Sam walked into the main hallway as she arrived at Daniel's house. She had worn a long black dress that she'd bought, hoping to keep Daniel's attention. Eduardo and Nathan had followed behind her to the house, and had disappeared around the sides of the house when she went inside. The rest of the crew was to follow shortly after, hoping to search through the house behind Sam and Daniel as they toured the house.

Daniel greeted her once she was led into the main parlor. "Sarah. How delightful that you could come! I'm so glad that you could make it."

"I'm glad as well." She replied politely.

"I thought we could have some lunch first, and then I would give you a tour of the house."

She accepted the arm he held out to her. "I'd like that very much."

Daniel led her down the hallway towards a dining room, where a large table was set. The room was quite large, about twice the size of the bar. She knew the house had to have been worth quite a lot, just from the chandelier hanging in the center of the room over the dining table. All of the fine china and place settings made her feel, if just for a brief moment, very elegant. She remembered dreaming about such fine things as a child, but looking at them now, and knowing the woman she had become, she knew how petty they actually were. She'd rather be on the Sirius in the small, scrunched up dining room eating Nathan's meals any day over this.

Daniel walked in ahead of her and pulled out a chair for her. She curtsied to him, as she knew would be a custom for them, and sat down delicately, placing her hands in her lap. Daniel went over to his own chair further down from her, keeping a close eye on her.

She thanked a man who went to her tea-cup and filled it to the brim with what she assumed was tea. "Thank you for inviting me here today."

Daniel took a sip from his cup. "You're quite welcome, I'm glad I could give you a slight reprieve from working at that dreadful bar."

She smiled politely. "It is nice to be away for a while."

The man that had filled her cup returned and placed a meal in front of her. Steaming hot and rather delicious looking, she glanced up at Daniel before picking up her fork. She had been so used to eating on the Sirius with all of the guys that she almost began eating as she normally did, but realized that she needed to eat more politely than she usually did. She took a dainty forkful of the food and graciously took a bit, taking her time to chew and concentrate on her posture. If she was going to play this part right, then she was going to go all out.

She dabbed at the corner of her mouth with the napkin. "You seem to be quite busy with work Daniel, would you tell me more about it?"

Daniel beamed up at her. "Yes, I certainly can. I'm working on a private project with a division of the navy on a … cleansing program."

"A cleansing program?"

"Yes, it's quite magnificent in fact. I hate to say so since I was the one who came up with it, but it's quite brilliant if I do say so myself."

She took a sip from her cup. "It does sound quite fascinating."

"It is. This part of the world has been wrought by devastation due to the terrible pirate population, and with this program we hope to eliminate that problem."

"Eliminate?"

"Well, not to put it too delicately, we want to spare the taxpayers the cost of having to hunt down these criminals, put them through a trial, and execute them. We hope that we can, well, skip a couple of steps."

She fought desperately not to throw something at him. "That does sound quite innovative. But, technically speaking, wouldn't that be like assassination?"

Daniel smiled up at her again. "Most of these animals have done far worse than what we will be doing."

"Yes, yes I suppose they have." She lied. She knew that a long time ago, had she been asked whether she thought pirates were terrible people, she probably would have said yes. Having gotten to know some pirates, she knew that not all pirates are evil. While there might have been a few exceptions to that, she knew that most pirates in this day and age, and in this area, the pirates were more interested in finding treasure than they were with hurting anyone.

Daniel tossed his napkin onto the table and scooted his chair out. "Would you like a tour of the house now?"

Sam placed her napkin next to her plate and stood. "I'd be delighted." Daniel held his arm out for her again, and she looped her arm through his. She felt slightly sick to the stomach to even touch this man, but she knew she had to put up with it, if just for a little while longer.

He led her down the hallway and started spouting about the history of the house, about how it used to be a grand naval station but was bought by his great-grandfather and turned into a mansion. He showed her paintings of his family and told her grand stories of their adventures. He walked up to one room in particular and stopped.

"If you'll excuse me for just one moment, I have to put something in my safe." He said as he walked into the room. Sam peered into the room behind him as he bent over to a safe lying on the floor behind a desk. She paid close attention to the numbers he punched in and opened the safe. Her eyes went directly to a pile of files on the bottom section, and knew instantly that those were the files that she would need. The guys had said earlier that on a first scan of the house, they hadn't found any kind of paperwork on the attacks. But she knew that if there was any kind of paperwork that needed to be hidden, that would be the place to hide it.

She wanted to look as innocent as she could when he returned; having memorized the numbers he had entered on the safe. The guys would never be able to break the code for that safe, having an 8 digit combination, so she knew that she would have to come up with some excuse later to retrieve the paperwork. She went and stood in front of another painting, gazing up at it as she heard him close the safe and lock it back up.

He came up next to her and looked up at the painting with her. "This is my great-grandfather, the one who acquired this house."

"He was quite handsome." She said smiling up at the picture.

"Yes he was, shall we continue?" He looped his arm around hers again and began back with the tour.

He continued on about the history of the house, and his own personal history. He told her of how he lost his family to an attack on his island long ago, and decided to join the navy. He bragged of his recent promotion to the position he currently held, and how he was able to orchestrate his project because of it.

They walked on for what seemed like an hour when Sam stopped. "Daniel, if you don't mind, I think I'd like to visit the ladies room."

He released her arm. "Of course. I actually have to go deal with something myself very quickly, so I will meet you back here."

She smiled and turned around and headed towards the bathroom. Throwing a glance over her shoulder, she watched as he rounded the corner and disappeared. She quickly made her way back to the office where the safe was. She knew that this would be the only time that she would have to get it.

She went hastily into the office and peered outside to make sure no one had seen her go inside. The guys from the Sirius were around here somewhere, all she had to do was to get the files out, tuck them away in her dress, and give it to them when she saw them again. Her dress was tight enough that she knew that she could just tuck the files down the front of it, and no one would suspect a thing.

She bent down next to the safe and quickly keyed in the combination, hearing the safe click open. The files were exactly where she remembered them, and she snatched them up and read the cover to make sure. As she opened the file and skimmed over a few of the documents, she knew she had the right folder. She pulled the front of her dress forward and stuffed the documents down into her chemise. The girdle she had worn for the dress would be enough of a holder for the documents not to slip and slide around.

After closing the safe, she stood back up and adjusted herself to make sure that the file couldn't be seen. Before she could turn around, a gun fired behind her. The impact of the bullet slammed her up against the wall, and she slid to the floor. She screamed in pain as she felt the bullet go through her shoulder.

"I knew you were one of them. I could practically smell the pirate on you." She heard Daniel growl from above her.