The Spy And The Criminal (Rucas)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation

Song of the Day: Dog Days are Over, by Florence and the Machine

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"Gavin!" Riley called out, and Lucas spun around. But when he turned around, it wasn't Gavin that Riley was seeing. She squinted, as if she were trying to make sure that she wasn't just dreaming. But it was no dream. She took a couple steps forward. "Lucas?" She asked.

"Riley, I am so, so sorry." Lucas said, and he walked towards her, trying to reach out to her. But he wasn't quick enough. Riley turned around and ran away, and Lucas face palmed his head. 

"What have I done?" He asked himself. 

There was no one around to give him an answer.

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Before that little scene up there...

"Maya Hart, CIA." Maya said, her hands going up to her sunglasses to pull them down. Believing that her badge was legible, the guard let her into the building. She put her sunglasses atop her head and looked around. Upstairs, she saw Josh, and she skipped over to the elevator. 

Realizing that the stairs would be faster, Maya took the stairs, going not too fast or too slow to be conspicuous. She ran over to the center desks, and saw Josh. "Josh." She said, running over to him.

"Maya! What are you doing here? You're going to get in so much trouble." He whispered, holding her.

"I told you that we're breaking into the CIA. Now, we can't let Riley find Lucas. Farkle and Sarah have taken out delivery men, and Riley's inside of the delivery truck. You have to help me  Josh." Maya begged, and he brought her over to the side where they would less likely be heard.

"Shit's about to go down, isn't it." Josh said, and Maya nodded. "Lucas is in a meeting with Director Abrams right now. I can make sure he stays there. "Oh, and we might have another problem too."

"What Josh?" Maya said, and Josh pointed over across the way.

"That." Josh said, pointing to Zay. "Might be a problem."

"Riley can't see him either." Maya said, and Josh nodded. 

"There is no way we're going to pull this off. We have to choose who we'd rather go after, and you can't be in the building alone, you'd have to come with me. I want you to come with me."

"Either way, whoever she sees, she's going to get hurt." Maya paused. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but let's go after Zay. We'll trap him and then see what we can do about Lucas." She finished, and Josh nodded. They began to follow Zay down a hallway.

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"We're in." Riley said through the comms unit. Sarah and Farkle guided her to the doorway. Two men stood there as guards, and they stopped the group.

"Hey, you guys can't come in here." One of the guards said, and the other reached for his walkie talkie, but Farkle grabbed one and Sarah took the other, knocking them out. Riley looked relieved once they were gone, and they took one of their badges.

"I should do this alone." Riley said, taking one of the badges.

"No Riley, this is the FBI. You'll get caught." Sarah protested, but Riley gave her a look and she went back to the van. Farkle looked up at Riley, and was about to say something, but she stopped him.

"Please Farkle." Riley pleaded. "I have to do this alone. I beg you."

"Good luck Riles." Was all Farkle said, giving her a kiss on the cheek, and he ran back to the van. Riley scanned the badge on the door and walked into the FBI. She followed the empty hallway all the way down. She pulled the map she had out of her pocket, and followed the corridors. 

But up above her head is what startled her. It was Gavin. But his hair was much lighter and his eyes were a different color, and he was talking to a man, an important man. The two men parted ways, and Riley cried out to him, and Gavin looked down.

"Gavin!" Riley called out, and Lucas spun around. But when he turned around, it wasn't Gavin that Riley was seeing. She squinted, as if she were trying to make sure that she wasn't just dreaming. But it was no dream. She took a couple steps forward. "Lucas?" She asked.

"Riley, I am so, so sorry." Lucas said, and he walked towards her, trying to reach out to her. But he wasn't quick enough. Riley turned around and ran away, and Lucas face palmed his head.

"What have I done?" He asked himself.

There was no one around to give him an answer.

Riley ran out of the building as fast as possible, running away. In one of the hallways, she bumped into a man who looked vaguely familiar. She remembered the photograph. "You!" She said, and pointing her finger at him, and then ran away. She bolted out into the parking lot where she had come in from. She hopped into a random car and hot wired the ignition.

She drove away without ever looking back.

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"Where are you going?" Maya asked into the phone.

Maya, Lucas, and Josh were sitting in Lucas's apartment, trying to figure out where Riley might have gone. Maya had heard from Farkle and Sarah a little earlier. They were headed home to their families for a little while. She couldn't blame them. None of them had seen their families in awhile.

"I don't know where I'm going Maya." Riley said. "And I'd prefer it if you didn't look for me. Goodbye."

The line went dead. Maya shut her phone and looked up to see the boys. She shook her head, and began to cry, Josh and Lucas going into hold her.

"I know Riley. Better than she knows herself. But I don't even know where she's going. I'm assuming she'd go and get Alice, but after that I really have no idea where Riley would go." She stopped.

"Maya..." Josh whispered softly, squeezing her tighter.

"We have to find her." Lucas said.

"She's not going to be so easy to find. I'm just saying, the last time something happened, and it wasn't even like this, we found Riley four months later in a farm in China, with a new identity and everything. She's not going to be so easy to find. Especially when she goes off the grid, which I'm assuming she's already chucked her phone out the window, she always done that."

"Well, we should at least try to find her." Lucas said. "Maybe her parents, her brother, they might know something." Lucas tried, but Josh and Maya shook their heads.

"I'll find you Riley, I promise." Lucas said.

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No fear, its not over until I say it is, and believe me, its not over. Hope you enjoyed, and hopefully I'll have more out later for you.