"How do you know you can trust her?" Hobbes asked slightly angry that Erica went ahead and added a new member behind his back.
" I'm sure that Erica has a good reason to recruit Detective Beckett" Father Jack stood up for her, because he really likes her. It was obvious.
"She's a Detective, so she can assist me, with figuring out Anna's plans and getting in to places. It gives me a decoy.. In case they start to figure out it's me, I have a back up and vice versa." Erica explained. Hobbes thought about this and Ryan nodded, Jack was already convinced so there wasn't anything more to do. "Tonight I thought we could give her an initiation of sorts, and get her up to speed on everything that's happened and our backgrounds."
"That sounds pretty good." Father Jack agreed easily.
"Alright and I get to threaten her about betraying us." Erica laughed at Hobbes and nodded.
"Sure." Ryan just nodded along with everyone else.
XXXXXX
Kate Beckett wasn't sure why she was so nervous about meeting the rest of Fifth Column. Perhaps it was the fact that she was about to join a group that was planning the destruction of Anna. A very scary Alien. It was a dangerous job she was getting into even more dangerous than the one she already had.
She parked her car, a few blocks away from the actual meet up, in a hotel parking lot so no one would know where she really was. She felt like she was a fugitive running in the cold air, slipping into little crevices in the walls whenever anyone saw her. It was ridiculous really because the only people out were homeless people and lovers.
Once she reached the door, she almost ran away. She didn't know if she was ready for this. The moment she knocked on the door the same hand that covered her mouth earlier in the day pulled her in quickly and softly shut the door. She stared the Detective down angrily.
"Rule number one, NEVER knock on the door." The FBI agent snarled at the Detective. Kate just nodded very quickly obviously frightened. Then Erica Evans smiled. "Good, come on and meet the crew, there aren't that many of us, I mean there is a different group, but we aren't really sure about them yet." Erica smiled again noticing that she had been rambling. She took the Detective by the hand and pulled her down the basement. Hobbes was waiting at the bottom of the stairs but since Erica came down the stairs first he only frightened her a little, which wasn't his intention. His intention was to scare the newbie. Erica gaped a little bit pushed past him and then finally let go of the Detective's hand.
"Well this is everyone, Hobbes was the one planning on scaring you. This is Father Jack" Erica said as she grabbed his hand and pulled him over to the Detective so they could shake hands. "and this is Ryan." She patted him on the back and insisted that everyone shake hands. "As you know I am Erica Evans, I am the leader of this group, an FBI agent and my son Tyler is a peace ambassador for the Vs which makes this all very complicated."
"I'm Father Jack, I used to be a soldier I just didn't think the Vs were in God's plan." He smiled letting Ryan introduce himself.
"I'm Ryan, I'm a Visitor, my wife had a baby and she died giving birth…Anna has my baby." Detective Beckett was a little overwhelmed.
"and I used to help them because they had someone I loved….so I know what they are capable of and I used to be an old Fifth Column member." Hobbes explained. "I know how to torture people so if you decide to betray us…well I won't be nice." He smiled. Kate was a little frightened this wasn't really normal, all these people had such sad stories. Her mother died, but not because of the Visitors. It was just so complicated.
"Do you want to be included in our group because if you don't Hobbes will probably kill you." Erica explained also smiling. The Detective was panicked for a moment this was all a little much, but she didn't doubt that Hobbes was capable of killing so she nodded.
"Of course, let's bring that Alien bitch down." For the next hour or so Erica got Kate up to date on what the Visitors have done so far, instead of what they said they were doing.
"and what ever they are planning now it's big and it includes my son." Erica finished. Kate sighed and then smiled.
"Alright then, what do we do next?" She asked.
"Well don't put me in your phone as Erica Evans put me in your phone as Mom. That way no one will suspect that we are in on this together if any of us get caught, that's the name everyone has for me on their phones."
"How will they have me on their phones?" The Detective asked confused.
"Um how about Aunt May." Erica asked. "It kind of makes you the John May of the group you do know who John May is right?" Erica asked and Detective Beckett smiled.
"Of course I do."
The next chapter will be before V airs tomorrow…and it will catch us all us till then.