Cht 28

Family

"... Final call to Bogota. Please proceed to boarding gate C124 immediately. This is the final call for UA1068 to Bogota, please proceed to boarding gate C124 immediately" as the airport announcement repeats itself for the second time.

Spotting a sharply dressed man in shades and a straw hat walking quickly towards her at Terminal C, gate 124, "Sir, flight to Bogota?" As the man nods, the gate security employee continues, "boarding pass and passport please."

She watches on as the man takes off his shades and balances them in the hand he was also using to hold his hand carry, and fumbles into his jacket pocket for the required documents. As the documents are handed over and the security employee checks it, the man looks nervously around him, and stops. Eyes widening, he does a double take and looks back over his shoulder. Unfortunately he wasn't hallucinating, they were really there.

Mill and Reina lean over the charge station in the middle of the concord between the boarding gates surrounding them. Mill touches his jaw lightly, remembering the kick to the face as he continues to watch the scene in front of him unfold.

Matt turns to the voice nearing him, "Matthew Ackers, Stephen Dyers, or whatever hell name you're going by these days" Fusco calls as he grabs Matt's arm and twists it around him back, "you have the right to remain silent, anything you do say..." And handcuffs Matt.

Seeing the police officers the boarding gate security staff hands over the passport and boarding pass to one of the officers accompanying Fusco while Matt looks back at Mill and Reina, who are now grinning as they clink their coffee mugs together watching Matt be arrested.

Fusco winks at them both as Matt is dragged away back out the airport.

Instead of just running, Dyers had to be greedy and take the money too. Now, along with a long list of fraud charges, he would be charged with accessory to murder, accessory to drug trafficking and racketeering along with Chung.

Meanwhile outside boarding gate C92...

Looking down at Gen's beaming grin, Finch shakes his head and smiles at her before turning to say his farewell to Root who was standing beside him as Gen goes to give Grace a hug.

As Gen pulls away, Grace ushers Gen back to Shaw's side and looks straight at Shaw. "Look after her" instructs Grace, before Shaw watches her eyes side glance slowly towards Root, before returning to Shaw's gaze and smiling a tight smile at her, a knowing glint in her eye.

"Don't worry Harry" as Root pulls away from her embrace with him, "we'll see you both soon!"

Reese turns and nods, "Finch."

"Mr Reese" as Finch bows slightly at them all and turns to join the queue to enter the boarding gate with Grace.

Root loops her arm around Shaw as they turn to walk away, while Reese looks on with a lopsided smile at his old friend for a moment longer before Gen punches him on the arm. "Come on lurch, I'm hungry, let's go eat!"

Looking down at Gen, Reese can't help but make the connection, and smile in amusement, 'you are definitely Root and Shaw's!' As Reese follows the bounding Gen out of the landing side of the airport.

"I love you, how can you do this?" In desperation the young man, just out of boyhood, grabs her hand.

"Sorry kid, it's not personal, you know?!" As a seasoned pro she was magnificently cocky and full of fake sincerity.

"I gave you everything!" As he reaches over and tries to grab at her from across the table, the volume of his voice becoming louder making the tension in the room thick as pollution as customers around them choke from the scene playing out before them, no one daring to intervene for fear of contamination.

"And I gladly accepted" as she smirks and stands, her que to leave.

Just then the young man quickly stands and knocks over both his chair and the table, splashing their drinks on the people closest to them. Sensing the danger she quickly turns for the door as the young man freezes for a second in indecision. A second long enough for Jenna and Danny to move towards the him. As the young man finally reacts and starts to step forward to chase after the woman, Jenna and Danny stop cut in off by starting a scene themselves.

Smack...

As Danny grits his teeth and stares at Jenna, 'did you have to hit me so hard!' Jenna's hand is left hanging in the air for a split second longer for effect, before she withdrew it again in pretend shock and horror that she had just slapped him.

Regaining himself, Danny plays on as at Jenna before she retaliates by hurling a torrent of abuse at him. As they play out their fight they continue to block the young man from leaving by moving into his way every time he tried to step around them. Jenna pushing Danny into the young man as Danny pretends to stumble into him or his path.

Simultaneously Ausman has made his way to the back of the woman and snakes an arm around her waist before pushing her out the door with a heightened sense off urgency.

Watching helplessly and frustrated at the love of his life slipping away, the young man moves to take the glock out from the side of his jeans' waistband. Having spotted the gun on the young man and number since entering he coffee house, Danny quickly pretends to stumble into the number again while Jenna divests him of the gun. Not realising what was taking place, Danny wrangles the number out of the door, making it look like the young man was caught, in bad timing, in the other couple's lovers quarrel and bungled out the front door. The coffee house customers continue to look on at the door for a few moments longer, stunned at the chain of events. Then the awkward silence fades, and the coffee house carries on their day as if nothing had happened.

Once the woman is pushed a block down from the coffee shop, Ausman unravels his grip around the woman's waist. Feeling the pressure release the woman spins round making to slap Ausman, only he catches her arm and looks down at her, "you're welcome, by the way".

The woman's angered expression turns to surprised confusion.

"Women, if you keep this up you're gonna get yourself killed. He had a gun".

Her mouth starting to gape open. "Oh" as she finally processes the situation, and nods her head at Ausman before walking away.

Ausman shakes his head as he watches the woman leave. Ausman would like to say he was watching in disapproval, but from the view behind, he began to understand why...

Wrinkling his face and shifting his jaw side to side to check there weren't any fractures before glaring back at Jenna, 'did you have to hit me so hard?'

Barely containing her obvious enjoyment, she shrugs, "had to make it look real" as Reina and Danny walk into the office kitchen to join them and shoot the breeze.

They continue to try out impress each other as they embellish the stories from their recent missions, high fiving each other in a job well done while the adults were away. Having now 'graduated', they were out chasing numbers on their own, and it felt good.

Behind them Casey is playing Street Fighter with Daizo as they also take some time out, using the 50 inch monitor screens, state of the art facilities, and the fastest processors they had just built in a bid to 'reboot' The Machine. If anyone asked, they were testing how fast the processors were running with live stream data. Not that anyone would ask, but just in case.

Behind them Goose sat beside Jason Greenfield as they hack into Matt's new offshore bank account to siphon back the money he embezzled from the Harris estate, and diverts it to the Vets Initiative. They share a chuckle together as the computer monitor flashes the progress of the transfer.

Root has always held a soft spot for romance and happing endings, especially at weddings, as she ties the last of the ribbons around the chairs laid out beside a long table out in the estate garden. From a distance Shaw watches her as she stands next to Reese. Reese who himself is watching Iris lay out the last of the flower arrangement on the same long table.

Finch is seen shuffling as Fusco approaches him near the end of the garden which overlooked out into the Tyrrhenian Sea, the sun starting to set behind them. Gen is running and cartwheeling with Bear on the grass near them, and Monica is finishing instruction the mini orchestra on the songs to play, just in time as they spot the bride come out of the house through the patio doors, the white drapes fan out into the garden as the light breeze catches it just in time, making the entrance seem fairy tale.

The music starts and Grace is wearing an elegant white lace hugging dress of classic design. Finch with his white shirt and waistcoat, white tie but no jacket, instantly looks up from where he is standing with Fusco, and catches Grace's eyes before smiling, his eyes lighting up as she draws closer to him.

Reese quickly walks over to Grace and offers his arm, which she takes quickly with gratitude, and they walk down the short stone steps, onto the lawn, and across to Finch. The bride holding a small bouquet with red and white roses. Gen runs behind them in her red dress and white ribbon tied round her waist. Her hair, though now slightly dishevelled, is up with white and red ribbon tied into it. Gen then stops to stand beside Shaw as the bride makes the rest of the short journey with Reese.

The melody from the orchestra soothes as it lifts the romantic atmosphere drifting over the small party. Shaw watches as Root's eyes melt looking at her, while Reese catches the same of Iris. Both women caught up the moment. Fusco looks over to Monica with a tight smile as she also nods back.

As the bride reaches the groom, the music crescendos, then fades just as Fusco moves between the two to start the vowels. Reese stands beside Finch, and Root moves closer to stand behind Grace. Watching on, Iris, Monica and Bear also move to stand with Shaw.

After exchanging their vows, sealed with a kiss, the orchestra starts playing again.

Gen runs off down the lawn, teasing Bear him with wedding cake as he barks and runs around with her, excitedly.

Fusco is sitting at the table with Monica by his side, the bride on the other. Both continuing to congratulate Grace as they chat and continue to toast in celebration.

Finch is standing a short distance away from the table with Reese and Iris, Reese hugging Finch in congratulations, 'it was about time.'

Root is now standing on the spot where the vowels were made, looking back across to Finch and Grace and the rest of the wedding party. Her thoughts are broken as Shaw approaches her, handing her the glass of champagne while Shaw takes a swig from the champagne bottle, carried in her other hand, directly. Root quickly takes the glass and circles her arm around Shaw, pulling her in as the soft warm sun behind them begins to fade away.

"Whisky, Romeo, Charlie, Delta 851828" informs Machine Root.

Pierce quickly taps on the computer to decipher the code while Joey looks up at Nox, who smirks back before focusing back down on her new carbon bow. Having not had the chance to use it yet, she clicks on it to set it up in anticipation of the action ahead.

Harper wanders into the room and cocks an eye at them all, and they all look to each other with a knowing smile.