Several hours later Xander and Samine drove up the long driveway towards the large house on the top of the mountain. An armed guard waved them through the gates and Xander parked the GTO amid a variety of model cars. Once they walked in they were almost knocked over by the smell of vodka, sweat, and sex. All the basic necessities for a good party. Quickly they got sucked into the party life and three hours had flown by without a glimpse. Xander was watching Samine from across the room as she threw back like her tenth vodka shot while holding his gaze. Her smoldering looks were just at that point that he was starting to overheat a bit. She was wearing a black satin skirt that was cut at such an angle, he could barely believe it. On one side the slit started at the top of her thigh and widened all the way down to the opposite leg and ended at a point at her ankle. The white long sleeve mid-drift shirt exposed her tan skin and long neck as she slowly drug her fingertips down her neck while he watched her. Shaking his head he stood up from his spot and made his way towards Monoclay who was being entertained by Latia. It was time to put his plan into motion.

"Monoclay. Can I talk to you privately?" he asked interrupting the two.

Monoclay looked at X then at Latia before motioning for her to get up. He led Xander to a side room and closed the door behind the two of them. The lack of pounding music from the other room caused Xander to pause for a moment.

"There's something I think you should know. I think Samine was bought out. By whom I'm not sure but I have an idea. She's acting different than usual," Xander said quietly keeping his hand pressed against the door.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I caught a glimpse of an email she was reading before she realized that I was reading it and deleted it. I think that she's working with the NSA. They're paying her to expose the underground crime lords, like you. I'm worried that she might come after me once she finds out that I exposed her," he said quietly looking at Monoclay with a worried look.

"Leave it to me my good friend. I'll take care of her," he said nodding to Xander.

"Wait Monoclay…I wanna do it. I'll finally be able to get her back for those times she's made my life miserable. But I might need some help. I know she'll run and I need help chasing her down. Can I count on you?"

"Of course. I never could stand a double crosser," he said slapping Xander's shoulder and pulled open the door.

Stepping back into the crowded room Monoclay signaled to a few of his henchmen as Xander searched for Samine. He finally caught sight of her watching him and he looked from her to the door and back again. She looked too the door and back at him as Monoclay stepped up at his side. They started walking towards her and her eyes snapped over to the henchmen walking her way. Xander saw the look of disbelief in her eyes as she stood up and walked quickly towards the doors.

Samine grabbed her coat from the pile and went out the doors into the cold night, running down the stairs. She couldn't take the GTO, Xander had the keys on him, and all the other cars would take to long to hotwire. Seeing a guy climbing off his motorcycle she walked over to him and slammed her fist into his face just as Xander and Monoclay stepped out.

"There she goes," Xander said as she straddled the bike and was off.

Xander ran down the stairs with Monoclay behind him yelling at his men to go after her. Xander and Monoclay were quickly after her in Xander's GTO chasing her down the mountain. Her coat was flapping behind her as she glanced back at them and reached under her coat for her Sauer. Sitting up straighter she turned in her seat and fired a shot at one of the guys on another motorcycle sending him to the hard pavement. As they entered the city Xander knew that he had to finish it soon. Recognizing where they were he pulled out his gun just as Monoclay pulled out his and leaned out the window for a better shot. Timing it just as Samine was about to turn to drive along the river he turned the car sharply and pointed his gun directly at her back just as she turned to look at him. As his car slid a few more feet he shot at her knowing which bullet would be hitting her and he caught a glimpse of that pure fear look on her face. The red paint exploded immediately and splattered across her back. The bike crashed into the cement guard rail sending her head first into the river as Xander watched with concealed horror. After a minute or two he turned the car towards the river and parked it away from the burning motorcycle as Monoclay and he walked over to the side.

"There," Monoclay said pointing a bit down the river.

Xander looked where he pointed and saw a form floating in the water. The water around the body had a slight red tint to it as Monoclay slapped his shoulder and Xander looked over at him.

"One bitch dead and gone. Come; let's get back to the party X."

Only a few seconds after they left Samine's head snapped up from the water and started coughing. Slowly she swam to the edge and crawled up the edge coughing the entire time. Pushing her hair out of her eyes she looked for a way out of the channel while she talked to herself.

"I don't care if that was his plan; he is so dead when I see him again. Gibbons had better send a coffin to pick him up, no actually send six or seven. I'll chop him into chunks then kill him. That bastard had better have life insurance."

The next morning Xander left Monoclay's place and drove back to Samine and his place. Walking up the stairs and slowly opening the door he took a quick glance around the place and saw no sign of Samine. Walking to the desk he turned on the lap top and got in contact with Gibbons to tell him the latest news.

"Gibbons here."

"Scarface it's X. Uh…I don't know how to tell you this. But I think I killed Samine."

"You what?"

"I think I killed Samine."

"No you didn't, but you're going to start wishing that you did."

Xander spun to see Samine behind him a second before her fist plowed into his face. His head snapped back and he quickly detected the taste of blood in his mouth. Samine grabbed his shirt and swung him into the wall, splintering a few boards.

"You son-of-a-bitch! 'Just trust me' you said, 'watch your back.' I always watch my back, but I didn't expect my own partner to be trying to run me down!" she yelled pacing a few times before delivering a savage kick to Xander's gut.

He groaned a bit and spit out a mouth full of blood onto the ground. Looking at Samine he saw the split lip that she sported and an inch long gash next to her eyebrow.

"I didn't run you down. It was all part of my plan," he said pushing up from the floor and leaned against the wall.

"Didn't run me down? Oh sorry, you shot me and sent me catapulting into the damn river! I seriously should kill you for that and your plan! You could have killed me!"

"But I didn't and now I'm in Monoclay's inner circle. I spent the entire night meeting all his close, high-banging buddies. We are in Samine," he said holding his side as he slowly climbed to his feet.

"It doesn't matter if we're in our not if I'm too injured to work. I have a bruise the size of Texas on my back from that shot you took at me!" she snapped still pacing as he carefully lifted the chair he knocked over upright.

Carefully he lowered himself into the chair and looked to find Gibbons still waiting on the other end.

"Are you two done yet?" he asked sounding bored.

"Yeah I'm done beating his ass for now."

"I'm actually surprised that you two haven't killed each other yet."

"Oh just wait Gibbons, I'm about to start my killing spree. And Xander here will be the first one on the top of my list."