AN: Back in the chapter "the crush" It was Rachel with the crush not Kevin lol...please read it over lol Rachel's crush on Nick is reveled. On with the story!!

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Back at the hide out, Angel and AJ were wondering how Nick and Kevin were doing. AJ was feeling alot better after all the rest he had gotten and he wished he was out there helping. Angel and AJ looked up when they heard some commotion by the front entrance of the hide out. They walked out to see Nick and Kevin coming in with Brian and Rachel.

"Thanks God your back!" AJ said smiling but it soon faded when he realized Brian wasn't awake. "Is he ok?" He asked.

"I don't know. We have to get a doctor to check him out." Kevin said and brought Brian back to where the doctor was. Each hideout had at least one doctor on site. Angel went over to Nick.

"Is she ok?" She asked noticing Rachel didn't look to good.

"She took a pretty hard hit to the head. Follow Kevin." He said and the four of them followed Kevin back to the doctor. AJ went to the other side and helped Nick with Rachel. They walked into the room and the doctor was cleaning off some tools.

"We need your help." Kevin said setting Brian down on the table and the doctor turned around. He started to access Brian's injuries. Nick and AJ sat Rachel down in a chair and tried to keep her conscious.

"Rach, you have to stay awake." Nick said tapping her face.

"I just want to sleep." She said groggily.

"You can't baby, you need to stay awake." Nick said again taking her face in his hands and making her look at him. "If you do have a concussion then it is bad to sleep." He said.

"Here keep this under her nose. it will keep her awake." A nurse said coming in and handing Nick a smelling salt. He held it under her nose and her eyes widened.

"Ew that stuff is nasty." Rachel said now almost fully awake. Nick smiled a little.

"Sorry we have to keep you awake." Nick said.

"How's Brian?" Rachel asked looking over at the table Brian was on.

"I don't know. The doctor hasn't finished looking at him yet. He took quite a beating." Nick said looking down. Rachel looked over and spotted Kevin looking down worriedly at his cousin as the doctor looked him over. The room was silent as the four of them watched the doctor and nurse examined Brian.

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Kiefer had made it back just in time. Hammad came up to him.

"Where were you?" He asked in a thick accent.

"I heard a prisoner was missing so I went outside to see if he was anywhere out there." He said back.

"Oh I see. Well we found him. Apparently he was moved to another cell." Hammad said.

"Oh? Why was he moved?" Kiefer asked playing his part.

"I don't know. Well enjoy your last shift I hear you will be moved up to the High Risk Unit in a prison in Gutama." Hammad stated. Gutama used to be Pennsylvania. Kiefer nodded knowing to him but he knew that he wasn't going there. It was another cover. Hammad shook Kiefer's hand and left. Kiefer smiled to himself under the mask. He had pulled it off.

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"Well Kevin, Brian is pretty banged up but he isn't in serious condition. He just needs to rest." The doctor told Kevin and the others sighed in relief as well.

"When will he wake up?" Kevin asked.

"With in the next few hours." The doctor stated.

"Doc, can you take a look at her now? She is starting to loose consciousness again." Nick said and pointed to Rachel. The doctor came over and opened her eyelids and looked at her eyes. He saw a bump on the side of her head and got some ice for it.

"She has a concussion. But she will be alright. I'll give her something for it. She needs rest too. Both of them are very lucky to get out of there with just this kind of damage." The doctor said and left the room.

"Come on Rach, let's get you laying down." Nick said and helped her up and Angel took the other side this time. AJ and Kevin stayed with Brian.

Nick and Angel helped Rachel to a cot and laid her down. Angel excused her self to use the rest room and Nick was about to leave too when he felt Rachel's hand on his arm. He turned and looked at her.

"What's the matter Rach?" Nick asked softly kneeling down.

"Don't leave. Please stay with me. I don't want to be alone." She said softly. Nick pushed some hair out of her face.

"Ok I'll stay right here." He said softly.

"Thanks Nicky." She said before drifting off to sleep. He smiled. 'My friends were going to be ok' he thought to himself. Angel came back and noticed Nick was now sitting on the cot next to a sleeping Rachel. Her hand had a pretty good grip on his.

"She didn't want me to leave." Nick said and Angel gave Nick some water. "I didn't want to be alone either after my encounter." He said looking down at Rachel.

"I can't believe that they got out so easy." Angel said.

"I know. It was almost too easy. But Sutherland is the best in his field." Nick stated. Angel nodded but was still skeptical. A few minutes later AJ came in.

"What's up Alex?" Nick asked.

"Brian is coming too. Thought you would want to see him." AJ said then left. Nick slowly let go of Rachel's hand. He made sure she was still sleeping and went off to see Brian with Angel close behind him. They walked into the room and Brian was talking to Kevin and Kevin was filling him in on how he got out of the prison.

"Hey Brian!" Nick said walking in and smiled.

"Hey Nick." He said quietly. "I heard Rachel is ok."

"Yea, she is sleeping in the other room." Nick said.

"Ok. That's good." Brian said still sleepily.

"Get some more sleep. You need it." Nick said. But before he could get that sentence out of his mouth Brian was sleeping. "We should leave him be." Nick said and the others agreed and left the room.

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Rachel slowly woke up and realized she was alone. No one was in the room with her. It was completely empty. This scared her. 'Where did Nick go?' she thought to herself starting to panic. 'Where is everyone?'

"NICK?! KEVIN?!" Rachel yelled out. She was having a panic attack. She may have been a freedom fighter for two years but this was the first time that she had been captured and faced with almost certain death. She curled up on the cot and tried to calm herself down.

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As they were walking down the hallway, AJ, Angel, Nick and Kevin heard some one yelling.

"NICK?! KEVIN!?" they heard and realized it was Rachel. They ran to the make shift bedroom to see if she was ok.

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Rachel saw Nick come around the corner first followed by the other three. Nick saw how distressed she was and ran over to her.

"Are you ok? What happened?" Nick asked worried.

"You left me." She said softly. "You said you wouldn't."

"I'm sorry. You were sleeping and Alex said that Brian was awake so I went to see him. I shouldn't have left you though. I'm sorry." Nick said apologizing. He then reached out and hugged her. The others looked on not sure what to make of it.