We walked into the hotel and straight into the elevator, Ethan went to go check in and we waited for him, Jane split up to go get the dry cleaning. We rode the elevator up went into the room. In the room we unpacked everything.

"ETA on dry cleaning." Ethan said into the comm.

"On my way up." Jane said. My job would have been to get the dry cleaning but since I was wounded Jane had to get it.

"Okay, 34 minutes to door knock." Will said putting a countdown timer on his iPhone and placed it behind Benji's laptop.

"Wow…" Benji said. "Um. Okay, this is a slight wrinkle, but nothing to worry about."

I looked up at him in alarm from my spot on the couch.

"We're just going to have to go into the server room from the outside." Benji said.

"What?" Ethan said looking up from the mask making machine.

"Well, the firewalls on this building's server are military grade." Benji said jabbing at his computer with his finger. "I mean, this would be a cinch if I could call Youssef back at headquarters, but Youssef doesn't exist anymore, and neither do we." Will got up from his seat and looked at Benji's computer screen. "I could hack it, but it would take too long."

"Then hardwire in." Ethan said determined. "And there's four layers of next-gen security between us and the server room. There's no way we can get to it form inside."

"If we can't get to the server, we don't control the elevators, we don't control the security cameras. This operation is over before it even begins." Will said defeated.

"I'm telling you, we can get to it from outside." Benji said.

"'We'?" Ethan asked.

"I'm… I'm on the computer." Benji said.

Ethan looked over to Will.

"I'm just…" Will said motioning to Benji. "The helper."

Ethan looked to me. "Hey I would go, but hey. Injured here, and you won't let me do anything." I told him.

Ethan sighed in defeat and turned his head sharply at the window. "What floor is it on?" He asked Benji.

"Uh, 130." Benji answered.

"130?" Ethan asked. "Vent ducts." Ethan asked suddenly.

"Pressure sensitive." Benji told him.

"Not enough time." Will said.

"Elevator shaft." Ethan asked.

"Infrared sensors." Benji said.

"Not enough time." Will taunted.

Benji brought out some gloves and tossed one at the window after Ethan asked himself; "How am I supposed to do this?"

Benji started to cut the window out with the laser gun and Will brought out some glass suction cups.

"God damn it!" Benji said when the laser back fired a bit on him.

"Oh, that's high." Will said as he and Benji were moving the glass. I was helping Ethan put on the gloves, as Benji had told me how to work them before moving the glass.

I pressed the buttons on the sides of the gloves. "Okay, now remember, it's a rolling off motion that disengages the bond." I said showing him the motion. "When the meter is blue, that's full adhesion. Easy way to remember, blue is glue." I told him.

"And when it's red?" He asked.

"I'm going to take a shot at this and say, 'red is dead'." I said. "Here's your cutter, okay?" I said showing him it. "And your server interface." I said showing him it. "Both going back here. One, two." I said putting it in the back of the belt around his waist.

"Okay, Ethan, the hotel server is eleven stories up and seven units over." Will told him motioning with his hand. "Okay? Comm check." He said into the walkie talkie.

"Yeah." Ethan said bringing his hand up to his ear. "Copy."

"So…" Benji said and made some fists and moved them slightly back and forth towards the window.

"It's 26 minutes to door knock." Will told him.

Ethan nodded. "Yeah." He said and started off towards the window.

Ethan was on the outside of the window now, testing out the gloves. Then started going up. Ethan soon disappeared and Benji went to look at the progress of the mask maker.

"25 minutes to door knock." Will said into the comm.

I was deep in thought and hadn't noticed Will sitting down beside me. "Let me see." He said.

I looked up abruptly. "What?"

"Let me see the wound. See how it's healing." Will told me sincerely.

"Yeah, okay." I said and lifted up the shirt enough for him to see.

"Looks good. You should be able to help us soon." He said.

"What the hell is that?" I asked looking out the window, Brandt and I got up from the couch and walked over to the window.

"Yeah, what the hell is that?" Ethan asked.

Benji came up to stand with us at the window. "It's a sandstorm." Benji said. "It's a long way off, Ethan." Benji said into the comm on his tie. "Shouldn't be a problem."

"24 minutes to door knock." Will said into the comm.

We heard the door closing and turned around. Jane walked in with the dry cleaning and put it down on the back of the couch. "Where's Ethan?" She asked.

Benji pointed up and outside.

"You've got to be kidding me." She said.

"23 minutes to door knock." Will said and then turned to me so he could inspect my wound some more as Benji played with a gadget and Jane observed the mask maker.

"I'm at server level." Ethan said.

Will and I got up and waited for more information.

Ethan screamed over the intercom.

"22 minutes to door knock." Will said looking at the countdown.

"The countdown is not helping." Ethan said annoyed.

Jane looked over at Will accusingly.

"I'm just saying." He said.

"I'm in." Ethan said.

"That's great, Ethan. You're halfway home." Benji said.

"Located server."Ethan said. "Please tell me we're online."

"All right, we're live." Benji said. "Okay, I now have control of the elevators and the security cameras."

"Time to redecorate." Jane said tossing him a machine.

"Okay you drive." Benji said to me and turned to Will. "And you look out for Wistrom and Moreau."

I sat down at the computer and Will stood behind me. "Moreau is at the elevators ahead of schedule." I said into the comm.

"We can't open this door, can we?" Ethan asked.

"The door? No." Will told him.

"Ethan, you gotta get down here now." I told him. "Ethan! Is there a problem?"

"Ethan?" Will asked looking out the window. Jane walked through the door and he turned around. "We're not going to make it."

"We have to make it." Jane said and started taking off her jacket. "Where's Ethan?"

There was a crash and I stood up and walked over to the window.

"Your line's not long enough!" Will yelled to him.

"No shit!" Ethan yelled back and Ethan started running away from us on the side of the wall and then he jumped backwards, I moved out of the way knowing what he was going to do. He released his line and flug into the window, but he didn't make it and hit his head off of the top of the window frame. Will grabbed onto his ankle and his upper body was hanging out the window and Jane had Will by his pant leg holding them in by the carpet.

Ethan climbed up and over Will's ass. He got up off the floor and I ran over to him and hugged him, glad for his safety. I let go of him and sat down beside Will.

"Are you okay?" I asked him and he nodded his head in response.

Benji walked into the room huffing and laughing at himself. "That was not easy, but I did it." He said and saw everyone on the ground by the window. "What'd I miss?"

Everyone started getting ready and I went over to Will so I could help him with his contact lens. "The lens might be a little uncomfortable." I said putting it in his left eye and he blinked trying to get used to it. "It captures images and transmits them to the printer in the briefcase."

"Aww." Will said trying to get used to the weird feeling.

"All right?" I asked him.

"Mhmm. I can't see out of one eye, but I'm fine." He said.

I turned around and grabbed a piece of paper from the table. "Blink twice to activate the shutter." I told him, holding up the paper. "Notice the numbers are in order?" I said and he blinked twice, capturing the image. I turned and grabbed the new piece of paper that had just come from the brief case and grabbed it. "A perfect copy. But the numbers are scrambled." I said to Will, who had appeared behind me, as I held the papers side by side.

"Masks?" Ethan said as he came out from getting dressed.

"60 seconds." Benji answered. "You sure I shouldn't wear a mask? You know, 'cause I'm not exactly Omar Sharif. I'll play it French. This is your tracking device." He said giving Ethan a phone. "And this is what you're tracking." Benji said handing him some paper.

"The paper clip?" Ethan asked.

"No, it's the paper. It's in the briefcase. It's coated with isotopes which give off a unique… It just means that you can track the documents even if they switch briefcases." Benji told him.

"Range?" Ethan asked.

"Not that good. It's, like, half a mile." Benji said. "Safest thing to do would be not let Wistrom out of your sight. Is that Wistrom?" Benji asked looking down at the computer.

"Who's that with him?" Ethan asked.

"I don't know. We don't have an uplink, so there's no facial recognition." Benji said and Ethan took the computer to Will.

"Who's that with him?" Ethan asked.

Will looked at it for a second before he answered. "That's Leonid Lisenker. Polish-born cryptographer. He redesigned Russia's nuclear security after the Cold War."

"He's here to authenticate the launch codes." I said.

"Yes, he is. We are blown." Brandt said to me.

"No, we're not blown." Ethan said.

"Well, we will be as soon as he sees the counterfeit launch codes." Will contradicted him.

"We're not blown." Ethan said.

"He's in the elevator." Benji said.

"Delay them." Ethan said. "Benji, how long would it take you to reprogram the case?"

"A couple of seconds. What for, though?" Benji asked.

I sat beside Will, listening intently Benji and Ethan. "To make an exact copy of the launch codes." Ethan said. At this mine as well as Will's heads snapped up.

"What?" Jane asked.

"You can't do that." Brandt said.

"Wistrom's on 22!" Benji said.

"Slow him down." Ethan told him.

"I'll do what I can." Benji said.

"Wait, wait." Will said standing up. "Ethan, hang on now! Hang on. Just a second. You're talking about handing over active nuclear launch codes to Wistrom?" Will said angrily.

"Yes. Reprogram the case." Ethan said pointing at it.

"Listen… Stop!" Will said as Benji reached for the case. "Just listen to what you're saying." He said with his hands raised. "You're fixating. You're not thinking clearly. It's not going to happen. I won't let it!" Will said and grabbed the case holding it away from Ethan.

"Will!" I said standing up and he looked at me as almost as if he forgot I was there.

"33 and climbing!" Benji said.

"Will." I said in an understanding tone. "Use your head now. The mission is not the codes, the mission is Hendricks."

"Then just let it play out. Give him bad codes. Neutralize him." Will said to everyone, mainly Ethan and I.

"You know that won't do it." Ethan said. "Failure to a terrorist is just a rehearsal for success."

"41!" Benji shouted.

"We lose Hendricks today, he shows up somewhere else tomorrow. He finds another way. With no IMF to stop him. No. It's now or never. Now, Brandt, give me the case." Ethan said trying to reason with him.

"Nothing can be left to chance. You said that." Will said moving towards the window.

"You're the analyst." Ethan told him. "Now, tell me there's not another way for Hendricks to get those codes."

"50!" Benji shouted.

"You tell me that this is his only avenue, right here, right now, today." Ethan said. "You tell me that, I'll walk away."

A strange noise and a beep came from the mask making machine and everyone looked at it. Jane went behind it to check it and she looked up and shook her head.

"We go without." Ethan said.

"Without masks?" Benji asked surprised.

"Jane needs to go." Ethan said.

"Ethan." Jane said.

"We have no choice." He told her.

"Ethan, you'd be walking in on Moreau unarmed." I told him. "Face-first. Literally."

"How do we know they've met?" He asked me.

"How do we know they haven't?" I asked contradicting him. "Will, please give me the case."

"Doesn't matter!" Will said. "Damn it." He said quietly. "We have no choice." He said and handed the case to me.

I took it and threw it to Benji, who started the reprogramming. I turned to Will. "Thank you." I said and he nodded. "You better get going. And remember, I'll be in your ear."

Ethan, Jane, and Will left minutes later and I was helping Benji fill up his arm. I finished up with that and sat at the computer, listening to everyone, only hearing one side of the conversation.

"Goggles." I heard Will say. "What if they have met?"

"Come in." Jane said.

"Which one of you is Wistrom?" Moreau said.

"I am." Ethan said.

"Which one of you is Wistrom?" Jane repeated.

"I am." Wistrom said. "I admire your work."

"Sit." Moreau said.

"Where are my codes?" Ethan asked.

"Where are my diamonds?" Moreau countered.

"Close by." Ethan replied.

"You have my payment?" Jane asked.

"When I see the codes." Wistrom said.

"I have arrived at Jane's room." Benji said and knocked on the door.

"Not to worry. Come in! I thought we could have tea." Jane said.

"Madamoiselle, Monsieur." Benji said.

"No diamonds, no codes." Moreau said.

"No codes, no diamonds." Ethan said.

"Kill this one." Moreau said.

"We didn't come alone. That hallway out there is a kill-box." Ethan said.

"You know who we work for." Will said.

"We come back with the codes, or we don't come back." Ethan said.

"How good is your backup?" Moreau asked.

"The best." Will said.

"I've killed the best." Moreau said.

"Do you care for some sugar?" Benji asked.

"Enough. Let's get this done." Ethan said. "You want payment, I want guarantees. When he's authenticated the codes, I'll make the call and you get your diamonds. That or we all go home in buckets. Nobody leaves this hotel alive."

"Get the papers." Moreau said.

"Is there a problem?" Jane asked.

"It's locked." Wistrom said.

"Forgive men. There must be a key. One moment, huh?" Jane said.

"Monsieur." Benji said.

"My mistake. It is a combination, not a key." Jane said.

"You tell me the numbers." Wistrom said.

"They're good." Will said.

"Zero. Zero. Zero." Jane said.

"Come on, come on, come on." Benji mumbled.

There was silence for a few minutes, and I was starting to worry if anything had gone wrong.

"It was a pleasure doing business with…" Jane started. "Wistrom has the launch codes. He's on the move."

"It was a pleasure doing business with you." Moreau said. "Kill him!"

There was a crash on the end of the line, and sounds of fighting.

"Moreau's on the move!" Ethan said.

"I've got her." Jane said.

"Jane?" Ethan said. "She's an asset! I need her alive! Acknowledge! Acknowledge!"

Benji came in and took over my role at the computer.

"Ethan, Wistrom is in the elevator. I can't see Leonid, though." Benji said into the comm.

"Benji, slow him down. Get me an elevator." Ethan said. "Find Leonid." He said to Will. "Benji, I've got a lock on Wistrom. But I can't tell. Is he still in the elevator?"

"Wistrom's in the elevator." Benji said into the comm.

"Be..ji." Ethan's garbled voice came through the comm.

"Ethan. Over?" Benji said.

"B….I." Came Ethan's garbled voice.

"Ethan?" Benji said.

"Be…I. I l…st ..ou." Ethan said his voice still garbled.

"Ethan, can you hear me?" Benji asked him. "Ethan, can you hear me? Over?"

The door banged open and Moreau appeared in the door way and Benji jumped up.

"Jesus!" Benji said.

Moreau was shoved forward and Jane came in behind her with a gun pointed at her and she shoved her some more and sat her in a chair. "Sit down!" Jane told her and gave the gun to Benji. "Watch her."

"Why me?" He asked.

"Because if I do, I'll kill her." Jane said and walked out of the room and I followed her.

I walked into the room and saw Jane going to her bag but stopping and looking at her hands. "Jane?" I asked her. "Are you alright?"

She shook her head. "No. I wanted to kill her."

"It's okay I know how you feel." I told her.

"No you don't." Jane said looking up.

"But I do. I had a partner, in a different agency, 5 years ago." I started. "And I almost lost him, more times than I could count." I held up my hand. "A year before I left the agency, we were escaping from some guys and we were holding hands, running. We got shot and it went through his hand and into mine. After that we said we'd always be together, through and through, it was a bit ironic because it had gone through his hand and through mine. A year later he was assigned a new partner and I had quit the agency." I looked down. "I know you had a relationship with Agent Hanaway."

"How?" She asked.

"I could see it in your eyes, when you told us the story." I told her.

"Thank you." She said.

"For what?" I asked.

"For coming to see if I was okay?" She said. "And for telling me it's going to be okay."

I smiled and gave her a hug, and she hugged me back.

***AUTHOR'S NOTE***

As a gift to you all for 2 reviews on chapter 5, I have uploaded chapter 7 as well.

Thank you to Lupin and Tonks Forever and cp6.

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