I realize this is short, sorry! I find Jai very difficult to write. Thoughts & opinions are welcome :)

I was frustrated. Arthur and Joan didn't trust me to handle Ben in Sri Lanka again, and while their reason was valid, things had changed. I wasn't going to let Ben slip through my fingers again. We couldn't afford to let him go rogue again. I trusted Annie, but I wasn't sure she was ready for this. She was a smart and capable agent, but her heart was yet another thing at stake when if she accompanied Ben to Sri Lanka. It was useless to plead my case to Joan, she liked Annie and would dismiss my opinion as jealousy. Arthur agreed with Joan on pretty much everything these days, it seemed he didn't want to tread on thin ice. They were forgetting how well I knew Ben. He would go off book, and I would be on standby for a call from Sri Lanka.

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Something about my father annoyed the hell out of me. He had known Ben? What else did he know? After his comment about Arthur, I had been wondering if he knew anything of the leak. I had never understood my father, or his disappointment in me, but now I saw it. It was because I respected Arthur Campbell. My father had been a tyrant while at the Agency, and I never wanted him back. I had meant what I told Annie about him last month. I was not his biggest fan.

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We hadn't heard from Annie and Ben in hours. They had blown through several checkpoints, and Joan was apprehensive. She held a meeting in the conference room. When she said they needed a few agents to get a overnight lift there to make sure everything was going to plan, I stared right at her. She sighed and said," Ok, Jai. You can go."

I tried not to grin triumphantly back, but it was hard. I went straight home and got ready, then headed back to the Agency. Joan gave me and a few other guys a file, saying to go to "the usual places." She turned to look back at me as she left, saying," Jai's running point on this. He knows the area well."

One or two the guys high-fived me, and we readied a plan before we took off. And then I remembered something I had seen after Joan and Arthur met with Annie a few days ago to give her the mission details.

"Hey, Auggie."

Auggie lifted his head up and turned it in my direction. "Jai?"

I walked to his desk and put my hand on his shoulder. "Yeah, it's me. I need your help with something."

He swiveled his chair so he was facing me, and chuckled. "This ought to be good. How can I be of service?"

"I know you gave Annie a tracker, and I need to know where she is. She and Ben have missed several check-ins and Joan and Arthur are getting worried. I'm on my way out with a few other guys to try and find them now. "

Auggie sighed, and turned back to my computer. Running his hands along the Braille keyboard, he opened and closed a few folders, and I watched the digital display in awe. Auggie was not messing around. Finally, a grid came up and zeroed in on a blinking red dot. I grabbed a pen and jotted down the coordinates quickly.

"Thanks, Auggie."

"Any time, Jai."

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Ben, Annie and I ran towards the helicopter. Ben yelled out something but I couldn't hear over the roaring blades. We jumped in and Annie told the pilot to take off as she started to close the door. Suddenly, a shot rang out. And then two more. I looked to Annie and saw a look of horror on her face. I gave her a quick once-over, she didn't seem to be bleeding. I looked down and saw Ben slumped over in her lap, his eyelids low and unresponsive. Annie was trying to feel for a pulse, panicking. I rubbed my eyes and looked at a frantic Annie, then leaned forward and told the pilot to pick up the speed. Then, I looked out the window, but didn't see the shooter anywhere. Damn.