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See You Later (Ten Years): Jenna Raine
"Jack." I enter with Mac.
"Hey, man, we got here as soon as we could. What's going on?" Mac closes the door from behind me.
"They got it wrong." Jack gets up and I follow his gaze to the tv.
"The attack?"
"Yeah. Th-They're claiming it was a terrorist attack, but I'm telling you, Lina, they got it wrong. It's Tiberius Kovac."
"Who?"
"Tiberius Kovac. He was behind the bombings in Croatia." Mac tells me. "I thought he was dead, though."
"Yeah, so did I. My Delta unit tracked him down for twelve years. He's a bad dude, Lina, the worst of the worst. I thought I killed him." Jack says.
"But you never found the body, right?"
"Yeah, a-and then check this out." He walks past us. "Then...somebody sends me this photo." He holds up his phone.
"Well, yeah, that's definitely Tiberius Kovac, but where'd you get that from?"
"I don't know. A-At first, I-I thought somebody was messing with me, sending me a photo from ten years ago. And then I find out somebody in-country sent this, confirming Kovac is alive. This photo's from a few days ago."
"This is recent?" I raise my eyebrows.
"Yeah." Jack nods.
"So he's still alive?"
"But I still don't understand what this is about."
"Okay, okay. The U.S. government has actionable intel that Kovac has been planning terrorist attacks against Europe and the United States. They're putting together a task force to hunt him down. It's the biggest operation since 9/11."
"And they want you to be a part of it."
"They want me to lead the hunt. I report for duty in forty eight hours."
"Alright. Get me on the task force." I nod.
"Us on the task force." Mac corrects.
"No." Jack shakes his head.
"I wasn't asking for permission, Jack." I walk past him.
"No, no, Lina." He stops me. "I'm sorry. I-I can't do that. It's above my head. This is a lean operation. Every country is hand-picking their own operatives who's already been on the hunt for Kovac. They want, they want people that have already dealt with this guy, you know what I mean?"
"Loud and clear." I turn.
"No, I don't think you do." He turns me around. "And hear me out on this, please." He places his hands on my shoulders. "I really need you here. The Phoenix needs you—the both of you. And I will not let you stop all that you've been working towards. I won't allow that. The others won't, and I know your father wouldn't, from everything you've told me about that wonderful man. Your job is to stay here, save lives and bring down the final bastards who framed your father. And when you do, because I know you will, I'm gonna be right there next to you, watching Hoffman and Mathis in cuffs. I promise you, okay?"
