Moving On {Mike Warren}

New Case

AN: Well here's the first new story that will be coming out this week! It's a post series finale fic of Aaron's show Graceland. As always I hope you enjoy it and let me know what you think!

He wasn't sure if going back to DC was the best decision but he knew he had to get away from LA, from Graceland. There were some things he was going to miss, after all one doesn't just forget about the time spent together with a group of agents who have made their mark on his heart, his soul like the agents did at Graceland. Some were better than others but it wasn't the people that made him transfer back to Quantico. No the reason he was back on the East Coast was because he needed to find himself again, find his dream again.

He walked the hallways like he never left. He passed by Jessica's office and the two shared a tense smile. Hopefully he wouldn't have to work with her on anything. He walked past his old office and felt no emotion. He was actually glad he no longer had the job. He supposed he felt relief if he had to describe how he felt after seeing how stressed the guy who took his place looked.

He finally made it to the director's office and was a bit surprised to find someone in the office with the director. "Ah Warren good to see you again." The director stood and shook Mike's hand. "Have a seat I was just about to go over your next case."

Mike nodded and took the unoccupied seat. "Now I've asked you two to do this mission because you are the two best undercover agents I have. Both taking down major crime families like it was nothing. Warren this is Agent Rebecca Morris. I'm not sure if you remember her from when you were here."

The two agents looked at each other, piercing blue eyes meeting warm, chocolate brown. Mike was hit with recognition. "Morris! Yeah, you made those delicious strawberry jam crescent rolls."

Rebecca or Bex as she preferred to be called smiled wide. She couldn't believe that he remembered her let alone the small game they played. It first started out after he left her a thank you note on her desk after she brought in enough for the office. Then it continued after she noticed that he seemed to be having a bad day. He left her another note with a Twix candy bar which just so happened to be one of her favorites since she had mentioned in the note she left with the pastry that he looked like he needed it more than she did. This exchange happened throughout the time he was in DC.

"I tried to make some after I left but they didn't turn out as well." Mike continued causing them both to laugh.

"I'll teach you how to make them since it seems like we're going to be partners," she smiled.

"Before my office turns into Rachel Ray can we please discuss this case?" The director asked. The two agents turned back to face him, both mumbling apologies.

"Right, so Agent Morris has been working on getting under with a branch of the Italian mob here in Washington. This is quite a dangerous case since this particular branch works with arms deals. I thought that you would be the perfect agent to help her, Warren, so what do you say?" Both the director and Bex looked towards Mike.

Mike looked back and forth between the two and sighed. He had been hoping to take over someone's unwanted paper work for a little bit before he jumped back into undercover work but this seemed like it was going to be different than the cases he worked at Graceland besides he couldn't exactly let Bex do this alone. He was sure other agents were qualified but there was just something about Bex that he couldn't say no to and he wasn't exactly sure why.

"Uh, yeah. Yeah I can help her out." He smiled, still uncertain about all of it.

"Good. Now go get up to date on all that Agent Morris knows. If you two need anything just let me know." The director dismissed them.

Once they reached Bex's desk, she pulled out a small container filled with a couple of the pastries that Mike had raved about in the director's office. Mike's face lit up as he took a crescent roll. "I heard you were coming back so I made a batch in order to celebrate." Bex said with a shrug.

"You are the best! I feel like I'm going to gain so much weight with us now being partners." He laughed.

"I promise I won't make them too often then. Wouldn't want to mess up your girlish figure." She teased.

They both laughed causing people around them to give them weird looks. They were acting like they were the best of friends reuniting after a long time being a part and if Mike was being honest Bex was his only genuine friend while he was here in Washington even if the only time the talked to each other was through sticky notes and sweets. "So what's this case you've been working on?" He asked after he finished his treat.

Bex slid a case file across her desk towards him. "This is the Capello family. Their name fits them well since it means trick and boy have they been tricky. They have this web here in D.C. and they are somehow able to distribute some of the worst fire arms for civilians to have right under our noses. I mean these are all so deadly. They cut through bullet proof vests and probably any other form of body armor. I want to stop these guys before a war breaks out because I don't know about you but I don't want to know what that looks like."

Mike nodded as he flipped through the file Bex had put together. "Have you figured out how you're going to go under?"

Bex pointed at a picture of one of the sons. "Luka Capello, the middle son of the family is all about his fun and his women. He doesn't really seem to care about the family business. Figured if I could get him to want me for more than one night I could get under with him."

"That sounds like a good plan but what if you can't get under with Luka?" Mike asked.

"Then there's Isabella or Izzy and she always looks like she needs a friend." Bex replied, pointing at another picture.

"Seems like you have a solid plan then. So what do you need from me?"

"I need you to be my contact for the outside world. I need you to have my back because I plan on going pretty far under. I need to figure out their web and how to unravel it."

Mike nodded. He didn't really do much of anything else and it worried Bex a bit. She reached over and placed her hand on his arm. "Hey if we're going to be partners I hold an open door policy. So that means you have to talk to me. Is everything okay? Are you sure you want to take this cause if not I can get the director to take you off and find someone else..." She trailed off.

Mike looked up and saw the genuine concern etched into her features. He shook his head. "No, I can do this. I just finished a rather difficult case that was pretty much a deep cover case and well I'm still kind of processing through it. It's why I came back here really. I was kinda hoping for stacks of paper work for once." He chuckled.

Bex flashed him a reassuring smile. "I'm sorry about what you went through but can I be bold for just a moment?"

"Uh, sure..." He said, unsure about what she meant.

"You wouldn't have signed up for this job if you wanted something easy. You signed up because you wanted to protect and help people. When we have those tough cases we've got to remember why we signed up for this job in the first place and if you ever need help remembering I'm your gal. I'll help you all I can, I just need you to be open and honest with me because that's what partners are for." She said.

Mike smiled. Bex was going to be a breath of fresh air compared to everything he had to deal with at Graceland. "Yeah, I can do that. Now let's go get you ready to go under."

Bex smiled, squeezing his hand reassuringly before she pulled back completely. "That's the spirit!"

They both stood to go and try to find an empty conference room that they could claim for the time being. They definitely needed the space as they prepped for what was going to happen later in the week.