When Kaira got everyone drinks at the bar before closing and turned on the news, she didn't expect that the team would start arguing about who stole the dagger of Aqu'Abi. Nate came in and yelled at the team as he walked behind the bar. Eliot was sitting on a barstool, Kaira behind, and Sophie, Hardison, and Parker were standing. Someone handed the keys to Nate so he could close.

"What is this? I thought we were supposed to, uh, finding Moreau." Nate said, walking to the back of the bar.

"This is more important." Sophie said.

"More important? We don't find Moreau, I might go back to prison forever." Nate said, walking back to the bar with a drink.

"Oh, shush. You did fine in prison the first time." Sophie brushed it off, causing a chuckle from Kaira.

"You got into shape." Eliot pointed out.

"Yeah, you look good in a jumpsuit." Parker added.

"Learned how to hypnotize people." Hardison said, remembering that job.

"Became less of a bastard." Kaira said, getting a glare from Nate.

"We're talking about the Dagger of Aqu'Abi." Sophie told Nate.

"Oh." Nate muttered, pouring his drink.

Sophie paused the newsreel on the tv. "The Dagger of Aqu'Abi - 10th century, four perfect emeralds, six rubies, gold filigree." Sophie explained, looking at the tv.

"It was a gift from a Shah of Persia to a Sultan." Hardison explained.

"Two dead guys. Whatever." Eliot said.

"And why are we-" Nate said when Sophie shushed him.

"That's why." Sophie unpaused the newsreel, where it was revealed to be on display at the Boston Museum of Art and Antiquities for the first time since it was stolen five years ago. Sophie paused the newsreel again and Parker sat next to Kaira.

"That. Stolen. Five years ago." Sophie said when all the team, minus Nate and Parker, said "I stole it!" Kaira growled and Parker put her hand on her face, groaning and Hardison looked away.

The team looked at them, amused.

"O-okay, okay, okay, okay. The Dagger of Aqu'Abi? On display at the Boston Museum of Art and Antiquities? Stolen five years ago? You were all there that night?" Nate questioned the team.

"We didn't realize it until these guys all started bitching when the show came on." Kaira said, looking at the team.

"And when I started telling them about one of my finest jobs ever..." Sophie said, going behind the bar and beside Nate.

"Yeah, but I know she's lying." Eliot said.

"She's a grifter. It's her job." Hardison said.

"Wait, I'm confused. Now she's lying about lying?" Parker questioned, confused.

"No, no, no. Wait, I've got an idea. We let Nate decide. We tell him what happened that night, and he decided who the real criminal is." Sophie suggested.

"Fine by me." Eliot said.

"Well, I mean, you're all criminals." Nate pointed out. "Me, I got no choice." Nate said. He looked at Sophie, signaling her version was first.

"You understand - it was the perfect plan. I ran a long con for the entire four months of the exhibit. Two - not one - but two separate identities." Sophie explained.

"Grifter"

Sophie started talking about her first identity, the Duchess Alexia of Barrington-Highsworth. She donated pieces that she stole to get closer to the dagger.

Then she mentioned Edgar Gladstone. A financier, and rich. He owns the dagger and had a crush on Alexia. Just as she was flirting with Gladstone to get closer to the dagger, Coswell, the museum's Head of Security interrupted. Sophie said she had to avoid him. Sophie used the chat Gladstone had with Coswell to look for Minister Robert Bioko, a Zimbabwe Art Minister, and a nasty one. Had a reputation as a blood diamond dealer, embezzler, and happened to be allergic to shrimp.

She put shrimp juice in the champagne she had sent over to Bioko.

She ran into a Dr. Wes Abernathy, a surgeon. He was there because he had fundraised for the museum with a friend who he pointed out, drinking by a table, looking at Abernathy and Sophie sensed something was going on between them. According to Sophie, Dr. Abernathy was a flirt.

Then the power surged, and when it came back on, Bioko was choking.

Sophie sniffed the champagne glass and realized that he was allergic to shrimp, and Abernathy treated him by sending over a blond waiter who handed him a knife and went to save him as

Sophie grab a keycard from Gladstone's pocket to get into the shipping and storage area and leave. Sophie left and went into a storage closet to change into her next identity, Dr. Karen Ipcress. She used the identity to get into the restoration department and used an American accent.

Coswell came down to say that they had to process the exhibit was closed due to a medical emergency. According to Sophie, Coswell was a bit of a hard ass and said Icress looked like the Duchess.

Coswell left, leaving Sophie to switch the labels so the dagger made it to the Duchess's address. Apparently, Coswell came back with a shotgun and thought she was being hunted and had to get out.

"Brilliant, isn't it?" Sophie asked the team.

"Ahh..." Hardison breathed, impressed.

"Well, you - you didn't steal the dagger." Nate pointed out.

"The museum stole the dagger for me. You see, first, every item is cataloged. And Gladstone's dagger is placed into one of the crates containing my personal collection. Then the crate is shipped directly to the safe house in London... all under armed guard provided by... the museum." Sophie said.

"Yeah, that's a good plan." Nate complimented.

"Yes. It was the perfect plan." Sophie said. The team felt the "but" moment coming. "Except... the dagger wasn't in the shipment." Sophie revealed.

Eliot mocked gasped as Kaira lightly smacked him.

"So, yes, wait - I did steal the dagger. I just didn't get to keep it." Sophie said.

Kaira downed her shot, chuckling as she put the glass down and Eliot stood up.

"I think I can explain it." Eliot said.

"And so can I." Kaira smiled as Eliot held his hair in a ponytail and held up the two shot glasses like glasses.

"Pardon me, ma'am. Did I get that on your dress?" Eliot said, he put the glasses down.

"Yeah." Kaira smiled as Sophie realized.

"No!" Sophie exclaimed, realizing that Eliot was Dr. Wes Abernathy.

Eliot grabbed a beer and looked at Sophie.

"Now, I'm gonna tell you how I stole the Aqu'Abi dagger." Eliot said.

Kaira stood up. "And me." Kaira said, standing beside Eliot.

Eliot walked away. They got the chairs up and cleaned. The team moved to a booth, and Kaira sat on Eliot's lap as he poured two glasses of whiskey.

"A dagger doesn't really seem your styles." Nate pointed out at the couple.

"Yeah. Well, it was more of a favor." Eliot said. "And our first job together once I was discharged from the army." Kaira said.

"Hitter and Jack-of-Trades"

Eliot started talking about how was at some warehouse and he took out some guys and pushed one against the wall and answered a cell phone. Gutman was the guy on the phone's name. Apparently, the guys were thugs sent to kill him. Eliot revealed that he was supposed to give him a sapphire monkey, but it was in North Korea. Gutman offered a trade. Get the dagger, or he'll keep sending guys after Eliot and Kaira

Kaira revealed that Eliot had called her and they hit the museum that night. Eliot threatened the real Wes Abernathy and got his clothes, keys, glasses, and invite. Kaira got hers by lifting an invite from some woman.

Since the items were getting shipped out later, it meant it was the perfect target. And the transport from the museum to the vehicles made it an ideal target.

Kaira decided to be on the lookout for Eliot, calling out people and things of concern.

Eliot got some champagne from a blond-haired waitress and bumped into Sophie. Apparently, Eliot said that Sophie had a Cockney accent and was flirting with Eliot. Eliot said what it sounded like she said.

"Wait, wait. What's that voice? That's horrib - what is that?" Sophie questioned.

Kaira chuckled.

"It's your accent." Eliot said.

"That's what I sound like to you?" Sophie asked the team.

Hardison chuckled and Kaira smiled.

"I think it was more British." Kaira thought a minute.

"I want to go back and change my story." Sophie said.

Sophie changed it so Eliot had a southern accent and was not how he described it.

"Wait, wait, wait. What - wait. What was that?" Eliot asked, offended.

Hardison started chuckling and so did Kaira.

"That's ridiculous. Shut up." Eliot pointed at Hardison. "Sweetheart." Eliot growled at Kaira.

"You weren't that southern." Kaira explained.

Eliot turned to Sophie. "Sophie, you told your story. It's mine and my wife's turn to tell ours, okay?" Eliot told Sophie off.

"Well, it's not fair." Sophie whined.

The husband and wife continued the story. Both Eliot and Kaira said that Eliot was chatting up Sophie when the electricity surged. Sophie patted Eliot on the cheek a couple of times, then Bioko started choking and having an allergic reaction.

Since Eliot was supposed to play a doctor, Kaira urged him to help. Eliot was handed a similar knife to what Sophie described, and Kaira and Eliot helped him into the hallway and into the medical bay. Bioko was okay and Eliot and Kaira left down the hallway and heard Coswell talking to Sophie as Ipcress.

They hid and Eliot took down the guard, locking him in a storage closet. Though, when Coswell came back, it wasn't with a shotgun, it was a long box. He asked Eliot and Kaira if they saw her and they said no, though Kaira just shook her head no.

Kaira and Eliot then got into the shipping area when they shipped out the packages and got in the back and opened up the box, pulling out the box the dagger was supposed to be in.

"You stole it! You two stole it from me!" Sophie exclaimed.

"Yes, we did." Eliot said, smiling at Kaira.

"Well, technically, you didn't have it." Hardison looked at Sophie.

"It was en route. That's like stealing my mail." Sophie said.

"What is stealing mail a crime?" Parker asked.

The team looked at her.

Sophie looked back at the couple.

"Your little smash-and-grab ruined my perfect plan." Sophie said, sipping her drink.

"Well, whatever it takes to get the job done, babe." Eliot pointed out.

"Well, you didn't exactly get the job "done", did you?" Hardison questioned.

Eliot and Kaira looked at each other, confirming they didn't get it.

"So, you didn't get it? What happened to the guys who you owed money to?" Parker asked.

"Well, Gutman had a lot of enemies." Eliot said. "Last I heard, they rolled him on some kind of racketeering charge a couple of weeks later." Kaira said.

"Took the heat off of us. Pretty much forgot about that till tonight." Eliot said, looking at Kaira, realizing how things have changed for them.

"So, I-I steal the dagger from the museum, the lovebirds steal the dagger from my truck. Well, then who..." Sophie said when Hardison started laughing.

Hardison kept laughing, taunting Eliot, and left.

"Uh, Hardison, is there something you want to share with the class?" Nate asked, causing Hardison to turn towards them.

They went over by the dartboard. Kaira was watching Hardison and Eliot play darts as Parker used a small crumpled paper ball and cups to figure out what happened.

"Okay, Sophie has it first." Parker put the ball under the middle cup. "Then Eliot and Kaira have it." Parker moved the cups. "Or does Eliot have it? Sophie never had it." Parker revealed the middle cup to be empty. "And then we have Hardison." Parker moved the cup to the side and lifted it, seeing the cup was empty.

"I don't buy it." Nate said. Hardison looked at Nate. "Doesn't seem like your kind of crime." Nate pointed out.

"No, not typically. But the museum had just installed a Tanuki security system straight from Japan." Hardison said.

"Tanuki. Not bad. Tough system." Nate pointed out.

"Yeah. It's got a sick encryption system that protects both the database and the alarm. Now, five years ago, whoever cracked that first was gonna be like a hacker legend, man. But to prove I did it, I was gonna need a trophy first." Hardison said.

"Hacker"

Hardison revealed that how he got in the building was he stole a random dignitary's invite. His cover was Minister Robert Bioko. He then used his phone to tell his computer at his nana's house, though he passed it off like it was his house, to execute a brute-force attack against the Tanuki's firewall. Hardison then had to wait until the firewall was soft enough and used the time to flirt with girls.

According to Hardison, Sophie was all over Eliot. Hardison took a picture of them, which Kaira threatened to not kick his ass if he showed her the photo and got rid of it.

Then, the power surge was the Tanuki system resetting. Hardison then faked an allergic reaction, asking for a back room. Apparently, Sophie had a Scottish accent and mentioned the shrimp.

"You really can't tell? Americans! Every accent sounds the same to you. I-I just... I'm sorry. Go on. I - I sound like one of the dwarves from "The Lord of the Rings", but please continue." Sophie said, not happy.

Hardison continued, saying Sophie was the one who said that Bioko was allergic to shrimp, which Hardison didn't realize. And Eliot threw him back and had a big knife in his hand. Hardison said he took something he said were pills.

"Wait a minute, those weren't pills?" Eliot asked.

"No, man, they were breath mints. You were about to slice a hole in my throat. I had to think of something." Hardison said.

"That explains it." Eliot said.

Hardison then went on to say that both Kaira and Eliot helped him back and that Eliot smelt peppermint. Of course, Eliot said it was a distinctive smell and pulled out a big knife. Apparently, Eliot threatened Hardison and was creepy when the couple left.

Hardison did leave and access the computer and hacked into the shipping information. Hardison changed it so the dagger never left the museum. But when he went to the storage closet and hacked the lock, Coswell found Hardison, which he brushed off as patrolling. He showed Hardison a folder with a picture of Sophie as Ipcress.

And apparently, Coswell really liked his job. Then the guy that Eliot and Kaira stuffed in the closet came out with shorts and a white tank top on and Hardison left, pushing Coswell and the guy back into the storage closet as he grabbed a walkie-talkie. Hardison went into the vault, and when he opened the safe the dagger was in. Sophie scoffed.

"I don't believe it." Sophie said.

"I beat you." Hardison pointed at Sophie.

"And I beat you, too." Hardison pointed at Eliot. "And I beat you, little sis." Hardison pointed at Kaira, causing her to scoff. "And nothing else matters." Hardison said, smiling.

"Why does nothing else matter?" Nate asked.

Kaira chuckled, seeing the look on Hardison's face. "The safe was empty." Kaira realized.

Hardison confirmed it.

"Ha!" Sophie exclaimed.

Eliot smiled. "I knew it." Eliot said.

"Hey! Still beat you!" Hardison said as Eliot laughed. "Nothing else matters! And you two, y'all - y'all were nasty. I remember that." Hardison said, pointing to Eliot and Sophie.

"Really? I'd think I'd remember if my husband was grinding against another woman." Kaira snickered as Eliot and Sophie got uncomfortable. "Uh, what are you - this - he's lying, man, because - look, somebody took the dagger out of the museum that night." Eliot said.

"All right." Nate grabbed the cups. He held one up. "Now, Sophie didn't have the dagger." Nate put the cup down and grabbed the middle cup. "Eliot and Kaira didn't have the dagger." Nate put the cup down and grabbed the next in line. "Hardison didn't have the dagger." Nate put the cup down. /

"Still beat you." Hardison muttered to Eliot.

The team had a moment of realization that Parker was silent yet, and held out the crumpled piece of paper.

"Yeah." Parker said.

The team all looked at her, with Kaira the only one not surprised.

"What?! I'm a thief!" Parker exclaimed.

"Thief"

Parker revealed she was a waiter. Her gear was underneath the refreshments table next to the ventilation shaft. She waited until a distraction happened, then she was going to get downstairs and wait for the dagger to be out in the open. Apparently, Hardison asked her if the appetizers were free. Apparently, Parker ignored him and Hardison was hoarding food. And when she talked to Sophie, she was speaking gibberish.

Sophie inhaled and had her face in her hands before removing them. "I hate you all." Sophie said, not happy.

"Hey! I at least guessed you were British!" Kaira exclaimed.

Parker went on to say that Coswell approached her about having drinks on her tray. He dismissed her and Parker got her distraction in the form of the power surge from Hardison's brute force attack hack and Hardison's fake allergic reaction.

Parker was the one who yelled about Hardison's throat closing up, and handed the big knife to Eliot. Parker used the distraction to get her gear from under the table and went through the vent into the closet, but it was locked, so she grabbed her gear again and went through the vents. Parker heard the gun and hid in the restoration room under the table.

She saw the guy put it in the vault and put the mug in the box that Eliot and Kaira ended up opening. The guys left, so Parker went and grabbed the dagger and exited the room when she heard Coswell calling for backup and Parker made it back up to the vents. She found Sophie's Duchess outfit and climbed up the vent. AS she was climbing, she ran into Coswell, and she hit him, and they struggled, and during the struggle, the dagger came loose and fell.

"No!" Karia exclaimed.

"That's how it happened." Parker said.

"I told you. That Coswell guy, he's smart. He could even be smarter than Nate." Sophie said.

"No, no, because, see, the dagger was still reported stolen. Somebody got up out of there with Aqu'Abi." Hardison pointed out.

"Well, that means that one of us is lying." Sophie suggested.

"So says the liar." Hardison said.

"You." Eliot pointed out.

"Excuse me?" Sophie questioned.

"Where there's smoke there's fire." Eliot said.

"I couldn't even understand what you were saying." Hardison said overtop of Eliot.

Sophie, Eliot, and Sophie were arguing, and Nate was being quiet. Kaira got an idea.

"Or we haven't gotten everyone's sides yet." Kaira suggested, looking at Nate and shutting everyone up.

Nate smirked and sat up.

"I think you're all forgetting to ask yourself the one central, crucial question." Nate said, standing up and going behind the bar as the team watched.

"What?" Eliot asked, getting impatient.

"Well, the question is, who was the insurance company for the dagger of Aqu'Abi?" Nate revealed.

"No." Sophie said.

"You got to be kidding." Eliot said.

"Come on, man." Hardison said overtop of Eliot.

"Son of a bitch." Kaira muttered, surprised she didn't ask that sooner.

"Why don't you come over and let me tell you what really happened?" Nate suggested, drinking a shot of alcohol.

"You're getting cocky." Kaira chuckled as the team walked over and gathered at the bar.

Nate smiled. "I'll admit it - you know, I didn't quite have all of it. I mean, not till this very second. But now I can finally tell you what exactly happened the night the dagger of Aqu'Abi was stolen." Nate said.

"Mastermind"

Nate was behind Sophie, talking with Coswell, saying that Gladstone had reported three items stolen in the year before. I.Y.S wasn't didn't want to pay the claim on the dagger. Nate was going to the security. Sophie did indeed have a British accent and sent the champagne over to Hardison as Bioko laced with shrimp juice on Parker's tray. Apparently, Coswell had a crush on the Duchess.

Eliot grabbed the glass from Parker's tray and spit it out, and ran into Sophie's Duchess persona. Eliot said the champagne tasted funny and introduced himself. Coswell asked Parker for a drink and was awkward as Parker pointed to the refreshment table. Sophie wasn't as dramatic, nor was Eliot, or Hardison during the fake allergic reaction.

Parker still handed the big knife to Eliot. Sophie had thrown her black bag containing the Duchess outfit on the floor of the restoration room. Coswell was also calmer when talking to Sophie, and not as much of a hardass as the team made him out to be.

Coswell was awkwardly flirting with Sophie as she did her thing with switching the labels. Coswell was muttering stupid as Eliot and Kaira were leaving. Eliot and Kaira took out the guard, which is why Parker couldn't open the door and had to go to plan b, accidentally grabbing Sophie's bag instead of the bag that had her gear. Sophie left, hiding from Coswell who had a long box. Coswell was trying to ask Sophie out. Parker made the switch, with the dagger. Coswell asked Eliot and Kaira if they saw Dr. Ipcress aka Sophie. Eliot and Kaira said no and they left as Sophie made her exit.

Nate met with Coswell, asking him about the food poisoning thing that happened upstairs. Coswell was going to give Sophie a box of roses. Coswell then found Hardison and asked him if he knew Ipcress. He said no and was upset he couldn't find Sophie, and emotional. Hardison pushed Coswell into the closet, and he went to find a way, using Parkers gear to climb the vents. He saw Parker that's when she punched him. The dagger fell when Parker dropped, right into Nate's hand.

The team groaned in disappointment.

"Oh, butterfingers!" Parker exclaimed.

"It was my perfect plan!" Sophie exclaimed before they all started talking over each other.

Sophie told them all to wait. "Assuming we buy this..." Sophie said.

"Poor Coswell." Parker muttered.

"There's one problem with your story." Sophie said.

"The dagger was still reported stolen." Eliot added.

"Because it was stolen." Nate said.

Nate revealed that Gladstone reported the dagger stolen and was upset, yelling at Coswell, and Nate confronted them. He broke the dagger, revealing it was a fake. Nate then revealed that Gladstone sold the originals on the black market, then staged a theft to collect the insurance money.

Gladstone offered to make it right. Nate told him to give back the money from the last three insurance payouts, then give up the dagger and the dealer. Nate said he'd keep the theft out of the paper.

"So none of us got it." Eliot said.

"None of us got it." Parker realized.

"Wait. Did it work? Did you get the dealer?" Sophie asked.

Eliot and Kaira realized the dealer was Gutman.

"You took out Gutman?" Eliot asked.

"You're welcome." Nate said.

Kaira breathed. Even before they interacted, Nate was saving Kairas life.

"So we just did all that work for nothing." Hardison said.

"Not for nothing. No. You know, you guys, sometimes it's easy to forget why it is you stopped working alone and became a team. Here's why." Nate stood up and unpaused the tv.

The news revealed that the dagger is owned by Nigel Hayton, the CEO of Baron Oil. The company is responsible for the latest oil spill in American waters. There were some protests about the display. Due to the spill, thousands had lost their jobs, and Hayton was showing off the profits. Hayton claimed that showing his art collection to the "little people" was a wonderful way of showing how much Baron Oil cared.

Nate paused the news again.

"What a piece of work." Karia muttered, sipping her beer.

Parker took a shot and called dibs, and Sophie objected, taking her shot then leaving.

Hardison wasn't far behind.

Then Eliot chuckled at Nate, who told him to go.

Kaira took another sip of her beer.

Eliot looked back and Kaira motioned for him to go and that she'd catch up.

Kaira looked back at Nate.

"Thank you for taking care of Gutman for me and Eliot. God, those were the scariest two weeks of my life." Kaira said.

Nate smiled. "No problem, kiddo." Nate said.

Kaira smiled again and motioned back.

"You coming?" Kaira asked.

Nate thought a second and finished his drink.

"Ah, what the hell." Nate climbed over the counter and followed Kaira out, shutting the light off and locking the door to the bar, ready to join the team to do this job together.