Thank you, Diane, for your review! I was so happy to see someone was enjoying this story! :D


1967

The man watched as Lee was taken by a very hardened looking man. He felt a little bad that the brothers were being split up, but it had to be this way. Luke started to cry as though he knew his brother was gone.

"Shh," the man soothed. "Yours is coming soon." After an hour, another man who looked like he'd seen hell and back came to pick up the baby.

"He'll be a machine," he chuckled.

"Just make sure he learns how to keep himself safe."

"No worries. You won't want to cross paths with him by the time we're done with him."

Present (2016)-Lee

"You're serious?" Lee asked when Barney told him.

"Yea. He wants one or two of us up here following to alert the buildings those bombs are under."

"All right."

Lee thought this was a very bad idea, but he wasn't about to argue with Barney. He went back to Gunner and Doc.

"Did you find him?" Mei asked hopefully.

"He's all right. He wants you to go down there and help him find the rest of the bombs," Lee explained. Mei shivered, but she knew without her, they might be too late.

"Okay," she nodded. Gunner and Doc flanked her as they followed Lee to where Barney was waiting.

"Who's staying up?" Barney asked.

"I will," Doc shrugged. Gunner agreed as well.

"Let's hope we get to them before Stanley does," Barney said, putting his hand on Mei's back and escorting her down into the tunnels.

Elsewhere

"Ma'am?"

"Yes?"

"I think we've found them."

She sat up and leaned forward, staring at her assistant.

"Are you sure?"

"Positive. Drones don't lie." He slid the photos across her desk to show her. She peered at them, noticing the feeling in her stomach she was experiencing. The thing was, they looked so much like him that she shivered.

"Bring them to me," she ordered, looking back up at her assistant.

"Got it," he nodded, heading back out. She leaned back in her chair. A lot had changed. She wasn't going to hide anymore. She needed them to help her finish this so that not only she could rest easy again but so that the world could too.

Luke

He was leaning against the wall when Barney came along with Mei. Lee was behind him.

"Luke," she said, hugging him tightly.

"I'm sorry for bringing you into this," he apologized, hugging her back.

"No, I want to help. I'm not a little kid anymore," she said, pulling back. "I know where they all are."

"Do you happen to know what buildings they're under?" Barney asked.

"No. He didn't show me that," she shook her head.

"Stay close to me," Luke ordered. "He's still down here."

"Okay," she nodded. Luke hoped that they could find them all before it was too late.

Lee

They were walking carefully and watching as Toll would disarm the bombs Mei led them to. After disarming three, they felt a vibration. They all looked at each other, feeling a bit anxious.

"There's been an explosion," Gunner's voice came into their ears. "You guys all right?"

"Yea. Where was it?" Barney countered.

"Looks like a bank about five blocks from the White House," Gunner answered.

"The White House?" Lee said. He had a very bad feeling suddenly.

"It's a distraction," Luke advised, listening.

Barney thought for a moment, and he knew Luke was right.

"It'll make police go there and all focus be on that spot, right?" Mei asked, getting it.

"Yup. All these other bombs are probably laid out so anyone chasing them will get stuck," Luke finished. "They're not under buildings. They're under streets."

"What's the plan?" Lee asked Barney, seeing his brain was working overtime.

"Gunner, you and Doc meet us down here. Lee and I will go with you to find Stanley. Toll, you stay with Mei and Luke and finish disarming."

"Sounds good, boss," Gunner said. "Over and out."

"And me?" Caesar asked.

"Keep an eye on the door. No one else comes in or out, got it?"

"Got it."

"You good with that?" Barney asked Luke, who nodded.

"How will you find him?" Mei asked. "You don't know the layout. I do."

Lee knew this was very true, but he didn't know what to tell her. There was no way she was coming when there was going to be imminent gunfire.

"Do you know how to get there from here?" Barney asked her. She nodded. He pulled out a piece of paper.

"It'll take forever," she started.

"Just write left, right, or straight," he instructed. "We'll figure out the rest."

Mei took the pen and paper and started to write. When she was finished, she handed it back to Barney.

"Thanks, hon," he smiled. To Lee. "Ready?"

"Let's find him," Lee nodded.

"Good luck," Toll said.

Luke

He could sense that Mei was worried about the others. They had disarmed two more bombs when Barney's voice came through.

"We've found him. Hanging back for now to see what he's up to. How's it going with the bombs?"

"Three left," Luke replied. They were walking carefully through whatever it was that was on the ground.

"Good. We'll do our best to take him out. See you on the other side."

"You bet."

"Are they okay?" Mei asked.

"They're fine," Luke answered. She stopped suddenly.

"Here," she said, looking up. Sure enough, another bomb was strapped to the ceiling. Toll climbed up to disarm it, but then he paused.

"What's wrong?" Luke asked.

"It's...it's a remote one," Toll said, looking at it. "And it's bigger than the others."

"What does that mean?" Mei asked.

"Hey, Barney," Luke said.

"Yea?"

"Hold off. If he gets attacked, he's gonna detonate this one. It's remote."

"Can Toll disarm it?"

Toll shook his head slowly.

"Not with certainty," he said. "I've never seen one like this. I would be afraid of blowing us all to bits."

"Leave it and find the last two. We'll wait," Barney said. Mei felt panic then. What if the other two were like this one? Luke was looking up and biting his cheek. She knew that meant he was thinking.

"What?" she asked.

"Why such a fancy bomb for here?" he pondered. Toll looked for an exit, and he found one but only just. He tried to push it up, but it was too heavy. Luke climbed up to join him, and together they pushed it open. Mei watched from the ground. Luke and Toll looked around, and suddenly, Luke knew where they were.

"It's the FBI headquarters," he said.

"Stan's gonna take the whole thing out?" Toll asked. "Makes sense I guess. Keeps them from helping the police."

"He's probably put some under the police station too," Luke mused.

"This guy is really starting to piss me off," Toll noted. They put the piece back in place and climbed down.

"What are we going to do?" Mei asked.

"Notify them," Luke told her. "They can take care of it or at least evacuate."

"I'll make the call," Toll said, pulling out his phone. He shook it. "Damn, no signal."

"Let's head out from another exit point," Luke suggested. "Get the hell out of here in one piece." He kept a hand on Mei's shoulder as they hurried back. He was deathly afraid of losing her.