Family Ties Part Dos
Dec. 2nd, 2007 09:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shanachie13I'm too tired to post this in three separate entries so here's the last three parts of "Family Ties". Enjoy! And I'll come back and finish the formatting tomorrow.
Note: I kinda fell asleep while I was trying to post this, so I'm sorry, but I didn't get it posted last night. Considering it was 2:40 A.M. when I tried to post it--No one has any right to complain! Oh, and since I am now more awake, I'll post this as three entires which is what I had originally intended.
Author's Note: Well, here's chapter two. Sorry it's so short, but, hey, I finished the entire story, so really I plan to post everything tonight. Thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mustangcandi for giving Colby the full name Colburn (Jo's nickname for him is purely my invention).
Disclaimer: In case of copyright issues, I don't own Don, David, Colby, or Megan or the Numb3rs concept. But I do own Jo, although I'm only taking responsibility for some of her actions...she does have a mind of her own.
Spoilers: Janus List (sort of) and Trust Metric (sort of)
Rating: PG-17 (which according to my best friend exists), I think--there's some language issues, but lemme know if I should rate it higher.
Megan pulled to a stop in front of the hotel where she had left Jo Granger two days before. She turned the car off and took a deep breath before exiting the car and striding into the lobby. Jo got to her feet as Megan strode into the lobby. The agent had called her a few hours ago and told her that she could see Burn. Now she went to meet Megan, not sure what her reception would be. "Good morning, Agent Reeves," she greeted Megan, smiling brightly.
Megan gave her a tight smile in reply. "Good morning, Miss Granger. Do you have a photo ID with you?"
Jo pulled a wallet out of her back pocket, flipping it open to reveal an Idaho driver's license and a sheriff's ID. "Good enough?" she asked.
Megan nodded. "Let's go."
Jo stared out the passenger window as Megan skillfully navigated the traffic, loath to speak to the agent. She wanted to ask Megan about Burn, but was afraid of what she would learn. Like every little sister she had the tendency to idolize her older brother, even though she knew he wasn't perfect. Although Don had told her Burn confessed, she knew there had to be something else going on. She just couldn't see her brother, who had so passionately served his country, as a spy. "Did you arrest anyone else when you arrested Burn?" she asked suddenly.
Megan took her eyes off the road for a minute to glance at Jo. "We got a list; it was called the Janus List, that told all of the people that spied on the US for other governments. Colby's name was on it."
Jo considered what she had said, but still didn't believe her brother had done something so wrong. "Was anyone else that Burn knows or knew on the list? Maybe someone he knew when he was active duty overseas?" Jo knew she was grasping at straws, but something had to be the answer. "Someone else who could have planted his name?"
Megan shook her head. "The only person on the list that Colby had any connection to was Dwayne Carter. And we had already arrested him by the time we unlocked the list."
"Carter was on the list?" Jo made a disgusted noise. "Figures that asshole is a traitor. And it would be just like him to bring Burn down with him."
"You know Carter?" Megan asked in surprise.
"Unfortunately." Jo wrapped her arms around her body as much as she could as if to hide herself from her memories. "He's an asshole of the finest degree. I never understood what Burn saw in him as a friend."
Megan shrugged as she turned into the parking lot of the correctional facility. "I don't know. I'm starting to think I don't know Colby as well as I thought I did."
Jo looked up at the forbidding building as she got out of the car and shuddered. "Burn is gonna go stark raving mad in there," she commented to herself, but Megan heard her. Steeling themselves, the two women walked towards the entrance.
Family Ties Part Three
Note: I kinda fell asleep while I was trying to post this, so I'm sorry, but I didn't get it posted last night. Considering it was 2:40 A.M. when I tried to post it--No one has any right to complain! Oh, and since I am now more awake, I'll post this as three entires which is what I had originally intended.
Author's Note: Well, here's chapter two. Sorry it's so short, but, hey, I finished the entire story, so really I plan to post everything tonight. Thanks to
mustangcandi for giving Colby the full name Colburn (Jo's nickname for him is purely my invention).Disclaimer: In case of copyright issues, I don't own Don, David, Colby, or Megan or the Numb3rs concept. But I do own Jo, although I'm only taking responsibility for some of her actions...she does have a mind of her own.
Spoilers: Janus List (sort of) and Trust Metric (sort of)
Rating: PG-17 (which according to my best friend exists), I think--there's some language issues, but lemme know if I should rate it higher.
Megan pulled to a stop in front of the hotel where she had left Jo Granger two days before. She turned the car off and took a deep breath before exiting the car and striding into the lobby. Jo got to her feet as Megan strode into the lobby. The agent had called her a few hours ago and told her that she could see Burn. Now she went to meet Megan, not sure what her reception would be. "Good morning, Agent Reeves," she greeted Megan, smiling brightly.
Megan gave her a tight smile in reply. "Good morning, Miss Granger. Do you have a photo ID with you?"
Jo pulled a wallet out of her back pocket, flipping it open to reveal an Idaho driver's license and a sheriff's ID. "Good enough?" she asked.
Megan nodded. "Let's go."
Jo stared out the passenger window as Megan skillfully navigated the traffic, loath to speak to the agent. She wanted to ask Megan about Burn, but was afraid of what she would learn. Like every little sister she had the tendency to idolize her older brother, even though she knew he wasn't perfect. Although Don had told her Burn confessed, she knew there had to be something else going on. She just couldn't see her brother, who had so passionately served his country, as a spy. "Did you arrest anyone else when you arrested Burn?" she asked suddenly.
Megan took her eyes off the road for a minute to glance at Jo. "We got a list; it was called the Janus List, that told all of the people that spied on the US for other governments. Colby's name was on it."
Jo considered what she had said, but still didn't believe her brother had done something so wrong. "Was anyone else that Burn knows or knew on the list? Maybe someone he knew when he was active duty overseas?" Jo knew she was grasping at straws, but something had to be the answer. "Someone else who could have planted his name?"
Megan shook her head. "The only person on the list that Colby had any connection to was Dwayne Carter. And we had already arrested him by the time we unlocked the list."
"Carter was on the list?" Jo made a disgusted noise. "Figures that asshole is a traitor. And it would be just like him to bring Burn down with him."
"You know Carter?" Megan asked in surprise.
"Unfortunately." Jo wrapped her arms around her body as much as she could as if to hide herself from her memories. "He's an asshole of the finest degree. I never understood what Burn saw in him as a friend."
Megan shrugged as she turned into the parking lot of the correctional facility. "I don't know. I'm starting to think I don't know Colby as well as I thought I did."
Jo looked up at the forbidding building as she got out of the car and shuddered. "Burn is gonna go stark raving mad in there," she commented to herself, but Megan heard her. Steeling themselves, the two women walked towards the entrance.
Family Ties Part Three
