[A/N]: Thanks to all the new follows, favourites and reviews. Keep them coming guys it really does help keep me going with this. This chapter is a bit of a filler sorry, but I promise the next one will have more going on.

Gendry

He should have known that things were going too well to stay as they were. As usual fate seemed to want to play with them and now shit had really hit the fan with Joffrey wanting Arya to meet him alone. The thought of him being alone with her angered him and he could only imagine what the prick would do to her if given the chance. He sent a text to Jon telling him and his dad to meet him at the same diner he was going to meet Arya. He hoped they were both able to get there on time, he needed as much as help as he could get to make sure his step-brother paid for his actions. "Hot Pie, I need your help," he looked over to the pudgy boy sitting casually on his couch.

"No probs, what do you want me to do?"

"That necklace you pulled out before, do you think you could get everything set up in the next twenty minutes?"

"You know I can."

"Good because you're coming with me. Grab all your stuff, and like I said before, all this is top secret. Not a word to anyone else about this ok?"

"Yea, yea I heard you the first time."

Gendry drove like a crazy person. Weaving in and out of traffic and going through amber lights left right and centre. He needed to get there before she went off on her own. He didn't realise how tightly he was holding his steering wheel until Hot Pie conveniently pointed it out. "Try breathing mate, you look like you're getting a bit blue in the face," his friend tried to joke.

"Sorry, I'm just in a bit of hurry."

"Yea I can see that and so can half of Kings Landing. You're lucky we haven't been pulled over with the way you're driving."

He smiled and relaxed a little when he saw the entrance to the diner. He pulled into a park and looked at his watch. He still had ten minutes to spare. Picking up his phone he dialled Arya's number to see where she was. "Hey," she said meekly.

"Hey," he replied relieved. "Are you here yet? Hot Pie and I just parked."

"Hot Pie?"

"I'll explain when I see you."

"Ok, umm yea I'm here. I'm sitting in a taxi not hard to miss."

"Ok I'm on my way, just sit tight." He hung up the phone and saw he had several missed calls from Jon and a series of text messages. He read the most recent one saying that they would be there as soon as they could. "C'mon Hot Pie Arya is already here." His friend followed willingly and like Arya said, the taxi wasn't hard to miss. He tapped on the window causing her to jump slightly.

She opened the door and stepped out. She looked amazing, wearing a tight black strapless dress that didn't leave much to the imagination. It was short and showed off her long lean legs, causing Gendry to gulp in response. As quick as a snake he engulfed her with his arms. "You look so fucking sexy Ar," he breathed into her ear.

"Thanks," she said back before pulling away from him slightly so her face wasn't buried in his chest. "I don't have much time Gen, I just wanted to see you before I went in. He said he has a new body guard named the Mountain and he'll most likely be there with him."

"So what happened, how did he find out about Sansa?"

"Who knows?" she sighed. "He could have had her followed or bugged, I don't know but he has her and we have to get her out."

"We will I promise." He lifted her chin up so she was looking directly into his eyes and softly pressed a kiss to her lips. As soon as he felt her hands snake around the base of his neck for purchase he lost himself. He prodded his tongue into her mouth, relishing how sweet she tasted and the small whimper she let escape. His hands found their way down to the hem of her dress and slowly creeped up to cup her arse. Giving her cheeks a small squeeze he found himself pressing against her on the taxi door. She let out a faint moan and he groaned in return.

"Look guys, I don't mean to interrupt, but I thought time was of the essence here," Hot Pie interrupted.

"Dammit," he grumbled suddenly aware of his surroundings. By the look on Arya's face he could tell she was just as frustrated as he was about the interruption. He leaned in again to whisper in her ear. "We'll have to resume this later," he said cheekily, before putting some distance between them. "Hot Pie this is Arya and Arya this is Hot Pie."

"Err nice to meet you," Arya said with a blush still lingering on her face.

"Likewise," Hot Pie said before sticking his hand out to shake hers. "So are we going inside or are we gonna stand out here all day?" he continued. "I'm starving and this place is meant to have one of the best black forest cakes around."

"You only just ate a packet of chips, how can you still be starving?"

"Hey, I'm a growing man and if I don't eat constantly my body will go into shock. If my body goes into shock I won't be able to help you with your little plan now will I?"

"Plan? What plan?" Arya butt in.

Gendry focused his attention back on the slip of a girl before him. "Hot Pie here is actually pretty brilliant despite his appearance and I think we've got a way of keeping an eye on you as well as getting the dirt we need to put Joffrey away for good."

Arya's sterling grey eyes shifted from his blue to Hot Pies hazel and a small smile emerged. "Really?" she beamed. "What is it?" She asked eagerly.

"Hot Pie give me that necklace," he ordered. Pulling it out from his pocket, Hot Pie placed the piece of jewellery in Gendry's open palm. "This lovely piece of technology has a tracking device in it and can also turn any mobile phone into a listening device." Her eyes widened in excitement and her smile grew.

"You've got to be kidding me right? I mean I thought those things only existed in movies not real life."

"It works I promise," Hot Pie chimed in. "I've got my laptop in Gendry's car so we can keep an eye on you."

"Will they be able to tell what it is?" she asked, her attention now fully on Hot Pie.

"Nope, completely undetectable."

"Wow that's so cool," she beamed.

Gendry nodded in agreement and handed her the necklace. She traced her fingers along the face of the coin pendent. "What does Valar Morghulis mean?" she asked still looking intently at Hot Pie.

"I've got no idea," he shrugged. "I just thought the coin looked cool."

"So will I need to do anything to make it work? Like push a button or something?"

"No, all you need to do is make sure they don't take it off you. I'll look after the rest. So do you think you guys could fill me in on exactly what we're doing?"

"No questions remember Hot Pie."

"Yea I know you keep saying that but I'm going to find out along the way so you may as well explain it to me now so I can concentrate on doing my work instead of trying to figure out what's going on."

"Fine, I'll tell you later. Is there anything else Arya needs to know about this thing before she goes in?"

"No pretty straight forward. Just put it on."

"Cool, well if you want I can meet you inside. I just want to talk to Arya alone."

"Right, I'll leave you guys to it then…it was nice to finally meet you Arya and good luck with whatever it is you're doing."

"Thanks Hot Pie, it was nice to meet you too…and thank you for this," she said pointing to the necklace that hung around her neck.

"Anytime." Gendry and Arya watched as Hot Pie waddled towards the entrance of the diner.

"He must really want that cake," she chuckled. "He seems nice."

"He is but he can be a pain when he wants to be. Are you sure about this babe? I mean I'm a little less worried now that we can at least listen in and track where you are but I don't trust him. Are you sure he has Sansa?"

"I don't have a choice Gen and yes I'm sure." She pulled out her phone to show him the text message she received from Joffrey detailing where she was supposed to meet him. "See it's coming from the same phone Sans sent her text from."

"Jon and your dad are on their way, they should be here soon."

"I don't think I can wait. I should get going, this taxi bill is going to be ridiculous," she joked trying to make light of a dark situation.

"Please be careful Ar. I know you're tough and shit but you're not invincible. I don't know what I'd do without you." He pulled her in again, holding her tighter than before.

"I will. Just don't try and be a hero and do something stupid like barging in unnecessarily."

"Maybe we should have a code word for when you're in trouble so I know when to come in."

"That's actually not a bad idea. It's got to be something that isn't too obvious but also something that I wouldn't say normally so you don't get confused."

"How about banana?" he suggested.

She looked at him like he was a mutant. "No, definitely not banana. That's completely random and I don't think I could use that in a sentence without sounding like an idiot."

"Fine why don't you come up with something then."

"What if I just say the Stark words."

"Winter is coming?"

"Yep. It's not something I'd say normally but it would still make sense if I did say it because it means something to me."

"Ok, winter is coming it is. As soon as I hear you say those words I'm coming in to get you ok."

"Ok," she said back softly. "Can you tell dad and Jon that I'm sorry I couldn't wait around for them oh and could you hold onto this for me?" She passed him a small bag. "No looking ok, it's a surprise."

"Sure," he gave her one last kiss and watched as she entered the cab and drove away to the rendezvous point Joffrey had given her. He felt his phone buzz in his pocket and saw a text from Arya.

I love you Gendry Baratheon.

It made him smile. He texted back.

I love you too Arya Stark.

He headed into the diner and found Hot Pie sitting in a corner booth with a large serving of the black forest cake he wanted so bad. "So what do we do now?" he asked his friend. "Arya will be there in about ten minutes."

"I'll need to grab my laptop out of your car. I can set everything up in here if you want and if she begins to move we can head back to your car and follow her movements from there."

"Wouldn't it be smarter to set it all up in my car so we don't have to worry about rushing around if she does?"

"Yea I suppose."

"Well hurry up and eat that cake. I'll meet you at my car and we can get started." Gendry ordered a take away coffee to bring back to his car. He gave the middle aged waitress a $50 tip because she got it done so quickly for him. As he reached his Aston Martin he saw a black SUV pull up beside him.

"Gendry," Jon called out from the passenger seat.

"Hey, you guys finally made it," he greeted, thankful they were here. Both Stark men stepped out of the vehicle and shook Gendry's hand.

"Where's Arya?" They both asked at the same time.

"She's already gone," he answered. "But don't worry I've got everything sorted. My friend Hot Pie will be here in a second so we can start tracking her."

"What's going on exactly?" Ned queried.

"Joffrey has Sansa and has told Arya to meet him if she doesn't want anything to happen to her."

"I don't understand, why would Joffrey hurt Sansa?" Jon cut in.

"Because he found out what Sansa was trying to do. It's a bit complicated I know but basically this whole Sansa being completely in love with Joffrey thing was all an act. She's been trying to find a way to get Joffrey and Cersei locked up for life."

"Why wouldn't she just tell us?" Jon questioned. "We could have done something to put him away."

"That's what I said, but Arya told me the Lannisters have the police in their pockets, as well as some prominent judges. Joff's apparently done this sort of thing in the past and has always gotten away with it. All his victims mysteriously disappear and so does any evidence against him. She thinks Cersei and Tywin have helped play a part."

"That wouldn't surprise me. Both have no honour whatsoever." Ned said through gritted teeth.

"Why didn't you tell us this sooner Gen? Joffrey has both my sisters right where he wants them and this could have been avoided if you had told us the truth."

"It wasn't my truth to tell. Arya made me promise and I honestly didn't think this would happen."

"You are supposed to be looking out for her. If anything happens to her it's on your head." Jon was fuming.

"That's enough Jon. It's not Gendry's fault. We all knew something like this would happen. You know as well as I do what your sister is like. If she wants to do something there is no stopping her."

"Sorry," Jon said. "I'm just worried that's all."

"That's ok, I'm worried too, but she's strong and I've got a way we can keep an eye on her."

"How?"

"I'll let Hot Pie explain." He motioned towards his chubby friend who was making his way towards them. When he finally reached the group, Gendry introduced him to everyone. He watched as his friend explained how the device worked and both Ned and Jon looked at him in astonishment.

"It's probably best if all go in the one car." Ned pointed out. "This way we don't get separated and all know what is going on."

"Good idea. My car isn't really designed for more than two people so the SUV it is."

All four men tumbled into the car and waited as Hot Pie proceeded to pull out his laptop and type mercilessly at the keyboard. He had never seen anyone type so fast in his life and at that point Hot Pie looked like a man possessed. "Ok it's all set up. It looks like she's headed towards Kensington drive." He pointed to the blimp on the screen that was moving along the street he mentioned.

"So how will you know when to switch on the listening device part of it?" Jon asked.

"I've got it on now. Don't worry, I've got it under control, we'll know what's going on and where she is at all time. Just relax."

"So what now?" Gendry questioned.

"Now we wait."