"Hey anyone here?" Kate asked, entering the garage.
"Yeah i'm here." Cabe said, walking in from the back of the garage.
"Where did everyone else go?" Kate asked, putting down the takeout she had brought with her.
"Walter and Paige took Ralph and Abby to get some ice cream, and Happy and Toby went with Sylvester to a meeting." Cabe replied.
"So why are you staying so late, paperwork?" Kate asked.
"Yeah, Homeland wants a full report on the mission in Poland." He explained.
"Yeah i've been meaning to ask about that." Kate said. "How did Walter come to work for Homeland?"
"That is a long story." He said, with a bit of nostalgia in his eyes. "One, which I will gladly tell for a bit of that food you have." Gesturing towards the food she put down.
Kate smiled at that. "Yeah, sure help yourself."
They pulled out some food and started to eat.
"So," Cabe said in between bites of food, "I met Walter back when he was 11, he got into a little trouble with the government but ultimately he was let go. We were so impressed by his gifts that we asked him to help design some software."
"I remember my first time meeting him." Kate said. "We were at a lecture in college, the teacher had to leave the room and when he did Walter went up to the board and erased everything the teacher had written, said that it was all wrong."
"That sounds like him." Cabe said, a small smile on his.
"So anyways what happened after Walter helped?" She asked.
Cabe's smile suddenly fell.
"We messed up." Cabe said sadly. "We didn't use the programing the way it was designed to work, and a lot of people got hurt. It wasn't his fault but I know Walter still blames himself for what happened."
Kate stood there in silence, waiting for Cabe to say something else.
"That little girl you have, she's special, don't let anyone use her talents for their own benefit." Cabe said with a look of regret on his face.
Kate didn't know what to say, it had been long time since Abby had anyone other than family looking out for her, and now it seemed like She and Abby were surrounded by people who were all trying to help.
At that moment the door to the garage opened and Sylvester, Happy and Toby walked in.
"Meeting ended early." Happy explained.
"How did it go?" Kate asked.
"Fairly well." Sylvester said, sitting down at his desk. "We got a job that for once might not involve us fearing for our lives."
"I'm sure you'll find something to fear." Toby said. "But for now I am starving and I see that Kate has brought food."
"Yeah, no problem." Kate replied.
While the others helped themselves to the takeout, Kate and Cabe walked away from them.
"Just remember what I said." Cabe said. "Abby is a good kid, i'm sure she'll do great things someday."
"If she has people like you looking out for her, I know she will." Kate said, she then embraced Cabe in a hug.
"Now go on, eat some of your food before it's all gone." Cabe said jokingly.
Kate smiled at that and went to get her food.
'This is what I always wanted for her.' Kate thought looking at everyone eating their meal. 'A whole family.'
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