Ray Peterson was just returning to Attwood's office when his cellular
phone rang,"Peterson?"
"Pandora's warehouse,3:00.Tell Tate,no one else."
"Tom?"Ray started to ask but all he received was the dial tone.
"Damn."Peterson mumbled as he collapsed the phone and returned it to his
pocket.
He quickly entered the office only to find Lewis still there talking
quietly with Attwood.
Ray spotted Ed leaning against the far wall the younger man clearly not
happy by Lewis's presence.
Somehow Ray had to alert Ed to Tom's call without the other two finding
out.
Peterson glanced at his watch,and they only had a half hour to meet
Tom's deadline.

Tom stepped off the elevator onto the seventh floor of the same building
where Sloan had been held.
It seemed to have become Lewis's clone's temporary headquarters.
Tom turned right and headed down the corridor toward a double oak door.
More than anything he had wanted to be at the warehouse to make sure
Sloan was handed over to Tate safely.
But as part of his agreement with Colin he had to remain here.
As he opened the door to the spacious office Tom forced his thoughts
away from Sloan.
Now was the time to find out what he had to do to get back to her.

Colin was behind a large black lacquer desk when Tom paused in the
doorway. The older man smiled and waved Daniels in as he stood.
"Tom,please come in."Colin stated with a wide smile as he walked around
the desk,"I assume everything is settled with the good doctor?"
Daniels closed the door behind him as he nodded,"Yes,she's in good
hands."
"Splendid."Colin replied as he gestured for Tom to take a seat in one of
the wingbacked brown leather chairs that flanked the desk.
Tom took a seat in the left chair and silently waited for Colin to stop
playing the gracious host and give him his demands.

Colin returned to his desk chair and folded his hands in front of him on
the desk,"Now that my end of our bargain has been taken care of its time
to full fill yours."
"What do you want from me?"Tom asked in a clipped voice.
Colin smiled as he leaned back in his chair,"To finish what my darling
brother asked of you when you first returned to the City of Angels."
Tom froze.
"Ah,I see you remember,that's good."Colin replied with a smug smile,"Our
dear Doctor Tate knows far too much for his and our own good. He must be
silenced."

"What did you tell Attwood?"Ray asked in a hushed voice as the pair
walked quickly out of the lab.
"That I could help Sloan more by going home and putting what I
remembered of the pillar data on disk."Ed replied tensely as they
stopped at Ray's car.
"Shouldn't we take your car?"Ray asked,"If Attwood thinks you've
left...."
Ed shook his head,"He's too preoccupied with Lewis to know if my car's
here or not. If he asks I'll just say you gave me a lift. Besides if
Sloan's hurt your car has more room for me to work."
"Right."Ray replied as they got into the car.