Chapter 12:

"And I probably would have killed him if Chrissy hadn't stopped me." The interrogator nodded, writing down notes of what Gaia said. Gaia kept talking, leaving out nothing of importance and nothing not of importance. She knew she shouldn't bother to lie to them. The higher agents were nearly lie detectors themselves.

"So I passed out and Chrissy stayed with me for–."

"You passed out?" he asked, cocking his head. Gaia nodded.

"Happens to me after combat. So Chrissy stayed with me for a minute before I woke up. I called 911 and here we are." He nodded, finishing up the notes on his pad of paper. Gaia could tell that he was given the easy job of simply asking her questions that she answered easily, without coaxing or prodding. "Can I see Chrissy yet?"

Gaia knew that Chrissy was in another interrogation room, being asked the same questions. She also knew that they planned on merging both stories, making sure there weren't any contradictions. That's why she'd told Chrissy to tell the entire truth just before they'd parted. The man nodded.

"I'll go get her." Gaia sat in the metal chair as he left the room before Rodriguez walked in.

"What's going to happen to him?" Gaia asked, obviously referring to Loki.

"He confessed to everything. And he's still talking. At the moment, he's Oliver. At least that's what he says. And we're pretty sure that he is because Loki would never talk. Unless he's working an angle." Gaia shrugged.

"I don't know anymore. Did you contact my father?" He shook his head.

"We will soon, but he's on a mission in Mexico and we can't contact him at the moment." He sighed, leaning back in his chair.

"I know. I tend to cause a lot of trouble." He shook his head, narrowing his eyes at her.

"Loki is not your responsibility. He's ours. I'm worried about him escaping from the prison. It's not as if he hasn't before. We're transporting him to Alcatraz as soon as he gets convicted, which we know he will. We'll hold him in a maximum security jail for now, so you can rest easy, but we can't forget the incident when he was last sent to prison."

"The fire," Gaia said, nodding. Gaia remembered that the last time Loki had been in prison, he'd started a fire and a look-alike had been left in his cell. He'd left in a firefighter's suit so nobody could see his face and escaped in an ambulance with his men, who'd been waiting for him. "And what's going to happen to Chrissy?"

"We believe that she would never tell anyone what happened. Especially after Loki threatened her life just because she knew some names." Gaia nodded, looking at the floor to her left. "I just said he isn't your responsibility. Do you believe me?" She nodded again, meeting his gaze.

"I'm fearless, not stupid. But you can't tell me that if I didn't exist a lot of this would never have happened." Rodriguez opened his mouth to speak, but she interrupted him. "And I'm not saying that it was my decision to be born. I'm just stating the obvious." He pursed his lips and nodded.

"Yea. I'm not going to bother arguing on that one. It's an argument I'd lose." Gaia sighed, slouching in her chair.

"Can I go now?" He shook his head.

"We just finished interrogating Chrissy and we need to–."

"Merge the stories. I know. I was wondering how long that takes." He shook his head again.

"Not long." He stood up. "I'll go get Chrissy though." Gaia nodded.

"Thanks." She waited as he left the room and Chrissy came in. Gaia motioned to the chair across from herself and Chrissy sat down. They didn't say anything for a few moments.

"So what happens now? I've never been interrogated by the FBI." Gaia didn't smile.

"Now you forget what happened. We never talk about it again. We never talk about Loki. Or…Oliver."

"Isn't Loki–."

"Yea," Gaia interrupted. "Yes and no." Chrissy nodded, understandingly.

"Ok." They were silent again. "But what happens now?"

"I get chauffeured in an off-duty Bu car back to the boarding school from hell and you go back to your house." Chrissy hesitated.

"He said that he got my mom fired so I wouldn't have any ties back to New York City." Gaia tensed and nodded.

"I'll talk to Rodriguez and get him to straighten it out."