Chapter 2
Third POV
It has only been a week later when Annabelle had got the call that she would be sent out to meet up with her potential new team. She had just one more meeting at the DIA and the next day she would be on the plane to Incirlik, Turkey. Ready for a new adventure.
Saying goodbye to her family and friends had been difficult. But they all knew that she would leave. It didn't matter if it was today or in a few months. Eventually she would leave.
Dalton had informed the team of their new member. Explaining that it was still on a trial base. Jaz was happy to finally have another woman on the team.
Overall they were ok with it. They are such a close group that it was always a bit weird to let an complete stranger in. But after all Amir isn't with them that long so it shouldn't be an problem seeing as how well he fit in.
Annabelle POV
It had been a long flight, not that she wasn't used to them but still. When they landed on base she could finally stretch her legs before meeting her new team.
She was excited and nervous at the same time. It was something completely different for her from what she had done before. Now she had to not look after herself anymore, she would have others watching her back.
Walking off the plane she sees someone with a somewhat familiar face waiting for her, seeing as she had been shown pictures of the entire team.
When she stops in front on the man he holds out his hand for me to shake. ''Welcome to Turkey. Call me Dalton or top.'' The man introduces himself.
''It's a pleasure to meet you sir. Annabelle Abney at your service'' she says while shaking his hand.
''Well let's get you settled and meet the team'' he gesturing to follow him. She quickly picks up her stuff and follows him to assuming the compound where his team stays.
Third POV
Dalton had went out to pick up their newest member of the team. The rest doing whatever they we doing, waiting for their new arrival.
They were all anxious to see if she would fit in. The group sometimes seemed closed off to strangers, but that was just because they are so tight with each other. They are a second family for each and every one of them.
Dalton had told them a little bit about her, but hadn't gone that deep in her history since that was her story to tell. So they knew she was undercover for a few years, but unlike Dalton they didn't know about the scars and traumas that it had left behind on her.
Amir could only imagine seeing as he had done undercover work to, but every person was different. And he had infiltrated in a completely different terrorist group then her.
They all sat around. Preach telling a story about his kids, putting a smile on all of their faces when they could hear footsteps approaching them.
Dalton and Annabelle entered the compound, Annabelle immediately feeling the curious glances on her, making her somewhat anxious.
On the way to the compound Dalton had told her that no one other than him knew her full story in the team and that it would be her story to tell whenever she was ready to share it with them.
He knew those kind of things took time from personal experience, not that he could completely understand her situation seeing as he has never been undercover for more than a few months. He could only imagine how that would be.
Preach was the first to step up and introduce himself. ''Ma'am welcome to the team. The name is Ezekiel, but everyone calls me Preach'' he said with an smile on his face while shaking her hand.
''Pleasure to meet you Preach. But please call me Anna'' she returned with an smile shaking his hand. She turned to the next one.
''The name is Joseph'' the one with the beard said causing snickers and chuckles to run through the group, which confused her a bit. But nonetheless giving him a smile. ''Nice to meet you Joseph''.
''Just so you don't get confused we call him McG. I am Amir. Heard you did undercover work as well, if you ever need to talk you know where to find me.'' the smallest man introduced himself. She appreciated his words and smiled. She knew he could possibly could see through the poker face she had on for the last couple of weeks hiding her mental scars from the outside.
''Thank you Amir, I appreciate it'' letting her poker face fall for a few seconds, but it was back so soon that if he hadn't known better he would have missed it.
The last one of the team came up to her, the only woman. ''I hope you can kick some ass, because some off these idiots need it sometimes'' the woman started which caused some protest from the others but ignored them.
It made Annabelle smile. ''I am Jasmine but you can call me Jaz. It is about damn time that some girl power got added to this team.'' She introduced herself with an big smile.
The newest member of their team laughed. ''Nice to meet you and damn right I can. Don't worry about that. And how bad can I they be?'' she questioned. Getting a shoulder pat from Dalton whom laughed. ''Ohh you will definitely find out sooner than later.'' He said. ''Come on, I will show you where you will be staying.''
Once he had showed her where she will be staying and left her to get settled in, he returned to the rest of his team. He sat down next to Jaz on the couch and looked around at his team.
''She seems like a good one Top'' Preach said killing the silence around them. Saying what he honestly thought about her. He had seen how she had stayed in the background looking at how they interacted with each other, not wanting to intrude in any way.
Amir nodded in agreement. ''I'm curious about how good she is. When I was still working for the CIA I heard her name being dropped several times around some big take downs in the Taliban.''
Annabelle having heard Amir's words when walking into the room sighed. She knew she had taken down some of the biggest terrorists and that the CIA had tried to get her to go undercover again. So it didn't surprise her that he may have heard somethings.
The group had startled when Annabelle suddenly stood behind McG, not having heard her come in. ''Damn your like a ninja. I like you'' Jaz said with a grin which Annabelle returned before turning to the rest of the group.
''I know that Dalton has told you that I have been undercover with the Taliban for a long time. To be exact it was three years.'' She took a pause before continuing. ''The reason I returned to the States was because I was compromised. I got pulled out or rather saved.'' She stopped and took a deep breath.
They could all see that she had been through a lot and was not ready to share everything with them. They all struggled with their own demons after all, some bigger and some smaller. And they knew that she would tell them when she was ready. After all she hasn't been out of the game of that long to process everything. She was still healing.
McG put his hand on her shoulder and squeezed it. ''It's okay. You don't have to tell now. Take your time. Just now that we are here for you.'' He said to her while giving her a small smile.
She was grateful to him for saying that and she nodded in response. She felt safe with them and thought that it had been a good choice to have accepted the offer of director Campbell.
With that they fell into a casual conversation. Annabelle get to know more about her new team and the team getting to know her.
