Rachel stepped off the train ready to be on solid ground again. After riding for a while, she was feeling quite ill. She gripped Tina's hand. Tina smiled encouragingly. Rachel was not quite sure what she was doing here. It was evident by watching the glamorous people around her, that she did not belong in a place like this. Tall buildings stood, and there was a bustling marketplace right near the train station. Even the merchants appeared to be dressed exquisitely.

"My lady how are you feeling?" Sanjay asked. His voice was full of concern. Rachel stared up at him, unsure what to say. He smiled gently.

"A bit tired from the ride is all," Rachel replied. She was also a bit overwhelmed by the city itself. She was quite sure she had never been in a city such as this before. A young girl came running up squealing. Rachel jumped. The girl flung her arms around Amir, and also around Sanjay.

"Hello miss Anais," Sanjay greeted. The young girl looked like a younger version on Amir. She glanced at Rachel and Tina.

"Who are you?" She asked.

"Miss Anais, this is Rachel and her friend Tina. They have come along for the visit," Sanjay introduced. Rachel held her hand out to the girl. "This is Amir's younger sister Anais." Anais stared at Rachel's hand and simply nodded. It was clear that she didn't think it worth her time to shake Rachel's hand.

"Anais!" Amir scolded. "Do not be so rude to my guests!" Rachel turned to look at the prince who had finally come out of the train. He looked rather angry. "Please excuse my sister, she is quite snooty at times."

"Amir!" Anais pouted. "If you didn't always insist on fraternizing with commoners." Rachel could hear the disdain in the young girl's voice.

"Enough!" Amir chided. Anais dropped her head. She shot a glare towards Rachel and Tina, but said nothing more.

"Well I certainly hope that's not an indicator for the rest of out trip," Tina whispered in Rachel's ear. Rachel nodded in agreement. She certainly hoped the rest of Amir's family were pleasant.

"Alex are you in some kind of trouble?" Gina asked. Alex looked Gina in the eye and smiled. He grasped her hand in his own.

"No my dear, Mark is just a man with a past. I wish I could tell you, but I can't," Alex replied. Gina searched his eyes for any indication that he was lying to her. When Mark had interrupted them, she had become very suspicious. She had left it alone for the day, but wasn't about ready to give it up. So she brought it up again when they were having dinner. She could tell that he was still holding back something.

"Well he's not a good influence on you," Gina insisted. Alex couldn't help but laugh. If only she really knew. "It's not funny!"

"I know, but V-... Mark is Mark." He caught himself before he called him Vaughn. Gina eyed him, but said nothing more.

Later, while walking home, Gina was lost in thought about what Alex was binding from her. She had been in love with Alex for so long, and yet now, it seemed all wrong. Suddenly, out of the bushes man dressed in all black attacked her. Gina went to scream, but her mouth was covered by a large hand.

"You shouldn't have asked so many questions!" A voice rasped in her ear. Gina struggled against him, she recognized the voice. Fear gripped her as she struggled against the man who claimed to be Alex's cousin. She felt something hard smash against her leg. She nearly fell to the ground. She struggled to stay standing and bit him hard in the hand, the man let go of her mouth, and she let out a blood curdling scream. She felt something hard against her head, then felt nothing more.

Lyla snuggled against Jack as they sat on the couch. Jack had stopped fighting his attraction to Lyla. He only hoped he wouldn't hurt her too much. He was a FIA agent first and foremost, and he was significantly older than her. Lyla didn't seem to care about how old he was, but he wondered what she would think about him lying to her.

Their comfortable scene was shattered by the loud scream that pierced through the night. Jack instinctively jumped up. It was clear the scream came from nearby.

"What was that?" Lyla asked.

"Stay here," Jack ordered. He crept out her door. Lying crumpled in the street a few yards away from Lyla's door was nurse. Jack ran over to feel for a pulse. She appeared to be alive, but just barely, she'd taken quite a few blows to the head.

"What's going on?" Lyla called out. She was standing in the doorway.

"Get back inside!" Jack ordered. "Call Gwen!" Lyla disappeared from the doorway. Jack pulled his shirt off and tried to stop some of the blood that was coming out of her head. He knew this had to be the work of Vaughn. His eyes scanned the surrounding area, but saw nothing. It was too dark, and Vaughn could have easily gotten away. It was rather bold of him to do it in such a public place, perhaps he was getting more desperate.

Gwen came running up to where Jack was administering to Gina. She was much worse than Gwen had thought she would be.

"Who is that?" Lyla called out from the doorway.

"Please see to Lyla," Gwen pleaded. "It would be very bad for her to see this. We need a chopper called in, she'll need to go to the city." Jack left her side. Gwen tried to remain calm. She was getting tired of people in her town turning up like this. It was clear that Gina was clinging to her life. At that moment Alex came running up.

"Oh my goddess!" He shouted.

"Alex," Gwen ordered. "You need to stay away. Jack's calling a chopper in. She needs to go to a hospital!" Alex stood rooted in his spot.

"I'm so sorry," he whispered. Gwen mentally checked that comment and turned back to Gina.

Alex felt the world spinning around him. This had to be Vaughn's work. Alex's hands clenched into fists. Without Gina, none of this would be worth it anymore.