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Tessa stared at the blank grey wall as she waited for whoever it was that was going to interview her. The clock in the corner ticked the seconds by. Smirking she turned her attention to the door as Ros marched in followed by Harry. Ros marched across the room to her, dragging her by her shoulders before slamming her against the wall. Harry quietly closed the door behind them.
"Harry, get your pit bull in lipstick off me." Tessa snapped. Harry raised an eyebrow.
"You've met Ros." Harry stated calmly. "Pitbulls let go. Eventually. Ros doesn't."
"The forged signiture, the death of Brewer's brother, Nightingale. In one syllabul." Ros spoke calmly. "Us Pitbulls don't always have patience for long winded answers."
"No idea." Tessa snapped. Ros increased her grip.
"You can stop lying." Harry stated. "The interview is not being recorded. There is no one in the room next door watching and there is no tape recorder in the room. So you can stop the bravado and tell the truth."
Ros loosened her grip slightly as Tessa glared, still determined to get her own way. Ros held her gaze, determined that Tessa would be the first to look away. Her back burned but she held Tessa's gaze. She smiled slyly as Tessa broke her gaze.
"Sit down." Harry snapped. "I don't have time for your dramatics, Tessa. I actually don't care what you did to forge my signature. It was a long time ago. What I care about is the way you manipulated your nephew into doing your dirty work. Not to mention brain washing Brewer to think killing me would avenge his brother's death."
"Harry," Tessa glared at him. "The evil that men do."
"Or in your case, women." Ros walked around the desk so she was between Tessa and Harry. Leaning against the wall she glared at the older woman. Tessa rolled her eyes. "I didn't think prison visiting would be your thing. Or is it true love, you and Brewer?"
"Rosalind." Harry pulled a face. "That is an image I didn't need to think about before I've eaten."
Ros rolled her eyes. The atmosphere in the room tensed. It was clear Tessa was going to hold on to whatever secrets she had kept. Harry rested both hands on the table in front of him, glaring dangerously at the woman he had once worked alongside.
"Tessa, you wanted me dead. I can live with that." He looked at her. "You told me often enough in the past. I have no idea how you managed to track Brewer's brother down but I know he was unstable enough for you to tip him over the edge."
"Oh Harry." Tessa smiled. "You really do give me too much credit. Nightingale existed before me and it will go on. You can't stop it."
"I beg to differ." Harry got to his feet. "What I want to know is why now? What's in it for you?"
"Money." Tessa sighed as she held his gaze. "Plain and simple, money."
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Tariq crossed the Grid to where Lucas and Adam were talking quietly. Even Alec seemed subdued.
"The money." Tariq stated as he watched the older men look up. "It is too obvious to say Tessa was in this for the money."
"Tessa Philips? She only ever does anything for money." Alec threw his pen on the desk in front of him. "It really is that simple when you think about it."
"Nightingale is about inciting racial hatred to exploit the weakness in the society they are trying to inflitrate." Lucas nodded. "Tessa has no morals or ideology."
"She does." Ruth joined them. "Only they are the worst kind. I just spoke to Stan, she's currently in interview room 4. With Ros and Harry. It's going to take a miracle before she tells them anything. From what I found, I'd say she had convinved Brewer that Nightingale has the answers he needs to find out about his brother's death."
"Tessa's exploited his grief." Adam narrowed his eyes.
"Yeah." Tariq noded. "Look, we all know she's twisted but Natasha keeps saying her brother was too stupid to be dragged into this and Tracey Brewer is dead. So, who is pulling the strings?"
"I." Ruth turned to see Dimitri push himself away from the desk. "Dimitri?"
"We're all just speculating." Dimitri stated. "We finally have them all in custody, ok so Tessa isn't going to talk to us but the lads might. Lee is not much more than a kid."
"True." Ruth bit her lip.
"Come on." Adam got to his feet. "You're right. Lets see what our little tattoed friend has to say for himself."
"Don't assume everyone with bodyart is the same." Ruth watched as Adam and Dimitri turned to face her. Dimitri shook his head as Adam raised his eyebrows.
"Have you got a tattoo?" Tariq asked, slightly disturbed at the thought of it. Ruth rolled her eyes.
"Get on with your work,Tariq." She turned her chair back to the computer leaving Tariq open-mouthed.
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Erin drove back towards Thames House listening to the radio as she went. In one respect things were looking up. Calum and Catherine were happy. Smiling she knew she had never pictured Calum as a dad but he had been fantastic with Charlie. Now Rosie had a new cousin. Part of her wished Matthew could be there to see it. Pausing at traffic lights she suddenly remembered Beth was in the car next to her.
"What do you know of Nightingale?"
"Nothing more than you do." Beth leant against the side of the car. "And slightly more than the general public."
"They are serious game players in Europe and the rest of the world."
"They haven't got Section D on their backs over there." Beth smiled. Suddenly the ground around them shook as people screamed. Beth ducked in her seat as Erin gripped the steering wheel in a useless attenpt to make sure the car went where she wanted. The ground shook as plumes of black smoke rose in the air.
"The GRid." Beth snapped as Erin fought to control the car. "Now."
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Ruth ran from her chair as Zaf appeared in the Pods. "Ruth."
"Unexplained explosion in Central London. Casualty numbers not known." She ran up the stairs as Zaf grabbed her arm.
"Ruth."
"I have to get to Harry and Ros."
"This is Nightingale," Zaf wathed as Ruth nodded once.
"An explosion outside a Mosque and opposite a Gospel Church? It has their markers all over it." Zaf nodded.
"Then, with Tessa and Brewer here they'e made their first big mistake." Zaf turned and headed back through the Pods with Ruth at his side. He knew they had to get to Harry as fast as possible. Nightingale had made their move and now it was up to them to make sure it didn't happen again.
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a?n not sure about this chapter. Next one may include a flash back but there isn't much more left. PLease let me know what you think. Have an idea for a cross over featuring Harry, Ruth and Natalie and Ronnie from Law and Order.