Chapter 20: The Plan

A/N: Sorry for the delay in getting this chapter up! Busy weekend and just exhausted lately.

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Auggie stepped over to Annie and pulled her against his side, protectively. "Where is he, Eyal?"

"The last report I received from my contacts said he was staying at the Four Seasons. The Royal Suite. But he hasn't been seen since he checked in four days ago. We suspect he may be holed up in his room." Eyal stated matter of factly.

Annie groaned. She knew the place Eyal was referring to. The Royal Suite at the Four Seasons was well known for it's lavish amenities and lush décor, but what had her concerned was the bullet proof glass she knew the room had as well as the private entrance into the room. If he really was barricading himself in there it would be nearly impossible to get to him unless he made a move on one of them first.

Auggie also knew these facts about the strategic location of their enemy. However, he spoke with confidence, "I just might have a plan. Eyal, you game?"

"Always. What do you have cooked up in that crazy brain of yours?"

Auggie grinned in the direction of the Mossad agent standing in front of him.

Meanwhile, Alexei Belenko was screaming at one of his men in his luxurious hotel suite. "What the fuck do you mean you lost her?"

"Sir, we tracked her from the Langley building to the Jefferson Memorial. She met some foreign man there. After they spoke for a few minutes we followed them but they somehow managed to lose us on the highway." The man looked fearfully at Belenko.

Belenko grabbed the man's shirt collar with both hands and spoke to him in a low, furious tone, "Go back out there and find her! I want her brought here, alive. NOW!" With those words, he threw the man at the door and watched him as he flew out the door.

"Auggie! What the hell are you thinking!? Do you really think Joan, or I for that matter, are going to let you attempt this crazy ass plan of yours?" Annie's voice was high pitched and frantic. Her face was covered in the tears she had been shedding for the last few minutes. Her fists were beating at Auggie's chest.

Auggie reached out and stilled her hands with his own. Pulling her to him, he wrapped his arms around her and spoke softly against her hair, "Annie, this is the only way. We have to take care of this while we have the chance or we will forever be looking over our shoulders. I for one don't want this hanging over our heads, especially with the babies coming."

"Auggie, he almost killed you! His father almost killed you! I don't want this hanging over our heads either, but there has to be another way! "

"Not one as quick and efficient as this one. Can you honestly tell me if you weren't pregnant you wouldn't try something like this yourself?"

"No..." She admitted, quietly. After several minutes, Annie accepted defeat and nodded against his chest. "Ok, but you get to read Joan in. And don't expect me to go in there and defend this plan to her."

Auggie brought her face up to his and kissed her lips, softly. "I love you," he whispered.

"I know. I love you, too." She squeezed him tightly. "Promise me, Auggie, promise me nothing will happen."

"I promise, Walker." With those words, he unwrapped himself from her arms and took Eyal's arm to lead him out of the room. Annie watched him go with a strong sense of foreboding filling her.

"You sure about this part, Auggie?" Eyal asked the man standing in front of him.

"Look, honestly Eyal, I kind of need to atleast pretend to kick your ass right now, so yeah, I'm fucking sure. Just do it, ok." Auggie listened to the man, listened for the slightest movement from him. He knew he couldn't win this fight, but he could atleast get a few punches in. As petty as it may be, he really wanted to get those few punches in for what Eyal did with Annie. He heard him step in his direction and leaned to the side just before Eyal's fist would've hit him in the face. Auggie grabbed the man by the neck and brought his knee up to his face, hard.

Eyal fell backwards on the mat and shook his head. He felt blood start to drip down his chin from his mouth. "I guess I deserved that," he said as he quickly got back to his feet.

"So glad you agree." Auggie said just as he swept his leg under Eyal's and brought him back down to the ground. Climbing on top of him, Auggie started punching him in the face with wild abandon.

Eyal allowed him to get the first few punches in before he started to protect himself. He brought his arms up and with a wide, sweeping motion, pushed him to the side. Auggie slid a bit across the mat and felt Eyal's boot hit him square in the stomach. Fists hit him in the face 2, 3, 5 times before they suddenly stopped. After a moment, he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Auggie, I swear I didn't know she'd gone back to you. I didn't know about the babies. I didn't know anything. If I had I wouldn't have kissed her."

Auggie nodded, solemnly. "In my head I know that, but it still felt really good to kick your ass for a second."

Laughing in understanding, Eyal bumped his hand, offering him help up. Auggie took the hand and came to his feet a little too quickly. His stomach really hurt where Eyal had kicked him. Plus, the kick hadn't helped his healing rib any.

"How do I look?" he asked, grinning.

"Like shit."

"Good. Let's go." Auggie led the way out of the workout room, a little worse for wear.

An hour later, Annie watched the monitor in front of her, helpless to stop what she was about to see happen. Eyal and Auggie were wearing special contact lenses that acted as cameras. Everything they saw, Joan and Annie saw. Auggie stumbled across a parking lot, his hands bound, mouth gagged. He was being dragged by Eyal towards a man smoking behind the Four Seasons hotel.

"Hear your boss might want this man. I think he and I should come to an... agreement. Why don'tcha take us up to see him and we can sort out the details?" Eyal spoke to the man in no uncertain terms, confident, controlled. The man stopped smoking, threw the cigarette down on the ground and dialed his cell phone.

"Ya, sir, this man downstairs, he has the man. Says he wants to see you... Ya, ya, I understand." He hung up the phone. "You, follow me," he said pointing to Eyal.

Eyal roughly dragged Auggie along, allowing him to trip over the curb and hit his shoulder on the doorway. After a long elevator ride, the doors opened and a voice greeted Auggie he'd hoped to never hear again.

"Good evening, Mr. Anderson. So nice of you to join me!" Alexei Belenko said in an overly chipper voice.

Again, sorry for the shortness of the chapter. I promise, I'm working towards something! Hope you enjoy!