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Chapter 5

Hawke watched as Dom and Cait came to the door of her condo. Dom hugged her again and then walked down to where String was standing by the car.

"I'm going to go and talk to Archangel and see if he can help us out with this. You want to come or stay here?" Dom asked.

Hawke looked back at the front door to Cait's condo and with a heavy sigh said, "I'll stay here if you don't mind. I don't think that Cait should be alone right now. Maybe the guy who has Nicky will call while you're gone," he added hopefully.

Dom thumped him on the back, "Okay, just tread carefully. Cait's not feeling too sure of anything right now."

"Yeah."

"I'll be back as soon as I can," Dom said as he got into the car and drove away.

Hawke took a deep breath and started walking up to Cait's door. When he got to it, he paused and thought, 'This won't be easy, Cait, but I will get him back." With that resolve fresh in his mind, he knocked on the door.

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As soon as Dom had left, Cait closed the door, sank down the wall to the floor, and started to cry. She knew that Hawke had been right about getting Archangel involved because they would need his help. Whoever had Nicky wouldn't give him back because they would use him to force Hawke to fly missions for them. She didn't see any good outcome for anyone.

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When Hawke didn't get any response from knocking on the door, he tried the door handle and was surprised to find it open. He stepped back into the living room and immediately he spotted Cait sitting up against the wall crying.

Without thinking, he went over to her, sat on the floor beside her, and took her into his arms—just holding her while she cried.

After crying for about 10 minutes, Cait finally stopped. It was then that she realized where she was and who was holding her. Cait started to push against the arms that were holding her, but she met with resistance when she tried to get up.

"Just stay here for a while until you've calmed down. This whole thing has got to be a shock to you," Hawke said to Cait while he rubbed her back.

Cait hid her face into Hawke's shoulder and said, "I'm sorry that I hit you when you said that we needed to call in Archangel for help. I knew that you were right, but I just didn't want to admit it." Cait looked up at Hawke and continued, "I just want Nicky back home safe and sound. I never realized it would be this bad. That he'd become a pawn to be used against us."

Hawke looked down at her, then pulled her in tightly for another hug, "I always knew that anyone I got close to could, and probably would, be used against me, especially since I took over flying Airwolf. I never wanted that to happen. I would never allow myself to let anyone get close to me because of that." Then thinking to himself, 'Except you. I let you get close to me—too close—and look what's happened! I cared about you too much and someone has taken advantage of that fact. I've got to get Nicky back for you if it's the last thing I do.'

Hawke continued to hold Cait trying to comfort her. He knew that he would need to bring Nicky back to Cait no matter what it cost him. He owed her that much.