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Don looked up at all the paperwork he still had to fill out. He rolled his eyes. This was the one part of the job he hated. Being Supervisor of the L.A. Violent Crimes Squad meant he had more paperwork then any other agent on the floor. Any other team leader would pass along their teams paperwork to him if there was something they needed him to look at. If a team needed to set up some kind of raid or had some strange request, the details usually went through him. His floor knew him well enough by now to know he would read it, meaning it had better be good, detailed and acually needed, because if you were just trying to pull one over on him, he would chew you out infront of the entire floor. It was true, they'd all seen it happen once or twice. Don reached for his tenth file. He let a little growl out as he realised as he had been thinking, more files had appeared on his desk. He opened the file he had in his hand and was about to start the paper work when a voice called out to him.
" Agent Eppes?"
Don looked up and recognized the Assistant Director comming towards him being followed by two men in military outfits that he did not know. He stood up straight. " Yes sir."
" Would you mind stepping into the confernce room with us for a second?"
Don nodded and looked around and noticed his team looking at him. Colby seemed to be looking at him strangly and Don thought he noticed a flash of fear in his eyes. Don smiled reassuringly at him. The smile said " Don't worry. I'm not going to let anything happen to you." Don clearly thought the military men were here for Colby, who had been apart of the military before joining Don's team.
As Don entered the room behind the AD and the 2 other men, one of the men closed all the blinds. Don looked around and raised his eyebrow. What was going on?
As the blinds closed, cutting off their view of their boss, Don's team turned to look at eachother.
" Well that can't be good can it?" Megan asked.
The AD turned to Don. " Sit please Agent Eppes"
Don sat.
The two military men went to stand at the front of the room.
" Agent Eppes, what we are about to tell you is highly confidential. Nothing we say can leave this room."
Don nodded.
" Two days ago, a pentagon official who was believed to be selling classified information to Afghanistan, fled to Isreal. More specificaly, we have confidance he fled to Jerusalem. Now we know you are fluent in Hebrew and have been to Jerusalem before to attend a Mossad training camp."
At this, Don glanced sharply at the AD. His buisness in Jerusalem years before had not exactly been the best time of his life. He had thought it would have been sealed in his records and never mentioned again.
The military man continued. " We would like you to set up an extraction. We need him back to find out how much he has compromised the pentagon and the saftey of the American people."
Don couldn't take it anymore. " Excure me sir, but why don't you just have Mossad return him to America?"
" Mossad is a little busy right now with more important issues then helping us. They remember you from training and are willing to allow you to come get him. You can bring one other agent with you. Choose carefully. You are leaving tommorow morning."
Don's eyes widened. " But I haven't even said yes yet, and how am i supposed to set up an extraction that will be successful in one night and I don't even know who I'm looking for and how did you even find out about me being in Jerusalem and what branch of the government did you say you were from?" Don was slighty out of breath after his long sentance.
" First off, you don't really have a choice Agent Eppes. Your going. You're a smart man, plan wisely. All the information you will need in order to identify and locate your target is in this folder" one military man opens a breifcase and slides a thick folder out towards Don. The words CONFIDENTIAL were marked loud and clear on the front. " In regards to what part of the government we are from, that does not really matter. Just think about how secure your file would be that says you went to a Mossad training camp, and know we opened it with ease."
The assistant director stepped forward. " Agent Eppes we really need you to do this. I know you never wanted to go back, but this is not your first classified assignment. I know we said the last one was the last one, but Agent Eppes... Don, this is very important."
Don sighed. " I want Sinclair with me. And Sir, this is undeniably the last one."
" Thank you Agent Eppes. Your flight leaves at 0500 tommorow. Details are in this pagage"
The two military men stood up, shook Don's hand and left.
The door to the conferance room opened and Colby, Megan and David all turned back to their reports. Out of the corner of their eyes they watched the military men leave. Don came out two seconds after them and looked over.
"David, can you please join me and the Assistant Director please."
David gulped. He had thought his last report wasn't up to par but this was a little extream. He slowly got out of his chair and walked into the conferance room. Don pulled the door shut behind him. It closed with a loud "click"
Colby looked at Megan. " This is really bad"
David thought he was going crazy. As he sat down he thought he was going to be fired. Why else would the assistant director come down besides to fire him. Granted Don didn't need the AD to come down to help fire him, but maybe Don didn't want to be the bearer of bad news to someone who had worked for him for so long. He had not expected to hear that Don and him would be leaving in a little over 13 hours to go to Jerusalem to get a Pentagon official. He was also shocked to hear that Don and him would be sharing a hotel room and that everything was already planned.
" Wow Don you really know how to spoil a guy."
Don laughed. " Yeah clearly I thought Jerusalem would be a great spot to get to know eachother better"
The AD rolled his eyes. " Agent Sinclair, this assignemt is highly confidential. You are not to talk about it unless it is with Agent Eppes or myself. While in Jerusalem you will listen to Agent Eppes' instructions at all times. He knows what he is doing. "
At this David looked at Don, who had suddenly found the floor very interesting.
" I'd advise you go home, pack and find someone to water the plants and feed the cat Agent Sinclair. You could be gone for a while."
" How long do you think we will be gone sir?"
" Well hopefully we'll be back by the end of the week" Don said interupting the AD who had opened his mouth. The AD nodded.
" That sounds about right. Alright you two are dismissed to go pack and get ready. Good luck gentlemen"
As Don and David stepped out of the conferance room, Don turned to David.
" David, you don't snore do you?"
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