After borrowing some extra clothes from Anna, I was ready to begin my assignment. I felt all secret agent in the sense that one, I was actually sitting next to one and there was a man out there somewhere looking to off me. Not that the later was good; it just kind of gave me a buzz of excitement I so rarely often felt. It was kind of cool if I thought about it minus, the assassin part.

"Okay, here we are. Remember; don't follow too far away but don't let him see you either. Always stick to the shadows. He'll be with his 'mistress' for awhile but I have it on good authority that he'll be meeting Hayley after he leaves SOS." She explained. I nodded in agreement and got out of the car.

"Bianca." She called once more.

"Yea?" I leaned on inside the window.

"Good luck and be careful. I'll meet you outside the Valley Inn when you're done." I nodded again, leaned back and watched her leave. There I stood in the alley across the street from the entrance for about twenty minutes when Mateo and another woman exited SOS, laughing and kissing; it was quite disgusting. Finally they parted and heard him tell her he had to go. She pouted a bit for show but then gave him a last goodbye kiss and left. I watched as Mateo wrapped himself up in his coat, looked around a bit and then headed down an adjacent alley. I waited a few seconds then followed, being careful to keep at least twenty to twenty-five feet back from him. I guess he was too busy thinking about Hayley because I could've sworn that I made at least a couple of noises that would've made him turn around. A right, a left and straight 'till he reached a bent up fence, straight through that, and into a little crook in a brick wall was the route I followed him through. It was almost a little labyrinth of turns and straights, but finally I heard saw a light and heard some voices up ahead. I waited around the corner to see if it was actually Hayley he was meeting or to find out Anna's information was totally bogus.

"You got some more information on Proteus honey? Wow, that's great." I heard Mateo. So Anna was right, they were trying to bag him by themselves, but they still didn't know it was Chris.

"Yea, it pays off to have friends who know people." I heard Hayley reply.

"Now we just have to figure out who the hell she or he is."

"Chris Stamp." I answered as I rounded the corner, walking into their little hiding place.

"Bianca?" They said in unison rather loudly, jumping away from each other.

"Shhhhh! And you don't have to do that you know. We are so on to you guys," I rolled my eyes and laughed.

"Who's we?" Hayley asked, defensively.

"Anna, David and I."

"David Hayward?" Mateo looked shocked.

"Yea, don't ask he's going out with Anna or something. Whatever, we figured out you guys were playing Chris or Proteus, whatever you want to call him."

"So, why do you guys think its Chris?" Hayley stepped towards me; I guess it was a sign of partial trust.

"Well, basically, 'cause he tried to kill me." I received gasps from both of them.

"Oh, why?" Mateo now stood next to his wife.

"Cause I remembered that he killed Frankie, who was apparently one of his drug runners. Long story, but with my riding accident I didn't remember 'till a while ago. That's when he tried to kill me; again actually. So I kind of joined the fight to bring him down; I guess. I; I mean Anna thought it would be a good idea if we joined forces; you guys and us, you know, since you're only two people and all." I explained to them.

"Well, we're not exactly just two people." Mateo answered.

"What?"

"Edmund and Brooke know about us and the whole Proteus thing too. Actually they are doing a story on it." Hayley explained.

"What? People were shot at and some were even murdered; and they're doing a story on it? Oh my God." I put my head in my hands.