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Hunted

Ros dragged Andrew in to the back lane behind the house. She was furious; somehow Frankie or someone who knew him seemed to know where they were. Pushing Andrew ahead of her she swore as she realised Malcolm wasn't with them. Andrew was breathing heavily beside her as she threw him to the ground.

"Stay here" She went to move as he tugged at her arm

"Where are you going?" He looked terrified as Ros glared.

"I came here with Malcolm. I am not leaving him. Now stay here" She ran back towards the house as Malcolm appeared in the doorway.

"Malcolm come on" She glanced back towards Andrew, determined that he would stay where she told him to.

"No Ros" He leaned heavily on the door frame. "Frankie is out there. I will only slow you down" He clutched his arm as she saw the blood seep through his fingers. She shook her head.

"Malcolm" Her voice was low; the warning tone she had perfected had the desired effect on everyone but Malcolm. "I said come on"

"I've been shot in the arm. I can't come with you" he coughed as Ros began to wonder if it really was just a wounded arm that was slowing him down.

"Ok" She held his gaze as he smiled slightly. "But we're not leaving without you" She pulled out her mobile and dialled 999 as glass smashed around her head.

"Go" Malcolm spoke quietly as the beads of perspiration broke out on his face.

"Ambulance. Agent down" Ros gave the codename and location as Malcolm slumped to the floor holding his upper right arm.

"They're on their way Malcolm. Listen you are going to be fine. Do you hear me? You are Amy's Godfather. She needs you. You are going to be fine." Ros bit her bottom lip. She didn't like how pale he was looking. Malcolm was a desk officer and really shouldn't have been away from the Grid. It was the second time he had been in the field and the second time his life had been at risk. He nodded at her words.

"Ros" He took a deep breath "Frankie is outside. It is your job to protect Andrew Lawrence. An ambulance is on the way. Now do your job and go" He knew he was one of the few people that could get away with talking to her like that.

"Malcolm" She sighed. She knew he was right.

"GO" He hissed as the ambulance sirens could be heard in the distance. She squeezed his hand as she ran back to where Andrew was waiting for her. Andrew remained crouched against the garden shed where she had left him.

"What are you looking at?" Ros looked down her nose at him

"I, er" Andrew began

"Save it. Let's get you somewhere safe" She checked her gun before glancing back at the house which was now swamped with paramedics and armed police. Andrew followed her along the lane unsure whether her mood was due to her friend being injured or whether it was the prospect of being stuck alone with him that was really beginning to get under her skin.

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Zaf led the way as Harry began to question him about what had been going on. Zaf shrugged as he pushed Ruth ahead of him into the car. Adam was in the driver's seat with the engine running.

"Adam?" Ruth threw herself in to the back seat of the Renault Twingo. It was hardly Adam or Zaf's car of choice but it was fast enough to get through the evening London traffic. Adam looked ridiculously cramped in the driver's seat.

"It was the only pool car not signed out by section K" He grumbled as Harry and Zaf joined them in the small car. Adam pulled off at breakneck speed as it became clear their pursuer realised they were in the little black car and began to follow them. Ruth braved a look out of the rear window as Harry squeezed her hand.

"Either of you feel the need to enlighten me? What the bloody hell is going on?" Harry was furious. He had believed they were safe in the small flat.

"Ros put a 999 call out approx 40 minutes ago. Tariq is collecting Malcolm from the hospital." Ruth gasped as Adam spoke.

"He was shot in the arm at the Fenchurch safe house. Ros and Andrew Lawrence are missing" Adam continued as he swerved towards the motorway. He really wanted to loose the Ford Fiesta that was intent of following them. Ruth briefly closed her eyes as Harry waited.

"We sent a clean up team to the site" Zaf continued. Harry knew this was standard procedure. He nodded as Ruth grabbed the door as Adam took a corner in 5th gear.

"Bloody hell Adam!" She glared as Adam smiled. Various speed cameras flashed their annoyance as Ruth cursed. She knew it would be her that would be asked to 'deal' with it when the summons came through.

"Zaf, you said we have a mole" Harry hated the idea. It had happened before, but he was adamant that his team were reliable. He trusted every one of them with his life.

"No" Ruth mouthed "Not one of us?" She was still looking backwards at the car following them.

"Not one of Section D" Adam floored the accelerator as they headed out on to the motorway. "Remember that James bloke from Section K? He was hanging around Zoe when she first got back to the Grid?" Adam overtook a family saloon car as he spoke. Harry shook his head; he had no idea who Adam was referring to.

"Yes" Ruth turned her attention back to Adam.

"Well" Zaf gritted his teeth, "His password has shown up a lot when our personnel files were accessed. The worm he sent through the intranet at Thames House originates at his computer" Harry still had no idea what Zaf was talking about. He raised his eyebrows at Ruth who smiled slightly. She knew he accepted technology was part of their armour now, he just didn't really understand it. That was what Tariq and d Malcolm were for.

"We were bugged" Ruth put it in lay mans terms as she turned back to the car pursuing them.

"Adam, where are we going?" Her voice was beginning to get even more high pitched as the man in the passenger seat of the car pulled out a gun and leant out of the car.

"Thames House" Adam slid down in his seat as the back screen of the car blew out under the force of a bullet showering Harry and Ruth in glass. Ruth found herself pulled in to Harry as Zaf ducked in the seat checking his gun was ready. He had always hated them but was glad he had brought it with him.

"Thames House?" Harry held on to Ruth

"Yes Boss" Zaf smiled as he took the safety catch off his gun "We're taking the scenic route."

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Lucas was annoyed. He and Zoe were still on the Grid as Zoe ended a call to Stan on the front desk she turned to him.

"Any news?" She sighed as he shook his head. Ros and Andrew had been missing over an hour. Both technical officers were at the hospital. Malcolm's arm was not that badly injured but they were keeping him in to have surgery to repair the bicep. Zoe had arranged protection for him after calling in a few favours. Ruth and the three men were still on the run and Lucas had no idea where or if Frankie would strike next. He held his hands to his face for a moment as Zoe sighed. She was as frightened as he was.

"Is Ros wearing her tracker?" Zoe asked as she began tapping away at her keyboard.

"If she is, it isn't picking up" His voice was monotone as he pulled out his mobile phone. He decided to ring Tariq and get him back on the Grid. He needed someone who could understand all the technology and try to get around the block that had been put on all their communications. He felt sick at the thought of Ros stuck alone with Andrew Lawrence. He still didn't trust the man and disliked the effect he had on Ros. Glaring at the phone while he waited for Tariq to ring he wondered if he could actually get the computers to work and how they were going to salvage anything of Section D's records.

"Lucas, if they have hacked in to our personnel records they are going to know Carrie's phone number and address" Zoe stood and began to pull on her denim jacket. She was worried sick. If Frankie knew were Carrie was he also knew where Emma, Wes and Amy were.

"No" He watched as Zoe paused. "Carrie isn't listed as anyone's next of kin. She's not an MI 5 employee as such. Harry is named as Ruth and Adam's next of kin. Harry and I are down for Ros. Zaf is yours and so on. We all name each other remember? Safety thing. Our real next of kin, like say Tariq's mum and dad are only notified when we personally call them. No one's parents or partner's details are on the system" He rested his hands on Zoƫ's shoulders. She took a deep breath and swallowed as she calmed herself down.

"Yeah" Zoe looked in him the eyes, defiant for once.

"He shouldn't have known Lisa Finch's address either. But he did. I'm going to check on Carrie and the kids. You can stay here and wait if you want Lucas I cant" She was at the Pods as he jogged after her.

"Zoe" He sighed "We find Andrew and Ros we'll find Frankie. I'm certain of it" She looked back towards the computers before returning her gaze to Lucas.

"We cant use the computers here. Not until Tariq has been through the system. I think there's some sort of Faraday cage on the system. That's why the phones are still working. We need to get somewhere where the system hasn't been breached." He nodded. She was right. A Faraday cage would prevent any internet communications while an internet worm was a type of virus that gave all the information in any files they opened straight to the person spying on them. Lucas was even more worried. It seemed Frankie had successfully separated the entire team leaving them all with only basic methods of communication. If Ros couldn't get to a phone and leave her location he had no way of knowing where she was.

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Ros stalked ahead as the sunlight began to dip. Andrew Lawrence was not in her good graces. She was cold, fed up, worried about Malcolm and missing Amy and Lucas. Not a good combination. She was also not enjoying the company she was currently with.

"Ros" Andrew shoved his hands in the pockets of his expensive suit trousers as they walked through the lanes.

"What?" She didn't even turn to him.

"Wouldn't this be faster if we were to walk down the main streets? We could get in a taxi" He shrugged as Ros stopped dead in her tracks.

"Do you want to die? London is covered with CCTV. He knew where we were. He has obviously been following you from the start. Now because we said we'd help you my entire team are in danger. So if you want to die, feel free just walk in to the main road and see how far you get" She glared as he almost melted under her gaze.

"I was only making a suggestion" He found an interesting spot on her top to stare at.

"Well don't." Ros turned and continued walking along the narrow alley way. "You're a politician. I didn't think that thinking was in the job description. It certainly isn't your forte or none of us would be in this mess" She walked on with her head held high, aware that at any moment a sniper's bullet could take each of them out. She thought back to the conversation with Lucas. She prayed there was more to surviving than luck.

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Adam continued to drive at breakneck speed as they approached the turn off from the motor way. He knew he would have to slow down eventually. He was pleased that an artic lorry was now between his ridiculously small but fast Twingo and the Fiesta that was trying to kill them. The lorry driver had seemed to realise what was happening and was straddling two lanes on the motorway completely illegally but allowing Adam to get the damaged car off the motorway and along the slip road.

Harry was beyond angry. He had learnt his friend was injured and one of his most senior staff and a trusted colleague was missing. He also had Ruth shaking slightly next to him. She straightened up as she brushed broken glass out of her hair.

"Is everyone ok?" She watched as Zaf straightened up in his seat. Adam had slowed the car to a more legal speed.

"Yeah I think so" Zaf smiled. "Look what I want to know is if this is Frankie how did he get someone from Section K involved and on his side?"

"Um" Harry thought for a moment "A few years ago I would have thought Tessa Phillips was involved with this"

"Oh God" Ruth sighed. She didn't need another ex of Harry's reappearing. Jane had nearly broken them up and then Juliet appeared. She really didn't want to see Tessa, even if his affair with her had only been a rumour.

"Nah, if it is anyone my money is on James Rowlands from Section K. He trained in the intake above Tariq. He has the technological know how." Zaf hid his gun as he spoke.

Harry entwined his fingers with Ruth's as he nodded. She smiled slightly as she turned her head to look out the window. Adam continued to drive back to Thames House.

"In that case, lets get back to the Grid and ask him" Adam nodded as he drove. He was worried about Ros and Andrew and wanted to get back to the Grid so they could start looking as fast as possible. He knew Lucas would be beside himself. Ruth narrowed her eyes as her mobile phone began bleeping. The familiar sound of a text message arriving sounded harsh against the silence of the car. She dug in her pocket and pulled out the phone to read the message.

"Oh no" She closed her eyes briefly before passing the phone to Harry for him to read.

He frowned as he read the message from Ros.

"Adam, Thames House now." Harry passed the phone back to Ruth as Adam once again floored the accelerator.

author's note. What message did Ros send? Where is she? Is Frankie really running a mole in section K? Will Lucas find Ros before Frankie does and will Ruth have to face Frankie? More soon :D Thanks for the reviews.