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Chapter 5

Like Father, Like Son?



His own father, he was still trying to process it all.



His father had been FBI before going CIA, not fully enjoying it, he transferred back to the FBI. There he had quickly moved up in the ranks, although he had always had his partner with him. They were two peas in a pod, one was never seen without the other. It was this partnership that would be the end of him.



It was an easy case, compared to the cases they had had before. They were taking down a drug ring that was meeting in a warehouse. He and his partner had disagreed with each others ideas the whole way there but had settled on waiting for the signal-the hand shake after the drug transfer. It hadn't gone that way. His partner decided to go with the plan he had proposed and barged in guns blazing. A massive shoot out followed, several agents died and Nate Donovan himself was shot in the right hand and the left knee.



The leg injury had gotten infected, and despite the doctor's best efforts, it had to be amputated, just above the knee. His hand would never be the same. Nerves had been severed, bones were shattered and his career was lost. He had retired and now lived a quiet life. He seemed, to his son, happy with the extra time 'to pursue intelligent and intellectual activities'. He always referred to it as an accident and never laid blame on anyone.



Donovan went to his desk and looked at the list of endangered agents that were on his desk. Many of them were his friends, but more important was the fact that all of them were under the command of Benjamin Smith-Nate Donovan's former partner.



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"Nate Donovan?! The Nate Donovan?!"



"Cody!"



"Sorry but you can't tell me that the same questions aren't running through your head right now. I mean I saw his face. It was shock, pain, and uncertainty-not good for this case."



Donovan was up in his office-clearly avoiding them. He hadn't said anything since identifying his father to Cody and Monica. The team was using his absence to discuss the newfound piece of information.



"I mean this changes everything, we're up against the guy that probably taught our boss everything he knows."



"Yes which is why nothing has changed and why we will succeed." Donovan descended the stairs from his office.



"Are you sure you can put away your own father?"



Donovan stopped and looked at each of them before looking at the floor and answering Monica's question.



"I have to. I'll do what needs to be done."



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"So now that we've failed to get the second disk, on to plan B?"

"No. Things have changed. I need those two in order to get to their leader, who in turn will help me get to Benjamin. Plus if we kill them it jeopardizes our credibility. Trust me, I have experience with this sort of thing. Call them and arrange another meeting."

"Yes sir."

Nate Donovan sat in the chair of his home office, brandy in hand. He had never gotten over the botched case, the bitterness toward his partner had remained hidden but had festered and steadily grown into hate. He blamed him for his injuries, to this day he couldn't write anything properly-even after intensive physical therapy. The loss of his leg had shamed him and made him feel like less of a man. He could've stayed with the FBI after the injury but he couldn't take the looks that people gave him. He knew he would never be treated like a real agent and so he retired spent more time with his family and even greater time in thought.

The plan to take down Benjamin Smith had been three solid years in the making, he just hadn't counted on having to deal with his son in the process. It would all work out and in the end his son would join him in his mission. Help him avenge his father's honor, pride, and reputation. These were the thoughts that Denny left Nate to when he went to make the call.

Denny had been an understudy of sorts to Nate. He had entered the FBI and had heard all the stories of Nate taking numerous cases nobody else wanted to touch and turning them into career highlights. More than anything he wanted to be like him, so when Nate had offered him a job separate from the FBI he had jumped at the offer. He would still have his job with the FBI but would work with Nate as well. It was his job with the FBI that allowed him access to confidential files that had gotten him close enough to the disk to swipe it, Nate's orders. When he figured out exactly what the plan he was already in too deep to escape prosecution should it not work and either way Benjamin Smith was an idiot who got his job by riding on Nate's coat tails and having connections to the right people.

He made the call and set up a meeting for the next evening.





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