D'une pierre, deux coups

(French titles aren't capitalized.)
This arc takes place between the end of June and July 4th. 
==Timeline==
2016 June: Edan Reid encounters a little girl, Annalise, running from her guardian. Attempts to rescue her fail. ("Annalise")
2016 June: Langlais' visit to the creche is pushed forward a few days by Annalise's escape and Edan's interference. Langlais orders Edan disposed of
2016 June: Attempts to make contact with Annalise's handlers fail 
2016 June: Edan finds a glitter-framed picture of a very happy Annalise on his side of the bed in his and Hermann Gottlieb's suite. 
2016 June: Attempts to make contact with Annalise's handler fail repeatedly so Lapointe, tailing Edan, goes to check on them and finds them quite dead. 
===HK Day===
Establishment Day, formally the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (香港特別行政區成立紀念日), is celebrated annually on 1 July in Hong Kong since 1997. The holiday commemorates the transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China and the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The day is customarily marked by an officially organised extravagant fireworks. ()
==France==
Chuck Darling doesn't quite know why she's collecting EuroCup stadium charms, but now a tiny Stade Vélodrome jingles along with nine others on her backpack as she strolls down the street in search of an acceptable place to break out her warm-from-the-oven pain au chocolate--
Irish!
Chuck makes a hard left, hits the park, and tucks herself against a tree near a group of somewhat bummed Ireland supporters. 
Someone in a sad, green kit toasts her. 
Chuck acknowledges, carefully unwraps her pastry.
==China==
CKD has missed her checking. Whereabouts are being determined. 
Understood. 
.
CKD's whereabouts unknown. Please advise. 
Please prepare composite of her last known location and get eyes on the scene. 
Collected. 
.
Ms Wei wakes up to find Lulu on top of the covers in full Dragon mode (minus the boots because shoes aren't allowed in bed), typing away on a non-descript mobile. 
「An asset's gone missing,」 Lulu explains. 
Ms Wei tucks close. 「Uh oh.」 
「She was in France, but now ....」 
Ms Wei slings an arm over Lulu's waist and hugs. 「You'll find her.」 
Lulu leans in, then rolls away. 
「Bring her home, Dragon.」 
.
「I would like to see footage from any cameras in the area.」 
A tech clicks, and the bank of monitors blinks to life. 
Darling, sitting under a tree with a group of Irish fans--
They attend to something stage left. 
Darling excuses herself, gets to her feet, and hurries from the park--crosses into another camera's sight--She glances over her shoulder once--crosses into a third sight--twice, secures her bag more tightly--crosses into a fourth--
Never reappears. 
「How large is that blind spot?」
「A triangle of two and a half meters squared.」
「Are there any access points in it?」 
「No.」
Liu nods thoughtfully, then asks, 「What's that?」 Points to a grey pixel on the edge of the third field. 
The tech opens a chat window, types in the question, then clicks.
The monitors blink, now showing the current timestamp, and the archived footage reappears on a second row of monitors above the current bank. 
A person in a coat approaches, kneels by the pixel. They take out their mobile--
「It's a charm of some sort,」 reports the tech. 
Liu returns hands to pockets. Darling had a collection of those. Gave her purpose. 
The 49 on screen takes out a little flag and a right angled ruler, stands the flag on the pavement and lays down the ruler, then they take a picture. 
The tech clicks the chat. 
A tiny, silver Stade Vélodrome. 
The 49 rightens the charm with a pair of tweezers, then spins a brush in the air above it. 
Liu's hand finds the wad of silly putty, folds it into a square. 
The person takes another picture. 
「A partial print,」 reports the tech. 「Likely Darling's from the pattern.」 
「Make it conclusive, please.」
The tech nods, types. 
「Increase personnel in the area by forty percent.」
「Will you be directing them locally?」
「Yes. Groom the plane, please.」 
「Consider it done.」 
==Airplane==
Chuck ... is awake. 
Chuck takes stock: she's lying down. Slightly bent knees suggest a smallish couch; she's under a blanket with a restraint awkwardly across her hips. Along with a dry mouth, chapped lips, and general feelings of dehydration, she concludes she's on an airplane. 
"May I have an antiacid please?" 
Surprise from a meter and a half away, then, ""Of course.""
Surprise digs in a bag, gets up, walks three steps, kneels beside Chuck. ""Here you are."" 
Chuck works an arm free--
Surprise presses it into her hand. 
"Thank you." Chuck takes it.
==China==
"Cadet."
Chuck smiles weakly, bows--
Her stomach rolls. 
--nods instead. 
"Do you know how you got here?" 
"Plane. 
"Does the name 'Camille Langlais' mean anything to you."
"I don't--" Chuck winces. "I don't fucking know, I'm sorry. I'm--" 
The lights halo. 
"We'll speak later. I would have our doctor examine you." 
"Sure, that sounds--" Chuck blinks away stars. "Sounds great."
==HK Day==
"Cat tail's been gone a while," remarks Tendo. 
"There're an awful lot of people," says Hermann. 
Tang Min pushes to her feet. "I'll find him."
Changchang cheers, "Put that people recognizing to good use, Tangy!"
Tang Min groans loudly and shtumps off into the crowd. 
"I should've asked for more candy," pouts Changchang.
"Wasabi peas?" offers Tendo. 
Changchang beams, holds out her hands. 
Tendo pours her a bunch, inquires--
"I'm fine, but thank you--" 
A shaky, reedy whistle cuts through the night. 
Hermann's heart drops--
Tendo's pulling him up, Changchang's trying to find her feet--
The whistle again--
""Someone call nine-nine-nine!""
Tendo drags him along--
The whistle--
--shoving people out of their way--
Tang Min sounds her whistle again, eyes on the wall--
"Edan!"
Tendo pushes him back--"Stay there!"--into Changchang--
He trips--
She stumbles----tangles their feet; they go down. 
"It's okay." Tendo, standing between Tang Min and the wall, eases away her whistle. "We're here." Walks her backwards to Hermann and Changchang (now untangled), turns her around, sits her down, calls to the crowd, "Can we get some space, please!"
Changchang sits up beside him.
Florescent vests materialise, nodding to what Tendo's saying, 
Tang Min's pulled away--
Hermann grabs her sleeve. 
""Sir, we would like to take you to the ambulance.""
Hermann lets go. 
""Sir, can you come with us, please?"" 
Hands on his arm. 
"But he's--" 
""Sir, do you know this man?""
Reaches and, "He's--" 
Glinting in the night. 
""Sir, is this man your husband?""
"Edan?"
Tendo says, ""They're married, yea.""
""Will you ask him to come with us, please?""
""Can't he--""
""I'm sorry, sir, we can't contaminate the scene.""
""Right, of course,"" says Tendo, and then he swims into view. "Official folk want to check us out." Helps Hermann to his feet. 
"But Edan--"
Gets an arm under Hermann's shoulders. "He'll meet us there." Calls, "You good, Changchang?" 
""I'm good!""
They're at the ambulance. 
Tang Min sits inside, wrapped in a blanket, holding a styrofoam cup of tea, eyes blank. 
Tendo says, "He's in shock." 
Florescent vests nod, sit Hermann on the bumper. 
""And you two?"" 
"We're good."
"We are /totally good!" Changchang lists dangerously--
Tendo props her up. 
A blanket appears around Hermann--
"Well, she's drunk."
"I should /not have had that last shot! But it was awesome!" 
--and a cup of tea in his hands.
== Limbo (Et Ultra) ==
See "Et Ultra"
==China==
""Cadet?""
Chuck is awake. 
The doctor smiles sympathetically. "I know all you want to do is sleep--"
Chuck's already sliding that way--
"--and I wouldn't be adverse to you staying here, but you /do have a far more comfortable bed elsewhere." 
"Sure." Chuck rolls to sitting--
The doctor grabs her arm. 
The lights halo.
"Nurse?" 
There is a nurse with a wheelchair. 
The nurse and the doctor help Chuck from the table--
Her knees give out.
--and into the wheelchair. 
Chuck's grimaces, eyes fluttering shut. 
"Sleep as much as can," says the doctor. "Have some porridge when you wake up, and I'll see you before a proper breakfast--I'll write this down and send it over." 
Chuck grunts. 
[The nurse chats all the way to Chuck's room and doesn't let her nod off, much to her annoyance.]
The nurse parks them by a door, unlocks it, and backs them through into the dark--
The light of the hall stabs deep into Chuck's brain.
--and turns them towards a simple bed. 
Chuck lurches to her feet--
"Let's get you changed, shall we?" 
Chuck shtumps--
"Hands over head--" The nurse gets her shirt off and then her bra, unbuttons her trousers and gets them off her hips, pulls a nightgown over Chuck's head, leads her around and sits her on the bed, takes her trousers off properly as well as her slippers--
Since when is Chuck wearing slippers?
"Lie down, please."
Chuck flops face-first onto a really soft pillow. 
The nurse coils her braid up beside her head and tucks the blankets in around her neck. ""Rest well, Cadet."" Squeezes her shoulders. ""I'll have your clothes laundered presently.""
Chuck grunts. 
== Annie ==
>Edan's (step)Mum decides it's a good idea to call his biological mum with the news<
""It's Dona Reid—""
"What do you want?" she snaps.
A deep breath on the other end. ""We thought you'd want to know—""
Was that a sob?
""—would want to know that Edan was k-killed this afternoon."" Quieter: ""M-murdered.""
Annie swallows.
""If you want, we can tell you when and where services'll be.""
Swallows again, croaks, "Thank ye, Dona. I'd like that."
""Alright. Talk to ye soon, Annie.""
The connection breaks.
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