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Hope you'll like it! The song ia " Heart won't lie" by Reba McEntire & Vince Gill
Disclaimer: I don't own " Sue Thomas FB Eye"
Tara bit the tip of her pencil as she desperately tried to focus her attention on the screen.
The room was unbearably hot, which wasn't a surprise since it was occupied by at least 30 heavily armed agents.
Tara loosened a scarf tied around her neck and centered her attention on working out a security system surrounding buildings which they were supposed to attack.
That mission was more than dangerous.
" Are you sure that you will make it?" Mike Collins, leader of their joined teams asked with the doubt gazing at diminutive figure of "the best computer expert in DC". At the moment, among all tall agents gathered in the room she made an impression of the small girl rather than the trained FBI agent. Mike could only hope , that Jack hadn't been wrong when he'd recommended her. Their entire action depended on her skills and speed.
Tara raised her eyes on him " Don't worry Sir " she assured „ it'll take me 50 seconds" Mike nodded not entirely convinced, but it was already too late for changes.
„ Alright guys , go for your vest and equipment" Jack's voice sounded.
Tara's gaze, almost against her will wandered toward the tall Aussie standing right next to Jack.
He stood with his head lowered studying some blueprints .Tara's lips curved, he'd looked exactly the same when all those years ago she'd entered the bullpen for the first time. One look into his eyes, one his smile and it'd hit her. At the beginning she'd thought that this infatuation, that silly crush would pass, but years passed and he's been filling more and more of her heart, so in the end there was no space in it for anybody else. But when she realized that what she felt toward him would never disappear he was already with somebody else. She lacked courage then, she lacked courage seeing how good he's with Darcy to reveal her feelings. She was afraid to lose the only piece of him she had , his friendship.
Tara bit her lip and moved away a lock of hair tickling her cheek. Perhaps she should have told him....Darcy was gone.
Bobby suddenly raised his eyes and their eyes crossed.
Tara blushed as a schoolgirl caught red-handed and hastily she hid her face behind computer.
Looking back over the years
Of All the things I've always meant to say
But words didn't come easily
So many times through empty fears
Of all the nights I tried to pick up the phone
So scared of who might be answering
You try to live your life from day to day
But seeing you across the room tonight
Just gives me away
Bobby gazed thoughtfully in her direction. He could see her head lowered above the keyboard and in spite of all fuss he could swear that he heard the familiar clatter of keys moved by her flitting fingers. A moment ago when their eyes crossed he had to stop himself from coming up to her and tucking away a lock of hair which laid across her cheek but Tara bent her head and the moment passed.
Bobby bowed again. His usual handsome and cheerful face was twisted in a ugly grimace.
He didn't like it . He didn't like it at all.
They separated their team. He with Jack belonged to the A group , which was supposed to enter the main building with the front doors. D and Myles were assigned to the B group which shielded back doors and entered right after them. He agreed with it. He trusted his abilities and those of his partner enough to know that they would make it. The thing that cause his vivid objection and protest was fact that Tara was assigned to the group which had to secure small building at the eastern part of property - a center of whole security system , and then secure all electronic gadgets so that the agents who would attack the main building wouldn't be surprise by anything. It all come down to the fact that Tara through the entire operation would be beyond their reach in the different part of complex, and she would have to relay on agents who he both didn't know and didn't trust that they would protect his little sheila . Yes, Bobby knew that he behaved like a caveman but he'd a long time ago stopped fighting with protectiveness he felt toward their computer genius. Practically from the first day when he'd raised his head and seen her standing in bullpen's door with the bag almost twice her size, he simply had to know that she's safe. Only then he could easily do his job and a while ago he'd decided that the safest place for her was by his side. His little sheila. His Tara. He groaned and straightened. He knew that Jack was talking to him, but his gaze yet again turned toward blond as if sensing his gaze she raised her head and their eyes met again. She smiled.
" Good luck!" she pronounced
Her smile reached Bobby's heart.
" See you later Luv!" he sighted in reply
Long after tonight
Will you still hear my voice through the radio
Old desires make us act carelessly
Long after tonight, after the fire
After the scattered ashes fly
Through the four winds blown and gone
Will you come back to me?
You try to live your life from day to day
But seeing you across the room tonight
Just gives me away
„Alarms are off!" Tara's voice sounded in their ears " we're taking care of the rest!"
„ Group A, we are going on 3!" Jack after hearing the signal immediately went for the action.
Bobby more firmly tightened his hands on the weapon.
" One.... two.... three..."
Tara bit her already hurting lip penetrating her way through next electronic security devices which separated them from the main computers all the time listening closely through her headphones what's going on in the main building. She hated not being able to see them!
" Don't move! FBI"
" We got them!"
" Drop your weapon! You are surrounded!"
In the tangle of voices she could easily distinguished the characteristic accent.
' It's fine 'she repeated ' as long as I can hear his voice it's fine'
„ What…"
„ Bobby upstairs!!!!"
„ Watch out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
„ NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Tara frozen. Her heart stopped.
"We have wounded!"
"I repeat we have wounded!!!!!!!!!!"
„ Get somebody here!!!!!! We have officer down! I repeat we have officer down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Tara didn't even notice a blood which slowly dribbled from her lips 'Please no!!! Not him!!!!!!!!!!! Please!!!!!! '
Shots, more shots! More shouts!
„ Williams! hurry !" Collins firmly shook her shoulder when for the second time she didn't react to his voice.
Her face was deadly pale with the exception of trail of crimson blood flowing down from her lips, she looked at him with not seeing eyes.
„ Williams?" he asked startled
„ ……Rogers got it in arm….." Jack's voice got through the haze clouding her mind
" You? "
„ No problems, left side secured" Australian accent sounded in her ear as the sweetest music.
„ Williams! When technicians secured those door they shut up and we are trapped! They found something strange" Collins started seeing that he finally got her attention .
Tara took one look at the bunch of bizarre cables joined to the metal disk and her eyes became wide with terror.
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