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Ruth was nervous as she waited for Sarah Hughes to come to the phone. She braved a glance at Harry's office only to see him absorbed in his work. Zoe was tapping away at her computer while Zaf was on his phone arranging to meet an asset.

"Hello" a female voice brought Ruth back to what she was supposed to be doing.

"Sarah?"

"Yes, speaking" The voice on the other end of the line sounded wary.

"My name is Ruth. I'm a friend of Malcolm's. He asked me to contact you" Ruth hoped she as doing the right thing. This really was none of her business, but Malcolm had asked about her, she was his friend. She only hoped Sarah was in the same frame of mind.

"Oh my Lord" She spoke quietly, the soft welsh accent apparent. "What happened? Where is he?"

"He's been hurt. He's going to be fine but he wants to see you. I think he needs to see you" Ruth smiled; Sarah sounded the sort of woman Malcolm would fall for.

"Where is he? I can't I really can't. Oh my God. Why now? Why find me now? Ruth, is he ok really?" Sarah sounded on the verge of tears.

"He's in hospital. He was shot. I can't tell you much more. I think he feels too much time has been wasted. I think he has always loved you. There has never been anyone else as far as I know. Please Sarah" Ruth was worried the other woman would put the phone down. She ignored the curious glances from Zoe and Tariq as the other woman spoke.

"Can you come to London? If you come to Thames House I'll have Stan contact me as soon as you arrive. Please Sarah I really think Malcolm needs you" Ruth knew she was using emotional blackmail. She knew if she'd had a call like this in Cyprus she'd have been on the first plane home for Harry she hoped Sarah still felt the same way about Malcolm.

"Stan is still there? I'll get the next train to London. I'll be there as soon as I can" Sarah said her goodbyes and hung up. All Ruth could do now was wait. Glancing at Harry she noticed he was watching her again. He smiled before looking away at his computer. He knew he'd been caught. Ruth smiled and returned to her work, all she could do now was wait and hope that Sarah would arrive in London safely.

Ros was still angry. She knew they had been followed to Thames House. Adam was a good driver but even with Tariq's help he had trouble shaking the tail. That meant one thing. Whoever was tailing them was trained in evasive and aggressive driving techniques. It meant the person tailing them was trained by the same advanced driver instructors that had taught her, Adam and the others. Even Ruth had taken the course. It meant they were being followed by one of their own. She glanced at Lucas now half turned in the front seat as Andrew cowered next to her. Lucas really didn't like the man but knew he had to do his job. He sighed, right at that moment Ros and only Ros was his priority. He glared at the blonde man sat next to his fiancé. He wished Andrew Lawrence could know exactly how his treatment of Ros had affected her but he knew if he even mentioned the panic attacks or how he had woke to find Ros crying silently in her sleep to Ruth she'd go crazy and never trust him again. There was no way he could confront Andrew about it without loosing Ros' trust forever.

"We should be able to loose him at the next set of lights" Lucas looked through the back window of the car.

"We'll see" Adam floored the accelerator as Ros ordered Andrew to stay down. She was desperate to get back to the Grid and wasn't about to let Andrew jeopardise that.

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Frankie sat in his car outside Thames House. He was watching the front door of the building while he waited to see which member of Section D he had killed. Pulling his mobile phone from his jacket pocket he called his cousin.

"James" He waited as the younger man told him he was busy. "I am a busy man too James. I need that information. Look I am paying you a lot of money for this. Find me what I need and you will be a very rich man"

James walked through the corridors of Thames House talking on his phone. He kept glancing briefly behind him as people passed to get to and from various offices in Thames House. He hated it when Frankie called him at work.

"You cant ring me here" He sighed "Look I told you out of all the sections here Section D is the closest. You wont turn any of them against the other. For Chissake, the Intel Analyst married the boss, the Section Head and the Senior Case Officer are engaged and have a kid" He walked down the stairs as a couple of receptionists passed him and headed over to the canteen.

"A kid? Interesting" Frankie laughed as James went quiet on the other end of the phone.

"Oh no you don't. Their kid is only a baby. Leave her alone" Frankie laughed as James felt himself well up with nerves.

"Get me the information" He hung up the phone as another text message bleeped.

'Its done' Frankie smiled at the phone as reports of a major car accident in central London began to filter through to the radio news networks.

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Harry stormed out of his office towards the Pods as Zaf stood and called him.

"Harry" Zaf watched as Zoe, Tariq and Ruth turned. It was a rarity to hear Zaf raise his voice.

"Yes Zafar" Harry waited as he watched he walked towards him

"I think we have a problem. I was going through the CCTV footage from the time Adam and Lucas were supposed to pick up Ros and Andrew" Zaf looked nervous as Ruth approached them.

"Ah Harry. There's been a lot of chatter regarding a major car crash in Central London. Its all over the news networks" Zoe flicked on the TV as Ruth spoke

"Fine, now will you two get to the point" Harry knew he was not going to like this.

"I followed them on CCTV, recreated the journey. They were followed from Thames House. It was another pool car that followed them. A Golf" Zoe closed her eyes briefly as Zaf continued to speak. Ruth folded her arms across her chest; she looked on the verge of tears.

"The chatter relates to a fatal car accident just outside Piccadilly Circus. Four dead, three men and a woman. The car fits the description of the one Adam signed out. I think it was their car Harry. Tariq is phoning the local hospitals trying to find out what happened." Harry reached a hand out and squeezed her arm.

"Right, Whitehall can wait. Ruth they will be ok. It wont be them" Zaf watched as Ruth stared at the floor. "Zoe keep trying the hospitals and get on to London Transport Police, and the Met. I need to know if any of my officers are involved in an accident. Tariq find out who signed out the car that was following them. Zaf, with me" He walked towards the Pods as Zaf pulled on his parka.

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Adam coughed as he realised the car he was driving was suddenly up side down. His head hurt and his neck ached. The smell of the engine burning was making his nostrils hurt. He could see the side windows and the windscreen had been blown out. Lucas was unconscious beside him as he heard swearing from the rear of the car. The cut glass English accent was decidedly male. Adam assumed it was only him and Andrew that were still alive.

"Andrew?" Adam called out as Andrew continued to swear.

"ANDREW" Adam shouted as the former Home Secretary acknowledged him. "Is Ros awake? Can you see her?" Adam was trying to free himself from his seat as he saw Lucas begin to slightly move. He looked pale and blood had soaked his hair.

"No, she's not here" Andrew coughed as Adam began to drag himself through the driver side window.

"What do you mean she's not there? She had a seatbelt on. Where the hell is she?" Adam brushed glass out of his hair, his whole body aching. He was confused and nauseated. He cursed his leg which was aching again as he tried to pull the car door open, relieved that Lucas seemed to be waking up.

"Lucas, you got to get out of the car" Adam was amazed at how calm he sounded. He managed to reach in and free Andrew's door before helping him out the door. Lucas groaned. Adam looked around for Ros. Her shoe was discarded on the floor as blood seemed to seep out of the back window.

"Lucas!" Adam was more insistent this time as the smell of burning reached him. He was determined not to panic but he had no idea how the car had come to be on its roof. Andrew was laying on the pavement at the side of the car as Adam dragged Lucas through the window trying to be careful that his neck didn't move too much. He seemed half asleep as Adam dragged him to safety.

"Ros?" Lucas seemed to be more alert as Adam leant against the wall. He felt sick as sirens could be heard approaching.

"She's not in the car mate" Adam coughed as Lucas lay on the tarmac breathing heavily. He left Andrew and Lucas and walked around the car one more time. There was no sign of the blonde. He tried to work out if she could have been thrown from the car but there was no obvious place where she could land.

"What the hell happened?" Adam sighed. He could remember bits and pieces but nothing in relation to Ros either leaving or being taken. He glanced back to Lucas aware for the first time their assassin was not working alone.

authors note. WHo else is helping Frankie? Where's Ros? Please review. More soon