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Chapter Thirty

They entered the interview room and Barry looked up. 'Fuck off, I'm not telling you nothing bitch,' he growled.

'You'll tell us what we want to know Barry and you'll do it now,' she said. 'Or I'll take you back to Omega and the nice people there can make you talk,' she sat down. 'Your choice but I'd tell before I got the bruises,'

'Think you're so fucken good don't you?' Barry snarled at her.

'Sometimes,' she admitted. 'Now spill,'

'Kiss my ass,' Barry spat

'So that's how it's going to be,' Aurora sighed, shaking her head. 'I thought you'd know better then anyone that once I transport you back to Omega and you don't talk, they'll make you.' she stood.

'Yeah well I don't break that easily bitch and you should know that,'

'Maybe after they work your face with some players for a couple of hours you'll feel different,' she shrugged 'I don't care whether they do or don't. I've done my job, got the snitch, which means I get my pay packet. What happens to you now, is not my concern,' she shrugged.

Barry didn't reply he just screwed up his face and spat

'Charming,' Aurora muttered. Alright then,' she shrugged. 'I'll give the Boss a call shall I?' she looked at him. 'I'm sure he'll love to see you,'

'Whatever you want.' Aurora sighed softly, as if frustrated. 'Gibbs, can you do me a favour?' she turned to Jethro

'Sure just name it.' he said.

'I'm really thirsty, can you get me a drink?' she asked him. She could see where this interview was leading and Gibbs shouldn't be a part of it. She didn't want him getting a slap over the knuckles because of her actions.

'Sure,' he nodded, standing. He knew what she was doing but he'd happily let her. She was higher up in the food chain in government departments.

'I'd really love the fresh OJ from the shop just around the block,' she told him. 'I know it's a long walk but,' she shrugged and smiled.

'Hey not a problem.' Gibbs told her as he left

'Thanks,' she called after him before she turned to Barry with a grin.

'Guess we're alone,' she smiled.

'I know there are people watching us. You step one foot out of line and they'll kick your butt,'

'Hate to burst your bubble, but one, no one else is here. It's late and people who haven't gone home, are at the hospital or taking care of your other friends,' she said, standing. 'And even if they are, no one is going to touch me Barry and you know it. Omega agents are like the fucking holy grail, no one comes near us. We rule the roost and you know it,'

'Yeah but we still have to answer to an even higher authority,' he sneered.

'Of course we do,' she said. 'But they'll be much happier with me if you spill your guts now then me having to bring you back to HQ to do so,' she smiled. 'If I get a bit of blood on the carpet, they'll happily pay for the carpet cleaner if I get the truth,'

'Go to hell.'

'Why are you making this so hard?' she asked him. 'I mean I'd hate to hurt you Barry but I will if you force me,' she stood up and started to circle the table.

'Oh I know that Aurora but I'm not going to make this easy for you,'

'Why would you?' she sighed, leaning in closer to him, so her breath poured over his neck. 'Spill,' she growled. 'Last chance,'

'Nope, there are more of us out there and I'm not going to betray them.'

'Well there is some information,' she said, reaching around to her back, she produced her knife from the sheath in the small of her back. 'It's pretty isn't it,' she showed him the blade, the light reflecting off the silver blade.

'Pretty nice,' he nodded his eyes never leaving hers.He knew he had to remain strong, tough. He couldn't afford to show her any sign of weakness.

She smiled, standing behind me and held his chair in place with her foot. He felt the blade run over the back of his neck, knowing full well she'd do whatever it took to get it out of him. Damn the fact she hadn't gotten soft.

'Final chance,' she whispered in his ear.

'You know we are trained never to give into the enemy interrogation, so you know I'm not giving anything up to you,'

'You obviously didn't pay attention since you're giving the information away to anyone,' she said.

'I said enemy interrogation,' he smirked. 'Remember I crossed Aurora and you are now the enemy.'

'Why did you cross?' she asked him. 'I mean when we were FBI, you told me how important our job is, no matter what anyone else says and you used to hate corrupt colleagues,' she sat down, twirling the knife in her hand.

'Everyone has their price Aurora. Someone just managed to find mine.'

'Speak for yourself,' Aurora said. 'Not everyone can be bought,' she told him 'What was your price?' she asked him.

'Mind your business but it was enough for me to have bought my own Caribbean island if I'd wanted to. You have no idea how long this has been going on for Aurora. None.'

'Oh I'd say I know exactly,' Aurora told him.

'You have your price too Aurora, don't say you don't. A six foot 2, green eyed, dark haired price. Only thing is you're too scared to accept the offer because you know only bad things will come of it.'

'Which is probably what you should have done huh?' she asked him.

'Nah I seized the opportunity because it was too good to refuse.'

'You wanted to end up like this did you?' she asked. 'You knew it had to happen sooner or later,'

'No I was going to use DiNozzo as bait, he's your weakness and you'd both be dead and I'd be in the clear,'

'And your weakness is greed,' she said. 'I'm not the only one who would have come after you,' she said. 'Even if I'd died, someone would have come after you. Killing Omega is a BIG no-no ,'

'Oh you think Omega is so damn hot.' he growled.'Hell Gibbs and NCIS would have been pissed at me if one of his officers was dead as well although as I said no body would have known who killed you so ,' he smirked

'They would have worked it out,' she said. 'Always do,' she told him.

'So how long have you been on the take?' she asked him.

''Since I left the FBI,'

'From day one huh?' she said.

'Well there might have been a week or two when I wasn't.'

'Cute,' she sent him a controlled smile. 'How did it start? I'm assuming you didn't just buy a stall at the markets and offered Omega information,'

'Wouldn't you like to know bitch?' he growled.

'Actually I do,' she told him. 'I already know,'

'Bullshit,' Barry growled. 'Go on, how did it happen?' he asked her. Damn, she was top agent, she'd done her research and she knew him. A deadly combination for him.

'You took a holiday just before you left the FBI,' she said. 'I'd already transferred over to Omega and you got offered a position 3 months later,' she said. 'I'd say someone approached you on the holiday and, since Omega agents and information are so coveted on the black market, you caved,' she said. 'See it wasn't a "holiday" was it Barry? It was a 3 weeks stay at a gambling and alcoholic clinic,'

'That's bullshit!' he snarled.

'Come off it Barry,' Aurora growled. 'I know it, you must have slipped back into your old habits. I was the one who bailed you out last time. And you needed cash to cover the money you'd lost and pay the debt collectors for fear of losing your knee caps,'

'That was then, this is now. You can't have your edges dulled when you work Omega,'

'Well it must have happened that way,' Aurora said. 'Maybe you've cleaned up but I'd say that's how you started on the wrong side of the tracks. You needed fast money and were prepared to give fast information,'

'Oh you can believe what you want,' Barry shook his head. 'If you know it already then you don't need to hear anything from me.

'So you agree that's how it happened?' she asked him

'You're the one telling this fairy tale not me.'

'Then tell me the Non Fiction version,' she said. 'You can still admit the truth,' she said. 'Come on Barry, I'm the one who picked you up when you couldn't remember your name and you'd puke in my car,' she said. 'I'm also the one who helped you out with rent when you'd played the tables hard,'

'So you think I owe you,' he snorted.

'Not at all,' she shook her head. 'I was your partner and helping you out.' she told him. 'But I know the truth and you can't lie to me as far as your problem goes. Maybe you just didn't clean up as well as I'd thought,'

'Maybe you're right,' he sighed. 'But like I said I was making plenty of money on the dark side so to speak. How do you think I was able to offer 100 G on the head of some two bit no account former cop? He was a way of getting to you and I know you pretty well because when I found out that he was here in DC then I knew that you couldn't help yourself. I knew you'd look him up.'

'Guess we know each other far too well then,' Aurora said dryly. 'I know you couldn't resist the drink and tables and you know I couldn't resist him,'

'What was it about him Aurora? You and I were equals and yet you had to go and fall for a bottom of the barrel cop. We would have made a great team,'

'So you did have a thing for me huh?' she asked him, surprised.

'What straight guy wouldn't Aurora? You're a beautiful amazing woman.'

'Tony always said you did but I thought he was just acting all jealous because of all the time we spent together through work,' she said.

'Yeah well another guy who was in love with you would notice it.'

'I couldn't be on the same team as someone who would double cross Omega and their colleagues, myself included,' she said seriously.

'No you wouldn't have. I can tell that now.'

'What info were you selling?' she asked him.

'You name it. If the price was right, I'd sell it.' he said.

'Including names and addresses of agents,' Aurora said. It wasn't really a question, she knew he would have.

'Of course,' he told her.

'How were you getting access to this?' she said. 'I mean Omega agents keep to themselves so if one of us gets compromised, we can't compromise the rest.'

'Yeah and it's a lonely damn life isn't Aurora? And it doesn't matter I had my ways,'

'And I'd like to know them,' she said. She needed to know if others in Omega were involved, either knowingly or otherwise.

'I'd get into the system,' he said. 'Go down to the Admin floor, chat one of them up,' he said. 'Offer to take them to lunch and I'd watched as they locked their computer with their password,' he said. 'Didn't take too long to work out what it was, especially if they were a slightly slow typist,'

'I need names,' Aurora said.

'How the hell do I know?' Barry shook his head. 'I used a handful. Jessica was one I think. Amy..'

'It's a start,' Aurora said. They'd need to trace all the information that had been accessed using the admins access codes.

'Anyway agents get lax when in the office. Mentioning the park or shop near their place and it wasn't too hard to work out where they lived,'

Aurora shook her head, she knew what he was saying was true. Out of the office, all agents could conceal anything from anyone. However in four walls of the Omega building seemed to at least give the illusion of safety and security.

'How many agents information did you sell?' she asked. She couldn't believe that he had sold that information, caused death of colleagues.

'Oh about a dozen,' he shrugged

'Whose?' she asked him.

'Garry Grayson, Martin Tanner and Laura Bottsworth to name three,'

Aurora shook her head. All three had died over the past 2 years, Laura in a car accident, Martin in a drive by and Garry had been found beaten to death. 'And how much were you getting for this?' she asked. 'And when did you sell this information?'

'Over a period of time and it depended on the classification of the agent, the higher their clearance and classification the higher the bounty,'

'Did you kill them too?' she asked, knowing they had lost some good people.

'Not personally,' he shook his head

'But you have killed people,' she said.

'Yes I could deny it but you'd know it was a lie'

'Who?' she asked him.

'I don't think I'm going to say anything more,' he told her.

'Come on Barry,' Aurora shook her head. 'You're in deep shit anyway, I don't think anything you say will make much difference,'

'Yes it will,' he muttered.

'For someone like you Barry, I don't think they'll waste time or money on a court case,' she said

'Hey I have a right to due process, a fair trial or at least have the cards laid on the table for negotiation. I can name names, big names, names the government big wigs would salivate over.'

'Then spill,' she told him.

'Nope not to you.' he shook his head. He had said enough. He wasn't an idiot, he would try and cut a deal. He needed to hold out on giving the information before he blabbed.

'Who to then?' she asked him. She knew he'd be taken back to Omega and he could spill his guts there. She had gotten alot of information from him.

'The right people Aurora you know who I mean and I'm not saying another word without legal representation,'

'Alright,' she nodded. 'Why did you kill O'Sullivan?' she asked him and say the look he gave her. 'Come on,' she said. 'I need this information for NCIS. Once those questions are done, I can take you back to Omega,'

'Because he found out about me and he was ready to blow the whistle to you and he had to be silenced,'

'How did he find out?' she asked.

'You know the contacts he had, guess he just got some good intel. I've probably pissed off a lot of people.' Barry shrugged. 'Didn't ask him to be honest'

'How did you get into his house?' she asked. 'And how did you know I was coming?'

'Aurora you might think that you are the only hotshot agent in Omega but you aren't. I hate to tell you,'

'I don't think that,' she shook her head. 'But you know I need to ask these questions, don't make it more difficult then it has to be,'

'I'm not going to make it easy,' he said

'Why would you?' she shook her head. 'And why were you coming after me?' she asked. She knew the answer but it all had to be on record. 'You knew O'Sullivan hadn't told me anything,'

'No but you knew too much as it was. I had to shut you up. Nothing personal.'

'Guess being old partners wouldn't have stopped you from blowing my brains out huh?' she almost snarled the words.

'No like I said nothing personal, it was just a matter of taking care of business,'

'How did you get into O'Sullivans home? If he knew it was you, he wouldn't have let you in,' she said.

'Oh come on as if I'd have to have someone let me in.' he shook his head.

'Just checking,' she said. 'You know NCIS need all this,' she told him.

'Yeah well they'll get it in good time I suppose. '

'Yes they will,' she said. 'But they have what they need now and the rest we'll get back at Omega,' she said. She finished up the interview, turning off the tape. 'You're disgusting Barry, you know that?' she shook her head.

'When we were partners, I would have done anything for you and yet now 'd happily throw you to the wolves,' she stood to leave.

'Well then that goes to show that we're so very different doesn't it Aurora?'

'Yeah it does,' she said. 'I had higher expectations of you,' she said.

'Well sorry to disappoint you,' he sneered

'Sorry you're in love with me and I wouldn't spit on you if you were on fire,' she snarled back.

'Well you'll just never know who the best man was, will you sweetheart?'

'Of course I do, his name is Tony,' she moved to the door to leave.

'Yeah well so you think,' he said

'No I know so,' she said before she left the room and moved into where Gibbs had been watching the interview. 'There you go,' she said. 'That should be all the information you need for your case,'

Gibbs shook his head. 'I guess you'll be taking him away with you when you leave.'

'Yes, he'll be taken back to Omega,' she said. 'He'll squeal about what else he knows before he's dealt with,' she said. 'No need to bring in JAG for this,'

'So when are you leaving?' Gibbs asked the necessary question

'This evening,' she told him. 'They'll send a plane to bring him back, not exactly someone you put on the next bus home,'

'You going to say goodbye to him, ' Gibbs blue eyes held concern for his colleague. 'You know that you've turned him upside down and inside out.'

'I've done it to myself too,' she said. 'And yes, I won't leave without saying goodbye,'

Gibbs sighed. 'Goodbye for good or you planning on dropping in and spinning my agent out yet again?'

'I shouldn't have come back this time,' she shook her head. 'I've caused him enough problems, it's probably better if I just disappear into the night,'

'Maybe but would that be fair on Tony?' he asked. 'I doubt that you meant to do it but you hurt him once before and I don't want to see him hurt again,' 'It's for the best Gibbs,' she said. 'We can't be together and to try would only end up in heartache for both of us,'

'Granted,' Gibbs said

She nodded. 'I have to take off for awhile,' she said. 'Barry can stay here if that's alright, I'll need to deal with the rest of his gang, but that will be done at a local level,'

'Alright,' he told her. Kate called, they're keeping Tony in for observation. He's not happy.'

'For the night?' she said.

'So Kate said. However I could hear him kicking up a real stink. It might be easier for them to let him go instead of having him mate their lives and the lives of the really sick patients misery.

'Probably,' she smiled. 'I'll go and see him before I leave,'

'If he's home,' Gibbs said

'I'll visit him in the hospital if I need to,' she shrugged.

'Wouldn't be the same,' Gibbs chuckled as he walked away.

Aurora shook her head. 'I have to deal with Barry's posse,' she said, moving for the other interview rooms.

Gibbs nodded, watching her go before he moved back for his desk. At least she was going to be around to say goodbye to Tony. If she wouldn't stay, at least he'd get a chance to say goodbye.

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