Disclaimer and notes in chapter one.

Authors Note: I hope that you all enjoyed the last chapter. Sorry it took me so long to do this one, I don't know how fast I will be going because of RL. No rope needed, just a sense of humor.

Silver Files 2/?

Alex stepped into the office building, looking around

she saw Carol at her desk. "You're early."

Carol looked up at her boss. "Well, so are you."

"It's my job to be early." Alex replied. She walked into her office and closed the door. Alex started typing on her computer, filling out a request form for replacements for

some of their equipment. As soon as she was sure Carol wasn't going to come in she pulled a file out of her coat and set it on the desk. She heard a knock on her door and shoved the file in her desk as quickly as she could.

"Umm, Alex?" Carol asked, opening the door. She walked in and closed it behind her.

"Need something?" Alex asked innocently.

"You read them, didn't you?"

"Read what?"

"Oh, come on. This is me you're talking to. The quicksilver files. What else?"

"How did you..."

Carol cut her off. "I read them too. Well, some of them anyway."

"Then you understand how big this is?"

"Perfectly."

"So, what do we do about it?" Alex asked.

"Do about what?" Rachel asked, peeking her head in the door of Alex's office. "Did I miss something?"

"Nope." Alex and Carol answered at the same time.

Rachel placed her hands on her hips and just stared at the two in puzzlement. Realization struck her, "You two read the files from the archive!" She stated more then asked. "What was in them?"

"Miss Lalgee, don't you think you should be working?" Alex replied.

"I'm early."

"Then you get to start early." Alex handed Rachel a sheet of paper. "They need their house de-bugged."

"Wait, I don't do bugs." Rachel said, taking the piece of paper.

"You do now." Replied Alex. She watched Rachel leave the office.

Carol walked over and closed the door. "Seriously, if we don't do something about the files soon everyone's going to know."

"It's okay, Rachel's harmless. She's not going to tell anyone."

"I wasn't worried about that. What if..." Carol stopped talking as there was another knock on the door. "Come in." She said in an annoyed tone.

"Umm, sorry to bother you. But Sarah just called in sick." Rachel said.

"She was fine yesterday. Did she say what was wrong?" Carol asked.

Alex rolled her eyes. "I swear, I don't know how you all ended up working together. C'mon." She said, grabbing her jacket. She pulled the file out of her desk and headed out the door.

"Where are we going?" Rachel asked quickly.

"To pay a visit to The Agency, with a little detour." Rachel and Carol just smiled as they followed their boss out the door.

~*~

Darien heard a knock on his door, "Hobbes..." Darien stopped in mid sentence. He saw a redheaded woman standing outside his door.

"Sarah Cooper," The woman said, extending her hand.

"Yeah, I remember. You were with the team looking for my rat." Darien shook her hand then looked back in his apartment. "Where are my manners. Would you like to come in for a few minutes?"

"That would be nice." She replied, stepping in. "Nice place you got here."

"Yeah, I like to think so." Darien closed the door then turned around and looked at her. "So, what are you doing here?"

"I uh, came to check on the rat."

"You do that often?" Darien asked, walking over to the fridge. He pulled out a bottle of water and handed it to her.

"Do what?"

"Visit the creatures you find?" Sarah was about to answer but there was another knock on the door. "That should be Hobbes. He's picking me up for work today." Darien walked over to the door and opened it, expecting to see Hobbes. However he was surprised instead to see three other women from three days before.

"We're really sorry to bother you Mr. Fawkes, but is Miss Cooper here?" Rachel asked shyly.

Sarah stuck her head out the door and smiled. When she saw her boss her smile turned into a frown. "Hello Miss Cooper."

"Miss Zanier." Sarah replied, nodding her head.

"Would you mind coming with us." She said, not asking but rather stating it.

Sarah walked out the door. "Thank you Mr. Fawkes for your hospitality."

Alex took off in a steady pace, Rachel on her heels. Sarah looked back at Darien and then took off too, passing Hobbes who was on his way to pick up Darien.

"What was that all about?" Hobbes asked.

"I'm not quite sure." Darien replied.

~*~

"Where are we going?" Sarah asked, looking out the window of Alex's blue Chrysler.

"To the Agency." Carol said, taking a left turn.

"How come you get to drive?" Rachel asked, a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

"Don't even think about it, Lalgee." Alex said. "I like my car in one piece."

"So, why are we going to the Agency?"

"Just a contingency plan. Nothing for you to worry about."

Carol pulled into the Agency parking lot and stopped the car. "Well kiddies, we're here."

TBC