"Simple brush pass mission right?" Annie asked as she talked on the phone with Auggie.
"Of course." He said calming her fears.
"And you better not leave me this time; cause last time was just-…"
"I wont." He said with determination.
"What I meant was just…"
"Annie, focus." Joan said in her ear.
"Right, sorry." Annie apologized as she walked down the streets of Spain.
She kept the phone to her ear as she went looking for her contact.
"He isn't here yet." She said quietly in her phone as she stood at their meeting spot by the fountain.
"He will." Joan said confidently before Auggie could calm her fears.
Annie observed the environment for a little before her gut felt something off.
"Auggie." She whispered slightly nervous.
"Annie? What is it?" he asked slightly panicked.
"Just tell me this is going to be easy. Just tell me one of those pep talks."
Auggie let out a laugh and put his arms on the desk.
"You can do this Annie, you've done it once before without my help remember? Its going to be ok. Simple mission; and before you know it, you will be back in the states seeing our lovely faces again." He smirked.
Annie laughed quietly and then silence set in again. As Annie took a look around, a feeling crept over her.
"Something isn't right." She whispered.
"What do you mean Annie?" Joan said, walking closer to a nervous Auggie.
"I don't know…something just doesn't feel right- Wait, I have to go. My contact is here." she said and then hung up the phone
When the brush pass was finished, Annie immediately turned around and walked away to go catch her plane that would lead her back home. She felt like something was wrong. Something felt off but she couldn't place it.
You're going crazy Annie Walker. She told herself.
She swallowed hard, trying to ignore the gut feeling that told her something was wrong.
She sauntered off in a hurry; pulling out her phone to call Auggie.
It's done; im safe. She thought to herself. Just call Auggie, he will calm you down.
"Annie?" Auggie asked after the first ring.
"Auggie." She said in relief. "I-…"
Her words were cut off as the echoes of yells and screams were heard behind Annie.
"Annie?" Auggie asked panicked as he stood up from his seat. Joan came to stand by him, putting a hand on her shoulder; whether it was comforting or a way to tell him to sit him back down, Auggie didn't know, but he took his seat anyways.
He listened as the phone dropped, or so he guessed. They listened to the grunts and sounds of fighting in the background, hoping Annie was ok. But it wasn't until a gun went off that Joan and Auggie both started to really panic.
"Anne!" Joan shouted into the mouthpiece.
"Annie, talk to us!" Auggie said getting up from his seat.
"Annie?" Joan asked as they listened to silence.
Just as Joan was about to take off her headphones to call in back up for Annie, she heard muffling in the background.
"Annie?" Auggie asked.
There were odd sounds that Auggie couldn't exactly place.
"It sounds like the phone is being dragged and picked up." Auggie said to Joan as he covered the mouthpiece.
"Annie?" Joan called again.
Breath sounds were heard and a few incoherent words and sounds. Soon, there were male groaning and grunt sounds being added to the background.
Auggie and Joan listened closely as there were more shuffling and odd sounds.
"Auggie?" an unsteady voice asked.
"Annie." He said with relief.
"I need back up, or something. Please hurry." She said with a hint of anxiety in her voice.
"Annie, what happened?" Joan asked as Auggie immediately went to another computer.
"I don't know. One minute im giving the case to my contact and then calling you; next I turn around and see a bunch of men killing him." She gasped as her heels clicked in the background.
"They killed our contact?" Joan asked for clarification. Annie's heels stopped clicking and she took a few breaths.
"Yes, they strangled him." She breathed raggedly. The clicking of the heels started again and she let out a few grunts.
"Are you hurt?" Auggie asked coming back into the conversation.
"I'm shot." She said with a bite to the lip.
"Where? Are you ok?" he asked rushed.
"I- I think im going to need a medic." She said in pain.
"Annie, we are sending help right away ok? Just get out of th-…." He said.
Gunshots were heard again and the clicking was faster.
"Shit!" she cussed, running with the phone.
"Annie?" Auggie yelled.
The phone hit something with a loud clunk and more muffled sounds which kind of sounded like yelling.
"Damn it!" Auggie swore.
"Calm down Auggie, that won't help Annie." She said sympathetically as she listened to the sounds.
Auggie and Joan listened to the sounds for a while till they heard footsteps.
"Annie?" Auggie asked, wheeling his chair back to his desk.
The loud sounds of breathing were heard through the phone- it was the last thing they heard before the phone was shut and they were left with a dial tone.
Joan and Auggie went silent, taking it all in.
"No." Auggie whispered.
"We're going to get her back Auggie." She said determinedly, and then left his office.
Auggie sat there, frozen, just replaying everything that happened in his head.
"Hang in there Annie; we're coming to get you." He whispered to himself.
