A/N. Okay so I'm back and I'm doing my best to update as quickly as I can but it's not going as fast as I like. I have a lot on my plate but I vow to finish this story which still has 2-4 chapters left to go I think but if I get inspired it might go up.

Whittaker's POV

I stood as straight as I possibly could in my seat and stared into my boss's eyes. Mr. Hardwick was one of the FBI heads and he wanted to talk to me. It felt like being called into the principal's office after doing something against the rules which I know I have.

"Rebecca Whittaker, you were dismissed from the FBI three weeks ago, correct?" he asked me.

"Correct," I confirmed.

"And you used government property to track Maximum Ride, correct?"

Again, I confirmed the statement. The reasons didn't matter when answering these questions. They were strictly yes or no answers.

"You also used your title as agent subsequently to being dismissed, correct? And you also told classified information about the Ride case to a civilian named Nicholas McGulicutty, correct?" he asked reading off the questions from some document.

"Correct," I swallowed even though my mouth was dry. I wiped my sweaty palms on my legs and hoped this wasn't going where I suspected it would.

"And you know all of these are crimes and I have the right to press charges against you?" he looked at me again.

"I do, sir," I answered.

He nodded and looked back at the documents. "We found out that Maria Janssen was working with Dylan Johnson and leaked Maximum's whereabouts. She has been arrested and has a set trial date," he told me.

I felt a bit of the pressure on my chest lift. Marian got what she had coming for her. She was a bad cop and she deserved to be punished.

"Ms. Janssen fired you under false pretenses so I will not charge you for your behavior," he said and I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding.

"I do have the power to reinstate you as an agent," he said, and I felt my heart skip a beat. I dared to be hopeful for the first time. I wanted to go back more than anything but I knew I would do the same things I did in a heartbeat.

"But I won't," he said, and I felt my face fall. I hung my head and swallowed back the urge to cry. Why wouldn't he? I was a good agent. I did my job well. I did everything I could for the witnesses, hell I even got fired for it. After all that, I still wasn't getting my job back?

I was about to tell him off when he started to talk again.

"Marian's dismissal left the spot for supervisor open and I believe that it would be a more suitable position for you," he said, and my head shot up.

"Excuse me, sir?" I asked. I was glad my voice wasn't as unsteady as I thought it would be.

"You're being promoted, Whittaker," he said and allowed a grin to show for the first time.

I felt a smile forming on my mouth. "Thank you, sir."

"Now, before we discuss this further there's still some business we have to talk about regarding Maximum Ride…"

A/N. That was way shorter than I wanted it to be but I am lacking in inspiration for this chapter. The next one should be better since I've been looking forward to writing it for a while. Anyway, this chapter is brought to you by my History and Technology and Livelihood Ed. Teachers since they are so boring they gave me time to write this!

Question of the day: What is the most boring teacher/subject you've ever had?

-Indy