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Half an hour later they were walking into the park to sit down on the bench and wait for Jack and Dixon. Zara had a bottle of water which she wasn't drinking very much of but spinning it round like a cocktail shaker.

"Not even going to ask" said Vaughn as he noticed what she was doing.

"Good" said Zara laughing slightly. As she threw the bottle up Sydney put a hand out and caught it before she could making Vaughn laugh "Hey" said Zara Sydney smiled and did some moves of her own before throwing it back.

"I wasn't aware that you got trained in cocktail shaking" said Vaughn.

"I wasn't" said Sydney "This is from being a bartender with Francie one summer it isn't really that difficult"

"You try" said Zara throwing it up towards him. He managed to catch it and attempted to spin it but it didn't quite work.

"Not every one finds it easy" said Sydney and Vaughn threw the bottle at her which she just caught. "Don't get jealous" she said smiling at him.

They spent the rest of the time teaching Vaughn how to do it. They barely noticed when Jack walked up to them they were all laughing so hard.

"So much for keeping a look out" he said almost smiling at his daughter seeming relaxed around Vaughn.

"Dad" said Sydney getting up and hugging him. "Sorry we didn't notice you"

"Luke" said Vaughn offering his hand which he shook.

"James" he looked down at Zara "And there's my Granddaughter. You've really grown" he said and hugged her tightly. Zara was in shock not to mention Sydney and Vaughn but they all recovered quickly and looked pleased to see him.

"Why is everyone telling me I've grown lately" she said "I have hardly grown in six months"

"Oh hush Megan" said Sydney.

"When is Thomas getting her Helen?" asked Jack.

"Oh he should be coming any time now" she turned to Zara "He has some photos for you to look at too Meg" Sydney saw the girl's face freeze for a second then she smiled.

"Ok" The adults sat on the bench while Zara sat on the grass leaning against the bench throwing the bottle up in the air every so often. Sydney caught it once in awhile just to annoy her. They were talking about stupid things waiting for Dixon who walked up about ten minutes later. They all stood to greet him.

Dixon looked at the innocent looking child standing in between Sydney and Vaughn with a smile on her face. Her eyes didn't go unnoticed by him though, fear was one of the emotions swirling in there as well as a maturity at hiding it that she shouldn't have had. He smiled at her after he had said his hellos.

"You're the famous Megan then" he said offering his hand to shake which she took "We meet at last. I've heard a lot about you, your Grandfather likes to boast" she smiled.

"Nice to meet you too" she said in her British accent. She looked at him with respect.

"Lets walk" said Jack.

They walked off together talking about anything but Zara was becoming more and more quiet as they did walk. Both Sydney and Vaughn noticed this they shared a glance before each putting a hand on her shoulders she half smiled at them. They were walking to the ring on trees they had gone to earlier.

They went in separately Zara first then Sydney and Vaughn together then Dixon and finally Jack who had contacted the agents in the park to make sure no one came near them.

Zara was sitting on the branch again looking through photographs while the adults were talking. She found three that she recognised but they weren't covenant. She jumped silently off the branch and walked over to them handing Dixon the folders and showing them the three photos.

"These three need to be warned that they are after them" she said "I can't remember if it's just surveillance or if there has been attempts but I would warn them."

They nodded and she walked back over to the tree and pulled herself onto a branch letting them talk about things until they were ready for her. She had been half asleep when they called her but still fully alert. She jumped out of the tree and walked over. Vaughn was setting up a video recorder.

"We have to Zara" said Sydney after seeing the girl's expression. "To prove it's true and to show to higher up and this way you only have to repeat it once" Zara nodded and decided to ignore it. Dixon and Jack turned to her. She sat down her back to a tree they were both looking down on her.

"Ok Zara?" said Vaughn smiling at her

"Yeah" she said and Sydney and Vaughn stood to one side of her while Dixon and Jack stood in front.

"Right" said Dixon "Interrogating informant who's given name is Little. The date it Monday the 3rd of May. Agent Jack Bristow will carry out the interrogation."

Jack stepped forward "Start time 14:28. What's your name?" he asked.

"Zara Katherine Hardin Thompson"

"How old are you?"

"14"

"When and where were you born?" asked Jack

"14th May 1990 in St Helen's hospital in Melbourne Australia"

"Who are your parents?"

She swallowed before answering "Ivan and Josette Thompson, born on 12th December 1954 and 1st July 1962"

"Do you have any siblings?"

"Two brothers and a sister"

"What are their names and when were they born?"

"Daniel Nicolas Hardin Thompson born 29th November 1982, James Guillaume Hardin Thompson born 30th January 1985 and Anna Theresa Hardin Thompson born 1st September 1995"

"Are they all still alive?"

"I don't know" she said quietly "My parents are dead. One of my brothers may be dead and I don't know about Anna. I have had no contact with them for over three years"

"When did your parents die?" asked Jack more gently than before.

"13th or 14th of April 2001 I wasn't sure of the time" she had an expressionless face but her eyes were starting to fill with tears.

"How did they die?"

"They were murdered" she said firmly and at this point Vaughn started to turn away trying to hide his emotions. Sydney noticed and put a hand on his arm. Zara continued "They were tortured" she swallowed hard "They were beaten, whipped, burned, and electrocuted. They were also emotionally abused and in other ways" she closed her eyes and took a deep breath and went to elaborate but couldn't say it and Jack cut in.

"Yes I understand" said Jack his best poker face was beginning to crack at what this girl was telling him "You saw this"

"No" she said quickly "I was told. They died when they were electrocuted my father had a heart disease. They had to watch me being tortured as well."

"Who did this to them?"

"The Covenant" she said.

"Who exactly?"

"Lauren Reed was in charge, directed it all and did some, mostly to me" she said shakily. "There were others used but they were killed as well"

"Are you part of the covenant?"

"I was" she said "I never wanted to be, it was forced and I didn't even know what it was until four or five years ago"

"When were you recruited?"

"On the 16th of May 1998. My family was told that I had been chosen to go to a specialist school in France. My parents were thrilled." She swallowed.

"What happened when you got there?"

"I met with the other people that were recruited. For the first three months it was just like a normal school we were taught all the normal things lots of sport and fighting training as well as languages"

"What happened after that?"

"We were taught how to shoot, load all types of weapon and drive vehicles and we weren't allowed to see our parents" she sighed "We only went home for two days in the whole year to be with our family. I don't know what they were told but we weren't allowed to talk about what we really learnt. They knew if we did. That gave them more power over us we thought they could see us wherever we were but it was just microphones. I was the youngest so I was the first to be sent out on a mission for some obscure reason"

"What were you to them?"

"We were an experiment, a means to acquire artefacts and assassins"

"You said there were others recruited. Who were they?"

"Matthias Anderlohr, Helen Smith, Olive Sperelli, Anya Vanisovitch, Shen-Lei Sying, Jacque Hagg and Edek Licht"

"When were they born?"

"Matthias was born on 2nd February 1984, Anya 17th April 1984, Helen 5th July 1985, Jacque 14th September 1986, Olive 1st May 1986, Shen 28th December 1987 and Edek was born on 30th November 1989"

"How many are still alive?"

"None" she whispered closing her eyes for a moment.

"Can you tell us when they died and how?"

She nodded and began to speak quietly

"Matthias was beaten to death by them after he got angry and nearly killed a teacher at the school we were sent to. He died on the 18th December 1998.

Helen was shot on a mission and couldn't recover. She died on the 8th June 2000.

Olive and Anya got caught in crossfire whilst on a mission and were captured. They broke under interrogation. We got them back then they were killed by the higher up for it. We tried to save them but we were beaten and locked up for weeks with nothing to survive on. Olive died on the 13th May 2001 and Anya on the 15th."

She drew in a shaky breath and wiped her eyes.

"Shen became infected by a virus on a mission she died of that, she just wasted away. She died on the 3rd September 2003 in Jacque's arms, needless to say he got the virus as well but he was cured. However" she said taking a deep breath "It had caused the leukaemia he already had to take over more rapidly. No one knew he had it. They wouldn't even pay for his treatment" she was getting angry "We did, just. It didn't kill him though no he died on the 31st of December 2003 protecting me. They were going to kill me they had a gun to my head." She looked at the floor "He told them to shoot him instead they just laughed and stepped back. They went to shoot me but he pushed me down and took the bullet and died. I killed those men." She added in a whisper "And I promised myself I would never hurt in anger."

She paused

"Lastly" she took another shuddering breath visibly calming herself and letting herself fall into emotionless state "Edek, he was shot in the shoulder, we were on a bridge and the only way we could hide was to hang over the side but he couldn't. He pushed me down and made me stay there and took them on himself he nearly beat them too.

I got back over and helped him but more came and we were forced onto the sidewall of the bridge. He fell over the edge and the current must have taken him all I could do was scream for him and keep fighting them until help came and they ran away. I looked over and couldn't see any sign of him except his hat there was also blood on the water how it was still there I don't know but it was and we retrieved his hat it was bloodstained they must have managed to shoot him as he fell" she looked up at the adults fixing them with a steely gaze "He died 6 six weeks ago on the 22nd March 2004"

They all looked at her. Zara wasn't looking at them but at the ground next to her trying to control her emotions. Jack and Dixon shared a look.

"We'll have a break" said Dixon "Interrogation paused at 14:55 to continue at a later date" after he said that he turned to camera off.

TBC

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