A/N Thanks for your reviews and support.

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Chuck's POV

Chuck replied trying to control his annoyance, "We are here about the CIA badge you found. The CIA wants you to back off of the agent."

Kramer looked at him with suspicion. Alarm bells were going off in the younger's head.

Kramer replied, "I think someone has you and your agency fooled. It's not an agent that I am investigating. It's a CI who has a track record of fooling people."

Well, that didnt work. A frown crossed his face. What to do now?

Sarah said, "We know about his past. The orders remain the same, however. Back off Agent Kramer."

For a moment it seemed as if the FBI agent would do as he was told. Then the brought out a file. It wasnt overly thick but Chuck could see the outline of a badge. The agent's badge.

They weren't supposed to investigate who but he was curious. More often than not they disobeyed Beckman. This was going to turn into one of those times. They just had to know who they were working with. Possibly against depending on who it was.

Kramer affirmed, "The badge does say CIA. However, I have seen what this man can do. He is one of the best forgers in the world. The name he currently gives by is Neal Caffery."

Images flashed before his eyes. Ones that he was familiar and should not have been possible.

Neal Caffery was the reinvention of the life of Bryce Larkin. Images of him being saved from the Intersect 2.0 room. It took then weeks to put the man back together.

That he chose to become an art forger almost immediately upon waking. As soon as he woke up he broke out of the facility that saved him.

From there Matthew Keller was assigned to be his handler. Then proceeded to chase Bryce all around the world.

It was true that Bryce had become a criminal. Eventually, he was caught by the FBI.

He was given four years in a maximum-security prison. Three months left on that sentence he broke out. Then he was caught once again on the same day.

Bryce as Neal Caffery then offered the man who caught him a deal. Help catching criminals for getting out of prison. Currently was serving a four-year sentence as a CI for the FBI. Never would he had considered that the CIA would catch up to him.

It was little wonder why Beckman didnt want them looking into this further. They were close to Bryce. They thought he had died that night.

He had to be sure of what he saw was the truth. The Intersect had never lied to him before but he couldn't believe what it was telling him. It just couldn't be right.

Quietly he inquired holding out his hand, "May I see the badge? I will be able to confirm whether or not it is real."

Kramer frowned but opened the folder. The elder man knew they were his best option in determining if the id was fake or real. He couldn't arrest Neal for forging the id without proof.

The badge was pushed across to him and he picked it up. The feel of the fabric was right. As was the hologram on the outside.

When he flipped it open he saw a very familiar face of Bryce Larkin staring back. It was his old CIA badge and picture. He looked significantly less worn in the picture.

Next to him, Sarah sucked in a breath. She didnt have the Intersect as he did. So the name Neal Caffery meant absolutely nothing to her.

He affirmed, "This is most certainly a real id. I'm sorry to say this Agent Kramer but you will have to stop your investigation immediately."

The man snapped back, "And if I refuse?"

Chuck sat straighter in his chair as he replied, "Then it will go into my report and you will be forced to return to DC without Mr. Caffery. This is not a threat but a promise Agent Kramer. If you in any way endanger our agent you will regret it. Do I make myself clear?"

"Crystal clear Agent Carmichael."

Neal's POV

Their arrival back at the agency was met with uneasy reception. All eyes were on the conference room. It seemed someone had come while they were gone and they were talking to Kramer.

Whoever they were though they were gone. Neal could see that the older agent was packing up his things.

Something had changed in the time that they were gone. What could make him pack up his bags like this?

Peter ordered stiffly, "Stay here a moment Neal."

Peter went up the stairs and into the conference room. The other agents went back to their normal duties. Those who had just finished the sting went to fill out reports.

Neal should be following their lead but he hated reports. The agents knew that he was always one of the last to fill them out. That Peter more often than not sent them back to be corrected.

He watched as Peter spoke with Kramer from the doorway. There was a pissed off look in the elder's eyes. Whatever had been done did not make him happy. Good.

Then Kramer moved past Peter and down the steps. When he stood in front of Neal the man said, "You have powerful friends, Mr. Caffery. But they can't protect you forever. When they cant I'll be there to bring you back to DC."

"Good luck with that," he snarked back.

The glare he received made it worth the trouble he had with the man. Inside he was curious to know who helped him. It couldn't have been Matt. His handler purposely stayed away from the agency. He didnt want to blow either of their covers.

No one else knew who he was or cared enough to stop Kramer. There had to be something he was missing here. Nothing was coming to him about who could have done this.

Most of the agency thought he was dead. So they couldn't have helped him unless told someone but that was unlikely. She barely tolerated him once he ran from the medical facility.

Only Cass and Selina from the Batfamily knew he was here. If they had told anyone else then the entire family would have converged on New York. He highly doubted that Kramer would have left the investigation so suddenly for them. If anything that would have made the man worse.

Neal looked up as Peter gave him the double finger point. With a sigh, he went up to his handler's office. If he asked Neal could at least answer truthfully that he had no idea who made Kramer back off.

Once he was in Peter's office the man said, "Apparently another agency has interfered in Phillip's investigation into you. They forced him to abandon it or risk his career."

If it was an agency then it had to be CIA. There was no doubt about it Beckman had gotten an alert on his id then sent someone to deal with it. With any luck, they would already be gone and not be waiting to speak to him or Matt.

If his luck held out whoever was here wasnt going to leave. He barely was able to keep from strangling his handler most days.

Neal said taking a deep breath to calm himself, "That's good though. It means they can finally make a decision on my commutation."

Peter sighed, "They will reconvene in a few weeks. All the paperwork still has to go through. Neal, I have to know. What aren't you telling me about this?"

"Peter I have never lied to you," he admitted, "I won't start now. I can't tell you."

"Go home, Caffery."

Tim's POV

When he got the call from Cass to look into the files Justice League he thought maybe someone had hacked it. It was something that was unheard of but it was extremely difficult.

Cass refused to say what it was for only that it was important. When he found a file it wasnt a surprise. The fact that it was locked by a timed time lock was. If a passcode wasnt input once every two weeks the Justice League would get the file.

The only one of their crazy family that did such things was Dick. Then again his brother had been missing for over a decade now. The encryption was several years old and it didnt take much of an effort to break.

The file was a set in report like messages. Normally he wouldn't mind this but something felt off.

What he found in the reports shocked him to his very core. Before he even finished the first report he was sending off a message to Jason and Damien. They needed to be in New York now!

A/N so the Bryce Larkin information was added in one of the updates. Since Chuck hasn't heard of Neal Caffery since then it would not have been triggered.