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'Sam is currently helping us with a on going international security threat'

Andy looked her at with confused eyes, and she could feel the anger in her was rising. She had no idea what was going on. She was tired but also well aware of how scared she was. She was scared of losing Sam and she needed answers. He had never given up on her and she was going to do the same, starting now.

' international security threat, what the hell does that mean. Where is Sam, is he OK, I need to know damn it' she said with a angry tone.

The lady sighed. ' Ok, lets start again. I understand your upset and will answer as many questions as I can' She looked at Andy and could see that this hadn't clarmed her down.

'My name Jessica Walker, I work for the US National Security agency. I know you have been though allot but your safe now. I have the brief that you gave to Swarek ... '

Andy cut in ' Sam, his name is Sam, no one calls his Swarek' she said with a weak smile.

Jessica continued ' ... and agent Fisher. I do have some more questions regarding what happened with yourself and Niko, which I will get to in a second'

Jessica looked up at Andy and saw she understood. She continued.

'Sam is helping us resolve a dangerous international situation and is currently in the field with agent Fisher. They checked in 10 minutes ago and Sam is fine.' ... ' Sarah could sense the next question

'I cannot go into details about the situation, the information is classified. Sam has requested that for the duration of this operation you be kept in protective custody, for your own safety' She looked at the file briefly and continued ' according to the info, you not in any danger, but I guess its going be easier for him knowing your safe'

Andy smiled. She was starting to get an idea of what was going on, but a recurring theme was Sam's need for her to be safe.

Andy cut in again, she had so many questions.

'How does Sam know Fisher, actually, why was Sam asked to help with this situation ?'

Jessica looked over at the african man making the sandwich. He nodded at Jessica and she turned back to Andy. Jessica had the notes from when Fisher and Sam had interviewed her and she knew that Andy had made some of the connections;

'About 3 months ago, Sam helped us resolve a sensitive situation. We have been keeping an eye on him. He knows the street, and is one hell of a police officer and when this situation happened, we decided to bring him on board'

Andy looked up with a angry, surprised look.

'Ben Dixon. Who was Ben Dixon ?, what did Sam do for you people ?, I need to know, you have no idea what I have been though this weekend'

Jessica could see the pain in Andy's eyes. She nodded to the african man. He looked at her.

'you sure ?'

'Yes'

The african man looked at the 3 security details and motioned his hand to his eyer, then drew aline across is throat. He then said

'I'm going have a smoke, back in 10 minutes, Traci join me '

'Those things will kill you' Jessica said back

'Yeah rumor has it' as he was leaving.

Traci looked at Andy and she nodded, she got up and followed the african man though to the next room.

'Andy, what I am going to tell you is off the record. If asked I will deny it, and I strongly recommend that once you have heard what I am about to say, you let it go'

Jessica looked at Andy confirming she understood.

'John Doe was a Tier One operator who ...'

'Tier One ?'

Jessica then tock a breath. She had to remind herself that Andy was a police officer, a rookie at that, and there was allot she didn't know.

'Tier One operatives are the best of US special forces. They do the jobs that no one else can do, or want to. Black ops works, really dark things. Ben Dixon had lost it, and killed at least 4 women in the US that we know of. The methods that he used were all things that military had taught him '

'But why didn't you just tell us this from the start ?'

'Because of operational history. If he was caught and tried he could have opened up about of allot of operations that he was involved in and that would have put lives in danger. We had to capture him and get him back to the US'

'but how did Sam get involved?'

Jessica looked at her a patronizing stare. Was she really that dumb, or was it just she was naive.

'because of you Andy. Sam didn't know anything about Ben Dixon past, but when you agreed to go along with '

Sarah looked down at her notes

'Detective Callaghan's plan, he started poking around. He started his own investigation, tracked him to the warehouse. I don't know what happened with the shooting, he's the one that saved you. We covered it up, because otherwise it would have been a major international incident, and Sam went along with it for the greater good'.

'what about Fisher ?

'Fisher was the agent sent to bring Ben Dixon in. He had been tracking him, but was getting no where. Fisher told me that your departments the investigation into Ben Dixon was getting close, but was too slow. When Sam got involved, Fisher kept an eye on him and thats what lead us to Ben Dixon's location'

Andy snapped back, no entirely believing what Sarah was telling her

'so your telling me that with all the resources that you have, you couldn't find Ben Dixon, but a lone beat cop found him, why is that hard to believe'

As soon as she said it, she felt a ping of guilt. Calling Sam a beat cop was an insult, he was never just a beat cop, he was a great cop, the best at the 15, and he had always been there for her.

Sarah was visible stared by this.

'you known what he did to find Ben did our own covert investigation after the shooting and he tock this city apart piece by piece. What he has that we didn't was street level knowledge and contacts gathered by years of undercover work'

'but why did you cover it up, he's been though hell because of what your people did'

' we had no choice, if who Ben Dixon was had got out it would have risked lives. This was all explained to Sam after the shooting. Fisher didn't go into detail about the second shooter but from what I gathered Sam saved his life, and Fisher figured he owed him, that and Fisher needs Sam's help on this one since he knows the city'.

Andy placed her head in her hands.

'look, I know your scared, and your worried about Sam, but right now of focus is on protecting you. We are going to stay here, full protected until this is over, and then your free to go'

Andy looked up, her eyes puffy

'and what about Sam ?'

'What do you mean ?'

'When will he be free to go ?'

'He is free to go. He's doing this voluntary' she said in a matter of fact voice.

'Its obvious been a tough few days for you Andy. Have some food, and get some rest. We will get you if we need you. If you have any more questions, just come and get me, but I really think you need to rest'. Just at that moment Taci came back in, with the tall african man.

'Andy is everything OK, Mike here (gesturing to the tall african man) was just showing me around'

Andy looked at Traci, and smiled. 'yeah, I just need to rest'. With that she went upstairs, while Taci got some food.

Mike then stuck his head round the corner giving Jessica a nod, confirming everything was ok, to which Jessica gave him a weak smile.