While the rest of the group had returned to the ship, Morgan had gone to meet with Leonardo to give him the files Sam had acquired, along with some other evidence Thomas had come across that day as well.

When they'd gotten back, Sam had changed into her regular clothing so Christopher could better work on her shoulder. The dress she had been wearing was completely ruined, so she had opted to just throw it out. It was a shame since it was such a nice dress, but she knew it would never be salvageable after all the blood on it. She sat up on Christopher's table while he worked on her shoulder, biting her lip as he poked and prodded around.

Eduardo was over in the corner, leaned up against the wall nearby as he watched over Sam. Sam winced as Christopher began to wrap her shoulder.

"It was a through and through, you got lucky."

"Will she be alright?" Eduardo inquired.

"She'll be just fine. Just needs to heal now." Christopher taped down the wrapping to Sam's shoulder and stood. He gathered some of the wrappers in his hand and walked over to the trash, throwing the wrappers inside. He went over and patted Eduardo on the shoulder, squeezing it reassuringly. He then turned and left the office, closing the door behind him.

Sam reached over and tugged the top of her shirt tenderly over her shoulder. While the pain had dissipated considerably, her shoulder still throbbed. Christopher had given her some medicine to help her with it, but it still burned underneath the bandages. She went to get off the table when Eduardo came forward and stood in front of her. He placed his hands on both sides of her hips and leaned forward into her.

"What the hell were you thinking?"

"What do you mean?"

"Could you stay out of damned trouble for five minutes for Christ sake?"

"What…"

"You could have been killed you reckless idiot. You ever consider that he'd catch you snooping and kill you? Let alone keep you alive and actually do to you what he threatened he would?"

She lowered her eyes. "You… you heard that?"

"Every damned word. When are you going to learn that you don't need to prove anything? Hm? When are you going to actually call on me when you need me, instead of charging head-long into danger liked some kind of moron?"

"I'm… I'm sorry."

"Sorry? This is the second time just in a week's time span that you've almost been killed and all you have to say is sorry?"

"What do you want me to say?"

"That you're a complete and utter bonehead who doesn't listen to anything that I say?"

"I'm not going to say that. I saw those files in there as he was leading me around. I watched as typed in an 8 digit combination. Even if you and Nathan had an entire week alone in there, it would be highly unlikely you would've ever figured it out, let alone doing it without setting off some sort of security it had on it. Despite how much of a genius you may think you are sometimes, you never would have figured it out on your own. So when I had the opportunity to get them, I took it."

He narrowed his eyes at her. "You had no right taking that kind of chance with your life."

She sighed heavily. "Well I wasn't going to take the chance on you, or anyone else for that matter, getting killed trying to figure out that combination."

"If you knew that combination so well, you could have waited long enough to tell it to one of us." He practically yelled at her.

Tears brimmed her eyes. "Please don't yell at me right now."

Seeing her face, Eduardo sighed and lowered his head "If this is your way of getting me to say it…"

"Me getting you to say what Eduardo?"

As he looked back up at her, his eyes pierced hers. "I love you, you hard-headed, stubborn woman. You happy? I said it. You win." Eduardo lowered his head and leaned into her, pressing his head into her good shoulder.

Sam's eyes widened in surprise. "Eduardo…"

"I love you. I love you so damned much that when I looked over and saw that he'd shot you I just…"

With a slightly shaky hand, she lifted his chin up and pressed her forehead against his. "I'm sorry."

He closed his eyes and swallowed. "God damnit Sam. Don't you ever do that to me again. Ever. You hear me?"

"I won't. I'm sorry I scared you." She whispered. Eduardo immediately grabbed her face and planted quick kisses all over her face, from her forehead to her nose to her cheeks. She couldn't help but giggle at his surprising tenderness to her, despite having been yelling at her not but a few seconds ago. She took her hand and cupped his cheek, rubbing a finger across his face.

Christopher knocked on the door and peered inside. "Captain's back. He wants to have a meeting."

Eduardo nodded and Christopher exited. Eduardo released his hold on the table and stepped away, allowing Sam to slide off of the table. He grabbed her hand as they walked up to Morgan's quarters. Once they entered the room, everyone collaborated around Sam, asking if she was alright and telling her that she'd done a great job.

Morgan went over and sat in his chair. "Well I presented Leonardo with the documents that Sam got. He was appalled that such activities were going on without his knowing, and he said that he'd be arresting Daniel first thing tomorrow after the proper papers were drafted. Although, he warned us that we should get as far from here as we could for the time being. Daniel will not be too thrilled with us right now, and despite having a warrant out for his arrest, he will likely be after us."

"Where should we go?" Nathan asked in the back.

"Don't know, but wherever it is we go, we need to head there in a hurry." Morgan said as he reached back and grabbed one of his bottles of liquor from his cabinet. He poured some of its contents into a cup on his desk and stood up. He walked across the room and placed the cup in Sam's hands and took a step back, smiling at her.

"Sam, you did well today. I don't approve of you doing such dangerous things without letting any of us know. However, I thank you. You deserve a drink after today." He said softly, patting her on the top of her head.

She looked around amongst her friends. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to worry you guys."

Nathan reached forward and ruffled her hair. "We know. Just next time, let someone know."

"Yeah. We're here for you when you need us." Thomas said shyly. They all looked at her as she held the cup of liquor in front of her. Smiling at all of their stares, she took a large swig from the glass, earning a chorus of approval and laughter.