"Can you not tell me why she's so annoyed?" Chase asked. He followed Jack up to his office.
"No Chase I can't. Don't ask." Jack said. Chase bit his tongue before he retaliated and said something he'd regret. He turned around and stalked off, not happy about being told nothing.
Jack was thinking about everything. About Sarah and why he felt so protective of her. He'd got around many women but never Sarah. He respected her so much- in many ways she was his equal. Always had been really. His thoughts were interrupted by a tapping at his door. He looked up and saw Sarah stood there. He nodded her in. She smiled and walked in. Sat down.
"Anything?" he asked a little too hopefully.
"Maybe…"she admitted. "You might want to get Tony in here." He looked at her and picked up his phone.
"We got something?" Tony asked
"Yeah. Come up." He put the phone down. Sarah watched him. He's gotten older, she thought. They sat in silence for a second, thinking about everything they'd encountered together, and everything they'd fought.
"I'm sorry about Terri." Sarah whispered. Jack nodded.
"I used think that kind of pain never existed." Jack said.
"I know…." They held each others gaze.
Tony walking in broke the moment. He immediately took a seat and all eyes were on Sarah.
"I know this person…met them before. They're well educated…approximately our age, they know you're system better than you know it yourself… they'll have worked here- they know you're protocol. By the fact that this person mentions you both im guessing they know you and im also going with a woman. The DNA probably isn't you're woman- will have got a friend to lick the envelope…" she finished
"You got that from a letter?" Tony asked slightly disbelievingly.
"Yeah you got to know how to interpret it." She said and smiled wryly.
"Great." Tony said finally happy to have some information.
"Right so how do we narrow this down." Jack asked. He took a breath.
"Well… I worked here, what, 7 years ago, and I don't know you're protocol in as much detail as this. SO you've either got a hacker or someone knows this place really well." Sarah informed them.
"Chloe would know if there was a hole in the system. It's the latter." Tony stated and Jack nodded.
"I told Ryan things had to change," he muttered. "Ok." He took a deep breath and picked his phone up.
"Chloe, up here please." He ordered.
"Yes'sir," she remarked sarcastically. He rolled his eyes. Within seconds, the young girl walked into the room. Sarah smiled. Chloe smiled back her usual forced smile.
"Chloe we need you to a cross reference for a person, who left within the last 5 years…." Jack said. It sounded pretty weak to him.
"Left with suspicious circumstances, probably knew Jack and/or Tony the best, high level ranking…. and err…woman – try both but focus on women." Sarah finished, obviously having more faith in psychology than they did.
"Sure," Chloe said trying to remember it all, slightly annoyed she wasn't told to take notes.
She walked out after nodding bye to Sarah. Sarah looked after her in amusement.
"I should go tell everyone else that we've slightly narrowed it down." Tony said standing up. He left the room.
"You don't trust psychology do you?" Sarah asked teasingly. Jack smiled.
"It seems like guess work to me…"Jack admitted truthfully. "But we need it today." The phone trilled.
"Yeah," Jack answered. He listened to the other end. He closed his eyes and sighed. "Ok thanks." He said wistfully. Sarah looked at him expectantly.
"The FBI building in LA. Blown apart. Death toll is at 40 and climbing." He informed her quietly.
"Jesus…."she whispered. He got up and left the room, Sarah following.
He got part way down the stairs and stopped.
"Listen up." The room went quiet. "We've got to pull out the stops. The LA fed building has just been taken out. We need to work quickly yet efficiently. We're going to be here for the long haul guys. OK lets get this son of a bitch." The team turned and walked back to their work.
"Jack!" Chloe called. He turned.
"Already?" She nodded.
He ran to her Tony and Sarah in tow. He got to her monitor and found Kim there looking dead pan serious.
"Well who then?" Jack asked impatiently.
"Chase," Michelle called discreetly. He raised and eyebrow. He walked over.
"You got it already?" he asked surprised.
"Yeah it was relatively easy to override." She said looking down.
"And…" he asked impatiently. He care so much for his sister, he just wanted to help.
"Sarah left 7 years ago. She made allegations of a mole against another agent after her fiancée Daniel Jamieson was murdered. Jack and Tony worked the case with George.The agent was cleared, insufficient evidence,but Sarah remained adamant and decided to leave." Michelle looked embarrassed. Chase shocked.
"Who was this agent?" he asked quietly, confused.
"Nina Myers," snapped Kim.