Hello! First off, I'm so glad everyone likes the story so far. It always makes me happy to get feedback, and you guys are pretty awesome. Second of all, I would like to apologize if Aria seems a little Mary-Sue-ish. I like to write strong, smart women characters, and if that seems a little Mary-Sue, I apologize. Thirdly, I am sorry if Murdock seems a little out of character. It's really hard to capture that. I'm trying my best, but I don't know how well I'm doing. And last, but not least, I'm taking it on faith that if you faint, you can go to sleep immediately after(you'll see what I'm talking about after you read a little bit). Oh, and you can faint if you stay up too long, for example like 2 or 3 days. I think that's all of my intro this time. Enjoy!


Murdock caught her in his strong arms. The team had just stood there, trying to take in everything she had said. Murdock felt bad after that. He had never considered that she might not want to come with him; he had just dragged her along. Now, she was in his arms, in a faint no less, and he had no clue what to do.

"She'll be fine. She's a tough girl, and if she can survive us, she can survive anything. She'll probably get some rest and wake up when she's good and ready. She's had a long day." Hannibal told Murdock when he just sat there with Aria in his lap after Face had gone to get them a car. "Who is she?"

"She's a nurse. Remember the one in Mexico?"

"That tried to stop us? Or, me from taking you?"

"Yeah, that one. That's her. She was offered a job at the hospital in Mannheim. Because of me. I don't even really know why. But she took it." Murdock continued to stare at her as she slept now.

"Why did she come? Especially with a crazy ass fool like you." B.A. asked. He sat on the bench next to Murdock, Hannibal standing in front of the two.

"She didn't. I pulled her along."

"Why?" Hannibal lit a cigar, the aromatic smoke drifting to them.

"I thought she wanted an adventure. We would talk about the ones I went on with y'all. She enjoyed them as much as I did, and I thought 'Maybe she'd want to come when Hannibal breaks me out.' Maybe I was wrong, boss."
"She seemed to have fun. Until we got blown up." Hannibal puffed on his cigar, a suspicion forming in his mind.

"He, yeah. I guess."

"She's pretty. Has gorgeous brown eyes."

"They're green, boss." Murdock was still looking down at her.

"And you said she's a nurse? She could come in handy." Hannibal didn't even remark on Murdock's knowing of her eye color. His suspicion had been confirmed. "What is taking Face so long?"

Right then, Face pulled up in a non-attention grabbing, black SUV. Murdock motioned for B.A. to help him with Aria and grabbed her torso. B.A. grabbed her legs and gently laid her in the back seat. He climbed into the very back as Murdock lifted Aria's torso, then sat down, carefully lowering her onto his lap again. Hannibal slid into the front seat, and gave Face the nod to go. He took off, heading to a warehouse were they could plan.

"What took you so long?" Hannibal asked.

"I, uh, I got her some clothes. I thought she might want to change out of those scrubs when she woke up. And a few other things we might need tonight." Face glanced back at the-now sleeping-girl.

The rest of the drive was made in silence. B.A. nodded off, his head lolling around. Murdock stared out the window, lost in his own mind. He could not believe that he had dragged her into this now. He started to question his motives, wondering if he really did the right thing. Sure, he wanted to have an adventure, and share/give her one, but was that all? She made the voices be quiet. Was that why he brought her along? For his own selfish needs? Or was it something more? Every time he looked at her... And, furthermore, in bringing her, had he broken some sort of unspoken man/team code? The team was the closest thing he'd had to a family in a long time, and here he was adding on a new person. One that he wasn't even sure why he added, now.

They arrived at the warehouse, all the supplies they needed in the trunk with the sun low on the horizon. The team decided not to wake Aria up, and let her sleep in the car. Face told Murdock that there was a blanket in the back so she wouldn't get cold(as it was snowing). He pulled it out as the rest of the team went to go set up and gently placed it over Aria's sleeping body. He would make things right.

Aria woke up. She was groggy, and hungry. When she sat up, something fell off her. It was a thick, blue blanket. She rubbed her eyes, only to realize that she was in the back of a car in front of a warehouse she didn't recognize. There was an arrow above the pocket of the seat in front of her pointing down. She looked in to see a pair of jeans, a button-up shirt, a pair of black low-top Converse, and a belt. Looking around, she made sure no one would see her change, as there was still enough light from the setting sun. She glanced at the tags to make sure they would fit. Aria had to laugh;they were all men's clothes. Despite this, she changed into them.

"Hm. I've got to hand it to Face, they fit pretty good." She said to herself after she finished, rolling the sleeves up.

Aria got out of the car, the freezing air hitting her like a train. It had been warm and comfortable in the car, and she had been wrapped up in the blanket. Remembering it, she folded it into a thick shawl-like shape, wrapping it around her shoulders. She warmed up almost instantly. Afterwards, Aria walked into the warehouse, the snowing falling gracefully on her hair and shoulders.

The boys were finishing setting up their planning when Aria walked in. Snow was sprinkled in her hair; after sleeping, her braided bun had a little fuzzy halo around her head. The light seemed to halo around her as well. She looked tired, but rested to them. They all noticed that she had changed, and her clothes fit perfectly. Her hips were encased snuggly in the dark-washed denim. The green and white stripped shirt hugged her breast lovingly, and put them on a teasing display. Aria had the fist few buttons undone, and the ones under her breasts held, but only just. She had a dark blue undershirt on, probably one she had had on under her scrubs.

"Morning, Sleeping Beauty." Hannibal said as she walked in.

"Hello. How long was I out?" Aria rubbed her face, wiping off some of the snow.

"About 5 hours."

"Where are we?"

"Frankfurt." Face chimed in.

"Oh, lovely. I-" Aria was interrupted by one of the machines on the table making a funny sound.

"What's all this?"

"Um...surveillance stuff." B.A. nervously answered. "The printer doesn't want to cooperate. Can I have a few of your bobby pins?"

"Sure. Take all you need." Aria started to pull the numerous pins out of her hair. The thick braid soon fell down her back, the pins forming a black stick-y blob in her hand. "Here."

She handed B.A. the pins. He took them and dumped them on the table, pulling out a panel and carefully messing around inside of it. She pulled her braid around to the front and slid the tie off. Pulling the braid apart, she revealed the wavy locks that the braid had formed. Murdock could only stare at her.

"There. This fool shouldn't give us anymore trouble." B.A. stood up smiling.

"Alright. Pike has been moving the stolen engraving plates to the Konigsbank Tower in Frankfurt over the past month. Tomorrow the last of the cases containing these plates will be transferred to the Arab. This will mark the only time in six months that all the plates have been in one location. Its our best and only shot at getting them back. They leave the Tower for the 7:15 train to Zurich. Gentlemen, we're going to make sure they miss that train."

The boys proceeded to talk about bringing in Sosa, saying they needed her informed about the situation. Face looked a little worried. Aria wondered if he could handle facing her again. Hannibal strictly warned against engaging her.

"See, but don't be seen."

"Can I do anything to help? I feel so useless just waiting." Aria asked Hannibal when he finished outlining the plan.

"Hmm..you can-"

"She can drive me to and from the station. I'm gonna need to get in and out pretty fast." Face piped in.

"Can I Hannibal?" Aria asked, looking up at him like a kid asking to go the mall with some friends.

"Sure. Sounds fine by me."

"Sweet! I get to drive a get-away car! I've always wanted to do that. Well, not as in a bank robbery or anything, but I get to do it now!" A huge smile was on Aria's face spreading from ear to ear.

Murdock watched her, his mind racing with strange thoughts. Aria was beautiful in those clothes despite the fact they were all men's. And now she was asking to help with the mission. She was aiding them; she could get in a lot of trouble if they were caught. She had nothing to do with the original crime, yet she was willing, even excited, about helping them. He glanced at her again, her hair billowing lightly in the wind that blew threw the warehouse. Something was wrong with his stomach. It felt like he was flying, but he could feel the ground beneath his feet.