The room is dark. The only light comes from a lamp next to Michael's bed. He's still under sedation, so he doesn't hear someone enter his room. A tall, thin figure with short red hair enters his room, disguised as a doctor. Crouching down next to Michael's ear he says as he gently strokes his hair "Oh Michael, I am sorry that you were driven to this. I always enjoyed our meetings and fights. Rest well. I will let you have some peace, but then I will find you when the time is right. That is when we will have our next battle." The man leaves but he propels Michael into another dream.

Michael is back in his loft. Nothing is burned and Fiona is with him. He hears the door to the loft open and sees Anson enter. Anson says nothing, he only reaches out and pulls Fiona closer to him. Fiona struggles, but she can't get free.

"Michael, help me!" Fiona begs.

Michael tries to pull Fiona to his side, but he can't. He tries to run after Fiona as she is dragged away screaming but he feet, like all the other times are glued to the ground.

"Don't let him take me! He'll kill me!" Fiona's screams cut through Michael's heart. He reaches for a gun and aims at Anson. Just before the bullet reaches Anson, he pivots Fiona and the bullet strikes her. Michael watches in horror as Anson smiles, lets go of Fiona and leaves. Michael runs to her side.

As he gathers her in his arms, he sees the blood spreading over her white dress and she is growing colder.

"Why didn't you save me?" She asks.

Michael feels tears fall from his eyes. He sobs "I tried to save you, but I couldn't move. If I thought he was going to move you in the line of fire, I wouldn't have taken the shot!"

Fiona closes her eyes and grows limp in his arms. He pulls her close, rocking back and forth. Sam and Jesse enter the loft and see Michael with Fiona.

Sam shouts "Dammit Mike! We told you this would happen. Why didn't you listen to us?"

Jesse walks over the workbench and slams his fist into it. He tells Sam "Come on, lets go. We'll take Fiona and leave him here. He doesn't get to say goodbye."

Nodding his head in agreement, Sam lights a match and sets fire to the bed. He helps Jesse carry Fiona's body outside. Inside, Michael can feel the heat and the flames. He screams in pain as he watches everything burn.

Opening his eyes, Michael bolts out of bed. Sam and Jesse are there, both half awake. They jump when Michael nearly falls to the floor, sam reaching him first and pulling him up. Michael is saying over and over "No. I've lost her again."

"Where you going Mikey?" Sam says, hoping his tone was light enough.

Michael steadies himself, his eyes are wild and tears are falling from them. "He killed her Sam. How could I let him do that to her? I should have known. He took Fiona away from me. My Fiona. He killed her."

"Who killed Fi? I have no idea what you are talking about." Sam says, trying to keep Michael from leaving the room.

Gripping Sam by his shirt and yelling at the top of his lungs, he shouts "Fiona! Anson killed Fiona and then you set fire to the loft with me inside!"

Sam is frozen by the panic Michael is showing and by the dream he has had. Jesse steps in between the men and says "Mike you need to calm down. Anson is long dead. Fiona is alive. As for the loft, you and Fiona burned it down to nothing when we were hiding from Card."

"Fi is in the hallway. She's checking on your Mom and then she'll be back." Sam tells Michael, hoping it helps him calm down.

Michael rubs the beard on his cheek and screams. "Fiona isn't here. Don't lie to me. She's with Campbell now.

Jesse tries to calm Michael down. "I'm going to tell you some facts. Fiona is here but she's not dating anyone. Nate and Anson are dead, you know that. We all just arrived yesterday and have been here waiting for you to wake up and be somewhat coherent. Most importantly, no one hates you. I wouldn't be here. risking my job, Sam wouldn't be leaving Elsa again and Fiona would be off chasing bad guys if we hated you." Sensing Michael's unease about the situation still, Jesse adds "We are here to take you home, where you belong."

"Why would you want to take me home?" Michael sighs. "I'm no good. I should be alone so I don't hurt anyone. I've done enough damage."

Sam is angry now. "You know that's crap thinking. I think you are just a soldier who got lost." Sam reasons. "Stop beating yourself and get back on the horse. This isn't the Mike I know."

Michael looks out the window of his hospital room. His voice is unsteady and both men notice he is shaking. "I'm not lost. I know what's going on and I want it to stop."

Jesse chimes in as he's getting tired of the back and forth arguing. "Ok, you know what's going on so why don't you tell me what's happening Mike."

Nervously, Michael looks at Sam and Jesse and says "This is a dream. I'm going to wake up in my bed and I will be all alone again. You guys will be hurting me somehow, maybe dig into some wounds I haven't thought about in ages. I can't reach out and touch you. In the end you'll leave and I'll be alone, like always."

Sam nears Michael, who takes a step back. "Sit in your bed. Jesse and I have some stuff to tell you."

Jesse turns around when he hears the door open. The Doctor enters and says cheerily "Mr. Westen, I am so glad you are awake. You need to get back in bed though. We need to talk."

"I'm going to step outside. If you need me Mike, just yell." Jesse says, quickly exiting the room.

"Mr Westen, do you know why you are in the hospital?" asks the Doctor.

Michael shakes his head. "I have no idea. This is part of my dreams for all I know."

The doctor continues. "This is real. You were found in your apartment unconscious with a bottle of pills in your hand. Can you tell us what happened?"

"I can't sleep. I told Agent Strong and he gave me sleeping pills. I only take them when I haven't slept for a few days." Michael explains shakily.

As the doctor continues to question Michael, Sam's anger reaches a boiling point. He bolts out of his chair and runs out the door. He sees Strong, grabs him by the shirt collar and pins him to the wall. Through gritted teeth he says "Why did you give Mike those pills? You gave him a rotten deal then you made him drink as part of the cover. Mix the drugs and the alcohol and he's living in a nightmare."

Strong breaks away from Sam and yells "Michael told me he wasn't sleeping and when he was sleeping all he did was have bad dreams, so I gave him the pills to help him. I had no clue he took them with alcohol. This is his own doing."

Jesse and Fiona rush to Sam's side and pull him back. Sam shouts "As his handler, you should have known. He looks like hell. I can tell he's been doing nothing but drinking and when we got here he reeked of cheap whiskey."

Strong yells back at Sam. "Whatever happened to Westen, he did it to himself. I gave him the pills. He told me that Burke threatened to put a bullet in his head if he drank again, so I thought his threat was enough to stop Westen's drinking!"

Burke, who is standing close by, joins the conversation. He is flipping through Michael's chart. "Geez Strong...Westen, who had an alcoholic father and brother, was told by you to take up drinking to cement his cover. That's just downright dangerous if you ask me. Looking through this file, it says Westen also had antidepressants in his system. You wouldn't have lied and told him they were sleeping pills, would you Strong?"

Doctor Suarez exits Michaels room. He sees the scuffle in the hallway and immediately approaches the group. "What is going on here? This is disruptive to my staff and the patients! Security will be coming to escort you two men out of the hospital." He is pointing at Burke and Strong.

Arianna, joining the group, says "Haven't you tortured Mr Westen and his family enough? I just spoke to my office and they are working to bar you from the hospital. My suggestion is to steer clear of this place. I imagine your bosses will be getting wind of your actions and will be calling you any minute."

The group watches both men walk off in separate directions. Arianna asks "Did anyone talk to Mr Westen about what happened with his deal? He needs to be told so I can figure out what is our next step."

Sam quickly says "I'll tell him. He's my best friend, so he should hear the worst from me."

"Slow down cowboy, I'm going to be the one to talk to him and explain everything. I need someone there to calm him. I want Jesse to come with me." Sensing Sam was not okay with her thoughts, she explains further "He has a relationship with Mr Westen, but his is more calm than yours. Right now you are angry and sad that he has been betrayed and hurt. He doesn't need fire right now. He needs someone who keep him focused without getting him emotional. You can't do that, can you?"

Sam knew Jesse was right. He says sadly "Take care of him Jesse." Sam says. He watches Arianna and Jesse walk off to Michael's room. Turning to Fiona, he asks "Are you ever going to talk to him?"

Fiona sighs. She sits down and looks up at Sam. "I'll talk to him but I don't know what say."

"How about 'Gee, thanks Michael for not letting me rot in that cell, or keeping me from being sent to England or Ireland where I'd end up dead.'? Or how about 'Even though I'm mad at you, I'm glad you are okay.' Any of those would be good openers." Sam says in a sarcastic tone.

They are turn quiet as they look towards Michael's room, hoping inside it is going well.

"So Michael, I'm a lawyer that has been retained by Elsa. After your last few exploits, she retained my firm in case we needed to help." Arianna explains.

Michael shifts in his bed. "I don't need any help. I have a job to do and I have to get back to it."

Jesse interrupts. "No way you are going back to that job. You are going home to Miami."

Michael wants to correct Jesse, explain the deal he made but instead Arianna speaks. "I'm going to call you by your name. It's just easier that way, less formal. Michael, when you were in that holding cell, the team was questioned for hours and even days. Eventually, they realized everyone's story matched yours and there were no deviations in the details. Research was done and found Card and Riley to both be as dirty as you said. Card was dirtier than you or anyone ever knew. Strong got hold of your file. He flew down to the cells, he personally interrogated you after you had been interrogated by other CIA officials. What did he tell you when you talked to him initially?"

Eyeing Jesse, who nods to Michael as a sign of encouragement, says slowly "He told me that if I didn't take his deal and help him with his case, then everyone will stay in jail until they die. I work for him and they get freedom. If I fail at my mission, we all go back to our holding cells."

Arianna hands Michael a paper. "This is the original deal that Langley offered. No one saw it because Strong got a hold of it and talked to you first. It freed you. It freed your team. The CIA took into account that your father was murdered, the fact that you were wrongly burned, Fiona was jailed, you lost your brother, you were nearly killed by Card and Riley used methods to bring you to justice that were very illegal."

"I signed this agreement. I never saw this paper before though." Michael says. He tries to control his rage that was building inside of him.

"Strong gave you his own agreement, placed Langley's agreement underneath his along with carbon paper and you signed. He had his agreement to wave in front of you and he the official deal to send back to the office." Arianna explains. "Langley thinks you went back to work on your own initiative." Seeing that Michael is still shaken by her news, she edges closer to him. "Researching this case was exhausting. I can't even begin to understand how exhausted you were. By the time you were handed the deal, you just wanted to fix everything and move on with your life. Am I right? I know you are tired, but there's just one more decision you need to make. You can continue with the mission or leave. No punishments will happen if you leave his mission. You can go home to your family. I'll send Sam in and Fiona if you want, so you can talk it over."

Michael's head snaps up. "Not Fiona yet. I'm not ready. I ruined her life enough as it is."

Arianna exits the room wordlessly. Sam enters and asks "You get the rundown brother? Do you know what you want to do next?"

Michael nods. His eyes flash with anger and determination, which makes Sam feel more comfortable. "We're going home."

Sam smiles and says "There's the Mikey I know and love! I'm going to call Elsa and tell her to book us flights for tomorrow. Doc said you can be discharged in the morning if we look after you and get you help back at home."

Michael smiles. "I want to talk to Strong and tell him I'm done."

"You might also want to talk to that Burke dude too." Jesse adds.

"Why Burke?" Michael asks.

Sam answers and states "You have no idea, do you Mikey? Burke is NSA. Strong wanted you to bring down an NSA op. We don't know why. Do you want stay and see this to the end? Jesse and I will stay, but Fi has to go home."

Michael inhales sharply at the mention of Fiona. "No. I want to go home. I've been lied to too many times and I'm ending this. I want my life back."

Sam and Jesse both smile. They watch Michael adjust himself against the pillows in the bed and quickly fall asleep. Jesse says as they leave "About time he finally realized there's more to life than being a company man."