Part 5

"So she was the chick you saved at the park?" Buck asked as Vin was unlocking Kara's apartment. They had gotten a search warrant to look for evidence relating to the case.

"The whole thing was a set up so drop it, everybody." Chris shot a look of warning to the rest of his men. J.D. bit hi slip, obviously holding back a question.

"Got it." Vin opened the door and started to enter the apartment.

"Do you think it's rigged at all?" J.D. asked. As the group filed into the living room.

"No, I think she planned on coming back." Josiah patted the kid on the shoulder and glanced around. "Besides, if it was rigged, it probably would have already gotten us when we opened the door."

"Chris? I think you need to see this. " Nathan was standing in front of a large bulletin board hanging in the small dining room nook.

"What?"

"Oh my God," Vin whispered.

They stood in shocked silence looking at the board. Trying to take it in.

"These pictures were taken four months ago!" J.D. pointed to a couple of shots of Chris and him together.

"I'm thinking you got yourself more then just an admirer there Chris." Buck flipped up one of the newspaper clippings to reveal another picture of Chris underneath.

"This picture." Chris pointed to a blown up shot in the center of the board. "The fishing trip, she took the double from my truck," he glanced at Vin.

"This is just a color copy, I wonder where the print is?" Nathan fingered the corner of the paper gingerly.

"Gentlemen?" Ezra was coming out of the bedroom, looking pale. "That," he waved at the bulletin board. "Is only the beginning. "
Chris was the first one into the bedroom but stopped so short it was all Vin could do not to run into him and knock him over.

"Holy shit," Larabee whispered, slowly moving so that the rest of the team could enter. The entire room had been papered with poster sized blow ups of the fishing trip photo.

"God, she even did the ceiling!" Buck gasped pointing up .

" I need to get out of here." Vin turned and left the room.

"Who are you calling?" Chris asked as Nathan pulled out his cell phone.

"The hospital. I think they better get her moved to the psychiatric ward now."

Kara smiled as she watched the doctor close her door. He had tried so hard to be calming and gentle as he explained they were going to move her to a new wing of the hospital.

Careful not to jar her injured shoulder she reached under her pillow and pulled out a small envelope. She dumped the contents on her lap and gently unfolded the creased photo. "They think I'm crazy, Chris," she whispered. "Did you tell them that?" She touched his face and then ran her fingertips over each of the other men. Setting the photo down she picked up a small piece of metal. She had been surprised how easy it'd been able to bribe the orderly before she went into surgery. She'd been so groggy, she hadn't been sures he was making any sense when she'd frantically grabbed his wrist and pleaded with him for help. It took some money, but he had readily agreed to get her the bullet once it'd been removed from her shoulder. She wasn't sure how he'd gotten to it before the pólice but the cost was well worth it.

She rolled the bullet over in her hand feeling it's coldness. Ironic, since it had felt like fire. She smiled. "I'll keep it forever," she thought. "As a reminder, a gift."

She looked at the picture again. "A gift from Chris."

Chris' phone rang jarring him from his pile of paperwork. They were all working late trying to get the case wrapped up.

"Larabee?"

In the outer office Ezra and Vin looked up from their work as Chris began shouting.

"What's going on?" J.D. asked as Nathan and Josiah stood up. Buck shrugged and looked concerned. Chris stopped yelling but a moment later they heard something hit the wall.

J.D. sighed. "Another cellphone," he muttered.

It was quiet for a moment then Chris came to the door of his office and looked at them. He was seething but there was fear in his eyes as well.

"Kara's gone."

"Gone?" Ezra choked. "She's dead?"

"No, she disappeared." Chris punched the door as another wave of anger swept over him. "She escaped."

"How?" Josiah asked.

"They don't know! They were transferring her to the psych Ward and in the midst of it she just walked away!"

"Damn, do they have any idea where she was headed?" Vin asked his voice filled with concern as he flashed back to Kara's apartment.

Chris just shook his head then looked up as someone entered the offices.

"I have a delivery for," a nervous looking teenager checked a clipboard. "Chris Larabee?" he waited as the seven agents just stared at him.

"Is one of you Mr. Larabee? These are for you." He held up a bouquet exactly like the one Kara had sent to Chris when she'd invited him to dinner.

Chris snapped out of his shock. "Yeah, right here."

The boy handed him the flowers and a normal sized card envelope instead of a small one. "This goes with them."

Chris set the flowers on the nearest desk and opened the card.

"From her?" Vin asked looking over Larabee's shoulder.

Chris nodded. "Shit."

A snap shot fell out of the card. Vin picked it up . It was a picture of Chris kissing Kara at the door of her apartment. "How did she take that?" he asked handing the picture back to Chris.

"I don't know." Chris felt a heaviness descend upon him as he read the card. His eyes clouded.

"What does it say?" Nathan asked.

Chris took a deep breath, "I can't read all of it. First part says 'someday my love' the rest…" He handed the card to Ezra. "Can you?"

Ezra took the card and frowned. "It's latin," he went on. "Erunt duo en carne una."

"what the hell does it mean?" Buck asked impatiently.

"She 's saying someday my love," Ezra looked up and met Chris' gaze apologetically. "The two shall be as one flesh."

Thank you for reading! Hope you enjoyed it. Coming soon- the sequel- "My Beloved is Mine"