A/N Hey, so I'm finally posting this after three years, but here it goes…

Thanks for all y'alls amazing reviews, truthfully they are the only reason this is going up. I may or may not write anymore (I wrote this chapter three years ago right after I posted the last chapter), but tell me whether you think I should continue… Enjoy this short snippet!

Disclaimer: I do not own Numb3rs, nor the cannon characters. I do however own all of my O/Cs.

Later that day…

"Hey James, nice of you to finally arrive." Erica had been waiting outside the FBI offices for ten minutes.

"Sorry, ran into a little traffic." said James as Erica sidled up to the SUV and got in. "How's it going?"

"Good. Caught a kidnapper on my first day, what do you think?"

"Nice, is that what you needed your laptop for?"

"Yeah, needed my cipher program."

"Well, how was Agent Eppes? He doesn't know who you really are, right?" James queried.

"No, of course not. I wouldn't let it out so soon. Don has no clue who I am; I don't think Charlie does either. I'm observing them right now; I could definitely tell Don saw the similarities to my case."

"Really, I've heard he couldn't be read that easily, unless a person knows him really well, Erica."

"Hey, are you sure we're safe to use my real name right now?" Erica looked around glancing out every window in the car, including the rooftop window.

"Yeah, we don't need to worry in here. We're almost home."

"You're really already calling it 'home'?"

"Yeah, you don't have to run anymore, when we get there I'll drop you off with Jessica, she's staying down the hall, and I'm running to get some food for dinner."

"'kay, wait, if it is safe why are you guys staying here with me?" Erica asked suspicious of James' motives.

"We're just helping you get settled,"

"You're lying, I can tell… WAIT, you don't know who killed him yet, do you? You're suspicious of the gang's' second, his brother, aren't you? You don't know if I am safe do you?" Erica looked at James with surprise, "and I'm on the Violent Crimes Squad, we are going to handle HIS murder, James I don't know if I can do that without letting the secret out."

"Hey, it'll be okay, don't worry. As long as you're always carrying your gun and phone you'll be safe." they pulled up to a high-rise apartment building, and Erica gazed up

"Okay, let's go in." and with that, they stopped talking and entered the apartment building.