Once the weather let up and the roads were cleared, Maggie watched with a heavy heart as Tom left with Ian and two of Stockwell's ables.
"They'll be alright, MO," Hannibal said as the car drove away from the cabin. "I vetted those two personally. There's nothing in their backgrounds to indicate they work for anyone else but us."
"I know," Maggie said before turning to him. "Thank you."
"For what?" Hannibal asked as Maggie smiled.
"For believing in us," she said putting her head on his shoulder as Hannibal sighed.
Face watched the scene being played out in front of him apprehensively. He wasn't able to completely forgive Maggie for what she'd done. However, he was willing to forget the incident for Hannibal's sake. After all, if Hannibal was willing to give the Doctor a second chance shouldn't he be as well?
"Everyone's ready to go," Carla said interrupting his thoughts.
"Thanks, Carla," Face said with a nod toward the window. "Is everything set?"
"Yes, sir," she replied with a grin. "An able has been assigned to watch the Doctor coming and going along with bugging her cell phone and no one knows but us."
"Fine," Face said turning back to watch Hannibal and Maggie enter the house together. Just because he was willing to let her deception go didn't mean that he was willing to completely trust her around his family.
"Hey, kid," Hannibal said as Face turned toward him. "What's the plan once we get back to Langley?"
"Well," Face said glancing sideways at Maggie as he spoke. "We've got a pretty good lead on where Trigorin is located thanks in part to able six's tracking device."
"That's good," Hannibal said rolling his cigar between his fingers. "Me, BA and Murdock should be able to take him out pretty easy."
"Not this time, Hannibal," Face said meeting his eyes. "I'm going after Trigorin alone."
"What?" Hannibal said eyes widening in surprise.
"You can't!" Carla said harshly.
"Face, please!" Maggie started as Face raised his hand to silence them before returning his gaze to Hannibal.
"Trigorin will expect me to send you out after him again," Face said evenly. "He'll be watching and waiting for it but if I go alone, he'll never suspect a thing."
"I won't let you do it!" Hannibal said with a growl. "It's to dangerous!"
"Am, I not the best sharpshooter you've ever seen, Colonel?" Face replied with a slight grin. "Look me in the eyes and tell me you don't trust my ability to take Trigorin out!"
"I can't," Hannibal said shaking his head. "Cause it'd be a lie."
"That's what I thought," Face replied with a nod. "Get ready! We're heading back to Langley tonight!"
Hannibal stuck his cigar into his mouth as Face walked away. "You're not going to let him do it, are you?" Maggie asked quietly.
"You think, I can stop him, MO?" Hannibal replied curtly. "When he's hell bent on doing something, no one's going to stop him!"
Maggie sighed as Hannibal walked away. "I could always slip him a sedative," she said mischievously as Carla shook her head no before following the colonel out of the room.
Maggie hated to think that Face was eager to take Trigorin out alone because of what she did. She wouldn't be able to face Hannibal or the rest of the team if anything happened to him.
Everyone was relieved when they finally arrived back at the house in Langley. Unknown to either Face or Gloria, Stockwell had called ahead and had delivered to the house a baby bassinet and several outfits for a baby girl.
Face was more than a little surprised at his Father's thoughtfulness. Since he'd never been the subject of such affection before it was hard to know exactly how to feel about it. While he appreciated the effort Stockwell put into the surprise. He found it hard to express his gratitude.
Thank you, Hunt," Face said with a smile before quickly walking away.
Stockwell watched his son for a moment before shaking his head. He knew their relationship would take time but he hoped that whatever relationship they eventually would have, he'd have enough time to enjoy it and hear his son call him father.
After Face got his wife and daughter settled in their bedroom, he headed alone to the study. Dressed in all black, he thought the least people that knew what he had planned the better. Calling up the computer, he checked able six's position before walking over to the gun safe and opening it. Taking out his rifle, he checked the sight before loading the weapon and quietly leaving the house.
Hannibal shook his head as he watched Face leave the house. He wanted nothing more than to go with him but maybe Face was right. Maybe, he had a better chance of taking Trigorin out alone with the element of surprise.
Meeting Carla, in the study after the others had gone to bed, he and Maggie watched anxiously while Carla kept track of Face's progress though his tracking device.
"What are you going to do if he gets into trouble?" Maggie asked as Hannibal sighed.
"I don't know," he replied grimly. "Face told us he needed to do this alone and made me swear to stay out of it!"
