She had prepared herself for this moment.

She had known it was coming and yet she was scared.

She had prepared herself for Michael's bullet ridden body.

She had even prepared herself for Sam's death but her own, no, that wasn't something she was ready for.

So, here she stood with a gun pointed at her face and for the first time in her life she really, truly thought this was the end. Fiona knew there was no bargaining with Jesse, he had blood on his mind and as he stood here she could see in his eyes that he was going to make them pay. He knew that the way to make that happen was her; she was Michael's weak spot.

She pleaded and told him that he meant something to her but he was beyond the point of reason. She was going to die here, in Michael's apartment. Very briefly she pictured how Michael would take seeing her dead on his floor. She quickly concluded not well.

As the tears rose to her eyes she did nothing to stop them. She closed here eyes and took a deep, calming breath. She thought about her parents and her brothers, they would hunt Jesse down and kill him slowly for this. Next her thoughts flashed to Claire.

Fiona had never been particularly religious but now, on the brink of death, she hoped that she would get to see Claire. She hoped she would be able to see Claire and tell her how sorry she was. Lastly, but not surprisingly, came Michael. They had shared so much together, love, anger, hate, fear, and so many more indescribable emotions. He had shot down his way back into his old life for her and that meant something. Sometimes it was the only thing that gave her hope that he would give up this crazy search.

"Goody-bye Fiona."

She gulped, this was it, and this is the moment she was going to die. Fiona braced herself but nothing happened and as she heard the door to Michael's loft open she opened her eyes. He was gone. Letting out a breath she hadn't even known she was holding she dialed Michael's number.

She was barely keeping herself together as he answered. As quickly and as calmly as she could she told him what had happened and even as she spoke she heard him leaving the table at Carlito's and getting in his car. They never hung up that entire time and even after they had long lapsed into silence just the sound of Michael's breathing calmed her down.

By the time he walked in the door the tears were rolling down her face. He didn't set his gun down but he wrapped her in his arms. The relief of being with him lasted maybe a minute before she turned on him, ripping herself out of his arms "I told you." She said her voice steadily rising "I told you that this would happen!"

"Fi-" he began but she swung a punch at him and he ducked and stepped back wildly trying to avoid the onslaught of punches coming his way. Suddenly he grabbed her arms and using a maneuver she was familiar with twisted her arms around her back "Don't fight me, just listen, please. Fi, I sorry I dragged you into this. I'm sorry that you almost died tonight and it was all my fault." Little did Fiona know that from the moment she had said the words 'Jesse found out everything.' His heart had practically beat its way out of his rib cage. It was, quite literally, his worst fear: Fiona's death being entirely his fault.

Fiona looked at him and unknown to Michael she knew what his worst fear was. It was something she had picked up on years ago and to this day she had never told him. However this was not the time for her to tell that to him, she was still angry that she had almost died and besides angry they now had Jesse to worry about "You know he's going to want you dead." She asked as he released her arms .

"Yes." He said

"Well, while I may not be the biggest fan of what happened throughout this entire situation I promised to stick by you. I'm not going to let him kill you, only I'm allowed to do that." She said and he knew that she meant it.

"Thanks Fi." He said and she turned away from him.

"Better get Same over here, we now have a crazy burned spy after us. We are going to need all the help we can get on this one."

Umm..so…Who else loved that episode? I DID! I was in love with it and I know that my fic will be only one of many to come based on those last minutes. I can not wait for the season finale and I hope that you enjoyed this. WAIT! I have an idea…why don't you tell me if you liked it or not.

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Also I'm working on a new, much longer, fic! It is Burn Notice related, wish me luck!