It's a bird? It's a plane? No, it's Rose!
Saying this chapter was overdue it's an understatement, the last one came 2 years ago and I can honestly say I'm really sorry about it, but you know, real life and blablabla. I had this chapter started when I posted the last one, but I finished it last night, so it's easy to say that it was hard to write. After the show ended in such a way you could say mi hype died a little bit, but seeing that you still leave comments on my story urging me to continue has really brought me back to the story.
I will not promise you one chapter per week or month, but I will try to upload this as regularly as possible, I'm really excited to finish it and tell you guys the truth about all the mysteries in the story!
Hope you enjoy and review! The comments give me life!
June 5, 2017
Paige woke up restless and uncomfortable. She could easily tell she had been crying in her sleep, not a surprise after what she had found the previous night in her fridge. Today was one of those days that she felt positively pregnant, with her feet swollen and sore all over. She didn't want to get up at all, preferring to sleep it off in the comfort of her bed, but she knew she was going to be needed in little time for the mission, so she slowly got up, letting a grunt escape her mouth.
When she got to the garage Sam was already set up with all the equipment, waiting for her.
"How are things, Sam?" She asked the moment she entered the building.
"Everything is in order." He answered calmly with a smile on his lips. "They're almost at the site."
"Good, then let's-"
"Is Paige there?" Silvester's panicked voice interrupted. From the face Sam was making she could deduce that there wasn't any immediate threat, it was just him panicking over the mission.
"Yes, I'm here Sly." She answered with a smile on her lips.
It warmed her heart to think that, even though a lot had changed in the last months, there were things that would stay the same in her life, like Sly's panic to problematic situations.
Hearing some sort of commotion in the background Paige asked.
"Silvester, is everything okay over there?" She frowned at Sam who looked at her raising his shoulders, letting her know that he was as clueless as her.
"Happy is disagreeing strongly with our liason over here." He responded.
Paige sighed, she was starting to fear that this mission would be a disaster.
Looking at Sam she spoke into the mic.
"Let me talk to her Sly." A couple of shuffling noises were heard while Sly told her that she needed to put her coms on.
"What?" Happy's annoyed voice answered Paige.
"What is the problem, Happy?" She asked, in a soft manner as to calm the genius a little bit. She heard an angry puff on her side.
"This condescending twat is insulting my abilities, that's what's happening."
"Happy this twat, as you call him is the only person qualified to help you guys out, and since I'm not there you need to work with him to be able to finish this mission." She answered her.
"I-"
"If you feel about to snap just remember the reason we are doing this." She let what she said sink in. "Aside from the obvious one, saving innocent people."
The air turned tense and somber as Happy answered.
"Walter." After a second she said barely a whisper. "I know."
"We need this to keep this going, you know that."
"Yes, I do." Paige could feel the genius had calmed down significantly. "Thanks for the reminder."
"She smiled!" Silvester exclaimed, reminding everyone that it was an open conversation.
"And...It's gone." Toby answered him.
"Thanks Paige, we will talk when we get on the site." The psychiatrist continued.
"We'll be in contact." Sam answered from the other side.
The comms went silent and Paige and Sam looked at each other, still feeling the mood of the conversation. Every time they talked about it tension filled the air, being far from over.
She had only said that to spurr Happy on but the liason really felt that way, the only thing she had left from Walter was Scorpion, she didn't want to see it disintegrate because he left, she needed it to be able to move on.
"You are right, you know." Sam spoke suddenly, startling her. Looking at her he continued.
"We need to keep this going for him, I think this is the only thing keeping everyone from having a meltdown." She saw a sad smile forming on his lips.
"Well it's what brought me to him." She answered, stroking her belly. "I'm not going to see it fall apart, I can't. Besides.." She hesitated, she hadn't said this to anyone. "We need to keep the relationship with Homeland intact if we want them to keep his case open."
"You still think…?" He said with surprise in his eyes.
"Yes, undoubtedly." She answered him with no hesitation whatsoever.
"Paige, you saw the body, everyone did." Sam continued, now more unsettled than before.
She looked at him, straight in the eye.
"Sam, It's the only way to keep myself sane, even if what you say it's true, I know that there's always going to be a small part of me that believes that he's still out there and that someday he will come back to me." She sighed. "I know it's crazy, but it's the only thing that it's keeping me here, the hope that he will see our daughter someday. That I will see his smile again."
"Paige the tests were conclusive, it was him." He almost yelled.
"I won't believe that. Never!" She retorted. "I can't." The last word ended up being a whisper she said to herself, more than him.
Paige saw in his face how he calmed down.
"I'm sorry." He apologised, confusing Paige. "I can't share your gut Paige." Sam continued, looking miserable. "If I start to believe that he's still alive I know I will lose my mind." He paused. "It was already hard enough losing him once, I can't keep the hope living."
The liason looked at him closely, he looked sad and defeated.
"No, I'm sorry." Her anger had subsided as well. "I understand what I'm doing it's not the best way to deal with this, but it's the only way I know how."
He smiled again at her and she returned the gesture, even though there were still traces of the tension that was there seconds before.
"How are you doing?" Sam asked, obviously trying to lighten the mood a little bit.
"Good." She said as she continued to smile. "I feel like a bloated whale and I move at half the speed I was before, but I'm good."
"Good." He repeated after her, now smiling in a more relaxed manner.
After a minute of silence to relax themselves, Paige and Sam each got a chair and sat in front of the TV and the equipment to be able to assist in any trouble that the team faced.
The mission was coming along smoothly. The boss was beyond excited, ready to torture the team of geniuses the second they came into the building. They had been monitoring them since they had started the hacking into the hospital's database, knowing that Homeland security would send Scorpion to fix the issue. R was nervous though, he had been working on this for as long as he could remember and this job would provide with the answers he had been searching for all this time.
Collins had told him the objective of the mission, but after a secret thorough research, he wasn't as committed to the cause as his boss. Sure, with the info Collins wanted great things could be done, but after getting to know him, R didn't fully trust him for some reason. When he had found information about the reason he was on the run he understood everything, he couldn't let Collins finish his research no matter what. But to accomplish that he had to do as he did until the suitable moment.
"How is it going Rhino?" Collins voice asked from the doorframe, he had just arrived.
"Everything is going smoothly, we just need to steal something else to mask the missing research." R answered, while he frantically typed his computer, surrounded by top tier hackers that were hired to assist him.
"Huh, good thing you're here Rhino, none of these people couldn't have done it so fast." He said people with a weird timber in his voice, his disdain for non-geniuses was palpable.
"Let's see…" Mark got closer to R's computer to choose what they would be taking. "Oh! Tuberculosis is a great choice! The government would get really nervous if somebody tried to replicate the virus!" He was getting really excited. R looked at him through an indifferent mask.
"Ok, no problem, I'll get started right away on that."He answered him as he returned to typing. Seeing R concentrated Collins left, satisfied.
Rhino hated this, having to trap the Scorpion team into such a trap, but he needed Collins full trust in him if he ever wanted to bring him down, and this mission was the beginning of the end, if it worked he could be free from his clutches and go back to the life he had lost.
He looked at the info of the team that was on the way and sighed, Collins was really a beast sending Silvester Dodd into the lion's den. Everyone on the team was going to have a hard time, but he knew that the mathematician was likely going to have a meltdown as he was known for being a germaphobe, and being in an environment that was surrounded by research on deadly viruses would really test him, Collins was really after this guys.
After approximately an hour he was almost done with his work.
"Sir, the team has arrived at the location!" The hacker that was tracking them revealed.
"Good. Find the boss and we will start the mission." The guy left in a hurry to search for him immediately after R spoke.
"So, are we set?" Collins voice spoke after a couple of minutes. "Put the security cameras on, I want to watch everything." He smiled in a sinister way. The guy that was with him rushed to his computer and did as he was told.
"Man, this is going to be great." He continued calmly as he approached the TV to see the feed of the geniuses entering the hospital more closely. "R?"
"In a couple of minutes I will be set to start the extraction." He answered his previous question.
"Great, we will wait until they are inside the mainframe of the network, I want to catch them with no escape route." He answered him.
Everyone had stopped doing their work and were looking intently at the television as R worked out the last kinks, when he was done he watched the screen as well, waiting for the perfect moment.