I'm back with another chapter for you. Thanks again to all who are reviewing and alerting(and favoriting) this.

As far as a timeline, I would put this after 'What Lies Below' but before 'Jacksonville.'

Remember, the whole premise of this fic is that it's written in the style of JJ Abram's former series, 'Alias.' The mood is more intense due to that style.

If you are not familiar with 'Alias' and its characters and their roles, you may want to do some research. It would add to what you get out of this fic.

I own neither 'Alias' nor 'Fringe.' Again, this is not a crossover fic. All mistatkes are mine.

Peter relfects on the ride to their operation.

Rouge-chapter 4

Peter Bishop's brow was furrowed as he glanced over at a sleeping, red-haired Olivia Dunham in the seat next to him. One thing he had learned in his many years as a conman was to always trust his gut. And his gut was screaming at him. Peter had a very bad feeling about this particular assignment. He knew without a doubt that if Broyles or someone higher in the DHS had given the green light for him to kill David Robert Jones, he would do it in a heartbeat when they found him.

He sighed as he thought about Jones, trying to lower his rapidly rising blood pressure. Peter absoultely hated the man. The literal monster had orchestrated Olivia's kidnapping only a year ago, sending Peter into the biggest panic attack of his life. God only knew what Jones's monkey, Mitchell Loeb, really did to her under the guise of performing a cortexiphan-checking spinal tap.

He hated that Jones had sought her out during the orifice-sealing case, had sent her out on a literal treasure hunt to retrive a box full of telekinetic-testing toys. He hated that Jones had risked theirs and countless other lives, and had scared Olivia almost to death with his stupid 'light bomb.'

What really made Peter seethe with disgust was what Astrid had told him happened while he and Olivia were trying to calm down in the moments after she disarmed the bomb, namely that when Astrid told Jones that Olivia had been successful, Jones smiled and said aloud 'that's my girl.' The idea that Jones felt he had any kind of connection with Olivia made Peter's stomach churn. He reached into his jacket pocket, pulled out a roll of TUMS, and popped two into his mouth.

The sudden realization that Peter knew he would give his life to protect Olivia from Jones was unnerving, but not surprising to him. He just couldn't believe it might come to that sooner than later. Her alias as a kind of loose French performer to call Jones out, was unacceptable to him. He had phoned Boyles from Logan International Airport and argued with him about it for 15 minutes, but the agent wouldn't budge. Jones' only weakness was apparently loose European performers, and so Broyles would give him one. Peter had every confidence Olivia could act the part and get the job done, he just didn't want to think about what the 'job' would entail. Images of Jones touching her or worse had been looping through Peter's brain for hours. So had the red hair. Brighter then auburn but a shade or two less than Ronald McDonald it gave her a different look. She looked 'hotter' for lack of a better word. It was a look he didn't want to share with anyone, especially not that bastard Jones.

Peter put his right hand on top of her cold left one on her armrest and squeezed gently. Surpringly, the gesture caused her no alarm. As if in response, Olivia turned in her seat and lay her head on his shoulder. Before he could stop himself, Peter placed his arm around her shoulder and kissed the top of her head, praying she wouldn't wake up and hit him. To his pleasant surprise she didn't move and her breathing evened out.

All they had to do was get through this. With Jones finally behind bars again Olivia would surely calm down. Maybe they'd have a shot at a normal relationship. Peter made a mental note to bring that up on the plane ride home. With Olivia curled up against him, her soft breaths on his chest, Peter closed his eyes and let the fatigue overtake him.

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