Harry was understandably furious when he heard what Prince had ordered Lucas to do. He agreed with Erin that Lucas killing The Queen was not something they intended to carry out. While Harry was giving Lucas a lecture in front of the whole team, he was interrupted by the revolving doors swishing open. A security guard stood there.
"What?" Harry snapped.
"Excuse me, sir. But, I have someone here to see you. They say it's urgent." The security guard replied.
"Well, bring them up then," Harry said.
The security guard nodded leaving Harry to carry on giving Lucas a lecture. It soon went quiet. No one dared to speak. Thankfully the tension that was in the air soon disappeared when the revolving doors opened and the security guard brought in the visitor. The man was about 5 ft 7, brown hair and green eyes.
"Harry Pearce?" The visitor asked.
Harry walked over to him and shook his hand.
"I'm Harry Pearce. Pleasure to meet you, Mr.?" Harry waited for the man to introduce himself.
"The name's Stapleton. William Stapleton."
Harry's face dropped as did the whole team. The team gathered around Harry ready to hear the rest of the conversation.
"You look confused." Stapleton said, noticing Harry's expression.
"Um, yes. Forgive me but, you're supposed to be dead. Special Branch informed us that they identified a body. Your body. I don't quite understand." Harry stammered.
"I can explain that." Stapleton clarified.
"Wait? So you faked your own death?" Lucas spoke.
"Yes."
"How?" Dimitri asked.
"Why?" Tariq added.
"How? Well, I presume you've read my post-mortem report." Stapleton said.
The team nodded.
"As to why? I've always known that when I took the name of 'Robin Hood' as my alias, Prince would want me gone. Dead to be precise. But, I was never sure about when. However, when Beatrice informed me about Prince realising he had a mole in his organisation, I knew I had to do something." Stapleton explained.
"Hence, why you faked your death." Ros answered.
Stapleton nodded.
"Okay, but why are you here?" Harry said.
"When I realised I was on Prince's hit list, I also knew then that I wouldn't be the only one who Prince wanted dead." Stapleton replied.
"Beatrice." Lucas said.
"Exactly. That is why I am here. Knowing her life was in danger, I needed to warn her, but I couldn't get hold of her. I went by her house to see if she was there..."
"She wasn't there?" Erin said.
"No. That's not the only thing. Her door was jammed open." Stapleton told them. "I think Prince has got to her."
"Are you sure?" Harry wondered.
"Yes."
With Stapleton's confident answer, Harry and the team regrouped. They needed to find where Prince was holding Beatrice.