Silence was key as the two girls continued to sit under the tree when they heard a car approaching and abruptly stop; Sarah listened closely as two set of feet got out of the car and began to pace.
"How far do you think they got on foot?" the familiar voice of Emma Hill asked.
"I don't know, Em…" Joe remarked.
One of them huffed "Sarah isn't messing around, Joe. She drove a car with four flat tired down nearly 11 miles of road before it crashed…who knows how far they've gotten on foot!" Emma said, being the always reliable pessimist.
"You need to relax, Emma…I'm sure Sarah is injured so she probably hasn't gotten far." Joe suggested, trying to keep Emma at bay.
"Oh yeah, then what about the kid, huh?" Emma went on.
Joe huffed "Emma, stop! You're starting to lose sight of the task." He remarked.
Sarah and Grace could hear footsteps walking around and a car door opening "Are you coming, or shall I leave you here?" he hissed at her.
Emma huffed, walking back to the car and soon after the car engine started and drove away from the crash site; Sarah let a deep breath out, glad that they hadn't been discovered.
Sarah looked at the phone she had taken to see how long they had been under the tree, she just hoped the FBI would arrive soon.
It had been over an hour, Sarah was almost numbed from the pain coming from her collar bone—which she suspected was broken, but she couldn't be too sure as both she and Grace remained in silence.
The phone began to vibrate as the sound of cars coming from a distance alerted the both of them; Sarah reminded Grace to be still when the sound abruptly stopped and several doors opened and slammed shut.
Sarah silenced the phone, ignoring the call from a random number as they both heard several voices talking amongst themselves.
"You think they got far?" one voice asked.
"No," a familiar voice remarked.
The voices went silent for a moment "Maybe they went back to the house?" the one voice suggested.
"I specifically told Ms. Greene to leave the house—she's smart enough not to go back." Agent Donovan remarked.
Sarahs' eyes went wide "Help!" she called out, then muffling a scream as her collar bone began to hurt once again.
The gravel on the road began to twist and turn before a pair of feet began to rush towards the edge of the hill "Ms. Greene?" Agent Donovan called out.
Sarah whimpered, coming out from under the tree trunk with Grace holding her hand; they both looked up at the FBI agent who was sighing with relief "Are you both alright?" he asked.
"I need a doctor." Sarah informed him.
Agent Donovan nodded, turning back to a random agent and instructing him to get an ambulance over before turning back to the girls "Okay, we're coming to get you now." He said, coming down the cliff with two other agents in toe to retrieve the both of them.
Mike stormed down the hallway of the hospital, he had gotten the call that both Sarah and Grace had been found and the young agent couldn't wait to see them.
"Daddy!" Grace called out, jumping out of her seat and pushing away the agents who were interrogating her to rush to her father.
Mike scooped Grace in his arms and held her tight, almost letting a tear escape his eye as he did; he looked over his daughter to find a few cuts and bruises but nothing severe when an agent approached him.
"The E.R. said she could go home, but the hospital admitted Ms. Greene for a Clavicle Fracture and a minor concussion." The agent informed Mike, who nodded and looked Grace over one more time.
"What room is she in?" Mike asked the agent.
The agent went through his notes "509." The agent said.
"Thank you, agent." Mike said, beginning to carry Grace towards the elevator when the agent stopped him.
Mike turned to the agent huffed "What?" he asked.
"…they're not done interrogating her." He informed Mike.
Mike looked at Grace as she held onto her father tight; her hold on him was tighter than any before and he wasn't sure he could leave her with agents while he went up to see Sarah.
"Okay." He murmured as he put Grace down and guided her to the agents she ran away from.
It was obvious that Sarah was stoned out of her mind as Mike walked into the hospital room, leaving Grace by the door since he didn't want her to see Sarah that way.
Sarah grumbled as she tried to keep her eyes open when Mike stroked hair strands out of her way "Hi." He whispered.
"Hi." She managed to get out as she turned to Mike.
Mike smiled down at her "I'm glad you're okay…for the most part." He told her.
Sarah let a faint smile out "…he found us." She murmured to Mike.
"What?" Mike asked her.
Sarah cleared her throat "Joe found us…he was hiding out in Graces' room…how did he find us?" she said, now beginning to fight the drugs to stay conscious for Mike.
Mike pressed his lips together "I don't know, Sarah…but the team is on it. I'm sure of it." He told her.
Sarah tried to move, but Mike held her arm "No, don't move. Just rest. Everything is under control alright?" he assured her.
She shook her head "How can you say that when he is so close…what about Grace?" she asked.
"Let me worry about that, okay? Remember? Let me be the agent, let you be the parent." Mike retorted to her gently, stroking her hair as he watch Sarah slowly succumb to the medications.
Mike huffed, he knew Sarah had a point and the FBI were trying to figure out how exactly Joe Carroll found the hide out. Did he have another intel team? Maybe they just got lucky?
The young agent walked out of Sarahs' room to give her some space when he looked over at their daughter, rocking back and forth in the chair when Mike started to let his paternal instincts kick in.
"She can't go back to the house." He thought to himself, trying to figure out where he could take Grace and she would be safe.