(Rangers POV)

I was in my office talking to my Miami supervisor. They were having a crisis that they just needed my input on. I was trying to hurry it along because Bobby told me that Steph was now fully awake and alert. I've only been to see her once when he was working on her and she came to enough to tell him what had happened. When I heard her say that he touched her I lost it and smashed the glass coffee table that was in the main room of the apartment, Tank had to escort me out. I was going over possible outcomes with my supervisor when my office door tore from its hinges and Cal ran in like his hair was on fire, if he had any.

"CAL WHAT THE HELL?" I demanded as he pulled the ear piece from my ear disconnecting the call

"STEPH (breath) BAD (breath) ROOF (breath) JUMP" he got out

What he said just didn't make any sense to me. Steph would never jump from the roof, no he was mistaken, not my Babe.

"She's on the monitor, Go look" he said getting his breath back finally

I tore out of my office and raced to the monitor bank. All of my employees were standing watching, I muscled my way to the front and when I saw her my heart was torn out of my chest. There stood Stephanie on the roof of my building, on the ledge staring seven stories below.

"NOO!" I yelled taking off at a run trying to get to the roof as soon as possible

When I got there Bobby barreled out of the door and soon after him every one of my guys. They all looked helpless, not knowing what to do. I walked over to Bobby and asked him what had happened and he began telling me, nodding my head I began to slowly approach her.

"Babe" I said and she snapped her head around to look at me. The quick movement caused her to wobble and everyone to gasp and surge forward.

"Stay away Ranger don't come any closer"

"Babe what are you doing up there?" I asked

"What's it look like?" she said looking forward

"Like you're on the ledge ready to jump"

"You don't understand Ranger, I can't do it, it hurts too much. I hurt, the memories hurt, and I can't let anyone see me like this because I know how they will look at me" she said and my heart broke for her

"Steph look at me and everyone behind you, we are all damaged and broken in some way or other. We all love you we would never judge you" I told her

"Just go away you can't possibly understand what he did to me. He violated me he touched me like no one should ever touch a woman, just leave me alone"

"No Babe" I told her and climbed up on the ledge beside her. I needed to do something that I haven't done in a long time, get rid of Ranger and approach her as Carlos.

All my men watched as I stepped up onto the ledge. I took off my gun belt and tossed it behind me to the roof. Next I took off my knife and everything else that made me Ranger.

"Babe" I said scooting closer to her

"NO DON'T COME ANY CLOSER, STAY BACK"

"Stephanie this is not the answer"

"LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ALL OF ME. HE RAPED ME AND BEAT ME. THERE IS NOTHING LEFT" she said and the look in her eyes scared the hell out of me. I had to do something to get my Babe back. I swallowed hard and just summoned up all I wanted to say to her.

"Babe when you feel all alone and the world seems to have turned it back on you, Give me a moment please to tame your wild wild heart. I know that right now you feel the walls are closing in on you and it's hard to find relief when the people out there can be so cold. Please Babe when all this darkness is upon your door and you feel like you just can't take anymore let me be the one you call"

Steph looked at me her hollow eyes changed just for a split second. I knew I needed to press on. Letting all my inhibitions go, I spoke again and probably worried my men who were intently listening.

"Steph if you jump I'm ready to fall" I told her and I meant it. She was my life and if she went I would after her "But Babe let me lift you up and fly away with you into the night. Honey if you need to fall apart, I'll be there I can mend your broken heart, but if you really need to crash and burn I'm with you, you're not alone" I told her praying what I said was making an impact, I needed her here, I needed her with me.

Tears were flowing freely down her face and I was hoping her heart was changing. Never taking my eyes off her, I stuck out my arm behind me and motioned for my men to move closer. Without looking I heard the soft shuffling of their boots on the roof's top.

"Babe I know that right now it seems like a loyal friend is hard to find but if you look behind you you'll see there is a small army willing to fight for you" I told her as she looked over her shoulder to see Tank, Lester, Bobby, Cal, and the rest

"Right now with everything that's happened to you, you're caught in a one way street with those monsters in your head telling you it's all hopeless. All the hope and dreams you once had seem so far away and I know that you just feel like you can't face the day. I'll say it again Babe if you wanna jump well then go ahead because I'm falling behind you if you do"

"Ranger" she said her shoulders slumping and sobs coming in force

I inched closer and this time she didn't tell me to stay back. When I got to her, I wrapped her in my arms and she clung on to me for dear life.

"It hurts, I hurt. Will it ever go away?" she asked thru tear laden words

"Oh Babe there is always heartache and pain and I promise when this is all over you'll breath again but before that happens I'll be right there beside you. I meant every word I told you, you need me just call, ill drop everything to pick you up and help you fly again"

"And the jumping thing?"

"That too. If you need to jump you tell me and I'll meet you up here and we will fall together"

Bobby and Lester moved up behind us and I handed Steph over to them. Once she was safely off the ledge and on the roof top you could hear a collective sigh of relief come from all of the men. When I hopped down, I watched all of my men surround her and made a wall of love and protection around her. It was going to take a lot of hard work on Stephs part to overcome the tragedy that's happened to her but with me and my Brothers by her side, I know she can and will make it.

THE END!

A/N Thank you all for your reviews of this Story. Sorry I've been writing short stories for a few, but I wrote these as I was doing Bobby as a little diversion. I'm working on several longer ones but I have one more Story, a Lester one shot all SMUT. Look for it in the Lester/ Steph M Section sometime this week.

Song that this Story plot came from was Savage Gardens Crash and Burn

Karren