Charlie's Angels Adventures

by XoMissManhattanXo

Bosley and the Angels Eve, Abby and Kate deal with new missions, friendships, relationships, arguments, drama, feelings. (Based on Charlie's Angels, 2011 TV)

10. Real Life Angels, Past Life Demons

Chapter Rating: (M) for drama, violence, suspense and trouble with all the Angels!

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CHAPTER 10 - REAL LIFE ANGELS, PAST LIFE DEMONS

Right after the flight back from Puerto Rico, the Angels barely had time to sleep a few hours before the sun was shining outside again. Charlie had requested to see them bright and early on Monday morning, he had a case for them and he needed them to be prepared for work.

"All the coffee in the world can't help me wake up right now." Kate yawned, walking in the Agency and speaking to herself.

"Where is Abby?" Bosley raised an eyebrow.

"Couldn't wake her up. So I just left her home." Kate explained.

"Did I not just spend 2 hours and a half in the plane, telling you girls how important our next mission is to Charlie?" Bosley wasn't pleased.

"Why are you telling me that? I'm here, aren't I?" Kate walked away from him and sat down on a sofa.

"Yes, but Eve isn't picking up her phone and Abby is still sleeping." He protested.

They heard the phone ring at the same time and he picked up hesitantly.

"Good morning, Angels." Charlie greeted nicely.

"Good morning, Charlie…" Kate's voice echoed in the room, but it wasn't enough to fool him that it was three voices replying to him.

"John?" The man barely managed to speak.

"I'm here with Kate, Charlie. The others are coming in. We sent them to get more coffee." He lied, protecting the Angels' rep.

"Alright, I will give you a few more minutes before I give my instructions…" Charlie said nicely, but Bosley cut him off.

"It's okay, I'll call you when we're done with coffee." The young man said right before he hung up the phone.

"Take the car, go get Eve. I'll go drag Abby out of bed. Quickly! We have no time to waste." He barked his orders, he didn't like it when things didn't work out the way they were planned to.

Almost half an hour later the four of them managed to sit at the table in the Agency and they called Charlie again.

"Angels, on Saturday I received a call that a young girl named Angela had been kidnapped and is being kept in a house in Miami. I didn't want to bother you during your vacation, but now it is time to move. I tried gathering information this weekend, but I have nothing. We don't know what she looks like or who she is. I trust you to find her and bring her to the safe house until we can find out her identity." Charlie explained.

"Another case of kidnapping? This one is a little unusual. How do we know where to find her?" Abby questioned simply.

"I leave it up to John to work his magic online. All we know is that the people who took her sent an audio message out to a random man's e-mail account. The man contacted me from the mobile phone he opened the e-mail on. Now it is up to the Townsend Agency to finish the job. It is very important that the Police stays in the dark about this or you might all end up in jail for illegally investigating a case and withholding facts from the authorities. Not to mention breaking and entering, which would be very much needed. I'm giving you full freedom of action. The most important thing is that the girl is safe. Good luck, Angels." Charlie finished up the call.

"Let's see, we have an e-mail and a recording. It shouldn't be hard to get the location." Bosley started thinking out loud, standing in front of the big touch screen that covered the whole wall in the living room. "Hmm, that's strange…they didn't even use encryption. Clearly we're not dealing with professionals." He started coming up with ideas and trying to profile the kidnappers.

"Can you get the address of the guy who spoke to Charlie?" Abby asked, checking out the things Bosley was doing while trying to get information.

"Of course. But it's not important, we would just be wasting our time. If he had anything to say, he would have told Charlie." He shook his head. "Wait…I can't trace the place where the recording is made. So they are stupid enough to not use encryption, they didn't mask up the girl's voice…yet I can't get an exact location?" He seemed beyond confused. Something didn't sound right.

"Play the audio to us, Bos." Kate requested and Bosley complied.

"I…I don't know where I am. I want to go home. Please help me." The unknown girl said before the sound of an opening door could be heard and the audio recording was cut off.

"Great. Charlie knows how to pick up missions." Abby sounded irritated.

"Isn't there anything we can do? What about tracing all calls for the man who spoke to Charlie?" Kate suggested.

Bosley shrugged and did it, even though he was sure it wouldn't give them enough information. However, he found something weird.

"Girls, check this out. No outgoing calls from his mobile. Except the one he made to Charlie." He raised an eyebrow and continued to go through the records. "No incoming calls either. Just the one from the kidnappers. And the phone isn't registered."

"Payphone? Great, then we have a suspect." Abby concluded.

"Except that he wouldn't be stupid enough to call an agency and hire private investigators to find him and stick him in jail." Kate added. "Although, if he's a suspect, it explains why we can't tell the Police. Maybe he's one of the psychos who like to be chased, but not exactly by the authority."

Eve was standing in front of the touch screen and Bosley could tell there was something on her mind. "What is it, Eve?" He asked suddenly.

"I say we forget about the dude with the phone. He's a red herring. I've seen this before. He could be just a random guy they put the blame on so we would waste our time investigating him. We should focus on the girl's whereabouts." Eve's fingers tapped against the screen as if she wanted to find something specific. When she failed at it, she looked at Bosley. "Play the recording again." She requested.

He put the recording back on and Eve closed her eyes. It only lasted a few seconds and none of the Angels found it that amusing anyway.

"Play it again." Eve asked, but after the third time she heard it she still hadn't had enough.

"Do it again, Bosley." She whispered quietly. Bosley played it and sighed.

"Again. Louder." She requested. Her eyes were closed, as if she was very focused on something and pushing all reality away from her.

"Okay, this is too kinky for me. I'm out. Anyone want cupcakes?" Abby threw her hands in the air. Eve seemed possessed, so Blondie decided to make a run to the kitchen to grab something sweet. Poor Bosley, whenever he bought some food, the girls always managed to put their hands on it first. So with the time he learned to shop for four people and to always have his fridge fully stocked. He could deny it all he wanted, but he intentionally bought the things the girls liked, even if he wasn't big of a fan: gummy bears for Eve, paprika chips for Abby and caramel chocolate for Kate.

"One last time, Bos. But this time slower. And louder." Eve seemed to be in a weird state of trance.

He didn't question her, he just played the tape again, even though it started to be weird for him as well. Eve squinted her eyes, her lips were pursed and she was holding in a breath, as if she wanted there to be nothing to keep her from hearing better. Finally she opened her eyes and smiled.

"4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Key Biscayne, FL 33149!" She stated with a smirk.

"What the-…" Abby stopped in place, turning around and walking to the Angels once again, forgetting about the cupcakes in the kitchen.

Bosley put the address in his search engine, but before it would give any result, Eve continued.

"Miami Seaquarium." She said proudly. "It's on the Virginia Key, on the way to Biscayne Marina. The whole area is all about fish and water. There's the Southeast Fisheries Science Center, the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, the NOAA Miami Regional Library and this big park, surrounded by the one and only driveway on the isle." Eve kept on speaking.

"It's official, Eve creeps me out." Kate stated, walking towards Abby and standing a few feet away from the nerd that they just discovered.

"I drive by that place twice every day. Gloria and I used to sneak in and watch the dolphins. And she dated a guy who worked there, so I know the whole Key quite well." She smirked. It felt really good to be the one unraveling the mystery. "What I'm trying to say is that there are only specialized buildings there. You can't get in without a pass or a badge. So that rules out the majority of the places around. It's safe to say our kidnapped girl isn't watching the 10am show with baby dolphin Simone." She sighed. "What? She's adorable, she was born when I got paroled. I like dolphins." Eve defended her statements.

"Wait, how did you even know that's the place?" Bosley finally asked the thing that was running in everyone's mind.

"Easy. The sounds on the tape, they're dolphins. It was recorded early in the morning. They do this specific sound when they are hungry and they want their morning meal. And they splash their tails in the water until someone pays them attention." She stated proudly. "So wherever our girl is, it's on the Virginia Key for sure. And it's not too far from the Seaquarium either. The waves wash away the sounds pretty quickly. So we're looking for a little hideaway place in close proximity to the Dolphins section."

"You're an evil genius!" Kate sighed, there was just a little bit of jealousy in her voice. She loved being the one to put the pieces of the puzzle together.

"You're calling me evil? You and Abbs jumped at Bosley's mother like hyenas on heath!" Eve chuckled, remembering the events from a day ago.

"Ladies, we should get ready and go check this place out. Eve, you and Kate can go undercover to the morning show and Abby-…" Bosley spoke, but Eve raised her hand in the air to interrupt him.

"No, that's a waste of time. Like I said, she won't be anywhere near the show. We can, however, get a whole day pass for the cages, I mean, those places where the animals are kept during the night and in between shows. They do this thing twice a week, Monday and Thursday. And lucky for us, it's Monday. So we can pose as Marine Zoologists or something." Eve shrugged.

"Or just insane animal lovers. I can do that. I've been to tons of charity functions in Manhattan, I know how to act like I care about the animals." Abby suggested and the other Angels gave her a stern look. "What? Come on, you know what I mean. I care, just not as much as when I gasp and cry when they speak about endangered species or poodles being adopted in China. Yes, that's actually a campaign my father forced me to take part of. Please don't ask!" She rolled her eyes.

The other three were astonished. Manhattan was a weird place, that was for sure.

"Okay, so Eve and Abby will go check out the animals, keeping an eye on any possible lead to our girl's whereabouts. Kate and I will stay in the surveillance van, ready to join you, in needed." Bosley laid out the plan and the girls nodded.

Everyone grabbed a gun, a knife, a pile of cash and other instruments that may serve them well during the mission. But on their way out, they almost tackled over a delivery guy. His hat flew off to the street and a black SUV ran over it. The young man didn't seem too pleased. The four Angels eyed him quizzically as he just stood there frowning. He was at the doorstep of the Agency, so clearly he wanted something from them, or rather, he was delivering something for one of them.

"Uh, good morning. I have, uh, a delivery for uh…" The boy stuttered and Abby had to laugh, noticing he was distracted by her low cut V-neck top.

"Have a candy bar before you have a panic attack." The blonde Angel tossed the boy one of the sweet treats she had managed to grab on her way out. Bosley had been pissed off that she and Eve were late for work, so he didn't even give them time to have coffee or food before they started working on the case.

"Who are you looking for?" Kate asked softly.

The boy flipped a few pages of his book and looked up again, scanning the three girls. He had a blonde one and a curly-haired one, both looking like they were pure Americans. And then there was Eve with her curves, her facial features and her sassiness.

"Gloria Martinez?" The boy directed his question to Eve, assuming she was the Latina girl he was looking for.

Eve was just taking a sip of water from a plastic cup that she had barely managed to pour herself in the kitchen before they left the Agency for the mission. Bosley might be all sweet and smitten, but he proved to be hardcore when it comes to punctuality at work. It kind of turned her on. But she had to push those thoughts away. She choked on the water and tried not to spit it out, as that would be very un-ladylike. Her body almost instantly tried to jump the guy, her mind was already planning on gagging him or dunking his face in the toilet until he would tell her who sent him to do this sick and twisted torture trick on her. But Bosley was faster, placing his hand in front of Eve, preventing her from swinging.

"Who sent you!?" Eve narrowed her eyes.

"What? Uh, Post Office - General Mail Facility Miami." The boy stated, afraid for his life at this point. "You have a delivery."

Eve kept looking at him stunned.

"You're Miss Martinez, right?" The young guy asked.

"What?" Eve shook her head to bring some reality into the situation. "Yes. Of course. Who else could it be…miss white Blondie over there?" She pointed at Abby, rolling her eyes so she could fool the guy. "I'm Gloria Martinez. You need my social security number, insurance, anything?" She spoke confidently.

"No. Just sign here, please." The boy handed her a paper and a pen. At this point he wanted nothing more but to be away from this weird woman.

Eve smiled and signed, imitating Gloria's signature down to the last tiny little detail. It amused Bosley, who thought he was the pro in faking handwriting and signatures.

"Thanks, bye." The boy seemed in a hurry.

"Yo, punk?" Eve called out. "Where's my package?"

"Oh, sorry. There's this box and the rest of it is across the street." He handed her a small box with something heavy, Eve could hear it making a noise without even opening the box. The guy walked away, he was sure he shouldn't stick around and wait for a tip.

Abby and Kate walked across the street and looked around. There was absolutely no package. Plus, the guy should have delivered it all right into Eve's hands.

"Eve…there's nothing here." Kate called out.

"You sure about that?" Eve sighed. Her eyes had been drawn to one of the cars parked at the pavement. There were a few private parking spaces, reserved for the offices nearby. Eve knew every car by heart and this one must have been new. She couldn't tell because there was a huge cloth covering it all the way down to the wires. But she knew this type of wire. She could almost sense the smell of a brand new car. "She really did it…" She muttered quietly, reaching the car.

"Eve?" Bosley followed her, wondering what has gotten into her. She spoke to herself, she smirked and she was confused, all at the same time.

She pulled the cover and underneath the fabric there was a brand new car. "Ferrari GT 458 Italia!" She said dreamily, adoring the peaceful yellow color that was shining underneath the rays of the sun. It was like pure magic.

"Wow!" Bosley gasped, he had to take a step back, just to get a full view of this priceless item.

"I can't believe she did it!" Eve continued to shake her head in confusion.

"Wait, Gloria always said she wanted to buy this car. She was saving up for it ever since she joined the Angels. But at one point she just stopped mentioning it, so I thought she changed her mind…" Bosley thought out loud.

"February, last year?" Eve asked.

"Yes, actually." Bosley nodded.

"Heh. It's when they allowed me to be paroled." Eve stated, placing her hands in her pockets. Clearly she didn't feel comfortable. "Gloria came to see me one day and she told me somehow the judge had been convinced to let me be paroled. However, it would cost 100 000 USD and clearly none of us had the money. We lost everything when we turned our back to Carlos and the gang. We were into competitive street racing for a while. Freelance. Don't ever do that, it does not pay well. Try poker." She chuckled, making a joke so it would enlighten the mood. "So anyway, our happiness was short-lived. But at least there was the option that I could possibly get out of jail before my sentence was done."

"Wait, I thought you did your time?" Kate questioned.

"Four years for murder? Come on, Kate. You, out of all people, should know that's impossible." Eve sighed. "I was sentenced for way longer than that. I had given up hope of ever getting out. That's until Gloria told me there was a way. Then she just said she would do her best to get me out and she gave me no details at all." She shrugged. "One day I was told that I can walk away, just as I was about to head out to the yard for lunch with the other prisoners. I didn't ask questions. I collected my personal belongings, well, this infinity ring and Mr. Fuego. Then I simply walked out. And Gloria was waiting for me. So I figured she came up with a way to get the money, but she never told me the whole story about it. She just said she took care of it and that I shouldn't ask questions."

"So you didn't know she was saving up for this car?" Abby questioned.

"Not exactly. I mean, Gloria had always wanted to buy this car. We were supposed to share it. And yeah, we were going to race with it and get more money. Look at this little Baby here, the engine is among the best ones in the world. We would have been champions in the streets…" For a moment there Eve went back to her old life, memories flooding her head. "But yeah. I just figured Gloria did something illegal to get the money. Why would she hide it from me otherwise, right?"

"But Eve, you do realize this car is worth much more than your parole, right?" Bosley stated the little known facts, but he was unaware of the obvious.

"Actually, it's more than two times more expensive. But that's not the point." Eve's hand touched the car and she could feel sparks. "Apparently she did buy the car."

"Right. There is absolutely no way she would have been able to pay both your parole and the car." Abby concluded. "Gloria was saving up, but she came shopping with Kate and I all the time."

"Yeah. In fact, you're way more private about your financial deals than Gloria. We know nothing about your money. Don't get me wrong, I'm not being nosy. Just stating the facts. We all get the same amount of money from Charlie each month. We're together almost 24/7. We knew how Gloria spent her cash and how much she put aside." Kate said softly, so she wouldn't come off rude.

"But you're forgetting something. Gloria used to just disappear. She never told us where she went. So in a way she's like Eve, a little secretive. She could have…you know, I don't want to be the one to say this, but we all have a past and Gloria might have been tempted to relive it…" Abby insinuated on something and it displeased Eve.

"No!" Eve cut her off abruptly. "I guarantee you that she wasn't stealing or doing anything illegal! She was very strict about stuff, especially the last few months when she came to visit me. By the way, that's why she was disappearing from your radar, she was seeing me during visiting hours. And her phone had to be left at the reception desk, switched off. So you weren't able to track her GPS." She smirked.

"Thinking of it, Gloria did have a pattern. She disappeared always at the same time, twice a week." Kate remembered.

"And I couldn't track her GPS location…" Bosley added, but the girls looked at him weirdly. "What? I just wanted to make sure she was alright." He tried to explain the reasons why he had to track her down.

"Uh, guys?" Kate looked at her watch, realizing the morning was moving faster than they wanted it to. "We need to go."

"You alright?" Bosley whispered to Eve while Abby and Kate were getting in the surveillance van that was parked nearby.

"No." Eve replied shortly. It was weird for Bosley to hear her say it, he was used to her always lying about it and saying she was fine. He tried to wrap his hand around her waist and escort her to the van, however she walked away faster, not letting him even touch her.

Eve gave driving directions in the van and they soon arrived on location. They were all wired in, their ear-pieces worked perfectly, they had guns and gadgets to get themselves out of any situation.

"Bos, you should park at this bar Whiskey Joe's. It's right there, down the street. It's close enough if we need you to come for back-up and it's nice for undercover. You can see any kind of vehicle parked there. Nobody would even question the van." Eve pointed at an open space bar that was within sight.

"Good thinking." Bosley gave her the thumbs up and dropped her and Abby off before he continued towards the parking lot near the bar.

Abby fixed her hair and Eve rolled her eyes. Trust the Barbie to always be cautious with how she looks. The two of them walked to the Seaquarium main booth for tickets and got right into undercover mode.

"Hello. We were told you could help us get the experience we're looking for. You see, we're from Sydney, Australia. And we love the sea animals. We heard you have those rare ones here…" Abby trailed off, letting the woman explain about this rare kind of fish that could be found on their grounds. "Yes, exactly. How can we see them?" Abby was amazingly good with her Australian accent, she sounded so believable.

"You can purchase one day ticket that allows you to walk around and watch the animals in their natural habitat. There's also an underwater tunnel with glass walls." The cashier offered and Abby smirked at Eve who had said the same thing earlier in the Agency.

"Wonderful. We'll take two tickets." Abby offered some cash and soon they found themselves walking in and wandering around the "backstage" of the dolphin show.

"Bos? Kate?" Eve tested her ear-piece.

"Yes, we're parked outside. Kate's getting us some food. Apparently this bar & grill place is the best place to indulge in a nice steak and their French fries can be dipped in chilly ketchup." He teased.

"Shut up, I know. I used to love eating there." Eve frowned.

"Yeah, stop it. Eve and I are starving." Abby added.

"Well, that's entirely your problem, Ladies." Bosley smirked. "You see, Kate and I woke up in time for work, so we managed to enjoy a coffee and some nice breakfast. Now we're doing lunch. You two can starve, it will teach you a little lesson about punctuality."

"I hate you so much right now, Bosley!" Eve grunted.

"Hey Bos…wanna share the extra-large fries bucket? Two spicy ketchup, one mayo, two steaks and bread maybe?" Kate asked and everyone could hear her.

"Kate, you know we're all wired in, right?" Abby protested. "You're such a tease. I can practically hear Eve's bowls growling. Or maybe those are mine. Ugh! Where are you anyway?"

"Cash counter at Whiskey Joe's." Kate chuckled lightly. The other two girls could imagine the smirk on her face, standing there and waiting for all the yummy food while Abby and Eve were on a mission, trying to find something that seemed impossible.

"Alright, enough with the teasing. Back to work." Bosley put a stop to the current conversation when it started to lead to an argument. "Eve, according to the plans I have for the main buildings around you, each one of them is for a different kind of animal. Look to your left, that's the dolphins' house. Then right in front of you it's the different fish. To the right there's also the exotic animals-…" He was about to add more, but Eve had heard enough.

"We're going left then. The noises on the recording were most definitely dolphins. And I can't hear them from here, so we must get closer." Eve stated and walked forward, Abby was right after her.

"Hear that?" Eve stopped in track once she was finally able to hear the sounds of the dolphins.

"Yes, but it's 10:05. That means the dolphins are already inside the main showcase building, doing their tricks and flips. I guess?" Abby realized she knew nothing about animals.

"You're really bad at this." Eve laughed. "Not all dolphins participate in each show. They rotate. It's a way to ensure the animals lead a normal and peaceful life. Like for us people when we have limits of how many hours we can work for a week. Plus, there's the baby dolphins too. And the old one, who has already retired. They stay in their house underwater, while the others play for the public." Eve explained.

"You're weird, you know that, don't you?" Abby shook her head. "You and your crazy knowledge about cars, bikes, boats and now apparently the sea-world too. What else, are you an expert on airplanes too?"

"Nope. Although I would most probably do quite a good job if I had to navigate a machine in the air, be it a plane or a helicopter." Eve smirked confidently. "Oh and you forgot I'm amazing at Texas Hold'Em Poker!" She added cheekily.

"Eve, I scanned the building. It's high security, only authorized personnel can have access." Bosley interrupted them through the direct line.

"It's alright. We're not going in. We'll search the surroundings." Eve announced, walking along the side of the building. It was on the far end of the Seaquarium property and she could see the iron fence that marked the separation point with the land next to it. "Uh, Bos…what are those buildings there. I'm sending you and image now." She pressed a button on the inside of her sunglasses and it sent a clear digital picture to Bosley's main computer.

"They're not on the plans I have. They're either new or…" He trailed off.

"No, it can't be. They're all rotten little houses made of wood. Most of them don't even have roofs anymore." Eve pointed out.

"My plan here has been updated a month ago. So these must be old buildings that don't matter and that the local Miami community must have scratched off, intending to get rid of them." Bosley specified, having a close look at the picture. "Girls? Is that a car behind the building on the far right corner of the picture you sent me?"

"Hmm, it looks like a car. An old one." Eve commented.

"Come on. Our fishy adventure has officially ended. Let's hop the fence." Abby walked further ahead.

"Eww, you're making it sound like we're about to start dating or something." Eve laughed. Abby's words sounded like there was a hidden message in them.

"Ain't nothing wrong with that. I wouldn't mind telling everyone that I'm dating the hottest Latina girl in Miami." Abby smirked, she was playing a game and she knew it wouldn't take long to win it.

"Thinking of it, I wouldn't mind either. You're hot, you're blonde and you can buy me things. Who cares that you're not a guy!?" Eve smirked. "It's a little something I learned in a women's prison." She winked.

"Come here! If this mission goes wrong, I want to know I jumped at the chance to kiss you." Abby kept on smirking.

"Oh, baby!" Eve tried not to laugh. She knew Abby was just teasing and she was all for playing along with her.

"Mwah!" They both gave each other a kiss on the cheek, but they let out a loud kissy sound and that finally pushed someone's buttons.

"What are you two doing!?" Bosley coughed, trying to stay calm. "Abby, focus on doing your job right, not on Eve's lips!" His words came off a little too defensive.

"Oops, sorry. Didn't mean to step on your toes, Bos. But you should know, Eve kisses like…ah, I can't even explain it. This should be felt." Abby dramatized.

"Stop, shush, enough!" Eve whispered, trying to make Abby stop torturing Bosley. She was withholding her laughter.

"Okay, Ladies…" Bosley found himself nervously fixing his shirt, suddenly it was as if the collar was suffocating him. "…you really need to focus on the case. I just saw two cars park right in front of the space where those buildings are. Approach carefully." He warned them, but the girls were already climbing the fence and jumping down like catwomen.

"Right, so we're officially off the land owned by the Seaquarium. Good thing this whole mess doesn't take place in my favorite water adventure park." Eve smiled.

"Eve, this way!" Abby waved her hands. She had found an open window that seemed suspicious.

The girls reached a small building, but there was nothing there. Inside there was something that resembled one of the pools where they just saw all the fish swimming in.

"Girls, I found something. Years ago this land used to be joined with the aquarium land, one owner, one purpose. In 2007 a new investor from abroad came along and separated the land. He only bought the part that you saw earlier. He built the Seaquarium for leisure purposes. Its record is spotless. There is no doubt they have nothing to do with this crime here, so don't waste your time." Bosley let them know.

"Yeah, apparently that's why there's fish-tanks and weird stuff still hanging around this abandoned place." Abby pressed the ear-piece, giving them more information.

"Be careful. Those things can be dangerous. You never know when something might explode in this Miami heat." Kate warned as well.

"Abby, look at this. Bos, I'm sending you an image." Eve raised an eyebrow, checking out one of the bigger buildings. There was a huge tank full of water and there were bubbles sparkling in it. "Someone must be running this thing. I mean, this needs electricity, right?"

"Definitely. Lots of it." Abby said when she neared. "I had a few gold fish when I was younger. Those tanks eat electricity, I'm telling you. And this thing is big enough for a whale."

"No! Please…no!" – A voice sounded from the distance and it interrupted the girls' train of thought.

"This must be the girl we're looking for." Abby stated, trying to figure out which direction the sound came from.

"Wow, good work, detective!" Eve rolled her eyes, Abby was just stating the obvious. "This way. Come on. Cover me."

Both girls ducked down, so they wouldn't be spotted through the windows. They reached a building that seemed abandoned, yet there was a car parked right behind it, just like Bosley had noticed on the first digital picture. Eve looked back and pointed to Abby to walk forward. They kept changing positions, covering up for each other. At one point Abby stood still, looking around, pointing her gun in different directions to make sure the perimeter was clear. There was no sign of any human activity around, so Abby nodded at Eve, giving her the green light to get as close to the building as she needed to. Eve stepped on a bench, reaching the window and gasping when she saw something.

"What is it, Eve?" Abby whispered, walking towards Eve, but since there was nobody to cover her up, she made a little mistake: she turned her back on possible trouble.

Eve turned around and she was about to tell Abby what she saw inside, but at the same moment the door of the building they were spying on got kicked down, three armed men came out shouting and pointing their guns at Abby. Eve was on the edge of the building, an old tree was preventing the guys from seeing her body as she glued herself to the building wall. Abby nodded at her, it was better if only one of them would get busted, so the other one could save her. So Eve stayed quiet, unable to grab the gun from her inner pocket, unable to help Abby when one of the guys kicked her behind the knees, making her drop down to the floor. The other man punched Abby in the face, holding his gun. Eve knew this hurt a lot, she had experienced it before. It sucked watching Abby get smacked and being unable to do anything. Eve felt like a pathetic loser, just watching and hiding away. But they both knew this was the better option.

"Who are you? Why are you here?" One of the men asked angrily, kicking Abby in the back. Eve was praying this won't hurt Abby's bones, as it could be really dangerous to attack someone this way.

"I'm a tourist. I got lost…I came for the fish…" Abby stuttered, holding her all-day pass to the building in close proximity.

"Tourist with a gun? I don't think so." The other man grunted, grabbing handcuffs and disarming Abby from her gun and knife. Luckily they didn't find her ear-piece, so at least the Angels still had a way to contact her and to know what was happening.

"Throw her in with the other girl." The oldest one of them barked out his orders and Eve tried not to gasp. Through the window she had seen what they did to the other girl and she now knew what was about to happen to Abby too.

"Eve, what's going on? Abby? Talk to me!" Bosley freaked out over the direct line, but he received no answer. "Girls?" He continued to try and get their attention. Their lines were open, he could see it on his computer that the connection was still four-way. So they must be hearing him and that only meant that they were in trouble, if none of them could reply back. "Damn it!" He hissed angrily, putting away the plate with food that he hadn't yet finished and focusing on the well-being of his two Angels.

"Bos, calm down. It's not the first time one of us gets held hostage. They know what they're doing." Kate tried to knock some sense into him.

Eve hopped down and hid herself in one of the little buildings nearby, so she could speak and come up with a plan for the rescue. "Bos, you hear me? They have Abby and she might be hurt badly by the time we get her out of there. Those people are monsters. I saw the girl they keep hostage…tiny, brunette, dark eyes. She had army pants on and a white top. We need to move, ASAP." Eve whispered while fixing her gun and making sure she had enough bullets for all three of those douchebags who dared lay their hands on Abby.

"Thank God, Eve!" Bosley was finally able to speak. "Alright, I'll move the van closer to your location. I'm sending Kate your way, fully loaded. You think you can carry Abby and the girl out on your own?"

"Make sure Kate brings backup guns. They took Abby's and mine only has 7 rounds." Eve sighed.

"Did you get the small 9mm handgun?" Kate raised an eyebrow.

"I'd like to see where you would advise me to stick a 30-round Rugers gun next time!?" Eve fired up angrily.

"Settle down! Abby could be hurt and I'm not letting you two jump at each other's throats here." Bosley interrupted.

Five minutes later Kate was walking carefully between the small one-floor buildings until she found Eve. "Where is she?" She asked curiously, looking around.

"Over there, the only building on two floors. She's probably on the upper level. I saw the hostage being kept there. It's a good thing I didn't eat." She cringed.

"That bad?" Kate felt like she was already about to throw up.

"Oh yeah." Eve nodded, the image of what she saw was plastered in her mind and it didn't help to know that Abby was now suffering the same.

Meanwhile, in the building, the three men had managed to unite Abby with the kidnapped girl. When she walked in the room upstairs, her jaw dropped and she cringed, looking away. "I'm so glad I skipped breakfast this morning." Abby commented to herself quietly, in a way letting the others know she was alright…so far.

"Wait, Bos…did you hear that?" Eve pressed her ear-piece and smiled. "She's okay. Although, not for long, I'm sure."

Then the Angels heard a loud sound, as if something was being rolled down the floor. Abby shrieked away, trying to postpone the inevitable. The youngest man pulled a huge metal ball towards her and he grabbed a metal rope with cuffs on each end.

"You're sick!" Abby couldn't deny that she was beyond scared. Especially when the other girl was already experiencing the thing that she would soon experience too.

"Shut up. The more you kick, the more weight I put on." The man seemed to be enjoying this way more than a criminal would. At this point Abby had ruled out ransom demands and money schemes. This seemed like the work of art of three psychotic idiots who somehow got a kick out of torturing girls.

The man cuffed Abby's ankles to the metal rope and then secured it to the big metal ball. He had troubles picking it up, even though the other two men helped out, combining all their strength together. They let Abby climb a ladder with five steps and one of them pushed her into one of those big tanks with water, just like the one she and Eve had seen in the other building. Right after she got completely drenched in the water, the three guys threw in the heavy metal ball, which fell to the ground with a loud thud. Abby was now a prisoner in a tall round human-size fish tank and she cursed the day she had requested having fish as her pets back in Manhattan. The metal ball wasn't allowing her to move, there wasn't much space anyway. The whole diameter of the tank was about 3 meters and she was sharing it with the girl they were keeping hostage, who was also tied up and dunked there. The water reached the level of the other girl's chin, but since Abby was taller than her, the water only reached her neck-line.

Once the water came to contact with Abby's head, the ear-piece made a loud and very annoying squealing sound and then there was silence. Bosley cursed underneath his breath. He hated losing a battle and there was no chance he would ever lose another Angel in a battle. Their contact had been cut right after Abby called the men "sick", leaving the rest to his imagination.

"Eve, what's going on in there, what did you see?" Kate panicked.

"They have the girl in a tank full of water. Her feet are tied to this thing, keeping her down. There is absolutely no chance Abby could escape this." Eve's face turned green just as she remembered what she saw a few minutes ago.

"Eww, gross." Kate felt sick suddenly. "Bos, what do we do?"

"Why do you ask me? I'm just the tech guy." He was afraid to suggest something. If his plan backfired and Abby got hurt, he could never forgive himself. "Figure it out." He added silently. This started to look a lot like something he was trying to shake out of his memory. It was almost as if a certain event from his past was repeating itself.

"Wait…one of them is walking out right now as we speak." Eve commented, keeping an eye on the door of the nearby building.

"I'm going after him." Kate stated and without much thinking she jumped up and ruined their cover.

The man heard a noise and turned around, ready to shoot. Kate found herself in the middle of a field without anywhere to duck for undercover and she held her gun up threateningly.

"Drop the gun or I shoot!" She yelled.

Eve was exiting her current hideout building. It wasn't safe anymore. She needed another place to stay. But kneeling down and walking forward, she soon realized she had almost reached the driveway, meaning she was walking the opposite direction to where she intended to go.

"Antonio…look, we have another fish." The man yelled loudly so he could be heard from the other guy who was left to watch Abby and the hostage girl inside the building.

"Bos, Kate's in trouble. I can't compromise my cover. I'm the only one left on the field. What do I do?" Eve asked in panic.

"Kate?" Bosley tried to grab her attention. "Listen to me carefully. Eve is going back to make sure the other two guys stay in the building. You buy yourself some time with this creep. Okay?"

With the corner of her eye Kate could see Eve making a beeline by them and going unnoticed. She was trying to approach the building from another corner now. Kate nodded to Eve and Eve let Bosley know they were both in for executing his plan.

"Okay, Bos…I'm watching the building. I can see both of the guys downstairs. Abby and the other girl are upstairs for sure." Eve reported, hiding away behind a little tropical bush and pointing a gun towards the door in case anyone walked out. "It's just Kate and the guy out there. I checked the perimeter, all clear."

Kate was doing everything she could, just to buy herself more time as Bosley had suggested. She stepped backwards, letting the other person think they had the advantage over her. However, her gun was still promptly pointed at his head from the distance.

"Kate, listen to me carefully now. Eve is waiting by the door. I need you to join her in exactly two minutes. The two of you can surely handle the two remaining guys in the building and then you get the two girls out. Fair game." Bosley explained.

"But Bos, Kate's got the third dude pointing a revolver at her right now!" Eve wondered if he had forgotten.

"I know." Bosley said calmly. "Kate, remember how Charlie gave us full liberty of action? Now don't freak out…just shoot him."

"What!? Are you crazy?" Kate muttered automatically, letting out that she wasn't working alone and that others were hearing the conversation.

"Who are you talking to? You a cop?" The man asked, approaching Kate quickly.

"You should have asked me five years ago, for a positive answer to that." Kate smirked, but it was definitely not the time to make clever jokes. She was backing up until she felt her back against the wall of another building. She gulped, trying to hold her gun up threateningly, but it seemed like she had been surrendered.

"Not so cocky anymore?" The man smirked.

"Kate, shoot him!" Bosley tried to reason with her. He failed to realize why out of all three of the Angels, the most obedient one was now skipping his orders. "NOW!" He yelled.

"Bos, what's going on?" Eve asked, still in hiding. "The youngest dude just walked out for a cigarette. If Kate's guy screams for backup, he would hear it. I can't hold him back if he runs towards Kate. I have to stay here for Abby and the other one."

"Shut up, Eve!" Bosley yelled angrily. "Kate Prince, shoot the dude right this second. It's an order. Kill him, Kate!" He could feel his blood boiling. No Angel had ever pissed him off more than Kate at this moment.

"Back off!" Kate tried to sound convincing and scary, but the man laughed in her face.

"Or what?" He stood inches away from her and she seemed to be frozen. Without much effort, he disarmed her and threw her gun away. "Oh, you have back-up, I see." He commented, finding the second gun that Kate carried under her shirt, meant for Abby. He took that away as well.

"KATE KILL HIM!" Bosley yelled, his fist nearly dug a hole in the board of the van. His hands were tied. He couldn't move from there, he was their only chance to escape, he was the "wheels" of this operation. If he left the van, they would all be surrendered. As much as he wanted to jump to the rescue, he had to think clearly. "Damn it, Kate. You're putting everyone's life in danger. Stop being a wuss. Pull the trigger!" He tried to knock some sense into her once again.

"Bos, the guy with the cigarette is on the move. He's circling around the buildings nearby. I'm going in! It's my only chance. There's just one of them inside. Kate's with the other. I guess I'm dumping cigarette-dude to her as well." Eve informed, standing up from where she was hiding.

"Smooth, you took both of my guns. But you forgot the knife." Kate spoke to the man, but really she was just feeding the information to Bosley, who now realized why Kate was no longer able to defend herself.

"Eve, stay put. We have a problem. Kate's disarmed. The guy has her. Keep your cover." Bosley tried to warn her, but Eve was already walking towards the door of the building.

The third man saw her approaching and he opened gun fire. The sound of it startled Bosley and he panicked. It was official, all three Angels were in danger, plus the girl held hostage. And he couldn't move away from the van. How was it possible that one of the worst days of his life happened right after one of the happiest ones he's ever had!?

"Eve, you alright?" Bosley called out through the line. Suddenly he heard the annoying sound once again, it just took him a minute to realize which girl got busted. Finally he saw Kate's line went dead, while Eve's was still alright.

"Ugh. Yes. Dude shot my right hand. I can't defend myself. Tell Kate to back me up." Eve requested.

"Kate's unavailable right now. Shall I give her a message?" Bosley sighed, his joke failed to sound even remotely funny.

"What? Is she alrigh-…Ah crap. Bos. This dude is crazy. He just threw a dagger on me. I'm not a vampire. Moron." Eve was short of breath and Bosley could tell she was running while speaking.

"Stay with me, Eve. You're on your own now. Sorry." Bosley shrugged. "Get in and give me a visual on Abby and the girl."

"No can do." Eve coughed. Her right hand was hurting so much. She could barely move it. "I'm in the building next to this one….waiting on the dude with an old and rotten plastic bat that I found in the trash outside. You should see me, I'm bad ass." She sighed, she knew how lame this was.

"What happened to your gun? And is your hand alright?" Bosley kept talking to her, to keep her sane.

"I threw it at the guy. Nice little scar he's going to have on his cheek from me." She sighed. "Yeah, I'm fine. It's just a scratch. But I'm sure I can't aim a gun precisely. Good to know I have no back-up." Eve liked to be sarcastic when she was under pressure.

"Calm down." Bosley requested, but then heard loud grunting noises. She was clearly fighting the man and he gave her time to finish doing that before he spoke again. "Don't tell me you're down like Kate."

"Please. It's me! I'm alright." She stood up, dusting herself off as if she really cared if her clothes were dirty at this very moment. "I'm finally going in. I need to make sure Abby is alright."

"No. Go check on Kate. And what did you do with the third guy?" Bosley was almost afraid to ask.

"No! I'm going in for Abby." Eve argued. "Oh, he won't be able to move for a while. He's not a problem anymore."

"Eve, go help Kate. Now!" He tried to sound stern.

"No, I'm going for Abby!" She repeated, sounding like a broken record. At least she stood firmly behind her words. Although, it wasn't the best thing she could do at the moment.

"Eve listen to me. Abby isn't going anywhere. There is nobody armed around her. She's with the other girl. They're both safe. Well, figuratively speaking." He tried to reason with her. "Kate is who-knows-where, with two armed men. Go find her. She can help you get Abby later."

"No!" Something in Eve wasn't letting her forget the image of the girl in the water. She wasn't going to let Abby stay in there another minute.

"Damn it, Eve. You're getting on my last nerve. Go and get Kate first!" He yelled, but Eve took her ear-piece off and stored it safely in the little pocket of her trousers. "Eve?" Bosley called out, but there was no response. "I swear those women are plain crazy!" He sighed, commenting to himself as he was the only one listening to his words anyway.

Meanwhile, the guy had finished his cigarette and found the older one holding a gun to Kate's head. They had heard the gun shots, so they wasted no more time with Kate. A little cloth soaked with chloroform put her to sleep and they left her on the ground, covering her up with leaves and a few large pieces of the cane roof that had fallen a week ago with the storm around Miami.

At the same time Abby was starting to feel weak, but also she was wondering how the other girl managed to stay strong all this time. Well, except that she was crying and she occasionally fell under the water, her knees unable to hold the weight of her whole body.

"Hey, look at me. Don't be scared. I'm here to help." Abby whispered. They were now alone and there were gun shots outside, so Abby thought the two other Angels were working on their rescue. "What's your name? How old are you? Do you know these men?" She kept on asking questions, the best way to keep the girl strong was to make a conversation and maintain it.

"Twenty. I've never seen them." The girl said weakly. She was a US native, she had a western accent from what Abby could hear.

"Where are you from?" Abby asked. "What is your name?"

"Los Angeles." The girl spit out some of the water that she had accidentally caught in her mouth.

"Oh, nice. Sunshine, parties, daisy dukes." Abby said cheerfully. It was tiring to act so dumb, but she would do anything to keep the girl's spirit up. "What's your name? You can tell me. I'm not going to hurt you."

The girl didn't seem eager to reply to this specific question, even though Abby had asked three times. Suddenly there was loud chatter coming from downstairs and soon they saw the two men dragging Eve into the room.

"No! EVE!?" Abby panicked, yelling at the top of her lungs. All she could see was Eve's body being pulled up the stairs and left bleeding in the middle of the room. She had a few bruises on her face and her hand was like a volcano erupting with blood. "What did you do to her?" Abby yelled at the men. "I'm going to watch both of you die slowly and painfully. You're not getting away with this. No…Eve?" A minute ago she thought she was soaking wet, but she was wrong. Her face was now streaming tears uncontrollably and it almost felt like the water surrounding her was all coming from her eyes.

"Is she…" The kidnapped girl asked, noticing how Eve's body wasn't even moving.

"She better be!" Abby stated seriously. "Eve? Can you hear me? EVE! Do something, give me a sign. No, no, no…you can't be hurt. Eve?" She kept on trying to trigger a reaction.

The two men were outside now, trying to scan the radius, to see if there were any more wild girls wanting to be held hostage too. Once it was obvious the men were not nearby, Eve opened her eyes and stood up as if nothing had happened. She didn't quite want to admit that she had been captured too.

"Oh my God, you're alive!" Abby sighed out with relief.

"Yeah, but your constant squealing and crying nearly killed me." Eve smirked, sending a wink to Abby.

"Where's Kate?" The blonde one asked.

"Uh. I don't know. The guy who had her just dragged me up. I took care of the young one. What a prick! So Kate must…oh shit!" Realization hit Eve. Kate couldn't be alright since the guy who had a gun to her head was preoccupied only with Eve now. That meant Kate was out of their way. Eve felt like she couldn't breathe.

"What did I do…" Eve whispered to herself.

"Alright, stop freaking out and get us out of here. We'll find Kate. Don't worry." Abby pleaded.

"Is it okay that I cringe? This whole thing is disgusting." Eve commented, seeing both girls trapped in this water tank like fish.

Eve climbed up the stairs and tried to pull Abby's hands up, but her body didn't have enough strength to even move the huge metal ball that Abby was cuffed to.

"This isn't going to work. What else can we do?" Eve started to think. "Abbs, can you duck underwater and try to pick the girl's lock?"

"Sure. With bare hands. Because I'm a magician!" Abby replied with attitude and sarcasm oozing from her voice. "Tell Bosley to come to the rescue!"

"Yeah, that's not an option anymore. I might have annoyed him." Eve shrugged, trying to find a pin or anything tiny and hard enough for Abby to use with the locks.

"What did you do this time?" Abby rolled her eyes. The way they carried out a conversation as if nothing bad was happening, it amused the other girl.

"Long story short. He told Kate to kill the old dude. She didn't. He took her guns away, we lost touch with her. I know nothing more." Eve sighed, pushing a few objects away from her sight, still trying to find something she could use to rescue the girls. "Then Bosley told me to save Kate. I came for you. I cut the conversation short."

"You voluntarily ruined your ear-piece…are you insane!?" Abby had seen a lot of things from Eve, but this was by far the weirdest one.

"Not exactly. I have it here. Let's see if it works!" Eve grinned, as if this was a big funny game. "Hello?" She said when she placed the gadget back in her left ear.

"Eve? You had me worried crazy. Don't you ever dare do such thing again!" Bosley sat back on the computer, resuming the conversation with Eve. "Did you get Abby and the girl out?"

"Good news…they're okay." Eve gulped. "Bad news, I'm with them, locked upstairs. But hey, Kate is with you, right?"

"No, Kate went offline and I haven't heard from her since. Can you handle this?" He asked.

"I will certainly try, but I can't guarantee anything." Eve tried to sound smart ass. It was her own way of fighting stressful situations: she made remarks and comments about everything.

"Lose the attitude." Bosley cut her off abruptly. "What was that noise?"

"The guys are coming back. Stay on the line. But don't bug me for replies. I'm about to pull a stunt here." Eve resumed the same position on the floor, just like the two men had left her. When they came upstairs they didn't find anything disturbing. The old one decided to drag Eve away and dunk her in the water tank with the other girls. Considering they thought she was dead, they didn't even need to tie her up to something.

The moment the man was leaning down and about to grab Eve, Abby nodded her head, giving Eve a sign to act. Eve jumped up and kicked him between the legs: simple, yet effective. She left him to suffer on his own while she turned to pay attention to the other guy. Unfortunately for her, he was already pointing a gun at her.

"On your knees, you stupid bitch." He ordered and she complied.

"Great, there goes the chance my make-up stops running." Abby sighed, the water was cold and it was starting to annoy her to just float in it helplessly.

"Shut up or I stick this spike in her left ear and I make it come out of her right one." The man was irritated, but he didn't seem to be joking about his torture methods. Abby knew first-hand that those psychos were capable of doing it.

"Where is our friend?" He asked, but Eve didn't reply. She had left the guy unconscious on the roof of a building. Whenever he would wake up, he would roll down and land on his ass. This was Eve's personal revenge for what he did, trying to shoot her earlier.

"Where is he?" The guy asked, but Eve just shrugged.

The older man had recovered from his groin pains and he gladly approached Eve with a spike in his hands.

"Eve, behind you!" Abby yelled, but it didn't leave much time for Eve to protect herself from the hard knock she received in the small of her back.

Her whole body felt like it had been broken in two. She fell to the floor once again, wincing in pain but not letting out even the slightest whimper.

"I'm going to ask you one last time…where is our friend?" The younger man raised his voice.

"Playing hide-and-seek." Eve brought her chin up, smirking in his face as she replied cockily.

"Dunk her with the rest!" The young one requested.

"We don't have any more weights." The old one replied. All he could find around them was a pair of rusty handcuffs. He moved closer to Eve, grabbing her hands and abruptly pushing them behind her back. It caused her right hand to bleed even more, but once again she showed no sign of pain.

"I have a better idea." The old one enjoyed handcuffing her to a pipe on the wall, near the water tank. "Let her sit here and watch her friends suffer. Switch it on!"

The young guy fulfilled the command. He pushed a button and suddenly there were bubbles in the tank, causing the water levels to increase and drop randomly. Abby was safe, but the other girl started to gag in the water, given that she was much shorter. The two guys went outside to smoke again and it was probably the only time Abby had ever supported smoking as a hobby.

"Hold on. Don't panic. Talk to me." Abby embraced the girl, trying to pick her up so she could breathe normally again.

"Tell us something about you. What's your name?" Eve asked, but Abby already knew they won't be getting an answer to it.

The girl floated up, thanks to Abby, then her eyes flew right to Eve. "Elisabeth." She said calmly.

Abby panicked and she accidentally let go of the girl, who ended up underwater, unable to float up on her own. It took her a few seconds to realize the damage she had done before she pulled the girl up once again.

Eve just stood there, jaw dropped. She was trying to tell herself that this was a coincidence, just 24 hours after she had awoken the memories of her in Bosley's mind.

Both Angels had forgotten that Bosley was still on the other line. A large coffee mug escaped from his fingers when he heard the girl utter that name. She said it breathlessly, silently, scared…she sounded just like the Elisabeth he remembered "Eve. Visual confirmation?" He requested, forgetting the facts. There was absolutely no way this was happening, not again, it couldn't be.

"Uh, Bos. I lost the sunglasses an hour ago." Eve muttered quietly.

"Describe her!" He was clearly not in a good mood.

"Short, brunette, her hair reaches her shoulders-…" Eve started to explain, but Bosley cut her off.

"With a scar on her left shoulder?" Bosley's voice sounded weak.

"Uh…Abbs, does she have a scar on her left shoulder?" Eve urged the blonde one to get closer and check it out. After doing so, Abby nodded.

"Yes…" Eve said tentatively. There was a long awkward pause on the other side of the line. Bosley was in mere shock.

"But this doesn't make sense." Abby looked at Eve briefly before she locked her eyes with the other girl. "Where did you say you're from?"

"Los Angeles, California. I used to live there with my father before he insisted that we move to Miami. He runs an agency here. He wanted to be close to the business." The girl explained simply.

"And how old are you?" Eve questioned.

"I'll turn 20 in a month. May 4th. My boyfriend and I are spending the weekend in-…" The girl spoke, but Eve heard the ending of the line both from her and from Bosley, on the direct line.

"…Paris." He stated, biting his bottom lip.

"Bos, you alright?" Eve questioned, hearing him barely breathe.

"Not to freak you out or anything…but you're all about to die unless something changes." Bosley informed her and she snapped her head aside so that Abby won't see her reaction to the shocking news. "You need to stay calm and stay on the line with me. I'm coming for you and Abby. Then we get Kate and we get the Hell out of here." He instructed.

"What about Elis-…uh, the girl?" Eve whispered.

"Forget her. This is a trap. Listen to me…" He started to explain his plan, but Eve heard the two men climbing up the stairs once again.

"They're coming. Hurry, Bos!" She said quietly and started to make out some of the conversation the men were having in front of the door.

"Man, the dude is gone. I don't know where the crazy one took him, but we can't do this without him. If we fail, she's going to kill us, bro!" The voice of the younger one sounded and Eve listened carefully for the answer.

"I'm not an idiot, I know where we stand. If we don't do this right, we're both screwed. She is going to burn us alive." The old one replied.

The door suddenly opened and the men were pissed. Apparently they hadn't found their friend and it was all Eve's fault.

"Still not enjoying the show? How about now?" The young one turned up the speed of the bubbles and added a plastic water pipe to the tank, pouring water from the sink right on top of Abby's head. Eve saw her starting to gag as well and she was no longer able to hold the girl up, as the water was distracting her from doing any coordinated movements.

"Eve, I'm on my way. I see only one building with two floors. Cough once if you're upstairs." Bosley spoke on the line and he heard her cough. "That's my girl." He stated and she rolled her eyes. Apparently he was smitten even when shit was basically going down.

The young guy kneeled down in front of Eve, teasing her with a high voltage gadget. She knew exactly what that was. She knew the pain it could cause her. But she stayed strong in spirit. When the guy saw he wouldn't crack her this way, he turned the thing on and let waves of electricity run down Eve's body. Abby was watching from the tank, trying to yell, but all she did was gag on more rusty water. She saw Eve's body twitch in pain, her face became pale and the wound on her right hand opened up and started bleeding faster. Abby once again felt tears, but this time she bit them back harshly. She didn't need even one more drop of anything in this tank. The levels of the water were slowly rising and Abby let the other girl hold on to her, so she could float up. She didn't know that Bosley told Eve to forget the girl and save themselves, so she was still trying to help. However, with the water pouring on top of her, the bubbles splashing against her nose and the weight of a girl dragging her down, Abby found herself slowly starting to drawn. She was unable to push the water that she swallowed out of her system, so she started to take it in. Soon it became a habit and she was almost done trying to gasp for air. Her eyes were closed for a longer period of time than when they were opened and that frightened Eve. At the same time the man electro-shocked her once again, this time hitting her right in the stomach area. He asked her if it felt good and she nodded. There was no man on Earth who could crack Eve French.

"Wanna play a game?" She asked breathlessly, now spitting blood and venom through her mouth. "You…old dude. Go stand by the door. You're punished…for not punishing me enough." She coughed. "This one puts you to shame." She teased with a nasty smirk on her face, glancing over at the younger one.

"Oh, little girl likes role-playing. Okay. I'll stand by the door for one whole minute…while I watch him crack you open like an oyster." The old man said, standing by the door with his hands up in the air, pretending to be punished like a little child.

Eve smirked. He was not only ugly, fat and slow, but he was kind of dumb also. "Actually…" She started off, but the young guy gave her more electric power to deal with. "…As I was saying. Oysters are extremely hard to open. Dude." She gave him all the punk attitude she could muster at that moment and that annoyed him. He was about to move when she shook her head. "No. You stay punished right in front of the door." She smirked, earning herself a loud slap across the face from the young man. "Oh, you jealous?" She turned to face him now, apparently the guy thought she wasn't paying him enough attention.

"I guess you're just not my type." Eve continued to tease mercilessly. On the inside she was hurting more than she hurt within the last few months combined. But on the outside she was a warrior. She had to be! Kate was nowhere to be found and Abby was drowning right there, in front of her eyes. Someone had to be strong. "Tell you what…" She continued to speak. In jail she had learned that words are the best way to fight back when you have nothing else. "I'll be happy to jump your bones once he's been dealt with." Her voice came off innocent, yet there was this flirt, the crazy ways Eve had to spin a guy's head.

"Just give me five seconds…" Eve smirked. "Count with me…Five, four, three…" Before the countdown was over, the door came crashing down loudly, the old man was trapped underneath the wood and on top of him there was Bosley, holding guns in both hands, opening up a gun fire to cause some drama and to distract the young man, so that Eve could neutralize him. The male Angel truly looked like a life-sized poster commercial of a really good western movie. All that was missing was a cowboy hat.

Eve took her time to extract the rusty pipes from the walls, as she threw her body forward with all the force she had left in her. It wasn't much, but it was enough to get her to tackle down the young guy and start kicking him with her feet, seeing as her hands were still handcuffed behind her back. The pipe on the wall at least gave her some sort of range of movements.

At the same time Bosley charged the old man a few times, knocking him out. He quickly joined Eve and surprised the young one behind his back. Just one long electro-wave through his body and the dude was down.

Eve's plan to communicate with Bosley through the direct line had worked perfectly. She told him exactly where the man was, by the door, so they didn't need much coordinating. They ended up working perfectly together.

"Told you I'll be jumping you next!" Eve smirked victoriously, but the sound of her best friend gagging brought her back to reality.

She walked to the button and found out she was unable to press it with her hands behind her back.

"Bosley, push this thing. Hard. Twice." She commanded.

His hand pushed it once and he saw the bubbles slowing down. Then he pushed it again and they stopped completely. Eve pointed at the water pipe next and Bosley kicked it out of the water tank. He saw how pale Abby was and all he could think of was getting out of there and seeking help for her. Suddenly he realized something else. Through all this mess, saving Eve and Abby, it never even crossed his mind to look at the other girl. When he finally let his eyes set on her, he sighed.

"Is it her?" Eve approached him.

"No." He whispered.

"What is going on?" Eve felt the way he pushed her against the table, picking on the lock of her handcuffs.

"Someone is messing with me and they know about Elisabeth. Everything she said was true. Except that she's not her." He freed Eve's hands and climbed up the ladder.

"What are you doing!?" Eve freaked out when she saw him jump in the water.

Firstly, his hands wrapped around Abby. He pushed her up and let Eve hold her in the air while he tried really hard to pick up the metal rope and the ball that she was chained to.

"That's not going to work. I need the metal thing from your bra." He looked at Eve and two seconds later she had extracted the bra from underneath her blouse without even pulling it up.

"What? In jail you learn how to hide the good stuff." She smirked. "And I don't only mean your cash and letters."

"We don't have time for jokes." He grabbed the piece of clothing from her hands and took the metal part of it out. He ducked underwater again and used the tricks that Abby herself had shown him. Once he freed both of her legs from the weight that was holding her down, he let her float and he pushed her up until Eve took her out of the water.

"Where are you going?" Eve asked when she saw him climbing up.

"Anywhere but here." He stated calmly.

"Are you out of your mind? We need to save her." Eve pointed at the young girl.

Bosley gulped. He wasn't sure he wanted to do that, but a prank or not, she was a human being and she deserved to live. He freed her from the ropes as well and Eve pulled her out of the water.

"Unconscious, slow pulse. Her breathing isn't still. If we don't take her to a hospital we might lose her." Bosley was clearly trying not to show exactly how freaked out he was, holding Abby's fragile cold and wet body in his hands.

"Conscious, breathing…pulse somewhat alright." Eve informed him about the other girl's condition.

"Who are you?" Bosley picked the girl's chin abruptly and forced her to look in his eyes.

"Elisabeth…" The girl burst out in tears. At least she was responsive.

"We're leaving her behind. We need to find Kate anyway. Come on, let's go." Bosley urged Eve, turning his back at the other girl.

"No. Charlie told us to save her. We risked our lives for nothing? I don't think so. She's coming with us." Eve's words didn't meet Bosley's appreciation at all.

"I'm not choosing her over Kate. Go!" He commanded and Eve just walked towards the door. She found it hard to do anything since her hand was bleeding and the electro-shock had been way too strong for her to handle. But she had to be strong, she kept reminding herself of it.

"Wait…" The young girl cried out. "Please wait. My name is Vanessa. I'm from Newport, California. They told me to lie to you, they said if I don't play the role they were going to kill me. I'm sorry. Please don't leave me here!"

Bosley turned around immediately, walking to her side and picking her up. Eve was baffled…so apparently Bosley was just bluffing about leaving her behind. Brutal, but it worked. At least the girl finally told them the truth. Obviously she wasn't going to lie when her three enemies were knocked out and there were people willing to help her out.

"You'll have to tell us everything you remember. But first let's go somewhere safe." Bosley said soothingly, helping the girl walk. "Eve, uh…you can't drive all the way to the Agency with your injuries. We need time to find Kate. But we don't have time for Abby…" He checked the blonde's pulse and it was getting worse.

"One step at a time. Let's go to the van first." She requested and with joined forces they dragged the girls out.

Suddenly someone was shooting in their direction. Eve looked backwards and realized it was the guy she had knocked out earlier. He had almost the same amount of blood on himself as she did. It made her smirk until a second later the guy was about to shoot Abby's chest.

"NO!" Eve yelled loudly.

Her voice startled the man and gave her a couple of seconds to react. She put Abby on the ground as carefully as the situation allowed her, before she jumped at the guy like she was a hound dog and he was a nice grilled steak. She remembered how hungry she was…among all the other things she felt, things like pain, remorse, guilt, stupidity…she also felt insane hunger. And then she envisioned the steak Bosley and Kate had earlier. Then her mind processed the information that Kate was missing. And from that point on there was chaos. She tackled him down, using her weight to balance on top of him. She swung at him a few times, but she didn't have much power to fight like a man, so she decided to fight like a chick.

"What the fuck…" The man barely spoke, but Eve wasn't stopping. Her nails dig deep into every soft surface she found on him: the sides of his hands, his chest, the part of his cheek that was close to the ear. Each long and powerful scratch made him wince in pain and blood was streaking down on him.

"Eve, that's enough." Bosley pleaded. On one side he was more than proud to see her fight her own battles. On the other side, she had kind of lost her mind. "We need to get Kate!" He reminded her and she finally stopped scratching the guy. In Bosley's head there was a new expression, replacing the good old "like nails on a chalk board" saying. It would sound more like "like Eve's nails on a bad guy's body".

With one swift motion Eve twisted the man's head, a loud snapping sound was heard and Bosley winced. That must have been painful. Eve made sure the guy was down before she joined Bosley and kept holding Abby up for a few more meters.

"This is taking too long. Are you okay with the two of them if I go get the van?" He asked, this time wanting an honest answer, but just a quick nod in agreement. It was no time for Eve to play hero if she wasn't able to handle the job.

"I shall be fine. The guys can't bother us anyway. Go, but be quick." She waved her hand in the air, just to urge him to move faster. His eyes stopped at her open wound before he ran off.

Once he got in the van, he heard loud police sirens. He looked around and the whole perimeter had been cut off by white cars with blue and red lights on. He sighed, Charlie had been specific about keeping it on the down low and not involving the authorities.

Eve was startled by the sirens. She despised the sound of those ever since the night of the accident that got her in jail. By the time Bosley stopped the van in front of Eve, the police was already searching the place. He quickly put Abby and the other girl in the van and before he could close the door, he heard tires screeching.

"Miami P.D. Freeze. Put your hands up in the air." A policeman yelled, four cars surrounded Eve and the body of the guy near her, the one she had left bleeding, the one who had her DNA all over him. She had no choice but to surrender. However, she made a gesture with her head, urging Bosley to get out of there fast.

"You too, hands behind your back. You're under arrest." The same policeman pointed his gun at Bosley and the first thing in Eve's mind was to jump at him and take his gun away. The second thing was spending four more years in a prison. She did not like her odds. Plus, there were about fifteen more policemen right next to her, so she would be stupid to fight.

"Ray!?" She smiled, spotting Kate's ex-fiancé in between the other guys with the same uniform. "Awesome. You can help us. We're working on a case and things went, uh, bad. Abby needs doctor's help urgently. The other girl has been kidnapped two days ago and tortured for hours. There are three men on this property, all sick psychos. And Kate's missing, none of us had seen her for the last hour or so." Eve pleaded, seeing one of the policemen walking towards Bosley with handcuffs. There was no way she would leave Abby to die in the back of a minivan.

"Eve, there's nothing I can do. All of you need to come to the police station with us." Ray tried to sound convincing, but his heart stopped beating a while ago, the moment Eve mentioned that Kate was missing. "This is an unauthorized mission and it needs to be investigated by the police." He added sternly.

"Uh. Goodson?" A weak voice was heard about twenty feet away from them. One of the guys who were searching through the place went pale when he tripped over something on the ground. He realized what it was and he hated being the one to tell Ray. "Isn't that your Kate?" The man asked, looking down to the ground and Ray turned to face him without any trace of humanity on his face. He was scared, probably the first time anyone saw him be scared was this very moment.

Eve was on her knees, surrounded by cops. She didn't even move. But her eyes followed Ray's movements. She saw him run over to the guy who called him and they both removed objects from the ground, as if there was something underneath. And then Eve saw a piece of cloth, Kate's shirt.

"No, no, no!" Eve gasped for air, she felt like she was drowning. And that instantly made her think of Abby. "Bosley get out of here. Now! I'll handle this. Just go. Don't look back. GO!" She yelled and it didn't take him too long to jump in the van and drive away.

The policemen prepared themselves to shoot, in hopes of deflating one of the tires of the van, making it impossible for Bosley to run away. But Ray had enough reality left in him to be able to speak.

"Hold the fire!" He gave out his order and now everyone was back to guarding Eve, as their only suspect left.

"Is it Kate? Is she alive? Ray!?" Eve called out, scared to even look at them once again. When she finally did so, she realized Ray had picked Kate up and he was crying. "Oh my God. No! No! No! Kate!" Eve felt waves of guilt going through her body. It was her fault, she had chosen to go get Abby instead of Kate. She figured Kate didn't need her, she had a gun and she was able to protect herself. She had no idea Kate would choke and let the guy disarm her without a problem. How was Eve supposed to know things will turn out this way?

"Please tell me she's alive. Please Ray. Please!?" Eve said through tears. Somehow the other policemen failed to pin her as a criminal when she was so sincerely emotional. She stood up, risking being shot at meanwhile, and she walked to where Ray was kneeling silently. The policemen just followed her. With her wounds she wouldn't be able to run away even if she wanted to.

"Kate? Kate, please wake up. Kate!?" She called out, pinching Kate's cheeks and shaking her gently.

"Stop doing that!" Ray yelled in Eve's face, but she couldn't care less about him at this moment.

"Kate!?" She kept on repeating. Her nose registered a familiar smell. She put her hand over Kate's mouth and felt it really warm. Suddenly Eve smiled.

"Has anyone ever told you how creepy you are?" Ray commented at her weird emotional reaction.

"Has anyone ever told you how nobody in this world likes cops?" She counter-attacked him with words and then turned her attention to Kate. "I need a bottle of water and a thick piece of cloth. And a perfume or something strong." She commanded and even though the cops were there to arrest her, she saw them gather those objects for her from the cars.

"What are you doing?" Ray had lost hope and in his mind he was dead already too.

"Bringing Kate back." She said positively. She poured water on the cloth and she put it on Kate's mouth, making sure it covered the nose as well. The only way Kate would be able to breathe now was through the cloth. "Chloroform. She's been sedated. See, her mouth was warm and the skin around it felt like it was burning and that's exactly the effect of this substance. You see, chemically it's a trichloromethane that's used as a counter-irritant." She went into Nerd-Eve mode again.

"Yeah man, that's the thing used in cholera cases." A policeman tried to sound wise, but clearly he failed at it.

"Actually, you mean Chlorodyne. Let's just call that a cocktail of chloroform and a few other substances that, by the way, are mostly illegal." Eve smirked, keeping the cloth on Kate's mouth. "We're dealing with the real thing here. Call it the hardcore alcohol if you may." She knew that making a reference to drinking was the best way to get her point across when dealing with cops. She wasn't too fond of them. Not at all!

"It's also used to clean stuff, don't ask me why, but it could burn your hands in the process. Anyway. They let Kate inhale this and she would wake u…eventually. We just need it to happen faster. You know, so I can breathe and go to jail with a clear mind. Again." She threw in a random sarcastic line, just to help herself stay sane in the process.

Kate gasped right before Ray could give Eve a piece of his mind, although her theory sounded right. Eve seemed to know a little too much about ways to knock someone off. It's not like Eve was going to tell the police how many times she had awaited someone in a dark corner, letting him inhale this thing and fall to the ground while she grabbed his precious car and sold it two days later.

Eve put Kate's head on her leg as she sat down to assist her friend. She opened the perfume that one of the policemen had given her and right after she made sure Kate was inhaling better, she sprayed in the air in front of her.

"Do you want to kill her?" Ray questioned, he had no idea why Eve did the things she was doing.

"No, but I'd love to ki-…" She trailed off, realizing she was about to tell him she'd love to kill him while he was in his policeman suit, with his badge on and they were surrounded by people from his squad and nobody to back Eve up. Not a smart choice of words.

"First she needed fresh air. Humidity always cleans out the air. So breathing through the wet cloth allowed her to start inhaling. Once that activity got back to normal, she needed a different strong smell, to neutralize the one that is still left inside her nose. The substance could be sensed inside her body, her respiratory ways, up to six hours after inhaling it. So she needs to shake this off. And now, the magic cloth again." Eve spoke in a funny manner, as if she was explaining this to a ten year old boy…who didn't speak English.

"What if we hadn't done this…magic cloth thing?" Ray mimicked Eve's way of speaking.

"She could have suffocated and died." She stated calmly.

Chills ran down Ray's spine. He stood up abruptly and started pacing around. He knew he had to bring in someone from the crime scene, to take the blame for it all. But how was he supposed to handcuff Eve right after she saved Kate's life?

"Hey Goodson, can we handcuff her already?" One of the policemen asked, holding the cuffs in his hands.

"No. She's coming with us voluntarily. No need to be violent, Johnson, this isn't a movie." Ray nodded at Eve, in away letting her know he was going to protect her rights when they take her to the police station.

"Ray?" Kate murmured quietly after opening her eyes. "Damn, I can't get rid of him even when I'm dead!" She commented with attitude.

"Err…" Eve lowered her head. "You're alive." She winked. "And he can hear you."

"What happened?" Kate saw Eve standing up and she was confused, wondering why her friend was leaving her side and why was nobody else around. Not to mention the whole aspect of Ray and the policemen being there too. "Oh no. Where's Abby? And Bos?" She freaked out a bit.

"Don't worry. Just keep this thing in front of your nose and breathe, inhale deeply and hold the breath inside before you exhale. I have to go now, but Ray will take you home." Eve said softly.

"I will?" Ray questioned. "Yes! I will." He stated after seeing the stern look on Eve's face. He had assumed she would surrender to the police station, so she assumed he could at least take care of Kate.

Two guys escorted Eve to the car while the rest of the force walked around to try and understand what had happened earlier. She wasn't happy to be back in the police station. She walked in with her chin down, looking crushed. So many memories were floating around, it felt like the air she breathed in was exactly the same air she inhaled years ago. She had spent 24 hours in police custody, then she was thrown in jail. It couldn't possibly happen now that she had Charlie's crazy connections behind her back. However, their whole mission had failed, Abby and Kate were in danger and everyone had let Bosley down at some point. It was safe to say that Eve was alone in this.

While Eve was discovering the "comfort" of a tiny little cell in the police headquarters, Ray took Kate to a hospital to get checked. A doctor let them know that the first aid she had received had been of huge help. After a quick check and some medicine to help stabilize her, she was ready to go home and get some rest. Ray took her back to Abby's apartment, where she had been staying for a long while now. He put her in bed and made sure she was alright.

"You can go now." Kate said coldly. "And uh, thanks." She added hesitantly.

"You don't have to be mean. I'm staying, like it or not." Ray stated just at the moment when both his pager and his mobile disagreed.

"I don't want you to stay…" Kate coughed, still feeling the nasty chemical in her lungs.

Ray sat on the edge of her bed and she looked away. His hand rested against her palm, but she retreated it. Not only did she have to come to terms with the fact that she had lost him, but now he had to realize he had lost her too.

"Go." She shifted her body to the other side of the bed and closed her eyes. She wasn't really sleepy, she just needed to be cold and distant. And with every look he gave her, it was starting to be harder and harder to push him away.

He grabbed his phone from the little night stand by her bed and he walked out, intentionally leaving his jacket behind. If one thing was for sure, Kate would contact him to give it back. Or she could just send it as a package, now that would suck for him.

Meanwhile Bosley was pacing up and down the halls of a local hospital. The girl they saved was alright, some doctor was running a little check on her and she was going to be released soon. Abby, however…

"How is she!?" Bosley jumped at one of the doctors who walked out of the VIP room that he had scored for her in the very last minute. "I want to see her." He tried to barge in the room.

"Sir, you need to back off and let us do our job." The doctor pushed him away with force. It was weird to have anyone be strong enough to hold Bosley back. At least he knew Abby was in good hands, strong hands, hopefully capable hands.

"Is she alive?" His hand went through his hair nervously. Losing an Angel was not an option!

"For the moment, yes." The doctor sighed.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Bosley grabbed his shirt, as if that was going to help.

"You need to relax." The man once again pushed him away. "It means that she's alive, but her vitals are getting worse. She had swallowed too much water and it prevents her from starting to breathe-…" He started to explain, but Bosley cut him off.

"So she isn't breathing!?" Bosley could almost feel his face turning white.

"Not on her own, I'm afraid not. She's on systems and oxygen masks. There are five people in there right now, fighting for her life. And I could lose my job for just telling you all this. But you really need to relax and just wait. There's nothing you could do to help." The doctor shrugged and walked back in the room.

The next five minutes of misery felt like ages. Finally the kidnapped girl walked out of a room and joined him in the waiting area. He wasn't too happy to be around her and he had his own reasons.

"I'm sorry…" She said weakly.

"If something happens to Abby-…" He started off but quickly realized it was stupid to get all worked up and angry. "Who are you?" He asked simply. The girl owed him an explanation. That was the deal: he got her out of that creepy place and she had to speak up now.

"My name is Vanessa. I study in the Marine school right next to the place where you found me. I had a morning class on Saturday, for extra credit. We were supposed to explore the shore and do video-documentaries. One guy, the younger one that you fought with, he told me he was my assignment partner and since I don't know everyone in the class, because anyone can take it, from any major, I didn't find it suspicious. He told me we should go check out this place and so we did. But then I saw the old guy, he put something on my mouth and next thing I remember I was waking up. I don't know, maybe it's been hours." She was warming up pretty fast and he liked it. He needed to know everything.

"You've been sedated. One of my girls nearly invented that thing. Continue?" Bosley nodded.

"When I woke up my throat felt like burning and it was hard to breathe. There was one more guy, a skinny one. He was holding a gun and my hands were tied. I was in the same building, but downstairs. The guys kept talking to someone on the phone, but I didn't hear anything. It seemed like this person was giving them orders, because every time they hung up, they came to me and told me what to do." She sighed.

"What did they make you do?" Bosley urged her to continue.

"For example, they recorded an audio with my school camera. I had to say that I'm scared and I don't know where I am and to ask for help. Then they sent it somewhere, they had a laptop there. And the next time the phone rang, they told me that four people would be coming for me and I had to tell them different things." The girl fiddled with the hem of her shirt. She was wet from head to toes, she must have been freezing. But before Bosley would offer her comfort, he had to know she deserved it.

"Things like what?" He asked impatiently.

"They told me to keep my mouth shut if the blonde one or the curly one asks questions. I was only supposed to say I'm 20 years old and from Los Angeles. In fact I'm 22 and from Newport, California. They said if the brunette asked, I should mention my birthday, May 4th and say that my boyfriend was going to take me to Paris. And they told me if the guy asked me about my name, I should say I'm Elisabeth." She sounded completely honest.

Bosley cringed at the last bit of her confession. There was so much more behind this story than what the Angels knew about. "Do you know who they sent the audio to? Was it the boss who was calling them on the phone?"

"No, I'm sure it wasn't the boss. They person on the phone was asking them about someone who can take the blame for them. The oldest man said he had a friend, some guy who was cheating on his wife. He had just gotten one of those pay-phone mobiles. He was going to use it to call his mistress. So they sent him the audio and they were discussing that the guy would send it to detectives." She coughed.

"Why not the police?" Bosley still wasn't convinced this was the whole truth.

"Because he had some sort of a criminal record and they knew he wasn't going to make the police suspicious. They said detectives wouldn't even bother asking him questions or finding him." She sounded beyond confused.

Bosley understood the whole specifics of the little mind-game. However, one thing was bothering him: who was going out of their way to take him down?

"Excuse me for a minute. Stay here, I'll get someone to take you to a safe place in a bit." He stood up as his phone kept ringing. "Hello. Ray? Yes, it's John Bosley. What happened?" He bit his bottom lip. It sucked that he let Eve take the blame for everything, but he had to take care of Abby and the other girl. "Did anyone find Kate?" He was on the verge of panic attack. All three of his girls were seriously screwed up and he put the blame on himself.

"Relax, man. I have Kate with me. I mean, I dropped her off at her apartment before she kicked me out. She's alright, we found her on the ground, under some stuff. She had been sedated. Eve took care of her until I took her to a hospital. She's probably sleeping it off right now. Don't worry about her. How are the girls there with you?" Ray spoke like a friend, not much like the cop who had taken Eve into custody.

"The kidnapped girl is fine, she's next to me. We're in the hospital right now, she got checked and she can leave. Is it okay if I ask you to come get her and take her to the Agency? I'd owe you one if you did." Bosley looked behind his back to check if the girl was there and he found her sitting on a chair, staring at the blank wall with a guilty expression on her face.

"Sure, why not? I've already become a driver today." Ray sighed, he was on duty and he wasn't doing any of his policeman tasks at all. "What about Abby, is she alright? You're staying with her, right?"

"Uh, Abby…she's…I don't know. She's not breathing. The doctors are doing everything they can. I'm just waiting here." Bosley exhaled, trying not to blow up. "I'm afraid to ask about Eve…"

Ray started laughing. "Yeah, Eve is a handful. My guys took her into custody. She would have to be held back for 24 hours, you know the drill. Unfortunately, there's nothing I can do about it. And I advise you not to involve Charlie. Let her stay in, cool off and she will be out in no time,"

"But she had been shot, she was bleeding. She got electrocuted and a dude hit her in the back with a metal pipe…" Bosley cringed at the memory of it all.

"Ya'll should get a new job." Ray sighed, it amused him to know the things the Angels did. "Don't worry. Tell you what…you call Kate, talk to her, try to cheer her up or something. I'll come take the girl to the Agency. Then I'll make sure Eve is alright. And we're even. Deal?"

"Deal." Bosley said before he put his phone back in his pocket and he returned to the girl.

"How are your friends?" She asked silently.

"Not alright. I'm getting you out of here. A policeman will take you somewhere safe. There's a room downstairs, right after the living room. Go take a shower, get food from the fridge, watch some TV or just go to sleep. But make sure you lock the doors. And please don't touch any electronic gadget you see." He instructed her. "One more thing…the girls told me you have a scar on your shoulder. How did you get it?"

"Thank you." She smiled finally. "Oh the scar. It's a tiny one, it's from an injection I had years ago. It was obligatory in school, some girls had little scars left from it. A lot of people have that. I don't know why. I don't even pay it attention."

Bosley's eyes landed on the scar, it was the same one Elisabeth had. Apparently whoever was running this scheme, they knew a lot about the girl and a lot about Bosley. And they had planted the whole mission, just to put all four of the Angels in danger, not only to scare Bosley off with ghosts from the past.

Ray arrived at the hospital and took Vanessa to the Agency, like he promised. Bosley was speaking to Kate, who was far from sleeping. She was worried sick about Abby and Eve and it took a lot of words for Bosley to convince her that the best thing she could do was stay home. He tried not to yell at her for disobeying his orders, but in the back of his mind if Kate had shot the guy like he told her to, none of this would have happened.

For the next couple of hours Bosley was helplessly hopping from chair to chair, sipping countless black coffees and trying to make sense of it all. He came up with nothing, no good explanation as to why someone wanted him to re-live the past in such a brutal way.

Meanwhile Ray had returned to the police station and was told that Eve was sitting in a little jail-cell. He shook his head at his colleague and he walked to the section of their building where they had a few cells for overnight stays for those delinquents who liked to cause trouble in the streets of Miami.

"Eve?" He called out, trying to grab her attention, but she seemed spaced out. She was looking at her feet and she wasn't moving at all. Ray walked in and sat down next to her. "Hey, I won't let anything happen to you here. It's safe-…" He started to calm her down, but it just made her angry.

"I spent four years of my life behind bars, in a place just like this one. You don't get to tell me how safe it is. I know first-hand that it isn't. It sucks. Every second I'm here it sucks more and more and you don't have the slightest idea of what this cell is doing to me. So don't sit here and give me the puppy eyes and try to calm me down, because it ain't working. I don't deserve to be here. Not anymore! I'd rather be wherever Abby is right now." She stated angrily. The way she looked him in the eyes as she spoke, it let him know she was not only angry, but also scared.

"Ugh. You Angels are just…" He sighed, standing up and extending his hand to her. "Come on. If you're willing to obey a few rules, you don't need to spend the night here on your own."

She jumped up, she was in no position to ask questions. At this point she would do anything, just to get out of there. Well, maybe except kill Ray and run, that would be a stupid move on her side.

They walked by a few other policemen who were working on the same case and Ray didn't let either one of them make a comment about what was happening. He took her to Storage where he found just the thing he was looking for.

"An ankle bracelet…You have got to be kidding me!" Eve sighed. She had figured Ray meant that she could go home and forget she was ever at the police station.

"Have a better idea?" He raised his eyebrows at her. When he saw her shrug, he continued. "You'll be spending the night at my place. With this thing on you. You're still under arrest, just call it house arrest instead. At least you'll have the comfort of a couch, a bathroom and a fully stocked fridge. What do you say?" He nudged her with a smile on his lips.

It was the moment that Eve realized he was actually an awesome guy. Forget that he had broken off the engagement with Kate when she got busted years ago. Ray was giving Eve a helping hand and she wasn't going to forget that. Ever!

"Okay. Thanks. But just so you know, I haven't had food since yesterday, so I might get carried away with that fridge." She smiled finally. "Can we go now? This place sucks. I mean, no offense but you know…memories." She looked around as they walked out. It was the same place where her faith had been sealed years ago. She remembered every corner of it. She even recognized the faces of a few of the policemen who had busted her that night of the car accident. It was safe to say it freaked her out.

On the way to Ray's place, he let her know everything he knew about the rest of her team members. While she was glad that Kate was alright, she was freaked out about Abby. As part of the house arrest, she was not allowed to make any phone calls, so she couldn't even contact Bosley. Ray, however, spoke to him a little later that evening, checking in on Abby's situation. It was still critical and it didn't help that he told Eve about it. She had been trying really hard to stay calm up until that moment. But then something changed. It had been hours and the more time that passed, the more it dawned on her that she might lose Abby. And that was not an option.

"I'll go wash my hands." She stated softly. She had already taken a nice long shower, she was wearing warm clothes and Ray had just given her tons of food to indulge. She was alright. Except the fact that most of the things under her skin felt like they were broken. But Eve never really cared about pain, she had her way of blocking it out of her mind. However, she had an idea that would get her closer to Abby.

"Alright. I'll get you blankets." Ray replied.

"Blankets, why? I only need a cover for the couch." She raised an eyebrow.

"You don't think I'll let you sleep on the couch, do you?" He was going to be a gentleman and take the couch himself, so she could sleep in the bed.

"You don't think I'm going to sleep in the bed where you slept with Kate about, I don't know, a thousand times before. Do you?" She threw his question back at him, twisting it in a way that he would back down from the argument.

"Okay…when you put it that way." He shrugged. It was kind of weird. But it also felt good, like he was closer to Kate just by having Eve there.

She walked to the bathroom and let the water run. She found a sharp object and winced before she dug it right into the wound from the bullet. It had been closed already, but she needed it to bleed again. She twirled the object a few times, making sure it was a bad enough injury to need doctor's attention. Then she let the blood run down for a couple of seconds. There was pain, of course. But it felt slightly less painful than a few minutes ago when she had been sitting on the soft couch, eating and getting the news that one of her best friends was basically going to die. Eve knew pain very well. People might think they were hurting Eve by all the physical torture they did to her, but they were wrong. The one and only thing that could ever hurt Eve French was the feeling of being powerless when someone else's life was in danger. Especially one of the people she loved the most.

"Aah! No! Uhhh!" She finally yelled out in pain, just to get him to run to the bathroom and find her covered in blood.

"What happene-…Wow, oh my God. Calm down, calm down. Here, let me check this out…" Ray sat on the floor next to where Eve had thoughtfully let her body fall, so it would be more believable. "Uh, let me wrap a towel around this." He tried to stop the bleeding but she had done enough damage to give him a headache.

"No. Ah…Ugh, no! No. Ray. Uhh, that hurts. Aww!" She winced and tossed in pain, but truth was she would never let anyone see she was in pain. So she was acting. It was hard to call her a bluff when there was thick red liquid covering her whole arm and drops of it falling to the floor.

"It's not stopping. I think I made it worse. Wait, I'll call the police station and let them know I'm taking you to University of Miami Hospital." He stated, grabbing his phone from his pocket.

"No!" Eve almost shouted. "I mean, we should go to South Miami Hospital…" She didn't even need to think, she knew it was the place where Charlie had connections, so whenever something happened, it's where all of the Angels got medical help at.

Ray looked down at her, raising his eyebrow. For a moment there he contemplated the possibility of her bluffing. He knew for a fact that Bosley was there, waiting for news about Abby. However, Ray never mentioned which hospital it was. So in his mind there was no way Eve knew.

"Because of my insurance." Eve shrugged lightly.

"Oh, you don't have the full insurance package? I know, that's a pain. Well then, South Miami Hospital it is." He stated and walked a few steps away, making a call to the police station, letting them know not to send a team when Eve's ankle bracelet starts to beep. In fact he requested that it would be turned off, seeing as the girl needed urgent medical care. Everyone had previously seen her all in blood, so the trick worked. Plus, Ray was going to accompany her and he had just signed for a night shift as well, so he could be her guardian for the night. Everything was legal.

When they arrived, it took Eve no time to figure out where Bosley was: waiting room near the ER. She was walking slowly, unsteadily, holding on to her arm so Ray won't suspect a thing. But the second she saw Bosley she ran to his side and hugged him.

"Bos!" She no longer seemed to have any sort of pain, the way her arm flung around his neck and she seemed to be gripping him tight. "Where is she? Did they let you see her? How is she doing?" She asked frantically.

"Ehm?" Ray approached her. "What is going on?"

"You, my man, have been Angel'ed." Bosley smirked, figuring out Eve had tricked the man into taking her to the hospital.

"Why do you call those women Angels? They're pure evil." Ray's hands flied up in the air, he was done fighting against the girls. He already knew there would be no peace for him with those three around. And as a special bonus, he had Bosley in the mix too.

One of the doctors walked by and nearly fainted when he saw how much blood Eve had on herself. He took her in a room and Ray went in as her custodian. Bosley was not going to wait outside, so he bargained himself a little spot behind the door, in the far off corner of the room where the doctor was cleaning off Eve's wounds and wincing.

"What happened to you?" The doctor asked.

"I got shot at. But it's fine, the bullet isn't inside. Just a scratch. It had already stopped bleeding." She replied calmly.

"Oh, okay." The hospital employee said in shock, but he continued to touch the sore spot on Eve's hand. He looked at her and she was wincing a bit, but she wasn't even saying a word. "Is she drugged? Why isn't she in pain?" The doctor turned around, asking both Bosley and Ray.

Ray shrugged, he had no idea. Bosley smirked before he replied. "Oh, she's in pain, don't worry about that. She's a tough one. Do your job, she will be fine. And no, she doesn't take drugs."

"There is no way anyone could be treated with these substances and not feel the pain unless they're heavily medicated. This should feel like burning and itching. I'm touching raw meet here!" The doctor was nearly in panic.

"Ouch." Eve said unenthusiastically. Clearly she was being a sarcastic little bitch. "Like it better this way, doc?" She raised an eyebrow when the guy looked at her. "You heard the man…do your job!"

"How did the wound get so big if it was just a bullet?" He asked curiously.

"Oh easy. Someone left a prisoner unattended with a large sharp object in a closed space." She shot a glance at Ray and smirked. The man was in complete shock at Eve's strength and power to hold herself up with all the pain she must be feeling on the inside. "Gotta be more careful next time, officer." She winked at Ray.

The doctor quickly finalized the cleaning stage and then he wrapped her hand with bandages, to stop the bleeding. "Didn't you come with the two girls who were drowning?" He looked at Bosley, recognizing the face, seeing as he had been in the hospital for hours.

"Uh. Yes." He shrugged. "Speaking of which, we need to know how Abigail Sampson is doing."

"I'm afraid I can't give you any information on the patient. You need to be calm and wa-…" He started to speak, but it was the same old boring story.

"Yeah. I don't do wait." Eve threw in one of her most famous one-liners. "I've been in jail, I'm technically under arrest right now as well, so I have nothing to lose. I'm going in!" She stated, walking out of the room where she was being treated and towards Abby's room down the hall.

"Miss, you can't go in there!" The doctor ran after her, but soon he felt Bosley pat his shoulder.

"No offense, but you kind of don't want to cross her path after she says she's going in. Bad things happen to people who try to stop Eve." Bosley stated with a smirk.

"You people are crazy. You have half an hour until my shift ends. Make sure nobody sees you. I'll get you out before the next doctor takes my place." The employee said while shrugging.

Eve reached the door and she saw the remaining three doctors walking out, whispering about the patient's condition. She stuck her foot out, so the door won't get closed behind the doctors. Once she saw the coast was clear, she walked in the room impatiently. Right after her there was Bosley. Ray stayed outside, he was in enough trouble with Eve's crazy stunts. But staying right in front of the door would be suspicious, so he walked away, pretending to be interested in the stupid vending machine in the corner.

Both Eve and Bosley gasped, seeing Abby hooked on life-support. The doctors must have left her to sleep or whatever thing it was that she was doing with her eyes closed and her hands not moving an inch. Eve was like paralyzed, she couldn't breathe, walk, talk, blink or even cry. Bosley walked forward, but he was afraid to touch Abby. This felt like history repeating itself and the Angels had no idea how hard it was for him. Nor why.

It didn't take long until they heard fists bumping against the door and someone barging in. They saw Ray's hands trying to hold a crazy person back, but she had a mind of her own.

"Kate?" Bosley was startled. On the phone earlier he hadn't told her exactly how bad Abby's condition was. He sort of said she had woken up and she was taking another nap to regain strength. So it was a complete shock for Kate to walk into this situation.

Kate was like a blank canvas while she approached the bed. She stood in front of it for long enough to understand what was happening. Suddenly she turned to face Bosley and she gave him a really loud and hard slap across the face. Eve and Ray both winced, looking away. It was surely more hurtful than embarrassing for Bosley. Kate had a great right hook, Eve had experienced it herself, the first time the girls met on Eve's previous boat.

"You told me she was okay!" Kate said through gritted teeth.

"Calm down. I can explain…" Bosley felt his cheek burning, but he was a man, he refused to bring his hand up and rub the red skin.

"Explain how my best friend is dying and you told me to watch TV at home and relax!?" Kate was getting worked up.

"I don't really want to get involved in this, but can you please hate each other a little more silently? We're kind of not allowed to be in here." Eve said tentatively.

"You don't get to tell me what to do when Abby is here suffering because you let those guys take her in the building!" Kate showed a side of her that Eve had never seen.

"Oh is that how we're gonna play it…alright then. You're not going to blame this on her when it's nothing but your own fault." Bosley jumped in the conversation, this time trying to keep his voice down.

"My fault? How is it my fault? Eve and Abby compromised their undercover." Kate had stopped making sense, she was now just raging.

"If you had done what I told you, none of you would be in danger now." Bosley narrowed his eyes and Eve could tell he was absolutely furious now. "You should have shot the guy when I kept telling you to do so!"

"Ehm…" Ray was really good at being silent in his little corner of the room until he heard something that he, as a police officer, had to report. He cleared his throat, in a way letting this one comment slide, but warning them he didn't want to hear more.

"I'm not going to kill a man on command. I'm not a mercenary, Bosley. I work for justice, not the Secret Services. You should have told Eve to do the job. She's the psycho killer of the bunch!" Kate pointed a finger at Eve, but it was definitely a low blow. Especially when Bosley knew for a fact that Eve hadn't been responsible for that car accident years ago.

Eve was quick enough to jump at Kate. If Kate wanted to run her mouth, fine by Eve. But if Kate thought she could point a finger at a dog and expect it not to bite, she was damn wrong. Eve twisted Kate's finger, shortening the distance between the two of them and counter-attacking Kate with her own hand, pushing it towards Kate's stomach so it would bump against it and cause her pain. Kate, in turn, used the fact that Eve was hurt, to her advantage. She squeezed the part of Eve's hand that had been wrapped by the doctor earlier and Eve winced. It wasn't too much pain, it was just unexpected to have Kate inflict pain on her. Then again, Eve had just done the same to Kate. When both girls came to realization that it was beyond stupid to fight, they backed off. But at the same time Bosley was jumping in between them, trying to peel them off of each other.

"Enough! You're acting like children. This is as much your fault as it is mine. I failed to guide my team and the mission failed. It wasn't real to begin with. Well except the part that Vanessa was really kidnapped." Bosley rolled his eyes. This was way more complicated when he said it out loud, than it was in his own head. The girls looked at him weirdly. "I'll explain it all later." He shrugged. He was now forced to give them more information about Elisabeth and he wasn't too happy about it.

Before he knew it, both Eve and Kate were by the bed, holding hands and crying. All these years he thought he knew women, but it turned out he didn't know women at all. They were literally just jumping at each other in a very un-ladylike manner and now they were both an emotional wreck. He sighed and stood between them, hugging each girl with one hand, pulling them close. His lips kissed the top of Kate's head and then he did the same to Eve.

"Shh." He silenced them. Hearing their sobs and silent gasps for air was killing him inside. The last time he had been between two crying girls it was over Gloria's body, the night her car exploded. That night he had vowed to himself to never let anything happen to another Angel. Currently, standing between Eve and Kate and over Abby's body in a hospital bed, he learned one of life's bitchiest lessons: You don't always get what you want. But now the question was…did he deserve to get what he got?

"My shift ends in 5 minutes. I need you out of here now." The doctor from before poked his head through the door for a second and they knew they weren't going to get any more time with Abby.

Eve looked at Abby, feeling guilty for her emotions. Eve was crying, she was hurting, she was frowning, upset, emotional. Abby just stood there without moving at all. How was that fair?

Kate pushed a strand of hair away from Abby's face, because even in a hospital she knew Abby would like to look dashing, as always. Her blonde hair was sticking in all directions and it was still wet. The contact with the damp hair made Kate shudder. If it felt this scary to even touch something that had been under the water in that fish-tank, then what must it have felt like for Abby to be dunked in it for so long, unable to even catch her breath?

Bosley tried not to look at Abby for too long. Each time he laid eyes on the blonde, he saw a certain brunette from his past, as if history repeated itself. If only the Angels knew the pain and torture this was for him. But he was the man, he had to stay strong…for his girls. He touched Abby's cheek lovingly. At that moment he realized he was in love…with all three girls, in a very brotherly way. He felt his heart breaking when Abby was in pain, he knew he would have felt the same pain if this was either Kate or Eve. Sure he knew he had different kind of feelings for Eve, but at the moment he knew he truly loved all three of his Angels. And that scared him, because if he loved someone this much before and he lost her…it was now three times more painful to love these girls. Three more chances for his heart to get broken again. And again. And again. In fact, four...as one of the girls had already broken his loving heart: Gloria. He inhaled sharply and took a few steps back. He needed to steady himself.

Ray was in no position to participate in any of this. He was only in the room because, first of all he was extremely worried about Abby, even though he didn't know her well. And second of all, Kate had barged in and he failed to hold her back, so he had to walk in the room just so he won't cause any suspicions on the ER floor by walking back and forth all the time. But watching the team in front of him, watching Kate in the team, he realized something. How was he so stupid to let Kate go, why had he been so blind for the obvious fact that she was an amazing genuine person? And overall, she was honest…maybe except the times when she ran the dirty cop deal and got busted three weeks before their wedding. He bit his lip, watching her slap Bosley and fight Eve, but then the three of them came together, united by one thing: love. Love for Abby and love for each other. Maybe one day Kate will give him a chance to reunite with her again. But for now he had to keep his distance, she wanted nothing to do with him.

As all of them were done saying their own versions of "goodbye" to Abby, while wondering if tomorrow they would even have the chance to say "hello" to her again, due to different circumstances, they knew they had to leave the room. However, one thing made them stop in track. The Hell with getting into trouble for being there when they really shouldn't be. Eve had a hard time letting go of Abby's hand. She felt the most guilt of all, as she blamed herself for letting the guys capture Abby in the first place. But then something happened.

"Guys!" Eve gasped, looking down at her hand, linked with Abby's fingers. "She squeezed. I'm serious. I felt it."

"You're tired. We all need to rest. Come on, we'll be back tomorrow morning." Bosley tried to hold Eve's other hand, but she pulled it away.

"Not all of you." Ray commented. "Eve's under custody. In case all of you had forgotten."

"She squeezed hand. I swear to you. I felt her fingers…look!" Eve's eyes widened as she spoke and at the same time she saw Abby's fingers moving.

"Hit the Emergency button." Bosley nodded at Kate.

This time she wasn't going to disobey him. It took her less than half a second to press the big red button over Abby's bed. And a few seconds later the same doctors from earlier barged into the room.

"What is going on…you need to leave!" One of the female doctors freaked out.

"Miami P.D." Ray pulled out his badge, as the only thing that could save them. Sort of. He was already regretting using his authority, he would be in very big trouble.

"Charlie might take you under his wing." Kate stood by Ray, reading his mind and knowing he was already imagining himself getting fired and looking for another job. "I can vouch for you. Maybe." She smiled.

"Eh, Prince!" Ray sighed, instinctively reaching out and holding her close to him. It felt good, just like it used to. And Kate was smiling. But it made sense, she was going through all the stages of shock: first she fought, then she yelled, then she cried, then she seemed to have settled down and now it was apparently time to smile. She looked confused, it was as if all of Charlie's employees were trying out different tactics, just to be able to cope with the situation. But they failed each time.

"She moved her fingers and squeezed my hand. And that stupid beeping machine there with the green light, it was moving differently. The line rose up high and then got very low and then it did it a few more times until it got steadier like it used to be." Eve commented.

The doctor checked the vitals again and she seemed relieved. "She's taken a few breaths on her own. Ease down the oxygen in her mask, see if it triggers her to inhale again." The doctor told her colleagues, but Eve didn't like what she heard.

"But what if she doesn't? She just won't breathe at all? Are you crazy!?" Eve protested silently.

"Everyone back off. And get her out of here." The doctor said calmly. The woman had no time to freak out and four freaked out best friends were a bit too much for her to handle. She started barking orders to her minions, asking for tools and support, just like it happens in the movies. Eve realized why she had never liked movies about hospitals, they were simply no fun at all!

"I'm not moving!" Eve crossed her hands and sat down on a chair, followed by Kate. Bosley and Ray stood by their side, ready to pull the girls back if needed.

The whole procedure took about ten minutes but it felt like the longest period of time for everyone involved. Finally they could see Abby's body moving. The Angels let out a sigh of relief, but why were the doctors getting even more freaked out…wasn't it a good thing that she was moving?

"Resume the oxygen mask. Double the speed. Compressions..." One doctor yelled out loud and Kate saw sweat dropping from a young doctor's face. It was probably his first real encounter with the real world of medicine and she could tell the guy was about to collapse.

"She's having a seizure. Stop. Move away. Everyone, resume all operations. NOW!" The doctor in charge yelled when it was obvious that nothing they did was helping. Suddenly everyone stepped away. Abby's chest rose up a few times in a hurry before she dropped down on the bed without a sound. The annoying line on the monitor stopped going up and down and as much as neither one of the Angels was a doctor, they all knew what that meant.

"NO!" Eve cried out, running to Abby's side and holding her hand.

"Abby?" Kate followed her.

"Girls, you need to step back." Bosley tried to push them away, but it was impossible. Neither one of them was moving.

"Time of-…" The doctor tried to state, but there was no way Eve would settle down for the fact that Abby was dead.

"Bitch, you listen to me! You say that line and it would be the last thing you pronounce. Got it? Good!" Eve grabbed the doctor by the collar angrily.

"SHE CAN'T BE DEAD, YOU INCOMPETENT MORONS!" Eve went hysterical all of a sudden.

Two guards walked in the room, trying to get the girls away from Abby, but that wasn't working either. And Bosley and Ray were of no help, they just stood there shell-shocked.

Out of the blue, Eve heard a sound. A silent beep. And then another one. And another one. Her eyes reverted back to the monitor and she saw the line moving again.

The doctors were more than amazed to see this happening, but after a few very quick reactions on their side, Abby's vitals were stable once again. She even started breathing on her own, slowly, but steadily. Half an hour later the Angels were still in the room pacing around. The doctors figured out there was zero chance to have them removed, so they let them stay while Abby was supposed to rest.

"Eve?" Abby whispered suddenly. Eve had been holding her hand all this time while Kate was still trying to calm down…in Ray's hands. So the first thing Abby saw when she opened her eyes, was Eve, who was looking away and crying.

"Oh my God. Abbs!" Eve tried very hard not to hug her, she was afraid she would stop her breathing again.

"Where are the others?" Abby's words made her start coughing. And with each cough she started taking deeper breaths. That was a good thing.

"We're all here." Bosley walked by with Kate and Ray next to him.

"What happened?" Abby questioned, her curiosity was still there even at a moment like this.

"We'll explain later. Right now you need to rest. They gave you some pills, you'll feel sleepy soon. We'll be here in the morning, okay?" Bosley explained, touching Abby's cheek. It was warm, she was alive, he felt alive too!

This time it was much easier to say "goodbye" to her and leave the room. At least they knew there would surely be a chance to say "hello" again. Bosley took Kate to the Agency for the night. Ray took Eve to his house for the remaining part of her 24-hour lock-down.

The next morning Eve threatened to hurt herself again if Ray didn't take her to Abby. So he just decided to do what she wanted. But first he was going to make sure she ate healthy. He prepared something small for breakfast and it made Eve smile.

"You made me breakfast?" She appeared in a much better state than last night.

"Theoretically, yeah, I guess." Ray shrugged.

"It's always so black and white with you, cops." She laughed.

"You may be right." He laughed.

"Can I ask you something?" She started off, but didn't really wait for him to answer before she continued. "Kate…Uh, you still love her, don't you?"

Ray was taken by surprise. Eve sure knew her way with words. She might be even more forward than Abby.

"It's complicated." He stated, but she cut him off.

"No, it's really not. If you know you're in love, like for real, then you must know if you love her or if you're over her. And if you can only fall in love once in your life, you must have already figured out if it's Kate that you love or it might be someone else." She chose her words carefully.

"Why do I have a feeling you're not exactly asking about my case here?" He raised an eyebrow, he saw right through her. Maybe it was because she was blushing. "Who is the lucky guy?" He smirked at her.

"It's complicated…" She didn't even realize she was giving him the same line that she refused to take from him as an answer, just a minute ago.

"No, it's not. If you love someone, you know it. How? I don't know. You just know." This conversation felt weird…yet comforting at the same time.

"I mean, I know I feel something and I've never felt like this before. But I'm afraid he doesn't feel the same way. He's already been in love. I don't think there's any place for me in his heart. I feel like second option and even though things got a bit heated between us lately, I still can't shake the feeling that if he had both options, he wouldn't have chosen me." She sighed.

"I don't know the guy, but he sounds complicated." Ray commented. "But since we're being honest and all…Remember the case we worked together, the King of Ukata? I was dating that woman you met at the embassy. It didn't feel right. I kept thinking…this is weird. Why am I telling you this?" He sighed and felt a bit silly.

"You actually do know the guy…" Eve bit her bottom lip shyly.

"John!?" Ray suppressed a giggle.

"What's so funny about that!?" She folded her arms.

"Nothing. Just…wow, you and John, the two Latinos." He teased.

"Shut up." She looked away with a pout, much like a child. "So I guess you know how I feel. You kept thinking about Kate and he keeps thinking about his ex." She finally came out and said it.

"Okay, it sucks when you put it that way." He cringed. "But I know what you mean, girl. A little guy advice…don't give up on him, okay? I've seen the way he is with you. Moving on is hard, but not impossible. And deep down, very deep down underneath all of your layers of evil and lies…" He poked her hand with one finger and cracked a smile. "…I know you're a great person. I saw you with Abby last night. You have a huge heart, Eve. Give a big piece of it to Bosley and if he's a smart dude, which I'm sure he is, he would be holding on to it with both hands." He winked.

"Thanks, Ray." She smiled too. "And a little girl advice…don't give up on Kate. I don't think she's over you. She might never get over you. She's going to kill me if she knew I'm telling you this, but I think she's still in love with you. I'm kind of almost sure of it. You two just need to talk, settle things between you and maybe forgive a few mistakes. That goes on both sides. Nobody is perfect. Not even Angels. Pfff, especially not these Angels!" She smirked. Eve was subtly preparing Ray for the moment when, if Kate ever decided to, he would learn what happened at St. Valentine's Day.

"Enough cheesy talk. Eat your food and let's go." He stated, trying to be serious.

"You're taking me to Abby? And I don't even have to cut myself or anything? Sweet!" Eve clapped her hands and did her typical little happy dance. She quickly finished her food and stood up.

"Ugh. Just please don't do anything stupid. A few more hours and the ankle bracelet would be off, you'll be free to walk away. Nobody is pressing charges. So be a good girl and…oh alright, who am I kidding…Good girl? Pff!" He burst out laughing.

When Ray and Eve arrived at the hospital, Bosley and Kate were already in Abby's room. The blonde one had woken up and her cheeks had much more color than they did the previous day. Eve finally gave her the hug she had been longing for.

"So, I want to know what happened." Abby insisted and everyone looked at Bosley.

"Someone set us up. They kidnapped this girl Vanessa, because she looks like…" He sighed. There it was, the moment of truth. Not the whole truth, of course. "…Well, she had been instructed to insist that she was Elisabeth. We don't know who stands behind it. Those three men were just there to do the dirty work. I'm sorry all of you got hurt." He looked down for a moment.

"But why would they try to drown the girl...and me?" Abby was still confused.

"Because, uh…" Bosley could feel his heart-rate increasing. "What happened to Elisabeth years ago, it was something like what you girls experienced. Whoever is behind this scheme, they recreated the whole thing. You weren't the targets. I was." He stated simply, but the girls could feel his pain. It had been torture for them, but they now realized how painful it had been for Bosley to see the past in 3D, right in front of his eyes.

"I overheard the guys speaking about a woman, so I guess whoever stands behind this, is a female. We just need to figure out who…and why." Eve added softly. "And I want to know what's the deal with the car they just delivered for Gloria."

"I'm sorry, Bos." Abby felt guilty to have even asked. "Good catch, Eve. We're not going to let this go. We'll find the people and make them suffer."

"Speaking of being sorry…" Kate turned to face Eve. "I'm sorry I called you a psycho killer last night. And I'm sorry that my right hook is so good. Hope your cheek is fine."

"Oh, please. We both went out of line. Everyone did." Eve waved it off. "I'm sorry I blamed it all on you, Kate."

"Actually, I'm sorry I couldn't hold the team up and I'm particularly sorry for being too rough on all of you yesterday." Bosley looked at each of the Angels for a moment.

"And I'm sorry…" Abby started off, but she had nothing to say. "…Well, I guess I'm sorry I was busy drowning and I missed all the action." She shrugged and all four of them laughed. Some things never changed. Even hurt, they always teamed up in the end.

"I guess I should say something too…" Ray questioned out loud.

"You can't play with us!" Abby giggled.

"Aww, Abbs is back! Even in a hospital bed she can still do Mean Girls tricks on people." Kate cheered and kissed Abby's forehead.

"Back off before my girlfriend Eve gets jealous!" Abby kept on making jokes.

"Yeah, about that…" Bosley coughed. "Maybe it's better if you keep your lips off of Eve. Alright?" He raised an eyebrow, he was only half-joking.

"What happened?" Ray asked curiously.

"They were lip-locking during the mission." Bosley said what he knew. "It's safe to say they got carried away."

"Actually. You're a perv. I kissed Eve's cheek. And I meant what I said, I do love her and she really is a sexy little thing." Abby smirked. Trick was on Bosley. "And it's only safe to say I won't be going swimming or eating Sushi for quite a while!"

"Yeah. Ain't our fault you have a dirty mind." Eve added with a smirk.

"Oh, like you are the one to speak about dirty minds…" Bosley trailed off, picking Eve up in the air and twirling her around before he set her on her feet again.

It was time for Abby to get checked by a doctor, so this time the Angels and Ray left the room voluntarily. They were all relieved that Abby was recovering. It was a miracle and they had no idea how it happened. Maybe it was true that Angels had super-powers.

Kate walked Eve to a room to get her hand wrapped up with a new bandage while Ray and Bosley remained in the waiting area.

"Dude, you're whipped." Ray suddenly commented, after a few minutes of silence.

"What?" Bosley gave him a weird look.

"Eve." Ray said simply.

"Oh, come on…" Bosley tried to think of an excuse, but he had none. "Uh, you would know." He added.

"What?" This time it was Ray's turn to be taken by surprise.

"Kate." Bosley smirked in his face. If he had been busted, he wasn't going down alone.

Ray just shook his head and sighed. He couldn't fully understand if he hated being around the Angels or if he liked the constant craziness around them.

"Ya play ball?" Bosley was done with drama. He was a dude and dudes never dwell on things.

"Yeah, we play by the Starbucks at the beach after work, almost every day. You?" Ray meant to show off.

"Eh. Assistant coach to the Miami youth basketball team. No big deal." Bosley dusted his shirt off in a joking matter.

"One can never win with the Angels team!" Ray sighed.

"Nope. Never. Now you know how I feel on a daily basis!" Bosley laughed. "Saturday 12pm. Six of your people, six of mine. We got a game or what?" He suggested with a smile.

"No Angels involved, though!" Ray bargained.

"Oh, absolutely!" Bosley didn't need much convincing.

Kate and Eve walked in on the guys fist-bumping and grinning like idiots.

"Looks like they've bonded." Kate commented.

"Double date, maybe?" Eve showered Kate with enthusiasm.

"You know that's not going to happen, Eve…" Kate frowned.

"Why not? Oh come on. You can't let one stupid night ruin your entire life. You should talk to him, maybe he'll understand. You never know." Eve giggled and walked faster, reaching the guys before Kate could think of another reason why she and Ray weren't the most perfect match.

"You doing alright?" Bosley extended his hand to Eve, inviting her to sit right next to him.

"Oh, just a scratch." She smiled, sitting down and feeling his arms around her.

"So what happens now?" Kate didn't want to think like a cop anymore, but it came out instinctively.

"Now we wait to see if Abby can come home today or if they need to check on her until tomorrow. Then we talk to Charlie. I'm not letting you girls be in such danger anymore. We need to be sure the missions we sign up for are real. From this moment on, you girls are my main priority. If it means going against Charlie's orders, then be it. But there's no way you're getting hurt like that again." Bosley stated seriously.

"Aww, Bos." Kate cheered.

Abby's check had finished and a doctor let them know she would be held at the hospital for 24 more hours, just to make sure everything was going well. But she was not in danger anymore. Then everyone finally went to their homes to get some sleep.

Ray took Eve to the police station where she signed a sheet and he released her. It felt good to feel the heat poking her skin on the way back home. She walked, first of all because she hated public transport and secondly, she needed some time to cool off. She had almost lost Abby. For a while there she thought they had lost Kate as well. And it didn't feel like she would actually get Bosley, not with him thinking about Elisabeth the whole time and certainly not with the memory of her haunting him at this moment.

She sighed as she hopped on board of her boat Second Chance and it finally started to feel normal again. But before she could enjoy the peace for a long enough moment, her mobile was buzzing. She picked it up, thinking it was one of the Angels. However, she was far from prepared for what she read on the screen.

Text: "Enjoyed the show? Plenty more where that came from. I see you're all safe…for now. (E)"

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Next Chapter Spoiler: The Angels mess with Bosley's mind, trying to teach him a lesson. Will he turn it all around and teach them a lesson instead? Charlie gives his team a few days off to recover from their previous mission, but would the Angels manage to stay out of trouble? Or would they be in the middle of drama once again, without even knowing it? And one Angel realizes that keeping secrets from her friends could only complicate things even more!

QUESTIONS:

Cute how Bosley lied to Charlie, to protect the Angels?

Do I get thumbs up for making Abby use Australian accent? Hello, Rachael Taylor is an Aussie!

Surprised that all Angels went against Bosley's orders?

Liked tough-Bosley, yelling at the girls and telling Eve to "shut up"?

Anyone shipping Kate/Ray as much as I do?

Amazed at what Eve would do to herself, just to see Abby again?

Made sense how the girls yelled, fought, held hands and cried when dealing with their emotions?

Who do you think is messing with Bosley about Elisabeth and with Eve about Gloria?

Is there a Bosley/Ray bromance forming up?

Who sent Eve that text in the end and why!?