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To The End of the Earth

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Mary had her back flat against the wall in the space behind the kitchen door. She could hear voices from the other room but couldn't make out the words. She took a risk and stuck her around the door and saw her cell phone on the table. She took a deep breath, preparing herself to make the move to grab it. She wished she spoken to Marshall before coming on this witness visit but she knew he had plans for tonight and didn't want to spoil them. It wasn't meant to be like this…

Jacob Kyle, previously Kent was a homicide detective from Boston and had discovered his partner was a rogue cop. He blew the whistle and when an investigation discovered that it wasn't just the one corrupt officer he had to be placed in Witness Protection for his own safety. When she first read his file she was immediately reminded of Robert Epps but Jake was nothing like him. Jake was a model witness…He was devastated he could no longer be a cop but could not keep quiet about what he knew. Mary had only decided to stop by because he had missed an appointment to discuss the upcoming trial. When she got no answer from banging on the front door, she went around the back and was able to force door open. She discovered Jake led on the couch, a bullet through his head. She had been stunned to begin with and returned to the kitchen to have a minute before calling it in.

That's when she heard the voices.

Her first thought was to pull out her gun and confront them but then she realized she would be out numbered. There was nothing she could do for Jake now and when she heard footsteps coming closer, she dived behind the door. She waited for another few minutes and when she heard laughter, she took her chance. Moving quickly, she snatched the phone off the table and went back behind the door, just in case. She sent Marshall a message, 'at Jake Kyle, need you, bring back up.' Hoping he would get there sooner, rather than later.

She pushed herself even closer to the wall when someone entered the kitchen. She listened closely and guessed from the noise that whoever it was looking through the fridge. She was debating whether to stay hidden or not when someone else entered the kitchen.

"Hudson, put the pizza down and let's go."

"I'm hungry…"

"We can eat later…We need to get out of here."

Mary recognized the voice and a quick look confirmed her suspicions, Daniel Matthews. One of the lead officers working the investigation against Jake's partner. This was getting worse and worse. She had never met Matthews; there was only one person other their office who knew where Jake had been placed. An agent called Marcus Lewis, who was a go between for Jake and the investigation team, including Matthews. She couldn't help but wonder if Marcus was involved to and suddenly felt fear rising up in her. Marshall was with Marcus, that's what his plans were tonight. They were old friends, went back years and were planning to go for a few beers after work. If he was involved then Marshall could be in danger.

The sound of a front door slamming shut startled her and she listened closely but she couldn't hear any more noise. She waited another few minutes, praying that they had left; she had to get hold of Marshall, she had to make sure he was okay.

She quietly stepped from behind the door but as soon as she did, her path was blocked.

"Who the hell are you?" A large man moved towards her.

She quickly pulled out her glock, aiming at him. "I'm a US Marshal... you might as well give yourself up now…"

He laughed humorlessly "I don't think so, honey…"

He kept advancing on her and she was about to take a shot when she felt arms being wrapped around her tightly. "Who's this then?"

"Said she's a US Marshal." The first guy stopped and smirked, reaching forward and pulled Mary's gun out of her hands.

"Let me go!" Mary struggled.

"You're in the wrong place and the wrong time, darling." The second told her. "Such a same…You're cute."

"I said let me go!" She slammed an elbow into his stomach, causing him to stumble back. She used the back of her heel to dig into his shin and threw a fist forward, blindly. She was actually surprised when she made contact with the first guy's nose but she didn't act it. She ran towards the door and almost reached it, when she felt her ponytail being grabbed. Her boots slipped on the tiled floor and landed hard on her back, with a groan. She struggled against them as she was lifted and hit her head against the kitchen table, causing the room to spin. They allowed her to fall back down to the floor and laughed as she tried to push herself up. She blinked a few times, trying to clear her vision. She told herself to take it slow, to use to her brain. She was outnumbered and unarmed; she just had to hold on till Marshall arrived. She grabbed onto a chair to push herself to her feet and was still holding onto it when she saw the first guy moving towards her again. Instinct kicked in and picked up the chair, swinging it in his direction. There was a satisfying crack as the chair broke and the guy dropped to the floor. Guy number two dived towards her, ripping the chair from her hands angrily. She brought her knee up and hit him in the groin hard, causing him to double over. She punched him in the face and didn't hang around to watch him fall. This time she made it out of the room and struggled for a second with the locks on the front door but as soon as she stepped outside, she heard a car speeding down the road, coming to screeching halt next to her.

"Mary?!" Marshall was out of the car without even cutting the engine. "Are you okay?"

She put her hands on her knees, trying to catch her breath as more cars appeared. Marshall put his hands on her shoulders and forced to stand up straight.

"Hey, are you okay?" He asked, again softly but his eyes were scanning her body for injuries.

"Fine…" She assured him, waving to the house. "Two guys still in there, I knocked one out with a chair and the other was on the floor but I ran instead of seeing how badly injured he was…"

"Okay, go sit in the car…" Marshall started to guide towards it and gestured to Stan when he saw him jumping out of his car.

"Marshall…"

"Mary, you're hurt." He sat her down in the driver's seat. "We've got this."

"Jake is dead…" Mary's shoulder slumped. "He already was before I got here."

Marshall nodded and had already guessed as much. "Just wait here."

She sighed and watched him talking with Stan then relaying some information to the rest of the team before they entered the house, weapons drawn.

Less than 5 minutes later, they returned and Mary frowned when they were alone. As Stan and Marshall walked towards her, she stood up.

"Mary, how you feeling?" Stan asked concerned.

"I'm fine…What's going on?"

"There was no one there…The back door was open and we've sent a team to search the area…"

"But they were in the kitchen…"

"They probably heard us coming and ran." Marshall squeezed her shoulder. "Right now, I think we need to get out of here…"

"But…"

"Marshall is right." Stan cut her off. "We need to get you to the hospital…Get that head looked at."

"I'm not going to the hospital." Mary crossed her arms, trying not to wince at the pain that shot through her ribs. "I need to figure this out…"

"Well, we're not doing it here." Marshall stated. "Let's go back to the office…"

"But Jake…"

"I'll stay and make sure everyone knows what they're doing." Stan told her. "Go back with Marshall and I'll join you."

"Fine." She sighed and glared at her partner. "Stop looking at me like that."

"Like what?" He shrugged innocently.

"Like I'm going to break." She walked around the car to the passenger side. "I'm fine…."

Mary sat up suddenly and gasped for air. It took a few seconds to take in her surrounding and she realized she was in the bedroom she shared with her husband. Although confused to why Marshall had left the bedside lamp on, she was actually relieved not wake up in the dark. When she looked to his side of the bed, she saw it was Hannah curled up against her and not her husband. She wasn't there when had gone to sleep but she guessed Marshall wanted them both close by tonight.

"Mare?" Marshall said quietly from the doorway. "You okay?"

She let out a long, shaky breath and nodded a little.

"Bad dream?" He asked softly, crossing the room and sitting beside her on the edge of the bed.

"Just…remembering that day." She replied, brushing her hair off her face.

"Can I get you anything?" He took hold of her hand.

"No…" She shook her head. "Just stay here for a bit."

"Of course…" He smiled and moved to lean against the headboard when she scooted over to give him more room.

"Its past 1am…" She commented, laying her head on his chest. "Why are you still up?"

"Just taking care of a few things." He replied, putting one arm around her shoulders and the other covered her hand which was placed on his stomach.

She stayed quiet for a few minutes, playing with his fingers; tracing his wedding band. "We have to leave here, don't we?"

He sighed. "We could stay if you want…It's been four years…Things are different now."

She turned and looked down at their daughter sleeping peacefully. "We can't take that risk."

"No, probably not." He agreed softly.

"I just…I like it here." She whispered, returning to her previous spot. "It feels like home."

"I know but it'll be okay…" He kissed her forehead. "I promise."

XxXxX

"Do you think they've gone out?" Brandi turned back to look at the others after getting no response from banging on Mary and Marshall's front door for five minutes.

"Their cars are still here." Jinx gestured to the two vehicles in the driveway.

"They knew were coming back…" Coleen frowned. "I don't understand."

Seth pushed his way to the front. "Step back…"

"What are you…?" Brandi started to ask but before she could finish, Seth forced the door open with a well-placed kick to the lock. "Oh my god!"

"What the hell are you doing?" Raph grabbed his arm but the marshal glared at him before pulling free.

Seth entered the house and knew immediately that they were gone and was not coming back. There was only a small amount of things missing but it was enough to confirm his suspicions.

"Mary?" Brandi called out. "Mary, are you here?"

"I'll check up stairs." Jinx stated and Raphael followed her while Brandi and Peter headed for the kitchen.

"Seth, what's going on?" Coleen asked her husband. "I know you know something."

"They're not here…" Brandi and Peter re-entered the room.

"They're gone." Seth muttered, staring at the fireplace which was missing the photo frames that were there the night before.

"We think some of their clothes are gone…" Raph stated as he and Jinx joined them.

"They've ran again?" Coleen's eyes filled with tears. "No…I've just got him back."

Seth put his arms around her shoulders and kissed the top of her head.

"I don't understand…" Brandi shook her head. "I don't get it…What did we do?"

Suddenly another man appeared from the hallway armed with a baseball bat and Seth immediately pulled out his gun.

"Everyone stay where you are!" The elderly man demanded.

"It's okay…" Seth held up a hand in surrenders and put his gun away. "I'm a US Marshal."

The man frowned a little and lowered the bat. "A marshal?"

"Yeah, we're looking for the couple that lives here." Seth handed him his badge to confirm who he was.

"The Hunters?"

"Mary and Marshall…" Seth nodded. "Do you know where they are?"

"They left." He shrugged. "About 3am this morning."

"But they're cars are still here." Jinx said.

"They drove off in one I haven't seen before….." The man informed them. "But it's suspicious if you ask me…"

"How so?"

"I was awoken earlier because Marshall was in the backyard burning things…When I noticed later he was loading up the car I went out to see if everything was alright…He said they were moving because he had a new job." He told them. "But who moves in the middle of the night and leaves their house and all their belongings behind?"

Seth ran a hand over his eyes. "I'm sure they'll have someone that will be back to deal with it all."

"Hmm, well it's a shame…They were a nice couple…Reminded me of me and my wife when we were younger."

"Well, thank you for your time." Seth forced a smile, grateful that the other had remained silent and allowed him to do his job. "We'll let you get on with your day."

"Okay…" The man was halfway to the door when he turned back. "You never said why you are here?"

"Marshall is my son."

"Your son?" He repeated. "That's strange…Marshall told me his father was dead."

Seth felt a stabbing pain in his chest. "We had an argument… I was hoping to resolve it."

"Oh, well if I see him again, I'll let him know you were here."

"I'd appreciate that." Seth replied.

He waited until the man disappeared again before letting out a frustrated groan and hit the back of the couch hard.

"Seth?" Coleen questioned.

"They're gone….We won't find them again."

"But that doesn't make sense." Jinx rambled. "We found this time…We can find them again."

"We can't…"

"No, he's our son…We have a granddaughter…"Coleen cut him off. "We have to find them! Use your contacts…"

"It'll be no good…"

"We know they're using the name Hunter." Brandi said helpfully. "That's a start…"

"No…"

"If you won't help then I'm calling Andrew and Robert…" Coleen searched her purse for her cell phone. "They'll want to find their brother…"

"We can't!" Seth told her. "We have to let them go."

"Why?!"

"Because we're going to get them killed!" He raised his voice and everyone fell silent.

"What do you mean killed?" Raph questioned, stunned.

"They're running from something." Seth stated. "I had my suspicion and everything that has happen the last couple of days has confirmed it."

"I don't understand…" Brandi frowned.

"Look around…There is nothing left that can link them to this life…no photographs…no documents…nothing." Seth said, lowering his voice again. "I bet they took enough clothes to fit into a couple of bags and nothing more…"

"They're in danger?"

"I know, Marshall…He wouldn't be putting us through any of this if it wasn't important." Seth replied. "He is protecting his family and he's not going to let anything interfere with that…not even us."

"So, that's it?" Brandi cried. "We never see them again?"

"For everyone's safety, we need to stop looking." Seth told them.

Peter tried to comfort Brandi while Raph put an arm around Jinx. As soon as he was told Mary had ran off with her partner, he knew their relationship was over but he had always wanted answer. Now he wasn't sure what to think. He wondered whether Mary truly did love Marshall or was she just with him as a cover.

Papers on the coffee table caught Seth's eye and when he got a closer look, he had to fight back tears; they were drawing, obviously done by Hannah. They were all pictures of the family and someone had wrote, who each person was meant to be. Seth realized that this was the closest thing he was going to get to have a picture of Marshall and his girls. He knew it would have been too risky to leave a real photo behind and couldn't help but smile proudly at his Marshall's thinking. He thought about the drawing he already carried around in his briefcase and now more than ever did he regret not making more of an effort to spend time with his son.

TBC

Okay, so I think most of you pretty much guessed that M/M were in hiding…but there is still more to come! Please review and let me know what you think!