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Rachel immediately went to Kori, inspecting her head wound. Despite her usually cool exterior, Rachel felt a warmth towards the reporter "Thank you for saving our lives" she spoke quietly while checking that the bleeding had stopped.
"I would have done the same for anyone" Kori muttered, blushing at the way they stared at her.
"But we have a few questions" Richard slid next to her; he knew he needed to do this as gently as possible. He still had no idea who or what sent her, or how'd she'd react once she realised they knew. And despite mystery surrounding her, Richard couldn't help but like her.
Kori turned to Victor "So you mentioned our conversation " she grimaced
"I helped them along a bit baby doll, but Richard here is pretty brainy" Victor gave Richard a friendly knock over the head
"So are you like FBI or something?" Gar bounced slightly gazing at Kori in wonder.
Kori's body shifted as she tried to sit up further, she let out a hiss of pain as her ribs protested the movement, her body falling back to the ground. Rachel and Gar reached for her as she fell but Richard already grabbed her gently by the waist, leaning her against his side.
"Kori you don't have to answer us if you don't feel up to it" Richard murmured, rubbing her arm in a comforting manner, Kori felt herself blush at the contact but shook her already groggy head.
"You've already know that the reporter persona is a cover, not telling you could just lead to misunderstandings and impair my job. I can't be completely open with you, as I was supposed to remain undetected" she stated firmly "Though I think they'll understand since we we're in a bomb blast" she muttered mostly to herself.
"Whose they?" Richard asked, catching her comment.
Kori sighed, glancing at each of the soldiers. Richard was staring at her intently, as if he could will the answers to just fly from her mouth, Gar was practically bouncing with excitement, hanging on her every word. While Rachel and Victor just waited patiently for her to begin, know that forcing her answers would just led to more questions. Kori considered them all carefully, revealing her true profession and assignment could jeopardized the whole situation, but at the same time all of them deserved to know, and were ultimately at risk.
Kori raised her chin, staring each of them in the eye "You've worked out I'm not a reporter" she paused, waiting for their confirming nods before continuing "And you're right. It's a cover as part of my infiltration of your base"
"Infiltration?" Victor spluttered
"Who sent you to do this?" Richard repeated his question, not breaking Kori's gaze.
"I'm an Interpol Agent. Specialising in Recognizance and Infiltration" Kori confessed, gaging their reactions. Richard seemed surprised, though it was immediately covered by a look of both satisfaction and fascination. Victor seemed shocked more than anything else; as though he was waiting for the real answer. Gar gazed at Kori awestruck, grinning at her revelation. Rachel was unreadable, her eyes flashed momentarily but that was all she gave away.
"Ok now that is cool!" Gar thrust a finger at her "You're like an international spy" he put on his best British accent "Anders. Kori Anders. 007. Licensed to Kill"
"Quit mucking around ya Green goof ball" Victor smacked Gar over the head "Having an Interpol Agent in our base, though pretty cool also means there's a whole lotta trouble brewing"
"Victor's right" Richard affirmed, turning to Kori "You're here investigating the communication leaks aren't you?" he questioned
Kori nodded "The leaks of convoy whereabouts concerns some of the..." she paused considering "higher ranking powers involved in the military" she spoke carefully "they fear that it could spread to intelligence and valued information. They wish too, I believe the saying is 'nip it in the bud?'" she frowned unsure.
"Why would they send an Interpol Agent?" Rachel asked, speaking for the first time since Kori revealed her identity "This is an US Army base, why involve international police?"
"That's a good point" Richard nodded "I can't see the US government easily allowing an Interpol Agent to infiltrate their base"
"But you forget that there are many allied nations involved with your base. As well as its members stationed there. I was their compromise" Kori shrugged "I am tied with none of your allies, I am an International Agent as well as having an American citizenship"
"You do?" Richard seemed surprised
Kori smiled "Everything I told you of Gotham and Tamaran is true. My Father was born in America before moving back to Tamaran and marrying my Mother. And I have just moved to Gotham"
The four sat in silence, processing what the no longer reporter but agent had told. While Kori's story was easily believable, and definitely sounded plausible, it was still hard to think that their humble dot of an army base was being monitored by Interpol, let alone one of its agents.
"Why are you telling us this?" Richard suddenly asked, "Aren't you blowing your cover?"
Kori grinned "Oh absolutely. But I doubt any of you are behind the leaks of communication"
"What makes you thing that?" Victor raised an eyebrow
"Dude don't make us sound guilty!" Gar yelped, he turned to Kori panicked "Not that we are guilty! And there's no us! I mean of course there's an us cause we're a team, but I mean there's no us as in involved in criminal stuff and the convoys blowing up and the guys getting hurt and stuff cause we would never do that!"
"No Gar don't worry I mea…" Koru was cut off
"Not that we thought about doing it, because we wouldn't ever do that! I mean yeah we've all thought about world domination in the shower, I mean who hasn't! But we would never do anything, but there isn't a we! I mean there's an us but.." Rachel smacked a hand over Gar's mouth; she turned back to Kori.
"Ignore the idiots babble, continue"
Kori looked very amused by the display, her eyes shining "Thank you" she grinned "As I was saying, I highly doubt that any of you are involved in the leaks as by doing so, you're putting yourselves directly in danger, as you're also a possible target. And also when you spoke of your friends caught in the attacks" Kori's voice softened "you sounded sincere" her eyes travelled to Richard's and lingered their, she smiled at the crystal blue, blushing as he slowly smiled back at her, his hand gently touching her shoulder…
"Right well now that's all cleared up" Victor's voice interrupted the couple's brief moment "I think it's about time we found our way home" having noticed the tension between Kori and Richard, Victor just raised an eyebrow at the Sergeant who was turning a lovely shade of red.
Richard cleared his throat "Right well uh…Rach you still got your walkie talkie?"
Rachel grabbed the device from her belt "Never leave home without it" she spoke back to her usual monotone. She passed it over to Richard who immediately began testing the various frequencies for a signal.
"Robin to Base, this is Robin to Base. Base do you read me?"
Everyone paused for what felt like minutes, subconsciously holding his or her breath.
"Yeah this is Base! Robin you bloody bastard! We thought you'd flown the coup!"
Richard rolled his eyes "Yeah well not today, whose this?"
"Ah sorry, right procedure. This is Flash from Base, what are your current whereabouts?"
Richard smiled at the name "Nice to hear from you Flash. Location is not far from where we last checked in, asked Jericho if unsure"
"Righto on that. And everyone else? Records say Beast, Raven and Cy where with you?" Flash's voice now concerned
"Nah we're all good Flash!" Gar called grinning "Me, Rae and Cy are all here and we're all…" Gar let out a squeak and spun round to look at Victor, his face horrified.
"Oh Jesus Vic I'm sorry I didn't mean…I just didn't think" Gar cried
Victor waved him off "I know its fine" his face grim "I forgot for a second too"
"Uh guys?" Flash's voice called "Still here"
"Sorry Flash" Richard spoke back to the walkie talkie "We're going to need a chopper and med staff on hand when we arrive"
"Oh shit who is it?" Flash asked, worried
"Cyborg" Richard's sad eyes locked with Victor's "We we're in a roadside"
Rachel grabbed the walkie talkie out of Richards hands "Flash put me through to Argent"
"Oh yeah hi Raven, nice to know you're alive" Flash grumbled, a couple of seconds ticked by before a woman's voice rang out.
"Raven, this is Agent"
"Agent we've got L1 damage with possible further, prepare the surgery and sterilize, I want to operate as soon as possible" Rachel commanded.
"Will be ready the moment you appear, over" Agent's voice disappeared.
"Alright we've got a chopper heading your way now, anything else?" Flash returned
"Yeah we've also got civilian with us, let Bat's and Superman know what happened, and that their ok" Richard said while looking at Kori, her small frame still leaning against his.
"Shit uh ok. Chopper should be there in seconds, see you in a few. Flash out"
Richard clicked off the walkie talkie, turning his eyes to the sky, waiting for the chopper. They sat in silence till the black dot in the horizon became large enough the force of the blades to blow dust around them.
Kori broke the silence "You're not going to tell anyone about who I am" she stated, staring hard at each of them.
"No we're not" Richard agreed "We want this bastard caught" he growled
"And you're going to do it" Rachel finished, her eyes murderous.
So I know I'm a horrible person when I say I'm going to update during the week and then don't…
But I love you all very much so please don't hurt me!
So Kori's big secret is finally revealed! I think some of you were going to implode with the wait, but thanks for holding out. If some of you are disappointed that she's Interpol then google them, cause their pretty awesome people.
Your reviews motivate me so much; please keep them up, nothing kick starts me writing like an awesome review.
So next chapter should hopefully be in the next week or some, but as you've learned, don't hold me to it.
Thanks for reading!
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