Part 7

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Maggie walked back in the room with Thompson. Rick scoffed. Thompson walked over to Rick. "Ricky." Rick made his way over to his dad. "Dad." Thompson pulled Rick into a hug. "All that time in prison, I imagined a day when I could talk to you without a pane of glass between us. And here we are..."

"Yeah..."

Thompson pulled Rick in for another hug. "Oh, it's good to see you, son."

Maggie took the moment to speak up. "The DEO moved heaven and earth to free this man. We did what you wanted. Now tell us where Y/n is."

Rick shook his head. "No. No, not until my father and I are far from here."

Maggie scoffed. "You think we're stupid? I showed you mine. Your turn."

Thompson turned slightly towards Maggie. "So you can toss us in Gitmo? Not gonna happen. Maybe he gives you a piece. A little token of goodwill. You gotta give them something, Ricky. That's how it works. Just tell them where she is."

Rick shook his head. "Well, you really nailed his essence, I'll give you that."

Maggie stepped forward. "What?"

Rick laughed and walked back and sat down. "I mean that thing...He couldn't decide whether to hug me or not. That's vintage dad."

Thompson walked over and stood next to Rick. "What are you talking about?"

Rick refused to look at Maggie or Thompson. "My father would never be playing these games. He'd be wanting to get the hell away from here and making sure that he never went back to prison. I've been planning this for a year. Did you really think I didn't prepare for you, Martian?"

J'onn walked back over to Maggie and transformed back into Hank Henshaw.

Rick looked back at his watch. "You're down to 23 hours and 14 minutes. And counting."

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