"I see, thank you for informing me about the ending of the case, and about the agent I didn't even know I had amongst me until your arrive"

"You're welcome"

Linda turns to leave when the sheriff speaks up again

"Agent Kerenai before you go I have a question"

"What is it?"

"Have you ever heard of a program called 60 days in?"

"Yes I have, what about it?"

"I was thinking of calling them in myself and was wondering if you would be interested"

"I have to talk to several people about it first"

"I understand, go and talk to who you need to and we'll go from there"

Once she was home she talked with her family and the League about it first and they encouraged her to participate because of how it might benefit not only the jail but also her in her investigations in the future and then she had to talk to both of her jobs, more importantly the FBI job than the CSB job, but both needed to be informed in either situation

"We'll allow it actually, not only to help the Sheriff in his investigation but also to see if some of the reforms that the FBI have made to several key systems when dealing with a federal prisoner before they are actually in prison are being handled properly, but ultimately it is your choice"

And so Linda decided to participate in 60 days in and manages to stay the full 60 days without being discovered and then simply waited until it was time to shoot the reunion episode which made her anxious but finally the day was here and she heard the host talking to the other participants

"Now then I'm sure you're wondering where two of your fellow participants are and here's one of them"

The participant came and sat down and then the host spoke up again

"Now then about the other participant they will be joining in a moment but first here's a clip from the show that will explain a few things"

And suddenly Linda is hearing herself on TV

"Due to my unique status as a federal agent none of the participants will be told about my government job, they will instead be told that I simply work in the computer industry, there is also the fact that no one but the sheriff will know my real name, which means yes I am going in under a false identity, and no one, not even the sheriff will know what I look like and will not even know that this is a disguise until after the full 60 days when the reunion happens. Therefore the only way I can be discovered is through my voice being recognized which I hope doesn't happen, this is for the safety of everyone including the sheriff"

She then hears the sheriffs voice on TV

"Due to the unique situation for one of the participants I am allowing them to enter my jail under a false identity and have been told that no red flags will come up because of that"

She then hears another clip of herself and knows exactly when the clip was shot

"So I have been very lucky in not meeting anyone I have put away before here and with the 60 days almost up I believe I will have succeeded in my goal, but I still have to be vigilant for the safety of everyone"

She then hears the host

"And here she is Linda Kerenai"

Linda comes out and once she sits down the sheriff speaks up again

"Wow, your disguise really changed who you were, and like she said I didn't even know she was disguising her features"

"Well like I said it was for the safety of everyone"

The host speaks up just then

"Now then for almost everyone else their cover story was pretty simply but I've been told that yours was more dangerous and more complex and serious"

"Yes, it was, now then before you get into the back story I was given I have to explain something to everyone since I know you're going to question it at some point. When I take on a new identity for whatever reason, which is rare since I don't really go undercover very much for personal and safety reasons, I literally become that person so my personality changes with the person I say I am"

"And that's actually something that people should know because of the fact that your backstory was actually personal in a way"

"Yes, I know the EDC and the League quite well, in fact I am friends with a lot of EDC officers and several of the League, which in a way makes my back story hard because I was accused of killing three EDC officers, two Cybertronians and six League members including Green Arrow while seriously wounding another twelve EDC officers, five Cybertronians and all but one founding member which was Superman"

"How did you cope with that backstory? I mean I know we got permission to use it but still..."

"Well it helped in one way that I knew the truth and that they were all fine, just either in hiding until they could be revealed as alive or waiting long enough for their fake injuries to heal"

"Does that mean something else helped as well?"

"Yes, what many don't know is that I compartmentalize fairly well, unfortunately in this situation that was both a good thing and a bad thing because I managed to keep in a part of my mind the fact that the backstory wasn't actually real and I wasn't part of any injuries to my friends. The bad part of it is that I compartmentalize so well that I can forget the danger I am in from other inmates and sometimes the guards"

"In regards to your ability to compartmentalize how well can you do it?"

"I generally can and do put things unimportant at the time aside for about four days but one time I did put emotions and thoughts related to something aside for about six months"

"I don't think that is something that would be recommended normally"

"And it's not, in fact what I did was quite dangerous to my mental and emotional health and something I will make sure never happens again"

And so the reunion continued with questions asked and answers to some things that had confused people answered, granted Linda was the greatest mystery that had been solved but a few others had acted in ways that were confusing and thus answers for why they did what they did were finally given

"Still Kerenai, to think that no one even noticed you were in disguise, that must have taken time to learn to be whoever you are 24/7"

"It did, but it was worth it in the end"

"Also I have to wonder, did the FBI tell you about them testing their systems beforehand Kerenai?, because I was completely shocked to discover that test"

"Yes, that was a secondary and secret test that I could not tell anyone about, not even you sheriff"

"I understand, according to them there are some things we still have to work on apparently"

"Yes you do, but they're mainly minor issues that are easily corrected"

"I guess after this there will be no future undercover assignments, few as they were in the first place"

"Correct, but considering I am primarily a CSB agent that isn't that big of an issue"

"True enough and I guess there are other federal cases that don't involve being undercover that the FBI investigates"

"Indeed and I can easily take those instead"

"In any case things might get interesting for you for a bit"

"True, but hopefully things calm down soon enough"

"Agreed"

The next two years were spent with Linda primarily doing CSB investigations with two incidents of her doing her FBI job and surprisingly no one needed her to be the mediator between the EDC, the League or her job but that day came to an abrupt end after a major disaster that the League had helped in and wanted to be involved in the investigation afterwords

"Superman, how many times do I have to tell you guys that you can't be involved in the investigation?"

"But what about the fact that we suspect it's the work of our enemies"

"If that turns out to be the case than I'll deal with it then, but until such evidence comes up I have to treat it like I would any other CSB investigation and that's final...look I'm willing to compromise but only to a point since I can't taint my investigation because if it goes to criminal court the case could get thrown out"

"What's the compromise?"

"I keep you updated on the general status of the investigation, since the CSB knows I am a mediator for you and the EDC I can do that if either group is involved in the incident through helping get it under control, and if I tell you it's looking like a normal incident with no criminals you back off"

"Fair enough, so long as you call us in immediately if you find that any of our criminals did have a hand in this"

"Agreed"

Ultimately it was a normal CSB investigation but Linda always knew that might change in any investigation having already had proof that she could go from being a CSB investigator to an FBI agent in a moment's notice. She would remain a CSB investigator and an FBI agent for thirty years before retiring and during that time there were times when the League and/or the EDC got involved in one of her FBI or CSB investigations by need but eventually she herself would be involved despite retirement because of her knowledge and as such while she was officially retired she was considered a special consultant with a new mediator between the EDC, the League, the FBI, and the CSB chosen by Linda and her successors personally over the years