Disclaimer: see chapter 2
The next few weeks the couple was able to spend time at home-opening presents, unpacking, and getting accustomed to living together full-time. They made an effort to have dinner together every night, even if that meant eating in the cafeteria. They did not spend much time discussing Terri's pregnancy. Terri still wasn't that excited about it and they decided it was best not to tell anyone until after her first trimester unless a mission dictated otherwise. Besides, Terri felt that as long as she didn't look pregnant, she didn't have to act pregnant. She realized she was being nonsensical, but couldn't muster the energy to change.
Four months into Terri and Stiles' later things started to heat up in Korea. Events spiraled out of control when a North Korean Colonel, on the CIA's payroll, was killed. One of the outcomes was the discovery that someone arranged for a missile guidance system to enter North Korea. When Terri realized that the man who owned the shipping company was someone she had dated, she turned to her mentor, Joshua. She wanted assurance that taking advantage of someone she knew wasn't wrong.
"I'm uncomfortable with this."
"The greater good is always subjective. In your case, you're trying to prevent a certain guidance system from ending up in the wrong hands. For that, it might be worth hurting an old friend."
"Would you do it?"
His response was a casual, "I have done it."
Little did Terri know that she would be the next friend Joshua hurt" for the greater good."
The trip to Montreal to investigate the guidance system was another test of Terri and Stiles' new marriage. Stiles flip remark about Terri sleeping with her ex-boyfriend for information irritated her so much that they were still arguing about it on the way home. Terri wasn't really all that upset-she knew he didn't mean what he said, but she was taking out her frustrations about using her friend and his subsequent death on the only person available.
When they got back to headquarters, the couple parted in the lobby-Stiles reporting their findings to Quinn and Terri heading to a meeting with Joshua. Stiles was actually glad she had work to finish. After what had just happened and their argument, they needed some time apart. He hoped she would be in a better frame of mind when she got home. Stiles knew she needed time to deal with Bryan's death and the drive home alone might help. He also needed time to figure out how to comfort her without making her mad; she was much better in the comforting department. Stiles was very good in the area of putting his foot in his mouth.
Terri found herself sitting in a small meeting room with Jackson Haisley and Owen Holland. She was astounded that Holland was accusing her, of all people, of betraying not only the CIA, but her country. By the time the meeting was over, she couldn't believe whom she suspected. She briefly thought about talking to someone while she worked out her suspicions, but Stiles was the only one she could trust absolutely, and he wasn't an option, so she confronted Joshua alone.
Terri was a loyal agent. Despite who it was, she immediately set up a meeting with the resident "mole detector," Mr. Holland. He was more than happy to stay in the office to hear what she had to say.
Terri thought about all the things the mole was said to be responsible for, including her husband's ambush in Iraq months earlier. She thought about her relationship with Joshua, the advice he had given her, his encouragement of her relationship with Stiles-all the while he was trying to kill him. She thought about his weak protest when she accused him. She thought about all of it as she was lying, bound and gagged in the trunk of a silver Pontiac Bonneville. . .
TERRI wanted someone to know about the mole should she not survive. After a lot of work, she managed to turn herself on her side. She began scratching Joshua's name in the closed trunk lid. She had managed only the 'J' when the car stopped. She heard keys in the trunk and knew they were coming to take her away.
The next morning, Terri woke up feeling the stinging sensation of duct tape being pulled from her face. She immediately went into a defensive position, ready to fight. They hadn't hurt her the night before, but she was smart enough to be prepared for anything.
While she was preparing to fight, she saw that it was Joshua standing over her. She was sure Joshua had something to do with her abduction, but she did not actually expect to see him. There was no amount of contempt to describe how Terri felt about Joshua at that moment. She didn't even want him to help her off the straw-packed barn floor. She was more angry than scared though her confidence began to waver the minute William Yun slapped her to the ground.
When Terri woke up the next time, she was tied to a chair. Yun was gone, replaced by a woman Terri assumed was another agent. She was bruised, physically and emotionally, but she remembered her training-try to divide and conquer. Make them doubt their co-conspirators.
In a steady, calm voice Terri asked Yun's partner, "What are you, the good cop?"
Elizabeth informed Terri that she had been through the same training. She was not intimidated and was not going to break. Elizabeth's confidence and the appearance of several large syringes nearly broke Terri. She wondered if telling Elizabeth that she was pregnant would help-appealing to her woman to woman. By the time Elizabeth filled one of the syringes with something to "calm" Terri, Terri had tears running down her very sore face. She decided to go for it.
"What is that one for?"
"Something to calm you down. It'll make you feel better."
"Wait. I'm pregnant." Pointing to the syringe in Elizabeth's hand she added, "Will it hurt my baby?"
In her most sarcastic tone, Elizabeth asked Terri, "Does the CIA train its female agents to say they are pregnant to play on the sympathy of the "enemy?"
Suddenly Terri desperately wanted her baby. Shaking her head she answered, "No, it's true, I'm pregnant. Four months."
Elizabeth studied Terri's tear-stained face carefully and put the needle down. Terri managed a weak, "Thank you," as Elizabeth stood.
"Don't thank me yet," she answered as she put a timed explosive around Terri's neck. "You're still not going anywhere.
AFTER Terri's disappearance, it did not take long for Jackson to realize Joshua's involvement. When Joshua confided his plan to disobey Quinn's order and rescue Terri, Jackson suggested that Joshua bring in Stiles.
Stiles was in shock when Jackson told him about Terri's kidnapping. He was plain scared by the time he saw the scene and got witness accounts from Agent Shelton. His wife was missing. Then he remembered the baby. He hadn't really thought about it lately. Terri said she didn't want to discuss it until she had to. Terri went to the doctor the morning they left for Montreal, but when she met him at the office, she didn't mention it and he knew better than to ask. For the first time in a long time, he had absolutely no idea what was going on.
He could feel everyone's eyes on him when he entered Langley. He tried to ignore them and concentrate on finding Terri, but his success was debatable. After spending the night and the early morning looking for nearly nonexistent leads, Stiles was both relieved and incredulous when Jackson told him the truth.
He grabbed Joshua and pushed him into a table.
"You knew where she was all this time?"
"I've been trying to protect her."
Still holding Joshua's jacket, Stiles continued his interrogation. "Where is she?"
"I'm going to try to get her away from them."
"No, no, no, no. Where-Is-She?" He wanted to get to Terri as soon as possible. Fortunately, for Joshua, Jackson was still in the room to calm Stiles.
After Jackson convinced him that they could trust Joshua, Stiles reluctantly agreed to help rescue Terri rather than gathering his own team. What he really wanted to do was ring Joshua's neck.
Stiles was only inches away from Joshua, his finger in the older man's face. "You better hope she's alright. If anything happens to her or the baby, you better hope your little Koren friends can save you."
Joshua nodded and slid out of Stiles' reach and led the way to the car.
By the time Stiles and Joshua reached the farm, it was too late: As Joshua was trying one last time to convince Terri that he could help, she grabbed his gun and threatened to shoot him. Neither Joshua nor Stiles anticipated that scenario. Joshua, in particular, was taken completely by surprise. He was even more surprised when he heard gunfire and realized Terri had been shot. Stiles ran toward the shots and arrived right as a bomb exploded destroying the barn. Within a few moments, there was nothing to see but smoke and ashes.