Operation: Explosive mirrors

10 years later

Shawn's pov
        I walked into the intelligence room and saw Thatcher, long since retired from the field, he's taken over as one of the lead intelligence analysts. "Thatch what's the word on Tsar" he looked over "last hit was an outgoing signal from Kyiv, Six is planning a strike. I think she wants you on it" I nodded and asked "when's the brief?" He replied "whenever she thinks the analysts have enough intel" I sighed and asked "what intel do we have?" He pulled up a file "Tsar, a mask officer, current rank unknown. First contact Operation Whiplash 10 years ago. Your mission. Last known contact with Allied forces, southern Georgia, total losses on allied forces. Last electronic contact, the Government building Kyiv, Ukraine." He pulled out a map of the area, he pointed to the building and said "Same deal as the Iranian embassy. No flanking buildings but accessible from the roof, 8 stories, we'll have to work through all of them." I nodded before asking "do we know what the message was when we picked up his outgoing?" Thatcher replied "he's going to a meeting, probably an arms contract deal with a dirty official" I nodded before asking "any more information?"
      He replied "we're still working on decrypting the rest of the messages" I nodded before saying "I'll be back" I walked out of the room and heard Elena "Darling, what's going on? You look like you're on a war path" I replied quickly "just paying six a visit" she replied knowingly "you got something on Tsar didn't you?" I replied "thatch did, a meeting Tsar's attending" she said "he's been playing it slow, why would he go attend a meeting?" I replied "I don't know honey, what I do know is I'm on that mission and his ass is six feet under" she sighed and grabbed my arm I looked over my shoulder at her as she said "don't let this revenge hunt you're on get you killed, Ara is already nervous about how long it's taken him to be found" I replied simply "he won't know what hit him" she sighed and said "just be careful" I smiled and replied "always am" she let go of my arm as I walked into Six's office. Ara looked up at me "what do you need now?" I replied "that mission to hit Tsar, I want on it"
She replied "no, Shawn. You're not going" I slammed my palm on the table "Ara, I'm on that mission." She said simply "you're compromised" I yelled "the fuck I am!" She pointed at me "You're already worked up" i gritted my teeth before saying "You can't fuckin do this to me, I need on that mission. You know as well as I do I have the most experience with him" she sighed before saying "give me 3 good reasons to put you on this mission" I replied with ease "I've got the most experience fighting Tsar, I'm delta, he wants me" she replied "the third reason is shit" I added another "everyone in this unit trusts me and my judgement" she sighed "fine, one thatch finishes decrypting those messages and I got all the intel at my disposal, I'll let you know we'll form a plan and you got the gun." I smirked "wonderful, I'll see you then" I walked out and heard her call as the door closed "don't make me tell mom I'm the one who authorized you to go on the mission that killed you!" I waved her off as I entered the hallway and heard Elena "so she let you go?"
I nodded as she grabbed my arm and looped hers through it, we started walking to our room before I heard her say "Mom called, she wants us to visit for the holidays" I glanced over "I'll try to make it but I don't make promises, the mission will be taking place soon" she nodded and said "mama really wants you there, she's still sad you missed Christmas last year" I nodded and said "I'll see what I can do" she nodded before saying "up for some food?" I asked knowingly "this is your way of saying you're hungry" she nodded with a small smirk before saying "you should stay out of my head" I said "it's a wonderful way this marriage works love" she chuckled as we moved through the halls towards the mess hall. I heard Eliza ask "any thoughts of retiring old man?" I looked at her and said "not one" she asked in reply "don't you ever doubt you can keep up with the younger ops?" I replied confidently "not for a second" she laughed and said "more confident than even me" I just laughed before I heard Elena "you should think about retiring, we're not as young as we used to be"