Reighn awoke the next morning to something licking her face. She opened her eyes to find herself looking up into the love filled brown eyes of Sadie. The Pug backed up slightly and sat down on her stomach. Reighn let her head fall back and her eyes to drift closed. A whimper came from Sadie and Reighn's eyes snapped open, "All right, I'm up."

Sadie moved to the edge of the bed and Reighn climbed out of bed, pulling on a pair of Leon's pants before exiting the room, Sadie following. She padded down the stairs and into the kitchen, passing Letty, Mia and Allana to hold the door open for the dog. Mia rose, and pulled out a new dog bowl, filling it with food and setting it down on the floor. Sadie re-entered the house and plopped down in front of the bowl and Reighn sat down in an empty chair.

"So?"

"What?" she asked looking up at Letty.

"Oh, c'mon! Let us see the ring chica!" Letty exclaimed.

A slow grin covered Reighn's face and she held her hand up, showing the trio of women the diamond on her finger. Allana let out a little squeal and hugged her, "I'm so happy for you! You deserve to be happy."

"Thanks Allana."

~ * ~

The gentle roar of an engine filled the air and everyone on the team cheered. The Honda that Derrick had brought in over a month ago was finished - and boy was she ready to race. The dark rred car was beautiful now, all shiny and decals, with nearly fifteen grand under the hood, NOS injection and all the extras that the guy had wanted. Reighn and Leon hugged, laughing in relief. Jesse was still sitting behind the wheel with an enormous grin on his face, and Dom was kissing Letty. Allana looked back at Vince and grinned at him, "I'm gonna go for a drive!"

Vince nodded, then yelled over the roar of the engine, "You want some company?"

"Nah! I'm good. Thanks for the offer though." she replied, and then headed outside ot her Silvia. She got into the car and tore off down the street, unsure of where she was going, but knowing it was away.

Later, as she drove down a beach side road, windows rolled down and hair blowing in the wind Allana could finally stop to think about everything. Kittie loved Jesse, it was obvious to everyone but him, and he loved her, but she didn't realize it. Allana had never seen Reighn so happy in her entire life, and Vince had told her that it was the happiest he'd seen Leon in years. They made a great pair, two of a kind. Dom and Letty were a different story though. They were perfect for each other - if they'd stop fighting and notice. Mia - Mia was a hard one. She was a heartbreaker, a heartbroken heartbreaker. After the heists Brian had left, opting to go back to Tucson, leaving her behind without saying good-bye. There was still a lingering sadness behind her eyes, a sadness that Allana knew all too well. She saw the same sadness in Relec, only his was for a different reason. He was the big brother of the family, and one, there had been someone in his life as well. A young woman by the name of Corrin Alesaide Matthews. A beautiful red-head with tons of spunk. They'd been engaged when she left their lives, she'd been driving somewhere in town and had been sideswiped by a school bus, she lost control of her car and slammed into a telephone pole, the impact breaking her neck - she died instantly. Relec had never really recovered in the two years since the accident, none of them had really, but he took it the hardest. He hadn't allowed himself to heal, believing that he had to be strong for Her, for Kittie and Reighn. Allana knew he missed her every day, and she also knew that her brother would never really love again - he was too scared.

But her? She Allanaisa Morgan O'Reily had the biggest thing for a guy who anyone in their right mind would define as a thug - or biker. Vince was perfect - well he was to her anyway. The tattoo on his right shoulder, marred only by the scars he'd attained during the heists brought up her curiosity, and since she was a naturally curious person, she'd decided to find out when he'd gotten it, and why. Nothing could stop her. She knew he loved the attention, since he was so used to taking the back seat and watching everyone else on the team have romances. He was an imposing guy, tall, muscular, and a beard that always seemed about four or five days old, a natural scowl painting his features. Of course, Allana was much different. She was tall, had long legs and a toned body, and had an obsession for the color red in every form except that of blood. She didn't stand up to people, but she could be an imposing figure if she needed to be, but she did prefer to hide behind the strong male type.

The roar of another engine broke her from her thoughts and Allana glanced out the rearview mirror, green eyes widening at the sight of a dodge charger coming up behind her - fast. It had to be going at least a hundred and forty, maybe more. Allana slammed her foot down, gaining speed quickly in an attempt to pace the other car. Up ahead the road curved sharply, disappearing on the other side of the cliff face. She spun the wheel as the charger came up on the inside, trying to make the corner as tight as possible without slamming into the other driver. She looked up and her mouth dropped open, "Puck?"

Her voice was lost in the wind, but Puck grinned wickedly and swung the wheel sharply to the left, bringing the side of his larger car into the side of her little Silvia. Paint chips and fiberglass flew through the air as Allana desperately tried to right her car, knowing if she didn't somehow get it around the corner she'd go over the cliff. Puck seemed to have other thoughts though as he rammed the charger into her car again, causing Allana to scream and let go of the wheel, thoughts whirling in her mind. Puck's cruel laughter filled her mind as she made a split second decision, if she stayed in the car, she'd die horribly in a large flaming ball of NOSed fire, or she could jump out as the car neared the sand below and pray that she didn't land on any jagged rocks, and that the tuck she'd been taught a long time ago was enough to keep her neck from breaking.

Allana threw her sunglasses to the side and opened her car door, jumping out with a scream and tucking into a ball. She landed nearly thirty feet away from the Silvia, landing with a gasp as her breath left her lungs. She felt something crack, and knew her leg was broken, she clutched her heavily bleeding stomach and reached for her cell phone just as the car exploded with a loud 'Boom!'. She felt the heat roll off her in waves as it shot out and then up, missing her by barely a foot. She pulled out the phone, panicked and dialed the first number in her phone book - Vince's.

"Hello?"

"V?"

"Allana? Is that you?"

Allana coughed, "Yeah... Listen... you gotta come here... Please.."

"Allana? What is it, what's wrong?" He was starting to sound panicked.

"Puck sideswiped me in a frickin' charger - " She coughed again, blood seeping out between her lips, "Went over the cliff on the highway... V.. I need..."

She trailed off and heard footsteps, knowing that Vince was rushing to his car, "Call... Ambulance..."

The phone went off, battery power gone and she threw it to the side, closing her eyes as rivers of pain shot through her system. The roar of the Charger's engine revealed that Puck thought she was dead, and was leaving. She gasped for breath and waited, vision clouding and blacking out as she struggled to remain conscious.

~ * ~

"Yeah -  I need an ambulance on route eight - mile marker - 207!" Vince said as he slammed on the brakes of his Nissan Maxima. He'd gotten to the highway and followed the pillar of smoke that was flowing into the air. He pulled to a stop and ran to the destroyed barrier, looking down into the still flaming mass of Allana's car, "ALLANA!"

His gaze swept the area and he vaguely heard brakes squealing as a line of cars pulled up. He spotted her laying on the beach about thirty feet from the wreckage and sighed in relief before climbing down the sheer rock face as fast as he could. He heard Mia and Dom yelling at him to get back up there and heard Leon shout at Reighn to be careful as she followed after Vince. He knew she'd be the one to come down after him - she may not have been blood related, but Allana was her little sister.

When his feet touched the soft sand Vince broke into a run and sprinted down the strip on beach to where Allana was laying, breathing hard. She fell to his knees next to her and ripped off his shirt before moving her hand and pressing it against the deep gash in her stomach, applying pressure to try and stem the blood flow, "Allana? Ally look at me? Please!"

Allana's eyes flickered behind her eyelids as she struggled to comply. She groaned lightly and Vince noticed the blood marring her face from a gash on her forehead and a hold in her lip - her teeth must have gone through her lip. She opened her eyes and Vince smiled down at her, "That's my girl, you just focus on me okay baby?"

She nodded weakly as Reighn finally spoke, "Her leg is broken, it's pretty bad, I gotta set it or she might lose it. Hold her down, keep talking to her."

Vince nodded and swallowed before looking down at Allana again and applying more of his body weight to her stomach, keeping the pressure on, "Hey babe, how ya doin'?"

She tried to laugh, but it came out as a groan, "Shaddup..."

"Naw." he replied, "I'm gonna keep you awake by making a jackass out of myself."

She smiled and he continued, "Besides, I love your eyes, gotta keep 'em open so I can see 'em."

A snap sounded in the air, seemingly echoing along the canyoned beach and Allana's eyes widened as she screamed and pushed off the ground. Vince's head whipped around to look at Reighn, who was now binding the leg between two sticks that Leon had found and ripped sections of what used to be Letty's jumper. Kittie was huddled in Jesse's arms ten feet away, tears pouring out of her eyes, her head shaking as she muttered, "not again, please not again..." over and over.

Vince looked back down at Allana and saw that she was losing consciousness, "Ally, stay awake for me girl. You can do it!"

The sound of a helicopter approaching made Vince heave a sigh of relief as a trio of E.M.T.s rushed over and pushed them out of the way, wrapping Allana's wounds and placing a neck brace around her neck before strapping her to the stretcher. Vince followed closely as the two males ported her off to the helo and climbed in, reappearing in Allana's field of vision and talking to her softly as the paramedics worked.

~ * ~

"What happened?"

Reighn looked at the paramedic, "I don't know. The only people that know are in that helo."

The EMT nodded, "All right, are you family and friends?"

"Yes, she's my baby sister."

"All right, well, we'll be taking her to county general. Who stopped the blood flow in her stomach and set her leg?"

"Vince stopped the blood flow with his shirt, I set the leg." Reighn replied.

"You did good, I'll let the doctor know you'll be arriving soon." the EMT said, then ran off.

The team watched at as the helo lifted off and fire trucks pulled up, immediately going to work on stopping the fire that was once Allana's car. Reighn was vaguely aware of being helped up to the road and set in a car before they sped off to the hospital, one car breaking away to get clothes for her and Vince at the house.

~ * ~

"Sir I can't tell you anything, you aren't family!"

Vince glared at the nurse. He was covered from head to toe in blood and sand, shirtless for hell's sake and she was telling him he didn't have a right to know whether or not they got Allana stable? He was pissed and he grabbed the lapels of her shirt, "You're gonna tell me what my fiancé's condition is now before I do something you'll regret!"

She swallowed and said timidly, "As far as I know they've gotten her stable, she's still in surgery."

Vince let her go and she scurried off and he was suddenly aware of the other emergency room occupants staring at him. The doors at the other side of the room flew open and Reighn bolted into the room, followed closely by Leon, Jesse and Kittie. Reighn ran up to him, "How is she?"

"She's still in surgery," he replied, "The bitch of a nurse wouldn't tell me anything so I told her that Allana and I are engaged..."

Reighn's eyes went wide, but instead of commenting said, "You look like shit."

"Not to bad yourself." he retorted as Dome, Mia and Letty came through the door, followed by some guy in black jeans and a metallic green muscle shirt.

"Ray?! Is she okay?!" the guy asked when he reached them as Kittie buried herself in his arms, "What happened??"

"She's stable, still in surgery," Vince said. "Who the hell are you?"

He turned green eyes that were identical to Allana's on him, "Relec, Allana's older brother. Do you know what happened?"

Vince nodded and took the cup of coffee offered to him, "I kept her talking on the way here, she told me what happened."

"Well?"

"She was driving, actually going the speed limit for once when a huge ass Charger appeared in her rear view mirror coming straight at her. She sped up to try and pace it, since it wasn't moving over to pass her. She came to a curve and pulled the wheel tight, she would have made it around the corner if the Charger hadn't rammed her from the right side twice. She lost control and the Silvia went through the barrier." He paused, swallowing a lump in his throat, "She jumped out of the car and landed just before it exploded."

"Did she see who did it?" Relec asked.

Vince's eyes narrowed dangerously and his lips thinned, "Yeah, and when I get my hands on that blue balled bastard I swear I'll kill him!"

Mia looked slightly shaken at his fury, "Who did it V?"

Vince looked up to meet Relec's eyes, "Puck."