Updated 2007-12-15 09:18:49
JR stores his father's DVD in the vault with questions unasked, and this action surprises Adam. He tries to goad his son into a desire to find out, but JR tells him that the disc probably contains information that can be used to blackmail someone, and that he wants no part of it. Adam decides not to push any farther, instead choosing to focus on his good mood, which does not go unnoticed by his son. JR thinks that his father has some machinations to go after Tad for what he is doing to Krystal, not realizing that his father is not yet in the know. When he realizes this, he fills Adam in, and sets off a firestorm. Adam immediately tries to grab his things so that he can charge off and save the day, but JR gets in his way. He tells his father that regardless of his feelings, the fight is between Tad and Krystal. Adam thinks that Tad's only goal is to keep him from being with the woman he loves, but JR reminds him that Tad is only doing what Adam has done so many times before fight for his child. JR also points out that of all of them, Tad had lost the most: Dixie again, Jamie to medicine halfway around the world, and Kate. Although he doesn't like that version of the truth, Adam grudgingly concedes the win to his son. JR tells him that if he decides to go after Tad anyway, he would be making a huge mistake. With that, JR goes upstairs to settle back in. Adam takes that moment to call Barry and see what information he had been able to discover about Tad's daughter. Barry reveals that he had been very lucky and with what he had found, and could confirm that the adopted daughter of the Mershons, the very little girl who had been graciously taken into Julia's home, is indeed Kate Martin. Adam asks if there had been any hint that Tad had picked up the trail there, but Barry tells him that Greg Madden covered his tracks very well, and that Tad wouldn't have been able to find anything without the child's name. Reveling in success, Adam remarks that Tad has no idea how close he is to the child that he and Dixie finally created.
Tad comes into the house to find Krystal packing Jenny's things and forbids her from taking their daughter anywhere near Adam. She tells him that she is not running to Adam, but rather away from him. Her plan is to move to another city somewhere else and when she lands, she will let Tad know and he can move there so that they can re-start their life as co-parents together. Tad refuses to consider it because he thinks that there is no way that either of them could or would want to start over at this point. Krystal tells him that staying isn't an option but Tad reconfirms that if she can't resist Adam like a normal person, if she gets hauled back in under his control, she will have to do so without their daughter. Krystal is outraged, stating that he can't keep her away from her daughter. Her anger getting the best of her, Krystal announces that she is taking Jenny and going to Babe's house. Tad realizes that Krystal does not fully understand him and says that she can do what she likes, but their daughter will not leave the house they built together for another one. He tells her that if she left, it wouldn't be long before Adam manipulated her into moving back in. Krystal continues to rage on, saying that no one manipulates her not Adam or Tad. She needlessly reminds him that she is Jenny's mother and can do what she pleases, but Tad fires back that she didn't get that way on her own. He then informs her that his lawyer has a list of all of Adam's misdeeds, and that all it would take is one call to grant him temporary custody. Their warring makes their daughter start to cry and both of them go to comfort her. Krystal demands that after all he'd lain out, that he not stop her from going to her child when she is so desperately needed. She reaches in and picks Jenny up, soothing her. The peace lasts but a minute before Tad takes her up to bed. She warns him that their fight is not over, but Tad chooses not to respond. Krystal then grabs her coat and heads out the door. A short time later, Adam shows up on Tad's doorstep, completely unannounced and equally unwelcome. Tad invites him to leave as quickly as he came, but Adam tells him that he has information that Tad would be very interested in and that would maybe change his mind about filing for custody. Tad doesn't believe him but is intrigued nonetheless.
Kendall brings baby Spike home and finds Ryan waiting for them. They quickly discuss how well Spike seems to be doing, and Ryan notes that they wouldn't have discharged himm if they didn't think their son was ready. He then checks to see if there are any updates about Zach or Greenlee but sadly, there are none. This prompts Kendall to tell her oldest son that his stepfather wanted to be there but couldn't. Ryan looks on, listening to her words sympathetically, causing Kendall to snap a little because it seems as though he is looking at her as a widow. She marches upstairs to put Spike down for a nap, and when she comes back, she apologizes for her rash behaviour. They order dinner and share some small talk about other things going on in their lives. The conversation circles back around to Kendall, and she talks about how she has been feeling the need to be in more than one place at the same time for a while, and how she hasn't been dealing with it well. She then tells him about the promise she made to god that she would confess to what she did if Spike made it through the surgery. There's a moment of silence, and then Ryan expresses regret for the things he did to Greenlee, a woman he once loved with all his heart, and then asks if Kendall has any regrets. She tells him that although she almost backed off of her plans a bunch of times, she ended up feeling that she had to go through with it to avenge what Greenlee did to her son and that she will never be able to forget. Ryan tells her that it takes all of his strength not to think of Greenlee when he looks at his son, but is able to do so by throwing himself into every single experience he has with Spike. He then says that he thinks that Greenlee has been punished enough, and now, is lost somewhere. Kendall becomes agitated, saying that Greenlee is with Zach and that they will be found and Zach will come home to his family. Ryan apologizes for upsetting her and then asks what she would do or say if Greenlee walked through the door at that moment. Kendall thinks on it a moment and then honestly says that she doesn't know. They are then interrupted by a visit from Joe and assume that he is there to check up on Spike. He tells them that he actually discovered some news during Spike's post-op that he thought they would want to know. Although they are initially worried, Joe soothes them and says that his belief that Spike's prognosis is good remains the same. He then tells them that they found a genetic anomaly that proves that Spike would have gone deaf even if the accident hadn't occurred.
Aidan and Quentin meet up at the cabin and review what areas they covered. Quentin brought back a rock with blood on it that he believes could belong to either Zach or Greenlee. Aidan writes it off as it most likely being Zach's blood, but Quentin proceeds to give a laundry list of reasons why the prospect of finding the missing alive looks bleaker. Overcome with emotions while envisioning the worst case scenario, Aidan grabs Quentin and demands that he believe they will find Greenlee and Zach before either of them perishes. Quentin is offended that Aidan dared to lay his hands on another soldier and forces Aidan to apologize for it. Aidan then tells him that they need to go out and search the grounds again. Quentin doesn't believe that there is anything left to look for but Aidan tells him that he won't stop. As they scour the area one more time, Aidan insists that he knows Quentin not personally, but knows the kind of person he is based on knowing what type of training he received in the Army. He warns his new recruit to not let his training take over his life shortly before they hit what could be pay dirt. Aidan had been hitting the ground with a walking stick when suddenly, the sound it made changed. They discover a shaft in the ground that had been obscured by its lid and some leaves. Aidan insists that he needs to investigate, so after rigging their rope, Quentin steadies himself and slowly lowers Aidan down.
In the bomb shelter, Greenlee is convinced that she will die from the poison the snake injected into her system when she was bitten. Hysterical and panicky, she rants and freaks out, demanding that Zach kill it. He does and then once again works to pull her off of the ceiling. He eventually calms her down enough to get the poison out, and then says that they will use the creature to nourish themselves. The experience having caused her to lose all hope and become resigned to a fate of dying, undiscovered, in the bunker, she refuses to eat and curses him for not letting her die. Zach tells her that they have come too far to give up now but Greenlee tells him that the only thing that she has done her entire life is fight, and she is tired of it. Zach tells her that she has really impressed him with her tenacity while in the shelter and tells her that they survived this far by sticking together. He asks her not to let him down. He tells her to keep pressure on her wound as he gets back to work. She stops him moments later, having heard something. All is silent in the bunker as they try to determine what it is.
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