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Everything was different.

Face's voice was gone. There was nothing they could do about it. Hannibal blamed himself, B.A blamed the world, but Murdock didn't know who to blame. It had all happened so fast, even if one of them had known, there would have been nothing they could do to stop that explosion from happening. The explosion that had allowed them to rescue Face from his captors had caused more damage than anything that they could have imagined.

So now they sat in silence in the small cabin's living room. Each not looking at each other, each afraid to look one another in the eye and silently listening to the shower running. They had been here for three days, Murdock had flown them in on the helicopter he managed to borrow. Face had been asleep for most of it, today was the first day he was strong enough to get up on his own. The first day he was lucid enough to realize that he'll never be able to speak again.

They tried to ignore the voiceless sobs coming from the shower, just loud enough over the water for them to understand that Face was not taking this well. Face always did this; hiding his emotions from them until he was alone, or thought he was alone. They all knew of his past, and that his demons haunted him almost everyday. But, like all things, they learned to deal with it. In the 12 years that they had worked as a team, they had learned how to accept the nightmares, panic attacks, and sullen mood swings from their Faceman. This was just one more thing to add on to the ever-growing list of what defined the lieutenant.

The shower stopped, and Murdock felt the tension in the room rise. What would they do now? What would they say when Face walked out of that shower and stared at them for the first time? Murdock saw Hannibal wince slightly, and knew he was thinking the same thing. A few moments later, the door opened and Face stepped out fully dressed in jeans and a plaid button down top. Murdock's eyes were immediately drawn to the red scars on Face's neck that showed prominently against his white skin.

Murdock remembered when they were back in the hospital, just three days before when Face had first woken up. The doctors had explained to him that they had saved his life, but the damage to his throat had been too great. He would never be able to speak again. Face had shaken his head, his lips forming the words "no" but no sound came from his mouth. He had tried again, and again to shout, to scream that it wasn't true, that his voice wasn't really gone. Murdock had known Face long enough to sense when a panic attack was coming, and had tried to calm down his friend but Face had flinched away from his touch, still mouthing words silently. Just another figment of his imprisonment unrolling. What else had been done to him? If only they had reached him earlier, maybe none of this would have happened. It had taken two pairs of hospital restraints and a sedative to calm Face down, and after that the team learned to not touch him.

"Hey Facey." Murdock said after a stretch of silence that had gotten uncomfortably long. Face gave him a small smile that didn't reach his eyes.

"How ya doin, kid?" Hannibal asked.

Face just shrugged, keeping his eyes on the floor. He hadn't looked any of them straight in the eye yet. Hannibal stood up, taking a few steps towards Face, Murdock saw Hannibal wince as Face flinched away from his outstretched hand.

Hannibal lowered his hand. "Why don't you sit with us for a bit?" he asked, pointing to the couch.

Face shrugged again, his lips moved as he tried to say something and winced as nothing came out. He shook his head and Murdock could tell that all Face wanted to do was to escape back into his room. Part of him wanted to let Face go, but a stronger part of him knew that the leutienent shouldn't be alone right now.

"Just for a little while, Facey. Until dinnertime?" Murdock asked softly, then he stood up and offered Face the chair he was sitting in. Face sighed then nodded, and he sat in the chair. Murdock smiled, then perched himself on the edge of the sofa arm.

No one spoke, or looked at each other or moved at all.

Murdock watched Face silently pick at a thread in his jeans with shaky hands. Was he nervous? Were they making him uneasy, just sitting here like this? Somebody should say something. Anything to break this awful silence.

"There's a lake, just down the hill from here." Murdock said, his voice finally breaking the silence.

"And a dock, for fishing." he added

That earned him a half smile from Face. They had loved to fish during their spare time, in-between missions.

"Remember that time you caught that catfish? It was almost as big as I was." Murdock said.

"I remember that, I had to come rescue your dumb ass, it pulled ya in the water." B.A added with a toothy grin.

Murdock laughed a little, B.A had not been happy about getting his hair wet.

Face smiled, and for a second Murdock saw a glimpse of the old Face in those crystal blue eyes, but then it vanished as Face tried to say something, his mouth opening and only a raspy sound coming out. The smile faded, and the moment was gone.

They were back to that awkward silence almost as if it had never left.

Murdock finally managed to catch Hannibal's eye, and was surprised to see that Hannibal looked just as lost as he felt.

Hannibal sighed, and then finally spoke;

"Kid, I am so sorry that this happened. I am telling you now though, I never leave a team member behind. We are going to work through this, we are going to find a solution. Everything is going to be fine, I promise you that." he finished, looking up at Face.

Face nodded, eyes glassy. He looked so lost, Murdock just wanted to hug him. But then he remembered that Face didn't like anyone touching him, or even coming close to him so he just sat there.

Everything was now different, how did they come to this?

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Part 1 of 4

Thanks for reading, I know it's short. Sorry! Part 2 is longer should be up next week. Please review!