Mac's POV
The next morning I wake up around 8 am to Riley literally shaking. "Riles?" I say trying to get her attention. That's when I noticed she's not awake. I gently try rubbing her back to wake her up. Eventually she wakes up and sits up. Then I notice she has tear stains meaning she must have been crying at some point. She looks at me making sure it's really me. I hug her and she starts crying. "What's wrong Riles?" I ask her once she calmed down a little. "I had a nightmare. It started off with the time the group of hackers kidnapped me but this time Jack didn't find me. Then it went to then time I was poisoned at the wedding. Then last year when Murdoc locked me in the trunk and you almost died." She says trying not to cry again. "This job requires a lot from us mentally and takes a pretty big toll on our mental health. But you know that it was just a nightmare and that you can talk to me about anything right?" I ask making sure we're on the same page. She nods and I kiss her forehead. "Thanks Mac." She says. "Anytime." I say.
Once Mia, Riley, Jack and I are ready we head to the Phoenix. We head to the war room and Matty and Russ are already arguing. Probably something to do with who calls the shots or something. "Riley, good I wanted to ask you and Mac about when you were gonna tell everyone about you know what. I look at Riley and she pulls out her phone signaling for me to do the same.
Riles: She wants to know when we are gonna tell them about the baby
Me: How does she know?!?
Riles: She figured it out before we left for Disney. Also how does she not know stuff is the better question.
Me: That's true.
"Probably once everyone gets here." Riley says. "Speak of the devils." I say as Bozer and Leanna walk in. "Why were you calling us devils?" Bozer asks me. "Because they have an announcement to make Bozer. Now shut your mouth and sit." Matty says. Bozer wastes no time knowing how much power Matty has. "Riley it's up to you." She says. "Okay so Mac and I wanted to tell 3 of you something. 3 of you already know. We're having a third kid." She says. Leanna walks over to Riley and hugs her and Bozer almost tackles me. "Well that is good news congratulations." Russ says. "Okay now back to business. There is a new mission that we are currently working out small details for. Here's the plan right now. There is word that whats left of Codex may be coming together. Now normally this wouldn't be an urgent mission but we have also figured out that Kovak has escaped the governments hold and is gone. With some intel we have reason to believe Kovak saw Codex as a way to escape the US government and fly under the radar. Jack you said Kovak was a group of people most of whom were killed but there was still one person. Can you tell us what you know?" Matty asks. "Well Kovak was a group all bodies have been found except for one girl. She was taken into US custody. She had blond short wavy hair but was not as sweet as she looked. We learned that she was the leader of the group and was ready to do anything to escape custody. If she's in the wind we can only hope she fled to Codex because it would help us be able to find her." Jack says.
Matty has us do research on this girl and find out what we can. Riley has been hacking medical records in different countries all day. I sit next to her and I kid you not a minute after I was sitting there I see her eyes go wide. "Omg.... This can't be right. It can't." She says. "What?" I ask. "The medical records I just found attached to this girl shows she's directly related to someone we know." She says. "What do you mean?" I ask. "I have to show Matty. Come on." I follow her into the war room and she pulls up the records she found. I about passed out when I saw the birth certificate. "Her parents are Roman and..." "Gwen." I finish Riley's sentence. Taylor sits in a chair and we all notice he looks extremely pale. "You okay Taylor?" Matty asks. "Do you remember in quarantine when I had a friend visit?" He says. We all nod. "That friend was her twin according to this. Sophia is Kovak's twin sister." He says trying not to pass out. At this point I have to sit down. My head is spinning. Riley comes over and sits on the arm of the chair rubbing my back. "Well this certainly makes things interesting." Jack says. Matty sends us home and tells us to prepare to leave tomorrow. On the way home Riley explains everything to Mia so she was on the same page as the rest of us. All I can think is please let this be some kind of sick nightmare.
