Hawke sat back in the driver's seat and took the turning to the abandoned airfield on the outskirts of Vegas where they had decided to meet for the rendezvous. Caitlin had called him that morning and told him that Gayling had made a play for the book the night before. His gut tightened. He had a feeling she'd underplayed what had happened; thank God Marella had turned up. The agent was accompanying Caitlin to Vegas. She'd help them and liaise with the FBI and State Treasury Department once they got the girl back safely. He drew up next to the helicopter where Caitlin and Marella stood ready to greet them; Caitlin in the usual Airwolf uniform; Marella was dressed for undercover work in a dark pant suit rather than the all white dress traditional of Michael's division of the FIRM.

Hawke walked swiftly over to Caitlin. He pulled her into a hug and ran his eyes over her. 'You OK?'

'Better now.' She confirmed and hugged him back.

'Did he hurt you?'

Caitlin shook her head. She'd sworn Marella to secrecy on the attempted rape and she trusted the other woman would keep her word. 'I'm just bruised.'

Hawke nodded and turned to Marella. 'Thank you.'

Marella nodded in acknowledgement and Hawke made the introductions as Dom and Rowan joined them.

'So still no Michael?' Hawke asked the FIRM agent.

'Still in Washington.' Marella explained. 'Hopefully I will suffice.'

'Always.' Dom said with a laugh. 'In fact, an improvement!'

'Let's get you both filled in on the situation.' Hawke said and proceeded to tell them the information they had gathered.

'So you think Allie is in this building downtown?' Caitlin verified.

'We need to confirm that.' Hawke said. 'We can do a quick surveillance check in Airwolf and see what kind of security they have.'

'Do we know when the exchange is to be made?' Marella asked.

Rowan rubbed her arms. 'He wanted me to give the book to him at the air show at ten pm once it closes for the night. He said he'd take the book and once he checked it out, then he'd call me and tell me where to get my sister.' She sighed. 'He's going to kill us both isn't he?'

'He's going to be disappointed.' Hawke assured her.

Marella pulled a small black book from her handbag and handed it to Hawke. It looked identical to the one Rowan had sent to the airfield.

'We can't use this now.' Rowan said. 'Gough is going to check the information out before he gives me Allie.'

'It could still come in useful but we're not waiting for that.' Hawke said. 'With Gough and probably one of his men at the air show ready to take the book from you, we'll have an opportunity to grab Allie. There'll probably be two men left behind to guard her.'

'So,' Caitlin continued, 'we need one team at the air show to take down Gough and an accomplice; one team at the office to spring Allie.'

Hawke nodded. 'Domino sequence; team A will confirm Gough is at the show…'

'Team B swoops and grabs Allie; confirms success to team A.' Caitlin continued.

'Who take out Gough.' Marella concluded.

'Works for me.' Dom noted.

Hawke looked at Caitlin. 'We need to split into teams.'

'Pretty obvious who goes with who.' She said. 'Airwolf needs to cover Gough and his sidekick at the air show; that would be you and Dom.' Caitlin shrugged. 'Marella and I both have training in hostage recovery. We'll be team B.' She didn't mention her fear that given her own experience with Gayling, the kidnapped girl might have been raped and that a female team would be better able to comfort her.

'What about me?' Rowan asked.

Hawke sighed. 'You stay here.'

'No way. I'm not staying here. She's my sister.' Rowan's eyes flashed at him angrily. 'I'm not staying out of it this time. You said I would get my chance to help.'

'You can't be at the building,' Marella pointed out, 'if Gough spots you it would blow the plan.'

Rowan gave Hawke a beseeching look.

'Fine.' Hawke said. 'You'll come with Dom and me.' He glanced over at Caitlin who avoided his gaze. He sighed again. 'Let's go over this plan in detail.'