"They were in Pearl Harbor a month after the attack? That's impossible!" cried Elkaryene.

"They were there, no matter how many times you don't want to believe it. So far, it's the only time in Elkaryene's lifetime that the four of you even remotely crossed paths within a short time," Joe said.

"We had left Pearl Harbor almost immediately after Kari was presumed dead. Sp they couldn't have met us," Methos told them.

"We know that. It still doesn't make any sense. That still doesn't explain why these two are after Methos and Elkaryene," Duncan mentioned.

"No, it doesn't. All I can figure at the moment is something dealing with the attack that made them really hate the two of you. Enough to want to see the two of you permenanatly dead," Joe replied. "Other than that, I don't know."

"Still don't see how anything that we did during the attack that would made them angry at us," Methos replied. "I mean, Elkaryene was doing her usual duties as a nurse before the attack started. She ran to help and a bomb happened to land in front of her. She was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced as dead on the scene. She awoke soon after and I found her. There was nothing else we could do but leave."

"And it was then he suggested that we leave because of Charley. At the time, we were the only three Immortals on the island," Elkaryene replied.

"Remember these two arrived at Pearl Harbor after the two of you had already left. Charley might have still been there and he might have told these two your names. Who knows?" Joe said with a sigh. "Unless something shows up soon, whether it be something in the files or it be them, we probably won't know why they attacked yet. This is our best lead at the moment."

The three Immortals sighed as they looked around at each other.

"What do we do now... Scott?" Duncan asked him.

"I don't know. I really don't know. Not many people really want my head for any reason other than the fact that I'm Methos. I'm still a bit unused to the fact and I'm flexible. I'll deal with it," Methos replied. "You know where my worries lie."

Duncan and Joe both nodded. Elkaryene simply stood there, not wanting to say anything else. She knew that he had reason to worry about her.

After all, she had reason to worry about him.

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Bobby paced back and forth as Anna looked on. There was some tension in the air as they thought about what to do next.

"They got away again. Every single time we found out where they are, we miss them by hours, even minutes. When we finally confront them face to face, we have to leave because of some mortal that come by," Bobby muttered.

"We should have taken their heads anyway," Anna snorted.

"And have a pesky mortal tell everyone what he saw? We can't risk it. We're going to have to find them again and kill them this time. After what they've done, they have to pay for it," Bobby angrily replied as he walked up to her.

"They do but we have to find them in a more vulnerable position than what we did before. We have waited this long, we can wait a little longer. Well, I know I can," Anna said as she faced her husband.

"That we have.It didn't take too long findingout who they were. From there,all we had to do was find them somehow. You know that wasn't easy," Bobby agreed.

"You know how it is with some Immortals. They have to change aliases every so many years so they don't raise suspicion with anyone. So no one can track them. It could be any number of reasons why Immortals change their names. But something confuses me," Anna mused as she placed a hand on her chin.

"What?" Bobby wanted to know.

"Scott. I think he was almost holding back. I think he was worried about the girl when we arrived. I could tell. I think he would have defeated you if his guard was up the entire time... but he let it down for a moment and you managed to take advantage of it," Anna explained.

Bobby thought about this informtaion, trying to figure out something.

"So you think we should go after the girl? And Scott will follow, trying to rescue her? He appeared to be very protective of her," Bobby wondered. "I don't think that he will allow anything to happen to her as long as he is alive."

"I think that's a start. Then after we lead him to a predetermined destination, we take both of their heads," Anna said with a smile. "They won't live very long now."

"Do you know where we could find them now?" Bobby asked her with a smile on his face.

"Of course," she replied, a smile on her face as well.

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Elkaryene paced back and forth as Duncan, Methos and Joe sat nearby. Methos was intently watching her.

"Kari, stop pacing like that. You'll wear a hole through the floor," Methos told her.

"Can't stop thinking about Pearl Harbor. What did I do there that would make someone so made at me?" she replied.

"We can't say that it had something to do with Pearl Harbor. It's only a theory at this point," Methos told her.

"I know but it still bothers me," she muttered in reply.

"Why does it?" wondered Joe.

"I don't know. That's what scares me. For all we know, they could have known someone there," Elkaryenen replied.

All of a sudden, the three Immortals felt the presence of another Immortal around. Joe looked between them.

"I take it one or both of them are around," he sighed.

"Yeah but there's only one," Methos replied, showing a worried look on his face.

"That scares me," Elkaryene said. "What are they up to now?"

"No matter what, I'm not going to let them near you Kari," Methos told her, standing up.

He drew his sword and stood in front of Elkaryene as Duncan stood up himself. They prepared themselves for the inevitable intrusion and subsequent battle.

They heard pounding at the door. All were wondering why the person at the door would be pounding like that before the presence of the Immortal slowly disappeared. Methos lowered his sword slightly, easing the tension in his body a bit but he wasn't letting his guard down any further for he wasn't sure if either Bobby or Anna would be back.

"Well, whoever that was, decided not to stay long," Methos sighed. "I don't know if that's a good thing or not."

"Maybe they knew they were outnumbered. There's three of us in here and there was one of them," Duncan replied, lowering his katana.

"Who knows?" Elkaryene replied as she walkemd across the room, towards the door.

She looked over the door, wondering what was going to happen next. She opened the door and stared at it to see a piece of paper nailed to it.

"It's from Bobby and Anna," she told them.

"What does it say?" asked Methos, as he headed over to her.

"It says... 'Watch out behind you'. What the heck does that mean?" she replied as she, Duncan and Methos began to feel the presence of the Immortal again.

They heard the squealing of tires outside the building. Methos realized what was going on and ran towards the door.

The car door flew open and Bobby hurried out, reaching for her. Elkaryene tried to run away but he grabbed her arm. He held her in place, a hand over her mouth. Methos stopped several feet away from them, shaking his head.

"Leave her be! Release her!" Methos yelled at him.

"Do you really think I'm going to do something like that now?" Bobby asked him.

Methos shook his head as he ran towards them again. Elkaryene tried to scream at him but couldn't as Bobby lifted up a gun a fired it. The bullet hit Methos through his heart and he gasped before falling to the ground in a heap. Bobby snickered at the sight.

"Sometimes, people will act so irrationally, don't you think?" he asked the two before running out the door with Elkaryene in hand.

Duncan hurried after them but once he was outside, the car had already left down the road, disappearing into the distance.

"What now?" Joe called over to him.

"I don't know Joe," Duncan replied. "My best guess is that they'll probably want Methos now."

TBC...