They landed in Athens and went directly to the hotel. It was almost dinner time. Just before entering her room, Alex let the others know what the plan was.

"After you get changed, I'll take you to meet Spyros. Once I'm finished with the introductions I'll leave giving you privacy and besides, the less I know the better off I am. When you are finished you can take a taxi back here. Just be careful, the taxi drivers here aren't exactly honest."

"Might I suggest once you finish with Spyros that we go to a wonderful little restaurant called Thespidos? I've heard the food is excellent."

"Of course you heard it was excellent, I told you about it."

"We'll see. Oh, and Mr. Vaughn. I trust you will stay sober until you are back home?"

"Yes." He said feeling like a child.

"Good."

Each walked to their rooms and went in. Vaughn was confused by what he saw with Sark. He was having a hard time accepting that he had a friend. They're not friends, they're sleeping together. And why not? Alex was very attractive with thick brown hair that went past her shoulders. Her eyes were almost a teal colour, changing from blue to green with no warning. She was almost as tall as Sark and very slim. But Sark didn't have friends.

When Sark went into his room to change he smiled to himself. He had read the look on Vaughn's face and knew what he was thinking. He could just clear things up and tell him that he hadn't slept with Alex but that wouldn't be like him. Besides, the pleasure he would have gotten under normal circumstances when bating Agent Vaughn wouldn't be there this time. Hopefully there would be other times.

In Alex's room she took her cell phone and made another call. She wanted to turn in an update before leaving.

The three met in the lobby of the hotel and got into a waiting taxi.

"Psiri, para kallo. Pamme sto Zefoto." Psiri please. We are going to Zefoto.

"Pou?" Where?

"Agios Dimitrious." She gave him the street name.

"Ah, idaxi." OK.

They rode the rest of the way in silence. The streets of Athens are crowded at all hours of the day and this was no exception. They had tried to implement a driving schedule, letting certain drivers drive on specified days only but it didn't look like it was working.

Once there Alex and Vaughn went into the restaurant. Sark, not needed for this, took a seat on the patio outside and ordered a glass of wine while he waited.

They walked to the back and through the kitchen. Once near the back door, Alex led him around a pile of cardboard boxes and up some stairs. She knocked on the door at the top. Quickly the door opened and the man standing there grabbed Alex in a big hug and started jumping up and down with her.

"Etsi Spyros, etsi." Easy Spyros, easy.

"Saz ecw casei." I've missed you.

Not wanting to give away any personal information, Alex turned away and made the introductions.

"Michael, this is Spyros. Spyros, Michael." Looking back at Spyros she said. "This is the man that I was telling you about. I was wondering if you two might want to have a chat?"

They shook hands and Spyros led Michael to a table in his office.

"We eat, we talk. OK?"

OK.

"We leave tomorrow morning. I'll see you then." Alex said to Vaughn before leaving. She gave him one more sharp look before turning to leave. He's not my problem.

There was a lot of information for him to process. Vaughn had left the restaurant and was walking through the streets trying to sort things out. It wasn't that Spyros had given him a lot of new information but there were leads to follow. Some of the news wasn't good but it still hadn't sunk in. Combined with what he did know however, explained a lot more than he previously thought.

As long as I can find her it doesn't matter what happened. It was all that mattered to him, that he find her and she be safe. They would worry about what they would do when the time came. He just needed her so much.

He hailed a taxi and gave the name of his hotel. Looking out the window as they drove the narrow streets, Vaughn was distracted by the amount of traffic this late at night. It seemed it would take forever to get back to the hotel, but as soon as he thought of it he realized it didn't bother him. This was a perfect opportunity for him to sit back and think without any interruptions, for a little while at least.

In his mind he started a list of things he had to do and people he needed to speak to. He knew what he was going to have to do and there was only one way to get it started. I need a drink he thought to himself. He pulled out his cell phone and made a call. He needed the drink alright but there was something that he had to take care of first.