Title: Abandoned
Author: PapayaK
Category: Hurt-Comfort, whump
Spoilers: most of Season 2
Summary: Michael left. Or did he?
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em. Just having fun.
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Abandoned – Chapter 7
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In the car on the way to Terasov's home, Fi asked, "Who is this woman?"
"I knew her - years ago in Russia. That's how she knew I had the information they wanted. Sam's right, she doesn't look like much… but she is as evil and ruthless as they come.
Apparently I tend to attract women who are a lot more fearsome than they appear." He looked at her out of the corner of his eye, but she was thinking something else.
Fi proceeded with caution, "Michael, what did they want?"
But Mike had no problem telling her, "I was sent to stop some covert weapons shipments that were coming out of Siberia. My mission was to destroy the building where the weapons were hidden. When I got there I learned that the weapons were the least of our problems. Anya and her team were preparing a large shipment of weapons-grade plutonium. They were selling off all the leftover plutonium from the soviet era. And they were selling it to all the worst possible customers. Insane despots that wouldn't hesitate to use it randomly against the free world." He paused as she negotiated a curve at high speed, "You can't just blow up a warehouse when it's full of plutonium… so I 'lost' it."
Fi raised her eyebrows, clearly impressed, "You hid a shipment of plutonium?"
Michael actually grinned at the memory, "Two containers- in a place where it should be safe for several years yet. The US government knows where it is, and is keeping an eye on it." He lost his smile, "I couldn't tell Terasov where it was."
Fi agreed emphatically, "No, you couldn't. Not for anything."
They pulled up in front of Terasov's rental house. Michael gestured for Fi to go around the back, and then tried the door. It wasn't locked. He was torn between hope that Sam would still be there, and fear that he would no longer be in one piece.
The house was empty except for a tape recorder sitting in the middle of the table in the front room.
Fi joined him having searched the rest of the house.
Their eyes met across the table as Mike picked up the recorder and pressed play.
The first voice they heard was Terasov's, "So, Vestin – you were not stolen from us as I thought. Your friends actually rescued you." She chuckled, "I thought that meant they were smart, but your friend Axe is walking up to my door- not so smart. I will enjoy telling him about our time together. And then… You already saw what I will do to him. And this time – it will really be him– and there will be no rescue."
There followed a recording of Sam and Anya's conversation, which Mike switched off rather forcefully when she began describing his torture.
"Sam was investigating the Russians, right? Some financial thing?"
At Fi's nod he continued, "I need to see everything he's got."
He saw her pick up the recorder, "Fi…" he warned. He really didn't want her to hear what they had done to him.
She shrugged innocently and put the recorder in her bag. Mike grimaced – it would have to do for now, he didn't have time to deal with it.
They headed to the charger.
Before she started the car, Fi laid a hand on his arm, "Has it occurred to you that they only took Sam to get you back?"
Michael didn't answer. Of course he had – and it didn't matter in the least.
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tbc…
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Sorry that was a short one. The next one is much longer.