AN: 5th chapter finally. It's getting a bit harder to write this. Some really big things are going on, and well Rowan needs to be stopped bcause he is evil. I hope you guys enjoy.
Fitz asked Karen if she could wait for him to have dinner at 7, even if Teddy ate before, he could still put him in bed himself and eat with his daughter. He thought Cyrus might be a problem, but it turned out he wanted to leave too. He didn't spend much time with Ella, sometimes she didn't even want him to hold her, and he had found her holding a photo of James with her staring at it. He was afraid Ella didn't really recognize him as her father. After all Cyrus Beene did have a heart. That worked great for Fitz because not only he could have dinner with Karen, but he could have his late meeting with Davis sans Cyrus.
Abby sat in her living room waiting for her dinner to arrive when Huck called her, he was still hours away from DC, but he wanted to know how everything was over there.
"Hello" she answered, not knowing who it was
"Hi" replied Huck. "I am on my way back to DC, I should be there early tomorrow morning"
"Are you ok, where are you, what happened" Abby inquired
"I just wanted you to know I'm coming back, is everything ok over there?" Huck asked.
"Yeah, we are all good, got a job with Fitz, no big deal, but Huck what" Abby's rant was cut short by Huck "I will see you tomorrow good bye" With that he ended the call leaving Abby's questions unanswered. She tried calling back, but he had called from a pay phone.
David arrived a few minutes later, Abby thought he was acting weird, like he was scared and nervous.
"Are you ok?" She asked him.
"Yeah, just tired, and I have a meeting later tonight, long story" he said in a rush.
"Ok… I have the feeling you are hiding something from me, but I'll give you some time to come clean cause I'm tired now"
David actually relaxed a little, he really didn't want to get into that conversation with Abby at the moment, when he didn't even know what was going to happen.
The truth was, Abby would just wait for Huck to get there and she would ask him to find out what was going on with David. Their food arrived finally, and they ate in silence. David left her apartment shortly after because he had to got to his place to get the papers he chose to show Fitz.
Jake was living in fear. His decision to give those files to David had been a real bad one, he thought he could be a hero, how stupid he felt now, he had fucked up badly. Everything was bad, he feared for his life every waking moment, and had anxiety attacks. He could almost feel the pain already, of Command torturing him to death.
Karen was feeling a lot better when Fitz arrived at the residence for dinner. He found her in Teddy's room, she was playing with him while they waited for Fitz, he was ready for bed. Fitz picked him up from the floor and kissed his chubby cheeks, the little boy laughed as he grabbed Fitz face with his tiny hands and placed a few sloppy kisses on his dad's face.
"This boy is a bit to awake for someone who is going to bed soon" he said with a chuckle.
"Yeah, it happens sometimes dad, his poor nanny has had some hard times putting him to bed" Karen explained.
"Lets hope I have a bit more luck" he stopped to think for a moment "He honey, could you hold your brother for a bit, I have something that might help" Fitz said
Karen extended her arms and Teddy went to her willingly. Fitz had remembered that a few days before, when Liv was there he told her that he wanted to be a better dad and do more stuff with his kids, even simple things like putting Teddy to bed. Later that day she handed him a gift bag, inside was a bedtime book. She told him he might need it sometime.
He walked back into Teddy's room a few minutes later with the book in his hands, he traded Karen the book for the kid and then he sat on a rocking chair.
"Goodnight moon" Karen read out loud the title "This looks nice, when did you get it" she asked full of curiosity.
Fitz hesitated a bit before he answered, he was wondering if he should just lie "Olivia got it for me" he decided to tell the truth. He waited in silence for Karen's reaction. Teddy just looked at both of them unable to understand what was going on.
"That was thoughtful" she finally said.
They had avoided talking about his and Mellie's infidelities since she had moved there. It was a tough subject and he didn't know how to go about it.
"Dad, will you tell me the truth sometime, like everything that went on with you and mom and Olivia… and uncle Andrew, it doesn't have to be now, but can we talk about it sometime?"
"Yeah, we can, I'll tell you everything" he replied
"Ok, I will go see if our dinner is ready, I hope he goes to sleep soon" She gave him a small smile before leaving the room.
Fitz was surprised to see how mature her reaction was, and realized she really did have the right to know everything if he wanted their relationship to actually be better. He knew it wouldn't be easy but it had to be done.
He started reading the book to Teddy and he slowly started to doze off, at the end he was almost fully asleep. He thought it was unbelievable how much she could help him even when she was not there. He put Teddy on his crib and left the room quietly, then he went to find Karen. She was sitting at the table already.
"Hey kiddo, I've been thinking about talking to you about… well… everything, but I didn't know if you wanted to, I want us to have that conversation as soon as possible, but I have a meeting tonight, is tomorrow ok for you?" He asked her
"It's ok dad, I can wait until tomorrow" she replied
They stayed quiet for a few minutes poking at the food until she broke the silence to ask him if the book had worked. After that the conversation flowed easily and they enjoyed their meal together.
David arrived at the White House just in time. He was so nervous about carrying the files with him that he was sweating bullets. Fitz met him at the spot of the white house where the employees go in. He walked David to one of the spots he knew there were no cameras. They were both quiet. David was still really nervous. When they got to the place, it seemed like a storage room with a couple of chairs. They each grabbed one and sat down close to each other.
"So, what it it that you need to tell me, you know, I went through a lot of trouble for this so it better be serious" Fitz told David
"Believe me, it is" He said. Then he took a deep breath before he began telling the whole story.
"When Jake Ballard decided to leave with Olivia he sent me a bunch of boxes with a note that said "go get the bad guys", I opened one of the boxes and I found b613 filed inside it. As you remember, Olivia and her team attempted to dismantle b613, but it couldn't stay that way because of Olivia's mom, but now he gave me all this and I don't know what to do with it."
Fitz took a moment o take it all in before he started asking questions
"This is serious, may I ask why didn't you want Cyrus to know" he inquired
"He has done questionable things before, he knew about the bomb before Ballard told you, and decided no to tell, I guess he was trying to get rid of your competition" he said nervously
"That was not ok, but it didn't end up so bad, and I think he was about to tell me when Ballard walked in" Fitz told him "I get what you are saying David, but as you remember, getting rid of b613 is too dangerous for the country, that is why I put Olivia's dad back in there" He explained
"Yes I know, but you don't understand, he is a criminal. He has used his position for his own benefit, he has killed for personal reasons and…" Rosen stopped himself, he wasn't sure how to go on.
"And what Rosen, spit it out" Fitz demanded
"There's a really big chance he was the one who planned your son's murder." he finally got out.
Fitz felt like he had been punched in the gut with a truck. He put that man back on charge to get the person responsible for Jerry's death.
"What are you… how do you… you said big chance.. you can's say something like that to me without being sure" He managed to say
"Remember Harrison, he used to work with Olivia"
"Yes, Abby said he had left"
"Well he left if he was lucky but there's a chance he is death. He called me after you gave his job back to command. He told me Rowan planned everything, so he could get his job back, get revenge from his wife, and get Olivia to leave. Harrison told me she made him promise he wouldn't hurt you, and that she wanted you to win the election, and that your son was the price to pay for it. He said that you took his child so he took yours" David talked fast trying to get everything out. "And on top of all he got your trust"
Fitz was completely shocked, he couldn't believe the evil on that man, he was to blame for losing his son and the love of his life. He had given him all of his power back. He just sat there looking at nothing for a while trying to process what he heard, but he couldn't wrap his head around it. David was afraid to say anything so he just stayed there quiet, waiting for Fitz to come around. After a rather long time he finally spoke.
"I guess we do have to get him, but you know what he is capable of, and we can't make b613 public, it would put the country in danger, it would cause chaos, people would loose their confidence in us. It could ruin everything" he said with despair.
"But maybe if we work hard enough, we could look through all the files and find a way to arrest him without dragging the entire organization with him, there are just so many things, some that I don't even understand, and we probably need to dig even more. There has to be a way" David pleaded.
"Well, I guess we have a lot to do, I am going to get some safe phones, so hmm… come tomorrow again, same time. If you don't mind, I need to be alone right now" Fitz got up from and walked out. He walked in a zombie like state back to the residence, he crawled into bed and a few minutes later he started crying, he had been barely keeping it together since Olivia left but what he heard was just too much. After a long time exhaustion took over and he finally fell asleep.
Olivia sat in the corner of the room, waiting. It had been a rough day. She had been lowering the dosage of sedative all day, and it was finally all gone. She was nervous, about what would happen once he fully woke.
He had been in and out of consciousness for what seemed like forever, he wanted to run or hide, but he didn't have the strength to do so. All he could remember was feeling sick, and drugged. Unfamiliar faces around him. Slowly he was finally waking up and he saw her. Olivia was right in front of him, for a minute he thought she was there to help him, but she was just sitting there watching him. He tried to move but there where restraints on his wrists and ankles. All he wanted to do was scream and run away but he couldn't. All he had left to do was demand an explanation.
"What the hell are you doing to me!" he said as loud as he could
"Please calm down, I can explain" Olivia said on a low voice
"You kidnapped me, and I was sick and now I'm tied down, what kind of sick joke is this?!" he now yelled, he was finally feeling like he got some strength. He tugged on his restraints but it was no use.
"Calm down, just let me explain" Olivia pleaded "We had to make it look real"
"Make what look real?" He asked a bit calmer
"Your death"
AN2: So... Let me know what you think, please review :)
