'Fix it' story following Season 4 finale
My story following the season 4 finale maybe a bit different from most I've read as doesn't focus on Waige. I don’t believe one story line/episode would reunite Waige. I also read a lot where Toby is the annoying, condescending know it all which he can be but not all the time I also notice he very rarely assists towards the story lines in Fanfic he is just perceived to be on the sidelines getting hit by Happy! Anyways here goes..........
Following the meeting where Walter bumped into Centiped Partners for the first time since the blow up in the garage a few months back he dropped Cabe and Flo off and was sat in the Garage, he had tried to write some code for an upcoming pitch but his eyes kept wondering to the desks of his former employees and friends. He still couldn't work out why they had left him, Paige he knew but the others why had they taken her side when they had known him a lot longer. He looked at Happy's desk still covered in parts from a variety of machines he didn't want to move anything just in case, he missed Happy she was like a sister but always told him straight and quite often defended him when Toby got too much. He turned his head towards Toby’s desk, god he annoyed him but his heart was always in the right place and more often then not his observations were spot on. Maybe he should of listened to Toby more with Paige but he was so arrogant it got his back up. Sly on the other hand his leaving hurt Walter the most he thought they were brothers, brothers argued but didn't leave. Just as Walter was replaying the argument in his head, his phone rang it was Cabe.
C - Hey Walt you need to get the team to the garage right now
He sounded out if breath and stressed
W - no worries I will call Flo now
C - no I mean everyone, get the old team to the garage now Walt, don’t argue
W - Ok Cabe whats wrong, you don't sound do great
C - Collins is back and he took Allie
W - WHAT, when, how, tell me whats going on
C - I will once I get to the garage and the teams together
W - Ok see you when you get here
Cabe put the phone down, there were a hundred thoughts going through Walters head, why was Collins back, what was his end game but firstly he really didn't want to phone Paige he wanted their first conversation to be face to face. Toby and Sly weren't an option they probably wouldn't even pick up so that left Happy.......
When Happy and Toby got back to their apartment following the pitch they jumped in the shower together Toby loved time like this with Happy he had told her a few weeks ago that even though they were struggling to conceive it was really important they kept their chemistry alive. They had always had a very passionate and had a fiery sex life one that most people would be surprised to know, but recently Happy had been even more open to trying new things and their time together in the shower was explosive and tender. Toby had left Happy in the shower and entered their bedroom when he heard her phone ringing, he looked and saw it was Walter, why was he phoning Happy? He knew she would be pissed if he answered her phone but his nosiness got the better of him
T - Walter, how can I help?
W - oh Toby, I was expecting Happy to answer
T - she's in the shower, I don't mean to get rude but I need to get dressed, how can we help
W - right, yes, of course listen you need to get the team to the garage now, Collins has escaped and kidnapped Allie. Cabe wants us together like yesterday
T - oh my god Walt, is he ok? Yes of course we will be there in 20. I’ll call the others too
W - I don't know Toby he didn't sound great to be honest i’m worried he’s gonna do something stupid
T - don't stress 197 we are on our way and will get Allie back safe and sound
W- great and thanks Toby I appreciate you putting everything else aside
T- anything for Cabe, see you soon
Toby put the phone down, shouted out to Happy to hurry up, Cabe was in trouble and they had to leave stat. Whilst he was pulling on his shoes he conferences Paige and Sly
T - hey guys listen we need to get to the garage A SAP, Walt called Allie has been kidnapped and Collins is is back
Toby heard Happy gasp from behind him
P - oh no poor Cabe poor Allie, yes of course I'm on my way
Paige paused and then said
T - Paige listen, what went down a few months ago needs addressing but we need to sort Collins out first. Walter was fine just worried about Cabe
P - your right we will meet you at the garage, wont we Sly?
S - i’m doing this for Cabe, I have no interest in speaking to Walter about anything else
Toby looked at Happy and they both shrugged
T - ok Sly see you guys soon
The Centerpied team pulled up at the garage around the same time. They all walked into the Garage, Happy leading the way. She nodded at Walter and went straight in for a hug with Cabe
H - we will get her back Cabe don’t worry
C - I know you will sweetheart, that's why I asked to meet you all. I missed you.
Cabe kissed the top of her head, she gave him a tight squeeze and let him go
Paige came up and gave him a hug
P - let's sort you out first before worrying about me
She gave him a peck on the cheek and moved so Toby and Sly could shake his hand and say hi.
The whole team gathered around the monitors and Walter spoke first
W - start from the beginning, what happened?
C - Well I got home after dropping you and Flo off and saw our house had been ransacked it was a right mess
C - yeah Allie moved in with me about a month ago
T- congrats man, sorry please continue
C - right so I noticed one of the chairs had rope around it like someone had been tied up and next to it was a tape and a note from Collins telling me to watch it
Cabe held up a dvd and a note signed by Collins, Walter took it to look at closer and Toby took the DVD to put in the monitor
T - Tape come on Cabe you know its digital now I've told you enough times!
Toby looked up and felt 5 pairs of eyes starring at him, he put his hands up in surrender
He pressed play and Allie appeared on the screen tide up, with a scarf around her mouth looking like she was trying to break free, the screen then flipped round to a crazy looking Collins
Col - Team Scorpion and I presume Cabe who got you all back together, you can thank me for that later. As you can see I have your dear friend Miss Jones all tied up and if you don't meet my demands who knows what I will do.
Collins pointed the camera to the table where there was electric cables, jars of chemicals, knives, matches, a Bunsen Burner among other items all equally as dangerous
Col - my demands are simple turn over to me Doctor Curtis and I will let Miss Jones go with not one hair on her body harmed. Me and the Doc have unfinished Business don’t we Doc? Its time I finished our epic story and then maybe I can finally come home without his ego and opinions clouding Walters thoughts. You have till 3pm I will send further instructions and we can make the swap. Don't even think about calling the police I will know
The screen shot back to a frightened looking Allie and then went fuzzy.
The team were silent, Toby lifted his hat and ran his fingers through his hair.
T - looks like you guys have just shy of 30 minutes to work out a way to track me which won't be detected by that physcopath
H - WHAT no way are you doing this Doc, he is going to kill you. There has to be another solution.
T - listen Hap we don't have the time to think of anything, at least this way we get Allie back and I can buy time for you guys to rescue me
Happy looked at Toby, he could tell she was on the edge. He gave her a small reassuring smile and she just scowled and walked away.
C - Walt can we do this, can we get Allie back and save the Doc?
W- I dunno Cabe, Collins will use all sorts of detectors to find any sort of GPS if I had 24 hours I could probably come up with something
T - you have 20 minutes Walt, i’m gonna talk to Happy you better come up with something. Sly I need your head in the game to work with Walter on this
Toby turned to Paige and then looked at Walt and Sly, she knew what he meant. Paige needed to step up too put her feelings aside and get these 2 working together. She whispered to Toby
P - leave them to me, go see Happy
Toby left the 4 of them looking very awkwardly at each other, usually he would do or say something to get them to gang up on him and give them a common goal but his priority was Happy. He walked towards the caravan and saw her sat in her rocking chair with her head in her hands. He went and squatted down in front of her pulling her hands down and holding onto them even when she tried to pull away.
H - you know what, don’t be dense!
H - you can't go to Collins Doc he's tried to kill you twice before what if third time lucky
T - well it wouldn't be lucky for me
Happy stared at him not looking the least bit amused
T - I gotta do this sweetie, Allie is not like us she won't bounce back as easy the more she is with him the worse it will be for her, and Cabe is finally happy we owe him a lot this is the least I can do
H - I know Doc but what about Collins
T - I was analyzing Collins when he was speaking he won't give up until he has me, he is very unstable and will not blink at hurting Allie, but if I'm there I can talk to him at least to by enough time for you guys to find me
H- what happens if he doesn't give you chance
Happy’s voice was wobbling and there were tears in her eyes, Toby hated that he was making her feel like this but he knew it was the only way. He may come across a jerk most of the time but he owed his life to these guys they saved him, pulled him from the deepest gambling hole and gave him a home and led him to Happy. Scorpion won't be safe until Collins is locked up for good.
T - you know why I'm not worried Hap, because I have you to come back to. We still have a Quintis baby to make and I got plenty more life left to live with you. But what I need is the worlds best engineer and mechanic working with the world smartest brains to find me.
H - ok I'm not happy about it but I will kill.those doughnuts if they don't bring you back to me. I love you Doc.
Toby pulled Happy up telling her how much he loved her with his words and his look. He heard Walt call there names and turned to walk back before he did Happy grabbed him back and pulled him in for a kiss, her hands wrapped around his neck and she ran her fingers through the bottom of his hair below his hat. Toby wrapped his arms around her waist resting his hands on the top curve of her arse pulling her into him so there bodies were pressed right up against each other. They were so lost in the kiss they didn't hear Walter walk up until he cleared his throat.
W - umm sorry to interrupt we got a plan and Toby needs to get going
T - bad timing boss but come on let's get this nightmare over with
W - we got a message from Collins, direct into the servers, we have to presume he is tracking everything we are doing.
As Walter lead them back towards the monitors they saw Ralph working on the monitors.
T - is he listening to us can he see us?
C - no I swept for bugs, microphones and cameras so he can't hear our plans but we presume he can see us, so watch what you say and talk downwards
W - Ralph is trying to track him using the computers he can see as a distraction whilst Sly is using an old Homeland laptop not on our network routing through several countries and IP addresses so he shouldn't see what we are doing on that laptop.
H - what did Collins message say
W - he wants to do the exchange in Disneyland, quite brilliant really it will be heaving no way we will be able to track him on all the park cameras by the time we do he will be long gone with Toby
H - well what the hell is the plan then
W - don’t worry Happy we have a plan, we are going to give Toby 4 trackers in his shoe, belt, coat and watch. Collins will on expect 2 or 3 so we should be good and then we can track where Collins takes Toby.
C - I'm going with Toby to collect Allie but with security I won't be armed but I will take Collins down if he tries anything whilst I'm there but chances are he won't so I will be close enough to follow any directions from the garage
T - Hap you can't come into the park it will spook Collins if there are too many of us
H - Dammit Toby im not staying behind I told you guys once i’m no damsel
W - Happy you can monitor from the van, we may need to be on the move quickly we need you at the wheel and on coms
W - Sly, Ralph carry on what your doing, Paige I need you to co-ordinate and be ready to loop in Katherine when i say so
Sly, Ralph and Paige nodded and Paige gave Cabe a hug goodbye.
Happy, Toby, Walter and Cabe left the garage to go find Collins, Happy drove and Walt sorted out the tracking devices with Toby.
When they pulled up at Disney Land, Walt and Cabe exited the van. Toby dropped a kiss on Happy’s forehead
T - I love you, see you soon snugglebum
H - Doc! I love you too be careful and don’t do anything stupid
Toby stepped out the van, come on lets get this over with. Toby, Cabe and Walt walked into Disneyland and toward to Toy Story ride Collins had requested they meet by. They saw Collins stood with Allie pulled against him to passers by they looked like they were in a relationship but the guys could see how tightly Collins was holding her and the pain etched on her face.
C - God Dammit Collins let her go
Col - you know the deal Allie for the Doc
T - Whats your end game her Collins you take me and kill me, these guys aren't going to let that happen
Col - this is where i am going to prove I am smarter then all of you, your feelings get in your way, you have all become too soft so this is going to prove i’m always one step ahead of you and then once you see that and realise you are better without the Doc I can come home
W - Just let Allie go Collins and we can talk
Col send Doc over here and she can go
H - Do something Cabe don’t let him take the Doc
Happy shouted through the Coms
Cabe and Toby walked towards Collins as they go closer Collins relesed his hold on Allie and pulled out a black device from his pocket
Col - The Doc can walk to me and Allie can come back to you but try anything and I have hidden bombs in all the bins in this hellhole and I will blow them if you try anything
Walter ran over to the neared bin and put his hand through the rubbish and quickly removed his hands
W - Collins is right Cabe there is a bomb in this bin
C - You son of a bitch, you would really kills thousands of children just to get one over the Doctor?
Toby at this point was stood near Collins and Allie was stood with Cabe’s arms round her.
Col - Come Doc we have an adventure to begin and the team are going to be too busy sorting these bombs out to worry about you
At this point Cabe lunged at Collins grabbing him around the lapels of his jacket
C - I’m coming for you and mark my words nothing is gonna stop me sending your crazy arse to the deepest darkest prison cell out there
Col - tut tut come on Cabe one more move and I will blow this place up, Toby give your com device to Cabe and then remove your jacket, belt, shoes and watch. You guys think I am daft if you think I wont be able to detect all the hidden trackers you have.
T - are you crazy i’m not walking out of here with no shoes on you lunatic
Col - dont worry about your precious feet I have a space pair of my shoes we are about the same size
Collins dropped a bag on the floor and Toby looked at him in disgust but removed this shoes, belt, watch and jacket and put them in the bag and put on the dirty trainers Collins gave him.
In the meantime Happy and Walter were listening to what was going on over the Coms.
H - Walt what the hell are we going to do we cant let the nut job walk out of here with the Doc
W - we have to Happy, we cant risk him triggering the bombs. We will find him Happy but we have to get this place safe first.
W -Paige you need to call Katherine and inform her of the situation here but they are not to enter the park till Collins has left
W - I can see Collins from where i am and will follow him out of the park keeping a distance
At the sane time Collins was pushing Toby to walk in front of him walking past Cabe
Col - Farewell Team Scorpion, Toby if you wanna shout any last words i’m sure the whole team are listening on the Com on Cabe’s ear.
T - I love you Hap and I trust you guys
Col - enough of this lovey dovey crap keeping walking Doc and Cabe anyone follows me and I will blow this place up.
Collins and Toby walked away from Cabe and all Cabe could do was watch hugging Allie
A - you shouldn't of exchanged me for Toby, Cabe I know how much he means to you.
C - He does but you do too and Toby can look after himself and now we have met with Collins we can catch up with him and make him pay
C - I love you too Miss Jones, now lets get you out of here so I can focus on this mess he left behind. Paige do we have an update from Katherine
P - Yes, a bomb squad is on their way 5 minutes out and Ralph is looking over the footage trying to see where Collins and and analyzing his behavior but he is no Toby so i don’t know if we will see anything in the way he acted
W - I’m looking at these bombs and I don’t think they are actually set to explode, maybe there is some good in Collins after all
H - are you freaking kidding me Walt, he has kidnapped Toby AGAIN and he has no reason to let him go. I’m glad the bombs are a dud but what the hell are we going to do we have no way of tracking him.
W - look the bomb squad have arrived let me check they agree the bombs are a dud and then reconvene in the van
As Collins was waling Toby out of the park, Toby was trying to take in all his surroundings trying to work out an escape plan, their tracking devices had been discovered so the team had no way of finding him perhaps he could leave trail, but there was nothing he could get hold of.
Col - come on Toby we need to get moving to the next part of our adventure
T - Look Collins you have me, you have proved your are smarter then all of us, what else is there left to prove. You know if you kill me there is no way you are getting back on the team
Col - We’ll see Doc we’ll see
Collins walked up to an old pick up truck and opened the door for Toby in you get and don’t even think about pulling anything stupid or I blow the park up.
Toby got in looking around for a member of the team or a camera he could signal the team, he couldn’t see anything so as he was shutting the door he un-clipped his leather wrist cuff and it fell the the floor as Collins was walking around to the drivers side.
Walter ran out of the park as Collins was driving out of the park in a long line of traffic.
W - Damn it, we lost him. Ralph do you have eyes on the car park can you see anything.
R - Walt there are over 10 different car parks and 100′s of cars leaving every minute i’m combing through the footage as fast as I can
w - ok keep checking and I will meet Happy and Cabe in the van.
As Collins drove Toby onto the freeway he handed Toby a blindfold and told him to put it on
T - come on Collins I have a 178 IQ I can memorize the feel of the truck and know which way I’m being drive, all that blindfolding me is going to do is make me car sick
Col - Put it on Doc and lets test that supposed 178IQ from what I hear it is closer to 170 well below mine and Walters
Toby put on the blindfold as he needed to time to think and at least this would shut Collins up for a bit.
Walter jumped into the van and met Happy and Cabe
W - Coms out, did you do it cabe?
H - Do what, what the hell you going on about
W - Cabe had a small tracking patch on his hand and when he grabbed hold of Collins jacket it should of transferred onto Collins so we can track him
H - What the hell why didn’t you tell me Walt, i’ve been going out my mind with worry
W - Sorry Happy but we don’t know what Collins is listening too or can see and I didn’t want to risk you talking about it down the coms to Cabe
H - you don’t trust me anymore is that it Walt, we leave you and all of sudden i’m some useless damsel who cant keep it together
C - listen kid that’s not it at all but we cant risk Collins out smarting us, the important thing is Sly should be tracking Collins and is send us real time updates on this new burner phone
H - fine but this discussion is not over Walter
W - fine, according to Sly Collins is heading towards Irvine but we need to know what car he is driving and also throw him off what we know so we have the element of surprise. All communication over the coms will be with Ralph and Paige with the aim of feeding Collins the wrong information about what we are doing whilst we simultaneously communicate with Sly about our real plans
H - ok, lets Com up and see where Ralph and Paige are whilst we head towards Irvine, do we know Collins isn't tracking this van
W - yes its a Homeland witness protection van I managed to get hold of this morning
R - I’ve tracked Collins out of the park but lost him in the car park, Sly is also looking for ham radio communication signals in the area
W - Great we are heading back to the garage to reconvene
As Cabe was driving suddenly Happy shouted to stop the van, she shot out the van and picked something up off the flow
H - This is Toby’s, look he has a H and T engraved in the metal clasp
W - this is great I can text Sly and ask him rewind the CCTV and see what car they left and that will have Sly track him on CCTV
Walt sent Sly the text and less then a minute later he had the trucks, make, model, registration and location
W - lets go Sly says Collins is pulling off the freeway heading towards a housing estate
Collins drove down a residential road, Toby knew they were somewhere in Irvine and he had it narrowed down to 2 or 3 roads, he felt Collins pull into a driveway and open and garage door and walk in.
Col - Come on Doc lets see whats surprises await us
Collins helped Toby out the car and pushed him into the house, Toby felt like he was not alone with Collins he could hear the breathing of at least one other person.
T - Who is hear Collins, who you working with
Collins removed Toby’s blindfold and once his eyes became accustomed to the light he saw another man facing out the window
Col - Come on Doc are you not going to say hi to your pops
Toby stood there in shock, he couldn't believe his eyes, it had been at least 15 years since he had last seen the man who calls himself a dad
T - Dad, is that you what you doing here are you hurt
TD - typical response son wanting to show off you medical skills, show how much better you are then me. No i’m not hurt you useless son of a bitch. I’m broke, jobless and homeless not that you would care.
T - What do you mean and why are you here with Collins
Col - well you see Doc when I was looking into ways to hurt you I ran across your dad and it turns out we have mutual goal, destroying you
T - Why dad what did I ever do to you, you were the one who didn’t want kids, didn’t want me around, spent most your time drunk or at the track
TD - That’s where your wrong son, I did need you around you see when you were with me giving me all the tips i was cleaning up at the track actually making enough money to live and support your mum and all her issues but then you left and so did your tips and before I knew it I owed thousands to every loan shark on the east coast, lost the house and your mum had to go into a institution.
T - I kept sending you money for mum what happened to it
TD - what do you think went on the horses to try and make up for the losses i was incurring cause your weren't there
Toby’s dad started to sway, Toby could tell he was drunk and he could smell him from the other side of the room.
T - That’s not my fault dad, you have a problem with Alcohol and Gambling and blaming me isn't the answer, you need professional help
TD - Like you can talk, you have more of a problem with gambling then me
T - not anymore I met someone who was worth more then the money and high gambling gives you. Me and mum were obviously not enough for you and you were gambling long before I came along
TD - Listen to me you little shit, you think your so god damn perfect cause you got brains and went to ‘Harvard’ but let me tell you something you are a chip of the old block and dirty, lying, gambling scumbag who maybe sitting pretty now but mark my words it wont last
Col - this is perfect I couldn't of planned this better, your finally learning some home truths to take to the grave with you and just so you know your dad is then going to meet Happy and fill her in on what your really like
Out of the corner of Toby’s eye he could see his dad reaching for a butchers knife, things were escalating real quick and he need to think of a way out.
T - Listen dad i’m sorry, i’m sorry i wasn't there the last few years, i’m sorry I left and I’m sorry i’m such a disappointment. let me make it up to you, let me give you some hot tips right now which could be big money earners
Toby saw his dad hesitate, but not long enough suddenly he lunged at Toby digging the knife into his stomach, he felt the pain shooting through him as he dropped to the ground and all he could hear is Collins mechanical laughter in the background.
Col - this is great I didn’t even need to do anything
He took the knife from Toby’s dad and walked towards Toby ready to finish him off
Col - you see Toby since you came to Scorpion, you wormed your way in and told lies to Walt about me, making him think is was deranged and I saw how Happy looked at you from the moment you met, i knew it wouldn't take long for her to listen to you about me either and Sly was a drip he followed Walter anywhere and if Walter had a thought Sly would believe it. So once you came along you unbalanced our equilibrium and they all slowly thought I was mad which eventually led to Walter locking me up.
Toby was about to say something when a loud bang and flash happened and Cabe followed by several homeland agents stormed into the house tackling Collins and Toby’s dad to the ground.
C - get a medic in here quick
Cabe said into the coms as he saw Toby lying on the floor in a pool of blood. All of a sudden 2 homeland agents went flying and Happy stormed into the kitchen screaming at them to let her through. Happy ran straight over the Toby falling on the floor grabbing his head in her arms and putting her hand on the wound to stem the bleeding
H - Toby, Toby listen to me you gotta stay awake, help is on its way. You promised me your wouldn’t leave me
Happy was crying at this point, Toby looked up at her gently brushing tears from her cheek
T - Don’t worry baby, its a superficial wound hurting more then the damage its done. just having you here is making me feel better. My dad is so useless he cant even kill me properly
C - are you delusional son it was Collins
T - no it wasn't, Collins orchestrated it and was instrumental but it was my dad who put the knife in me
H - What are you on about Doc
T - It’s a long story Hap and i’m too tired to go into it now but the pair of them need locking up for a long time
H - Alright Doc but you better come clean when you are all fixed up
Just then Walter walked in
W - Toby what the hell, are you ok
T - yeah great 197 just chilling here in my own blood for the fun of it
W - well you cant be that bad if your still being sarcastic
H - Medics are here, everyone out
Walter and Cabe left the kitchen and went outside to see Collins and Toby’s dad being cuffed and put into separate police vans.
C - What a day, I will follow these 2 and make sure they are both locked up for a long time, are you going with Toby and Happy
W - Yeah i’m going to phone the others and have them meet me at the hospital. I just hope this will bring us back together again
C - here’s hoping son, keep me up to date on the Doc
W - Here comes Toby and Happy, let me know what happens
W - hey guys I will follow you in the ambulance and the others will meet us at the hospital
H - OK, Toby has some heavy duty meds in him so he is a bit out of it, did you know his dad was here and responsible
W - No, I have Ralph looking into him seeing what he has been up to the last few years and when he met Collins. Just take care of the Doc the rest we can deal with after
Happy lent in the give Walt a side hug
H - Thanks Walt and thanks for being here for me
Happy got in the ambulance with Toby holding his hand all the way to the hospital, praying he would be ok. If he died she was going to murder him! She knew in her mind he was going to be ok, he was still coming out with sarcastic comments which for once she didn't mind but it didn't stop her worrying, Everyone has always left her but Toby had promised he wouldn't ever leave her and she believed him.
Walter jumped into Happy’s truck and followed the ambulances calling Paige and Sly.
W - Toby is on his way to the hospital, he looks bad but they think it is a superficial wound
P - Oh my Walt, what happened. I heard someone say something about Toby’s dad
W - It looks like Collins recruited him and he was the one who stabbed Toby, are you guys going to meet us at the hospital
P - Yes we are on our way, Ralph is going to continue working on our way
W - Thanks Paige, see you soon
At the hospital Toby was being seen to by a Doctor and Happy was by his side, he wasn’t letting the Doctor get a word in edge ways telling him how to do his job and that his medical degree was from Harvard which was far better then whichever second class university the doctor attended. Eventually Toby took the equipment off the doctor shouted at him to get out and stitched himself up and this was the only way he knew he wasn’t going to end up with a scar.
H - you really didn’t need to do that Doc, he was perfectly capable of finishing the stitches.
T - Look Hap i just want to be alone with you for a bit, get my thoughts straight before the others arrive
H - ok Doc, do you wanna talk
T - Not right now, just let me rest knowing your here
Toby shut his eyes and ran over the events of the last few hours, how had he missed knowing what was going on with his dad, how did he not know what he was capable of. Collins sure he was a nut job but his dad this was new, this hurt more then the stab wound. Toby knew his dad didn’t like him, forgot about him half the time he was a kid but wanting him dead. He opened his eyes and saw Happy curled up at his side, breathing softly obviously asleep, this soothed him enough to let his eyes fall shut and fall into a restless sleep.
The guys all entered the room half an hour later and smiled when they saw Happy curled up around Toby, she did’nt let anyone see her vulnerable side very often but with Toby this was changing. Suddenly Toby started to toss and turn mumbling in his sleep, letting out cry’s of anguish. Paige rushed over and put her hand on his shoulder and Happy woke with a start
H - Toby please wake up, your just dreaming, come on Doc wake up to my voice
Toby suddenly screamed and bolted straight up sweating.
C - you ok Doc, looked like one hell of a nightmare
Toby looked around at this friends concerned faces and fell on Happy looking like she might cry any second, even though he felt sick to his stomach he nodded
T - yeah just a bad dream nothing to worry about.
P - shall I get someone, maybe they can give your something
T - No thanks Paige i’m sure i will be fine once i’m home with this one
Toby hugged Happy tightly, then he looked around the team
T - so I had to nearly die to get us all back together in the same room.
Happy swatted him behind the head and chuckled
T - look i will start, i’m sorry Walt we never should of walked out on you, i should of done my job and got us talking. We tried to advise you what to do, we even tried to get you to some to your own conclusion but in the end I could of done more to help you navigate your relationship with Paige, I apologise to you both.
C - well that’s a turn up for the books, Doc actually appoligisiing
H - guys i’m sorry too, all I want is a family and I saw it falling apart and bailed before you guys bailed in me, but Walt you gotta start listening to us when we try and help you with relationships we always have your best interest at heart
W - I get it and thank you for appoligising and maybe i did overreact especially with you Sly. I really am sorry to throw Megan back in your face but you need to believe me I didn’t intentionally lead her on but you are so much better then she is, someone who cant see you for you isn’t worth your time.
S - Thanks Walt I am sorry for what I said but for the first time since Megan I was ready to move on, i should of gone away and calmed down and talked to you like a brother not the enemy.
T - ah look at this all this appoligsing is making me misty eyed, is team Scorpion back together?
W - well there is one person who hasn’t spoken and I need to speak to, Paige.....
I’m sorry, i’m so sorry I lied, i’m sorry i went to the event with Florence and most of all i’m sorry I never told you after then even
P - Thanks Walter that means a lot and I accept your apology but i am not sure we can go back to the way things are, its still too raw. I love you guys all of you but maybe we need to have a break, give the Doc time to recover and then see how the ground lies in a few weeks and see how we all feel about going back to working together.
W - um ok if thats what you want, what do you need a week, 2 weeks longer
P - lets take the summer, I’m taking Ralph on holiday and to see Drew and then when we get back at the end of August lets see how we all feel. but Walt im need to be honest im not sure there is a future for us
Walters face fell and the team was quiet.
T - hey guys look we are all friends and today proved if needed we will always be there for each other so lets do what Paige says, lets take some time regroup and then see how we all feel in a few weeks.
C - if that’s what you guys thinks best
W - ok i’m outnumbered but understand you know where I am if you need me
Everyone looked at each other and then one by one said goodbye and wished Doc well and went their separate ways (well for 6 weeks.............)
