Epilogue

Cameron was laying on the couch at the Archive, propped up with pillows. Drink cups, snacks, magazines and a deck of cards lay scattered around the trunk next to him. In the background he could hear his nurse, Dina, somewhere in the kitchen and Gunter in the workshop, finding things to fiddle with while they covertly kept an eye on their boss. He grinned to himself before his thoughts turned back to his earlier conversation with Agent Deakins. While she had seemed understanding and somewhat sympathetic, she had also let him know that there would be serious consequences. His observer status had been revoked and the Deception team was not longer considered a contractor of the FBI.

While he lay plotting his way back into the FBI, Kay let herself in and wondered over to the homey couch. "How are you feeling?" She asked him.

Cam looked up from the magazine he wasn't reading. "Oh, hi, Kay." Setting it down, he swung his legs around and sat up carefully. "Better."

"I wanted to make sure you were resting."

"Don't have much of a choice." He gestured toward where he assumed Dina was hanging within earshot if he said anything or did something he shouldn't.

"They know you too well," Kay smiled and took a seat in the nearby chair.

"Actually, I can't do much yet anyway. Being able to breathe properly is imperative to any escapes I could plan." He shrugged. "Gives me more time to figure out how convince Deakins to let me back in."

"I heard she was pretty hard on you."

"To be fair, I put you guys in a difficult situation. I should have done a lot of things differently." He paused for a minute. "Thanks, Kay."

"For what?"

"For being a friend, even though I betrayed you. For letting Jonathan stay with me. For staying with me in the hospital. For understanding…"

He looked at her and grinned. "I have a lot of patching up to do, but I'll be back, Kay."

Kay rolled her eyes at his eternal optimism. "We'll see."