And so the month long training began and it actually went very well in Clair's mind, she checked to see that the underground city in both countries were started and then found out that her contractors were actually special contractors who worked solely with either the government or the EDC and as such knew how to get work done fast and without talking, as such they were further along then she thought they would be. Clair had thought that the underground city would not even be started for another three to six months with the fact that everything had to be dug and shored up for building, with it taking at least another two or more years to actually build, instead during that month the group had succeeded in digging everything correctly and were already started on pouring concrete in both countries, with Japan actually just slightly further ahead due to the fact that the location she had chosen actually already had the start of underground facilities since it was originally meant as a bomb shelter for the government, though Clair wasn't aware of that. While making sure the underground cities were going well she herself tested her "disguise" and started developing how her second identity would act, and finally unsealed a part of herself that she had kept hidden for a long, long time. By now her true personality of being a caring person in regards to Earth and not so nice if you were trying to hurt people, but she wouldn't physically hurt anyone, had come into fruition but she had still kept a part of her true self hidden because what no one knew was that she was also childlike in many ways, playful and a bit of a trickster and that was what she decided to be in her second personality, serious when called for but playing harmless pranks whenever possible. Part of why she developed that personality was because she had been forced to be serious and grow up fast in the terrorist group and now she could relax and have fun like a kid, but she always thought about safety first having spent the first ten years as an EDC kid raised by the Cybertronians

"So Sarah why do you enjoy playing pranks so much?"

"Not entirely sure, probably because I didn't really get a chance to be a kid when I was younger and now I'm letting that part of myself out"

"Why couldn't you be a kid?"

"Mostly family life, when you're moving around a lot because of your parents jobs you don't really get to make friends like most kids and that's coming out as harmless pranks now that I can try and make friends"

During that month she also worked hard on breaking the habit of making sure she had her locket on a regular basis and also worked on not being triggered so easily in regards to her PTSD, but that half wasn't going so well, but it wasn't as severe as before and in all honesty she had been working on her triggers regularly with being a police officer, but there were also warnings for her triggers, she was working on no warnings which was much harder

"So still looking for a job?"

"Yes and no, I am trying to find a place to do volunteer work but a primary job isn't in my future right now for reasons that I want to keep to myself for the moment"

"Okay your choice, but if you want I can talk to my boss about giving you a part time job"

"Not right now, maybe in the future but not right now"

"Okay, so we'll meet up tomorrow?"

"That's...stay here!"

"Sarah" suddenly ran out and when her "friend" (they really were still getting to know each other so they weren't real friends yet but rather good acquaintances) looked out she saw that "Sarah" was running towards the scene of an accident, as such she called 9-1-1 and mentioned that "Sarah" was helping until fire and other personnel could arrive, meanwhile Clair had gone into police mode silently thanking herself that she kept her real identity and her police credentials on her at all times since it was just a training period. If it had been real she would have kept those credentials hidden in a secure location not to be revealed unless it was absolutely needed, but since it was training she kept the credentials on her for a reason, as it was she needed them because police arrived on scene in three minutes due to how the patrol was working, fire and ambulance were another five minutes if things went well

"Miss you need to let us work"

"No you need to let me continue my job"

With that Clair brings out her real identity and police credentials which means that the officers let her continue working, which meant starting on crowd control, but since they didn't have actual spare uniforms they insisted on her wearing a vest to identify her as part of the police until a proper barrier could be set up at need

"By the way why haven't you been seen for a month?"

"I'll explain at the station, mainly due to the fact that this was the last day anyways"

Clair heads back to the station once the accident was cleared and the patients taken to the hospital, and the other two Winspector members were also there having actually been at the accident scene themselves and realizing that with Clair needing to be a police officer again due to instincts they should just come in at the same time

"So what was this all about anyways?"

"Training, I was making sure that my unit and I are able to use our secondary identities at a moments notice, don't worry any further training in that regard will have everyone properly informed, especially because we will be testing you guys on occasion to see if you can identify us at random"

"Okay, oh by the way Masaki, we need you in interrogation room one since you're the linguist"

"What happened to getting a translator?"

"Uh we would if we recognized what language it was, with you being able to recognize a language after only a few days if not actually able to translate it you should be able to identify it for us hopefully so that we can get a proper translator"

"Okay why didn't you use the translators I made?"

"Those are broken for some reason and we haven't gotten replacements yet"

"Okay that makes sense then"

Clair goes into the interrogation room and sees a clearly agitated person and they were speaking rapidly but fortunately Clair does indeed manage to recognize the language they were speaking

"You need a translator for Croatian guys"

"Okay thanks for telling us"

Suddenly though Clair sees a flash of movement and decides to pay closer attention to the body language and sees the movement again and recognizes what's going on

"And guys, better make sure they have EDC level clearance"

"What for?"

"He's a police officer, who's been undercover for a long time from what I can tell"

"Why does that need EDC level clearance?"

"Because depending on his undercover mission the EDC may have been involved and even if they weren't there's still a chance that what's discovered through translators will mean that it's simply best to have that level of clearance there so that police secrets or issues aren't discovered outside of those that understand the need to keep things of that level quiet"

Clair leaves the room after using hand signs to calm the officer down slightly, to let him know that he was safe and in the United States in a police station

"What I'm wondering is how you realized that he was an undercover officer"

"There are certain hand signals that I recognized that were taught to me from a young age, you wouldn't know it because of the fact that not all officers are taught the signs, only those that are potentially going to do undercover work are taught those signs and even then you have to be at a certain level or doing certain missions to be taught the signs, I of course was taught for other reasons Captain"

"Did he even realize where he was and what he was doing?"

"Not entirely, we're going to have to wait for the translator, but remember how I gave him hand signals to calm him down and he answered back?"

"Yes what of it?"

"He told me he didn't realize he was in America due to how he was found in a drugged haze, but he was hoping that someone would recognize the hand signs and dig further to identify him and let his people know he was safe, it's not sign language per se but specific hand movements that all undercover officers trained in those hand signs recognize, it's quick and dirty communication but effective if in the right location"

"How you got all that I have no clue, but I believe you"

"Okay, when will the translator be here?"

"Soon, do they know English?"

"Very basic stuff and I do mean basic"

"Enough that officers can reassure him that he's safe if he gets agitated again while waiting for the translator?"

"Yes, even seeing a uniform will help since he now recognizes the police uniforms regular officers wear because even though I'm not wearing one he has seen you guys around and now knows he's in a station which means he knows the uniforms"

"Good, and there will be an officer with him at all times until we can safely get him home, and now we have to contact Croatia to let them know he's safe"

"Can't until we have a name"

"Didn't he give you one?"

"Maybe, but if he did I didn't recognize it as one and I can't pronounce it either, as it is you're lucky I can recognize Croatian in the first place"

"True, we knew it was hit or miss with you but we had to take a chance"

"I know and understand that, but be careful in the future okay?"

"We will be, in all honesty as soon as those translators are fixed we won't have any issues again"

"How did they get broken in the first place?"

"Remember that really bad thunderstorm about a week into your special training?"

"Yeah, what of it?"

"Somehow and no one is quite sure how yet, but somehow those translators wound up getting soaked in water for about two days, we also lost other evidence too since the evidence was somehow with the translators"

"We'll figure it out, in the meantime I'll put a rush on your request, and I can do that since I created the translators, don't know why the people distributing those things didn't put a rush on it themselves since I specifically told people that military and police were top priority in regards to the translators"

The translator came and Clair decided to be in the interrogation room as well so as to have immediate answers in regards to several things and to assure him that he would be able to get home soon, she also did it for another reason though, because she was wondering about something she had heard from her human adoptive father about Croatia and needed confirmation and answers they had, they got his name and the city he worked at so that they could be informed that he was okay, he also told them that what had happened was that he was dealing with a drug deal gone wrong and was knocked unconscious, when he woke up he knew he had been drugged and immediately decided to try and get help, unfortunately when he did get out of the location he was in he didn't recognize anything and stumbled around until picked up by other officers for acting suspicious and with his limited English he couldn't understand what was going on

"It's okay, you reacted like a normal person, by the way I have a personal question, I heard that there are rebels in Croatia trying to bring the drug trade to the point it had been in Columbia, is that true?"

The translator relayed the question to the Croatian officer who confirmed that there were rebels, but that they weren't in the drug trade, they were in the slave trafficking trade and everyone was doing what they could to take the rebels down, and going so far as to think about asking the United Nations for help with their current issue if at all possible

"Thank you for telling us this, now then I'm sure you're hungry so I'm going to go get you some food while someone else informs your people you are safe, once we have made arrangements for getting you home you will also be informed of that information including where you are sleeping if it isn't happening today"

Ultimately the officer would have to stay for a week mainly due to restricted travel going to Croatia due to severe storms over there, and the government was only allowing international planes that were providing aid to land for several days, but finally the officer was able to go home to help with the clean up process

"So now what?"

"Now we get back to our regular duties and get ready for six months in Japan since that's part of what being in Winspector is all about, we report for duty in Japan in three weeks which means we need to have things in order for dad and his team when they arrive"

"Yeah quick question, why is the schedule like that anyways?"

"You know how we're also part of the EDC?"

"Yes"

"Well that's why, they need a full day of debriefing to understand what's going on here both police wise and also EDC wise and so we're here as well just in case, the EDC in Japan and America has things under control for that one day twice a year when the transfer happens, partly because before this unit was operational the EDC and police had to work together for six months in each country when my family started going back and forth after a solid year in Japan while I was doing most of my therapy healing"

"Okay that actually makes sense in a weird sort of way, what about court cases?"

"The courts are partially used to dad and his team needing to go back and forth so they already know the routine, as does the police station which means we won't have any cases by the time dad gets here, and if it does look like there's a new case we either hand it over to dad and the rest of the Japanese

Winspector team or to other capable officers at the station"

"We can do that, but what will our primary duties be then?"

"Well mainly we're going to be a police rescue unit, but we might also be asked to serve as officers of the court so that there isn't any chance of us being involved in a case"

"That's going to get boring"

"But it's the safest option, and like I said if we absolutely have to get involved in a case we turn it over to dad and his team or to other capable officers if it can't be finished in time for us to go to Japan"

"Okay, you know the routine the best so we'll follow your lead, but Clair I'm worried about the future"

"I know, we have things under control for now in regards to how this works but if something major happens in either country..."

"Exactly why I'm worried"

"The government's will know what to do though right Kerenai-Masaki?"

"Possibly Mark, but for now all I care about is making sure that things are in order for when dad and the team arrive from Japan, unless ordered to another place by the EDC"

"Would that extend our mission here then?"

"No, but it would mean that the EDC and police are the primary people to inform dad and the team what is happening instead of us, but that's something both governments knew about from the beginning when this process began since they were told straight out that since Winspector was joining the EDC they could be given sudden orders by the EDC that puts them in a different country than their primary ones, and that goes for us as well"

A few days later Clair was acting as an officer of the court in a closed session when she realized something no one else realized and spoke up

"Your honor may I ask two questions to the defendant as a special officer of the court?"

"You may"

"Thanks, sir, two questions, how long have you been undercover and who do you actually work for?"

(Sighs in defeat) "I'm an FBI agent who's been undercover for two and a half years, how could you tell?"

"Clair Kerenai-Masaki at your service agent"

"No wonder, considering your background it would be surprising if you couldn't figure it out"

"Exactly, is this your way of letting your handler know you're still alive?"

"Nope, unfortunately this is my way of ending my assignment without getting certain people killed since I call my handler on a regular basis inside the jail as a precaution"

"Well that's annoying"

"But needed I'm afraid"

"Fine, but I don't like it"

"Don't worry once there's a conviction we should be in the clear and people who need to know will know the truth, but until then your honor I'm afraid you're going to have to act like this is a normal criminal proceeding still"

"I share Kerenai-Masaki's sentiment this is annoying and I don't like it"

"Sorry judge, but it has to be this way to save possibly thousands if not millions of innocent lives"

"Wait a minute, agent are you telling me that there's a code Alpha-47-19?"

"Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying"

"And the FBI didn't tell anyone else because...?"

"They aren't exactly aware of just how serious it is, I only told them about the one family, and part of that was because even I wasn't fully aware of the extent until I was behind bars, the other reason was because I didn't want to risk calls being traced and the situation made even worse"

"Anything else you didn't tell the group?"

"Maybe...maybe not"

"Agent"

By this point Clair was definitely looking angry and was now growling out any words she said

"Sorry, I was eavesdropping and didn't clearly hear the conversation and as such I'm not sure if I actually heard anything useful or not"

That unfortunately was the last straw at the moment since Clair had been under a lot of pressure lately and she exploded into Cybertronian

*I can't believe that the FBI would send an agent in unprepared in regards to equipment, there is supposed to be specific equipment given to all undercover agents per EDC orders since aliens could be involved at any moment, all federal agencies were warned of this years ago, when I get my hands on the FBI...*

The judge interrupts her though

"Officer, can I finish court for the day or are you going to keep speaking in a language no one understands?"

Clair takes a deep breath and nods to the judge to let them know they can continue and the judge does make a decision that day and gives as harsh a sentence and they would have with a real criminal, but also in protective custody with the excuse that some of what was revealed in court meant that it was for their own safety that they were kept from general population for a time. After court Clair called her original adoptive family from the police station and spoke deliberately in Cybertronian to keep the conversation secure