that night, the sun was streaming through the windows waking them both. She raised her head looking at him, he smiled at her, pulling her back down for a kiss. She was trying to come up with a way to let him know, her plan. She knew he wouldn't go for it, because he thought he had to protect her.

She climbed out of bed, he pulled her back into his arms, kissing her again. "I'm going to fix breakfast." She smiled at him, easing herself out of bed she went to the kitchen. She turned on the radio, singing and dancing as she cooked breakfast for the two of them, she looked up, seeing him leaning against the counter watching her. She smiled at him, continuing what she was doing, he wrapped his arms around her.

She turned to face him, lifting her face up, he lowered his down kissing her. He smiled down at her, the patio doors shattered as a snipers bullet came through. Spike only had seconds to react, he shoved Kendall to the ground covering her with his body. The wind was knocked out of her, having his weight fully on top of her, wasn't helping her breathing.

"Kendall, are you okay?"

"Can't breathe."

"Were you hit?"

"No...you're laying on top of me." She smiled.

He smiled down at her, rolling off of her, he sat up slowly, checking over her body making sure she hadn't been hit. "We need to get out of here."

"I know...come on."

She turned off the stove, throwing the pan in the sink. She grabbed her purse, leading him down to the basement and out into the boathouse. He opened the door, and climbed into the boat, she turned it on as the sped off across the lake. He watched her hair fly out behind her as they shot across the lake, he held on to the seat for dear life.

She pulled up to another house, she pulled out a remote, the door opened, she pulled the boat inside. Spike raised his eyebrow at her. "Friends, trustworthy."

She turned the boat off. Spike climbed out of the boat, he stuck out his hand to help her out. They climbed the stairs into the main part of the house, she stopped in the kitchen and grabbed a two waters. She tossed one to Spike, she opened a cabinet grabbing two cereal bars, tossing one to Spike. She grabbed a set of keys off a cork board, smiling at Spike.

"Ready to roll?"

"I need to call Ed or Sgt."

"Ok!"

He pulled out his phone making a quick call, the sound of the doorbell made him stop talking, He kept the phone to his ear, giving their location to which ever team member he was talking to. He pushed her towards the far corner of the room, she grabbed his arm, staring into his eyes. Trying to pull him with her, he wouldn't budge. She reached into her purse, pulling out a gun and handing it to him, his eyes went wide. He took it from her, pushing her more firmly towards the corner. She rolled her eyes but got in the corner, she pulled a gun from her ankle holster. She racked the slide, ready to fire if, necessary.

Spike walked towards the door, intent on looking through the peep hole to see who was on the other side, the door flew open hitting the wall. Spike dove behind the couch taking cover, gunshots flew around the room. She stood up from behind the chair taking aim and firing at the gunmen, he hit the floor. She came out from behind the chair, kicking the gun away, checking for a pulse, he was dead.

"Spike!"

There was no answer, she felt a sense of panic in the pit of her stomach, she slowly made her way to the back of the couch. Spike lay on the floor not moving in a pool of blood, she had to remain calm to help him. She moved to the hallway closet, pulling out the medic bag she went back to help Spike. She set the bag beside him, she called for an Airevac then started an working on him. She cut his shirt away, finding a bullet wound to his arm. She immediately started caring for it, his pulse was weak. He'd lost a lot of blood, she could hear sirens approaching fast, she knew it would be Team One. She could hear the helicopter landing out back, she had stopped the bleeding, and prepared him for flight.

Both Team One and the Airevac team hit the door at the same time she gave report to the rescue team, Spike was still out. She was worried about it, she had already called ahead to St. Grace's Hospital and had the surgery team to ready to red line him to surgery as soon as they landed. They took off with Spike, she turned around and faced Team One to tell them what happened, she took a deep breath, exhaled and then collapsed.