"Sammy?" Cosmo called again as he hurried towards their leader, a frown on his face. What was Sam doing back there without Noah? If something had happened to that kid….

"Kay, who are they?" Aileen whispered. "And why is he calling you…"
Kay was silent, honestly not sure of what to say. Aileen knew he had a brother. He couldn't have kept something like that from her, but the fact that said brother was his identical twin….
Suddenly, before he could think more and figure out what to say, a cold feeling washed over him, and he staggered as he was hit with something he hadn't felt in almost thirty years.
"Kay?" Aileen called his name as he went deathly pale.
"I have to… Can you handle them?" Kay asked. He didn't know what had happened but he knew he had to get to his brother. He had felt something like that only once before, on the worst day of Sam's life. He had failed Sam then. He wasn't about to fail him now.
"I'll handle them. Neuralyzed or…."
"Taking them back with us."
Aileen didn't even raise an eyebrow at that, only nodded in response. "I'll handle them. Now go."
If not for his brother, Kay could have kissed her. He made himself settle for a nod, as he turned and headed back the way they had came. Now if he could just find Sam in time.

"It's okay, Sweetie. We're going to get this fixed up in just a few minutes, okay? I know it has to hurt." Zara said as she finished getting the dressings into place over the exit wound in Noah's back. "Really, I don't know what in the world is taking that cousin of mine so long. I asked him to shove that weaselly looking human out a window. I know that couldn't take this long. If I find out that he stopped somewhere to mate first… I don't care if he's been trying to find a female who would actually mate with him for years. I told him I needed that little human of his here now. Believe me, if he's mating, I'll be having more than words with him. It's going to be just fine, Sweetie. Even if that cousin of mine is doing something he shouldn't, I'm sure someone else will be here soon so we can get you fixed up."
"I don't suppose I could get you to get me a blanket, could I?" Zara asked as she raised her head to look at Sam. He was dead white, his entire body tense, and his eyes…. Something was seriously wrong. Maybe she had been approaching him in the wrong way. Just because he looked like Agent Kay…. "A blanket, do you think you could get me one? My cousin will be here in just a few minutes, I promise. I don't think even the chance to mate would make him risk having me mad at him, so I'm sure he's on his way."

Blanket. Even though the girl was speaking perfect English, the words didn't seem to make sense to Sam. Noah, and the exit wound in his back…. Even if by some miracle he survived this, would the boy ever walk again? He felt his anger mounting along with his despair. Noah was young. How would he cope, if he ended up in a wheelchair for the rest of his life because Sam had failed to do his job? Why hadn't he listened to Catherine? He had been too personally involved in the situation. He should have pulled back but…. Sheridan. He could get Sheridan, could make him pay for this, the only thing he could do for Noah.

"Oh, for…. Don't you dare go chasing after that poor man. He didn't do a thing wrong, and I need him worrying about finding my cousin, not being chased at the moment." Zara said. Something was definitely wrong here. Why did this human seem to want to take off like that? Somehow, she couldn't see Agent Kay's brother being the squeamish sort. And he obviously cared about the poor injured human, so why in the world was he trying to run away? "This isn't that bad, I promise you. I've fixed much, much worse than this before. It's going to be fine." Now if she could just deal with this human. True, he wasn't hysterical like so many other family members she had been forced to cope with, but still, she could manage. Maybe she should treat it like a quieter form of hysteria? "Listen to me. This is going to be fine, I promise you. Right now I need you to get me a blanket or something. We need to try to make him comfortable until my cousin and his little human can get up here. Could you do that please?"
"I'd do what she says." a voice called from the window leading to the fire escape.
Sam's head shot up, and his eyes went wide as he saw the man coming into the room, his mirror image.
"You're dead." he whispered as he stared in shock at his brother.
"No. Zara, what happened?" Kay asked. "Slick after the beruga?"
"They're on the roof, I think." Zara told him. "It was this weaselly looking human, two shots. I've got dressings on the wounds that look like they're controlling the bleeding for the moment, and I did what I could for the tamponade, but we need to get him moved back to headquarters for surgery now. Did you see that cousin of mine anywhere? If he's stopped to mate..."
"For some reason Zed put U in charge of the containment crew. Might have delayed them a bit."
"Agent U. X probably stopped to shove him out of a window too." Zara muttered. "Could someone please get me a blanket of something? I'm very sure the floor isn't the most comfortable place to be lying, but I thought I ought to at least make some effort to make it tolerable."

"You're dead." Sam said again as his brother moved around him, getting the requested blanket and taking it over to the girl kneeling by Noah. He blinked hard as his brother dropped down next to her. Dead, his brother was dead, but he was there, next to Noah, he was... "Please..." The fight was gone from Sam now, seeing his dead other half there with the boy he thought of as his kid. "Please, no. Don't take..." He felt his entire body starting to tremble. Not again. He couldn't do this again.

"Sam." Kay pulled himself to his feet, and caught his brother before Sam could run. "Listen to me." There would be time to explain everything later, but for the moment, he had to focus on getting Sam as close to calm as he could. "What happened before isn't going to happen again, I promise you. The kid's going to be fine. You aren't losing anyone else today. I won't let that happen."

Noah's own eyes had gone wide when he caught sight of the second man, Sam's double. Twins. Somehow, even with his head spinning from blood loss and pain, he put things together, what the girl had said about Sam having a brother, and then the way those two looked. Twins, identical twins. When Cosmo found out about this... And Catherine, did she know? Everyone knew the feelings that the head marshal had for Sam. If he had forgotten to mention an identical twin, Sam was going to be in that chicken suit until retirement. Before he could think about it more, though, a wave of pain washed over him, and all he could think of was Sam. It was stupid, he knew, he was an adult, but all he knew was that he was dying and he wanted his father there with him. He struggled, his damaged lung not letting him draw in nearly enough air, but somehow, he choked out Sam's name, the effort leaving him gasping for breath.

"Noah?" The sound of that boy calling his name with what seemed to be his last breath somehow got through to Sam, and before he even realized that he was moving, he was on the floor beside him. "Do something!" he demanded as he glared at the girl.

"What do you think I've been doing?" Zara said. "Noah, sweetie, I appreciate your getting his attention for me, but don't try to talk again, okay?" She glanced down at the scanner and frowned at the readings. The blood was starting to build up around the poor boy's heart again. Not good. They needed to get him moved and to an operating room now.
"What about cryo?" Kay asked as he knelt down by his brother, in plain sight of the reading that seemed to be worrying X's cousin. He was good, Zara knew that. And he'd know what the reading meant, she'd stake her life on it.
"Maybe, but I'd like to get that little human of my cousin's up here first to give another opinion. I don't want to risk him losing consciousness unless we have to." Zara replied. Really, she wasn't sure how in the world the poor boy was still awake to begin with, but the fact that he was, was a really good sign. Someone trying that hard to fight, said a whole lot.

Kay nodded as he thought. She was right, keeping the boy awake was important, but there had to be something. After a moment, he recalled something he had learned years ago. Not as good as the techniques his friend the alien polar bear had taught him, but it would take the pain away. That might do a bit, getting the kid's heart to slow down, and slow the blood loss. He reached out, gently touching two spots on Noah's forehead with one hand, while touching another spot on the side of his head with the other. "Here, Son. Ought to help the pain a little."

A little? Noah's eyes went wide as suddenly the crushing pain in his chest faded completely. How... Not that he would argue with having the pain gone, even if he was in a condition to argue.

"What did you do?" Sam whispered. He could tell that something had changed with Noah at his brother's touch, hopefully a change for the better.
"Best thing I could think of, to buy us some more time." Kay said as he pulled out his communicator. "X, where are you?"

"Just hit the eighth floor. Remind me to have a talk with my mother about distracting Zed when he's sending out containment crews, because U does not have the situation down there contained." X grumbled as he followed his partner and the human his cousin had sent to find them down the hall. "And he let some human from the police department kill the power to the elevators, too!"
Before X could complain anymore, they reached the room.
"What happened?" Elle called as they came in. She stopped in shock for a moment, although she wasn't sure if the shock was from seeing the poor boy on the floor's injuries or from suddenly seeing two Kays. After a moment, she shook it off, though, and hurried over to join them. "X, I need..."
"Stretcher? They've got to have something around here. If we have to wait for Agent U to get things under control enough for the containment crews to get up here, we'll be waiting forever." X said.
"And see if there's a nurse's station, or a medical supply room somewhere too." Zara added as she looked at Elle. "I'd like to get at least one IV started, if we can at all."
"I've dealt with you often enough. I know what you want by now." X grumbled. "Although how in the world we're going to get back downstairs, if U doesn't get those humans under control, so we can get the elevator back on..."

"I can do something." Sheridan spoke up suddenly. He ought to be running, he knew, but... The kid had ended up taking a shot that Royce had originally intended for him. He had some responsibility for the situation. Trying to help was the least that he could do. "Police locked it down with the fire override. Give me five minutes, and I can work around that."

Sam looked up in shock. His fugitive, right there; but why in the world was he offering to help them? Before he could consider it any more, though, Noah's hand was on his arm, tugging at him.
"He's not going anywhere, Sweetie. You just stay still, okay?" Zara said with a glare at Sam that warned him of the dire things he would face, should he even try to leave.
"Not going anywhere." Sam said with a nod. He reached out, and gently patted Noah's shoulder. "Not going anywhere, I promise." His fugitive was helping them, and Noah was risking himself trying to keep him from going after the guy, something was definitely going on, not that he was going to worry about that at the moment. Noah... If these were the last moments that he had with that boy... "Not going anywhere."

"Got the beruga." Jay called as he came in the window. "Edie's dragging it down. Didn't want to risk it melting on the roof. Woah!" he said as he caught sight of Sam and Kay together. "You want to tell me why in the world your whole family looks like you?"
"Good genes."
"Good genes don't do that. More like a whole lot of inbreeding. I've seen that cousin of yours. Elle, you guys need me to do anything?"

"Help X get that gurney over here, and then go and see if that elevator's working yet." Elle told him as she looked up to see her partner at the door, trying to move a gurney with supplies on it into the room.
"We're going to have you all fixed up in just a few minutes, Sweetie." Zara told Noah as her cousin and Jay tugged, and finally got the gurney into the room. "Here, you just hold his hand for me, okay, so we can get an IV in. Just a few more minutes, I promise."
"Don't let him move that arm at all. This might be a little tricky." Elle looked to make sure that Sam had Noah's hand before turning to the matter of getting the line in. With the amount of blood on the floor and wall, and what she was sure was building up in the lung and chest, she was honestly surprised that the veins in his arm weren't collapsed already. They were close enough, though, that it was going to be tricky, getting and keeping a line in, with the standard equipment that humans used.
"Will this help?" Kay asked as he reached around Sam, to put pressure on Noah's arm.
"Yeah, that's a little better." Elle told him as she pushed the needle in, and then worked the IV hookup in over it. "Just hold it for a minute until I tape it."
"Elevator's working." Jay called as he came back in. "Don't know if we're going to have any trouble getting through the crowd out there. Who did Zed put in charge of the containment crew anyway?"
"U." Kay said as between him, his brother, X and Zara they got Noah shifted over onto the gurney. He reached into his pocket, and pulled out the LTD keys, before tossing them to Jay. "Soon as the beruga's secured, get Edie and get back to headquarters."

Jay stared in shock at the keys and the group moved Noah out of the room and down the hall. Kay was actually letting him drive?
"Edie, come on!" He called out of the window to the alien scrambling down the fire escape, the frozen beruga tossed over one shoulder. Kay willingly handing over the keys to his precious car? He had to get back to headquarters and find out what in the world was going on. If they had to, they would just stuff the beruga in the trunk or something.