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Author's Note: Hey, so maybe I have a guilty conscience for taking so long last chapter or maybe I'm just completely inspired by this week's episode but I've decided to go ahead with the next chapter! I've decided to skip ahead a few months so that they've already established a bit of a relationship with Kaitie. I've made it so it takes longer to locate Orion than it did in the series but it's all still going to work out eventually.

"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong".

-Murphy's Law

Chapter 4: Mission Gone Awry

Kaitie impatiently tapped her fingers on the steering wheel of the black SUV. This was supposed to be a simple in-out mission. What is taking so long? Her caramel colored eyes roved the property once more. Satisfied that no one was aware that her partners were inside the building. She glanced up at the white and black building and allowed her eyes to find the precise spot where Casey and Sarah would be, trying to spot them through the window and knowing that she wouldn't.

Her phone rang again breaking her concentration. She looked down and saw it was Chuck, again. He was nervous that they had left him behind for this mission, but in all truth it wasn't one that required him. She bit her lip and clicked talk.

"Hey."

"Hey Kaitie, is everything okay?" he asked worried.

"We're good Charlie boy," she replied, using her pet name for him in hopes that she would come off calm instead of worried. Casey and Sarah should have been back two minutes ago.

"Are you guys on your way back yet?" he asked. Kaitie looked back at the building.

"Not yet, but it shouldn't be too much longer before we can leave." She could practically hear Chuck worrying on the other end. "Don't worry big brother, I'll bring your girl back safe and sound." Chuck sighed and let out a little chuckle.

"I wish Kaitie. I'll see you guys a little later then?" She couldn't disappoint him.

"Of course."

"Alright, bye."

"Bye." She hung up and threw her phone in the side pocket of the door. Reaching under her seat she drew out her gun and ejected the magazine. Full. She put it in the waistband of her jeans. She glanced back and found some extra ammunition; she placed that in her pockets. Gun, check, knives, she felt along her ankle, check. She looked up at the dark building once more and then opened her door.

She wouldn't let her brother, or her new team, down.

Kaitie had always been good at hiding. She could blend in with shadows, move silently through buildings, and sneak into places that only the most skilled could. Right now she used her skills to her advantage.

Slinking down the hall she moved toward where Casey and Sarah were supposed to have retrieved the disk. She heard muffled sounds and then a thud. She turned the doorknob, careful to keep it turned all the way as she pushed it inward so that it wouldn't give the tell-tale click. Just visible through the crack in the door were Sarah and Casey. They were handcuffed and Sarah's lip was split. Not good.

Kaitie shifted angles in hopes of getting a count of their captors. She counted silently to herself. Two, no three men. She rolled her shoulders and prepared herself for a fight. Only two of the three were armed, she could tell because the two who were had their guns drawn and the way they held themselves told her that they only had one weapon apiece.

The third was playing the part of head villain; he was even giving that stupid speech. Chuck would've appreciated the effort to keep in character. She eyed the distance between her and them. She knew it would take a little bit of maneuvering to get between them and Sarah and Casey, but she was more than willing to try. Sarah and Casey were unarmed but she knew they could still cause some damage if they were given the chance. She grinned recklessly and prepared to charge in, but wait…yes!

There, half hidden next to the bookshelf was a hidden entrance. That must have been how these three had snuck up on Sarah and Casey. Well, Kaitie thought grinning, turnabouts fair play. She quietly snuck to the room that would house the opposite entrance and slipped inside. A quick search revealed what she was looking for and she snuck inside the little makeshift room between the two offices.

"Now what are we going to do with the two of you…" she heard Head Bad Guy say. Thank goodness he's finished with his speech. Kaitie rolled her eyes. She pushed open the hidden door a crack so she could see inside. A smile began tugging at her lips when she found that the very same Head Bad Guy was right in position for her to grab him. Now or never…she thought as she stepped out of hiding. She pulled her gun from her jeans and cocked it as her other arm grabbed Head Bad Guy in a choke hold. She pointed the gun at his head.

"Well, I think if you value your life you'll tell your henchmen to drop their weapons and release them," Kaitie taunted. The guy wasn't that large and her hold on him was secure. He gestured quickly for his henchmen to do as she instructed. After Sarah and Casey had been released they pulled their own weapons. Kaitie grinned at them. "A simple in-out mission huh?"

"Wasn't informed that there was trap door," Casey grunted. Kaitie laughed. In the past few months they had developed a trust for each other. She had almost effortlessly blended in with the team.

"Well brother dearest has already made about five phone calls so let's get the disk and scram," Kaitie suggested. Sarah and Casey both rolled their eyes; Casey annoyed, Sarah amused. Kaitie drug the Head Bad Guy over to the desk. "Get me the disk that I want," she commanded.

"Which…which one?" he whimpered. Clearly the other guys were the muscle and he was just the brains if all she had to do was sound threatening.

"Coome oon," she drew out the words like the annoyed teenager that she was, "the one with the list of hidden Fulcrum compounds." The man fumbled around for a couple of minutes with the key to one of the drawers and then opened it. He handed her the disk and she slipped it into a pocket. "Now, what to do with you guys…" she began speculatively. Casey threw over a pair of handcuffs.

"We'll bring them back, see what they know," he instructed. Kaitie nodded and handcuffed her guy.

"Not much from the looks of it," she muttered and heard Sarah and Casey's sounds of agreement. They took one last look around the room and then began to quickly lead their captives back downstairs. At the back exit Casey looked around and then pushed his guy out first before following him. Sarah did the same with hers and then Kaitie brought up the back.

They were about half way to the van when she saw it; a flash of silver in the bushes and the outline of someone clothed in black.

"Look out!" she shouted and began pushing her guy faster. Sarah and Casey did the same, but Casey's guy fell to the first shot. Kaitie looked around as she tried to keep her guy moving and saw two more shooters behind them near the building and one up on the roof. She aimed quickly and took him out first. When she turned back around her heart almost stopped. The first gunman was aiming for Sarah.

Oh no you don't, she thought abandoning her guy to run for Sarah. She hopped over the curb and jumped; arms outstretched, to push Sarah to the ground, but didn't make it before the guy fired off two shots. One grazed Sarah's shoulder, the other hit Kaitie square in the side.

"Ahh!" Kaitie cried as the bullet tore through flesh. She'd only been shot once before and she really didn't relish it the first time. It was like fire tearing through her side but she wrenched her eyes open and tried to force back the pain. Sarah was already up and had taken out the guy who'd shot them. She put her arm around Kaitie and helped her to her feet.

"Come on, we've got to make it to the van," Sarah urged her putting a hand on the wound to try and help stop the bleeding. Casey saw what had happened and ran around the front to start the car when another guy stepped out from behind the row of company cars parked in the back of the lot. Kaitie held up her gun but the guy started waving his arms in surrender. She squinted, he made a couple of hand motions; KB. She put her gun down.

"Should've known," Kaitie muttered and Sarah looked over at her. "Bry!" she yelled startling Sarah. "If you're going to be such bad luck all the time at least make yourself useful and go get the bad guy back there and get him in the van." The figure gave a salute and took off toward where she'd left her guy, on the ground cowering.

Sarah helped her into the back of the van just as the other two came running up. She gave Bryce no more than a glance before getting in and pulling Kaitie down to examine her wound.

"Hey KB, what do you mean bad luck? You got the disk right?" Bryce said as he pushed the bad guy in and climbed inside.

"Every time I go on a mission with you I end up hurt in some way Bry," Kaitie replied wryly. She hissed as Sarah tried to clean the wound as best she could with the first aid kit in the van. "You're really bad luck." Bryce grinned and ruffled her hair.

"Wouldn't have it any other way though would you baby girl?" Kaitie swatted his hand away but gave him a weak grin.

"I guess not, but it would be helpful if you brought some good luck with you once and a while," she teased. Bryce gave her his most charming smile and pulled out an envelope.

"Well, is this enough good luck?" Kaitie held out a hand for it. Bryce handed over the letter as Kaitie tried to keep her breathing even. The edges of her vision where starting to go black. She'd probably be out soon. Turning over the envelope she saw something that made her heart skip a beat.

A black and white figure of a girl in Greek clothes with a bow and arrow at the ready and a wolf at her side was drawn on were the address should be: Atemis, goddess of the hunt.

"Daddy," she whispered. She looked up at Sarah's confused gaze. "He said it fit better than Wraith." She looked back over at Bryce.

"Where'd you get this?" she asked. Bryce frowned.

"Found it at an abandoned compound outside the city. They'd already moved him but he'd left this behind." Kaitie nodded and then handed the envelope to Sarah.

"Make sure it stays safe so we can read it," she muttered. The darkness was spreading across her vision and making everything unfocused. Sarah nodded and tucked it away.

"I will, but you need to stay awake. Come on Kaitie, stay awake," she encouraged as she pulled Kaitie's head up onto her lap. She gently shook her.

"Can't…" Kaitie muttered. Sarah patted her face to try and keep her awake.

"Come on Kaitie. Who's gonna come up with our cover story if you're asleep? You love coming up with the stories." Kaitie smiled weakly.

"Drive by shoot out near the shopping district earlier tonight. Blame that…" she said trailing off as she curled closer to Sarah. Sarah and Bryce both laughed a little, she even thought she heard a grunt of amusement from Casey.

"Ellie's not going to be happy that we went shopping without her," Sarah replied trying to keep her talking. Kaitie barely nodded.

"No, but we can get her that top she was looking at last week and she'll be okay," Kaitie assured her. Her voice was weak but she was still talking. Casey pulled over to the side.

"Take her inside and get her looked at," he told the other two. "I'll deal with our prisoners."

"Bye Casey," Kaitie muttered as Bryce picked her up. She swore as Sarah closed the doors she heard him reply.

"Hang in there kid." But then she blacked out.

Alright so that actually turned out better than I thought it would. Read and review! Oh and for the record, this is a CHARAH fanfic and I just like Bryce so he's going to be helping out a little. Don't worry though; he won't be here for long.

JJ