"He has my son!" Illya shrieked.

"He's lying!" Kurt protested. "I don't even know who he is!"

The security guard looked to Illya for an explanation. "My son has just been kidnapped, and I have good reason to believe that Mr. Holden was behind it," Illya explained.

Just then Dr. Majors appeared, having taken a taxi to the hospital. "Mr. Holden!" he exclaimed in surprise. "Is there a problem?"

"I came outside for a breath of fresh air, and this man attacked me and accused me of kidnapping his son," Kurt replied.

"I think we should call the police and get this matter settled once and for all," the security guard announced.

"Oh, no, please don't call the police right now!" Kurt exclaimed. "My son is just about to undergo a lifesaving operation. Can't you wait and call them after it's over?"

Suddenly Illya realized exactly what the situation must be. "You kidnapped my son to serve as an organ donor for your own son, is that right?" he accused.

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Kurt bluffed.

"What's your name, sir?" the security guard asked Illya.

"Illya Kuryakin, sir."

"And your son's name?"

"Elijah Kuryakin."

"Come with me," the security guard told Illya and Kurt. "We'll get this matter settled right now."

"It's correct. I do have a Troy Holden scheduled for a kidney transplant to begin as soon as the physician arrives," the hospital administrator informed the security guard. "However, I cannot in good conscience allow the operation to proceed, as I have just been informed that the consent form supposedly signed by the parents of the donor child was forged."

"That's a lie!" Kurt roared. "I have documented proof that..."

But the administrator was shaking his head. "I'm sorry, Mr. Holden."

"Who told you the signature was forged?" Kurt demanded.

"I did." Suddenly Elsa Holden was standing beside the administrator. "You knew all along that what we were doing was wrong, Kurt. For our son's sake, I went along with it for as long as I could, but when I saw little Elijah lying there looking up at me with those trusting eyes, I just couldn't go through with it. You know that I love Troy just as much as you do, but there has to be some other way to save him."

"I can't believe this!" Kurt was in agony, tearing at his hair. "Betrayed by my own wife!"

Elsa tried to return to the pre-surgical area to retrieve her son, but two uniformed policemen stood in her way. They confronted her husband as well.

"Kurt and Elsa Holden, you are both under arrest for kidnapping, forgery, medical record theft, and endangering the welfare of a child." Illya watched as the two were handcuffed and led away, then followed the hospital administrator to the pre-surgical area to collect Elijah.

"Oh, Elijah!" Marion sobbed with relief as she took her small son into her arms. "Your Papa and me were so worried about you!"

"Everything is all right now, dorogaya," Illya murmured. "Our son is back with us, safe and sound."

"But why did they take him?" asked Marion. "Were they not able to have a baby of their own?"

Illya shook his head. "They have a son Elijah's age who needs a kidney transplant, and Elijah was a perfect match. They were just about to wheel him into surgery when I arrived at the hospital."

"Oh, no!" The realization of what had almost happened to her son made Marion shudder.

"So what will happen to the other little boy now?"

"He's been taken by Child Protective Services. They will put him into a foster home until a donor kidney can be found for him."

"And the parents?"

"The father will hopefully be sentenced to hard time. They will probably be much more lenient with the mother, as she relented at the last minute and informed hospital administration of the plot."

"I hope so." Marion, emotionally exhausted, sank down onto the sofa. Illya sat beside her and put his arms around her.