The only thing that follows that belongs to me is the idea of what could have happened, everything else belongs to Covert Affairs and the USANetwork.

Chapter 1

Annie drove. She had no clue where she was going. All she knew was that he was leaving. Not just leaving the country, but leaving her. Leaving everything she had hope for, everything she had dreamed of in the past few days. Leaving everything she had come to realize about her feeling for him. She drove on, on into the setting sun, a symbol of her heart sinking in her chest. She would drive until the pain stopped she had told herself. Looking ahead at the long darkening road, she knew it would be a very long time before she would ever stop. Glancing at the passenger seat her cell phone vibrated across the leather, Joan's name flashed across the screen, she picked it up and without even thinking, tossed it over her shoulder and never looked back.

Sitting in the Airport waiting for his luggage at the carousel Auggie couldn't wait to hear Parker's voice again, she had filled a void in his life that no one else ever had, well accept for one, but that ship had sailed the day that he found out she loved another. It was not the first thing that Ben Mercer had ruined for him but it had been the worst to deal with. Now that he had given Annie a gift of one of the things he loved the most he could begin to let her go and move on to a future with Parker. Parker, who at first he thought was just away to help him deal with the feelings of guilt for her brother, but now, he didn't know. He was in Africa now though and he find out. His thoughts were stopped however when his phone rang.

"Joan this better be good. You know I am on vacation in Africa"

"Auggie have you heard from Annie? I had a mission I needed her for but we have not been able to contact her. Her phone was tracked to the side of Highway 20 in Texas."

Auggie was worried Annie never went anywhere without that phone and she never left without anyone knowing where she was.

"Has anyone spoken to her sister Danielle?"

"That's why we are calling you Auggie, Danielle told us the last thing Annie said was she was going to talk to you about…"

There was silence on the other end of the line

"Joan what are you talking about, talk to me about what?

"Auggie have you talked to Annie?"

"Yes, I saw her right before I left to go to the airport when I gave her my car, but what did you mean Joan, talk to me about what?"

"Auggie maybe you should call Danielle."

"Joan what are you talking about and what does it have to do with Annie being missing?"

"Auggie call Danielle" The authority Joan's voice gave no room to question, she was not going to give Auggie any further information, "Call me if you here from Annie I am beginning to worry."

"You're not the only one Joan" Auggie said as he hung up the phone.

Annie was missing and he was on the other side of the world. But why did he need to call Danielle, and what would Joan not tell him. Sitting in the nearest chair he thought back to two days ago when he had last spoken to Annie in the parking garage.