Disclaimer: In part one.

Spoilers in this chapter: Some from JA and IASW and FiT I'm not sure about the rest.

~*~

Alex walked into the hospital. Claire had called her to tell her what had happened while she was gone. As she made her way to the second floor she saw Hobbes. "Hi," she said.

Hobbes stopped and looked at her. "If you're looking for the Official he's not here."

"No actually I'm looking for Eberts' room."

"Follow me." Hobbes replied, then he started walking again.

~*~

"What happened?" Eberts asked, but it came out mumbled because of the wire in his jaw.

"What did he say?" Darien asked.

Claire didn't even pay attention to Darien, "Well, someone broke into your house looking for the recipe for the counteragent."

"I remember that," Eberts replied, "But what else happened? Who was it?"

"What else happened is that they hit you with a baseball bat. Which broke two of your ribs and your jaw. But as for who it was we don't know." Claire replied.

"How can you understand him?" Darien asked Claire

"Easy," Claire replied, "When I was in the fourth grade this girl broke her jaw in a car accident. No one could talk to her or understand what she was saying, so I started to talk to her and after a while I could understand what she was saying."

"Oh," Darien replied. "Well have fun. I'm going to go find Bobby and tell him about Eberts." With that Darien left the room.

~*~

Darien was in the hall walking toward the elevator when he saw Bobby and Alex coming from the stairs. "Hey," he said, "I was just looking for you partner."

"Yeah, well I found Alex." Hobbes said. "And the Official just called, he's in the parking lot. I told him the room number, he should be here in a minute."

"How is Eberts?" Alex asked.

"He just woke up actually, that's why I was looking for Bobby." Darien said.

~*~

Darien, Hobbes, and Alex walked down the hall and into Eberts' room. "So, how's he doing?" Darien asked Claire.

"He's doing fine," Claire replied. Then she looked over at Alex, "I didn't think you would get here so soon."

"Hey, I heard the name Chrysalis and I came running." Alex looked over at Kelly, "Who are you?" she asked.

"I'm the person who has been running the Agency while The Official is gone." Kelly replied.

Darien looked at the door and saw The Official standing there. He walked into the room and looked around, "Fawkes." he said.

Darien looked over at Kelly, then he walked over to her. "Excuse me Ms. Kelly, but could you come with me?"

Kelly looked at Darien with puzzlement on her face, "Sure." she said then she followed Darien put of the

room.

~*~

Darien and Kelly walked out of the room, "Since The Official is back..." Darien paused for a second and then added. "We don't need you at the Agency anymore."

"And if he decides to go back after everything is said and done?" Kelly asked.

"Alex will take over." Darien answered.

"Okay," Kelly said, "I guess my work here is done."

Darien just stared at Kelly for a second, he hadn't thought she would give up so easy. "Okay," He said. Then he turned around and walked back to Eberts' room, closing the door behind him.

~*~

The Official watched Darien come in and close the door. "Okay, time to get down to business, what exactly happened?"

Darien looked over at Hobbes, "Do you want to tell him? Or should I?"

"You can my friend," Hobbes replied.

"Okay it all started when..."

~*~

Kelly pulled into the Agency. She had left her jacket earlier and had come back to pick it up before going back to Cold Springs. She got of her car and walked toward the door. Kelly heard a noise behind her. She looked, but nothing was there.

~*~

"It doesn't make any sense," The Official said, "Eberts doesn't have the recipe to the counteragent. Why would someone think he had it?"

Hobbes' phone started to ring, "Sorry sir," Hobbes said to the Official. Then he answered his phone, "Bobby Hobbes,"

Hobbes looked over at Darien, "Yeah he's here, just a second." he handed Darien his cell phone.

"Hello?" Darien asked.

"Hello Darien, I'd like to make a trade with you."

Darien recognized the voice on the other end, "What kind?"

"This kind," Stark replied, then he put Kelly on the phone.

"Don't do it Fawkes!" Kelly said.

Stark put the phone back to his ear, "If you don't want Detective Kelly here to end up like Allianora..." Stark paused for a second. "I'd suggest you follow my instructions."

"I'm listening." Darien replied.

"Good," Stark answered. "I'll send someone to pick you up at your apartment. Oh and Darien, come alone or she dies."

~*~

Darien hung up Hobbes' phone and handed it back to

him.

"Who was that?" Hobbes asked.

"An old friend," Darien replied. Then he looked at the Official, "I'm not feeling too good I think I'm going to go home." With that said Darien walked out the door.

When Darien was out of ear shoot Alex asked the Official, "You're not going to just let him go home like that are you?"

"Yeah, but I want you and Hobbes to follow him."

"Okay," Hobbes said reaching into his pocket for his keys.

"I don't think so Hobbes," Alex said, "we're taking my car."

"Actually," The Official said, "You're taking my car."

"What?" Alex asked.

"It's a rental and Fawkes won't recognize it."

Claire piped up, "Just take a bloody car before Darien is gone. Then you won't be able to follow him at all."

"Right." The Official said, then tossed Alex his keys.

"How come she gets to drive?" Hobbes asked.

~*~

Darien walked out into the parking lot. He looked around for his car and then remembered he, Claire, Hobbes had came in the van. He didn't want to go back into the hospital so he went to the side of the road and hailed a cab.

~*~

Alex looked at Hobbes, "Okay lets go." she said starting the car. They followed Darien to his apartment, but Alex did a good job of keeping out of sight. Alex watched as Darien got out of the cab and then went into his apartment building.

"What do we do now?" Hobbes asked.

"We wait."

~*~

Darien went into his apartment. He wrote a quick note to Hobbes explaining what was going on. There was no way he was going to let a cop die. Even if she was annoying. He wrote the note because there was always the chance that he might not come back. Not that it would be his choice, but Stark could always put him in a cryopod like he had tried to do with Kate. Not that he was as smart as Kate, or the other scientists. But as far as Darien knew, Stark either wanted Darien working for him, or for no one at all.

Darien didn't have much time. He looked out of his window and saw a car pull in. Then he looked around the parking lot and spotted another car he didn't recognize. It looked like people were in it. After a minute he recognized the car, it had been at the hospital.

~*~

Hobbes' phone started to ring, "Bobby Hobbes." he answered.

"Hey Hobbes, you do know that I can see you, right?" Darien asked.

Hobbes looked up at Darien's apartment window to see Darien waving to him.

"So how about you and Alex come in. That is Alex right?"

"Yeah partner, it's Alex. We'll be right up." Hobbes said and then he hung up his phone.

~*~

Darien left his apartment and went to a fire escape. He started to climb down it toward the car Stark's goon was in. "Aw crap!" Darien said remembering the note he had left. When he wrote it he didn't know Hobbes had followed him. But he couldn't go back for it. He had to get out of there before Hobbes found out that Darien had led him and Alex on a wild goose chase.

Darien found the car and got in, he recognized the guy. He was the guy from the pool when Allianora was killed. And also when Chrysalis had tried to get Adam at the park.

~*~

Hobbes knocked on Darien's door. "Fawkes are you in there?" he waited a second and the said again, "Fawkes." Hobbes twisted the door handle, the door opened. "That's weird." Hobbes said.

"What?" Alex asked.

"I've never known Fawkes to keep his door unlocked." Hobbes called Darien's name again but there was no answer. Finally Hobbes walked into the kitchen and saw a note there addressed to him. He picked it up and started to read. "Aw crap!"

"What?"

Hobbes read the note out loud,

"Bobby,

Sorry about leaving in such a hurry. I wasn't going home to get some sleep like I had said. The truth is Stark has Detective Kelly and he wants to make a trade. He told me not to tell the Official or he would kill her. Sorry Hobbes, no matter how much of a pain she is... I couldn't let her die. Your friend,

Darien."

Alex ran over to the window in time to see a car pull out of the parking lot.

TBC