Remy sat in the gray room, hooked up to a lie detector and blood coating his upper lip from where the sentries had broken his nose when they slammed him to the floor. He knew exactly what was about to happen, and he was still cocky that he would not betray his Queen.

He had decided to become a mole because of two reasons: first was to finally get revenge on Turner for all the years of torment he had endured because of him. He was hopeful that when Athena decided to deal with him, she would make it slow and painful. Second was because he regained the one thing in the world that made him happiest: money. Ever since his parents' business went bankrupt in 2009, Remy vowed not to be "middle class" ever again.

A.J. was the first to enter. He sat down across from Remy stone faced. He looked the now exposed mole right in the eye. "Why Remy? Why betray those who are trying to bring down a tyrant?"

"Because one: I hate Turner that much that I would risk my own life to make sure he loses his, and two: Queen Athena has the right idea about how the world should be. Only you Resistance scum want it to go back to the old ways!"

A.J. remained stoic as he listened to Remy's rants. He quickly ruled out Stockholm Syndrome and began to question Remy deeper. "Ok Remy, now that we know the why, tell me just how long you have been a plant?"

"Ever since Turner returned from that mission to defeat Vicky in the past. Queen Athena promised me that if I became a mole, that she would help me return to the lifestyle that I became accustomed to as a child."

A.J. sat back and rubbed his temples in exacerbation, knowing that this could last all night. Chester then walked in and took an overt aggressive stance directly in front of Remy. "Tell me Buxaplenty, just how much have you leaked to Athena?"

"Enough to let her know of the great Tim Turner's involvement in this treasonous plot. Though my contact is reluctant to reveal his identity to her for whatever reason."

Chester glared a hole right through Remy "Who's your contact?"

"Go to hell McBadbat, I'll take that to my grave!" Chester looked over to A.J., who nodded his head. Chester reached into his pocket and removed a syringe. "I assume you know what this is."

"Yeah, your gonna try to shoot me up with sodium-pentothal, I thought the Geneva Convention outlawed that shit."

"Well thanks to your so-called Queen, all conventions and regulations went out the window. Now, do I have to use this or are you gonna play nice with us?"

Remy spit right in Chester's face and snarled at him. "Fuck you McBadbat!"

Chester just stood there and wiped his face off. "I guess we gotta do this the hard way huh?" Chester proceeded to land a straight right hook into Remy's jaw, causing his head to snap violently to the side. "I'll ask you again, before I lose my patience, who is your contact inside Athena's organization?"

Remy just spit out bloody saliva and stared at the floor. "You can't plead the 5th Buxaplenty, so either you tell us now, or we use the truth serum." A.J. stated calmly.

"To hell with both of you and this good cop, bad cop bullshit!" A.J. looked at Chester and nodded his head. Chester uncapped the syringe and found a vein in Remy's right arm (thankful that Remy was still shackled), he then pushed the contents of the syringe into Remy.

"You stupid son of a…" were Remy's last insolent words before the drug took effect.

Back at the palace, Athena was quietly sipping a cup of chamomile tea, reflecting on her life when a knock interrupted her revere. "This had better be important, or expect to be dead by dawn!" she screeched.

"It is Highness." stated an unflustered General Verdant.

"Well, get in here and make your report!" Verdant slipped into the room and quickly made her way to the throne.

"My Queen, I just wanted to inform you that Buxaplenty has been captured and is more then likely being interrogated as we speak."

"Damn, well terminate as soon as possible, he has become the ultimate detriment and needs to be eliminated. Is that all General?"

"Yes ma'am it is."

"Then you are dismissed, report back when Remy is disposed of."

The General turned on her heel and just as quickly departed the room. Dumb bitch, I had better keep an eye on her. She'll betray me in a heartbeat. Athena thought, then another thought hit her like a fist: I'll even bet she knows the true identity of Neutron and either isn't telling me to save it as a surprise, or she is trying to help the bastard! Shit why is it so hard to find good help these days?

At the other end of the palace, Tim had recovered after his emotional outburst and was relaxing, when another plain envelope slid quietly under his door. He stood up slowly, trying to work out the kinks and knots in his back and shoulders. He picked it up and double checked it to make sure it was not booby trapped, it wasn't. He opened it slowly and found another baggie with a lock of hair in it and another letter. This letter read:

Mr. Turner,

I realize that my first clue was probably confusing, so I decided it to be best if I sent this new piece of evidence. If you have a way, send it to Phillips for D.N.A. analysis immediately! I happen to know that Verdant and Athena already know you're a mole, due to a mole of their own inside the Resistance base. They are watching and waiting for you to make a move. Extra caution and great care is a must Mr. Turner. I will send more clues along when I see fit.

Keep a sharp eye forward and twice as many behind you.

An Old Friend

Shit! I've already been compromised? Tim thought angrily. There's a mole inside H.Q.?! I'm willing to bet all the gold in this hellhole that it was Buxaplenty that was Athena's mole. He reread the letter over and over again. Bizarre. Tim thought as he stashed the lock of hair with the rubber bands. Who could I possibly know that would also want to bring down that whore Athena? More to the point, why not just come right out and tell me who you are? Are you in that deep that you need to protect yourself?

Remy was already feeling the affects of the sodium-pentothal, and was ready and willing to answer any and all questions that these two had. He tried fighting it, but that seemed to accelerate the drugs' affect. A.J. and Chester stood behind the one way mirror watching Remy, waiting to see how fast the serum took affect.

"How much do you think we'll get out of him Chester?" A.J. asked his long time friend. Chester just shook his head and looked at A.J.

"You're the genius remember, I only knew enough to grab that syringe assuming he would be belligerent. I just hope we didn't shoot him up with too much, we need him alive for the moment."

"Yeah, once we're done with him, the plan is to cut him loose and let Athena deal with him, because I'm confident she's already been informed of his capture."

As they stood there watching Remy, A.J. heard his wrist communicator beep, signaling that Tim was trying to contact him. Both let out a long sigh of relief as A.J. brought the communicator to his mouth.

"A.J. here, go ahead Tim."

I've got a couple of pieces of supposed evidence that an anonymous source has been sending me, claiming that these will lead to Athena's true identity.

"Great, what do you have?"

Get this: two small light blue rubber bands that I swear I've seen before, and a lock of hair, one of the letters sent with these said to send them to you for D.N.A. analysis.

"Odd, anyway if somehow you can get them to me, I can perform the analysis no problem. I'm not sure what kind of results you can expect, but my equipment is state of the art, and should give us a 99.999 percent accurate answer."

I only expect the best A.J. I'm not sure when I can get them there, due to being cooped up here at the palace, once I can get alone, I'll set up a drop ok?

"Perfect, stay safe Tim. We've had some recent rodent problems here at headquarters.

It was Buxaplenty wasn't it?

A.J. could only stare at the communicator for a moment before responding. "Yeah it was, how did you know?"

The latest letter told me. I should've known not to trust that bastard.

"Well we are dealing with him. We had to shoot him up with about 10cc's of truth serum.

Great, what info has he given you?

"None yet, we're waiting until it kicks in. All we care about is his contact."

Ok, well keep me posted

"Will do Tim, H.Q. out"

With that, the two walked back into the room and sat down in front of Remy.

"Now, are you ready to tell us what we want to know?" Chester said. Remy was failing to fight the serum and just nodded his head.

"Good boy, now…who is your contact inside?"

Remy looked right in his eyes. "A General by the name of Verdant. Her and I have been working closely since I turned traitor on you."

"Ok, so this General Verdant, how high up is she?"

"She is Athena's second-in-command." Oh not good thought A.J. as Chester continued the interrogation.

"How much did you know and how much did you tell her?"

"I knew everything, the date which Turner went under, his alias, all the contingencies and whatnot. As to what I leaked, I only leaked Turner's alias and his real name, much to the shock of General Verdant. She had assumed Turner had died in Texas 3 months ago in that raid."

Chester sat back to digest this bit of intel. A.J. leaned forward to continue where Chester left off.

"Ok, so General Verdant knows just the basics of Tim's mission, can you tell us anything about her? Possibly a description or a first name?"

Remy nodded again, knowing full well that he is going to shock these two down to their very soul. "She is about 5'6, 124 lbs, blonde hair…"

"Wait, did you say blonde hair?" Remy nodded at Chester and continued.

"…blue eyes and the most annoying voice since that Tootie girl that was insanely crushing on Turner." A.J. and Chester looked at each other in wide eyed horror. The girl he had just described sounded so much like…no it couldn't be!

"That sounds strikingly like a girl we all knew way back when Remy. Are you positive this is the woman you've been in contact with?" Remy again nodded his head. Chester leaned forward again and look Remy right in his beady little eyes.

"Do you have a full name, or is it just the last name?"

Remy looked at him and smiled "This woman you guys know well. I think you already put two and two together, but to just come right out and say it…her full name is Veronica Star, but Athena calls her General Veronica Verdant."