A/N...I am deeply thankful for Amanda Hawthorne who helped me write this chapter. The Irish section was written by myself, but she translated to Irish for me! 33 As always, thanks for the reviews and alerts. I love you all & you all keep me going. Thanks for all my Twitter girls for giving me plot bunnies! I hope you like & I didn't over do it here...never been so nervous about a chapter before!
Michael slept off and on during the night, never leaving Fiona's side. Maddie was in and out of the room, occasionally sleeping in the waiting room, sometimes sleeping in a chair in Fiona 's room. She would keep her eyes closed so Michael would think she was asleep but she heard him talk about missions they shared and fun times spent together. About six in the morning, Maddie was dozing in the chair at the foot of Fiona's bed, when she heard someone speaking in an Irish brogue. She opened her eyes and saw Michael talking to her.
"Fiona, I have ta tell ya a secre'. Remembar tha nigh' in Dublin whe' I told ya I found someone wit' information tha' coul' help us wit' our job an' we had ta meet tham at Callaghan's Bar? Remembar how we waited all nigh' fer tham, thay never showed an' we go' so drunk we go' lost walking back ta yer flat? I lied ta ya I didn'tknow anyone who ha' information ta help us. All I know is thare wa' this beautiful Irish woman who I wanted ta be with so badly bu' I wa' too nervous ta ask ya ou' on a proper date. I was' terrified ya'd turn me down if I asked ya ou' fer dinner. So instead I created tha rouse ta ge' ya ta Callaghan's so we coul' spend a nigh' togethar, jus' tha two a us. We finally go' back ta yer flat an' made love all nigh' long. I know we ha' our bad times thare, bu' I always knew ya were tha one"
Michael's voice was getting shakier, but still maintained his Irish brogue. "Fiona, love, open yer eyes fer me. I need ya ta open tham. I know yer tired, bu' jus' look at me an' let me know yer okay. Open them...please? I need ya."
With those last words Michael uttered, his walls crumbled down. He leaned over to kiss her head, and his soft cries became sobs that came from a place deep inside. He buried his face in her pillow, his arm wrapped around her head. Maddie got up when she heard his sobs and put her hands on Michael.
The nurses, hearing him cry, rushed into Fiona 's room. "I'm sorry. You have to get him out of here. Both of them need to rest." They stood back as Maddie tried to get Michael to go with her.
Michael, hearing the nurse talking, stood up and wiped his eyes. Looking at her, he said "I'm fine. I'll be fine. I'll be quiet."
Maddie knew the nurses were right, so she gently put her arm around Michael and pushed him towards the door. "Michael, she's right. We have to go."
"Let me say one more thing to her. I have to let her know I'll be back." Michael said to the nurse in the room.
He leaned over and kissed her head again. "I have to go now. The nurses want us to rest. I promise I'll be back. I'm sorry. I am so sorry." He stood up and walked out the door, with Maddie following him, trying to keep up. She found him by the elevator, pressing the button repeatedly.
"Pressing the button isn't going to make it come any faster." Maddie gently said. "Michael, where are you going?"
Michael's voice was loud and deep. "I have to go home. You heard the nurse, I lost control and I have to go. I messed up Mom."
As the got on the elevator, Maddie took Michael's hand in hers. "You can't keep it bottled up or else its going to come out at the worst times and take you away from her which will hurt you more. Just don't lose it too much in her room and you'll be ok. I do think going home to sleep is a good idea. Even if its for an hour or two."
As they exited the elevator, Maddie pulled out her car keys. "Why don't we go back to my house and you can rest there?"
Michael, too tired to fight his mom, nodded his head in agreement and followed her to the car. As they walked through the lobby, a doctor walked right into Michael. The two men stopped and looked at one another for a moment. The doctor stammered out an apology and was on his way.
Halfway to Maddie's car, Michael turned around and ran back into the hospital. He shouted "I have a bad feeling about Fi!" Maddie tried to chase after him, but he was too fast and she lost sight of him.
Michael got to the elevators and almost got into the same elevator as the doctor, but the doors were closing too fast. The doctor looked at Michael as the doors closed and smiled. Seeing the elevators were not coming fast enough, Michael found the stairs and ran up them. Even if the elevator was faster, he could at least arrive shortly after.
He arrived on the floor, running as fast as he could towards Fiona's room. The nurses all looked at him and as he stood at her bedside.
"We told you to leave. Don't make us call security!" the nurse hissed.
"Did anyone come in here?" he shouted.
"What?"
"You heard me! Did anyone come in here? Did a doctor come in here within the past few minutes." he screamed.
The nurse not trying to incite Michael anymore than he already was, nodded her head yes.
The nurse walked around the side of Fiona's bed that wasn't near the door. She began to write stats on her chart. "He said he was just checking on her for Doctor Monyo. Sometimes doctors will have other doctors check on their patients to make she they are..."
The nurse didn't get to finish her sentence. As she checked her vitals, Fionas heart monitor flat lined. Michael was quickly being pushed back by nurses and doctors that were flooding into the room. Maddie was holding onto Michael who was frantically yelling "Don't leave me Fiona, don't you leave me here alone. Fight back! I need you! I love you!"
Guards entered the room and both dragged Michael away from the horrible scene unfolding in front of him.
"Let me go! She needs me!" Michael shouted as he was dragged away. Sam, who witnessed everything, followed. He stopped the guards.
"Guys, let him go. I will keep him away for a bit. I promise. I'm a SEAL, I will beat the tar out of him if he even thinks of coming in. Just let him go or else he is going to get more agitated!"
The bigger guard of the two looked at Sam and told his partner to let Michael go. Pushing Mike towards Sam. He said "You stay out of ICU until you can control yourself."
As the guards left, Michael ran towards the doors again. Sam moved fast enough to get in front of him and block him.
"I can't let you in Mike, I'm sorry. Your mom is in there and the doctors are going to take care of Fiona. She'll be OK." Sam tried to reason with Michael.
"That guy I saw dressed like a doctor did something to Fiona and made her flat line. I am not leaving her. Out of my way Sam! She needs me. I need to be there with her!"
"Mike, I can't let you go. Trust me, it'll be OK. They'll figure out what's going on. " Sam tried to reason with Mike, hoping he could refocus.
The doctor who kicked Michael out of the room, found Sam and Michael verbally fighting. Maddie was right behind him. Her face was pale and her eyes were red. Seeing his mother like that, caused Michael fold his arms and close his eyes, hoping no one could see him right now.
"What's the good word doc?" Sam asked.
"Someone entered Miss Glenanne's room and made several deep slices in her side. She is on painkillers and in her comatose state, she didn't react. Whoever did it, rolled up blankets and pushed them against the wounds to hide blood loss. Her heart monitor went off when her heart slowed too much from the blood loss. We are taking her to surgery now to fix the damage. Mr Westen, between the stab wounds she came in with and he current wounds she has lost a lot of blood. We'll do our best."
The doctor left and Maddie followed him back into ICU. Michael felt his knees go weak, but Sam was there to catch him before he collapsed. Michael whispered "She's all I have"
Sam, managed to get Michael to a bench that was in the hall they were in. They sat down. Sam had no words to comfort Michael, who had hung his head down so his tears couldn't be seen. They sat in silence, with Sam occasionally patting Mike on the back. After a few minutes Sam felt the cell go off Recognizing the number, Sam walked away to answer, but Michael walked after him, asking over and over who it was.
"Did Michael like my friend's visit to Fiona? I really hope Michael enjoyed his handiwork."
Sam said in a low hissing voice "I told you to stay away from Michael and Fiona. You've done enough damage."
Anson cut him off. "My actions have not caused this damage. The bottom line is you need to tell the pretty little CIA and FBI operatives to stop hunting for me or else I will keep attacking Michael, Fiona and anyone else that means anything to them and you. So back off, let Fiona go back to jail and just move on. You are making life harder than it needs be."
"See you in hell buddy! " Sam shouted before hanging the phone up.
Michael's jaw was tense, his whole body rigid. "What he say Sam? You have to tell me."
Sam held his hand up to silence Michael and he dialed the cell. "Pearce, we got big problems. Anson sent someone in to kill Fiona. He cut her open, let her bleed out. She is back in surgery. Time to mobilize. I want extra protection for Fiona and Maddie. I want answers from everyone on the leads we have. This son of a bitch is toast."
"Mike, you have no idea how sorry I am that he is coming after you guys. I have only been on the job for a day..."
Tears fell fast from Michael's eyes. "I'm sorry I fought with you before but you have have to get him Sam. Promise me you will. She can't get hurt again and I can't go on without her. If you are my brother you will end this for me."
Sam felt his heart fall to the floor. Michael had such a look of panic and terror in his eyes that Sam knew if he didn't get Anson soon, Michael might lose his mind. "Hey, did you forget who I am Brother? I'm Sam Axe and like I told Anson, no one hurts my family and lives."
Sam gave Mike a hug. "You'll be ok. Just find an empty room or closet and crash for a bit. Take my cell and set the alarm. You have to rest because Fiona needs you here to be strong for her. Plus, I don't think that even in a coma she wants to spend that much time with your mom."
Mike laughed. As Sam walked off, he turned around and shouted to Mike "You'll be ok too Mike. You and Fi are the stuff they write romance novels about and they always end happy!"
Michael sat down on bench and closed his eyes, quickly falling asleep and dreaming of Fiona.