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Chapter 2 -

"So where is he?" Alex asked as they waited in the van for Darien the following day.
"What are you asking me for?" Bobby asked looking at his watch for the fifth time in 10 minutes.
"I thought you guys lived in each other's pockets," Alex said as she placed a gun clip in her gun.
"Partner's always look out for each other, Monroe. Keep that in mind," replied Bobby as he recalled the time when Darien refused to accept that he had snapped during that post office assignment.
"This is irresponsible," Alex said in annoyance. She looked at her watch and sighed.
"Do you think something...?" Bobby started to say. Alex looked at him sharply.
"Do I think what?" she asked.
"Do you think that maybe something happened to him?" asked Bobby.
"No I just think he's irresponsible. Probably over slept or something," replied Alex.
"I don't think so. There's something wrong," Bobby said.
"That's your paranoia taking over," smirked Alex.
"No. I've had a bad feeling about this case ever since The Official decided to let us in on it. We better get over there," Bobby said starting the van.
"The only thing we'll find over there is probably him still asleep in bed," Alex said.
"Or in QSM," replied Bobby.
Alex looked at Bobby and saw that Bobby really was worried about Darien. She had never seen Darien in Quicksilver Madness but from what she had heard it was pretty scary.

They pulled up outside Darien's apartment. With every sense on alert Bobby and Alex walked up to his apartment. Alex put her hand in her pocket. Feeling the cold steel of her gun she felt somewhat reassured.
"Hey Fawkes. Wakey, wakey," Bobby said knocking on the window. They both then walked around to the door. The door was slightly ajar. Bobby and Alex immediately withdrew their guns and entered Darien's apartment.
"Darien," called Alex looking around the apartment. Bobby was nervous. He was fully expecting to see an insane red eyed person any minute. He then realised he should have brought the counteragent with him if Darien was in Quicksilver Madness. He looked into Darien's bedroom. The bed looked like it hadn't been slept in. He turned around and saw Alex standing in the middle of the living room.
"He's not here. His bed hasn't been slept in," Bobby said looking extremely worried.
Alex took out her cell phone and dialled a number. "Claire. Has Darien checked in with you today?" she asked.
"No. I thought he would be out with you and Bobby on that case today. Is there anything wrong?" Claire asked as she prepared the counteragent solution.
"Well Darien never showed up this morning. Bobby and I are over at his place now and there's no sign of him," replied Alex watching as Bobby flipped through Darien's CD collection.
Claire stopped what she was doing. "You guys may have just missed him in transit," she said trying to be optimistic.
"I hope so. If he turns up there tell him Bobby and I are gone to interview a witness," replied Alex. She said bye and hung up.
"What did she say?" asked Bobby.
"He hasn't turned up there," replied Alex putting away her cell phone.
"Oh great. We have a Quicksilver Mad Agent on the loose. What are we going to do?" Bobby said running his hand over his baldhead sitting on the couch.
"Bobby, we don't know that Darien has gone QSM. We just have to hope that he turns up. He probably just forgot to close the door after him," Alex said softly. Bobby sighed and stood up.
"I have a bad feeling about this Alex," he said. He walked over towards the front door. He stood on something. He bent down and picked it up. It looked like part of a syringe.
"Hey take a look at this," He said to Alex handing it to Alex. Alex held it up to the light and saw that there was some liquid in it. She sniffed it. "We better get Claire to analyse this," she said.

Claire looked through the microscope. She had done some basic tests on the substance Bobby had found. Bobby, Alex and The Official waited as she ran the tests. She looked up at the three with a troubled look on her face.
"What?" asked Bobby.
"It's a tranquilliser. A very powerful one at that. It has the capability of knocking you out for several days," Claire said.
Bobby and Alex looked at each other. "I knew I had a bad feeling about this," Bobby said. He started to pace up and down the Keep.
"Bobby. There's no need to panic about this," The Official said trying to keep his own worry from showing.
"I don't believe you just said that, Chief," Bobby said stopping his pacing to stare at his boss.
"I'm not going to call anyone else in on this. It obviously has something to do with Bernard," the Official said.
"Of course it does," Bobby said sarcastically.
"How much time does he have?" The Official asked turning to look at Claire.
"Well he got a shot yesterday morning," replied Claire.
"How long was he invisible for?" The Official asked Bobby.
"10- 15 minutes," replied Bobby.
"Ok assuming he hasn't used any quicksilver since how long does he have before he needs the counteragent?" asked The Official.
"Assuming he hasn't used any quicksilver since yesterday I would say 4 days. But if he has used the quicksilver I wouldn't want to hesitate a guess," replied Claire.
"I want you guys to find him. And stay on the assignment," The Official said turning to back to Bobby and Alex.
"Can we not drop the case and work on looking for Fawkes?" asked Bobby.
"No. This is connected," replied The Official. He turned and walked out the door of the Keep.
"Come on," Alex said walking out. Bobby stared after her for a couple of minutes and then followed her out.

TBC