"Consequences"
"Close the door." Brennan sit down and look at Hailey. "I think you know what I want"
"Yeah, probably"
"You're the most qualify for the job, Hailey." She adds. "You have field experience, you're smart and have very specific skills, and this is not up for discussion,"
"I understand." Hailey let a breath out. "So, when do I leave?"
"Tomorrow morning, Agent Rojas is going with you."
"Thank you, boss."
Deep down Hailey knew Brennan would send her to investigate and help on this case, it has already been four months since her last field operations and to be honest she wasn't hoping not to go on another one any time soon.
"Vanessa, I have good news and bad news." Hailey said approaching Vanessa's desk. "Which one do you want to hear first?"
"Your face already gave it away, Hailey." Vanessa said smiling at Hailey. "When do we leave?"
"Tomorrow, Brennan will email us with all the information, let's organize everything we need to take with us."
"How are you holding up?"
"I'm good, it's part of the job."
*Bagram Airfield*
Location : Bagram, Afghanistan
Rumors were running around the base and they were waiting for the official statement, everyone was sure that Hank Voight would kill someone at any moment by the look on his face. After a long meeting Captain Voight went to talk to his team.
Jay knew Voight wasn't a fan of doing things by the book, all those bureaucratic steps had never really saved them from war.
"My guess is that everyone has already about what happened in DC." He looks around as they all nod. "We have all reasons to believe that the attack was ordered from here, CIA intercepted a call between members of the Almajmuea."
"Cap, how we're gonna deal with this?" Jay asks firmly.
"That old CIA story, we have two agents arriving tomorrow to help us." Voight said. "Halstead, you and your team will be responsible for them."
"Copy that, alright everyone, let's get moving"
That was not the kind of help they needed at the moment, but everyone one knew there's no arguing about it.
Fly 0054
Atlantic Ocean
"First time flying on a private jet?" Hailey asked
"Yeah, wish it was under better circumstances."
They didn't talk much thought the way, Vanessa knew that Hailey wasn't a huge fan of talking, especially about her feelings, but it was obvious that she was uncomfortable with this situation, they never really talked about what happened in Iraq while Hailey was on her previous mission.
"What do I need to know before we land?" Vanessa broke the silence.
"They are kind hard to deal with." Hailey said, taking a deep breath. "We're new to them, so there's no trusting bond or anything, even though we want the same thing, we work differently."
"Prepare for landing"
"Just stand firm with everything you say and if you have any problems, talk to me." Hailey glanced towards Vanessa and they both shared a smile.
She looked through the window and saw something familiar, too familiar, for Hailey this was personality hard, it was like she was being dragged into everything she was trying to forget, but it was time. As Hailey and Vanessa got out of the plane they saw a tall man approaching.
"I'm Sargent Jay Halstead, nice to meet you both." Said Jay while they're shaking hands.
"I'm Agent Upton and this is my partner, Agent Rojas."
"Let's get you two settle in so we can start working."
Less than an hour later they were ready for the first shift, Sarget Halstead was waiting for them outside of the room.
"We have a meeting in five, follow me." He said firmly.