John nodded when Sam said she had called Bates to put a security detail on Elizabeth. None of them knew what the alien might have left behind inside her. He supposed they'd find out soon enough.
Sitting down with Fred, John sat Alex on his knee as she told him what had happened to cause her to scrape her own. He raised his eyebrows, looking from her to his daughter.
"Is that right?" He shook his head at Alex's wide-eyed look. "Your mommy is not mean. She told you it was time to go - you should have listened."
"Dada mean!" she said, crossing her arms and sticking out her bottom lip in a pout.
Snorting, John shook his head. "Trying not to," he told her as Bates and his team arrived to take up position outside the exam room. Looking back down at Alex, seeing her lip still sticking out, he pressed his finger to it to tuck it back in before tickling her, causing her to laugh. "Are mommy and daddy mean?"
"No!" she said, squirming in his lap before slipping off and running over to Sam.
Suddenly, there was a noise from the exam room, and Jennifer hurried in with one of Bates' men behind her. "Carson! She's awake!" she called out.