"So, what are our terms?" Michael asked as they walked to the car

Fiona shrugged "We have the car ride home to figure that out"

Charlie chimed in "That's not very much time"

Fiona and Michael stopped and looked at Charlie. Fiona pulled out her phone and dialed Kora

"What the hell is going on?" Kora asked without preamble

"CIA showed up, just not how we thought they would. Are you close?" Fi asked as they started walking again

"Across the street staring at your cars" Kora replied

Fiona scanned the street until she spotted Kora "Can you take Charlie and follow us home?"

Charlie was indignant "I wanna ride with you guys, you can talk in front of me – just speak Spanish!"

"We know you taught yourself Spanish" Michael said wryly "You're riding with Kora; we'll see you at home"

Kora pulled up and Fi led him to the car "We'll tell you everything Agra – but your uncle and I need a few minutes to talk." She kissed his forehead and opened the door for him. "In you go!"

Charlie climbed in, looking none too happy as he buckled his seat belt. "You promise?" he asked nervously

Michael stepped forward and stooped down to meet Charlies eyes "I promise" he said, reaching out to touch his face. He could see Nate in Charlies eyes, hear him in his voice. "Family meeting as soon as we get home, deal?"

Charlie visibly relaxed and nodded "Deal!"

Michael leaned in and kissed his forehead "Alright, you help Kora watch our six. Love you"

Charlie smiled and waved as Michael closed the door

As Fiona started to car, Michael asked again "So what are our terms?"

"I just know I'm done helping the CIA on their terms" Fiona replied, pulling out in front of Kora. She felt the old rage in her gut and as her voice rose "Yes, it benefits us if this woman is taken out – but the whole they create monsters and we slay them for the good of….. whatever?….. is over."

Michael closed his eyes, the last mission nearly destroyed him…..and the price for his salvation…. "My mom…..I want to see her….visit her grave."

Fiona exhaled "I'd like that too. And we need legal custody of Charlie and to know what's going on with Ruth. Charlie will have questions about her when he's older."

Michael nodded "He will, he'll have questions about Nate too. When my mom converted her garage to a rental, she put most of that stuff in storage. Sam said he would keep up on the rent, I'd like to go through those things and see what I can find for Charlie."

"Yeah, it would be nice to be able to have those things with us without worrying about being made" She replied, "What do you think about this masking?"

"I like the idea, but I think our documents should be Canadian, not American." Michael said "It wouldn't keep the CIA from tracking us, but the amount of red tape involved in getting the information from the Canadians would be a deterrent. Plus, whoever is asking would leave a trail."

"Okay then, do you think we can do this?" Fiona asked, "It's been awhile….."

"We have to try. I believe the danger is real, Pearce wouldn't have agreed to come to us otherwise. If they accept our terms – we've put ourselves in a position to see all the intelligence on the Op. But we need to leave ourselves room to opt out. With our assets."

"I want interest by the way." Fiona said "Compound interest, they had no right to freeze our assets. They knew we were alive, and you met the terms of that shit deal they shoved down your throat. And a commission. What's the going rate for slaying CIA Monsters?"

Michael shrugged "No idea, I'm sure we can come up with something. What do we tell Charlie?"

"The truth, just like we promised. Always the truth." She replied," We simplify it for him somewhat, but it's better to be upfront with him."

"Agreed." Michael replied as they turned onto the highway "Family meeting first, top secret clandestine meeting second."

Fiona sighed "And so it begins…."

About a mile from home, Fiona glanced in the rearview mirror and could see the two CIA vehicles following closely behind Kora. "You should check in with Kora to see if they had a chance to sweep the house. We were all taken by surprise….."

Michael dialed Kora "Hey Kora, just checking in – forgot to ask, is everything okay at home?"

"Yep" Kora responded, "We're in a good place now, thanks for asking."

Michael gave Fi a thumbs up, the house was clean and back up was in place.

"Good to hear. How's Charlie?" he asked

"Doing great, we're debating Rugby legends and he's trying to get me to give American Football a chance" she replied "You guys alright? What do you need from me?"

Michael smiled "He can be pretty convincing. Just standby, we'll let you know our next move"

"Gotcha Cuz, you guys take care" Kora said, "I'll drop Charlie and head out, I'll be close if you need me."

Michael was silent for a moment after the call ended, he wasn't sure how Fiona would feel about this – but talking to Kora – it was crystal clear. He turned to her and said "We need Sam and Jesse on this job"

"Michael….." she replied

"I know, I know…but talking to Kora just now, we can't underestimate the value of having people that know us…..really know us…..have our back" Michael replied "I know it's not fair to them, but it could be the difference between life or death"

Fiona knew Michael was right but….. "Jesse has a baby on the way and Sam is at least twice your age…."

"Fi…" he admonished

She smirked "You know what I mean, and I know you're right – the stakes are high, and we need them. But it's been a long time Michael, we don't know if they're willing or able to help. We don't even know if WE are able ….."

"Fair enough" he agreed "Let's put it on the table with the CIA and see what happens when we get to the states, okay?"

Fiona brought the car to a stop in their driveway "Alright" She agreed, taking in the home they'd built. "I like being Mitch and Leia, I really hope we make it back to this life"

Michael took her hand and pulled it to his lips "We will, they've taken enough from us – they can't have this."

Fiona nodded in agreement "It will be good to see Sam and Jesse again at least, we didn't really have a proper goodbye."

Michael nodded "Yeah, once we got out of the water things happened pretty fast…."