Flora quickly got dressed and heads to the lab. As she walks in, she watches as a dollop of mayonnaise falls through Dr. Wilkes hand and onto a piece of paper under it from Peggy's sandwich. She snickered lightly as Dr. Wilkes stares at his hand for a moment then to Peggy.

"Oh, sorry." Peggy told him then scooped up the fallen mayonnaise with her fingertip. "I'm starved." Flora shook her head as she came to a stop by them.

"Honestly, Peg. Your mother would have fainted at that." She replied remembering the stern woman then looked towards Dr. Wilkes. "It seems the serum is holding up nicely."

"It is, thank you so much. From what I heard from Mr. Stark, you're absolutely brilliant and I have to agree." He told her causing her cheeks to warm slight.

"Oh, well I'm not that smart." She answered before looking at the other half of Peggy's sandwich. "Are you hungry? Have you slept at all?"

"No." He looks down at the semantics in front of them. "Well, I don't think so. I don't have any sense of my body at all, actually. I'm numb. It's disconcerting."

"I wish I could be of more use in helping you find a way to reverse your condition." Flora placed a hand on Peggy's shoulder and gave it a reassuring squeeze before heading out of the lab to find Teddy. She walked around the mansion going from room to room where Ana and Teddy would usually be in. She finally found them in her personal garden.

"Maria!" Flora laughed as Teddy launches himself at her.

"Good morning, honey." She wraps her arms around his shoulders and looks over to Ana. "Thank you for watching him for us, Ana."

"Oh, it was my pleasure, Miss. Erskine." Ana stands up from her seat on the ground. "Will there be anything else I could help you with?"

"No," Flora shook her head. "Why don't you take the rest of the day off and go to the spa on me?"

"Miss. Erskine, I couldn't possibly." Flora quickly jumps in to stop her.

"I insist, Ana." They start walking back towards the mansion. "I'm going to take Teddy out for the day." She looks down at him. "We'll go shopping in the magic community here. I think I'm a bit low on some potion ingredients."

"Could I get a broom, Maria?" Teddy sticks his bottom lip out in an adorable pout causing the two women to giggle.

"Maybe." She answered which had Teddy jumping around in excitement. Flora and Ana chuckled as Teddy runs into the mansion to get ready to leave. "We should be back by dinner," She turned to Ana, "perhaps you would like to make some Hungarian dishes for tonight?"

"I would love to." Ana replied with a bright knowing grin. Everyone in the house knew of the Flora's taste for exotic cuisine.

"Wonderful!" Flora said excitedly. "Enjoy your day at the spa, Ana."

"And you enjoy your shopping, Miss. Erskine." Flora smiled and went to fetch Teddy.

"Ready?" She asked once she found him.

"Ready!" Teddy grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the fireplace. Flora grabbed some of the Floo powder from the mantle.

"Greylan Ally!" Flora shouted and they disappeared in a bright green flash.

~o~

Flora and Teddy appeared back in the fireplace a few hours later. Teddy quickly runs out of the fireplace and out the back door, his brand new broom in hand.

"No higher than the branches, Teddy! And don't let any muggles see you! " She called after him before heading to their rooms to drop some of the bags off before going down to her private potion lab in the basement. She trots down the stairs and opens the door to the boiler room. As she walks into the room, she freezes when she spots a man bound to a chair. The man slowly turned to her, sweating profusely.

"The bloody hell?" She whispered. The man glared at her and starts rocking the chair back and forth.

"Get me out of here!" He yells. Flora jolts back in shock then quickly steps out of the room and slams the door shut.

"What the bloody hell?" She said again as she stares at the door as the man continues to yell from the other side. She takes the stairs two at a time and went looking for anyone to tell her what was going on. She walks into the living room and finds Peggy and Sousa enjoying a cup of tea.

"Does anyone want to tell me why there's a man in my basement?" She asked them.

"Rufus Hunt. That would be the man who attacked me last night. I believe he has information about the men in the Area Club." Peggy answered then gestured to the tea pot. "Cup of tea?" Flora stared at her for a moment before cracking up laughing.

"Jesus, only you Peg." She replied as she sat down next to her friend and poured her a cup of tea. "What did you do to him anyway? He was all sickly looking."

"I inject him with your and Howard's intense cold serum but I told him it was a intense case of malaria." Peggy said casually as she takes a sip of her tea. "He thinks he only has twenty minutes to live."

"Huh. Make sense." Flora replied then looked down at her watch. "You should probably go back now, it's been ten minutes if my calculation is right."

"Would you like to join, Maria?" Sousa asked as they stand up from the couches.

"I would love to." They all head back down to the basement. The girls sat back as Sousa began to interrogate Hunt.

"One name, Hunt. Let's just start with one name. Please." Sousa told him gently. Hunt was panting and sweat was dripping down his head but he stayed silent.

"You're impressive. At death's door." Peggy spoke up. "All you need to do to live is to answer a few questions, and yet here you sit, silent." Flora leaned forward to get a better look at Hunt.

"I can't tell if he's motivated by strong convictions or spite." She said to Peggy. "You aren't looking too well, mate." Sousa turned to them.

"Girls. . ." They took a few steps back. "Want to pump the brakes on him a little bit? He's got five minutes left."

"That's a generous estimation." Flora replied loud enough for Hunt to hear.

"He's no use to us dead." Sousa replied.

"He's no use to us alive and quiet." Peggy stated loudly.

"Thomas Gloucester!" All three turned to Hunt.

"The Wall Street guy." Sousa said as they walked back towards Hunt.

"Hugh Jones."

"Roxxon. I've had the pleasure." Flora shuddered at the name.

"Better you than me." She said.

"Give me the antidote - now." Hunt demanded Peggy.

"Not until we finish our conversation. Then you'll be clear and free to do as-"

"Free?" Hunt retorted. "I'll never be free again, not after this. This stuff's gonna buy me a couple of days."

"You can get out of town, run." Flora offered. "Or the SSR can protect you."

"Are you three really that dumb?" He asked them. "Huh? There's no running, no protection. You think the men I work for are just criminals, like a - like a stickup man?! They're in everything! And what they can't buy, they destroy."

"What do you mean?" Flora inquired.

"President McKinley, Black Tuesday," Hunt supplied, "you think those things just happened? Run? I'm already dead. And so are you."

"Do you want those extra days or not?" Peggy asked as she placed the antidote under her foot. Sousa grabs her arm to stop her.

"W-wait." All three look at him patiently. "Storage room. . .at the club. The council of nine. That's what they're called. They record their meetings. You'll see. . .everything you want to know about Calvin Chadwick and the rest of his crowd. It's on those tapes." Peggy and Flora glanced at Sousa then head upstairs, leaving Sousa to administer the antidote to Hunt. Sousa quickly joins them as they walk to the lab.

"Jarvis, where's the phone?" Sousa asked as they entered the lab.

"It's on the desk." Jarvis points to it. "I take it Mr. Hunt fell for our little ruse."

"He certainly did." Peggy answered.

"I got a buddy at the U.S. attorney's office. He'll get the judge to get the warrant." Sousa told the girls.

"A warrant?" Wilkes questioned. "For what?"

"We're raiding the Arena Club." Flora smirked as Sousa made the call.

~o~

SSR office

When the trio arrived to the office, they quickly gathered every agent around the back table after everyone had gotten their shotguns.

"The minute we get the warrant, we'll mobilize. When we get to the Arena Club we'll split into two teams. Team One will cover the offices, gathering information. I want accounting information, membership rosters, stuff like that." Sousa informed them then points to the blueprint on the table. "Team Two will go with Agent Carter and Erskine through the hidden door into the secret area of the club."

"That's right." Peggy said as the men started muttering. "He did say "hidden door" and "secret area"."

"We're dealing with odd rich men here." Flora shrugged as they turned to her. "For some reason they love this sort of thing." The telephone next to them starts ringing and Sousa picks it up.

"Sousa." He listens for a moment then his jaw drops slightly. "What?"

"What is it?" Peggy asked him as the door to the office suddenly opens. Everyone turns to look at the group of men marching in.

"You Chief Sousa?" One of them asked.

"Yeah. Who wants to know?" He questioned.

"The man who signs your timecards." An older man walks to the front. "Vernon Masters, War Department."

"What can I do for you?"

"Well, let's start by putting these shotguns away. They're making this situation a bit more tense than it needs to be." He replied as he glances at the guns.

"Sir, we're about to conduct a raid on the Arena Cl-" Flora tried to explained before he interrupted her.

"Let's put that on the back burner." He said without even looking in her direction. "The War Department has decided to audit this branch's cases, past and present." Masters holds out a piece of paper to Sousa.

"This is outrageous." Peggy exclaimed.

"Peggy, Maria. . ." Sousa holds the paper out to them. "It's an Executive order. Came straight from D.C." Peggy takes the paper and starts reading it.

"So, if you'll just crack open your files, we'll get to work, and I'm sure this will all be done in no time." Sousa let's out a loud sigh. "Chief, would you mind showing my men around?"

"Guys. After you." Flora watches as Sousa take the men to the files then turns back to Masters.

"And you two must be Agent Carter and Agent Erskine that I keep hearing so much about." Flora narrows her eyes at him. "Have I been dying to talk to you. Agent Carter, how about you first." Flora watched as Masters escorts Peggy to Sousa's office. She looked over to Sousa to see him arguing with some of Masters men. 'They're just not going to take just the case files, but also our evidence.' She thought before she quietly snuck out of the room and down to the lab.

"Samberly! Samberly!" She called out as she entered the room.

"Yeah?" He came racing out of the side room.

"I need that sample of Jane Scott's body and I need it now." She told him.

"Now, why should I do that? Those guys. . ."

"I'll put in a good word to Rose for you." Flora interjected. "Please, Samberly."

"Alright." Samberly nodded and gave her the sample. Flora quickly stuffed it into her pocket.

"Thank you, Dr. Samberly." She said sincerely before leaving the lab.

"Agent Erskine." Flora let out a gasp and spun around. Standing behind her was Masters. "Do you have time for a little chat?"

"Of course, sir." She answered.

"How are you enjoying California?" He asked her as he escorts her into an empty room.

"Quite fine, I'm not used to so much sun but it is nice." She replied warily as he shuts and leans against the door.

"Jack Thompson thinks very highly of you and Agent Carter."

"Oh?" She said as she sat down in one of the chairs.

"Oh, yes. He says that you're quite the independent thinker." Flora scoffs.

"That was most likely an insult than a compliment." Masters chuckles.

"Perhaps. Times like these, it's often safer to be seen as a team player." He told her.

"Team playing isn't really my style." She shot back.

"No, you don't seem like the type of lady who plays anything safe. That's a compliment, by the way." Flora rolls her eyes.

"Allowing those men to escape scrutiny is the very definition of playing it safe. But I'm sure you've heard this from Peggy." She states casually.

"Yes, I have. Would you be willing to tell me the name of your source?" He asked her.

"If Peggy nor Sousa has given it to you than neither will I. Call it independent thinking." She answers with a shrug.

"You know, the Hollywood Ten thought they were independent thinkers, too." Masters told her.

"A communist witch hunt has no relevance to the work of the SSR." She snapped.

"But it should be relevant to you," Flora raised an eyebrow. "A spy who isn't even American." Flora stares at him silently. "A tidal wave is coming, Agent Erskine. And you are going to have to work very hard to stay afloat."

"I think I'll manage." She sassed.

"Maybe so." Masters nods. "But your friends could still drown." Flora's eyes widen slightly at the threat as he leaves the room. She stays in the room for a few moments give Masters a head start before leaving the room to find Peggy and Sousa. She finally found them on the stairs.

"They've taken all the evidence from the SSR." She heard Peggy say as she got closer to them.

"Not all of it." She told them. They snapped their heads towards her as she comes to a stop next to Sousa. She pulls out the sample and holds it out to Peggy. "Tissue sample from Jane Scott's autopsy. I might have convinced Samberly to misplace it."

"How?" Sousa asked her in shock.

"Told him I'd put in a good word for him with Rose." She shrugged.

"You are brilliant." Peggy told her. "Let's pay another visit to our guest in the broom closet."

"It's not a broom closet, it's the boiler room!" Flora exclaimed exasperated as they left for the mansion.

~o~

On the way back to the mansion, they form out their plan to trick Hunt. They quickly jog down the stairs, Peggy and Flora hid behind some shelving units while Sousa went into the room with Hunt.

"On your feet." Sousa told him. "Move!"

"We can talk this out, huh?" Hunt questions. "Like a couple of soldiers."

"Talking is done. Council's on to us. We can't risk you returning to the fold and opening your trap about what we know." Sousa replied.

"Look, if you're gonna shoot me, you might as well go ahead and do it right here, 'cause I'm done marching."

"Have it your way." Sousa's gun makes a clicking sound before there was the sound of flesh hitting flesh. The girls pop up from their hiding place as Hunt runs past them before moving into the room.

"Well, that went well." Peggy said as they look at Sousa, who was on the floor.

"Yeah." He answered as he held his cheek. "I still don't know why I had to take a punch."

"It's the least you could contribute. He's already throttled me twice." Peggy replied.

"And I would have fought back if it was me." Flora stated. Sousa looked at them and nodded in agreement. The girls help Sousa up and they head to the lab. Sousa messed with the radio until he got the connection of the bug they planted on Hunt.

"What happened, Mr. Hunt?" Came Ms. Frost voice.

"I ain't talking to you. Where's Chadwick?"

"Cal's at a fundraising dinner. He could be begging all night."

"Good. He won't mind if I help myself."

"What happened?" Frost asked again.

"I ain't saying a word till your husband gets home." Hunt told her again. "I said I need a drink."

"This could take a while." Peggy said dryily.

"A drink sounds pretty good right about now." Sousa agreed.

"I second that." Flora grumbles as she plops down in the seat next to him. Slowly, all four of them looked towards Jarvis.

"I'll bring the bottle." He mumbled and left the lab to get the drinks.

"You call this the good stuff?" Hunt scoffs.
"I'm sorry if our liquor cabinet fails to live up to your standards, Mr. Hunt." Flora rolled her eyes.

"Are men for hire supposed to have high standards?" She questioned.

"No idea." Sousa muttered as he rubbed his eyes tiredly. Flora looked up from the notebook she was writing in to find Peggy and Wilkes talking near the chalkboard. She watches them quietly before looking away from the private moment.

"Calvin, is that you? Oh, thank God."

"Oh. Rufus. You've been missing in action all day."

"Chadwick's arrived home." Jarvis informs Peggy.

"What the hell happened to you? You look like you've gone ten rounds with a meat grinder."

"Yeah, those SSR agents, the ones you had me go after, Peggy Carter and Maria Erskine. They kidnapped me." Flora's eyes widen in shock as she turned to look at Peggy.

"They know who I am." She whispered with fright. Peggy placed a calming hand on her shoulder.

"Kidnapped?" Chadwick repeated.

"Yeah, Carter shot me with a tranquilizer gun, locked me in her trunk and took me to Erskine's place."

"They're finished. I'll have their job for this. I will have them deported." Both Peggy and Flora snorted.

"Good luck." They muttered together.

"Who the hell do they think they are that they can jus-"

"What did you tell them?" Frost suddenly asked.

"What? I didn't-"

"What did you tell them?"

"Alright, look. She injected me with something that Erskine and Stark made. I thought I was dying alright?" Hunt told them.
"What did you say?" Chadwick asked.

"They wanted names."

"And you gave them to them? We hired you because you said you couldn't be broken. And this is what you have to show for it? No. I'm not taking the fall for this. You're gonna have to answer to the council yourself."

"See, I think that's where you're wrong. No. You're gonna protect me. 'Cause I can go to the council, too, and tell them what you're up to and what your wife's up to. So you're gonna help me, or I'm gonna get real yappy, real fast." Hunt threaten.

"You son of a bitch."

"Sweetheart, I have to show you something." Frost told Chadwick. The group looked at each other confused.

"Whitney, I'm in the middle of something here. You know, just get out of here." Chadwick said.

"I know, but this is important. Mr. Hunt made a mistake. And we all make mistakes. And mistakes can be fixed."

"Whitney. . ." Chadwick's voice comes trembling through the radio. "What are you doing? Whitney, w-what is this?! Whitney! Whitney, stop! Stop!" Then the connection cut out.

"What the bloody hell?" Flora questioned as she stared at the radio.

"We lost the signal." Sousa said as he tried to get it back.

"What on earth did she do?" Jarvis asked Flora and Peggy. They shared a look and shook their heads.

"We don't know."