The knock on the door startled Mike and he realized he'd dozed off.

"Mitchell." Mike smiled.

"You look like hell," The older woman smiled. "You should go home and get some sleep."

"As soon as I get this worked out." Mike yawned. "Did you need something?"

"Just wanted to give you an update."

"Go for it."

"Computer stations are all up and running, same with phones. Turner got a call from New York. Ryan and Claire are fine. DC team gave the all quiet on Joey."

"Great."

"Ident called. DNA and fingerprint comparisons came in. The body is Joe Carroll."

"Yes." Mike nodded excitedly. "Has it gone public yet?"

"Press conference in an hour."

"Good. Go home. Sleep in your own bed. Kiss your family. Be back bright and early."

"I'm just going to finish organizing some of these boxes."

"Sticking around to make sure I don't spend the night."

"Of course not." Mitchell said with a smirk.

Mike perked up when he heard his name being said. He stretched as he got up from behind his desk.

"Agent Roberts." Mike greeted the woman who approached his office.

"Agent Weston." She replied with a nod. Kate Roberts was slender and a little on the short side. But Mike knew from experience that she was tough. She had two older brothers who were what some would call "scrappers" and she had learned to hold her own. She was smart and very skilled with computers, including a few tricks that would get her tossed in jail if she was ever caught doing them for anyone but law enforcement. Which was exactly why she'd been recruited two years before to go undercover for Interpol. It was a huge opportunity for the young agent, something Mike had been less willing to admit when his girlfriend told him about it.

"Nice hair." Mike grinned at the jet black mess Kate had pinned up, the multicolored streaks still showing. "Part of the punk hacker cover?"

"Yes." Kate laughed. "And first chance I have I'm going to a salon and getting it bleached out."

"I thought you hated the dirty blonde."

"Two years like this and I'm dying to be bland again."

"You've been briefed on the situation."

"I got a summary of the case before I left London. And I am familiar with the news coverage."

"Good. Agent Mitchell can get you access to the full records to get you up to sped. We've just gotten confirmation on the body, press should have the details soon."

"I understand you're handling the preparations with WitSec on the ex wife and her son."

"And Ryan Hardy."

"Don't trust anyone but yourself?"

"I consider Hardy a friend. And Carroll's people already tried to break an agent with access to Claire Matthew's first protocol so I want to be sure this one is very thorough."

"I might have a few ideas in that regard. And a few useful contacts." Kate smiled.

"I was hoping you'd say that." Mike gestured into the office. "Feels like old times."

"Speaking of old times. I wanted to say I'm sorry about how things got left when I left. "

"I'd made a decision for my career without thinking about what it meant for us so it was only fair you did the same."

"Perhaps but I didn't have to be such a total bitch about it. I said some really nasty things you didn't deserve. I'd wanted to tell you that for ages."

"Its in the past. Forgotten. Time to deal with the present."