Tom looked at his son who was sat across from him on the med bus, showing no emotion whatsoever. This would be their fourth time on the road heading to a new location to set up a temporary camp since they left that first time. It's been a whole 3 months without Anna, and her absence, especially for the reason she was gone, left a huge mark on the whole of the 2nd Mass. Ben was devastated and for the first time, Tom had no idea what to say. He knew how big of an impact Anna had made on Ben. He remembered how Ben came back to the tent the first night Anna stayed with the 2nd Mass., talking excitedly about how "the new girl" was actually interested in his spikes and wasn't afraid of them or him. He said that somebody outside of the family finally understood him. From then on, Tom knew that Anna would be something special to his son, and something like this must be destroying him on the inside.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" Finally Tom said the only thing he felt he could say.

"Why is it always me?" Ben quickly replied to Tom's surprise. He was expecting a continued silent treatment.

"Ben, it's not always you."

"Yes, Dad, it is! I'm the one that got harnessed! I'm the reason Jimmy was killed! I'm the one who put the whole 2nd Mass. in jeopardy when I let Karen get to my head! And now I had to watch Anna who you know means so much to me go through exactly what I did when I know exactly how horrible it is! I wish I could say that I could only imagine what she's going through right now but I know exactly what she's going through, and it kills me!"

Tom witnessed his son break down before him, knowing that it's not just the Anna situation causing this. Ben's been holding all of this inside, and Anna being taken was just the thing that pushed him over the edge. A 17-year-old boy shouldn't have to be living like this, but Tom had to remember that this is reality now. All he could do is give Ben the comfort that he needs, so he got up and sat next to him, placing a protective arm around his slumped shoulders.

"Ben, I know you may think all of this to be true, but none of it is. As much as we may forget it, you're still a kid, and there was no way for you to prevent any of those things from happening. And we'll find Anna, Ben. We'll bring her back home in no time and remove the harness, just like we did with you. You'll see her again, and she'll be as normal as normal gets."

Before Ben could reply, the bus came to sharp stop, breaking their father-son moment. They both immediately got to their feet and followed Anne off the bus.

When they got outside, all the fighters were standing around what looked like a huge mass of broken metal. But when they got closer, they saw that it was actually a crashed alien ship. It must've been sitting there for a while, for no one had heard or felt a crash.

"What should we do about it, Captain?" Tom asked.

"Leave it, it's just a pile of scrap metal now." Weaver said as he began to walk back before Anthony spoke up.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, did anyone else see that?"

"See what?"

"In the metal, something moved." He pointed to an area of the broken ship before walking over to it and digging through the metal.

Tom and Hal came over to his aid and began pulling away some chunks of metal as well, and they were about to give up when a small hand popped out of the metal and grabbed his arm. He jumped in shock and all the fighters quickly aimed their guns at the hand. But Tom regained his courage and pulled the hand hard with both of his until the top of a head was visible. He could just barely see brown hair. Then suddenly the body pulled itself up, gasping for breath and clutching onto Tom's hand for dear life.

"Anna?" Ben yelled as he rushed forward to Tom's side as Hal helped him pull her from the rubble.

Her body was covered in blood and cuts and she had bones sticking out of different areas of her body. The harness was still strapped to her back, but it wasn't lit up yellow like it should've been. She was clutching onto both of Tom's arms now and refused to ever let go as they laid her down on the dirt, her body beginning to shake. Ben got to his knees beside her.

"Anna, it's me Ben. Can you hear me?"

Anna managed to make eye contact with him for just seconds, recognizing the familiar voice of her close friend, before her eyes rolled to the back of her head as she began to seize.

"DR. GLASS!" Tom yelled, but she was at his side with a syringe in an instant. She stabbed it into her forearm and immediately Anna began to calm down and fall into an unconscious state.

"We need to get that her into the med bus and get that harness off of her now." Dr. Glass said.

"Dr. Glass, we need to get moving to our next location. We can't be sitting here like ducks removing a bug from somebody's back." Weaver stopped her, along with Hal who was carrying the unconscious fighter with ease. Being harnessed definitely had a physical toll on Anna. Her shirt had a rip in the perfect spot to see her ribs clearly and all together, she just seemed so much thinner.

"We won't be sitting here, we'll be moving. I'll have Tom drive the bus while I remove it."

"Do you know how dangerous that is? The road is bumpy, you could burn her skin around it right off!" Weaver argued back.

"Yeah, but if we leave her harnessed until we find a place, who knows what'll happen. You just saw how she reacted to it, and the next time she has a reaction, a seizure may not be the only result." Weaver paused and considered this for a moment, before finally giving in.

"Alright fine, but no emotional breakdowns if this doesn't go as planned. We need you guys in top shape at all times."

At this, everyone started hustling around, returning to their different vehicles before he could even finish his sentence. Hal carried Anna up the med bus stairs with ease, closely followed by Ben, Tom, and Anne. Anne shut the door behind her and prepared to complete her difficult life-saving task as the journey to their next home started up again.