Whoa. This is the longest I went without an update. Heh. The weekend off was good for me to get my head straight about where to go with the story. I enjoy the suggestions I've been getting...keep them up! And there will be more Bolivia coming like I promised. Patience is required though. Patience will be rewarded...just you wait! ;)

The hours flew by in the lab while Olivia and Astrid just sat there, trying to think…or trying NOT to think about the current situation at hand.

When Astrid returned to the lab from picking up some Thai food, she was surprised to see Olivia asleep at her desk mumbling to herself.

"Get over there." Olivia had her eyes closed but was talking incoherently in her sleep. "Don't let that trade happen…"

"Liv?"

"Don't let them take her!"

"Olivia!"

Astrid nudged Olivia slightly and she swung her head back to reveal glistening sweat on her face. She was now looking at Astrid with exhausted eyes.

"Sorry about that, but you fell asleep. I figure you wanted your dinner before it got cold."

Olivia then spent the next hour eating several varieties of spicy Thai foods that she couldn't stop craving for. Astrid tried to not throw up at the sight of Olivia scarfing it all down, which was a bit ironic given the kind of lab she was working in.

"Olivia, we only have 5 hours left before this meeting happens. Don't you think we should call Broyles?"

"No! Astrid, you heard the call. They'll kill them both if I show up with anyone else…and I can tell that they really mean it."

"So," said Astrid. "Are you going to…turn yourself over to them? That's crazy!"

Olivia dropped her down struggling to take deep breaths in the midst of all the stress and anguish building up inside her. "What other choice do I have? Those people that have Peter and Walter…they'll stop at nothing to get what they want."

"They want you?"

Olivia shook her head. "Of course they don't want ME. They just want the baby."

"Then…Olivia, that can't be good. Suppose you do let them take you. Then what happens once you have this kid? They're not gonna just let you go. They'll probably hold you till the baby's born, then put a bullet through your head and run off. And who knows if they really are going to let Peter and Walter go? Sorry to upset you with that possible scenario but that's probably…"

"Astrid, wait! You just gave me an idea…"

Astrid was confused. "I did?"

"I think," said Olivia. her mind speeding with the potential plan in her head. "I think I know how I can save them."

~*~*~*~

The two women drove deep into the woods of Ashland Park, without notifying another soul about what was to happen this night.

The car stopped as they got close to the reservoir, but not too close as Olivia was to confront these captors alone. The engine turned off and the women were in complete darkness except for the flashlight that Olivia turned on.

"I'm going to walk from here," said Olivia as she stepped out of the car.

Astrid was worried. "Do you even know if this plan is going to work?"

"I'm hoping at least half of it does."

Olivia surveyed the trees and found a sign pointing towards the reservoir…about a half-mile's walk. She turned to Astrid one more time. "If I can get Walter and Peter out of this, I want you to wait for them and get them out of here as soon as you can."

"Got it."

"And I mean it, Astrid. Leave as soon as you have them…even if I'm not with them."

Damn, Astrid thought. Did Olivia really just ordered her to leave her behind if anything went wrong? Before Astrid could express how wrong this plan of Olivia's might possibly be…Olivia had already disappeared into the trees and Astrid could only wait at the car for the events to unfold.

Olivia was walking blindly into the dark nearly tripping over several times. Her flashlight could only show glimpses of the steep hill she was walking down until she got to the bottom.

She could catch as glimpse of the reservoir beyond the trees and another steep hill just ahead of her.

Nearby, Ziegler and his team were set up at the top of that hill. Looking down, they could see a small light slowly approach.

Peter and Walter were there tied up and forced on their knees with several gunmen surrounding them.

"Looks like she's here," said Ziegler. "Check the thermal camera."

One of the men had a strange camera and he started spanning the area. The camera was connected to a monitor that Walter got a curious glimpse of from where he was being held.

"Peter, look," Walter nudged his son.

"What now? Another ladybug?"

"Look at the monitor."

The monitor turned the dark woodly scenario into an array of rainbow colors. Olivia's figure could be seen coming closer and closer on the monitors. The colors on Olivia revealing the different temperatures of body warmth on her person.

Walter whispered "See the flashing white light along her waistline?"

Peter could barely see it. The light seemed to be flashing from Olivia like a mystic aura. "Is that?" Peter spoke.

Walter sounded very excited. "It's the child, Peter."

"Pipe down, both of you." One of the gunmen gave Walter and Peter a good kick in the back to silence them.

The colorful image of the woods and of Olivia had completely disappeared from the monitors. "She's alone, sir."

Ziegler placed a black mask over his head and turned on the large spotlight. The light flashed downon Olivia as she stood there in the heart of the valley, nearly blinding her.

Olivia heard the voice above her, the same deep devilish voice that she heard on the phone hours ago. "Well done, Agent Dunham. We almost doubted your ability to follow orders."

She could only see shadows of figures standing on the hill looking down on her. Some of them clearly had guns pointed at her.

"Where are they?" Olivia demanded. "I'm not coming another step closer unless I know they're safe."

Ziegler ordered with a wave of his hand for his men to drag Peter and Walter down the hill. They stopped about halfway down. Olivia pointed her flashlight at them. It had been her first glimpse of Peter and Walter in weeks and she was stunned…to see that sea of purple and blue on Peter's face…on his eyes. Olivia was losing her ability to breath at the sight but she had to keep it together, she hadn't even gone through with her plan yet.

Peter was equally stunned to see her…to just see her. He hadn't laid eyes on her since she stormed out of the lab that day…the day she learned about the plasma growing around the baby inside of her. But it felt a whole lot longer than two weeks to him.

At that moment, Olivia turned back to the shadows at the top of the hill giving them a bold order. "You're going to let them go…now."

"I'm afraid it won't be that simple."

"Well…then," said Olivia. "I can make it simple for the both of us." She smirked as she pulled out a small loaded gun from her coat pocket.

Ziegler was a bit confused when he saw this, but then, he began to laugh, a devilish laugh that came through the sound manipulator on his mask. Olivia could hear laughter of the other men hidden on the hill as well.

"You plan to fight all of us with a single revolver? Don't be a fool, Agent Dunham. There are 12 of us and only one of you."

"I know," she said. "Except I have the upper hand here."

None of the men on the hill, not even Peter and Walter expected to see Olivia do what she was doing infront of their very eyes. She took the gun in her hand…and put it to her own head! The hell?! Peter thought. Olivia had completely lost her mind. Her fingers were even on the damn trigger ready to pull!

"I have what you want inside of me," said Olivia. "And we both know that if anything should happen to me, will happen to the baby. So why don't you let the Bishops go? Because if you don't, I pull the trigger and you lose everything!"

Ziegler's voice called out, the shock of this woman blackmailing him. "You wouldn't."

"Given the hell I've had to deal with since this baby was put inside of me…I would," said Olivia. "I really would."

Ziegler turned away from the scene and threw off his mask in anger. He had been tricked, but he wasn't going to let this situation go easily. He gave the approved order for the men holding Peter and Walter to release them. Olivia kept a good hold on the gun pointed at her own hand, all the while eying the spot where she could see Walter and Peter.

Walter was freed of his bonds first. "Scram old timer!" said the gunman. Peter was freed soon after, and was blindly walking towards Olivia. His father grabbed a hold of him. "No, son. Don't be foolish."

Peter didn't care. It was his damn instinct calling for him to rush straight over to Olivia and carry her out of this terrible scenario she was unwillingly part of. He was so close, just feet away from her. He could touch her if he wanted to.

Too bad his father was correct. Olivia was staging an escape plan for the two of them and Peter THIS close to screwing it up. Walter was now dragging Peter farther away from their captors…from Olivia…but at a very slow pace thanks to the hesitant situation.

Ziegler could see the two men slowly walk away past Olivia and disappear into the woods behind her. He leaned over to one of his snipers lying low and pointing his gun at Olivia and whispered "take her in the foot, so she cannot escape."

A few intense moments later, when Olivia knew that Peter and Walter had gone from the scene, now safe, she started to slowly lower the gun in her hand.

The sniper knew this was the moment to take the shot.

Ziegler turned his head, sensing some unusual movement near the hill...but too late. A loud bang and his sniper went down. His other gunmen began to fire back at a small group of about five armed shadows charging at them.

It was an ambush.

"Damn you, Guinevere!" He called out.

Olivia stood there...as the whole area turned into a warfield. But now she finally had her chance to run and she took it.

Ziegler saw this though, and he grabbed a rifle aiming it at her foot. The unexpected attackers were few in number and could easily be taken out. But he knew he had to be very careful where he shot Olivia.

He fired, the bullet whooshed past Olivia, almost grazing her. It was enough to cause her to lose her balance as she was struggling to climb out of that valley.

However, a pair of strong arms wrapped themselves around her, preventing her fall.

Her mind was disoriented and the gun battle was still ringing in her ears but she had no choice but to allow her feet to keep moving with whoever it was that was dragging her in the blinding dark.

"PETER, UP HERE!"

At the top of the hill, Olivia could see the source of the voice. Walter was sticking a flashlight out. He was in the frontseat of the very car Olivia came in.

Then she realized who it was that was holding her…half dragging her the whole way.

Peter practically threw himself and Olivia into the backseat. "GO! DRIVE!"

That was Astrid's cue to hit the gas and she sped all four of them away from the ensuing gunshots that still rang out in the distance.

Olivia finally caught her breath when the car made its way out of the park. Peter was still holding her.

"You okay?" he asked her softly.

"Yeah…you and Walter…?"

"Perfectly fine," Walter called out from the frontseat. "Except Peter nearly gave me a heart attack when he shoved me to the ground and ran back the other way. A fine son you are…" Walter then muttered "…leaving me to go back for a woman whose not even carrying YOUR child."

Much to his horror and embarrassment, Peter could hear him, which meant that Olivia could hear him as well. But he was too tired to want to hit or threaten his father. All he could do now was but on a brave face for Olivia.

After everything they went through, Peter could only smirk and sarcastically say "sorry, Walter!"