It was almost a month later when Duncan decided he trusted Adam enough to be comfortable with me dating him. When that was all agreed Duncan once again allowed Adam and Joe back into his home to start the plans that would save the lives of the ones I didn't chose. With the help of Adam we had managed to work out how long it was until Darius was going to be attacked and it was only a week away.
"No, no, no. That will never work." Adam said standing up from his couch where we were for today's meeting on idea's on how to save Darius.
Joe sat across from me looking irritated at the lack of useful plans been thought up by MacLeod who at the rate he was going was going suggest about one hundred before the night was over.
"Well what's wrong with this plan?" MacLeod snapped clearly as annoyed as Joe was.
"For one; you should know Darius will not leave that church, it's more then just holy ground to him, it's home. If you truly knew Darius then you would know he would rather die then be forced out of his home by death threats." Adam stared down at MacLeod.
"Fine then what do you suggest?" Duncan snapped glaring at Adam and I could tell he was challenging Adam to come up with something better.
"I'm glad you've finally got around to asking me." Adam smirked. "The best cause of action would be if you let me and Joe deal with the Rogue element of the Watchers. Horton is married to Joe's sister, which means we can get close to him. Horton would never believe that Joe would want to join the them but if I can get him to believe I want to join them. We will be able to stop the Rogue Watchers before they could even get to Darius."
"And you think you can managed all that within a week?" I couldn't help but ask as it seemed a little bit of a stretch.
"If there's one thing we know about the Rogue Watchers is that at the moment there low on numbers. We think that they recruit anyone who shows the slightest negative opinion about immortals so were going to play that field."
"But what if it doesn't work? What if Horton doesn't fall for it and you aren't able to join the Rogue Watchers?" I asked having to know if there was going to be a back up plan.
"That's where MacLeod and Richie come in. They stay with Darius and stop any of the Rogue Watcher if they show up." Adam once again took his next to me on the couch and I could tell he now seemed more relaxed.
"I'm not putting Richie in danger like that." It was MacLeod now who leapt from his seat. "He's eighteen years old for 'Christ sake'."
"He's also pre-immortal." Adam stated matter of factly.
"That's no reason to put him in danger. Just think if he was to die at eighteen, just what kind of life he would have?" MacLeod stated as he paced the floor.
"Well if Cat's right he should die his first death in a few months anyway." I could tell that Adam was purposefully proposing Richie to go help out just to see Mac's reaction and I felt a twinge of annoyance at this.
"That's no reason to put him in danger. Maybe this time he'll be able to lead a normal like for some time longer. If he looked older he would come across less problems as an immortal." MacLeod carried on for a few minutes continuously going over reasons why Richie shouldn't be put in danger.
"Fine!" Adam finally said when MacLeod's protests seemed to change to wining. "If not Richie then who do you suggest?"
The room drifted in to silence for a few minutes and when still nobody talked I spoke up. "I'll help. All I need is for someone to shop me how to work a gun then I'll go with Mac and help protect Darius."
"Cat I said no to Richie what makes you think I'll agree to you going." MacLeod asked.
"Because you don't have a chose Mac. If I had chosen Darius in the first place then we wouldn't be in this situation." I said as I once again thought of Fitz and Tessa who were also going to be putting their lives in our hands as well.
"What are you going to do for Tessa stand in front of the billet for her? Then there's Fitz are you going stand between Kalas and him trying to stop Kalas from killing him?" MacLeod asked.
"If that's what it take then yes that's what I'd do." I looked him straight in the eye un wavering.
"Fine that's settled then Cat your with Mac." Adam said to me, he looked back up to Mac and continued. "I would reconsider on Richie as well, the more people you have with you the less dangerous it will be."
"There's no way I'm putting Richie in danger! I'm surprised you're willing to let Cat risk her life for this." MacLeod one again stated.
"It's her life MacLeod! If you don't want Richie there then fine." Adam said as he once again stood up but this time he walked out of the room.
"What? Where's he going now? We've still got a plan to form." Joe looked worried at the door that Adam had just left through.
"Properly just gone for a beer." I said as I leaned back into the couch and closed my eyes, which were starting to sting from lack of sleep.
"Here we go then." I opened my eyes again when Adam came back into the room without a beer but rolled paper. "I've checked with the Watcher regarding Horton's whereabouts and got the plans for the house he's using as his base of operations."
He unrolled it and laid it out on the coffee table. It was then that we started to discuss his part of the plan and how he was going to foil the Rogue Watchers plans. After his part of the plan was laid out and explain so that everyone was clear on what was going to happen he unrolled a second set of plans. Darius' church.
"As you more then like would have already guessed, when they were building Darius church they had numerous secret passageways made. There's an entrance just here…" Adam pointed to a doorway that appeared on the plans but I couldn't remember ever seeing whenever I had been there with Darius. It goes down underground and continues on for about a mile. If anyone does show up at the church I want you to get Darius out of there through this passageway, I'm not bothered if you have to knock him out to do it but I want him out of there. I'll park a car there just in case as well." He looked pointedly at MacLeod and Me until we both nodded in agreement then continued. "If for some reason you can't make it to there, there's a hidden room, well more like a closet really but it would be big enough to fit three people easily and four people at a squeeze, if you do decide to have Richie in on the plan."
MacLeod didn't respond although he did throw Adam a disapproving look, which didn't affect him in the slightest and once again started explaining the rest of the plan.
"Joe's job will be to be a good little Watcher and keep an eye on his immortal charge, with the added responsibility of warning you if he spots any of Horton's known cronies on there way to you." Instructed and Joe nodded in agreement.
"So that's it, just the four of us?" MacLeod asked.
"Unless you want to add Richie in on the plan!" Adam looked at MacLeod when he said that blank look on his face.
"There's no way I'm getting Richie involved in all this." MacLeod shot back at Adam and I was surprised to not to see steam shouting out of his ears with how angry he was getting.
"He's already involved it this MacLeod. He has been since the moment Cat was made to choose who lived and who die, or maybe was the moment you killed him by chopping his head off." The voice Adam spoke with was what I had taken to calling the Methos voice and I could clearly see the shock of its impact on MacLeod and Joes faces.
"How dare you!" MacLeod answered Methos' cold calm accusation with pure uncontrolled anger. "You have no right!"
"Have no right to what MacLeod? To state the truth? Haven't you ever heard the saying; to those who do not learn from there mistakes are destined to repeat then? You need to accept the truth that if Cat hadn't chosen Richie to live, if Cat hadn't been given the chose in the first place Richie would die four years from now at YOUR hands." Adam remained calm and collected as I could see MacLeod getting redder and redder from the anger.
"Adam I think you've made your point!" Joe jumped in hoping to relieve some of the tension. Adam and MacLeod stared at each other for a few minutes before finally silently agreeing not to discuss that matter any further.