Love it or hate it, you didn't think Olivia would be able to handle this mess right? Of course not, she runs and I typically thought it would be a good idea for her to run to the same place she did last time, she has friends there even if she does have to be undercover there's some familiarity.
A/N: I know I'm uploading quick but I haven't touched this story since 4th april till today and when I was in a shower and this brainwave hit me of what could happen next I just had to get writing and I hate having written many chapters ahead of where my readers have read so I upload near enough as I'm done.
I know Olivia's selfish, but ahh well!
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When Olivia touched down in Oregon she was quickly swept into a hotel where she was immediately introduced to her contact.
"Agent Benson good to meet you, I'm Agent Gordon Thompson but as I am your contact you can call me George." He smiled as he shook her hand.
"Olivia." She replied, even though she was being thrown back into the world she'd been glad to get out of she felt more relaxed here than she did when she was back in New York.
"Great to finally meet you Olivia." He smiled. "Ok should we get down to business?"
Olivia smiled and sat down on the couch accepting the coffee that was made for her, it had been a long flight.
"Right Ms Persephone James, your car is waiting for you at the police station, your apartment luckily was empty hasn't been rented since you were there and someone's already been there checking it was liveable, stocked the place up with food and clothes and everything you will need. Here are your ID's, driving license, papers and so on you know the drill, now when you leave here Sheriff Bartley who knows you from before and knows you're undercover is going to pick you up and drive you to the station where Hope and T-Bone will meet you, they're the two that reported you missing. When they ask you just say you went to an old friends place in Florida, cut off any and all contact, needed to get your head together, whatever you say stick to it. By now they will know you're on your way home to them and will be looking forward to seeing you. I will see you at sixteen hundred tomorrow and you can fill me in on anything and everything you found out. Now, are you ready?"
"Yes." She replied firmly, trying to hide any signs of nerves.
"Good. Then Sheriff Bartley is on his way so as soon as he's here you can leave." He smiled. "And don't worry Olivia, I won't let anything happen to you."
"I hope not." She replied with a smirk, this hopefully would be a quick case, because she already missed Elliot.
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Sheriff Bartley was much kinder to her finding out she had been promoted to FBI. He apologised first for the behaviour of Deputy Eyeballed and then proceeded to explain to her how he had to fill out a missing person's form for her even though he knew that Persephone James didn't exist and that she had gone back to New York.
"So Hope and T-Bone are waiting excitedly for you Persephone." He smiled, remembering to use her alias for the first time.
"I can't wait to see them again myself." Olivia replied.
That was a statement of fact, especially when it came to Hope, they'd been so close over everything then all of a sudden she'd been had and was taken out, the only thing she was glad about was being given a second chance and this time she wasn't going to leave without telling her friend the truth and also dropping them an invite to New York.
"We're here." He smiled turning into the parking lot where Hope and T-Bone were waiting.
They saw the car and smiled. Hope even started waving and jumping up and down. Olivia grinned and waved excitedly back pleased that her friend had missed her and wasn't holding a grudge against her because the Sheriff had already planted the cover story of Florida and break into their heads.
"Persephone!" Hope squealed rushing over and throwing her arms around her friend.
"Oh my God Hope I missed you." Olivia smiled as she returned the tight embrace.
T-Bone was next and he pulled her into a tight embrace too.
"Good to have you back James." He smiled.
"Good to be back T." She replied.
"Now that you're all reunited why don't you go and save some trees?" The Sheriff asked.
"Sheriff thank you for finding her and bringing her back to us, we know that we don't see eye to eye on nature issues but really thank you." Hope said shaking his hand.
"You're welcome." He replied taking the credit for something he hadn't been at all involved in. "Oh and Persephone here are your car keys."
"Thank you." She smiled appreciatively seeing the keys to her apartment were still on there too.
Once they walked away from the station the Sheriff went inside to let her contact know that she was in and all he could do then was stand back and watch and hope there would be no more explosions in Oregon.
"So we have so much to tell you about the group!" Hope smiled as she linked arms with Olivia to walk to the car.
"Hope!" T-Bone snapped.
"What?" Hope asked in surprise.
"You can't trust her anymore…"
"Hey!" Olivia snapped. "Why not?"
"Because a lot has changed in five years James, a lot has changed." He replied dryly.
"Listen guys I know I went off without a word, I wanted to come back as soon as I could but I couldn't, I couldn't face coming back here and I can't explain to you why but what I can say is I missed you every day and thought about you every day for the past five years, nothing has changed for me, I still believe, I still want to fight and believe me when I say you won't believe what I got up to in Florida." She replied before climbing into the driver's seat.
T-Bone looked at Hope who shrugged and climbed into the back while he took the front passenger.
"Sorry James, I didn't mean too snap at you, it's just our group has changed a lot since you've been gone and I don't think you're going to like what we're doing." He explained. "It's not that I don't trust you, I just don't want you to get freaked out and forget the cause."
"T-Bone, I never left the cause, even in Florida and I know what you're involved in, not directly but I know along the lines of, why do you think I came back?" She smirked.
"I should have known, I guess we have a lot to fill you in on then." T-Bone replied.
"You sure do." Olivia smiled, she'd found her in with her friends again, the only thing she needed to do now was get into the rest of the group and she would be fully infiltrated.
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The next afternoon Olivia met with her contact at the same café she had met with Dean Porter five years previously. George however dressed more casual, tried to blend in with the locals more.
"Hey Persephone." He smiled as Olivia took a seat and accepted the coffee he passed her, last time she'd stopped coffee and many other things all together but she wasn't so sure she could this time.
"So…" She replied seeing him quiet.
"Benson I need to know if it's true you're pregnant." He said quietly making sure no one could hear them.
"Dean." She hissed angrily.
"He told your superior who told mine, however it's now too late to pull you out unless you ask for it."
"No way." She snapped. "I'm in, with some of the tough guys and I am not being pulled out now."
"As you wish, all I've been told to tell you if you don't want to leave is, get to a doctor, tell someone in the group you trust so they can help look out for you, Porter will be getting done for Murder if anything happens to you or your kid." He explained.
"Sorry I didn't tell you sooner George." Olivia sighed running her hand through her hair.
"I'm guessing you have a real good reason to run Olivia, I just want you to be careful, it's bad enough having someone inexperienced under but having someone inexperienced and pregnant under is worse. Now here's your ID and Gun, find some way to keep them on your person at all time, Bartley knows you've got them and if you get arrested again he'll know what to do so don't panic about that either."
"Thank you." She said feeling very relieved to have her gun and ID back at least now if things went south she'd be able to defend herself or help the cops out.
"Just don't blow your cover unless absolutely necessary." He warned.
"I won't." Olivia replied. "Now do you want to know what I know?"
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Next Chapter – Olivia in Oregon, her new contact,