Thanks again for the reviews ^u^ This chapter should explain most everything about this "favor" Part 1 is a flashback.

You Should Be Ashamed

Part 1:

Nate was up in New York visiting his old friend Max. Well, actually Max had asked him to do him a favor but Nate needed to be there in person. He was sitting at the table with a cup of coffee in front of him as he looked at Max. Max worked at a pharmaceutical company and he was one of the main drug creators. Often times he would hear about a new type of medicine that he had created. The medicines did some interesting things. He created one that ceased many aspects of ADHD for a while. This way the person was able to stay calm for a longer period of time. They had been talking about how Nates 'work' had been going when Max suddenly changed the conversation.

"I need you to do me a favor."

Nate looked at his friend curiously. "Depends on the favor."

"I need you to do a drug trial for me."

"No, I don't do drugs," Nate said firmly.

"Look, there's seven different pills and I need to know which one's the cure. You would take this one-" Max pointed to a white capsule with a red stripe "-which is a mild pain inducer. That way the next day if you found the cure you would know. I'm not sure what these other ones do so if you could record that it would be most helpful. You would take one each day so it would only last a week."

"No. I'm not doing it."

"I'll give you money!"

"I don't need money."

"Please, I'll give you anything. You must want something."

Nate paused and started into the dark liquid in the mug. Yes, there was something he wanted but he could never get it back. He wanted Sophie back but he never could seem to get the words out.

"I'll get Sophie back for you!" Max blurted out.

Nate looked up at him. "And how would you do that?"

"If you do this test and act like you're dying when you call her you'll see if she really cares enough to come back. After that you have to make a move or she'll walk right back out the door."

Nate contemplated this situation for a little while. He eyed the bag with the 7 different types of pills in them. It was just one week and he'd get Sophie back. It was a sweet deal and he wanted to reach out and take it. So that's exactly what he did.

"I'll do it."

"Perfect! You'll have to go to my cabin in Targhee National Forest in Idaho for the test. It has to be very top secret."

"How did you get a cabin in a national forest?"

"That's a long story..."

Nate just nodded and sipped his coffee. If all went well he would see Sophie in a little over a week. Oh how he yearned to see her again. He wanted to hold her tight and kiss her on the lips. That would take time though. Now all he had to do was focus on finding this cure and taking these drugs for a week.

Part 2:

Sophie didn't know how long they had been running. She knew it had been almost an hour and they must've covered at least 3 miles. Finally they sat down on the ground to catch their breath. She watched as Nate pulled out a bottle of water and handed her one before grabbing his own. Her eyes wandered off into the forest and she could faintly hear him take something out of a bag and drink some of his water.

"What did you just eat?"

"I was taking some medicine."

Sophie looked over to him only to see he had his back facing her. "What did you take?"

"Just some acetaminophen."

Sophie nodded and then crawled over to sit in front of Nate. "Why are you in-" she stopped short when she saw the blood all over his face and the chemical burn on his hand. "Wha-what happened?"

"I was in so much pain that I started slamming myself into the wall," he said as he moved his hair out of his face so she could see the cuts on his forehead. "I dropped something and it got on my hand...I think it was lye."

"Oh my god Nathan! Why were you in so much pain?" Sophie asked as the concern, worry, and sadness filled her voice. She could feel the tears sting her eyes and she blinked them back.

"Please I don't want to talk about it. I'm just waiting for this to kick in so my head will clear up."

"We should at least keep walking."

Nate nodded and grabbed his stuff off the ground. She looked at him with her eyes full of sadness and concern before following after him. What had happened? What had he done to himself? But most importantly what was this bad favor that he was doing for his friend?

Part 3:

Hardison had gotten the first helicopter he could and they were all packing something for the quick trip. Eliot was packing stuff for the worst-case medical situation while Parker packed food and Hardison packed any sort of technology thing he assumed he'd need. Hardison was the first one to be done packing so he started doing more research about Targhee National Forest. The place was a huge national forest that stretched across a few different states just like Yellowstone. It was mainly a forest used for hiking. According to the coordinates he was close to the southeast border between Idaho and Montana. There was also a creek and a lake around the area and a large portion of open land where Hardison assumed the helicopter had landed. He also assumed that this is why the fire didn't spread that far ahead. The news was playing in the background and the sudden break made him snap his head up.

'There no corpses that have been found. Whoever started this fire made it out alive and we will be sending search crews out to find them.'

This was a small relief for the Hitter, Hacker, and Thief but they were determined to find their friend before the search crew.

"Sophie's flight landed about 20 minutes ago...I'm gonna call her and tell her to met us there," Hardison said as he brought his phone out. He dialed Sophie's number and brought it up to his ear.

"I'm so sorry!" was the first thing Sophie blurted out.

"Why?"

"I completely forgot to call you guys!"

"That's why I'm calling you..."

"No! I-I'm here with Nate."

"Wait-what?" Hardison nearly yelled as he put it on speaker and motioned everyone over.

"After you guys ended the video chat someone slipped a paper underneath my door that said they're GPS coordinates. I'm with Nate now."

"We've been working all through the night Sophie! When did you find out?"

"About 5 minutes after you guys hung up the video chat"

"How far are you guys from the fire?" Eliot demanded.

"Maybe 3 and a half miles from where Nate was staying. We're sitting down by some rocks right now."

"They have search groups out-"

Parker abruptly cut Eliot off. "How's Nate? He sounded like he was dying when we heard from him."

She heard Sophie take a deep breath. "There's blood and cuts all over his head because he apparently had been slamming himself into the wall. And he has a chemical burn on his hand and he said that he thought it was lye. He said he was in pain and took some medicine once we got about 3 miles away."

They all looked at each other with fear, worry, and sadness in their eyes. What had gotten into him? Could they help him?

"Just so you know there's a search group out looking for whoever started that fire," Eliot finally said.

"Good! At least then we can get out of here."

"Sophie, why didn't you tell us when you found out?" Hardison asked.

"I was so focused on getting to Nate I forgot I just couldn't lose him and he needed someone ASAP. I'm sorry! I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I just wanted to help him!"

Part 4:

The team had finally managed to get Sophie to calm down. Almost 40 minutes had passed since Sophie had first looked at Nate. The image was burned into her mind and it made her shiver. He had his back turned to her yet again as he stared at the boulder across from him. Sophie was sitting on the ledge of one of the boulders about 15 feet away from him. Parker was jabbering on in her ear as Sophie stared off into the distance.

Nate was spinning his pocketknife around in his fingers as he zoned out. Sophie had ended up ripping the sleeves off one of his shirts to bandage his hand up. He knew that the next drug would kick in soon and he wasn't sure what would happen. The strength was returning to his body slowly and the pain was ebbing away. He knew that he would have to talk with Sophie soon. He wanted to hold her in his arms but he was ashamed of what he looked like. That's why he had barely looked at her because he didn't want her to see what he had done to himself. It was all her fault! If she wouldn't have left the team this wouldn't have happened. Why did he let her leave? He should've forced her to stay. She was a coward to just walk away like that. Maybe not a coward for her reason to walk away, but walking away from him in that graveyard. That was weak. He wanted to scream at her to man up. A growl was building up in his throat as the thoughts ripped through his mind like poison. Nate whipped a stone at the rock with all his force causing it to shatter into bits.

"I'll make you pay!" He roared in anger as he rose to his feet, his blade flipped out and his grip tight.

Surprise there's 4 parts! What do you guys think will happen next?