„What are we going to do now? " Ghost said after Mac had told them Julia was captured.

"First we have to find out what Andrew intended and then we need to find out where he kept them imprisoned." Mac answered while he studied the newspapers they found in the building Anna was captured.

"Would you first brief us what you know about him and the girl?" Price asked Mac.

"Price, that´s a waste of time. We should hurry and find out where they are." Ghost said a little angry.

Price looked at him and let out a deep sigh.

"I know this sucks. Believe me I´d rather be out and save them as fast as we could but we need to handle this like every other mission and besides if we know everything about them we´re able to work faster."

"Fine but hurry up." Ghost replied still angry and sat down on the table, waiting for Mac to tell them everything he knows.

Mac nodded and started to brief them about Andrew and Julia. He told them that Andrew was an aspiring, clever young man who always did his best to satisfy his personal intentions. He got selected to Mac´s Task Force because he was a damn good sniper and could sneak around his enemies without them noticing him. He was also good in making new friends and was the born leader of a team. Unfortunately he never got higher ranked then a Lieutenant, what lowered his self-esteem and he sometimes had his difficulties to subordinate. After the events on the bridge, where Mac thought he died, Mac visit Andrew´s girlfriend to tell her he died in battle.

This was the first time he met Julia and there he found out that she was a nurse. As he told her he wanted to build up a new Team, she begged him to become a part of it, and she wanted to continue the work of her boyfriend. At first Mac was skeptical about her joining his Team ´cause she never worked in the Military and hasn´t had the basic education you need to go out on the battlefield but she was one of the stubbornness woman he ever met. She promised him to complete every training she needed to join his Team and told him she would get him on the nerves as long as she could till she got his permission to get enlisted.

Mac also told them it was Julia who saved Soap in Prague and after this happening he ordered her to go to the Russian Hospital where Ghost and Roach were in, to look after them and to keep him informed about their way of healing.

"And you´re sure she´s not his accomplice?" Price asked as Mac ended.

"Yes, I´m absolutely sure. Her reaction as I told her Andrew died was real." Mac answered.

"Well, if you say so I´ll believe it. So, any ideas why he collected the reports about Soap?" Price fished one of the pages from the table and began to read it.

"I don´t know exactly, these are reports about the last few years, all deal with Soap becoming promoted, how his country celebrated him as a hero, his ribbons he got and Interviews with him about how he killed Zakhaev but I don´t understand why he blackened all the pictures." Mac explained and turned his attention to the Police officer.

"You said the cameras are all over the town? Mind if we take a look where the truck went after it left the base?"

The Officer nodded and called one of his assistants to tell him he should check the tapes. He described the truck and assured him to send him a picture of the man they were looking for. In the meantime Mac got a call from one of his informants, who told him Andrew is on the list of Interpol's Most Wanted. He stole important Intel from the British Government and was suspected to have connections to a Russian terror cell. Before he came back to Britain he stayed on the Arabian Peninsula for a few months, where he was seen in Makarovs presence and spent a few days in the Czech Republic. Mac told his informant he should check what Andrew did the last six years, he needed to know everything. As he hung up the phone Price got a clue.

"I think I know where I have seen him." He announced.

"Where?" Mac asked short.

"As I got arrested I´m pretty sure I saw him standing in front of this hotel, talking to a Police Officer."

"Are you sure?"

"Pretty."

"That means he must have watched us. Meat I need you to go to my office, on my desk should be a note with the number of the Hospital Soap was in. Please call them and ask about a doctor named Kucera." Mac ordered and Meat left the room after he nodded.

"Why don´t we ask Anna if she heard something. Maybe they talked about their plans in front of her." Roach asked Price.

"Fine. I go and see if she is able to tell me anything." The addressed answered and left the room.

"Come on Ghost, we should check if we found something about his intends in these papers." Roach patted his friend on the back and both sat down, studying the papers.


Price quickly arrived at the room Anna was in. He knocked softly on the door and stepped in. His wife turned her attention from her daughter to her husband. She smiled and stood up from the chair she was sitting all the time, not taking her eyes off her daughter and stepped closer to Price.

"She´s still asleep?" Price asked, looking at his daughter.

"Yes, she will need more time to rest. The capture was a dramatic event. Why do you ask?"

"I need to talk to her."

"That´s all? I thought you came here ´cause you worried about her, I guess I was wrong again." Gisela shot Price a look of reproach.

Price sighted heavily and shook his head. Why was she mad at him? He should be the one being made at her. She was the one cheating on him and now he´s the one to blame for everything? Didn´t his wife see that it wasn´t easy for him to act like a professional soldier when his family was around? Sure he cared about his daughter and more than anything else it broke his heart to know the capture would affect her for the rest of her live but he needed to be strong. He wouldn´t bore to loose Soap now, not after he just survived. He tried to restrain his composure and keep those thoughts out of his mind. Soap and his daughter needed him fully presented with all of his power he had.

"Of course I care about her you know that better than anyone else but Soap is in danger and maybe she has important information for us." Price said, stepping closer on to his daughter.

"Soap? You mean the young man who served with you in the S.A.S? What happened?" Gisela asked now truly concerned.

"He got captured too and we are pretty sure it were the same people that kidnapped Anna."

"So you want to know if she heard the men talk about Soap?"

"Right. I always loved your ability to put one and one together." Price smiled weakly at Gisela.

"John…" She started to say but was interrupted as Price raised one of his hands in the air.

"It´s okay. No need to explain or apologize. At least not now."

Gisela closed his mouth and silently agreed with him. It wasn´t the right time to talk about their marital problems, the most important thing was to rescue her husband's best friend. Gisela stepped up to her daughter and shook her lightly on her shoulder. Anna moaned and pulled the blanket over her head. Gisela sight and shook her harder, she knew it was difficult to get Anna out of the bed. Her daughter always was a late riser. Anna moaned again but kept her eyes closed. Gisela rolled her eyes in annoyance and with a twitch she pulled the blanket out of the bed.

Anna wanted to describe her anger full-throated as she realized her dad was with her in the room. She just mumbled something and swung his legs out of the bed. She rubbed her eyes and yawned loudly.

"What´s wrong? Did anything happen." She asked still half asleep.

Price looked at his daughter a little amused. She still was the little girl he knew.

"You´re dad´s gonna ask you something sweetheart. Would you mind answer his questions?" Gisela asked smiling.

"No, it´s okay. What do you want to know?" Anna stopped rubbing her eyes and waited for Price to start questioning.

"First I want to give you this back." Price said and gave his daughter her bracelet back.

Anna took it with shining eyes and hugged her father. She immediately tied it around her wrist and looked back at her dad.

"And second I need to know if your kidnappers have ever mentioned anything about another abduction."

"No, I can´t remember anything like that. I´m sorry."

"It´s okay, not your fault. Does the name Andrew tell you something?"

"Andrew? Yes, I´ve heard that name but let me think about it."

Anna crossed her arms and tilted her head aside. She sat there for a few minutes as her eyes lit up. She could remember.

"There was a man in there with a name badge. I´m sure I read Andrew on it."

"What else? Did the others talk about him?" Price´s mood got better, maybe he was about to get closer on to Andrew.

"Yes, the man who stole my bracelet told me this Andrew guy was going to get his revenge for what the world had done to him and that someone had to pay. He also mentioned a woman. He said Andrew could only get his revenge ´cause she helped him."

"Are you sure he said exactly these words?"

"Yes, of course."

"Well, thanks. That helps us a lot. You should rest some more."


Price shot up from the chair, smiled at his daughter, nodded to his wife and left the room. Back at the conference room he walked straight up to MacMillian and looked at him worried.

"Are you alright Price?" Mac asked.

"Yeah, I´m fine. I was talking to Anna and she gave me some very interesting information."

"She knew something about Soap´s kidnap?" Ghost asked hopefully.

Price just shook his head and Ghost lost all of his hope again.

"But she told me she had seen this Andrew. He was there and another man told Anna Andrew wants to get revenge what the world had done to him."

"What does this mean?" Mac wondered and thought about the words Price had spoken.

"I don´t know exactly but she told me something more important."

"Come on tell us the full story John. I´m curious about it."

Price closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"He said the reason why Andrew is able to get his revenge is ´cause he got help from a woman." Price stated and everyone went silent.

Price opened his eyes again, looking in the shocked face of Mac. He knew his friend was aware of who the man meant. Mac shook his head and let himself slip onto a chair. He stared in the air and didn´t know what to say. This wasn´t possible, she never would betray him or his team. Mac looked around and saw that everyone avoided to look at him. He turned his head to look at Price but his attention got caught from Ghost. Mac noticed he was standing there, head lowered and fists clenching. He felt the Lieutenant was angry, he could almost see him implode.

No, that´s a lie. She wouldn´t do this. She was the nicest and innocents person he ever met. She always made him laugh and made him feel like a normal human. This can´t be true. Did she fool him all the time? Was she now making fun of him? Was she laughing at him for telling her he liked her and would miss her? Was that the reason she didn´t tell him she worked for MacMillian? Were his sorrows about her being save just a waste of time? Ghost thoughts flipped over and he couldn´t stand the silence in this room. He needed to get out of there to get his mind free, full of anger he wasn´t a good help anyways.

Ghost clenched his fists to hold his anger back, raised his head and stormed out of the room. He heard Roach scream after him and Mac screaming at Roach but he didn´t understand the words they were saying. Right now he didn´t even care. He needed to let his anger out.