"What was the point of getting a warrant if we didn't
have a fix on this guy?"Hurst muttered darkly as he
tossed the empty sterophone cup onto the dashboard.
"Its not the first time the Feds have lied to us to
save their own buts."Katherine replied wearily as she
tossed down her cell phone and stared out at the dark
street.
They had been pretty much driving around in circles
for the last three hours and Peter wasn't the only one
who was sick of it.
Hurst shook his head in frusteration,"Yeah but they've
never hung us out to dry this badly before."
Krieg nodded as she glanced down at the various junk
food wrappers scattered about the front seat of the
car,"I'm starving let's get some real food and hash
this out. We have to be missing something obvious."

Tom watched neutrally as Colin stepped away from the
door allowing three armed men entrance.
Tom didn't move.
He didn't think.
Thinking would lead to emotion.
Emotion would betray him....betray his secret.

Colin watched him closely,"You're going to make this
as difficult as possible aren't you?"
Tom remained silent....impassive.
Colin shrugged as he nodded to the men,"All the more
fun then."

Sloan Parker felt like she was floating on a white
puffy cloud in a clear blue sky.
There was no pain.
No sound.
Then as if a magician was preforming a magic trick the
cloud was gone....yanked out from underneath her.
She was falling....
Fast......
Into a world of nothing but pain and fear.....
No matter how hard she tried Sloan couldn't find a
handhold to stop her fall.

"Sloan?"Ed Tate called tersely as he anxiously watched
for any signs of movement.
"Anything I can do?"Ray asked softly from the other
side of the bed.
Ed's gaze didn't wavier from Sloan,"No, there's
nothing I can do. Its up to Sloan wether she want's to
fight through the pain."

At that moment Sloan's body jerked as her
conscienceness struggled to figure out what was going
on.
To figure out how to breathe again.
To figure out how to think again.
"Sloan?"Ed called again as he fought to keep a reign
on his emotions. Sloan needed him to keep a cool head.
Finally....nearly three weeks since Ed had last seen
her standing in her apartment....Sloan Parker opened
her eyes.
"Tom?"The scientist asked in a hoarse,weak voice.