A/N: Thanks for the reviews, keep them coming.
Sig rolled over as a breeze swept across his chest. The body that had kept him shielded from the elements was gone. His eyes snapped open and he reached out to search for Natalie. He found her laying just out of his reach, she was laying face up, her arm covering her face. Sig propped himself on his elbow and looked at Natalie's sleeping form. Pulling the corner of the sheet he revealed her breasts and when he pulled harder the rest of her body quickly came into view. Her tanned skin was barely visible in the moonlight but Sig was sure he could find his way on touch alone. His hand traced along her collarbone and then moved his fingers down the soft slope of her breasts. The soft and cool skin called to Sig. He leaned forward and rubbed his stubble roughened cheek against her before dotting her chest with kisses. Reaching the nipple he opened his mouth and pulled it between his lips. He sucked gently until it puckered.
"What are you doing?" asked Natalie's sleepy voice.
Sig looked up and smiled, her nipple still in his mouth. He began to suck harder, causing Natalie to arch her back in response. Sig switched his attention to the other nipple and after a few minutes she was thrashing back and forth on the bed. This time the sex was more animalistic, fast and hard. Sig collapsed on the bed gasping for breath. Natalie rolled back onto her side and promptly went back to sleep.
The sun had started to rise and a small sunbeam had fallen on Natalie's face. She rolled over and hid her face under the pillow. But the damage was done and she was wide awake. With a sigh she sat up and looked over at Sig, who was quietly snoring. Natalie pulled herself out of bed and grabbed one of the robes laying across a footstool. Stepping out of the tent the air still had it's morning chill. There was the sound of a truck and Natalie pulled the robe tighter around her. The slam of a door put her on alert, she tried to decided where to hide.
"Natalie, it's Jose."
"Jose?"
"Yes, Regina sent me up here" he announced.
Natalie scurried over to where he was in order to prevent him from waking Sig.
"Is she ok?" asked Natalie.
"She has a message for you" said Jose. "They've called in the Firm."
"Oh fuck" said Natalie. "What else did she say?"
"To call her" said Jose.
"I don't have signal" said Natalie with a huff.
"Use mine" said Jose handing her his phone. "Just push send, I've already put in the number."
Natalie smiled her thanks and grabbed the phone. Holding the phone to her ear she stepped a few feet away and waited for Regina to pick up.
"Hello?" answered a timid voice.
"Regina, it's Natalie, what's going on?"
"Natalie, my dear, the whole team of lawyers have been called. They will be here at any time" explained Regina.
"Crap" said Natalie. "I don't understand why they think they can do this to me. I'm going home."
Natalie was upset and a few tears had started to leak out of her eyes.
"My dear, don't worry" said Regina. "I've packed your bag. But I need to get Mr. Hansens's permission to pack his."
"Of course, let me ask him" said Regina.
She handed the phone off to Jose with the promise she'd be back and not to hang up. Rushing into the tent she hopped onto the bed. Sig didn't stir. Natalie huffed in annoyance and gave him a stinging slap on the ass.
"What the fuck" bellowed Sig into the pillow. "It you are into this, I'm going to do the same to you."
"Can Regina pack up your room?" asked Natalie.
"Why?" asked Sig, still sleepy.
"Because we are about to go cloak and dagger" said Natalie.
"Are you going to stab someone with a dagger?" asked Sig.
"I'm going to stab you if you don't answer my fucking question" said Natalie.
"Yes, she can pack up my room" said Sig confusedly.
"Great, get dressed" said Natalie.
She rushed out of the tent and back to the phone.
"Regina, go ahead and pack up his room" said Natalie. "And then send the bags.."
"Natalie, I'll send the bags to the airport, I'll arrange the flight for you and Sig" listed Regina. "All you have to do is confront them."
"Confront them?" said Natalie in shock.
"Yes, darling if you don't do it now they will not let this go" said Regina seriously.
"I don't think I want to" said Natalie.
"Of course you don't, but you have to" said Regina.
"I'll see you in a bit" said Natalie, her voice full of defeat.
"Chin up poppet" said Regina.
Natalie hung up the phone with a smile and handed it back to Jose.
"Just give us a few minutes and we'll come with you" said Natalie.
Jose nodded and went back to warm up the truck. Natalie scurried back to the tent and was surprised to see Sig dressed and ready to go. He help up her bag and his.
"I'm ready."
"You're amazing" said Natalie. "I'll thank you later."
"I'm looking forward to it" said Sig.
"Before we go, I want to give you a heads up of what's about to happen" said Natalie pulling on some clothes.
"Ok" said Sig warily.
"Regina is packing up our stuff and getting us a flight out" said Natalie.
"You are not going to be able to get a flight out of here today" said Sig. "There's like one commercial flight every two days or something."
"It's not a problem" said Natalie.
"If you say so" said Sig dismissively.
"When we get back to the hotel I want you to wait in the lobby. I need to see my parents and then we are leaving, probably quickly" explained Natalie.
"Ok" said Sig, clearly confused by the whole situation.
The ride back to the hotel was silent, even the birds in the air seemed to have gone silent. Jose pulled into the drive of the hotel and let Sig and Natalie out. Sig gave him an extra pair of hundreds for giving him the best 24 hours of his life. Regina met them at the door and quickly separated Sig from Natalie. She moved the bag to the waiting limo and told Natalie where to meet her parents. Once Natalie had moved on she motioned for Sig to follow her. Natalie had immediately walked to the dinning room with short angry steps. She reached the door and opened it with a bang. Just as she'd expected the lawyers were sitting around a large table talking to her mother. Her father sat off to the side carefully dissecting his toast. He saw Natalie first and got up to greet her.
"Natalie, we were wondering where you slipped off to."
"I just want to say this once" said Natalie firmly.
"Sit down dearest, we have a lot to discuss" said her mother.
"No" said Natalie.
Her tone caused everyone in the room to turn. Sig and Regina were standing just outside the cracked doorway.
"Well, you may say your piece when we are finished" said her mother.
"No" said Natalie. "Here's the deal. I don't need the firm, you don't need to worry about me. Honestly I've been my own person for years and you haven't needed to do anything for me. I don't regret having you come to get me, I needed you and I appreciate that you went all the way to Alaska to get me. This vacation has been amazing, but I don't really know what you thought it meant. Honestly, I love you but I realize why I've been apart from you. I don't need saving and I don't need you to intervene on my behalf."
"Miss Moore, your mother has expressed her concern about you being sued or defamed by the Deadliest Catch production. We have a cease and desist letter that could block the compromising footage" explained one of the lawyers.
"No" said Natalie. "It's none of your business."
"It is our business, or rather your father's business could be destroyed by bad press" said her mother.
"It doesn't involve you" said Natalie.
"The UK watches this show, you will be recognized" said the lawyer.
"Honestly, I won't" said Natalie. "I look terrible in the show, my mother barely recognized me when she picked me up."
"Still we feel like it would be in the best interest of the family to block your footage from being aired" said the lawyer.
"No, it will ruin the show and break the contract that we all sign" said Natalie.
"Any contract would be null and void if bodily injury is involved" said the lawyer.
"Seriously?" balked Natalie. "This is a job where people die every year, there is no such clause in the contract. Just drop it."
"If you won't help us, then we will block it ourselves" said her mother angrily.
"Don't bother trying, I will block you at every step possible" said Natalie. "You need my permission to file on my behalf and you do not have it."
"You are my child" said her mother.
"Yes, I am, but I'm not your dependent" spat Natalie. "Thanks for the vacations, it was lovely to see you and I will of course send the Christmas gifts to Saint Tropez as always."
With that announcement Natalie turned and walked out the door. Natalie pulled Sig away from the door just in time for Natalie to make her exit. They hustled down the hallway towards the waiting limo.
"Good job Natalie" said Regina.
"Come with me" said Natalie.
"You don't need me" said Regina.
She gave Sig a hug and pulled Natalie in for a fierce hug and a kiss.
"I'll come when the children arrive" said Regina as she closed the door on Natalie's shocked face.
Speeding to the airport Sig watched as Natalie's phone rang nonstop. She did her best to ignore it before finally turning it off and throwing it in her bag. Sig looked out the window at the speeding scenery before noticing a bag on the floor. It was a shopping bag and he was certain it wasn't his. Figuring it was Natalie's he picked it up and placed it on the seat next to her.
"What's this?" she asked.
"Isn't it yours?" asked Sig.
"No. I thought it was yours" replied Natalie.
Sig shook his head and then moved the bag towards him. He reached in and looked at the contents.
"I think it's a care package" said Sig.
"It must be from Regina" said Natalie with a smile.
"There a whole lunch in here and like five different kinds of cookies" said Sig.
"She's quite thoughtful" said Natalie.
"She must be where you learned it from" said Sig.
Natalie gave a distracted smile and then turned to gaze out the window. Sig took his dismissal in stride and rummaged through the bag until he found a cookie he liked. The drive to the airport was quick and before Sig knew it the car had stopped. The door opened and Sig was face to face with a plane.
"Sir" said the driver in an attempt to get Sig moving.
"Yeah, sorry" muttered Sig.
Natalie gave him a playful shove and once he moved out of the car she emerged. Taking the lead she left the suitcases for the porters and took strides towards the parked plane. Sig followed her across the tarmac and up the stairs to the private jet.
"Miss Moore, it's lovely to see you again" said the flight attendant. "Everything is set for departure and we can leave as soon as the luggage is loaded."
"Thank you" said Natalie. "I'm sorry this is so last minute."
"We're happy to serve you" said the flight attendant.
"You've been busy" said Natalie settling into a seat. "What with the lawyers arriving."
"We didn't fly them, we've been on standby" said the flight attendant.
"On who's orders?" asked Natalie.
"Your mother's" said the flight attendant with a wink.
Natalie nodded in realization that Regina had held the plane for her and allowed a brief smile to cross her face. Sig slid into the seat across from her. The moment they were settled a vodka and coke was set in front of Sig, in front of Natalie a glass of champagne.