Mandras read the file through twice, amazed and impressed with what he had learnt about the man they had. He was slightly unsure of how to proceed with him though, turning him may be difficult, but then he could use Nina to get the man to co-operate. Of course there was the problem of how much he knew about stopping the bomb, but his file showed he had passed the resistance course well. This didn't mean anything though, a test was nothing compared to the real thing. He could get probably get the information out of him eventually, but the time issue was the problem, they needed answers fast and his file indicated he wouldn't give them.

As fascinating as the idea of breaking or using Bauer was, he wasn't too sure if either play would be successful. Maybe he could use it to get Ninas help instead. He knew the threat of letting Bauer do what he wanted with her could make her tell him just what she had confessed about the bomb. If that didn't work, he could interrogate her himself. He entertained the idea of using both of them with the threat of allowing one to kill the other if they didn't co-operate, but that was too risky. As doubtful as it seemed, they could work together then, both refuse. He knew that there history meant he could easily play them off of each other but he didn't know how he would gain from that.

He realised he wasn't going to be able to make a decision so soon, so he would wait until he met up with Peter at the base in a few hours. Peter would make the right decision, and that way he would be safe if this somehow went wrong. Until then, he thought, he could speak with the two of them, see how they reacted to him and get a general reading. He was intrigued with the thought of putting them both together but the double containment room didn't have a camera so he would have to wait for that, it would be a good show to watch.

Glancing at his watch he saw that Kalah and his men had been gone well over an hour. He sauntered over to the radio station and called out to Kalah.

"Sir?" He herd through the crackle.

"What's going on?"

"We can see the entire area from our three locations. It appears a team did come, probably search and rescue, as anticipated."

"But?" Mandras encouraged.

"They took a look around and took off pretty quickly. My guess is they saw the bullet wounds on the survivors and realised something was up. Were on our way back now, 10 minutes out. We figured you would want to move now, as whoever investigates the scene will probably be on there way soon."

"Okay. I'll get things ready here, you hurry on back. We move straight away."

"Copy."

After hanging up the radio Mandras began to pace. Was this the right play? The barn was at least twenty miles out from the crash zone, would the Feds even check it out, and if they did, would they find the hidden trap door? Fleeing sounded right, but wasn't that defeating the purpose of sending Kalah and his men out? He sent them so they would be certain nobody would find them, but now they were certain somebody would be looking and they would leave anyway? Something told him not to leave, but like the Bauer problem, he knew it shouldn't be his call. He picked up his cell and called Peter's number.

The phone conversation was short, Peter was clearly angry with Mandras for allowing himself to get in such a situation. But he decided it best they stay, wait it out. If anybody did come looking, they would probably be people from forensics, not field agents, so they could be taken out easily. However, once the activity did die down Peter wanted them gone, and he was coming directly here to oversee it all, now as worried as Mandras about the entire situation.

Slightly frustrated Mandras plugged his phone into its charger and slammed the lid of his laptop down. He hadn't even thought to ask about Nina and Bauer, he would have to wait. Kalah still wasn't back, so he decided to go and pay one of there guests a visit, hoping he would either find some entertainment from it or get the chance to unleash his anger. He didn't know which one to see and he didn't care, he decided he would just open a random door, he didn't know which rooms Kalah had separated them in. Part of him hoped he ended up with Nina, he really would like the chance to talk to her, but he decided he would let his fate decide who he see. As he pulled back the metal door he reminded himself that both were invaluable, he could kill neither.