So this is a huge project and it's been rattling around in my brain for a long time, so I hope I'm ready for it. (= Please give it a chance. This takes place post 100, and it's slightly AU.
~I own nothing. This is for fun, not profit.
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"So do you want to tell me where this all began?" Strauss snapped, not even attempting to control her temper anymore.
Morgan, on the other hand, was the epitome of calm. After what his team had been dragged through, getting angry about it would help nothing while explaining the mess to Strauss. Truthfully, Derek did not have the energy to be angry at anyone but himself. So much shit had gone down, and he didn't help the situation by making mistake after mistake after mistake. If Strauss was taking anyone down because of this, it was undoubtedly him.
"Well I guess this past January, when we first got the DePinto case." He finally responded.
"No, Agent, I am not referring to the incident involving Technical Analyst Garcia." Strauss yells, the frustration getting the better of her. "I am asking at which point was Ex Agent Greenaway brought in on the investigation of Officer Rexon."
"You say that as if she was investigating with my team, and she wasn't."
"Well then what the hell was she doing at the crime scene where Joshua DePinto was murdered?"
"She was riding along with us when we got the call that DePinto had been murdered." Morgan tried to dismiss this.
"Why was she in your vehicle with you? You said she was a person of interest in the Rexon case." Strauss stared Morgan down, her piercing stare making him think twice about his answer.
Morgan knew why things had gone down the way they had. The team was put in such a strained position that even in hindsight; Morgan didn't understand everything that had happened. But he had to tell Strauss something.
Morgan was done playing games, and he had had his fill of politics. He knew he could only tell Strauss the truth. Morgan chuckled slightly at the thought of the words "Strauss" and "truth" in the same sentence. But, he couldn't think of any other way to spin it. So, here goes nothing...
"Elle Greenaway was in my vehicle because we could not arrest her without setting off a chain of events that would have gotten more people killed." Morgan could see her she was about to object, and he knew what she was going to say.
"And I would have kept her in interrogation, but you know I was alone at head quarters. It was 3 am Sunday morning. No one was due back until 7 and I had one agent who was held against her will, one trapped in Russia tracking god knows what down, another who had been forced to return to Boston, and the last two were at the hospital being treated for burns after a fucking explosion had almost taken them out! That would be why I had to bring Greenaway with me!" Morgan had lost his calm, most definitely. His anger was so out of the blue that it surprised Strauss.
After a long pause, Strauss spoke again with caution. "Ok, so you couldn't detain Ex Agent Greenaway at head quarters, but I still don't understand why you couldn't arrest her to begin with. Is it because of your pa-" Morgan sharply cut her off.
"Agent Reid's and my past relationship with Greenaway is not why she wasn't arrested as soon as she entered the country. Trust me, I wanted to arrest her as much as you did." Morgan spat with disgust.
"Then why?" Strauss pressed fervently.
The truth was getting harder and harder to explain.
I know it makes no sense at all, but its the prolouge. I have an entire plan for this and it's going to unravel a bit before it starts to take shape. (= Please review and let me know what you think so far.