Hanna wakes up again. The cold that she feels is what makes her wake up. She is still not fully conscious because of the sedative substance running through her veins. Her eyes remain closed. When she tries to move her arms to wrap them around her own body to warm herself up, her arms don't respond. As much as she tries, they won't move. But unlike before, she gets scared this time. Maybe because now, it's been a few more hours since she was thrown there in the woods and very slowly, she's starting to recover her consciousness, and along with it, comes the fear.

So now, she doesn't only feel cold, but also scared, her body hurts, her head hurts much more and her confusion still doesn't let her think clearly.

/

The guys get together over the road a few miles from Rosewood's exit just as Toby told them.

They split up in order to make a better search and cover a greater part of the area that Caleb indicated them and they go look for Hanna.

Except for Caleb. He stays in Toby's car and keeps working on his laptop for a while longer, trying to find a more exact location to look for Hanna. But some minutes later, his anxiety and desperation win and he abandons his task to go look for Hanna as well.

He starts walking into the woods, but he only goes a few feet into them. Then, he starts walking parallel to the road, assuming that whether Hanna got there by herself or someone took her there, she couldn't be too far away from the road. Still trying to hold himself together, to stay calm, he pushes away any bad thought that could threaten his concentration and walks for several minutes. At some point, he takes his phone and starts calling her again. If her cell phone, and hopefully Hanna, are near to him, or to any of the guys, that could help to get there more easily.

He can't believe what his ears hear as soon as he starts the call. He doesn't know if what he is hearing is real or if it's just his desperate mind playing tricks on him. Anyway, he starts to run right away, in the direction from where he thinks that Hanna's phone is ringing.

He gets there in no time.

As soon as his eyes spot Hanna lying on the ground, he rushes over there.

Caleb "Oh my god! Hanna!" he yells while kneeling down next to her. His heart is racing and a shiver runs through his body when he takes her face in his hands and his palms come in touch with her very cold cheeks.

Hanna feels his touch. The warmth of his hands feels really good on her freezing cheeks. But she's too confused to know what's going on, and her eyes are still closed.

Caleb "Han, baby" he talks to her. "Hey, Han" he calls her again, seeking for a reaction from her.

And she recognizes his voice now, despite she is barely conscious, she hears him. She doesn't understand the situation, since her state of confusion doesn't even allow her to wonder what's going on, or even understand his words, what he is saying. But at least, hearing his voice, the sound alone, lowers her fear.

Still kneeling next to her, he wraps his arms around her and when he lifts her torso up from the ground, her head tilts back, like hanging from her body, and her arms too, they fall at each side of her. Her body looks very loose, and seeing that, makes Caleb even more desperate. Her body feels so heavy in his arms… and she is so cold… she looks dead.

Caleb "Guys! Please! Someone come!" he yells while placing her back on the ground.

Hanna wants to scream now. She wants to tell him not to let go of her, but her body still doesn't respond and the fear invades her once again.

His hands are shaky but still he manages to check her pulse and a huge relief comes to him when he finds it. Her pulse it's weak, but it's there.

Caleb "Baby, please… wake up" he tells her softly, despite the lump in his throat.

Caleb sits down on the ground. He wraps one of his arms around her and lifts her up from the ground once more, being more careful this time, placing his other hand on the back of her head, not to let it fall back again.

Hanna feels his touch again, his warm touch, and she calms a bit down.

Caleb presses her against his chest and holding her with one arm, he manages to take his phone with his free hand and he calls Toby.

Toby "Did you find a more exact location?" he asks right away.

Caleb "I found her"

Toby sighs in relief. "Is she okay?" he asks next.

Caleb "I don't know"

Toby "Is she hurt?"

Caleb "I don't know… she's unconscious, but she's alive"

Toby "Is there blood?"

Caleb takes a look around, he is so nervous that he doesn't even know and he needs to check.

Caleb "No, there's no blood"

Toby "Okay, that's good… where are you?"

Caleb "I don't know, I don't know how much I walked. Fuck!… just go back to your car and start driving in the opposite direction to Rosewood. I'll wait for you on the roadside"

Toby "Okay, fine" he says and ends the call.

Caleb looks down at Hanna and curses at himself for not grabbing a jacket, or even a blanket at least, in case she could need something to warm up. But still, it's a summer night and although it's colder than during the day, it doesn't make sense that she's that cold, she could be a bit cold, but not that much.

He picks her phone up from the ground, its screen is broken, but he doesn't pay much attention to it and pushes the phone into his pocket along with his own. Then, gathering all his strength, despite his still shaky body, he manages to take Hanna's legs as well and picks her up from the ground. Carrying her in his arms, holding her head between his shoulder and his neck, he starts walking back to the road.

With her face against his neck, Hanna can also smell his scent now and that calms her a little more. Not to mention the comforting sensation of his warm body holding hers.

Caleb barely makes it to the road. Carrying her unconscious is way harder than when she is awake. Once he gets there, he kneels down and rests her legs on the ground, but he keeps holding her in his arms as he waits for Toby. He looks down at Hanna again and notices that after carrying her in his arms, her dress has ended up all wrapped around her waist. He also can see that she's still wearing his boxers, the pair that she borrowed from him that same morning after she took a shower at his place. He gets a lump in his throat at thinking how good they were just some hours ago and how things have changed so drastically from one moment to another. He grabs the edge of her dress and pulls it down, adjusting it properly.

Luckily for them, it only takes Toby a couple of minutes to get there. He stops the car on the side of the road right past them and gets out.

Toby "Fuck" he says while approaching them at seeing Hanna completely out. "Who would do this to her?"

Caleb "We have to take her to the hospital as soon as possible. Help me get her in the car" he says while standing up from the ground, carrying Hanna.

Toby grabs her legs and helps Caleb take her to the car.

Toby "Wanna go in the back with her?"

Caleb "Yeah"

Toby "Okay, get in the car and I'll pass her to you"

Caleb "Careful with her head" he says as he passes her from his arms to Toby's.

Toby "She's too cold"

Caleb only nods.

After Caleb gets in the backseat, Toby gets Hanna in there as well and Caleb pulls her toward himself. He holds her again against his chest, her legs folded and rested on the seat.

Toby gets in the car as well and after turning the heating on for Hanna, he makes a U-turn and starts driving back to Rosewood.

Caleb starts to rub his hands against Hanna's back and arms to warm her up.

It's a very silent ride, Toby speeding the car to get to the hospital as fast as possible and Caleb focused on Hanna.

Caleb "You will be okay, baby… I'm here, I've got you" he whispers into her ear after a while, and starts to place soft kisses on her forehead, her cheeks, all over her face. "You are safe now" he adds between kissing her.

Hanna can feel his warm breath against her skin. Caleb's words make sense now. She starts to understand what he is saying. After struggling to open her eyes really hard, she manages to do so, very slowly.

He pulls back at feeling her eyelashes tickle his face.

Caleb "She opened her eyes!" he tells Toby right away when he sees her deep blue eyes, and a slight smile appears on his face.

Toby "That's good!"

Hanna's sight is blurry and the movement of the car doesn't help. But at least she gets to see Caleb's silhouette.

Caleb "Hey, Han" he tells her while placing his hand on her cheek, staring into her eyes. But his slight smile disappears when he doesn't get an answer from her and at seeing that her gaze seems lost. She seems absent. "Hanna, can you see me?"

Hanna tries to say something, but once again, her body doesn't respond to her brain's orders.

Caleb "Han, please… say something" he begs her, sounding desperate. "Can you hear me at least?"

Hanna starts to feel frustrated, now that she's more conscious, she wants to know what's going on, why she can't speak… she wants to tell Caleb that she can hear him. She also tries to touch him with her hand, but her body still doesn't respond. None of her attempts to communicate with him works.

Caleb caresses her cheek with his thumb while staring into her eyes. "I love you" he whispers to her.

Despite the cold of Hanna's body, her whole inside burns at hearing his words. Those three words from his mouth really reach deep down inside of her. Her eyes fill with tears. She wants to say it back and not being able to do so, only makes her feel more frustrated. She wants to scream more than before. But her body remains immobile. So immobile that Caleb is sure that she can't hear him or even see him. But he keeps talking to her anyway.

Caleb "You will be okay" he presses her harder against him, and gives her another long kiss on the forehead. "I love you" he repeats again while caressing her hair.

Hanna shuts her eyes again. She gives up and stops trying to communicate with Caleb. His caresses feel good and they help her relax. Soon, she is back asleep.

/

Hospital. Emergency room. It's around 5 am in the morning by now.

Hanna is lying on a stretcher where a couple of nurses just placed her, in a small room. Caleb is standing next to her as one of the nurses takes her blood pressure.

Another woman steps in there, accompanied by a younger man.

Doctor "Good morning, I'm Dr. Webber, and this is intern Williams" she introduces herself and her companion.

Caleb "Good morning" he only says.

Doctor Webber "So? What do we have here?" she asks the nurse while approaching Hanna.

Nurse "She's unconscious… her blood pressure is low, and so is her body temperature"

Doctor Webber "What happened to her?" she asks Caleb right away.

Caleb "She went missing this afternoon. I just found her in the woods, and she was like this… someone did this to her"

Doctor Webber "Are you a relative of her?"

Caleb "I'm her boyfriend"

Doctor Webber "What's your name?"

Caleb "Caleb Rivers"

The doctor places her hand on Hanna's face and opens one of her eyelids. "Okay, Caleb, does she have any disease?" she asks him as she checks Hanna's eye with a light.

Caleb "No"

Doctor Webber "Her pupils are normal, they respond to light" she tells the intern that is accompanying her, who is taking notes of everything, after checking her other eye as well. "Does she use drugs?" she asks Caleb now.

Caleb "No, she doesn't"

Doctor Webber "Take a blood sample" she tells the nurse. "And get something to warm her up, her body is obviously having trouble to regulate its temperature"

The nurse nods and proceeds to make the blood extraction.

Doctor Webber "Is there something else we should know?" she asks Caleb while scanning Hanna's body in general.

Caleb "She opened her eyes before, on the way here. But she didn't speak, she didn't even move and I don't think she recognized me"

The doctor only nods as she checks Hanna's arms, then she does the same with her legs and finally her head.

Doctor Webber "There's a bump on the back of her head and some bruises on her arms, write that down" she tells the intern.

Caleb "Is it serious? The bump on her head?" he asks the doctor.

Doctor Webber "We need to run some tests to know that for sure. It seems like she has received a strong blow to her head, but I couldn't assure that it is the cause of her unconscious state. The blood test results and some other tests will enlighten us"

Caleb only nods.

Doctor Webber "Is there any chance that she could be pregnant?"

Caleb "No"

Doctor Webber "Okay, we'll start with an MRI to check her brain" she tells the intern, then she looks back at Caleb. "We are taking her now for some tests. You can wait in the waiting room. We will let you know when we are finished"

Caleb "Is this serious? Will she be okay?"

Doctor Webber "We need to run these tests to know that"

Caleb only nods, but he is staring at Hanna now. The worry in his face is evident.

Doctor "Don't worry, we will take care of her"

After they take Hanna away, Caleb goes to the waiting room where Toby is sitting on one of the chairs. He sits down next to him.

Toby "How is she?"

Caleb sighs. "They didn't tell me anything… they took her to run some tests"

Toby nods.

Caleb "She called me this afternoon, she wanted me to go with her to the park… I should have gone with her and she would be fine. What an idiot!"

Toby "Hey! You can't blame yourself for this. We don't know what happened yet. And we wouldn't have found her if it wasn't for you"

Caleb "Still, things would be so different now if I had just stopped doing what I was doing and gone with her… shit!" he bits her bottom lip. He can't help thinking that he could be sleeping with her in his bed after having an amazing night together if none of that had happened. They would have had a nice date and she would be safe and sound.

Toby "Hey, she will be okay" he places his hand on his shoulder. "Stay strong. She will need you"

Caleb lets out a deep breath.

Toby "I talked to the guys, I told them that you found Hanna and that we are here now"

Caleb "Okay" he only answers.

Toby "Emily said they would keep looking for Chocolate, if Hanna wakes up and learns that he's still missing, she will go crazy"

Caleb nods.

Toby "They only asked me to keep them updated about her"

Caleb "I was so focused on Hanna that I didn't even think about it, but Emily is right. We still need to find Chocolate. We have to"

Toby "Yeah, they are starting to look for him where you found Hanna"

They fall silent and remain like that for almost an hour as they wait. At some point, Toby's phone starts to ring.

Toby sighs after checking the screen and then takes the call. "Babe… yeah, I had a call from work and had to leave. I'll be right back… yeah, everything is okay… Fine… Okay, see you"

Caleb "Spencer?" he asks him when he ends the call.

Toby "Yeah, she woke up and didn't find me there… she got worried"

Caleb "You should go with her… besides, you have to go work in a few hours, go have some rest"

Toby "Yeah, about that… I don't know how I will go to work after what just happened. I have to go to work to the same place that turned its back to my friend when she needed help"

Caleb wishes that he could say something to make him feel better, but he agrees on what he just said. The police are supposed to help people when they need it, but Rosewood police did nothing to help Hanna.

Toby "Anyway… I'll go talk to Spence. I didn't want to tell her about all this over the phone, but I'm telling her the truth..." he says while standing up from his chair. "Let me know if you need anything. I'll be back with Spence in a while, I'm sure she will want to be here for Hanna too"

Caleb "Okay. Take your time, don't worry"

Toby "I'll be right back"

Another long half an hour passes by until intern Williams, the young man that was with the doctor that took care of Hanna before, shows up over the waiting room.

Caleb stands up at seeing the man approaching him. "So?" he asks him right away.

Intern Williams "Follow me, please. She has been moved to a room… Dr. Webber is waiting for you there. She will talk to you"

Caleb "Okay"

His heart speeds up while following intern Williams to Hanna's room. He's too nervous. His mouth is dry.

Intern Williams "Here we are" he says while getting into one of the rooms.

Caleb swallows hard and steps into the room as well. His eyes go right to the bed where Hanna is lying. She is wearing hospital clothes now and an intravenous bag is connected to her arm. She looks exactly as she did before. She's still unconscious.

Dr. Webber "Mr. Rivers" she says to get his attention.

Caleb looks at her now. He was so focused on Hanna that he didn't even see the woman.

Dr. Webber "We have very good news" she starts saying.

Caleb gets some relief right away. He looks at her expectantly.

Dr. Webber "What worried us the most was that blow to her head, since she seemed unconscious, but after running some tests, not only we have confirmed that her brain is okay but also that she's not unconscious"

Caleb "What?" he asks confused. "So why is not she awake? Why isn't she moving?"

Dr. Webber "Please, come with me. There are some other things that I would like to discuss with you" she says while going out of the room.

Caleb follows her out.

Once they are back in the hallway, the doctor speaks again.

Dr. Webber "Her brain is not damaged. She surely had a strong blow to her head, but fortunately, her brain is fine"

Caleb nods.

Dr. Webber "On the other hand, the result of the blood test shows that there's a sedative substance in her bloodstream, and in a very high amount. That's what keeps her motionless"

Caleb "What? She's been drugged?"

Dr. Webber nods. "Yes, after scanning her body, I found a puncture in her back, surrounded by a bruise. Someone has injected her with that substance. We identified that substance, and the weirdest thing is that it's commonly used to sedate animals, it's not used in humans. On top of that, she had a high dose of it and it's having a weird reaction in her body. That's also why her body can't control its temperature properly"

Caleb runs one of his hands through his hair. "And what's going to happen to her now?"

Dr. Webber "We only can wait. We have to give her body some time to get rid of that substance. When used on animals, it only takes a few hours for them to go back to normal, but it will take longer in her, given that she had a high dose"

Caleb "Can't you give her something to speed up the process?"

Dr. Webber "No, her body has already too much to deal with right now. If we give her a shot of adrenaline, which causes right the opposite reaction than the sedative substance, we could cause her to have a heart attack. Waiting is the best option"

Caleb only nods.

Dr. Webber "Anyway, there's another thing…"

Caleb's heart skips a beat at hearing that.

Dr. Webber "Her mind is not as sedated as her body is"

Caleb "What do you mean?" he feels like he is in a rollercoaster of emotions and doesn't know how much longer he will be able to hold himself together.

Dr. Webber "There's brain activity in parts of her brain that wouldn't be active if she were fully unconscious, and she also responded to visual and auditory stimuli. Besides, you mentioned that she did open her eyes before. So, we think she's there, that's why I'm talking to you out here and not in front of her. I don't want her to hear all this"

Finally, a smile appears on Caleb's face. "Really? She is awake?"

Dr. Webber "For moments, yes. But we don't know how she is. She's still sedated, she surely feels tired and doesn't stay awake for long. She could also be in shock, she could be confused, we don't know what happened to her after all. She also could feel really scared, just imagine waking up but not being able to control your own body"

Caleb "Oh, god" he sighs. It seems like every good news comes with something negative.

Dr. Webber "Were you talking to her or something when she opened her eyes before?"

Caleb nods.

Dr. Webber "I'm asking you this because opening her eyes was a voluntary movement of hers, she did it because she wanted to. That's a little sign of progress from her. I think it would be really important for her if you stayed there and let her know that you are there, it could help a lot. She will respond faster with some incentive, a familiar voice… she will try to move, to speak, to communicate in some way, something that she won't do if she's in shock or if she feels too scared to do so, in case she has gone through some traumatic situation. She needs someone she trusts to be with her right now. Also, it could be another member of her family, one of her parents, any of her frie-"

Caleb cuts her off. "I'll do it" He wants to go back with Hanna as soon as possible now that he knows that she could be awake. He walks to the door and is about to go back into the room but the doctor stops him.

Dr. Webber "Please, I haven't finished yet"

Caleb looks back at her.

Dr. Webber "You should make a report to the police. No one goes around drugging girls without a purpose. I have examined Hanna's body and she seems okay. But although I didn't find any evidence of sexual assault, I can't skip the fact that she's wearing men's underwear"

Caleb "The underwear is mine. She put it on herself this morning" he says, feeling a bit embarrassed. "And going to the police was the first I did when she went missing, but they didn't help. The guy that helped me bring her here is a police officer, but he was here because he's Hanna's friend. Anyway, I only want Hanna to wake up and get better right now, but I'll talk to her about it later and we will see what we are going to do next"

Dr. Webber nods. "Okay. Just don't talk to her about what happened for now. Let's see how she is emotionally when she wakes up first. Don't ask her any questions about it. The nurses will be checking on her every so often and I'll be here around. Just keep in mind that her recovering could take hours, so don't push her, talk to her and see if she responds, but she needs to rest as well"

Caleb "Okay" he says and goes back into Hanna's room.

Caleb "Hi, baby" he pecks her lips and sits down on the chair next to her bed. "I'm back here" he tells her while taking her hand. "And I'm not going anywhere until you get better" he intertwines their fingers and squeezes their joined hands. "I'm not letting go of your hand, okay? That's how you will know that I'm right here" he kisses her cheek, which is warmer now. "The doctor said you will be fine, so don't worry if you can't move or speak right now. You will get better. We know that you are there, just chill and have some rest. I'm here" he tells her in order to calm her down, but what he doesn't know is that Hanna is asleep at the moment, because after making a huge effort to stay awake and focus to try to find his voice between all the people that were talking as they were running tests on her before, she has ended up exhausted and fell asleep even before being moved to that room.