As soon as they arrived at the emergency entrance, Sophie opened the back door calling for help. The doctors and nurses on call rushed with a gurney and once Nate was secure on it, they pushed him inside the building taking his vitals and working on stopping the bleeding.

"His BP is low" one of the nurses shouted.

"He's loss a lot of blood. Get me some 0 negative"

"I don't see an exit wound. We need to take him into surgery before we lose him. Tell them to prepare an OR, immediately"

In that moment the monitor started beeping.

"He's v-tach" one of the doctor screamed. "Charge the paddles."

Sophie and Amy watched from the widow looking on the corridor. Amy held Sophie's hand tight as the doctors where doing their best to save her father. Eliot arrived by their side and turned his head towards what held their full attention. He soon recognized what was happening and for a moment he felt his heart pang for his friend, but he knew he had to be strong for Sophie and Amy. That was what Nate needed from him now.

"Sophie," he laid a hand on her shoulder. "I don't think she needs to see this…" he titled his head towards the seven years old.

Sophie slowly nodded, tears in her eyes. She couldn't believe that everything they went through, Nate might not make it. He might not be there to see their daughter become a young woman.

"Amy, we should…"

"No!" the girl protested "I'm not leaving him!" she pulled her hand away from Sophie's.

They suddenly heard the door bang opened and saw the doctors running away pushing Nate's gurney.

"What is happening?" Sophie stopped an intern.

"We are taking him into surgery" he exclaimed to her.

"But…"

"He is critical and has lost a lot of blood. The bullet probably made some damage, they will need to do an explorative surgery. I can't make any promises" He saw the distress in both the woman's and girl's eyes. He sighed. "But he is a fighter. I say there's a chance he can pull it through" He saw that team was leaving without him. "I really…" and he ran towards the lift before the doors closed.

"There's nothing we can really do now but wait" Eliot told them. "I'm going to check on Parker and Hardison, you should probably get cleaned up" he nodded to Sophie.

Sophie realized she still had Nate's blood all over her hands and shirt. She looked at the scared girl next to her who she was still in her pajamas. "Eliot is right. We look like we came out of a horror movie" she tried to lightened the mood.

"But d…"

"It's going to be a long time before we'll hear some news. Come on" she put an arm around Amy's shoulder. "Let's find a bathroom and then a gift shop, they might have some clothes."

They went inside the closest bathroom and while Amy used the toilet, Sophie stood in front of the sink and looked at herself in the mirror. Her hair was a mess and she had puffy and dark eyes from all the crying. Half a day had passed since she had discovered Amy missing from her bed, but it felt like a life time ago. She sighed and looked down at her hands. She suddenly felt nauseous. That was Nate blood, Nate could die and she couldn't anything about it. She felt again tears in her he back of her eyes and she shook her head sending them away. She needed to be strong. Amy needed her.

She put her hands in the sink and the sensor detected her movements. Soon a stream of water came down from the tap and cascaded over her hands. She watched the water dripping from them change from bright red, to pink to finally being clear again. She kept scrubbing with soap until she felt clean again.

Amy was standing beside her watching her struggle. As much as she was upset from seeing her dad hurt, for Sophie was certainly worse since she had known him and even loved him longer.

"Are you okay?" she tentatively asked.

Sophie sniffed and put on a false smile. "Yeah, I'm alright. Let's go and get some new clothes."

They didn't have a lot of choice in the gift shop, but the managed to find a t-shirt for Sophie and a track suit plus a pair of trainers for Amy. After they got changed, they went back to the waiting room where Eliot was and he told them there still wasn't an news on Nate's condition.

"Are you hungry?" Sophie asked the girl. "I bet you haven't eaten since last night. Did he at least give you anything to drink?"

"Some water" she muttered back. "But yeah, I'm a bit hungry." She admitted.

"Let's go to the cafeteria then" she turned towards the hitter. "If…"

"If I have news, I'll call ya" he interrupted her rolling his eyes.

After ordering a sandwich and a soda for Amy and a cup of tea for Sophie, they quietly sat at a far end table in the café.

"Can you tell me more stories about you and Nate?" Amy suddenly asked interrupting the uncomfortable silence between them.

"Huh?" she was caught by surprise by her daughter's voice then she smiled remembering telling her how she and Nate had met just the night before. "What would you like to know?"

"You told me you saw each other in Prague, but you ran away before dad could catch you. What happened next?

"Your father ruined my plans of stealing stuff a couple times. We still hadn't officially met, but he was already annoying and also at the same time it was challenging." Her eyes sparkled and she had a big smile on her face. "Nobody was as good as Nathan Ford. He was the best. I once asked him why he had joined an insurance company. I mean, he is really smart, but don't tell him I've said that!" she added promptly. " He could have been anything he ever wanted and he told me he liked to solve puzzles and beside joining the police, that was the next best thing. We played a distant game. I've beaten him a couple of times and he won some. Then he caught me in Damascus. I've tried to flirt with him, distract him, but he knew my game. He took the merchandise I had stolen, but I slipped away" she smiled. "We continued our game for years."

"When did you guys fall in love with each other?"

"I…" she didn't know how to answer. "It's complicated" she finally said. "A story that I can tell you when you're older."

"Oh" Amy looked down disappointed.

"Look Amy," Sophie put her hand above hers. "Nate and I read your file. We know what happened to you. I'm sorry that you had to go through all that. If…" she paused, tears running down her cheeks. "If I had known all those years ago, I would have made a different choice. I really thought I was going to give you a better future that I could have offered."

"It's okay, the car accident wasn't your fault. I mean, I was angry" Amy admitted. "I couldn't understand why my real mom and dad didn't want me, but now I know the story or part of it. And you did come this time" she said, meaning that this time she had been in trouble and her parents came to save her.

"And you can count us from now on" Sophie smiled.

They made their way back to the waiting room. This time Hardison and Parker were there too.

"Is everything okay?" the girfter asked.

"Yes," Hardison smirked. "Travis Black won't see the light of day for a very long time. The same goes for his friends"

"I got to boss people around again" Parker smiled satisfied. "I like it when I get to play agent Hagen"

Sophie just shook her head with a chuckle.

Two hours had past when the doctor finally showed up. "Are you here for Nathan Ford?"

A/N Yes, I know, I'm cruel for leaving it like this :P What will the doctor say? How is Nate? More soon. Thanks for continuing reading and for reviewing.