''Where are they?'' Brittany asks sprinting over to Mercedes with Santana hot on her heels in the middle of the night just a few days later.
''Room 402.'' Mercedes replies blinking on confusion as she notices the full soldier uniform Brittany wears with all patches she earned, Brittany nods her head telling Santana to stay back and sprints over to the room knowing they will watch the camera's.
She knocks on the door as she hears screaming and walks in as she hears nothing but silence. ''Sergeant.'' She greets her voice immediately turning firm and stoic.
''Oh thank god, sergeant first class.'' Sergeant Nicks breaths out, Brittany glances at Alex standing in the corner with his hands up defensively and turns back to the sergeant.
''What is going on here?''
''They kidnapped me!'' Nicks breaths out while mentioning his hand to Alex and one of their night nurses. ''I was just asking them where their boss is!''
''Let them go and I will tell you sergeant.'' Brittany replies trying to move Alex out of the danger fast. ''We just caught him.''
''You did? Your troop came to save me?!''
''We did.'' Brittany confirms. ''Please lower your weapon and let us do our jobs sergeant.'' She steps closer as he still shakily holds his weapon and gently grips his wrist, she locks eyes with him and raises an eyebrow. ''Drop it sergeant.'' She tells him firmly.
She takes his weapon as soon as she feels his grip loosen and slides it into the waistband of her pants, she nods her head to the door after glancing over at Alex and locks eyes with Nicks. ''Sergeant Nicks, you are in New York and not in danger.'' She tells him after grabbing the sedative needle laying around.
''That's not true, I am in Afghanistan!''
Brittany shakes her head and points at the window. ''Look outside sergeant.'' she watches him slowly walk over, handing Alex the weapon after he put on his gloves and nods her head as he just stands back making sure to keep it hidden. ''You are in New York.'' She tells him once again. ''Nobody here is out to hurt you, it's your mind playing games with you.''
''That can't be true, my mind would never play me.'' Sergeant Nicks breaths out his voice cracking.
''No matter how strong your mind is, in the end it will make you see things after you went through the horrors we lived through on our duty Sergeant.'' Brittany tells him her voice turning kind. ''We are here to help you though, you just have to accept it.''
''No! You are lying!''
She dugs having seen his balled up fists and the tenseness enter his body knowing he was prepared to attack before he even thought about it and quickly slams the needle in his thigh, she catches his body as it immediately gives out and carries him over to the bed. ''Sorry sergeant.'' She tells him as he looks around with a hazy look while she fastens him to the bed. ''But you are not only a danger to yourself, you are a danger to everyone around you.''
She turns to Alex as she places the IV needle in his arm so they can give him some painkillers and sighs. ''Please call Sam in for the morning, he need therapy fast before he goes rogue and sees danger in everyone.''
Alex nods his head as he watches the sergeant drift off after Brittany pumped him full with morphine and sighs. ''I will, what do I have to do with this?''
''I will take it into my office for the time being.'' Brittany breaths out, she turns to the nurse as they walk out of the room and takes off the gloves she wore. ''Please make a note for everyone that enter his room that he isn't allowed to get rid of the restrictions.'' She informs her. ''Also no medic cart allowed in his room, every needle or sharp object needs to be removed.''
She takes the gun from Alex as they walk past her office and walks over to her desk, she punches in the code to the gun safe she has hidden inside and places the gun down. She walks back out after making sure to lock it again and walks over to the nurse station, she takes off her jacket as everyone turns to her and raises an eyebrow. ''What?''
''That was some speedy reactions B.'' Haywire breaths out with a shake of her head. ''How the hell did you know that he was ready to attack?''
''Body language.'' Brittany breaths out as she throws her jacket over the chair. ''He lives in a whole other universe at the moment and only sees guys with a long beard and white gowns around him, it will be hard to get him out of it but Sam managed to talk me and Noah out so he will have success with him too.''
''Just not without security around.'' She continues shooting Alex a glance so he can note it down. ''He is unpredictable at the moment, so never enter his room alone please.'' She takes out her phone as everyone nod their heads and sighs. ''Never thought I would call this number again.'' She breaths out as she dials Will's phone number, Santana watches her hold it up to her ear and tilts her head as she hears her greet Will.
''Damn that's smart.'' Rachel breaths out as they all listen to Brittany asking for more information about the sergeants mission so they can talk him through his nightmare, Santana hums in agreement as she watches Brittany note things down and leans over to read it raising an eyebrow in surprise as she reads the first point.
''What the fuck?'' She asks underneath her breath while turning to Brittany in surprise, Brittany gulps thickly as she ends the phone call and rubs her forehead.
''Well this is good and bad.''
''What is?'' Mercedes asks in confusion as she also notice Santana worrying her bottom lip.
''I know what his nightmare is so Sam can talk him through, but the second he heads back he will enter the danger zone again.''
''Meaning?'' Alex asks with an eyebrow raised.
''AL-Qaida regrouped and are terrorizing the country again under the name Isis.'' Brittany explains while pinching the bridge of her nose. ''The son we captured almost ten years ago escaped and wants to follow in his dads footsteps.''
She gulps thickly as everyone just look at her with their jaws dropped and sinks against the desk with a loud groan. ''That motherfucker will single out the us again as soon as he thinks he is strong enough and hunt down everyone that hunted his dad down.''
''Are you and Puck in danger?'' Marley asks her voice shaking, Brittany shakes her head and sighs.
''No, there was no picture of me online stating that I was someone on that mission.'' Brittany breaths out. ''We all had code names and addresses all over the world, the only people knowing we were a part of that mission are close to me and running around the white house.''
''But your parents found out right?'' Mercedes asks with an eyebrow raised.
''No those fuckers only found out that I ranked fast and googled my earnings, they don't know shit about anything that went down overseas.''
''Thank god.'' Alex breaths out. ''So no immediate danger.''
''I wouldn't be standing here if that was the case papi.'' Brittany replies honestly. ''If there was an immediate danger, I would have moved far away from San and our boys immediately to keep them safe.''
She intertwines her hand with Santana's as soon as she notices her hand blindly searching for her own and slowly runs her thumb over the back of her hand the both of them ignoring the rules they set up for themselves for once. ''I hope the troops manage to break Isis down before they manage to grow and enter the states, they brought them down once and they will do it again.''
She glances at her army jacket and sighs. ''Are we needed here or can we go back home?''
''Go back home and back to bed.'' Alex tells them. ''Thank you for calming him down once again B.''
''Anytime.'' Brittany breaths out as she grabs her jacket, she wraps her arm around Santana's shoulder after they both hugged Alex and walk towards the elevator after wishing the girls a good night.
Later that night
''Hey San?'' Brittany asks as she walks into their bedroom.
''Yes mi amor?'' Santana asks from folding up their laundry.
''How tired are you?''
Santana tilts her head and raises an eyebrow. ''Currently feeling quite awake, why?''
''Can I kidnap you out?'' Brittany asks with a slight grin. ''Q and Ash will have a Disney night with the boys and sleep with them in the family room, so I would like to take you out and spend some much needed time together.''
She takes the shirt in her hands from her as she looks between their laundry load and her and smiles slightly. ''I will help you with the laundry, we can leave right after.'' Brittany offers. ''The boys can place their own clothes in their closets.''
''It's cold as fuck outside though.'' Santana breaths out.
''We will go somewhere warm.'' Brittany murmurs with a grin, she holds up a finger as she notices the three laundry baskets with clothes for the boys placed outside and leans out of the bedroom. ''Boys!''
''Yes?!''
''Please come here to grab your laundry.'' She walks over to Santana as three different footsteps thunder towards their bedroom and smiles as Mateo slides in on his socks first, she stops him before he can crash into the bed and chuckles. ''Do we need to oil your brakes again Angel?''
She smiles as he shakes his head with a giggle and hands him his basket. ''Please don't throw it in your closet, you know we will spend the weekend cleaning it up if you do.''
''I won't mommy.'' He promises with a cute grin, she looks at the teens as they walk into their room and smiles.
''Mama and I will go out tonight but auntie Q and Ash planned to have a Disney night with a camp out in the family room with the three of you.'' She informs them. ''Please behave and don't eat too much sugar okay?''
''We won't mommy.'' Mason promises as he skips over to hug her around her waist. ''Where will you and mama go?''
''I won't spoil the surprise with mama standing right beside me.'' Brittany breaths out chuckling. ''I will tell you tomorrow little love.'' She ruffles his hair as he nods his head and smiles. ''We will head out after we finished doing the laundry and aunt Q should be home by then too, the three of you can pick one thing out that you want to snack on and move your blankets down the second she is here alright?''
''Will you join us after you came back?'' Mateo asks cutely as he leans against the bed beside his brother and Jay.
''I think it will be quite late but we will have a day out of night in soon okay?''
''Promised?''
''We promise.'' Santana murmurs as she ruffles their hairs. ''How was your call with your mommy, Jay?''
''Very good.'' Jay replies with a grin. ''She sounds a lot better and she laughs more too.''
''That is very good.'' Brittany agrees with a smile. ''We will see how the roads are tomorrow, if the ice is gone we will drive down so you can see her Jay.'' She promises, she ruffles his hair as he smiles brightly and glances at the time. ''Alright aunt Q will be home in ten minutes, pack your clothes away quickly so you can start the Disney marathon night!''
She smiles as they turn on their heels with excited smiles and turns to Santana. ''Only these or another machine love?''
''Only these Britt-Britt.'' Brittany nods her head grabbing the towels and kisses her temple. ''I will do these.'' She smiles as she nods her head and walks over to the desk so she can pile the folded towels, she hums as Santana turns music on and moves to the beat of Taylor Swift's You belong with me while they both fold the laundry and pack it away.
After they both folded the laundry, packed everything away and got ready for their date, Brittany parks her car in front of the Ritz-Carlton hotel and turns to Santana chuckling as she turns to her in confusion. ''We won't be staying here.'' She breaths out as she kills the engine. ''But we will spend our evening here.''
She laughs as Santana smirks and shakes her head grabbing the bag she packed for them. ''Not like that you horn dog.'' She breaths out in amusement as she opens her door, she slides out of the car walking around it to open Santana's door for her and holds out her hand for her to take.
She leads her into the hotel after making sure she locked her car and walks up to the front desk after shouldering her bag. ''Hello, we have a reservation for Lopez.''
''Ah yes Ms Lopez.'' The elderly woman behind the desk exclaims with a friendly smile. ''We were waiting for you, if you walk into that room.'' She turns around to mention her hand to a blue door. ''You will find bathrobes and towels, a colleague will pick you up in a bit for you to start you evening. Enjoy.''
Brittany thanks her with a kind grin and leads Santana to the room, she closes the door behind her chuckling as Santana once again turns to her in confusion and wraps her arms around her shoulders after dropping the bag she brought with her onto one of the chairs. ''I thought we could use some relaxing after months filled with nothing but stress and surprising news.'' She breaths out.
''So.'' She continues as Santana blinks in surprise. ''I booked their spa for a few hours including the sauna, several massages and so much more.'' She murmurs with a slight grin. ''It's about time we get a bit pampered and the Ritz is known for their amazing spa offers.''
''God that sounds amazing.'' Santana breaths out as they both quickly change into the bikini's Brittany grabbed for them knowing the both of them won't walk around naked, she turns to look at her fiance and raises an eyebrow. ''When did you decide that this is exactly what we need?''
''The second I felt how tense you are and heard your back crack with every tiny movement.'' Brittany breaths out. ''We didn't really take time to relax and focus on us the past months love, it's about time we find the balance between work, our boys and ourselves again.''
''I didn't even notice that you noticed.''
''You think there wasn't a reason that I didn't offer you a massage anymore?'' Brittany asks chuckling as she stores the bag in one of the lockers knowing Ash or Q will call the hotel if something is wrong. ''I was afraid to make you hurt more than relief it babe, I rather watch a professional work the kinks out before I start massaging you again.''
''That sounds amazing.'' Santana breaths out as she wraps her arms around her waist, she tilts her head up to peck Brittany's lips and nuzzles her face against her shoulder as she feels her arms wrap around her shoulders. ''You are perfect, you know that?''
''Far from.'' Brittany murmurs as she nuzzles her nose in her dark locks. ''But for you I try.'' She adds sweetly, she pulls back as a knock on the door makes the both of them look up and smiles as a woman walks in asking if they are ready for their hot stone massage.
She follows Santana out of the room after they both nodded their heads and smiles as she notices Santana's grin the second she lays down on the table, she lowers her own bathrobe after she laid down having called before and explained about the scars underneath the tattoos on her back and shoots the woman walking up to her a thankful look as she just thanks her for her service after noticing her dog tags but not once mentioning the scars littering her body.
She relaxes her head on her forearms as she listens to Santana talking to the workers, smiling lovingly as she notices her relaxed grin while they talk about different things in life and hums softly as she feels the first hot stone on her shoulder blade.
She shoots Santana a wink the second they lock eyes as she turns to look at her and grabs her hand as she notices her reaching for hers, she intertwines their hands making sure they won't hinder the workers and closes her eyes as she feels more hot stones on her back.
''How long are the both of you together?'' The older one of the two asks curiously after watching both women relax and the engagement ring sparkle brightly in the dim light.
''Almost ten years.'' Santana breaths out. ''And engaged for almost six.''
''And you were always a soldier?'' The younger one asks in surprise.
''I am a veteran now, I stopped serving shortly before we got engaged.'' Brittany murmurs in a soft relaxed voice. ''We just didn't feel the rush to get married and wanted to enjoy our lives with me being home 24/7 with our two sons.''
''So you don't have a date set yet?'' The younger one asks.
''We do now.'' Santana muses. ''We agreed to focus on life, our careers and our boys first but a few months ago we picked a date.''
''And when is it if we may ask.''
''You may.'' Brittany breaths out. ''In six months.'' She breaths out. ''On our tenth anniversary, we want to say yes to forever.''
''We already did.'' Santana muses. ''We just make it official.''
''That's adorable.'' The younger one gushes. ''How did the both of you meet?''
Brittany squeezes Santana's hand softly as she notices her sad smile the second she launches into the story of how they met and just relaxes against the bed allowing the older one to massage her calves, she lovingly runs her thumb over the back of Santana's hand as she also tells them about the day they got engaged and smiles slightly as she hears the workers show real interest and ask about their lives while also telling them about theirs.
She allows her eyes to slip closed once again as she listens to Santana talk about their careers, telling them that they are working together for almost four years now and just hums softly knowing tonight was exactly what they needed to relax and prepare themselves for the coming months filled with stress while they help Jamie recover and take care of three boys instead of just their boys.