Merrin walked into the lab after getting herself her millionth cup of coffee for the day to see Malcolm packing up their research, "What's going on?" she asked.
He glanced at her, shaking his head, "After the hack, Darius doesn't trust anyone so he's moving us to an unknown warehouse," he explained.
She placed her coffee on the table, "Well, let me jump in and help."
They packed up all of their research before Liam joined, always popping in and out due to his various responsibilities. Darius wasn't far behind him.
"Darius, are you sure about this?" Liam asked, clear to Malcolm and Merrin, not for the first time.
Darius shook his head, "I can not trust anyone right now, not until I find out who killed Laslow to cover up their own mess."
Malcolm interjected, "I'm sorry about your friend," as he picked up the last of the boxes to begin their walk to the van.
"Don't feel sorry for me," Darius replied, "Feel sorry for the man who did this because I am going to destroy him," his tone was threatening.
Merrin was looking at Malcolm when Darius spoke and caught the strangest flash of emotion in his eyes. She couldn't place it so she nudged her head to the side, gesturing for Croft to follow her.
He did, "Why is he so hell bent on proving someone is behind a clear suicide/hack?" Croft asked, grumbling.
They reached the van and got in before Merrin responded, "Darius trusted Laslow so he doesn't think his friend and head of security was capable of that. I'm sure he'll figure it out," she added before Liam joined them and the van began the drive.
Merrin leaned against Malcolm for the drive, which was silent until Liam spoke up. "Do you guys think Darius is losing it?"
Croft laughed, "You're just now wondering that?"
"He has everything locked down," Liam responded, "I can't get Jillian to pick up and I hope she isn't scared there," he confessed.
Croft rolled his eyes, "The fate of the world is in our hands and you're worried about your puppy love," he scoffed.
Merrin sat up and looked at Malcolm, staring into his eyes, "Be nice. I'd like to think you'd be worried if it was us in that situation."
He was about to reply when the car veered to the right as one of the tires blew. Merrin was the first out of the car, pushed gently by Malcolm as he made sure her safety was assured. Another SUV pulled up just as quickly.
Masked men with Russian accents appeared and grabbed Liam and Malcolm, killing their driver before one pointed his gun at Merrin.
Croft raised his hand, "She's no concern of yours. Leave her here," he pleaded before the man nodded and pulled him and Liam into their vehicle, leaving Merrin on the side of the road.
Merrin was picked up by Darius and Grace around a half an hour later and she could tell by the looks on their faces, they knew something terrible.
They revealed that Croft was the traitor and he was selling their EM updates with Russia for money. Merrin's gut dropped as she realized what she'd seen on his face and why he made sure to tell her he loved her.
She chose to stay behind while Darius and Grace went to the location where Liam was taken, not wanting to see Croft hauled off in handcuffs.
Merrin sat in the Tanz breakroom waiting on someone to arrive and tell her what was going on.
Liam entered the room later, his face showing her all she needed to know.
"Mer, I'm so sorry," Liam began, "I shot him because he was going to shoot me. He's responsible for so much that's gone wrong."
Merrin nodded, "I know," her tears finally escaped her eyes as sobs followed causing Liam to wrap his arms around her.
While Darius and Grace were in Russia, they learned Croft was still alive but chose to keep it away from Merrin's knowledge.
Merrin stayed on the project, finding herself in the bunker when nukes were headed their way. The last thing she remembered before waking on the floor of the bunker was vomiting right before every began falling to the delusions that accompany oxygen loss.
"Grace, what happened?" Merrin asked once she saw her friend.
Grace shook her head, "I don't know but it looks like we can finally leave," she looked to see the elevator doors sliding open.
Merrin followed her and they took the shaft to the surface where Darius was waiting.
He was now the Vice President of the United States and he needed the two women to join him in a nuclear crisis. Resist was the culprit the entire time and the threat was much worse then when Grace, Merrin, and the others were sent into the bunker.
They were unable to stop the nukes but the only one that detonated dropped in the middle of the United States, doing barely any harm. After Resist dropped the nuke, they announced the US was at fault and they had thirteen more they could drop at any point.
Resist announced a plan to pull the best scientists into Tanz Industries to stop the asteroid, Liam and Merrin being two of the names on that list.