Mira shrugged. "Right now I really don't care if I get in trouble or not..." She held his hand tightly and nodded. "Yeah he is."
She looked up and her eye met his. "Brian I have something I got to tell you....I'm pregnant." To tell him that herself, even if he already knew, lifted a little bit of the weight off her chest. She held his hand a little tighter as she waited for him to say anything.

Feeling her hand in his was incredible. Brian had expected she wanted nothing to do with him anymore or scream obsceneties at him but here she was taking risks.

The word 'pregnant' out of her mouth made him loose his self control. Here she was, pregnant with his child. He would finally be a dad but never get to hold the baby, not be able to help her and enjoy the whole journey together. He'd have to raise the baby herself or have an abortion.
Brian simply could not hold it together anymore and started crying.

Mira moved so she was sitting on the bed and carefully wrapped her arms around his waist. It took all her power not to cry too. "Brian it is gonna be okay.... Nothing is gonna happen... there is no way the charges are gonna stick." She didn't know who she was trying to convince more, him or herself. She didn't want to raise their baby alone. She didn't believe she could do it with out him. There wasn't a change in hell she was gonna let him get throw in prison. No matter what she had to do she was gonna make sure he was there for her and the unborn baby.

Her words barely got through to him while he was sobbing into his own elbow. He was ashamed for falling apart like that.
It didn't happen a lot but the past few days had taken everything out of him.
"Shit, Mira. They are charging me with theft, dealing and consuming drugs and murder."
Shaking his head in disbelieve he muttered. "How did that happen? The hallway was lined with bodies...that one guy had no head left. Did I do that?" He couldn't even look at her.
"They took my blood and I was filled to the brim with coke."
The thought alone made him gag and he started shaking and squeezing her hand like that would safe him.

"I think I can explain it all in one word.... Walter. I know and you know you wouldn't do that kind of stuff." Mira interlaced their fingers and held his hand tighter. "Brian I'm not gonna let them send you to jail if I have to break you out of here myself. There is no way these charges should stick... but if they do..." She closed her eyes holding back her tears. "We'll find away out. Well find Walter and he can take the fall."

Her hands were shaking. There were so many things going wrong at one moment. Though they all had the same source. Walter. If they could catch and convict him, Brian would be free.

Brian was finally able to stop sobbing and wiped at his face with the back of his hand. Right now he felt as scared as a little boy.
"Don't do anything to endanger yourself, you have to stay safe and healthy..." Somehow he had to say what was on his mind but it was so damn hard.
"Don't have any illusions, Mira. You'll have to have the baby by yourself...if you decide to keep it." His gutt dropped. Why hadn't he been more careful...the night with her and the night when Walter called.
Desperately he pulled her into a hug.

"Of course I'm keeping it. Its our baby. And you are gonna be there when he or she is born." She leaned her head against his good shoulder her tears finally falling. "I need you there Brian... I can't do this on my own." She cried against his shoulder.
"The last three days were pure hell without you..." She wanted so badly to tell him that she loved him but the words just wouldn't come.

"Thank goodness, you said you're keeping it." He whispered.
Finally he looked her in the eyes and smiled a forced smile.
"Okay, you have to gear up now. Find out whether the bulletts match my gun, if so I'm screwed. I had residue on my fingers because I fired it. Find out if there are any prints on the coke, find out where the cars went...oh gooodness." He groaned.
"Even if you manage to do all that there's still the guy I shot because I was high. It's hopeless."

"Okay the coke is the easy part. Max, with all the time we spent with you, in the Skyline, and in your house would have alerted to it. I'll call the office and see about the bullets and go check with the investigators and see whats here and what left the country already. And the guy is probably a convicted criminal if he was on that ship." Mira had been thinking about this a lot as she laid in her bed awake at night.
She leaned against him and rested one of her hands on her stomach, her other one still holding onto his.

"Even convicted criminals have rights." Brian looked at her hand on her stomach when he heard the door being opened.
Quickly he laid back down and put his hands where the handcuffs had been hoping that Mira would block the view.

"Time's up, officer." The guy announced.
"I've talked to the station and you have no orders to be here. Kiss, kiss and then bye!"
He turned around and closed the door.

Suddenly Brian reached for her belly and placed his hand on it.
"I'm not going to leave you alone. I need to get out of here. The assault charge is not going to dissapear. Mira, I need to get out of here but you can't be part of it. Please call my brother and tell him I need him. He'll know it's urgent."

Mira flipped the guard off as he left. "Jerk..."
She moved her hand to rest on top of his. "Jack right? I'll call him right when I leave." She then turned and kissed him. "I'll come back as soon as I can. Oh and don't worry about me. I got Cole staying with me for now. He's a pretty good kid." She leaned her forehead against his. "I'm really sorry Brian..." She squeezed his hand one more time before standing. She felt like crying again.

"You have...what?" Brian didn't trust his ears.
Mira told Cole she was pregnant first and had him stay with her now? Then again she got some support from him as it seemed.
"He'd better be nice to you. Mira, you can't stay there with Walter running around free...check the hospitals, small doctors, vets anybody who can threat a gun shot wound."
he held her hand in order to hold her back and lowered his voice.
"You have to buy me some time. As long as I'm here it's much easier to escape. They'll release me if nothing happens tomorrow or the day after. I need to stay here until you figure out whether the charges are going to stick."

Mira kissed him again. "Don't worry he is a nice kid. Though I rather you were with me." She nodded. "I'll start calling them after I call Jack."
She whispered in his ear. "How I am I gonna buy you time?" She couldn't figure out how to keep him in the hospital. It was gonna be difficult.

As quietly as he could he answered.
"Sleep with the doctor...just kidding. I have no idea. Poke your finger in my shoulder? I'll figure something out."
With her head so close he simply couldn't resist kissing her soft skin.
"I love you. Watch your back."
Then he clicked the handcuffs back around his right wrist and nodded for her to close the other one while the guard poked his head in again.
"I'm not asking you to leave any more. Now!"

Mira blushed. "I love you too." She clicked the cuff closed and turned to the guard.
"I'm coming you insensitive jerk!" She smiled at Brian and walked out pushing the guard out of the way.
She pulled out her phone and started to look threw her contacts as she walked down to the lobby. "Come on Cole we have work to do." She walked past him and out to his Evo.

Cole was reading the newspaper in the lobby which had an article about the events at the shipyard. Only now did he realize how deep the pile of shit was that Brian was in. Mira suddenly came out of nowhere and practically dragged Cole with her. "You're telling me." He responded. "What does Brian want us to do?" He asked, grabbing the keys for the evo and unlocking it.

"Well first we are gonna pack everything we need form my place go to Brian's and get a few more things then head to Diablo's, where you are gonna finish your car and I am going to make a few dozen phone calls. When Brian's brother gets here... well then I got to find away to sneak in and talk to him again then we go from there." She slide into the Evo and buckled her seat belt her hand resting on her stomach.

Cole didn't ask questions. He just drove, Mira seemed to know what she was doing. He had to wonder himself what exactly he was getting into, but he was already an outlaw. Why not make the most wanted list? Eventually they reached Mira's house, he jumped out and followed her lead.

Mira stopped outside her door. "Okay Cole before we continue I need to know if you are in or out? This gonna be a rough ride. Probably isn't gonna be the most legal thing in the world. Just warning you ahead." She walked into her room and came back with a duffel bag full of stuff and went to a closet which held her gun safe.

Mira's visit had given Brian a little bit of hope even though he knew he was screwed. Just feeling her touch and knowing that she still cared about him eased some of the pain. Yet he knew for a fact that Walter was almost untouchable and wouldn't give up that he'd framed Brian.
The severely injured victim was a fact and Brian's fault...not intentionally but accidentally he had almost killed a person.

The more he thought about it the more he was convinced that his only chance was trying to escape and if he didn't need help from Mira it was to her benefit.
Somehow he had to get his hands free and outsmart the guard or he had to find a way to at least make his stay longer to buy Mira more time. Every possibility he could think of was too painful and Brian didn't want to be in any more pain that he already was or risking serious injuries...Frustrated he went to sleep.

In the middle of the night he woke up the same question still on his mind. The urge to pee kept him awake so he pushed the button next to his left hand.

Soon he was going to the bathroom with his one hand tied to the guard who wouldn't let him out of his sight. That approach didn't work.

The rest of the night he didn't sleep at all. The situation was making the cop so desperate that he decided to go through with it.
At 4 am he partly peeled the taped on bandage off the exit wound on the front of his right shoulder with his teeth. For a second he stared at the torn up skin and flesh, which had been stitched up for the most part. Taking a breath he started rubbing his stubble over the wound. He grimaced and stopped but started again a moment later. What a great idea to try and get it irritated or infected just to buy a few more days at the hospital.
He had to pause again before he kept rubbing and finally spit on it. When it was bleeding again he stopped and reattached the bandage with his teeth as well as he could.

Tired and sore he rested his head against the cushion and stared up to the ceiling. All that he could think of was Mira and the little being growing inside of her. He simply could not go to jail.