Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Madam Secretary. However the characters you don't recognize are mine.
A/N: Consular ops belongs to Robert Ludlum
Chapter 1:
Consular Operations or CON OPS Agent Alexander "Alex" Bishop jumped out of bed and dropped to the floor and cranked out a thousand pushups then flipped over and cranked out a thousand sit ups and crunches. Then he put on swim trunks, grabbed a towel and a 9 MM GLOCK 43 and went down to the pier beside his house and dove into the ice-cold Atlantic Ocean. He swam for about 30 minutes then climbed out, dried off and padded back inside and straight into the shower.
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15 minutes later he climbed out and went to his bedroom to get dressed. He stood 6'1.5″ weighed 190 pounds with olive skin, brown (almost black) eyes, long black hair and a short thick black beard. He kept himself in top athletic shape dating back to his days as an All-American Boxer. He's also a two-time winner (along with three other top-five finishes) of the Ironman triathlon event in Hawaii. He had several scars. He had a knife wound on his right side, and at least five bullet scars on his body. He's been shot in his shoulder, twice in the stomach, once in the leg and once in the buttocks. He donned a black Saville Row suit, Charcoal gray button-down Saville Row shirt, black/gray silk Saville Row tie and black LUCCHESE MEN'S CHARLES CROCODILE cowboy boots. He clipped his stainless-Steel Rolex Submariner 16610 date onto his left wrist, put his BlackBerry z30 smartphone on his left hip, slid into his black Galco Miami Classic shoulder holster and seated his black .45 ACP Nighthawk Custom WAR HAWK RECON into the holster and clipped his black Gerber Applegate combat folder to his right hip pocket. Lastly, he placed his monocular and his suppressor in his left inner jacket pocket. The he walked out to his black 1970 PLYMOUTH PRO STREET HEMI 572 CUDA climbed in and drove to the state department.
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As he drove, he contemplated his life. He had joined the Marine Corps in 87 and served with both Division and Force Recon as sniper, then when he left the Corp in 99 he attended Georgetown where he earned two BA in Political Science and Middle eastern Studies. He minored in Arabic Studies, Islamic Studies and Russian. When he graduated in 03 he was recruited into the CIA by Elizabeth McCord. He was her go to for operations until she retired in 05 and he transferred to SAD. Then 6 months ago when she became SECSTATE she asked him to join the ultra-Secret Con OPS and be her advisor on Counter Terror. He stopped at a nearby coffee shop and picked up his and Bess's coffee and continued to Foggy Bottom.
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When he got to the 8th floor, he saw the Presidential Chief of Staff Russell Jackson was in Bess's office. He poked his head into Chief of Staff Nadine Tolliver's office and asked, "How has that hard assed windbag been in there?"
Nadine grinned; she like the CON OPS agent a lot. She thought he was very friendly, funny and immensely loyal to the Secretary. She said, "He's been in there for about 45 minutes."
Alex said, "Well I better go mount a rescue op.
She chuckled as the former Marine left.
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Russell Jackson and Elizabeth were in a heated debate when Alex walked in. Jackson glared over at him as he said, "We'll pick this up later Madam Secretary."
She nodded as he stormed past Alex and out the door. Once he was gone Alex asked as he handed her coffee, "What crawled up his ass and died?"
She laughed as she took a sip of her coffee and said, "He's upset about how things went in La Paz."
Alex gave a derisive chuckle as he said, "What the hell; we got 29 of those idiots out plus we rescued the freakin congressman. What more do they want? It ain't our fault the offed themselves."
Bess nodded as she said, "Plus you saved Henry."
She said, "And I'll forever be in your debt for that."
He took another drink of his coffee and was about to say something when the phone rang. Bess picked it up and spoke briefly and then hung it up. She said, "Come on I'm needed at the White House."
He smirked as he quipped, "And that affects me how?"
She just shook her head as they left her office.
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20 minutes later they were ushered into the Situation Room. Bess asked, "What's the emergency?"
President Conrad Dalton replied, "We got Juliet."
Bess asked, "Where?"
President Dalton said, "The FBI apprehended her in front of her house." We would like you two to interrogate her."
Both Alex and Bess asked simultaneously, "Why Sir."
Both President Dalton and Russell Jackson give them a look as President Dalton said, "Because you both know her very well."
Alex asked, "How far are we allowed to go sir?"
President Dalton looked to AG
Mary Campbell; who said, "She committed treason and murder go hard on her but under no circumstances are you authorized to use enhanced interrogation techniques or physically assault her. Am I undestood."
As she was saying this she was looking right at Alex. He chuckled as he said, Copy hat."
Both the AG and President Dalton nodded as SECDEF Gordon Becker asked, "Why aren't we putting her in a deep dark hole?"
The AG replied, "Because we don't treat our prisoners like that. They deserve a trial."
Both DNI Ephraim Ware and DCI Sean Williams chuckled derisively as the DCI said, "Aw come off it Mary you and I both know that's what we do to traitors."
She fixed both men with a harsh glare as she stated, "This is very public after the failed coup in Iran; there are many eyes on this one."
National Security Advisor Darren Kahn stated, "but we need to find out if there any other coconspirators. They all nodded as Vice President Mark Delgado spoke up, "And why they killed Secretary Marsh."
CJCS ADM Ellen Hill said, "I agree."
Both Bess and Alex nodded as they left the Situation Room.
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They both watch Juliet from the observation room. Bess said, "I'll do the interrogation alone."
Alex went to protest but Bess said, "It's for the best if you lose your temper and hurt her, I can't protect you. Look I know after I left George became your mentor but we have to stay objective okay."
He nodded as he watched her go into the room.
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He was watching Bess interrogate Julliet and get nowhere. He was about to walk into the room when his phone rang. He grabbed it and said, "Bishop."
Isabelle Barnes said, "Alex I'm glad I caught you."
He asked, "What's up Isabelle; we got Julliet."
Isabelle said, "I'm glad. Um I was wondering if maybe you like to have dinner sometime?"
He said, "Yea sure; where and when?"
She replied, "Tomorrow night; 7:30 at the at new Steakhouse on Bleaker."
He said, "Alright see you then."
And with that he terminated the connection.
