Chapter 4

A/N: AHHHHHH, why do they do this to us? Don't the writers know that Auggie and Annie BELONG TOGETHER! Ok done with the freak out. Here is the next chapter, hope you enjoy it. Remember REVIEWS are AWESOME!

Annie woke up trying to remember where she was and what had happened, suddenly she shot into a sitting position everything that had happened before she passed out flooding her mind. Ben had been there she had seen him. He had been fighting with Jai. Then she remembered her ear piece, she didn't even know what time it was or where she was, but it was worth a shot. "Auggie, Auggie!" Annie whispered hoping that she still had connection.

Auggie was sitting at his desk worrying about Annie since the debacle at the restaurant and the fact that neither Jai nor her had come back from lunch when he heard her voice come through the speaker in his hands-free device. "Annie! Where are you? What happened with Mercer is Jai alright?" his questions were coming about a mile a minute and she couldn't process them.

"Auggie slow down." Annie said. "I don't know what happened with Mercer I also don't know where I am. As for Jai I have only been conscious for more than a few minutes so I haven't gotten the chance to look for him. I am going to check around I will keep you updated." Annie wasn't sure what was going on but she was sure it was bad.

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Jai woke up in a bare room save for the chair in the middle of the room. He knew that he was in trouble what he didn't know was if Annie was ok. His first reaction was to call out for her but his CIA training prevented him from doing so. He felt around in the dark not knowing that Annie was two rooms down talking to Auggie through an ear piece.

Jai was sure that Ben Mercer had taken them somewhere out of the way but wasn't sure how he had managed without help. As it was Jai knew he was in trouble, ever since that night on the beach in Sri Lanka when he had lost Ben, he knew Ben would come back.

What Jai knew about Mercer wasn't good in any way. Mercer was one of the best shots the agency had ever trained, he had also excelled at everything he had been tested on while at the farm. The only one to beat Mercer's test scores had been Walker. Jai couldn't afford to have to missing agents on his resume. And with that thought he quickly started thinking of a way to get out of his current situation and still keep Annie unaware that he had had anything to do in Sri Lanka.

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Ben Mercer was not a stupid man. Yes he had done some stupid things, getting involved with Annie in Sri Lanka then leaving her, stalking her for three years, and then showing up at her date with Jai. He wasn't going to show himself except for the way Jai was looking at her. They had been friends once him and Jai but Sri Lanka had ruined that. Well that wasn't entirely true, Harry Wilcox had ruined it, with bad intelligence and a well placed seed of doubt.

Ben made his way down the hall to where he had places Annie, of course he had searched them when he had brought them here taking their guns and any other weapons they had along with cell phones but he had let Annie keep her ear piece. He wasn't sure why but he knew she didn't know where they were and the walls were sound proof so there was no identifying sounds. He knew Auggie was the head tech rat and he knew he kept Annie calm and safe on missions so he let her keep it. He had found it odd when he had searched Jai that he hadn't had one as well, he suspected Annie might be searching Jai for something and he smiled at that thought. As he walked past the room she was in he could hear whispering and knew she was up but he wanted to talk to Wilcox first so he kept on walking.

Jai Wilcox heard a key in a door and a light suddenly came on momentarily blinding him. As his eyes adjusted to the light Ben slipped into the room and started speaking, " I know that I wasn't the easiest agent to handle but did you really have to take your revenge by dating my ex?"

Jai was confused him and Annie weren't dating, although I suppose to an outsider it would look like a date though. "Ben, Annie and I were not on a date. She asked me out to lunch after a distressing meeting with Joan and Arthur." Jai didn't know if Ben would believe him or not but he was telling the truth.

Ben Mercer smirked, "Did you know that she was wearing an ear piece?" The bomb had been dropped and Ben could be tell by the look on Jai's face he had been duped. "Now what would she looking for that she has to have an ear piece?" Ben taunted. "Think about that while I go visit with Annie."

Jai was torn between being angry and wanting to distract mercer away from Annie. He had been suspicious when Annie had asked him to lunch he should have known, he had been trained to investigate his suspicions. Dammit everything was getting twisted and he really didn't like it.

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"Annie I have updated Joan and Arthur about what is going on and I have something to tell you." Auggie said. He was angry at his bosses for putting Annie in harms way the way they had. Auggie wasn't looking forward to telling her that they had set her up and a lure for the man that left her broken in Sri Lanka. Auggie was sure Annie wouldn't take it well, especially since Joan and Annie had become friends.

"Auggie what is it? Is there something wrong?" Annie was scared, she didn't didn't know what was going on back at HQ but she knew Auggie wouldn't beat around the bush.

"Annie I know what they were talking about in Joan's office. It was Mercer and how he was to close to you. They brought you from the farm early to use you as a lure for him. They knew about Sri Lanka from Jai who was his handler then. They were arguing about whether to take him down or let him keep watching you. I am sorry Annie I had no idea that they were doing this. Annie please say something." Auggie knew he had just unloaded a lot but he wanted to do everything in his power to get her home.

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Annie was speechless the agency was using her to get to Ben and Jai had known. Joan had known, Arthur had orchestrated the whole thing. She wasn't sure what she should do, as she was processing the information that she had just received. She was so deep in thought she didn't hear the door open and Mercer step into the room.

Ben entered the room she was deep in thought, she had always been pretty when she was thinking. "Why were you wearing an ear bud?"

Annie jumped at Ben's voice, then she started panicking about him knowing she had the ear bud. "Jai had some information that I wanted and I wanted Auggie's help with the questions. But before I could ask him you ambushed us and put us where ever the hell we are."

Ben smiled and said what he knew Auggie would pick up on " We are in the safest place know to the CIA."

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Auggie stopped what he was doing in shock, they were in the safe houses on the grounds. He got his laser cane and made his way as quickly as he could to Joan's office, "We need to get a extraction team to the safe houses that's where he took them."

Joan was relived Auggie had found them, but she wanted to know how. "How did you find them I thought Ben had disabled all GPS capabilities?"

Auggie sighed, "He said the phrase that they teach at the farm when you tell people about the safe houses." With that he left the office and went back to his office. "Annie they are coming for just act normal."

Hearing that Annie felt herself melt with relief.

"So he got the clue then?" Ben asked her noting her relief.

"Yes he did." Annie didn't care what Ben thought anymore.

"Well then I just want you to remember that the truth is complicated, and that Arthur has his own agenda and Joan doesn't always know what's going on. And Annie if you genuinely care for Auggie like I think you do go for it. Don't let Sri Lanka hold you back." With that Ben left the safe house sneaking out the way he had come in.

After it had dawned on Annie that Ben had left she heard footsteps, "He's gone. He already went out the back."

"Annie? ANNIE!" She heard that familiar voice and she ran to it.

"Auggie!" She ran into his outstretched arms. She felt her tears on her face soaking his shirt.

They were safe and going home. She knew now what she wanted.

A/N: I am SO sorry for the long wait. This chapter just didn't want to be written. I can't honestly or definitively say when the next chapter will be up but I can say it will have A- squared in it. Thank you for being so patient and for all the wonderful reviews.