The minute Cage claimed she came from 4 Squadron, Jack's spidey senses got tingly. The others might have only a passing familiarity, but between his time in Delta and his stint at CIA Jack had more than just a casual acquaintance with the SASR and its various regiments. 4 Squadron was only ever even rumored to have trained any female soldiers at all, starting around 2012 and those women had reportedly all trained in the US since the SASR had some facilities and cultural hurdles to overcome in including women in its ranks.

Even forgetting that she didn't look old enough to have seen seasoned enough to have been considered for that elite service five years ago, he knew he wasn't always good at guessing age. Hell, he knew how old Mac was and half the time he almost glared at clerks who didn't card the kid. But he was never that far off. And she was talking like she'd been with CIA for a while, which meant she also had at least a bachelor's degree. Her timeline didn't add up.

He could understand the kids just buying it, since this agent was being introduced to them by the boss and was assumed to be vetted, but Matty raised one eyebrow when Cage made the claim, too. Why the hell didn't she call her out? Well, if she wasn't going to, he sure as hell was. New people didn't get a pass. Not after what happened with Zito; Hell, after Thornton. Even Nikki, who was theoretically back in the good guy camp, but Jack wasn't sure he was buying that either.

Mac had thrown him a raised eyebrow when he'd opened his mouth to push back against her story a little, but he thought maybe it was just because Mac was unfailingly polite. He'd seen Mac apologize for hitting someone in the middle of a fight, so he guessed maybe his tone might have been a little harsh. But damn it, Matty was supposed to be looking out for them. She was supposed to have the teams' six.

Jack was working up a pretty good head of steam in his own brain, glancing around to make sure he hadn't said any more of it out loud yet, when the video from Diaz's parents started. He was more than a little distracted from his suspicion of Cage by the idea of a SEAL spending two years as a POW with no one giving so much as a how do you do to Cage's requests to go after him. Her dedication softened his suspicion somewhat. Then he saw a picture of the guy and the look on her face and wondered if maybe they had a thing. It was worth following up on. That would be muddy and dangerous if it was true.

He was scrutinizing her face when she said, "Look, I know you guys just met me, and I'm aware that this is a lot to ask, but I wouldn't be here if I had anywhere else to turn." Jack was about to question her further as to why exactly they were her agency of last resort when she supposedly had all these connections and all kind of juice as a master interrogator, when everyone's attention was pulled back to the screen. Diaz's father asserted earnestly, "And no matter what, I will never give up on my son." Everyone was looking at the screen except Jack. He'd been looking at Mac's face, had seen Mac swallow hard before he said, with his voice sounding just a little too tight, "I'm in." He glanced at Jack, and unwilling to let Mac down, even though something told him they were going to regret getting involved with this chick, he nodded, mostly at Mac, saying, "Leave no man behind." Things moved too fast after that for Jack to follow up on his concerns with Matty, or anyone else. He thought about saying something to Mac, but damned if the kid didn't already have way too much swirling around in that ginormous brain with Murdoc still being in the wind, and their unsuccessful search for his old man. Jack wasn't about to pile on.

But Cage had his hackles up though.

Jack was determined to 'hack her hard drive' the first chance he got.