"It appears it was a false alarm," Carolina informed Kimball when she walked into the room they were using as a make-shift control area at the temple.

"Thank you Agent," Kimball sighed. "Maybe we lucked out and they were caught in the explosion."

"It's a good thought," Carolina smirked, "But I'm not sure we're that lucky."

There was a knock on the door. Both turned to see Bitters standing there.

"What can we do for you Lieutenant?" Kimball asked.

"Um, well we were hoping Agent Washington was in here…" Bitters replied.

"Wasn't he with you and Alaska on the wall?" Carolina asked.

"They were there," Bitters nodded, "But Smith and I got held up by the armory so we were running behind and by the time we got there, they were gone…"

Kimball and Carolina exchanged looks before Carolina turned back to the soldier, "I want your Captains in here immediately."

"Got it ma'am."

"Church, I need you-"

"Already tried getting through to them both," Church appeared in front of her. "Can't get through to either."

"Shit. Ok, how about York. Maybe she checked in with them," Carolina replied.

"Let me see if I can get him," Church acknowledged.

"This doesn't bode well," Kimball commented.

"No, it doesn't," Carolina agreed. The screen in front of them flashed briefly before Church pulled up York.

"Hey there Lina," he greeted. "And Kimball I see. Glad I put clothes on. What do I owe the pleasure?"

"Please tell me you've heard recently from either Emma or Wash?" Carolina asked choosing to ignore his previous comment.

York gave her a confused look, his eyebrows pinching together, "Not since Emma left. Why?"

There were voices coming from the doorway. Carolina turned to look as Kimball informed them all briefly what needed to be done.

"They're missing," Carolina replied when she realized York was still waiting for an answer. "We were on alert and they were supposed to be posted up on the wall with two of the Lieutenants. When they got there though, there was no sign of Emma or Wash. Kimball's organizing a search of the surrounding area as we speak. I was hoping they had checked in with you."

"Nope, sorry," York shook his head. "I can go wake North up and ask him if you want?"

"Let's wait to see if we turn up anything in the meantime. Maybe they went on patrol and just didn't tell anyone," Carolina replied.

"That doesn't sound like something either of them would do," York pointed out.

"I know, but it's better than automatically assuming something bad happened to them," Carolina sighed.

"Well, anything we can do, let me know."

"How's Ally?"

"Great. Sleeping, should probably be waking up soon," he said glancing at the time.

Carolina nodded, "I'll keep you posted on what we find out here."

"Copy. I'm sure they'll turn up."

"Hope so," Carolina agreed before ending the call. She turned around to see that Kimball had appeared to take care of assigning everyone to where they were going. "They haven't heard anything."

Kimball nodded, "We have teams out searching. I'm not liking the way this is looking."

"Church, can you keep trying to get through to one of their radios?" Carolina asked.

"I can try. I'm not sure what good it'll do," Church admitted.

"I know, but anything we can find out. Maybe check through Emma's equipment?"

"Let me see what I can do."

"Thanks Church."

"Wash, you ok?" Emma asked quietly as she heard movement in the cell next to her.

He coughed, "Yea. What the hell happened?"

"I'm an idiot, that's what," she huffed. "Felix said they had Ally and if I didn't go with him, they were going to hurt her."

"I take it they don't."

"I'm assuming they don't. I don't know," she admitted. "My thought process wasn't exactly working properly at the time. I'm sorry."

"Hey, it's not your fault," Wash said trying to make her feel better. "We'll get out of this."

"Don't be so sure about that Washington," the cocky voice chuckled. Emma could hear footsteps coming towards them now. He opened Emma's cell door and looked down at her, "He wants to speak to you."

"Good for him," Emma snarled.

"Don't make this harder on yourself sweet-cheeks. Or don't you want to find out what happened to your precious brat?"

She growled before pushing herself up off the cell floor and following him, glancing back at Wash who was watching them. He gave her a reassuring nod from where he sat as Felix shoved her in front of him.

He walked her down the hall to a computer room where her father appeared to be waiting on the screen for them.

"Ah, my dear Emma," he greeted. "I do hope they're taking good care of you so far."

"Five star service," she scoffed at him. "Glad I could see you in person. Take it I'm not important enough to you to get anything more than a video call."

"You always did have a strong tongue."

Emma growled at him, "Where's Ally?"

"See, I was hoping you could answer that question for me," he said stepping back. "We have been unable to locate where it is you and Agent Carolina are hiding her. Care to enlighten us?"

"Over my dead body," Emma snarled.

"That could be arranged," Felix stepped towards her.

"Felix." The mercenary sighed and stepped back. Hargrove looked back at Emma, "It would be in your best interest to give us her location so that we may fetch her off planet before Felix activates the destructive sequence."

"What happens if I don't? You still going to wipe out the planet?"

"I'd prefer not to," Hargrove sighed. "But I will if given no other choice. So if you want Allison safe, then it would be in her best interest to tell me where she is." Emma clenched her jaw and glared at him. "Maybe Agent Washington will be of more use."

"Doubt it," Emma scoffed.

"Should our methods prove futile with him, then I will give permission for them to be turned on you," Hargrove informed her as Felix grabbed her to remove her from the room. "Unless you choose to start talking. Place her someplace comfortable so that she'll be able to hear the screaming."

"Have you found anything?" Carolina asked when Simmons and Grif found her outside.

"Nope. Though Bitters thinks he found tracks out in the woods, but we couldn't make anything out after Caboose ran through," Grif answered.

"Wonderful," Carolina commented.

"Hey Carolina," Church popped up.

"Please tell me you have something," Carolina sighed.

"I think so. Wash had a helmet cam and I was able to access it. I haven't been able to make out the feed yet but if you give me a few minutes I should have it," Church replied.

"Gather everyone to the control room," Carolina ordered Grif and Simmons as she turned to head up there. "Church, get York on the line while we wait for everyone to gather. I want them updated on this just in case we need them."

"On it."

"Something's bothering you," North observed as he, York and Ally sat down to eat breakfast.

"Just tired," York sighed. He didn't want to worry either of them until they had further information on what was happening.

"Uncle North is right Daddy," Ally said poking him. "You have that far off look you get when there's something you don't want to talk about."

York raised an eyebrow at her, "Do I now?"

"Yes," Ally nodded. "I bet you'll feel better once you start talking about it."

"Did you talk to the girls?" North asked.

York fought with himself briefly before relenting, "Carolina called earlier this morning."

"Something going on?"

"They were still looking in to it."

"Looking in to what?"

"Daddy just spit it out," Ally huffed.

"Emma and Wash went missing…well at least, they haven't checked in for a few hours," York sighed. North stared at him briefly before placing his silverware on the table and getting up off the seat. "Where are you going?"

"I'm flying us to the temple."

York looked down at Ally who seemed to have the same look of panic on her face that York was feeling. He got up and followed his friend from the room. "North, we can't. We were told to stay here."

"No, you were told stay here. I don't have to necessarily help you keep an eye on the kid. No offense, Ally," he said looking behind York. Ally was poking her head out of the kitchen to watch them. He looked back at York, "but she's your responsibility, not mine."

"It's not your responsibility to be a knight in shining armor either," York snapped as he continued to follow North down the hall. He could hear Ally following them as well and wished she would just stay in the kitchen. "At least wait until Carolina calls back and updates us. We don't know what happened yet. It could be they were just off out of radio range or something. You need to take a step back and give it a minute."

"Easy for you to say-"

"Hey!" York snapped. "I got someone I love out there too ya know, and you damn well would be telling me the same damn thing if our situations were reversed right now. Hell, weren't you the one who made me sit here while you went off to help her not too long ago? Don't go giving me that shit that this is easier for me than it is for you!"

"Carolina made her choice in this-"

"So did Emma when she decided to help us. So did you." North stopped and turned to look York. "Come on, man. Just…wait until Carolina calls. If she calls and they still don't know where they are, then by all means, fly us into the dragon den. You get to face her wrath for taking Ally there if that's the case."

York turned to take Ally back to the kitchen. She kept trying to look behind him, but stopped when they passed the common room. She planted her heels, "Daddy wait."

"You gotta finish-"

"No Daddy. It's the Church ghost-man," she pointed in the common room at the screen where Church appeared to be hanging out.

"Oh," York paused. "So it is."

"Hi Church!" Ally yelled running into the room waving at him.

"Hey Ally," he chuckled. He looked at York, "Fighting with someone?"

"Trying to talk sense into someone," York huffed. "What's up? You got news?"

"Yea. Carolina asked me to connect you through. Hold on a sec," Church said.

A few seconds later the screen flickered and the control room Carolina had been in the last time he talked to her took up the screen. It appeared most of the reds and blues were already gathered with her and Kimball who pointed at the screen. Carolina turned to look before walking closer.

"Morning Momma!"

"Morning Ally," Carolina chuckled. "Where's North?"

"Hopefully sulking in the hallway and not setting a course to fly to you," York replied trying to sound cheerful. "Please tell me you found them or have information or something?"

Carolina shook her head, "Not yet. Church is trying to fix the video feed he was able to scrounge up from Wash's helmet before it cut. I figured we'd get you on the line in the meantime and then we can discuss whatever the outcome is."

"Makes sense I guess," York sighed. He looked at Ally, "Want to go see if you can talk North into coming in here for this?"

"I can try. He seemed really grumpy so I don't know if I can get him to," Ally nodded.

"If anyone can, you can kid," York assured her before she went skipping out of the room. He looked back at the screen, "Any idea what happened yet?"

"We aren't a hundred percent certain. Grif said there may have been footprints out in the woods, but someone kinda disturbed it before anyone could get a good look."

"Tucker did it."

"Shut up Caboose! It was your dumb ass," Tucker snapped at him.

"Anyway," Carolina cut over the two, "if it was them, it appeared that maybe they went to scout the area out. Either they just got really lost or there was something in the woods that got them."

"I'm gonna go with something," Church's voice came over the line.

"You got it?"

"Yea. It's not good."

"Play it," Carolina ordered. A small video screen opened on York's end of the call as well as Church played through the video. Ally came dragging North in just as the video played. The visual aspect was still hard to make out, but the sound wasn't. They heard Felix voice as well as both Emma and Wash. Everything seemed to cut out after Wash started yelling to Emma.

York looked down when Ally gripped on to him. He gave her a reassuring pat before glancing to North who he was surprised to see was actually holding it together pretty decently. He looked back at the screen, "I don't think it's too hard to figure out what happened."

"Agreed," Carolina sighed. "I'd say it's safe to assume that they've been taken capture."

"No idea what that message was though," Kimball added behind her.

"The only reason Emma would've done anything was if Ally was getting threatened," York said as Ally gave a quiet whine next to him. "We all know Ally is safe, but they didn't. And it looked like Wash was on the ground with a sword to his throat. She would let Felix do whatever if those two things were factors in her decision."

"How soon can you get back here?" Carolina sighed.

"You want us back where there could be gunfire?" York asked surprised by the question.

"North?"

"Half hour," he said before turning to leave the room.

"You better have one helluva plan," York sighed.

"We'll see when you get here," Carolina chuckled. "See you soon."

York watched the line close before kneeling down to make Ally look at him, "This isn't your fault. You know that right?"

"I know," she nodded. "We're gonna help get Aunty Emma and Uncle Wash back though right?"

"You betcha," York nodded.