Washington, DC

Griffin analyzed the evidence from the shootout. The gunman used an AR-15. Bullets ricocheted all over the place. He looked at the photos of the tire treads left by the car. He scanned them into the database. They matched a 2008 Chevy Impala. He looked for the car using traffic cams and hacking into any store camera nearby with wireless access.

He found the car driving on the beltway. He got a license plate and sent a request to the DMV.

Nevada

Brenda was all alone. It was about a 4 hour drive to the desert. She didn't want to run out of gas, so she re-filled the tank half way there. She kept driving. She had a long way to go.

Los Angeles

Fritz got a phone call to go back to the office. When he got there, Elaine was waiting for him with Joel.

"Elaine, do you know what happened to my wife?"

"She had to flee." She handed Joel to Fritz. "A very bad man escaped from jail in Russia, and he vowed to take out Brenda when he got out."

"How come no one ever mentioned this before?"

"He wasn't supposed to get out. He has 14 life sentences to serve. We think he paid some officials to arrange for his escape."

"Has he arrived in the US?"

"We don't know, but gunmen tried to kill her former team in DC. They got ambushed earlier this morning."

"Brenda can't do this alone. How do I find her?"

"I have no idea. She didn't want you to get killed. She said this was her fight."

"What do I do?"

"Stay where she can find you. If she reaches out to you, do what she says. This isn't her first rodeo."

Fritz was distressed. When he went to work this morning, he expected to come home to his wife. It really sank in how fragile their lives are. He always worried about her present work. He never thought about her past coming to haunt them.

Virginia

The foursome drove mostly without speaking. They had a long trip ahead of them. Taylor drove first. Marshall got a text from Sophie Wallace, a shell identity used by the CIA to move ecstasy in Vancouver. "I have a new order coming in. Wanna buy?" Marshall called the number. He got Griff.

"The car that the gunman used in the drive by was a red Chevy Impala, 2008. It was last seen on the beltway. The license plate number is …."

"Thanks Sophie." Marshall relayed the information. Damien kept his eyes out for the car.

Nevada

Brenda found the safe house. She didn't want to have her car seen there, so she dropped off her stuff and then drove out to the nearest town. She saw shady looking guy and sold her car for cash. He didn't even ask for a title or any paperwork. She took the $2000. In another part of town, she bought a moped and a helmet. She filled it up and rode out to the safe house. She pulled the bike inside and got rid of any tracks that could be seen in the dirt.

She went and explored the place. It looked like an abandoned house from the outside and there was a bunker downstairs. It was hot down their. Brenda knew it would get cold at night so she brought down all of her blankets.

Brenda rationed her water. She wanted to just soak in it, but she didn't know how long she would be here.

Los Angeles

Fritz was relieved that his wife was alive, but he was scared. Where could she go? What if they found her? What if she couldn't come back. He went home and changed the locks. He installed a deadbolt. Joel went and took a nap. He had a long day too.

Major Crimes

"What do we do?" asked Sanchez.

"What do we know?" asked Flynn.

"We know that she bolted," Gabriel started, "her car, phone and gun were gone and there was no sign of a struggle."

"We know that someone came and ransacked her house afterwards," added Tao.

"How did the police get there?" asked Provenza.

Tao looked at the report. "The gas company came. They were told there was a leak. They arrived and saw the mess."

"So the landlord called them?" asked Flynn.

"No," Gabriel responded. "He said he didn't call, and he knew nothing about it."

Tao got ahold of the gas company's phone records. "It was an unlisted number in DC."

"The Agency called," Provenza concluded. "They wanted to make sure Brenda got out, and they didn't want to call themselves, so they made up the gas leak to get someone to check out the house."

"So one of her old cases is coming back," said Flynn.

"Maybe we should stay out of this," said Tao. "This could be quite dangerous."

"She could need us," Gabriel insisted. "We can't stand down."

"You can and you will," said Chief Pope entering the room. "If we try to find her, we could just give away her position to the Russians. We must stay out of this, that's an order."

The team was unhappy, not that they knew how to find her anyway.

Tennessee

They filled the tank. They took turns going to the bathroom, making sure two people were always with the car. They got out of there.

Taylor was napping in the back. Marshall was next to her, and Caitlin was in charge of the maps.

Two hours went by and there was nothing interesting going on, until Marshall Caitlin noticed a red Chevy Impala. She took out her binoculars. It was definitely the car. She told Damien. He kept his distance, but he made sure that the car stayed in Caitlin's sight. They followed the path of the car and it led them to a warehouse in Knoxville. They parked the van in a hotel garage and took handguns and smoke bombs, hiding them all under their clothes and in satchels. They called Sophie to get arial shots of the place. She sent back satellite photos. They waited until dark and returned to the warehouse. They saw a gunman watching the outside.

Taylor had her rifle aimed at his head. Caitlin climbed the next door building and was waiting on the roof. Marshall and Damien were on the side of the building on the other side of the warehouse. On Caitlin's signal, Taylor fired. Marshall kicked down the door. Damien went in first, gun drawn. Caitlin had gone through the window and rushed down the stairs, clearing each of the rooms.

The gunmen were taken by surprise. They hadn't heard the gunshot because Taylor used a silencer. The thugs drew their weapons and fired some shots, but they all missed. There were five men in the room, all of them dead.

Once they cleared all the rooms, the team started searching through pockets for wallets, taking phones, maps, papers anything that would give them a clue as to where to find Potovsky. They grabbed everything they found useful and left.