Faye groaned as she lent forward to sip the water, everywhere hurt and actually moving to drink caused more pain then she thought was worth. Her gaze flicked over to Brian, shaking her head she closed her eyes, there was to many people, to much. Licking her lips she got her breathing under control.

"Im fine"she stated shortly.

Brian was confused. Why did this guy know so much about him?
His eyes flickered to Faye and back to him.
"You better tell me who you are and what you know because I know nothing. I just went by my old place and found it shot up and Faye gone. What the fuck is going on and why are you here?"
His hand hung loose next to his gun in his belt but he'd pull it out if he didn't get straight answers.

"If I hear that hammer cock I'll make you eat it." He said sourly, "If you want to know then I'll give you one thing about me. I am a member of the former Seal Team 6 my designation is Joker. I was a split second too late to keep Faye from getting hurt, but I kept her from getting dead." His voice remained even and calm. "Nate is dead and tonight I have a friend finishing what Leon started. You couldn't find anything on me because starting a few weeks ago I stopped existing." He looked over his shoulder in a steely glare, one that many people had seen just before seeing muzzle flash.

The way this guy talked made the hair on Brian's neck stand up. There was no way in hell he would challenge this man if one word he said was true.
His eyes once again met Faye's. "Is that true? He safed you?"
Then his expression became just as hard as the other guys.
"So that's how you know who I am. I guess we have to thank you. You managed to ackomplish what I failed to do." Brian wasn't proud of not being able to help Faye.
"Thanks for safing her and ending this nightmare."
His words were only half sincere because he expected another dirty turn of events.

Faye flicked her gaze over to Brian and slowly nodded her head "Yea he did"she commented looking over at Walter, eyes sparkling then she turend back to Brian. "None of this is either of your faults,Walter just happened to scare the guy who came after him into spilling"She stated softly.

"If that hadnt happened then"She didnt need to finish the question, the knife wound to the back of her neck was enough, as was the one on the front.

Brian's voice got softer when he saw how much pain she was in.
"I'm so sorry, you had to go through this. But it's over now. Right?"
This was more of a question for the stranger than Faye.
"You said one of your mates is finishing off her ex tonight? You know I'm FBI. I have to let them know if I know something like that." Brian was trapped. he wanted Faye safe but he also wanted to do the right thing and withholding information about a murderer wasn't right.

"Don't need to thank me." He stood up and relaxed his face was calm. "You don't need to hate me as much as you do. I know I'm a stranger on your turf and you don't like it. I'm not trying to take any glory from you. I'm suppose to be having some R and R...I just got back from a two year tour..I havn't had a good nights sleep in over three months, this girl right here went through more hell in two days then I've seen in any combat zone." He drew himself up and looked Brian square in the eyes. "Your FBI, put it to use and get us a gaurd in here in case I didn't finish it." He said calmly, "If you don't I'll have a ranger squad flown in here and have them turn this place into a base camp." There was no hint of sarcasm in his voice.

Faye raised abrow, even in pain both these guys were getting on her nerves. "Will you guys please go piss on territory elsewhere please"she stated, her gaze swept over to Brian shaking her head and then back over to Walter.

"And i dont need that,nor do i need a guard, i just want out of here"

As if that was possible for a civilian.
"I am here, right? I am the guard." Brian replied almost as calm as Walter.
He took a deep breath glad that Walter ignored his statement about having to tell somebody about the info.
He reached out his hand and relaxed a little. "I'm sorry. Thank you. I don't mean to be an ass."
It took him some getting over himself. It was hard to see that somebody else was better at your job.
"As long as Faye's okay."
Then he lowered his voice. "Make sure your guy finishes the job."

When Faye raised her voice angrily Brian backed up.
"Okay. I'll wait outside. "

"He will, I need you to actually trust me on this. I am not somone to be trifled with. I didn't lie when I said I was a contractor...I just can't get into what I do." He said and moved the chair back against the wall. His phone beeped and a text message popped up. "Job's done Brian." He said and closed his eyes. "I'm a ghost." He said resting his head backwards pointing towards the roof. "Leon came in, he is afraid that she'll push him out again. He think's he's to blame for this happening. Somone needs to talk to him."

The FBI agent shook his head. "Done. Just like that."
The way these people were taking lives disgusted him.

He heard him talk about Leon next...another sore topic.
Brian knew what he was getting at. He lowered himself onto the plastic chair in the hallway.
"I'm not the right guy to talk to Leon."
He didn't want to get into the details but since this stranger seemed to care about Leon's well being Brian added. "We had some issues not too long ago."

Faye laughed "Issuses, the guy stabbed you in the back"she shok her head as she looked over at Walter.

"You should go home, get some rest, i didnt mean for you to get involved in allof this"

"Then be the right guy..." He said half groaning, he was exhausted. "If your here then you care about Faye, if nothing else, that's something you share." He brought his head level. "Do it, for her...I'm not leaving her side until tomorrow, I'll sleep when I'm dead." He added with a short smile. "Shut the door and I'll tell you exactly who I am, I need somone I can trust out here. And I know that you will only trust me if I trust you."

Brian looked him in the eye and waited for a moment. Then he nodded and shut the door.
"Okay. I'm listening. But you know I'd be here no matter what. I just don't wanna have a pep talk with the guy who stabbed me two months ago."

He raised his hand and fumbled out his phone.
"I gotta call my brother. he's her boyfriend."
He pushed speed dial and waited for Jack to answer.
"Jack, come to the General. Faye's here.The guy got her. Don't freak out. She'll live."

"Whatever I tell you now doesn't leave this room understand?" He took a deep breath, "I am a special forces member of DevGroup former Seal Team 6 I am awaiting orders to NSA to be a ghost, I just got back from Iraq wrapping up the group that sunk the Navy Carrier last month. Today was the first day that I've had a hot meal and shower. That was the only reason she got hurt, I was slow on the uptake because I was exhausted...Me and my friends don't exist. What happened today, didn't. Your house will be rebuilt withen the week and until then whatever hotel you move into will be reimbursed into your account under "insurance claims" in four seperate installments." He crossed his fingers and leaned in, "I made a mistake by forcing his hand, it was bad timing on my part and I hoped he would send another person after me instead of her."

Brian blinked. That was a lot of information.
he tried to take it all in without questioning it.
"Hang on. Rewind the last part? What does this all have to do with you? Why did he send somebody after you?"
He knitted his brow.

Jack's eyes darkened when he heard Brian's hurried words the moment he answered his phone. This couldn't actually be happening, could it? This was the fourth, not to mention the most brutal attack apparently, and once again he wasn't there with her.

"Shit!" He tossed his phone against the nearby tool bench in a fit of anger, searching for the car keys in his pocket while he took a sprint toward Rome's ride. Within seconds, he slipped behind the wheel, fired up the engine and gunned it to the hospital.

Finally arriving after what felt had taken far too long, he rushed inside the hospital, asking the first nurse he could find on where Faye was until he finally reached her room. He heard two voices behind the closed door, one belonging to his brother to other unfamiliar, maybe some other FED.

With bated breath, he opened the door, not knowing what to expect he was going to see, apart from that she was alive.

"O shit..." He moved forward to Faye's bed and kneeled down next to it, placing a hand on her arm while he took in her injuries. "How the hell did this happen?"

Faye swallowed her gaze flicking over to the door when it opened she had been ignoring most of what was being said between the two other men, she had heard it already, but then Jack came into the room and she smiled, well tried to it hurt to even do that.

"Hey baby"she whispered softly "Apparently he stopped waiting"she whispered, flicking her pain filled eyes over towards him. "Im ok"She whispered.

Jack closed his eyes for a second, biting back the anger he could feel rising under his skin before he forced himself to smile back at Faye. He hated seeing her like this and the pain written in her eyes wrenched his heart. "Hey.."

His jaw tensed up when he listened to her words. If he understood her right, it wasn't a no-namer who did the attack this time, but the actual big boss himself. "And where's the fucking coward now, huh? I'll make sure he is not 'ok'." He growled while his eyes shot up briefly at the man Brian was talking to, recognizing him as the guy who dropped off Faye after her car apparently had broken down again a few days ago. "And what the hell is that clown doing here?"

Faye visablly winced at his angry words, she shook her head, "Baby calm down"she whispered softly, she swallowed, shifting in the bed, gaze flicking over to Walter and Brian, she really didnt need a repeat performanced but this time with Jack.

"He got caught in the the crossfire"She stated "The guys name was Nate and he 's dead" She whispered, taking his hand once more, she looked up at him and softeened her eyes she didnt want arguing between them, it was over.