Tensed Derek sat on the window and watched the building on the other side of the street. Since the day they got the order to keep an eye on Makarov, he was hiding in the old villa, Derek exposed. It was somehow disappointing, that he doesn´t make a move, what did he wait for? What was his great plan? Till yesterday Derek thought it was a waste of time to watch this man but then he got a call from his General, who told him that he was sending more soldiers to them. As Derek asked him why he told him that the base of the 141 got destroyed and that they had reasons to believe that Makarov was the one who gave the order to destroy it. He wondered how his target had managed this, they had wiretapped Makarovs calls and he didn´t call anyone. Had he planned this before he got back to Russia, before they knew about him?

Rubbing his eyes Derek pushed his thoughts aside; it was no use to think about his intends. He couldn´t figure out what was going on in the mind of his enemy, no matter how hard he tried. He had learned from his time in the military that the Intends of an enemy weren´t important for him; the only important thing was to stop the madness, no matter what it would cost. It didn´t even matter if you lose your whole squad, as long as you bring peace to this world. In a war every men is replaceable, the life of a single man didn´t mean anything to anyone. He had to learn this the hard way. He had lost his whole team and felt guilty; guilty for not being with them. Maybe he could have done something to rescue them, maybe the whole mission would have taken another turn.

Trying to focus on his mission he pushed the thoughts away, it wasn´t the right time to reminisce about the past. He had to look forward and concentrate on his work. Squinting his eyes he stared to the building in front of him. On the driveway were two trucks parked and he could see three motorcycles in the garage, which was on the end of the driveway. The huge windows were all closed and the curtains were shut down, so he couldn´t see what was going on inside of the villa. He couldn´t even tell how many men were in the building, as they followed them to this place, he saw Makarov, a woman and two other men stepping out of the truck and enter the building, but since the other truck and the motorcycles were already parked there, he wasn´t sure if more people were inside.

Shaking his head a little he looked down on his watch. The General´s men should be here any minute. Derek started to feel excited; what would Price say if he saw him here? They had been on several missions together but he wasn´t sure if the Captain would be happy to see him. After Derek´s team got killed he had shut down the contact to him; afraid that Price would have asked him if he would help him to hunt Vladimir Makarov down.

It wasn´t because Derek didn´t want revenge for his teammates; he would have done everything to complete their work, but the circumstances in life had changed for him. He was a dad know, he wanted to spend time with his new born daughter and he didn´t want her to lose him like Sandman's daughter had lost her father. He thought he would feel better to be around his girlfriend and his child, but soon he had to learn that this wasn´t the life he wanted to live. He wasn´t made to sit around and do nothing, whilst a war was going on. That´s why he decided to join this Force. He thought it would be perfect for him to be in a backup team and take care of other soldiers, not knowing that his first mission would be to watch over the brother of the man, who was responsible for the death of his friends. But he wouldn´t complain, he know that this team trusted him, even if he was its newest member. Sure, he had already known every member of this team long before he decided to join, he had got the offer from the General, as he built this team the first time, but he refused and decided to join Sandman´s team, but he still felt like he needed to proof himself that he was worth it. Worth it to take care of others, worth it to save the lives of the soldiers, which worked on the front and he wouldn´t back down, not this time.

As Derek heard how the front door of the house he was in got opened his nervousness grew bigger. The team had arrived. Keeping his eyes on the building he switched nervous. Price would soon enter this room and see him. What would he say? How would he act? Would he avoid him? Would he refuse to work with him? Derek felt his heartbeat speed up as the door to the room got opened and he could already hear the Captain´s familiar voice…

"Gary!" The scream was followed by a passionate kiss and a lovely embrace.

"I didn´t think we would meet that soon." Anna said in joy and smiled widely, her boyfriend was back.

Unable to answer the Sergeant scratched his head and smiled weirdly back. He was happy to see her too, but the grins of his teammates made it nearly impossible to enjoy this moment. He wasn´t used to show his emotions in front of his friends and so he just kept his mouth shut and looked at his girlfriend. Anna was looking good, as always, her bright smile made his heart jump in joy and he felt a little tickle in his stomach. Yes, he definitely was in love with her. He only hadn´t seen her for two days now but he felt like he hadn´t seen her for ages. He wondered if he would have the chance to spend time with her. Secretly he wished that they would stay here for a while but he also was sure of the fact that he couldn´t let his feelings ruin the mission. They were here to find out, who was responsible for the demolition of the base. He needed to focus on his work, his own needs had to wait, till they were finished with their work.

"Anna! Stop your flirting and let them in. It´s not like you haven´t seen him in a long time." Gary heard Gisela´s voice from the inside of the house.

"Shut it mum. What´s wrong in welcoming my boyfriend in a lovely way?" Anna shouted back and stepped aside, to let the soldiers enter the house.

Gary stepped, followed by the others, into the house and saw how Gisela came downstairs. She shook her head, mumbled something with an annoyed face, but showed a smile as she reached the last step.

"Welcome to our house." Gisela said and every soldier replied with a nod and a friendly smile.

"Arthur told me you are on a new mission. Do you want to tell me what this is all about?" She asked and looked at Soap, waiting for him to give her an answer.

"We´re here cause we think someone´s here in the UK, who had orders from Makarov to destroy our base and spread toxic gas all over the country." Soap answered her concerned and Gisela nodded with a serious look on her face.

"Well, I heard that the base got destroyed. They reported about it in the news, the whole last day. So you´re here to find out who did this and hunt them?" She asked and Soap nodded in agreement.

"Fine. I promised Arthur to let you stay in my house, but promise me that you don´t do anything stupid, to run Anna and me into mischief." Gisela continued with a serious voice and Soap just nodded. He knew that it was dangerous for them to let the soldiers live in their house, but they were the only ones, to give the soldiers a place to plan their actions and find a place to sleep.

"Good. That´s all I want to know by now. Let me show you the house and the rooms' you´re able to get some rest." Gisela now said in a friendlier voice and showed the whole team around.

"So you decided to join Mac?" Price asked Derek, as they had some time to talk. The named one just nodded and stared to the ground.

After Price and the team had entered the house and Price saw him, he acted like he wasn´t mad at him but somehow Derek could feel that something in the Captain´s behavior was wrong. For Derek he was too friendly and welcoming. He was sure that Price was angry at him; angry for not answering his calls; angry for not calling him back after he had spoken on his mailbox; angry ´cause Derek didn´t help him to hunt Makarov down.

"Frost? Talk to me. What´s wrong?" Derek snapped out of his thoughts and looked up to the Captain. Should he tell him that he felt guilty for refusing to help him? Shaking his head slightly Derek knew that he had to tell him, Price wouldn´t leave it.

"I just don´t get it why you´re so friendly to me. You asked me to help you to hunt Makarov down and I refused, I didn´t even had the courage to call you back and tell you that I won´t help you." Derek said and waited for Price to finally show him how he really felt. To let him know, how angry he was. But the Captain just smiled weakly.

"I´m not mad at you, why should I? I understand that you couldn´t help me. Derek, as the world was falling into pieces, you got the greatest gift of all. You were able to be with your girl and witness the birth of your daughter. How could I be mad at you for spending time with your loved ones?" Price told him calmly and Derek needed some time to realize what the Captain had said to him.

"That´s really what you think?" Derek asked him and Price just nodded and patted him on the shoulder, as he stood up from the chair, he was sitting in.

"Come one. We should go back inside to talk about the next things to do." Price said as he walked away from Derek, to enter their hideout again.

Smiling weakly Derek rose up from his chair and followed Price inside, mumbling a quiet "Thanks" as he passed the Captain. Both men entered the room, where they had settled in to keep an eye on the building, and joined the others in their work. Besides Price the General had send Captain Winters, Chrissy, Archer, Meat and Royce to Russia, to help the members of his team. The rest of them was send to the UK, to find the one, responsible for the assault there. The General himself stayed at the base and tried to coordinate both teams; in his doing he got help from Angela and Ghost, who were the only ones who stayed back at base.

A quick look around told Derek, that they were a group of ten now. The six, which got send from the General and the four, which were here before. Derek´s team consisted of himself, a young nurse called Mandy, Paul, the doctor and Daniel, a Sergeant. He wondered if they were enough people for this job, but they had contacts to a Russian resistance group, which they could call if they would need their help.

"What are we going to do now?" Derek asked and watched how Daniel turned his gaze towards him.

"I don´t know. There´s still nothing going on in the villa. I wonder what their plan is. They can´t hide in there forever." The Sergeant said and turned his attention back to the building.

"If they´re not coming out. We should go in." Price said determined and lighted a cigar.

"You think that´s a good idea? How are we going to do this? We can´t just go there, knock on the door and tell them they should give up." Michael answered and Price just rolled his eyes.

"I know that. That´s why I have a plan." Price replied smirking.

"A plan? Tell me about it." Michael shot the Captain a surprised look, what was going on in the older man´s head.

"I´m sure they wouldn´t refuse two girls, who are scantily clad." Price said and looked at Mandy and Chrissy.

Both women shared a look. Did the Captain really mean what he said? He wanted to send them both in there, lightly dressed, to find out what they were doing? Swallowing hard Chrissy looked back to the Captain, to see if he was joking, but he kept a straight face. Great, he wasn´t kidding. For the first time Chrissy wondered what she had signed up for..