"What the hell do you think you were doing?" Jackson snapped, taking the phone.

"I think I was talking to my mother's boyfriend," Rory responded smugly, plastering an innocent grin on her face. "Why? That a problem?"

"Only if you mentioned a location," he growled. "Which, if I'm not mistaken, you did."

"Well, then I think you're mistaken," Rory confirmed solemnly. "Very, very mistaken."

Lisa laughed. Jackson scowled at her and Jess looked uncertain.

Rory then reached up and scratched the back of her ear. Lisa acted quickly, kicking Jackson in the back of the knees. By reflex his knees gave out and he tumbled to the floor. Lisa and Rory took off, Jess following with a livid face. He lost sight of them when they entered the monorail. The doors slammed shut in his face, and as it sped away Lisa and Rory each gave him the finger.

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Lorelai angrily paced in the airport. She had no doubt the guys had flown out to find Rory and Lisa. She just didn't know where exactly they'd gone.

Lorelai tried reaching Luke on his phone, but just received his voicemail. She left a brief explanatory message and then decided to just sit and wait.

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"Did you find them?" Jackson asked angrily as Jess strode back over, breathing heavily.

"No. The got on the damn train. Who knows where they are by now?"

"Wait," Jackson pulled out his laptop and turned it on. Instantly a map popped up with a blinking red light.

"I slipped this onto Lisa when she was sleeping on the plane," Jackson explained. "In case something like this happened." The light was moving quickly down some marked French street.

"She's in a cab, headed somewhere, I think," Jess muttered. "Hotel, maybe?"

"I don't know," Jackson replied angrily. "But we'll find out. And when we catch up to them, there'll be hell to pay."

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Luke checked his voicemail as the plane landed in Nice several hours later. There was one from Lorelai.

"Luke you asshole!" she yelled. Luke held the phone away from his ear. "How could you do that to me? I want to know where the fuck you're going so I can help. Call me."

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Several hours later, after they'd checked into a cheap Nice hotel, Lisa tried to call Luke's cell phone with the number Rory had given her. But the line was busy and went straight to his voicemail, so she didn't even leave a message.

"Well, I'm going to take a shower," Lisa sighed, standing. Rory lept up next to her.

"No," she begged. "Don't leave me! Please, I'm so...so scared."

"Okay, okay," Lisa gathered the girl in her arms as Rory began sobbing.

"I'm so scared, Lisa..."

"I am too, Rory. Just try to be strong." They held each other tightly until Rory drew back. Lisa looked at her face, and saw confusion playing out under the tears.

"What?"

"Your back," she frowned. "Something's on your back."

Lisa reached up under her shirt. Something hard was stuck to it, near the collar. She tugged roughly until it came off, then held it out to Rory.

"It's a tracking device!" Lisa cried. "They're tracking us!" She quickly ran to the window.

"What do we do?"

"I have an idea," Lisa explained.