"Annie, Auggie." Joan greeted them wearily. It had been two days since Summer had gone missing, and she and Arthur were staying in Annie's sister's guesthouse as their own home was still a crime scene.

"Hi Joan." Annie guided Auggie in to sit on the sofa, before passing the file she held to Joan and Arthur, who had come out of the bathroom.

"This is all they have?" Joan asked when she saw the thinness of the file.

"Yeah. Brian Adams doesn't live on grid very much- he doesn't have a phone, the address on file is fake and he has no living family." Annie perched next to Auggie.

"So… you have nothing?" Arthur stated, fury flashing across his face. Annie winced a little, but held her ground.

"Yes… I'm sorry. We're trying."

"We know Annie. We appreciate it." Joan interrupted, placing a hand on Arthur's arm to calm him.

"We did find out that Adams spent several years living in Las Vegas, which lead us to believe he may have a gambling habit." Auggie interjected. Annie left him to explain that and the rest of their findings as her phone rang, and she stepped outside to take it.

"Annie Walker."

"Annie, it's Teo."

"Teo! I was beginning to think you'd forgotten us." Annie perched on the wall, casting a nervous glance towards the guesthouse as she heard raised voices from inside.

"You are somewhat unforgettable, Annie. However, I 'm calling because I believe I've found Brian Adams."

"What?! How? We haven't even been able to find where he was two years ago, let alone now!" Annie exclaimed, sitting up straight.

"It's probably best if you don't know the answer to 'how'." Teo said dryly. Annie paused.

"Ah. Ok… so what have you got?"

"It's probably easier if I show you in person."

"What?" Annie asked, confused. She heard a laugh.

"Look up." Annie did as he said, spotting the non-descript car parked a little way down the street. Inside sat Teo, who gave a wave when he saw her looking.

"Buenos Dias." He greeted sourly. Annie blinked a few times, before rolling her eyes.

"Gimme a minute." She told him, snapping the phone shut before he could protest.

"I gotta go, I'll see you all later!" she called through the open door of the guesthouse, scampering away before anyone could stop her. She climbed into her car, signalling for Teo to follow her and pulled away as fast as she could without drawing attention.

A few miles down the road she pulled into the car park of a shopping centre and slid into Teo's car once he'd pulled up alongside.

"So… this is a surprise." She stated, glancing sideways at him. He shrugged slightly.

"Whatever my father may have done is not my sister's fault." Annie smirked at that.

"Oh, admit it. You're just as in love with her as we all are." She grinned.

"I have never met her."

"Mmmhm. So where are we going?"

"You'll see." Teo said simply.

Eventually, they pulled into an abandoned warehouse district.

"The warehouse in front of us is leased under the name Arthur J. Campbell." Teo told her, gesturing to the grey building.

"You're joking? How did nobody notice that?" Annie made a mental note to tell Joan to review the systems in place designed to protect agents.

"I could not speak for your agency, but I did. I have been observing it, but have not seen anyone go in or out." Teo said mildly. Annie raised her eyebrows, studying the warehouse curiously.

"Guess that's where I come in. You coming?" she climbed out of the car, slipping her gun into her the back of her jeans and pulling her shirt down over it.

Silently, they crossed to the building. Annie motioned that she would go around back, leaving Teo to enter through the front. She climbed carefully over the fence, dropping to the other side with a small: "Oof."

Annie crept around the side of the large building, peeking around and running to the steel door when she saw there was nobody around.

"Bugger." She whispered when she found it locked. She slipped the picks out of her pocket and inserted them into the lock, quickly unlocking the door and swinging it open. She snuck thought the warehouse, gasping when she heard a noise from around a crate of boxes. She whirled around the corner, raising her gun, and coming face to face with Teo.

"Jesus!" She hissed, glaring at him.

"Sorry. There's something you need to see." Teo said, his tone unapologetic. Annie followed him to a small, separate office near the front of the building, the door open wide.

"Oh hell." She cursed, staring at the body lying facedown in a pool of blood. Carefully, she leant over and rolled the body onto his back, holding up a picture next to his face.

"Well damn." She said, exchanging a glance with Teo. "It's Brian Adams."


"And you happened to be at this warehouse how?" Rossabi raised an eyebrow at Annie, who sighed.

"I told you- I noticed the name on the lease, and came to investigate. I found the body when I entered."

"And you were alone?" he checked.

"Yes." Annie nodded.

"And how did you enter the building?" Annie blinked at the question.

"…Through the door." She said slowly. Rossabi narrowed his eyes in irritation.

"Yes, but was the door already open when you got here?"

"Yes, but it was pushed to, so that wasn't immediately apparent until I knocked on it." Annie lied, just in case a witness had seen it closed in the hours before she and Teo had arrived.

"Ok Miss Walker. Stay in town, yeah?" Rossabi strode away into the fast approaching darkness, leaving Annie to traipse back to where Teo had moved the car a few streets away.

"So what now?" he asked as she slid in.

"Now? Now I go tell Arthur and Joan that the only solid lead we had is on his way to the morgue." Annie stared straight ahead for a few seconds, before she let out a shriek of anger and punched the dashboard.

"Shit!"

"Annie?" Teo looked at her hesitantly, his normal cocky facade dimming.

"Just drive, Teo." Teo did as she said, driving straight to her sister's house where she got out without a word. Curiously, he followed, standing beside the open door. He heard Annie's soft voice, the words nothing more than a mumble from when he was standing, followed by a pained sob that he guessed was from the step-mother he'd never met and a string of curses from his father.

Guiltily, he peeked through the window. He could see a blonde on the couch, her head bent and curls obscuring her face while next to her was Auggie, who had his hand placed comfortingly on her back. His father stood bracing against the wall, head bent to hide his face while Annie stood awkwardly in the middle of the room, arms hugging herself. She looked up, and her teary eyes met his, causing him to blink and look away. He turned; resolve settling within him as he pictured the distraught mother who wasn't the monster he'd created in his head, but someone quite different.

And with that thought, he slipped away into the night.