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Harry stared out over the city, the rooftop the first place he had headed once he and Ros had escaped the nightmare that as Whitehall. He needed to clear his head before he faced the team. It had only been a matter of weeks since the Boscard/Folmer/Elena case had been concluded and there were still too many loose ends for Harry's liking. The effects on his team were still palpable. He was just relieved that Zaf, Adam and Ruth seemed to be their old selves. Lucas was still a little quiet but he knew Ros was keeping an eye on her husband. Now it seemed his team were never going to get the truth of who was really behind Ilya's murder or the Confederation's attempt to derail the Royal Ball and blow up one of the biggest airports in Western Europe. He hung his head as he felt a warm hand on his back.

"Ruth."

"Harry." She paused before kissing his shoulder blade through his shirt. Harry closed his eyes. "You're freezing."

"I'm fine."

"I spoke to Ros." Ruth sighed. "I'm so sorry."

"Ruth, you hated the woman."

"Doesn't mean I wanted to see her dead. I know what she meant to you." Ruth moved to stand next to himm as he turned slightly to face her.

"Once." Harry agreed. "It's Sasha I feel sorry for. The man he believed was his father all his life was murdered. Then the body of the man that was his biological father is washed up in the Thames and now his mother commits suicide."

"Jim Coaver." Ruth sighed heavily.

"I know." Harry smirked. "He kept that quiet."

"Do you think she really killed herself?" Ruth asked as he rested a hand on hers. "I mean, she always seemed so together, so cold."

"Russian spies never talk. Ever. She was old school Cold War trained. Like me I suppose." He turned his attention back over the city. "Ruth, you have to believe Elena was in my past. Firmly in my past. I can hardly believe that I felt anything for her."

"Oh I do." Ruth sighed as she met his eyes. "Any other secrets I need to know?"

"Only." Her eyes widened in shock as he rested both hands on her waist. "What I've bought you for Christmas."

"Harry." Ruth sighed. "You.." he covered her lips with his own before she could finish her sentance. He smiled slightly into the kiss as she wound her fingers in his hair, pulling him to her. She stepped back when the need for oxygen began to overwhelm her.

"Ruth." He rested his forehead against hers as her eyes fluttered closed.

"Impossible man." She smiled as he chuckled slightly.

"So you keep telling me." Harry smiled as she opened her eyes. "Come on, I suppose I should fill the others in on what's happening."

"What is happening with Towers? Please tell me the Prime Minister accepted his resignation." She took his hand as they walked back to the Grid.

"I could." Harry glared. "But I hate lying to you. We have to wait for a reshuffle, apparently the PM doesn't think it would be good for the image of the party or the government if he went now."

"So having a man known to cooperate with Russian spies is? Incredible." Ruth shook her head.

"Politics my love." Harry sighed as she rested a hand on her growing abdomen, the baby bump now evident to anyone who looked at her. She rolled her eyes before walking back onto the Grid.

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"I don't like it." Ros stated as Lucas and Adam exchanged glances.

"We're stuck with him." Lucas glared at the wood of the Briefing Room table as Beth picked at her top.

"For the moment." Harry watched as the news of Towers' temporary reprieve sank in. He hated it as much as Ros and Ruth had. He had never really trusted any politicians and was even more distrusting of the current Home Secretary. Alec swore under his breath.

"Well, at least he didn't try to kill us all in one go. Not like Blake." Adam spat. All eyes fell on him as he realised not everyone at the table would know about the assasination attempt where Harry had walked in front of a bullet to try to save the team. Zaf closed his eyes for a moment as he remembered the look on Jo's face. She had been as terrified at the rest of them.

"What?" Erin asked incredulous.

"Seems we have had a bit of bad luck when it comes to Home Secretaries." Harry ended the discussion as he felt Ruth's eyes on him. He had neglected to tell her of Blake's trechary while she had been away and he had a feeling that once Nick and the others were in bed there would be questions asked.

"Anyway." Ros brought the meeting back on track as she leant against the wall. "The Idiot Morganston brothers."

"Not much more intel that we had this morning." Ruth answered. "Their last message to the bank was in ancient Greek."

"Which you translated." Zaf answered.

"I did." Ruth sighed. "But it still doesn't make any sense. It's a passage taken from an ancient Greek poem but it's taken out of context so has nothing to do with what they are doing. It's almost as if they are trying to appear intellectual but don't understand the context of what they are writing."

"But." Dimitri prompted.

"But I think." Ruth sighed. "I think they have no idea that they were mixing dialects. It really makes a mess of what they sent."

"What did they say?" Ros asked.

"The gist of it is, they want to get revenge for what they see as the UK's wrongdoing towards them. They quote Apology by Plato but twist it to fit themselves. 'And yet, of the truth, they have spoken, one might say nothing at all.'" She paused as Harry met her eyes. He knew she had memorised more of the Greek classics than he could ever even hope to. And she understood them. "And be prepared for the truth to reign upon you when the end will come."

"Sounds pompous bullshit to me." Ros stated.

"And for the most part it is. Anyone can look up Plato and Homer on Wikipaedia or any search engine but its how they phrase their addition to the quote that gives them away." Ruth replied. "They think they are going to wreck the UK economy."

"Well, it wouldn't take much." Alec sighed as Harry shot him a look.

"True, but attacking the biggest financial institutions is a bit much." Zaf answered.

"So, we know next to nothing about these idiots." Harry barked as the team fell silent. He was right. The team were barely recovered from the debacle that was the Royal Ball and now they were being plunged headlong into what looked like it was going to be another long and dangerous case.

"Didn't we stop an attack like this last year?" Beth asked as Lucas nodded.

"Yeah."

"Just because one joker failed doesn't mean more wont try." Harry barked as Beth looked away. Ros pushed herself away from the wall as she began handing out assignments and tasks. Both Adam and Zaf made their excuses, stating they had an asset in the Bank of England that could help while Erin and Alec volunteered to head over to the bank at the heart of the threat. Harry watched as the team dispursed quietly as Zoe closed the door behind her. It was going to be a long day.

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"You really think Elena killed herself?" Zaf asked as he walked along side Adam, narrowly missing the massive Christmas tree that stood in the reception area of Thames House.

"Dunno. Don't really care." Adam answered as he dug in his pockets for the car keys. It was his turn to drive and there was no way he was going to allow Zaf to drive his new car.

"Bit weird though. Gavrik gets murdered and her and Coaver turn up dead."

"Co incidence?"

"Since when have you believed in them, Adam Carter?" Zaf laughed as he jogged down the steps alongside his friend.

"I don't. Not in this job. You reckon the Geek Squad wil be able to trace the message back? Zaf?." Adam looked along the street. He knew something looked wrong. His spook instinct was in overdrive. "Zaf?"

"Yeah." Zaf nodded, suddenly serious as he walked towards Adam's car. He knew there was nothing that marked the street out as any different to any other day but he couldn't shake the feeling they were being watched. He didn't like the fact that there was no one really left to explain what had happened but he knew there was nothing he could do about it. He closed his eyes for a moment as he thought he smelt Jo's perfume on the woman that had walked past him. There were just too many coincidences for Zaf's liking. He shook his head as he walked to the passenger side of the car. He knew Adam was still worried about him but he knew there was no need.

"Zaf?"

"Come on Adam. This asset of yours isn't going to wait all day."

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A/N Is this any good? Still at the stage where I may delete and start again.