Maggie and OA were quiet as they drove back to the office, Maggie didn't want to talk about her injury in front of Mrs Blake and OA knew better than to ask her about it when they had their suspect in the back of the car with them. This was new for them, they usually let a patrol car take in their suspects but with Mrs Blake they weren't taking any risks, they didn't want her finding any chance to escape from their custody.
OA was the one that took Mrs Blake out of the car and walked her into the building, out of the elevator and on to their floor, they were met instantly by Isobel and Agent Collins who were standing waiting on them
"Go ahead and put her in Interrogation one OA, we will get to her shortly"
OA nodded at Isobel to let her know that he had heard her as he walked passed them and lead Mrs Blake towards the interrogation room. Maggie had stepped off the elevator preparing herself as she knew that Isobel wasn't going to be happy that she had chased Mrs Blake on her own. However when Maggie stepped off the elevator the first person to greet her was CIA Agent Collins
"Nice work Agent Bell"
Maggie was a little surprised by his words but she just nodded to show that she had heard him, as far as she was concerned she had just been doing her job. Before Isobel could say anything Jubal appeared behind them, Isobel was starting to wonder how he always seemed to be able to do that
"Maggie the doctor is ready to take a look at your arm for you"
"And when you are done with the doctor Maggie I would like to see you and Jubal in my office. Agent Collins let's go and discuss the interrogation of Mrs Blake"
And just like that Isobel and Collins were walking towards Isobel's office, Maggie watched them until they entered the office, she had guessed that she was going to be in trouble for going after Mrs Blake without OA but she didn't mean for it to come back on Jubal as well. She finally looked at Jubal for the first time since stepping off the elevator
"So how pissed are you that I went off without OA"
"I'm not pissed Mags, I'm just glad you are okay. I know we agreed you wouldn't go off on your own, but I also know you were just doing your job. Doesn't mean that you didn't scare the hell out of me again and don't worry Isobel won't go too hard on you either. C'mon let's get your arm seen so we can get our asses handed to us by Isobel"
Maggie sighed as she followed Jubal to one of the rooms that the doctor was waiting for her in, she noticed that her and Jubal were walking as close to each other as possible and she really liked it.
"You know that this isn't on you, Isobel can't blame you for my actions, I made the decision to go after Mrs Blake, I didn't even give OA a chance, I was gone before he could say anything. I wasn't going to let her get away. I'll take full responsibility for my actions with Isobel, it's not on you"
Jubal couldn't help the small smile that had escaped at hearing Maggie wanting to protect him with Isobel, even though he had no intentions of letting that happen. When agents were out in the field they were under Jubal's command and he always took full repsonbility, he always protected his team it was just what he did. He opened the door to the room to show Maggie the doctor, he had planned on going in with her but one of the analysts had called him back in to the operations room, he looked at Maggie
"Come and find me when you are done here and then we will face Isobel together okay?"
Maggie nodded and smiled softly as she watched Jubal walk back to the operations room, she sat down on the chair and took off her shirt letting the doctor take a look at the wound. The doctor changed the bandage for Maggie and checked the stitches which some how were still in place, the hit to the wound had just caused it to bleed again. But the doctor told Maggie that she was happy that no further damage had been caused to the wound but that she would recommend complete rest for the arm and to take the pain killers that had been prescribed as the pain was only going to get worse. Maggie thanked the doctor and said that she would take the pain meds even if she wasn't planning to take them until they were finished with this case, she needed to be alert at all times.
Maggie walked the doctor to the elevator and she headed back to the operations room, she stopped at the door when she seen Jubal sitting back in one of the chairs with his feet up on the table, he had several analysts talking to him while he was playing with a pencil in between his fingers. She couldn't help the smile that appeared on her face as she watched him working unaware that her eyes were on him, just watching him so natural at his job and the smile that was currently on her face even though she was about to be in trouble with her boss made Maggie realise just how hard she was falling for Jubal. She was pulled out of her own thoughts when she heard OA
"Hey have you been seen to Isobel, am I losing my partner on this case?"
Hearing OA's voice made Jubal look over to the door and he smiled seeing Maggie standing there, he took his feet down off the table and he walked over to OA and Maggie and he patted OA on the back
"Don't worry I'll make sure to tell Isobel that you let Maggie walk off on her own"
OA turned hearing Jubal and thought that he was serious until he heard the small laugh from Maggie
"Relax OA he's joking… I think….okay can we just go and get this over with so that we can get back to the case"
"Just remind Isobel that you managed to take down Mrs Blake even though you are injured, you caught her and we both made it out safe that's what matters"
Maggie smiled hearing OA's words and she squeezed his arm gently as a friendly gesture to thank him as she walked passed him and walked towards Isobel's office. When they reached the door Jubal knocked and stuck his head inside
"You ready to see me and Maggie?"
"Yes. Agent Collins was just leaving"
Agent Collins got out of his seat and walked angrily passed Jubal and Maggie almost bumping in to Maggie's injured arm which pissed Jubal off. Clearly he wasn't happy with whatever his discussion with Isobel had been about. Maggie stepped in to the office after Jubal and closed the door, catching a glimpse of OA who was watching her from the seat that Jubal had been in moments before.
"I'm not going to drag this out...Maggie I want you to interrogate Mrs Blake, Agent Collins wants to do it but I told him it's not his call"
Maggie was getting ready to defend her actions at the storage locker when Isobel's words caught her off guard, she was surprised she could get words to come out of her mouth so quickly
"You want me to question her? Why not Collins, I mean he is CIA surely he's the better agent for this?"
"You were the one that found out who Mrs Blake really was, you were then able to take her down at the storage unit after getting in to a fight with her while being injured. She has respect for you. You are the only person that can get her talking, she will shut down if anyone else tries to question her. Take a minute or two in here to prepare yourself and then we will see you at interrogation"
Maggie wasn't really sure what to say, she was convinced that she was coming in here to be told that she was off the case for not following Jubal's and Isobel's orders. She heard Jubal tell Isobel that he was going to help Maggie prepare and would join interrogation observation with her. Maggie heard the door close and she turned as she heard Jubal's voice
"Maggie you can do this, Isobel wouldn't have suggested this if she didn't think you were ready"
"Jubal I have no idea how to interrogate a spy, she isn't going to give me anything, she is trained to hide everything. Collins has more experience at this than I do"
Jubal stepped closer to Maggie and thanks to the way that Isobel had her blinds turned he was able to take her hand knowing that no one could see them
"Mags listen to me, you can do this, you are one of the best dam agents I've ever seen. Isobel is right Mrs Blake respects you, you just go in there and do what you always do. You've got this, Isobel has faith in your ability and I have complete faith in you"
Jubal squeezed Maggie's hand gently as he watched her briefly close her eyes and take a deep breath and he knew that was her settling her nerves so that she could go in there and be completely confident in-front of Mrs Blake
"You know that you may be a little biased about my abilities these days"
Maggie couldn't help but tease Jubal playfully it was helping her nerves settle down, Isobel was putting a lot of trust and faith in her and she really didn't want to screw this up and she knew that they needed to find out the target so there was a lot of pressure to get Mrs Blake to talk
"I think you'll find that just means that I am better informed than ever so I know now more than ever that you are more than capable for this"
Maggie smiled as she squeezed Jubal's hand gently and took one more steadying breath
"Okay let's do this I'm ready. I have an idea to try and get her to talk to me, I need to grab a bottle of water"
And just like that Maggie was back in Agent Bell mode and was completely focused on the mission, she left Isobel's office with Jubal close behind her. OA got out of the seat coming towards them
"What happened? Collins didn't look happy and Isobel didn't give away anything"
Maggie was grabbing the bottle of water and was going over in her head what her plan was so Jubal answered OA
"Isobel wants Maggie to interrogate Mrs Blake instead of Collins"
"Maggie you've got this, you get people to talk to you like no one I've ever seen before"
Maggie smiled at OA's words she really couldn't have asked for a better partner than OA, she couldn't imagine doing this job without him. She looked at the two men standing before her realising that they were two of the most important men in her life but now was not the time to think about that, she shook her head gently
"I'm trusting you two to have my back and to keep Collins from storming in, no matter what"
Maggie was gone in to the interrogation room before either Jubal or OA could answer her, instead they both went to the observation room and Jubal opened it first seeing Isobel and Collins sitting inside
"It good if OA comes in to watch his partner?"
Isobel nodded as her answer, OA was thankful to Jubal for being the one to ask as he knew it would mean more coming from Jubal than it would from him. They all stood in silence watching Maggie talking to Mrs Blake, but Collins was getting fed up with their chat
"This is a waste of time Agent Bell isn't going to get anything from her"
Collins went to stand up but he felt a hand on either shoulder pushing him back down in to the seat, Isobel had to cover her mouth to hide the smile at watching OA and Jubal standing with a hand each on Collins making sure that he couldn't move as they continued to listen to Maggie. When just talking wasn't get Maggie anywhere she decided that it was time to try the idea that she had before entering the room, she slid the bottle of water over to Mrs Blake
"You really should drink something...we got your blood results back...you have high levels of hCG….. You're pregnant.. it's not too late to help us, protect your baby's future before it's too late. You want your child to know their mother and father right? The only way that is happening is if you talk to us"
OA, Jubal, Collins and Isobel had turned up the sound a little when they had seen Mrs Blake demeanour change, OA was the first to speak in the observation room
"Did Maggie get those results?"
"Not unless she got the quickest blood test results ever and Maggie was being seen by the doctor while we were running the blood tests I don't even know how she knew we ran any"
The whole time that Jubal was talking he hadn't taken his eyes off watching Maggie on the monitor's, he knew that she was the perfect person to question Mrs Blake, he knew she had no reason to ever doubt her abilities when it came to her job. It didn't take Mrs Blake long to give Maggie the target and the minute she did Collins and Isobel leave the room to follow up on the intel.
Maggie came out of the interrogation room a minute later closing the door behind her to be greeted by OA and Jubal standing waiting on her
"Great work in there partner"
"Yeah you did really good work in there Maggie"
"I don't think that's the right target Jubal"
"What? Why not?"
"Because it was too easy. I think she played me"
Maggie ran her hand over her ponytail as she looked at Jubal and OA who were confused as to why Maggie was thinking it was the wrong target. She decided to focus on Jubal as she knew that OA would support her even if he had doubts. He would make those doubts known but would still have Maggie's back as they followed her lead.
"Do you trust me Jubal?"
Jubal wasn't sure if this was a trick question from Maggie or what was causing her to ask it right now but he didn't even have to think about the answer
"Of course I do Maggie why?"
"Then trust me when I say we have to keep looking, she gave us a fake target, she's protecting her husband. As much as she wants to be a mum she loves her husband too much to hand him in"
