Summary: A simple scenario turns into a fight for Aidan and Tony's lives. Rated T for violence, language. thanks to Jo, Lauren and Claye for beta'ing.

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"Do we have everything in order?"

"Yes. They're supposed to board the light aircraft to search for that agent we caught in about an hour," said the leader of the Scorpios, a notorious gun-running gang. "We'll be ready to receive them. Those two have been on our tails for some time, but this time, we'll have the upper hand. It'll be nice to, well, have our way with them before we kill them slowly."

The men chuckled, realizing that it'd only be a short time before they had two of the best FBI agents off the face of the world. Little did they know that one was just a 'lucky' schoolteacher who had a supersuit courtesy of a couple of intergalactic aliens. That type of thinking is the fatalistic kind... the kind that would either make you go crazy or kill you.

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"Tony, are you sure you really want me to fly with you?" said Aidan with a slight cough. "Why now too? I'm supposed to finally go back to work tomorrow and I'd like some sleep."

"You should've had plenty of sleep," said Tony as he drove the car. "Besides Ade, we need to find this person. It'll only be a couple of hours tops."

"Said that last time too, Tony, and it took two days and ended up with me getting injured... again. That fall off the roof wasn't comfortable, even with the suit on. Then, I go fly again and crash into the monkey bars..."

"OK, I get the picture, but, we wouldn't haveta do this if you got a holograph of his location."

"True, but Ralph said he had trouble getting vibes off stuff if it had been sitting in a room for longer than a day, and that stuff you gave me had been there for three." she said grumbling. "Still, it'd be easier if I flew with you on my back."

Tony groaned as they turned off onto the road to the municipal airport. "Don't tell me you're afraid of flying in a plane?"

"No, we'd cover more ground if we just flew courtesy of the suit instead of searching for him first," said Aidan growing tired of the argument.

"I know but I did some thinking..."

"Must've snapped your brain a bit, given some of your ideas," said Aidan with a smirk. Lately she had been fed up with a couple of scenarios Tony had that ended up with one or the other injured. Most recently, Aidan wound up with a set of bruised ribs when she crashed into a set of monkey bars after flying back from some scenario.

Despite wearing the suit, she was in enough pain that Ralph and Pam ordered her to stay at her apartment until she could breathe deeply without making a face. She refused this search at first, but as Tony said the person was important, reluctantly agreed.

Tony only gave her a dirty look. "It's like this. What if we find him and he's out cold or something? Suit or no, You've never tried to carry more than one person, and he's pretty tall and heavy. I don't want to risk you throwin' your back out or somethin' trying to carry both of us. "

"OK, so why don't I fly solo and you keep an eye on me to see if I land?"

"Ade, I know I said a couple of hours, but if you flew and it took longer, we might end up with two people to find if you got hurt or tired. Besides what if the pilot sees you flyin' around in the fancy underwear? You know how some people have reacted to the suit, and it isn't just smile nervously and run off."

"Yeah... it wasn't easy to find a reason to explain why that weightlifter fainted, especially since I couldn't say I scared him when I caught him in my arms after he fell off the roof," she said wryly.

"See, it's just easier to fly with me in a plane first until we find the person, then you change in the suit and we go rescue him."

Realizing he had a point, Aidan nodded slightly as they pulled up in a parking space and got out of the car to head to the main office. Entering, they went to the counter and Tony flipped his badge. "Tony Villacana. You have a plane reserved for both me and my colleague?"

The attendant riffled through the computer screen until she found Tony's name. "Yes, Villacana and Hinkley. The plane will be ready to depart in about half an hour. Do you have any luggage?"

"Only my purse," said Aidan, presenting one that was more like a small bag. Tony scoffed, realizing that she always had a fairly large purse, and usually one decorated with ties.

The attendant smiled. "No, Miss Hinkley, you don't have to check that in. Mr. Villacana?"

"Just this," said Tony with a small tote.

Aidan smirked, knowing he didn't really carry around anything. "Tony, what's that about?"

"Well, it's a change of clothes and a first aid kit when we find our missing person. He's bound to smell among other things," said Tony, hiding the fact his gun was in there as well in a separate storage case, which had already been checked. The young woman gave him a slightly disbelieving look to all its contents, but let it go.

The attendant smiled. "OK, everything's ready. Now, why don't you two do what you need to get ready for flight and I'll notify your pilot you're here."

The team nodded and did what they needed to before they had to head out onto the field.

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On the field, the pilot was making final preparations for takeoff. He was being watched by a member of the Scorpios just to make sure the pilot wasn't taking chances. "So, you know what you have to do?" said the agent.

"Yes, I have to drug the female agent because she doesn't drink coffee, then fly them to the hideout. Simple," said the man, producing a mask with a small aerosol can attached to it. In the can was a fast-acting anesthetic, the same stuff that had been used to catch their one hostage before he could attack. "You guys said you were going to drug the male agent's coffee beforehand, so he should be out shortly before takeoff."

"Good. Now, you don't have much time. You'd better make your final preparations for takeoff," said the agent as he left. The pilot nodded and made a couple of checks and sighed, not wanting to do this. He had to give protection money to the Scorpios in order to keep his flying business open, but since he didn't have the money this month, they let told him that this would be his payment. He had orders to bring both Tony and Aidan to the hideout or he'd have to pay interest... with his life.

He was checking the propellers when he felt a slight pain in his arm and back. Chalking it off as worry that the agents wouldn't be out cold when he took flight, he shrugged off the pain and continued working.