Author's Note: Just to you know I think my creativity is slipping for some reason. This was the best I could do with this chapter. Enjoy.

Chapter 5: A Chance

The news hit all of them hard, The Master shocked at the fact that most of his Rovers were down and couldn't be revived. Shadow and Sierra were couldn't believe it, they were very close to everyone and knowing that they are stuck in a permeate sleep really devastated them. But most of all the news really hit home for Hunter and Axel, as both felt it was their responsibility to look out for them and they couldn't do that. There was nothing that they both could say at the moment. "Professor isn't there a cure for this?" The Master asked the Blood Hound.

Sadly the response wasn't the one they wanted to hear, "I'm sorry, there's nothing in my knowledge that could be used to help them."

That stung them more than it already had, the professor was their last hope but he couldn't help them. What were they going to do know? Sighing heavily Axel and Hunter began to leave the room, everyone else were surprised at their actions and were wondering why. Just before Hunter left he stopped by his mother and father's side, "Can you guys look after Christian for a little while longer?"

His voice had a bit of sadness to it, and when hearing it the two of them knew that the two of them needed to be alone for a bit. Nodding Sierra responded, "Yes, no problem."

"Thank you," He responded as he followed Axel out of the lab.

Unknown Location

Skeam nervously paced outside the office of Colonel Havoc; arriving back to base a while ago he was supposed to give a report on how his mission went. Obviously it went bad and he had no idea how he was going to explain it to the Colonel. Stopping in front of the door he knew he had to get it over eventually, so blowing out a nervous sigh he moved his hand up and knocked on the door. Once he heard the confirmation to come in he opened the door and walked right in, his sights on Havoc, who just looked up at him. "Ah Skeam, how did it go?"

"Well sir…The stuff you gave us worked," He managed to say, kind of avoiding the true answer.

Havoc smiled at the response, "I knew it would!" He started laughing as he realized that his plans had finally worked. Standing up he moved over to Skeam and patted him on the shoulder. "So what did you do with the Rovers then?"

Now Skeam was nervous, now he had to tell him the bad news, which he was dreading the most. "Well…you see sir…that…"

Havoc seemed to pick this up and frowned, knowing that there's something he wasn't telling him. "What happened?" He asked giving a stern look.

He back up at the stare, "Well sir…we did get the Rovers…but." Taking a large gulp he continued. "Two of the Rovers didn't fall for the trap."

"What!" He screamed out. "How did they not fall for it!"

"We're not sure sir; we had to turn off the cameras so we had to guess when to spring it."

Havoc paced around the room, angered and slightly worried. "This isn't good, we had a good plan and you all screwed it up!"

Skeam held his hands up in defense, "But sir what kind of trouble can two Rovers do?"

Stopping behind his desk Havoc placed his hand on the table and started to breathe in and out before looking up, "That depends…which two was it?"

Skeam started thinking back then paled as he recalled which ones they were. "The…re…Retriever and…Akita."

His eyes widen as he heard this then he slammed his fist onto the table, "Not good…not good! Things aren't going to be easy if those two are still around, no doubt they will search for the anti-agent for that plant."

That seemed to catch Skeam off guard, "What do you mean? I thought there wasn't anything to counter that plant."

Havoc didn't respond as he sat down and started writing things down, "All will be explained, just tell the men to get ready to go, and give this to the scientist, they'll know what to do." Holding out the piece of paper Skeam took it and left the room.

Road Rover HQ

Hunter laid on the bed he and his wife shared, wide awake. He'd been this way for a while, having trouble just trying to fall asleep, sighing he looked over at the empty spot next to him. Not having Colleen next to him was the reason why he was awake; it just didn't feel right when he tried. He'd grown so accustomed to having her right next to him that made it easy for him to fall asleep. Sighing he sat up and planted his feet on the floor, deciding that he wasn't going to be able to sleep right now.

He got up and moved over to his son's crib, a smile crept onto his face as he watched him sleep. But yet a tear slid down his face as he realized that he would never see his mother awake again. It was something that pained him the most; this was something that he didn't want to happen. He didn't want his son to grow up without his mother. Wiping the tear away he grabbed the baby monitor and walked back to his bed, slipping on his slippers he then left the room to walk around the base, hoping this would help his sleeping problem.

Hunter walked around the base for several minutes; even though it was night he couldn't help but notice how quiet things were. It only depressed him as he realized that this is something he might have to get used to. After he and Axel left the med bay they both softly cried, knowing that their loved ones and friends wouldn't be able to wake up again really hit them hard. They both had to spend the rest of the night by themselves; they couldn't be around anyone at the time. Soon night came and they decided to go to sleep, which lead to now. Pulling himself out of his thoughts Hunter realized he was in front of the door of the med bay, without hesitation he walked into the room.

As he entered he was surprised to find that Axel was in there, next to Ariel holding her hand. His ears flickered as he heard the door open, turning he saw it was Hunter. "Hey," He said in a low voice.

"Hey," Hunter responded in the same tone as he walked over to Colleen's side, sat down on the stool next to the bed she was on. "Couldn't sleep either?"

He nodded as he turned to face the retriever, "Had trouble, it made me want to be with Ariel."

Hunter didn't respond at first as he looked down at his wife. She lay perfectly still on the bed, her soft breathing could be heard, he would have considered this a lovely scene if the circumstances were different. "It's just hard to believe…that something like this happened."

Axel then looked down at the floor, "I know….And I'm sorry for it."

Hunter's heard jerked up as he looked at his brother-in-law; mouth slightly ajar from the comment. "Why would you say something like that?"

Looking up at the retriever he started to explain, "I've been thinking about this all day long, and it just came to my mind." He took a couple of breathes before continuing. "This was my fault…I had the ability to sense this and yet I couldn't fully sense what was going on. I had the bad feeling about this and yet I only voiced my concern to you, if I would have told everyone else at the same time then the outcome could have been different."

Hunter stood up from his seat as he moved his stool so he could be seat right in front of Axel. "Don't blame yourself like that; you truly don't have full control over your powers so you couldn't sense anything fully. If it's anyone's fault it's mine."

Hearing that shocked Axel big time, why would Hunter be blaming himself? "What are you talking about, there's no way-"

He didn't get to finish as he was cut off, "I'm the leader of this team, and it's my responsibility to make sure everyone is ok but I failed that. I could have taken more precautions but I didn't."

"Don't say that," Axel suddenly responded as he stood up, it seemed as if there was some anger boiling inside of him. "Your leadership skills had nothing to do with what happened! So don't go and blame yourself for this."

Standing up also Hunter responded, "I know it's true, so why don't you?"

"Your leadership never went wrong, you did everything right…and…I suppose…it was something that was unexpected."

Both ended up sitting back down after a moment of thinking things through, they were both right in a way since it was a situation that they couldn't predict. They both then looked around the room, looking at the still forms of their friends. Even though the professor said there was nothing in his knowledge that he could do, that still didn't mean he was giving up. He's going to try to do everything in his power to help them no matter what. The only question is when it's going to happen.

"Sorry," Axel spoke first.

"No I am," Hunter responded. "I shouldn't have gone off like that.

"Neither should I."

"Too bad there's nothing we can do to help," Hunter spoke, looking back at Axel.

"I know, but what can we do, I mean we have no idea if there is any cure for that flower, and I bet no one knows." He answered as they both sat back down.

Hunter looked down at the ground in sadness; they had no idea on what to do right now but wait. This was going to be hard for the both of them since they never spent time without anyone else around. But still he wished that there was something they could do to help. Just then his eyes widen as something popped into his head, something that he should have thought of before, smiling he stood back up. "Why didn't I think of it sooner?"

Axel had a questioning look on his face as he stood up also, "What do you mean?"

Hunter then walked over to the door, while Axel followed him in question, "Where are you going?"

Just before leaving the retriever turned back, "Look just get dressed, get the cocktail weenies from the kitchen and meet me in the hanger."

"Why where are you getting at?"

"If Professor Hubert can't find the answer right now, then there's one person left that can still help us." They both left the room as they walked the hall. "We're going to see Confuse-us."

A/N: Hope you like, I'm sure how I did with this chapter, but all I can say is that it should get better either the next chapter or the one after the next.