The air within Robin's apartment is thick with anticipation as they wait on news about Elizabeth. They have been together, forsaking the outside world, since the three men left town to track her down. Both waiting by their cellphones, trying to keep each other calm, Emily and Robin couldn't wait to finally get the call. After Francis's call telling them about the explosion, neither of them has been able to sleep a wink. They had to know either way...dead or alive, they had to know.

When a knock sounds at the door, both women practically jump right out of her seats. Making it abundantly clear that they were both on edge - despite how hard they were trying to remain calm. Emily gestures for Robin to get the door, seeing as it was her apartment and all.

With a shaky hand, she pulls open the door, finding Francis and Johnny on the other side. They were both covered in ashes from the remnants of the exploded building. Johnny walks past Robin, right into the waiting arms of his girlfriend. After the last few days he has lived through, Johnny just needed to hold her close for a moment.

"Is she alive?" Robin asks Francis, closing the door behind him.

"We don't know." Francis admits sadly. "We're not going to stop until we find her, Robin. That much I'm sure of."

"I just can't believe this is happening." Robin fights off the tears. "After everything...I just..."

"Hey..." Francis wraps his arms around her, giving her comfort, knowing she needed it most. "We'll find her."

"But will she be alive when you do?" Robin counters, shutting her eyes tightly, clinging to Francis. "I can't lose her."

"None of us can." Francis agrees, rubbing her back soothingly. "You just have to keep the faith that she's still alive and that we'll find her before anything happens."

"Where's Jason?" Robin pulls away slightly. "Is he okay?"

"He's as okay as you'd expect." Francis concedes, letting out a deep sigh. "We split up at the airport. He should be at the warehouse."

"I should go check on him." Robin pulls away completely walking over to get her jacket and purse. "Can you give me a ride?"

"Sure." Francis says without hesitation, holding open the door.

"Em, you heading out?" Robin turns to Emily.

"Yeah." Emily shakes her head, pulling away from Johnny to take his hand in hers. "We'll be at my house if you need anything."

"Okay." Robin accepts, the four of the leaving Robin's apartment before going their separate ways.

Emily could feel that Johnny was taking it really hard. Though he and Elizabeth weren't so close, he still cared a lot about her and she knows he can't even begin to accept that she may be dead. She knows that because she couldn't even stomach the thought of it.

"You okay?" Emily asks as she pulls out into the street.

"Yeah." Johnny whispers, holding her hand in his. "I just...she has to be alive. She has to be."

"She is." Emily says with conviction. "I believe in my heart that she is."

"I hope you're right." Johnny places a loving kiss atop her hand, stroking it gently with his thumb. "I don't think Jason can survive losing her."

Jason is going stir crazy trying to come up with the best way to confront Sonny. He knows he should have checked in on Sam, she was the innocent one in all of this, but he couldn't bring himself to make the venture home. Francis said that he's handling the situation with Sam. Jason didn't really care to ask how as long as Sam will be happy in the end.

Going through photos of Elizabeth, Jason wishes more than anything that he could find her. That he could get some kind of sign that she was okay and that he would find her safe and sound. He's about to store the photo albums in his safe when a knock sounded at the door.

"Hey." Robin sticks her head in. "Up for some company?"

"Only if its you." Jason says, standing up from his spot behind the desk. "And you don't ask how I'm doing or if I need anything."

"I wouldn't dare." Robin smiles slightly, walking into the office before closing the door behind her. "I'm actually here because I need to tell you something."

"Bad news?"

"Depends." Robin shrugs her shoulders, walking over to lean against the desk beside him. "I called the hospital after you left town...I needed to know why Elizabeth was there before she was taken."

"And?" Jason looks at her intently. "Did you find out why?"

"After a lot of begging and deal making...yeah." Robin takes a deep breath. "I found out why."

"Well..." Jason pushes away from the desk to stand in front of her. "Why was she there?"

"You have to promise me you won't beat yourself up." Robin says firmly. "Its not your fault she was taken and I have all the faith in the world that you'll bring her home alive."

"Why was she there, Robin?" Jason says more forcefully, staring at her intently.

"She was there for a pregnancy test." Robin concedes, watching as the wind is literally knocked right out of him with her next statement. "She's pregnant, Jason."

Dark clouds hang overhead, thunder rocking the house through to its foundation, rain pouring hard outside. The door to the house opens up to produce the woman's second oldest son, drenched through ever layer of his clothing, a look on his face that made her stomach churn.

"Its time." he says firmly.

"She's not ready." she pleads with him. "She needs me here to monitor her, to make sure she survives past this."

"Its not on you to keep her safe." he counters sternly. "You see that little boy there? He's the one that needs you, ma."

"But she's innocent." she glances back at Elizabeth, who's still unconscious. "Its not fair."

"Life's not fair." he states. "You need to think about your son. He still has a chance of escaping this life and have a real one. The window is closing...you need to leave now!"

"But..."

"Now, ma." he says with conviction. "We may never get a chance like this again."

"Can't we compromise?" she pleads with her son. "At least allow me to call an ambulance to come an get her...she needs to be monitored."

"Fine." he concedes begrudgingly. "I'll call an ambulance once I know you're both safe. Okay?"

"Okay." she walks back over to Elizabeth. "I'm so sorry...I must leave for the sake of my son. Be safe."

With a heavy heart, the woman gathers up her youngest son, leaving the cabin with the guards her elder sons have appointed to them. After stripping the house of anything tying his family to it, the man stands beside Elizabeth, every part of him hating that she would be on her own from here on out. His duty is to his family.

"Lo siento, mucho." he says in a hushed voice before leaving the house, calling for the ambulance as he speeds away from the building.

Hours later, her vitals unstable, Elizabeth is admitted into a small town hospital as Jane Doe. Still very much unconscious and no signs of waking up, it looked like things weren't looking too good for her or her baby. Doctors monitor her profusely, given the information from the son - anonymously of course - they hope for the best, none of them wanting to deal with the death of a young pregnant woman.

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