Sorry it has taken so long. Kids, holidays, and work have left me little time to figure out and write a new chapter. I hope you like it. Please review and let me know what you think!

Jill followed Doyle down to the railroad yard. Jill was glad Doyle was so tall, it made him easier to follow. Doyle moved to an isolated part of the yard where several containers were lined up. Doyle looked around and Jill quickly ducked behind a stack of crates and stayed there while she watched Doyle open container B596413 and walk inside. Just as Jill was thinking about trying to move closer Doyle came out, placed a piece of tape across the door and a lock on the container, then looked around one more time before heading toward the parking lot. Jill made sure Doyle was out of sight before she moved toward the container. Jill quickly picked the lock, smiling as she thought she had not lost her touch, carefully pulled back the tape and opened the door. She took her little flashlight out of her pocket and started looking around. The boxes were marked toys, she moved past the first 2 rows and realized the boxes changed. She looked around and noticed one of the boxes had been opened so she raised the lid and shined her flashlight inside. Jill almost dropped the lid she was so surprised with the find, she suddenly got a sick feeling in her stomach. They had stumbled on something big, she had expected drugs, maybe money, but not weapons – guns, C4, detonators, ammunition. She quickly put the lid back in place and made sure everything looked the same before she peeked out the door and then closed the door, put the lock and tape back on the door. Just as Jill closed everything up a workman walked around the corner. Jill quickly breathed a sigh of relief that it was not Doyle and flashed her smile and cocked her head at the worker, "Can you help me? My mean old ex husband is trying to hide some of our valuables and leave me with nothing. Now I know you won't want that so, I need your help." The workman looked at Jill for a minute unsure but no man could resist Jill when she turned on the charm. He smiled at Jill and started shaking his head yes.

An hour later Jill reached her hotel and called Sabrina.

"Sabrina, Hey, it's Jill. You are never going to believe this. I followed Doyle to a container filled with guns and explosives."

"Exploives!?" Sabrina said surprised, "Where is it headed? Who is it headed too?"

"It was headed to North Africa and to a man named Jerry Mancini."

"Was headed to?" Sabrina said with a question in her voice.

"I managed to sweet talk the supervisor into misplacing the paperwork and change the container number. That container is now set to be delivered to Mickey McNamara in Virginia."

"Who is Mickey McNamara?"

"A boy I knew in 5th grade."

"So, why are we sending this to him?"

"Silly, Mickey lives in Texas, this is to get the shipment to the US. What happens when it get there, well, that's for you to figure out. I just redirected the shipment." Jill said with a smile knowing Sabrina's brain was already spinning with a plan.

"I'll have to think on that one for a bit. When does it arrive in the states?"

"Two weeks, depending on the weather the dock master said."

"Good that gives us some time. How did the meeting with Karazna go?"

"I don't know, I saw Doyle in the lobby of Karazna's building so I took off after him and Kris went to meet Karazna. I was really expecting her to be back at the hotel when I arrived. If I don't here from her in the next 30 minutes I will head over to Karazna's building and see what I can find out," Jill said, starting to worry a little bit as she thought mentally calculated the time since she had left Kris.

"I wouldn't worry too much Jill. Kris can take care of herself and Karazna won't hurt her, maybe she found a lead she is following or maybe Karazna was just in a talkative mood." Sabrina said trying to lighten Jill's mood. Sabrina knew Jill would get herself all worked up if she thought about it too much.

"Yeah, I guess you are right." Jill said as she fell on to the couch and put her feet up. Jill reached for a bowl of fruit on the table. "How is Kelly doing?"

Sabrina thought for a minute before she answered, "She woke up a couple of hours ago, she was groggy but she seemed to know what was going on. The doctor came in and checked her over and was happy with her responses. He stressed she needed to take it easy or she could still have a set back on healing."

"I can imagine that didn't go over well." Jill remarked, knowing how Kelly hated to be dependent on anyone and how she really did not like being sick.

"No, I swear I could almost see her mind spinning on how to speed up the process and how the doctor had the recovery time wrong." Sabrina said with a slight chuckle, wishing that was all they had to worry about right now.

As Sabrina finished talking, Jill was studying a piece of fruit, not sure if she wanted to ask the next question, "Does she know about the baby yet?"

"Jill, it broke my heart. I tried to stop the doctor but you know how stubborn she is, she wanted to know everything. Jill, she…she." Sabrina stopped and took a deep breath to stop the tears and get her voice back. Sensing Sabrina's turbulent emotions Jill didn't push she just waited. After a minute Sabrina continued, "Jill, she passed out when the doctor told her about the baby."

"She passed out!" Jill said in surprise.

"She passed out and when the nurse revived her it was eerily you know. She had this calm mask on, you know how she gets. She said she was fine, refused the medicine the doctor recommended to help her sleep and then told me and Bill to leave." Sabrina finished in exasperation. "I would not admit this to anyone else, but I'm scared Jill. I mean really scared."

"Come on Bri. Kelly always shuts everyone out until she can process everything. She'll be fine in a few days. Give her some time." Jill said hopefully, trying to convince herself as much as Sabrina.

"No, this time it is different. I've never her seen her like this before, I mean I could see it in her eyes, one minute she is looking me in the eyes and I can see the pain there and the next there is nothing, no life. I'm worried she will get herself killed trying to find out who killed Carl."

"Alright, enough Sabrina. Kelly is going to be fine, we have weathered a lot together and we will weather this too. If we can get through the academy together we can get through this together. Heck Kelly has been shot in the head twice and she recovered. We were there and she let us." Jill said with determination, she didn't believe anything was impossible.

"Jill, that is it. I remember when I saw that look she had."

"When?"

"The last session at the academy. You remember when she ran into that guy she knew from one of her foster homes? Uhh.. I can't remember his name."

"Oh I don't like where you are going with this Sabrina. You mean that Eddie character."

"Yes, that's it Eddie. You remember how he broke 2 of her ribs, but she wouldn't tell anyone."

"I remember she went on a one woman mission to get herself killed on our ride along with the local cops that week. In fact she almost got you killed, as I recall." Jill said as she got up and started pacing the room.

"But remember how she closed us out, we didn't even know about it until you bumped her ribs and she almost collapsed." Sabrina said as she remembered more about that time.

"Sabrina, that was not a good time for her or us. She almost quit the academy and I didn't think she was ever going to speak to us again after we tricked her into seeing the doctor." Jill said as she paced around the hotel room also remembering.

"But it was also the time we finally broke through her wall and got her to trust us."

"Yes, but I don't want to go through that again. If Kelly clams up like that again, as much as she is hurting right now, I don't know that we can reach her. She will become a one woman wrecking crew against Karazna, Bartone, and whoever else is involved. Bri, she'll get herself killed. We can't let that happen." Jill finished in frustration as she paced around the room, she kicked a pillow that had fallen on the floor.

"Calm down, they won't let her out of the hospital for at least a week. Maybe she'll be better when I see her tomorrow. By the time she gets out of the hospital you should be back and we can double team her. At least this time she knows she can trust us, she has come a long way since the academy."

"Sabrina, are you trying to make me feel better or yourself?" Jill in disbelief.

"I'm that transparent, am I?" Sabrina said with a chuckle.

Jill flopped back down on the couch, "Only to your close friends."

"Well no need borrowing trouble at this point, we will deal with it, if it comes up." Sabrina said, determined to focus on the things she could change now. "I'll talk to Charlie about intercepting the container and talk to Tiffany and Julie are meeting with Bartone tomorrow so we will see what they find out in Mexico. Give me a call when Kris gets back."

"Alright, I'll give you a call."

"Give who a call?" Kris said as she walked in their room right after Jill hung up the phone.

"Sabrina. How did it go?"

"Interesting, very interesting. Mr. Karazna is a very interesting man."

Jill looked at Kris questioningly, "What do you mean?"

"He didn't deny his involvement and he seemed almost smug about it. He did say that having Carl killed was a business decision that had the benefit of also hurting one of us. Hypothetically speaking, of course."

"One of us? Why does hurting Kelly benefit him? What does he have against Kelly? She wasn't involved with his nephew and she didn't kill his brother, so what is his beef against Kelly?" Jill said in exasperation.

Kris flopped down in the chair across from Jill, "Well his beef is with you, Sabrina and Kelly. He wants all of you dead."

"Why? I'm the one he blamed. Why them?" Jill said perplexed and discouraged that someone in her past was hurting her friends, again.

"There is a group, a business association that is part of this," seeing Jill starting to interrupt, Kris put her hand out to stop Jill from talking, "He didn't tell me who all was involved, just that one of them is Bartone and the vendetta they have is against you, Bri, and Kelly."

"Not you, or Julie or Tiffany?"

"Nope, face it sis you three are just popular." Kris says with a smirk.

Jill looks over at Kris, raises her eyebrow, "Well, if this is what happens when you are popular, I think I would rather be unpopular." Jill finished sarcastically.

Kris grinned over at her sister, "Oh, the burdens you have to bear, big sister. Well, I do have some good news. Mr. Karazna has given us a month, until the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, DC. Karazna is demanding that Kelly give up her Senate seat and endorse his candidate by then and in return his group won't kill Julie, Tiffany or Bosley."

Jill cut her eyes at Kris, knowing her sister too well; she was leaving something out, "What about you?"

Kris went to the bar to fix herself a drink, trying to avoid looking at Jill, her sister knew her too well. "What did you find when you were following Doyle?"

Jill looked out the window trying to decide whether to push Kris on what else Karazna had to say or let it go for now. Jill sighed and decided to drop it for now, she would wait until later to press her for more information, "We need to call Sabrina and update her and Charlie on your meeting and I will update you on what I found following Doyle." Kris nodded and set up the speaker phone.


Kelly tossed and turned in her hospital bed, as much as she could with the restraints the doctor had on her legs. She kept hearing what Pablo said over and over again, "If I don't kill her someone else will. If I don't kill her someone else will. " She could hear the shot again, see someone in the shadows. Just a little bit closer and she could see the face why couldn't she see his face. Just a little bit closer. Then another shot and she felt like she was floating in the darkness. Wait she had to warn Sabrina, she needed to try and protect Sabrina."

Kelly quickly sat up in bed scared, breathing heavily, trenched in sweat, "Sabrina!"

Kelly reached over to the phone still breathing hard, her hands were shaking. Why didn't I remember this earlier, she has to be okay, she has to be Kelly though frantically, I can't believe it took me so long to remember!

Kelly's hand was still shaking when Bill answered the phone, "Bill, where is Sabrina? She is in danger!" Kelly was frantic and running her words together.

"Hey, Kelly calm down, I don't understand what you are saying." Bill said trying to understand what she was saying.

"Bill, WHERE IS SABRINA? SHE IS IN DANGER!" Kelly emphasized every word hoping she was not too late.

"Kelly, listen to me, calm down. Sabrina is right here and she is fine. Here I will let you talk to her." Bill gave the phone to Sabrina and looked at her with a mixture of confusion and concern. Thinking what else is going to go wrong.

Sabrina, picked up the phone, "Kel, What is going on?

"I remember my conversation with Pablo, he wanted to kill you. He wanted to kill you because of his father in Vail, he blames you for his father's death."

"Slow down Kelly. Pablo is dead, he can't hurt me."

"Bri, he said he had help. Other people that would finish the job for him. You have got to be careful. I'm serious Sabrina, you are in danger."

"Calm down. Listen Bill is here and I'm fine. You need to rest." Kelly tried to interrupt,

"Listen to me Kel, I am fine. You need to rest." Sabrina was exaggerating her words trying to penetrate Kelly's fear. "Breath Kelly, just lay back and take a deep breath." Kelly laid back in the bed and tried to slow down her breathing. "Listen Kelly, I talked to Jill and Kris and I have some more information, Karazna says he is leaving us alone for a month, so I'm safe, we are all safe right now. I'm leaving for the hospital in a few minutes. Just hang in there until I get there okay."

Kelly tried to get her emotions under control, "I'm alright." Kelly said in a shaky voice. "I'll see you a little while."

Sabrina took a deep breath, "Alright, I will be there soon. Just rest until I get there. Ok kiddo?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just be careful Sabrina."

Kelly put the phone down and laid back trying to control her breathing. "Alright Garrett get it together. Suck it up, you can't help anyone if you keep getting upset." Kelly focused on a spot on the wall, her breathing gradually returned to normal and she slowly got her emotions under control. She focused her mind on what had happened and what to do next. Well Garrett you got what you wanted a family, you have experienced the upside, now it is time to pay the piper. I'm not going to fall a part, I am going to catch this guy and make him pay. No more hysterics, just calm, cool, and collected just like at all those foster homes. That's the problem back then I had nothing and no one to lose, now I have a lot to lose. More to protect, more reasons to tuck away my emotions and concentrate on the job. Kelly finally gave into the medication and fell asleep, leaving the internal debate unresolved, but at least a plan was forming.