The next morning, Sam leaned against one of the walls on the outside of the naval office. She had her pistol tucked into her holster at her hip, and sighed as the morning breeze hit her face. She'd been up doing her watch for the past few hours, and was now enjoying seeing the sun as it began to rise. That was one of the things she loved about the ocean, the sun rise and sun set always looked stunning across the water. But now, as she looked through a hoard of trees towards the beach, she appreciated the beauty of the sunrise.

Lily was still sleeping peacefully, or at least that was what Eduardo had told her when he went out on his watch. Sam worried about her daughter being in this kind of a situation she knew that she had to be frightened about all of this. She hadn't really sat her down and talked to her about all of this as she should have. She'd thought that the less that Lily knew, the better off she would be. But she knew that she'd eventually have to tell her a little more about what was going on. But what would she tell her? That a group of pirate hunters were tracking them down to kill all of them? How could you even possibly think of telling a child that? Sam decided to just settle with telling her that bad people were out to hurt them, that would satisfy her daughter's curiosity, wouldn't it?

She and Eduardo had further discussed during the night what they would do if the other group did make it this far inland. The guys would defend the base, and the area surrounding it, and Sam would protect Lily inside. She had weapons there that she could use, and being pretty good with a pistol now, almost as good as Eduardo, she knew she had enough. But Eduardo had told her that if anything were to happen and they were to get in, and she ran out of weapons, to run. To grab Lily, and run as far away as possible, and that he would find them. Sam had initially rolled her eyes at his proposal of this, stating that she wasn't going to abandon everyone else. But with Eduardo's persuasion, she agreed. After all, she needed to keep Lily safe at all costs.

Nathan and Russell returned in the wee hours of the morning, their traps set and ready to go. Russell had told her, as the two went into the office to get the rest of the guys, that he had seen a ship pulling up not too far from shore. He said he'd seen some of the ships rafts heading towards shore, and that they would be arriving on the beach at any moment. Sam swallowed hard and sighed as Russell disappeared into the office. The battle was going to happen, and Sam hoped that they were ready for it.

With a quick kiss, Eduardo and the rest of the crew ran off to their decided upon positions to defend the base. Sam returned to the office and closed the door, locking it tightly behind her, as per the guy's instructions. Lily was just beginning to wake up when Sam walked into the room where Eduardo had laid down some blankets for Lily to sleep on. The little girl rubbed her eyes sleepily and smiled up at her mother. Sam sat down next to her and pulled her into her arms, giving her a quick embrace before sitting her down on the chair in front of her, crouching down so that she and the little girl were eye to eye.

"How are you doing this morning honey?" Sam asked.

Lily yawned. "I'm alright mommy. Where's daddy?"

"He went with the other guys to guard the area."

"What does that mean?"

Sam tucked a lock of hair behind Lily's ear. "Listen baby, and listen good ok? Now, I'm going to tell you this, and I want you to pay really close attention to what I say, alright honey? I don't want you to be afraid, but I need you to remember what I say, ok?"

Lily nodded. "Yes mommy."

"There are some bad people out there that want to hurt us pumpkin, and they're trying to come here now in order to do that. Daddy and the other guys are out there right now to make sure they can't get here to hurt you. Now, what I need you to do for me, is that whenever I tell you to do something, you're going to do it for me. No questions asked, can you do that for me sweetie?"

Lily nodded again. "Yes ma'am."

"Promise me?"

"Promise."

Sam smiled and pressed a kiss to her daughters forehead. "Good." She stood up and walked over to the office desk, a few feet away. She rustled through the drawers, and grabbed a few scrap pieces of paper, and a pen. Then returning back, she kneeled down and handed the materials over to her daughter.

"For now why don't you sit over there and draw something, can you do that for me honey?"

Lily beamed. "I'll draw something really pretty for you and daddy!"

Sam ruffled her daughter's hair. "That's my girl."

Lily bounced from her chair and ran over to the bench, sprawling out so that she could work on her newest masterpiece. Sam knew that her daughter loved drawing and coloring, so it would be something to keep her busy for the time being while Sam watched outside for the boys. As Lily began scribbling on the scrap paper, Sam went over and began checking the weapons she was left with.

Eduardo had left her his pistol, and hers, along with some ammunition for both of them. There wasn't much ammunition, as they hadn't picked up any in recent trips to the nearby port cities. But there was enough for each pistol to be fully loaded. Sam carefully loaded each pistol with the bullets, taking special care of Eduardo's gun. He'd be seriously pissed later after all of this blew over, if anything were to happen to his gun, and Sam would rather avoid that. Sam smiled as she uncovered her gun holster, which was hiding underneath some of the ammunition. She was glad to have it, to have the guns ready if anything were to happen. Tying it around her waist, she placed both pistols into their appropriate slots, and walked over to the window.

Time seemed to drag along as she walked from window to window in the office, keeping an eye out. Sam wondered how the ship looked, if it was still there at all. They hadn't really had time to discuss the Sirius and whether it was completely gone or not. She knew it was likely that it was gone, completely burned, but she held out some hope that at least some of it was still alright. It had become her home, just as much as everyone else's, and she also knew that it was the only home Lily had really ever known. She didn't know how Lily would take it if the only home she'd ever known was gone. She didn't want to think about it.

Sam began to worry as she saw the sun beginning to set. Glancing back at the clock, she marveled at how the time had really passed as her mind had wandered to other things. Lily had drawn a few drawings for her and Eduardo, and after Sam had found more paper for Lily, she'd even drawn some for the guys as well. Sam leaned out the window slightly, looking for the guys. Eduardo had told her that they would be back at around sunset to recuperate, but she couldn't see them. Sighing, she went over to her daughter, who was continuing to draw, now beginning to look a tad bit bored with the activity.

Sam fed Lily some of the food Nathan had left out for them. Lily, like everyone else on the Sirius, loved Nathan's cooking. Nathan had left out Lily's favorite kind of sandwich, which she gobbled up in no time flat. Sam even found a few cookies Nathan had packed away, and gave them to Lily. As she watched her daughter munch the cookies down, Sam couldn't help but giggle at the sight. Anyone could definitely tell that Lily had grown up around men, with her table manners. While Sam had desperately attempted to teach her some proper dinner table manners, it had seemed that all those little etiquette lessons had gone in one ear and out the other. Lily giggled when she saw her mother looking down at her, shrugging her shoulders.

As Lily went into the bathroom to clean herself up, Sam walked back over to the window. She breathed a quick sigh of relief as, in the distance; she could see a few figures running towards the base. As they were in the direct sunlight, she squinted to see. But as they neared, Sam realized that they weren't the Sirius crew. Lily came out of the bathroom, humming to herself, and Sam ran to her, pulling her down to the ground quickly.

"I need you to stay down and cover your ears for me. Can you do that for mommy?" Sam whispered.

Alarm crept onto Lily's face, but she nodded to her mother and quickly covered her ears. Her little arms trembled slightly as Sam backed her up against the wall. She desperately wanted to comfort her daughter, but she had to take care of the people coming towards the base first. Going back to the window, Sam leaned forward and pulled one of the pistol's from her holster, watching as the group of men got closer and closer to the base. She briefly wondered where Eduardo and the rest of the guys were, but as the men got close enough, Sam opened fire.

The men ducked for cover as Sam shot at them. They crept up towards the base, trying to keep hidden from the barrage of shots coming from Sam's pistol. Two men went down as Sam shot at them, but the rest crept for cover once again. Sam fired another shot, and another man fell to the ground as they dove behind a bush. Answering shots fired, and Sam ducked as bullets flew over her head. She glanced over at Lily, who was tucked firmly into the corner, her arms covering her head and ears, as her mother had instructed her.

As the firing slowed, Sam reappeared and shot another few shots their way, cursing as her pistol clicked. She ducked down and tossed the gun away, as it was now out of ammunition. She only had Eduardo's pistol remaining, and she hoped that it would be enough. She cocked the pistol and returned to the window. The group had changed positions, and Sam screamed as bullets flew at her from a different direction. She threw herself to the ground and waited for the group to reload. The moment came seconds later, and she jumped up, shooting towards the groups new position. A scream came from their direction, and Sam knew she'd hit another one of them. She was unsure of how many were left, as they were pretty well concealed in their new position.

They were uncomfortably close to the base, and Sam ducked, moving further down to another window, to get a better position. She popped up from her new position and began shooting at them again, seeing that there were still about four of them left. Another man screamed in pain as he fell, Sam's bullet hitting him. The group scattered about, making it much harder for Sam to keep up with them. She fired a few more shots, hitting one more as she lost sight of the other two.

White hot fear settled in her stomach as she realized she was now completely out of ammunition, and there were still at least two more of the men left. It would be only a matter of minutes before they made their way into the small naval office, and she would be damned if they got a hold of Lily. She crawled across the ground, avoiding the debris caused from the other group's bullets as she made her way to Lily. A few tears had trickled down her daughters face, and she grabbed Lily, continuing to keep their heads down.

"Mommy what's going on?" Lily asked quietly, trying to hold in her tears.

Sam pulled on the best smile she could muster for her daughter, thinking quickly so as not to further frighten her daughter. "We're… uh… we're going to play a game! Yeah that's it! We're going to play a game!"

"What… what kind of game?"

"Hide and seek! You love playing hide and seek!" Sam replied, looking around the room.

Lily smiled weakly at her mother. "Hide and seek?"

"Yeah! And here are the rules for this game, and listen carefully now or you won't win, ok?"

"Ok mommy."

Sam pulled her daughter over to the office closet, which was still full of office supplies. Continuing to keep their heads down, she pulled her daughter into the closet and sat her down behind a stack of paper. Sam grabbed more piles of paper and stacked them all around her daughter, creating a kind fort for her. Quickly going back for the blanket that Lily had slept on the night before, she went back to her daughter.

"You're going to put this over your head, and you're going to stay right here. You can't move from here, and under no circumstances are you to make any kind of noise. The only times you can come out of here is if you hear me, your daddy, or one of the other guys say you can come out. You understand me?" Sam instructed gently, tucking another strand of hair behind Lily's ear.

Lily nodded slowly, biting her lip as Sam quickly pressed a fierce kiss on her daughter's forehead. She gently prodded her daughter to lie down on the floor, and placed the blanket over her, draping the fabric over the stacks of paper. There was a nearby shelf in the closet that was pressed up against the side. It was quite large, and stood to the top of the closet itself. Sam grabbed the other blanket she'd found, and using some of the heavier materials, hung the blanket to the back of the shelf. She then pulled the shelf forward so that it stood directly in front of the door. By all appearances, if someone were to open the door, the way the dark blanket masked what was behind it, the shelf appeared to be the only thing in the closet.

"I love you so much baby." Sam called out quietly, closing the door softly behind her.

As she crouched down and started making her way down the hallway, she thought of how much she hated leaving her baby behind. But at least this way her daughter would be safe now. There was no way for her to take Lily and run from here now, knowing that the other men had weapons of their own. They wouldn't have made it ten steps out of here before they would have come down shooting. Her thoughts again momentarily drifted to Eduardo and the other guys, wondering where they were and if they were alright. But her thoughts were quickly returned back to her own situation when the door in front of her burst open.

She met one of the men's eyes and grabbed her pistol from her holster. Although it had no bullets, she grabbed the hilt of it and chucked it at the man, then turned to run. As she began to run, someone grabbed her from behind, pinning her arm up behind her back painfully. She went to scream, but as something slammed against her neck, her eyes lulled and her world went black.