The Shield decided to crash at Joey Mercury's place figuring the Wyatts might not think of there and Joey had called and offered a place at his apartment.

Ambrose woke up as he felt something touch his ankle. He opened his eyes but didn't see anything right away and then he noticed a blanket.

"Thought you might need that," Joey Mercury said.

"Thanks," he said. "What time is it?"

"Just after midnight. Seth and Roman are already asleep. Everything seems quiet."

"Thanks for letting us stay here tonight." Dean said starting to reach a hand down to scratch his ankle but stopped remembering the cast.

"No problem. I'm in the living room if you need anything." He said and walked out of the room. He had given his bed to Ambrose and one of the couches to the Shield. Roman had opted to sleep on the floor.

"Joey," Ambrose asked as he sat up. Joey stopped in the doorway. "Is Seth…" he wasn't sure how to finish that question.

"Last time I checked he was sleeping," Joey answered. "He did ask me to hide his cellphone." He left.

Dean lay back down on the bed. He wasn't sure if he would be able to go back to sleep that night. He was surprised he had been able to sleep at all. It had been Roman's idea to take Seth with them saying he wanted to keep an eye on him. Seth had protested the whole way to Joey's apartment saying Bray was going to use him to get Ambrose and that's why he had been too scared to answer his cellphone. Dean really wanted to trust his best friend but didn't think he could.

He grabbed his own cellphone which was lying on a night stand. He turned it on and saw he had a new text. It was from a number he didn't recognize. With reluctance he opened up the text. It read:

Thought you could get away? Hitting me with a car won't stop me.

Ambrose closed the text. His phone started ringing. He knew answering the phone would be a bad idea but he did it anyway. "Hello?"

There was a chuckle. "What's the matter Dean? Can't sleep?"

"What do you want?"

"Well Seth's not answering his phone so I thought I'd call you. Did you get my text?"

Dean hit end and turned his cellphone off. He wasn't in the mood for Bray's mind games. He reached over and grabbed his crutches. He stood up with them and hobbled over to the window and pulled back the curtains. He didn't see anything just darkness. He hobbled out of the room and into the living room. He knew couldn't turn on the light because it would wake up the others. He saw a faint light shining through the bottom of the doorway that led to the kitchen. He carefully hobbled to the kitchen hoping he wouldn't accidently wake someone up. He opened the door and found Seth sitting at the table with his eyes closed. "Seth?"

Seth jumped as he opened his eyes. "Hey," he answered. "I couldn't sleep."

"Me neither," Ambrose said sitting in the chair across from him.

"I'm sure we both can't sleep for the same reason," Seth said, "I don't even trust myself."

"Roman trusts you."

"No he doesn't. He brought me here so could keep an eye on me. Last time I tried to leave the Wyatts attacked me and knocked me out. I bet they are watching us both right now."

Ambrose decided not to tell him about the phone call or text. "If they were they'd probably be trying to kick the door down."

Seth didn't smile. He just looked away.

They sat quietly at the table neither of them speaking. Not long after Roman came into the kitchen.

"You guys couldn't sleep either?" He asked. They shook their heads.

A phone started to ring. Roman pulled his phone out but didn't answer it when he saw the looks on Dean and Seth's faces. He waited for the phone to stop ringing and then turned it off not wanting to deal with Bray either. They sat quietly at the table.

Later that morning, Seth and Roman were in the apartment. Dean and Joey had gone to the Performance Center after much argument. Vince had called earlier saying he needed to talk to Ambrose and Joey volunteered to take him there. Dean told Seth and Roman they did not need to go. Joey said he would call them if they ran into any trouble.

"Still think it's a bad idea," Seth said as he poured himself a bowl of cereal for breakfast.

"Dean's stubborn you know that. He didn't want us to go with him. They'll be back soon."

Joey stood at the security area. "This is crazy. Roman is going to kill me."

"I'm meeting Vince," Dean said.

"Yeah in Connecticut," Joey said.

"Shh!" Dean said looking around. "Tell Seth and Roman I'll call them later but say you don't know where I went after I asked you to take me to the airport." He looked at his watch. "I really appreciate this Joey."

"Don't mention it," Joey said. "Just be careful."

Dean grinned and hobbled towards his gate. Joey didn't know this but there was no meeting with Vince. He wasn't even flying to Connecticut. He just wanted to get away from Florida.

Notes: I'm playing around with the idea of writing a spin off AU of Believe in Evolution where Ambrose does join Evolution. Be on the lookout for that possibility.