Everything at headquarters is in a mess.
"Oh my God Sarah I swear if you don't do something right now I'm gonna drag you myself to reach her!" Felix yells infuriated.
Alison is in a similar state of anxiety "Sarah, she has obviously lost her mind, I'm afraid she may do something very stupid"
"I know bloody hell! I just…" Sarah paces "She…"
"For fuck's sake she's got a gun with her"
"And Helena"
Sarah stops and stares at Felix and Alison.
The trio remains silent for a few seconds.
"Fuck it! Let's go" Sarah finally exclaims looking for her gun.
"I will get the keys" Felix runs to find Mrs. S.
Just then Sarah's phone rings and she rushes to answer it.
"Hello? Oh my God Marion! …Yes something happened, Cosima saw the video of Delphine and she's gone to Shay's apartment and… No, she's with Helena and I don't know what she's gonna do… Ok… Ok, I'll be there"
"What's going on?" Siobhan emerges from downstairs, carrying her grandbaby.
"Marion is sending help to Shay's apartment; she wants me to be there" Sarah informs everyone while she is loading her gun.
"I got them, hurry up!" Felix reappears- car keys in his hands-already moving to the door.
"Alright then, call me as soon as you can"
"Yes mum"
Both Felix and Sarah disappear in a hurry.
…
Shay is desperate; she doesn't know what to do to stop this. She finally relents and utters what could be her only chance to reason with Cosima.
"Cosima, no! I'm…"
And just as the blade was about to touch Shay's skin, the door bursts open.
"Freeze! Don't move!"
The sudden intrusion startles Cosima who jolts back cutting the other side of Shay's arm.
Helena lets go of Shay and jumps in front of Cosima, shielding her.
Behind them a wailing Shay, applies pressure onto the new exposed wound.
In no time the room is filled with soldiers pointing their rifles at them.
"Drop the knife, put your hands up"
Cosima does as she's told by instinct her mind still not processing what's going on.
Helena for her part doesn't move an inch, ready to attack at any time.
"I said hands up!" One soldier commands, pointing to Helena.
At that moment someone else enters the room, pushing her way through the soldiers.
"Don't touch my sisters you twats!" A breathless Sarah stands in front of them, covering her sisters. "She's the one you're looking for" she points to Shay.
The rifles now aim at Shay, while two soldiers go to pick her up from the tub.
"Incised wound!" one exclaims "band-aid!"
Another one approaches with a medical kit.
Sarah helps her sisters up and moves them to the side so the squad could do their job. "Are you Ok?" She asks checking them both.
"Miss Manning?" one female soldier approaches Sarah.
"That's me" Sarah eyes her warily.
"I want to apologize for the way we proceeded. It's nothing personal, it's just protocol ma'am"
"Yeah, yeah whatever" Sarah waves her hand dismissively.
"Mrs. Bowles asked me to escort you to our base as soon as possible" The woman explains "we better get going" she extends her arm showing the way to the exit.
"I'm coming too" Cosima states with a tone of finality.
"Ok" Sarah decides not to argue, instead facing Helena "Hey meathead you better go back, Felix is waiting in the car"
"But I can go with you" Helena protests, still looking at the soldiers around the room.
"No, no; you have to take care of monkey two"
"But…"
"It's just Marion" Sarah's hand caresses Helena's hair "we'll be fine"
Reluctantly Helena nods.
Just then, the twins notice that Cosima is staring at Shay-who is still being tended to- her hands curled into fists.
"Ok," Sarah grabs Cosima by her arm softly "let's go"
The three of them walk to the door with the female soldier right behind them.
…
After a brief flight and a long ride along a deserted area, they arrived at the military camp.
Cosima and Sarah are guided into a large room that seems to work as an entrance for the base. They go inside along with four soldiers. Seconds later Shay also enters the room, guarded by two other soldiers, but this time she's handcuffed with one arm bandaged.
Cosima's jaw tenses again at the sight of the blonde, who remains with her eyes staring at the floor.
Their attention is dragged toward the far side of the room, where they can hear heavy footsteps getting closer.
Suddenly, after turning the corner, a familiar tall blonde woman, in full military uniform marches along with four other soldiers in their direction.
Upon noticing her, the six soldiers accompanying Sarah, Cosima and Shay salute.
"At ease" the woman says standing in the middle of the room.
The three other women are in complete shock, they can't believe what their eyes are seeing.
Automatically Cosima moves forward in the woman's direction "Delphine!" She shouts as she walks, but she's blocked by two of the soldiers.
Sarah looks at her sister and then at the blonde soldier, who remains stoic in her place.
Shay stares at her too, trying to find something in her face and when she doesn't she utters in amazement. "She's… not Delphine"
At that moment the woman clears her throat and speaks in a stern tone "Good Evening, My name is Elise Cote and this is Operation Pollux".