AN: Two chapters in one night, not bad. This chapter was inspired by the song Kiss It All Better by He is We. If you haven't heard it, it's a beautiful song.

Happy reading...

'It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up under the sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things." - Lemony Snicket

Chapter Two: Kiss It All Better

Three days later, Carissa and I got in the car to go to the airport. John was taking Riley and Zach tomorrow. We weren't allowed to contact each other. They were headed to a little town down under. We were headed to a small village in the New Zealand. Well, Carissa would be. She would be going with Agent Sherman. I had known her for many years, she would take care of Carissa until Sadusky can inform Riley and until they can make arrangements for her to be with them.

"Where are we going, mommy?" Carissa asked confused.

"Oh a trip." I replied not wanting to worry her.

"Why isn't Daddy coming?" She asked.

"Because he has to go somewhere for a while." I replied, "You'll see him soon though."

Carissa looked at me and asked, "Why are you sad, mommy?" I had forgotten how quick she was when it came to emotions. Before I could think of an answer, she asked, "Is it because you miss Daddy?"

"Yeah." I replied. I was going to miss Riley, and Zach, and Carissa. I didn't like the plan, but it was the best plan to get rid of Ian. Thinking over the plan and knowing what I had to do was what made me sad.

-Flashback-

Aaron and Alyssa gaped after Sadusky stated that I would have to take myself out of the equation for his plan to work.

"Bianca can't…"Aaron started to argue for me, "She has a family, she's…"

"He's after her." Sadusky stated, "More so than Ben. She needs to get herself out of the equation. We have a mole in the organization."

"Who?" Aaron asked him.

"Agent Vega." Sadusky replied, "I'm sending him and Agent Sherman with you Bianca."

Agent Nigel Vega was an agent who was being mentored by Agent Raina Sherman. He was a little off, but didn't seem that odd.

I sighed, "What is your plan?"

"Agent Vega is working with Ian and his task is to kidnap you." Sadusky stated.

"Why can't we just let him take me instead of killing me?"

"Because we want to take care of the mole." Sadusky stated.

"Endangering my life in the process?" I asked in reply.

"You knew the risks of this job when you took it." Sadusky stated.

"So, what do I have to do?" I asked him.

"Take care of the mole and then meet Aaron so he can take you into hiding." Sadusky stated. We talked for a bit more and then Alyssa and Aaron left.

"What's really happening?" I asked Sadusky, knowing what he had pitched Aaron and Alyssa was not really what was going to happen.

-End Flashback-

When we got to the airport, we met up with Agents Vega and Sherman.

"She ready to go?" Sherman asked gently.

"Just let me have a moment with her." I told her. She nodded and dragged Vega away.

I kneeled to down to meet her height, "Carissa, I have something to tell you."

"What?"

"I'm not going with you, sweetheart." I replied.

"Where you going?"

"To work for a while." I replied, telling her half of the truth.

"Will you be back soon?" She asked.

I nodded, trying not to cry, "As soon as I can, love." I kissed her head and hugged her tight knowing that it would be the last time I would see her for a while. "Can you do something for me?" I asked her. She nodded. I smiled at her. "Could you hold on to this for me?" I asked her taking off my locket. She nodded. I put it around her neck, "I've had this since I was about your age. It was sort of my good luck charm growing up."

"I'll take care of it, mommy."

"That's my girl." I hugged her again, "Behave for Agent Sherman, okay?"

She nodded and Sherman took her away.

I looked at the mole. "Looks like it's just you and me, Vega."

"Wouldn't have it any other way, Poole." He replied with a smile as we started to walk out of the airport.

"Vega, I know why you're here." I told him, if I was going to do this I was going to get it over with now. I didn't like pain. The quicker it was over with the better. "I know you're the mole." I hissed at him. His eyes grew very dark. He grabbed my arm tightly and dragged me to a fire escape of the closest building.

"Climb." He ordered darkly, pulling out his gun and pointing it at me.

"You see, that doesn't scare me." I replied, pulling out my own. "I have one of my own. Think of some new material, dipstick."

He glared, "If you don't move, I shoot you."

"Go ahead." I replied, not the smartest words I've ever used in my life, but I couldn't take them back now. I undid the safety on my gun before he could notice.

He did exactly what he was told. Before everything went black, I did as I was told too. Vega was taken care of and soon I would be too.

Aaron's POV:

I had been looking for Bianca for the past twenty minutes. She wasn't were she said she would be. I called the last person I wanted to call.

"Hello?" Riley answered the phone.

"Great, I caught you before you had to leave." I exclaimed actually happy to hear his voice.

'What do you want?" He asked.

"I'm having trouble finding someone, how do you track a cell phone?" I asked him.

"Why would you wanna know that?" He asked.

"Cause someone I care about might be in danger, now please tell me." I replied, not wanting to say that I was actually starting to get worried that Bianca might be dead. That is not news I would want to give to anyone. I know how it felt for someone you loved that much to die from this line of work. It tears you apart.

Riley sighed and told me how to track her down. I thanked him and hung up. I did it exactly how he told me to and found Bianca five minutes later. She was on the ground bleeding to death.

"No…" I murmured, rushing over to her. I checked her pulse, it was still there for now, but if I didn't get her help now, it wouldn't there for much longer. I called an ambulance and rushed her to the hospital.

When they took her back to the emergency room, I called Riley. He needed to know. I would have called Ben, but he and her dad had already left. Riley was the only one who hadn't left and this was going to kill him.

"What do you want, Aaron?" He asked tiredly. I didn't blame him, if I had to take care of a baby Zach's age by myself, I'd be tired too.

"I don't want to be the one to tell you this." I started, "The person I was trying to track down when I called you the first time was Bianca. She was supposed to meet me at a certain location and she never showed. I tracked her down through her blackberry, and…." I took a deep breath. I was about to lose it, quite honestly, Bianca and Sophie were the last living connections I had to Lani. Bianca dying almost felt like losing Lani all over again. "Bianca's been shot. The doctors don't know if there's anything they can do for her….She's dying."

He didn't reply for a while, "…I'll be there as soon as I can." He hung up.

A nurse came out fifteen minutes later asking for the people who were with Bianca. I raised my hand.

"Are you the husband?" The nurse asked, coming over to me.

I shook my head, "Colleague. We work together. I called her husband, he should be he shortly."

"She's up and asking for him." The nurse replied, "She doesn't have much time left. There wasn't much we could do for her. She's lost too much blood."

Riley ran in a few moments later.

"Are you the husband?" The nurse asked him. He nodded, out of breath. She nodded, and told him, "She's been asking for you. She doesn't have much time left. I'll take you to her."

The nurse took him back.

Riley's POV:

"I'll leave you alone." She said leaving, shutting the door.

"Oh my-" I started, "Bianca…" I didn't know what to say. She looked like she was in so much pain. She was so pale. She put her hand on mine.

"Kiss all better; I'm not ready to go…. It's not your fault, love; you didn't know….You didn't know…" She said lightly.

I kissed her head, not wanting it to be true. "Everything will be alright…"

"Kiss it all better, Ri… I'm not ready to go…"

"If I had known I-"

She cut me off, "It's not your fault, love; you didn't know…You didn't know…" Her eyes started to close.

"Bianca, please…" I said, "Don't leave me…"

My words were in vain though. She was gone.