Annie was anxious to hear from Eyal and his meeting with Abdoul Eman. She had spent the morning reviewing art works and trying to bone up as much as possible on her cover. A little after one in the afternoon she called Auggie.

"Hey Walker good you check in, have bit of news."

"What?"

"Interpol has the location of Eman's townhouse in Marrakech. They are planning a raid tomorrow looking for black market art work."

"He told me he was going out of town for a few days. I saw Rita there last night."

"Do you know where he is going?"

"No, but I put a GPS tracking device under the front seat of his Mercedes-Benz. You should have the coordinates."

"We have two of them, which one is his and who is the other plant."

"Lamarck's car so you can track the location of their get together today. See if we can eyes on it."

"No can do. Lamarck's ID is to highly classified and this is going to be a blind meeting." Auggie was typing something on his keyboard.

"The meeting should have already taken place." Annie was looking at her watch.

"Nope, both are still meeting, both the GPS units are in the same place. The longer they meet the better."

"Eman is not stupid; hope the French arms connection is well-built." Annie wanted reassurance Eyal's cover was well planted.

"The best we have. Our problem will be Interpol messing around with black market art dealings." Auggie typing again on his keyboard.

"Anyway we can stop the search and seizure of his townhouse?" Annie was wanting to stop the raid. "We know where his desert compound is located and there is stolen art there. Maybe use that knowledge as leverage."

"You know there is stolen art located in his compound for a certain fact?" Auggie asked.

"Yeah, an Italian piece stolen in the 90's. I'm sure there is more."

"I need to go talk with Joan or Arthur. Let you know later." Auggie disconnected.

It was heating up with the mission and to Annie, the location of Abdoul's training camp was way more important than stolen art work. There might have been a slim desire to also get Rita out of the picture as there was way too much chemistry between her and Eyal not to mention history. She felt helpless, wanting to do something but didn't know what. She opened her laptop and pulled the tracking of her planted GPS devices. There were both in the same location just outside of town. Oh how she wanted to be a part of that meeting. Getting up to fix a drink of tea with mint, she found herself to be worried. Come on Annie, she knew Eyal could take care of himself why the worry. She knew why, it was love and it would have to stop, she couldn't spend her life worried about Eyal when he was in the field he was a much better agent then she would ever hope to be. She could only learn from him.

Returning to her laptop, she found Abdoul's tracker was on the move but Eyal's stay in place. What could be going on? Was the meeting over? She could only sit and watch a tiny little dot move across the screen. After about twenty-five minutes, the dot came to a stop on a lonely stretch of highway outside of Marrakech. Oh now what, all types of visions were running through her mind when her phone buzzed.

"Walker good news. Arthur pulled some strings and the search on his townhouse has been put on hold."

"Great news. Thanks Auggie."

"Also Rita has been called back home. Her assignment terminated." Auggie's words were music to her ears but didn't risk showing any excitement because Auggie could pick up tiny hints quickly.

"Hey Auggie, do you have some clear satellite visions on a long stretch of highway leading out of Marrakech west to Tnin Loudaya?"

"Hey Eric I need your eyes over here. Yeah Annie give me a minute." Auggie was typing once more. "What's your reason for asking?"

"Abdoul's GPS is on that highway and has stopped moving."

"You think it is near his training camp?" Auggie tone was back to mission monotone mode. Annie had called it his three Ms.

"Don't know."

"Hey Eric tell Annie what you see on the screen." Auggie had put them on speaker phone.

"I don't see anything yet, we need to redirect to images. Hang on." Eric was now at the keyboard. "Here we go, got it."

"What do you see?" Annie asking quickly.

"A black car looks like a luxury car and a gray SUV parked on the side of the road. Let me get a closer look." Eric zooming as close as he could. "Okay there are four men standing between the vehicles but can't make out who they are."

"Can you tell what they are doing?" Annie asking.

"No I can't see any movement. My guess is just talking."

"Okay, thanks Eric and please keep a watch and let me know if there is any movement."

"What's going on Annie?" Auggie was back on the line.

"I think Lamarck is with them but not sure." Annie concerned but covered it well talking to Auggie.

"Yeah I just check his GPS and it hasn't move from the meeting place." Auggie was at work on his end.

"Hey gang they are on the move. Two men got in the black car and headed back to Marrakech and the SUV is head west." Eric was back on the line.

"Keep tabs on the gray SUV, could lead us to their training camp." Annie was now giving the orders.

"Will do Walker and thanks, real nice work." Auggie was picking up the ball and disconnected.

Annie just sat there, staring at the tiny little dot move back across her screen. She could only assume the meeting went as planned and the arms deal was made. And now the long wait before Eyal would call.

Taking a slip of her drink she couldn't help to think what Eyal had said about Rita and the hot and heavy foreplay. Did he enjoy it or was it just mechanical routine for him. Damn Annie, of course he enjoyed it after all he is a man. An uncomfortable feeling of jealousy overcame her again but she calmed herself down with the knowledge that Rita was on her way back to Spain, special thanks to the CIA and Arthur.

She started to stand when the tiny dot stopped moving, still in the desert but not far from the outskirts of the city. What could be going on as she watched the screen, something wasn't right - she could feel her heart race, like so many other times when she was in a dangerous situation. There was no reason for the Abdoul's car to stop and hoping it was only because one the men had to relieve himself. No it was taking way to long for that to be the case. She set frozen watching a tiny unmoving dot on the screen.

Ten minutes passed when she decided to call Auggie, maybe get some eyes on the unmoving car. She reached for her phone when it buzzed.

"Hello," Just as she answered the dot once more started to move.

"Annie we have been burned by Rita." Eyal was on the phone, "Get the hell out of your hotel now. Meet me at the safe house." He disconnected.

What in the hell has happened and Rita but why? Closing her laptop and putting it in a carrying bag, picking up her keys and a gun she headed to the door. With a quick after thought, she pick up the tiny rice size tracking device and with a slip of water she down it like a pill and slipped the other on in her tote. Hurry down the hall to the elevator and down to the lobby. There in at the desk stood Alea, Abdoul's sister.

"Alea, what are you doing here?"

"Oh Anna, they were just ringing your room. Hope I'm not intruding, Abdoul told me where you are staying." Alea with a pleasant but somewhat timid smile.

"No I happy to see you. Come on with me, there is a little café over at the train station where we can talk." Annie was anxious to get out of the hotel, not sure of their safety since Eyal's phone call.

"Yes good, thanks I need to talk to someone." Alea perking up with Annie's suggestion.

The two women quickly hurried out of the hotel, down the block and to the train station. There would be safety in numbers and all the while they were walking, Annie kept a watchful eye for any one following them. That sixth sense was kicking in big time that things had gone horribly wrong and trouble was just lurking around the next corner. Not sure of Alea being there was a decoy, a plant or maybe it was in all innocence and nothing to do with being burned. Annie knew Eyal would track her when she wasn't at the safe house but how long before he would come and was he okay.

As they entered the train station, Annie's phone buzzed, looking at the caller ID it was Auggie, "Monsieur Girard salutations. Que puis-ie vous aider?"

"Okay not a good time right?" Auggie knowing her cover was going to make it quick.

"J'ai le temps me dire ce que vous avez besoin." Annie smiling at Alea, "It's work."

Auggie's French was very rusty but understood enough to continue with his information briefing. "The SUV went to a site that looks like a small munitions depot. We are going in on ground for a closer look. Sorry Annie, you will lose your special ops backing for the time being. Like I have said so many times before, watch your step and be safe."

"Voilà de bonnes nouvelles. Vous et au revoir merci." Annie disconnect from her conversation with Auggie and turned her attention to Alea.

"So sorry for the interruption but I had to take that call. An important piece of art work being transferred to The Louvre Museum today." Finding the small café Annie had in mind, "Here we are a nice place to chat."

The café was a French inspired small eatery located near the entrance to the ticket counter. The place was crowded and they had to wait for an available table. One soon came open near the front window, Annie wasn't too happy with the location but smile at the hostess as they were seated. From their vantage point, Annie could see the pedestrian traffic of those going to purchase train tickets.

They ordering tea and Éclairs, both were watchful of their surroundings, especially Alea. Annie could tell she was on edge and as she reached for her tea, Annie saw bruising on her forearm. Inspecting Alea's face closer, Annie also noticed a bruise on her neck, just hidden by a beautiful dangling earring.

"Is anything wrong? I don't mean to pry but you look a slight uneasy." Annie trying to get Alea to tell her what was happening.

"I had to get out of the compound. You were the only person I knew to turn too." Alea fell silent, deep in reflection and her eyes downcast.

"I'm a good listener if you want to talk. Possibly I can help." Annie giving her the time needed, still not sure of her being there but she couldn't help to feel empathy regarding Alea.

Both set for a long period of time without saying a word. Alea trying to gain the nerve to open up to this new found friend, the only female she had seen in over a year and could she be trusted to help.

Eyal: Breathing hard as he reached the safe house, Eyal holding his bleeding arm as he climbed the stairs not seeing Annie's car was hoping she had left it someplace away from there and had walked. Annie wasn't there but hoping she would arrive any second he went about his next task. The first thing he had to do was stop the bleeding from a large gash on his left arm. Cleaning and closing the wound with butterfly bandages, he was now really beginning to worry about the whereabouts of Annie and if he could find her.