St. James Hospital (LODI)

During the Fitz and Sybil meeting, yet after their love scene

Jax and the boys speed walked into the hospital as they walked to Bobby and Gemma, who were waiting by what looked like Clay's room.

"What happens to Clay?" Jax asked as he stared at Bobby.

"He's hurt, Jax, and it's bad," Bobby said as Jax listened.

"Does he know who did it?" Jax asked, making Bobby look at him like he just asked a stupid question.

"Before the doctor put him to sleep, he said Sybil Pope did it. He told us he was abducted from his house and was in a place. He didn't know what it was, but he said they said a few words, and she taught him a lesson." Gemma inserted.

"Our angel is a deadly man," Tig whispered.

"What is the damage? Jax wondered.

"Broken ribs, a fractured collarbone, a concussion. He's missing 4 fingernails. He's looking bruised and battered." Bobby explained to him. Jax sighs as he rubs his beard.

"She must've done this before she left town," Jax stated.

"Well, you need to call her." Gemma started before the following: "He could die. Don't you need him?" The boys agreed with him as he took out his phone before dialing her number.

Aftermath: Nature/Woods (Washington, D.C)

Sybil put on her clothes after their activity. She got rid of her stocking before going to gather her underwear, which Fitz snatched up.

"Hey, I need those," Sybil told him with a small laugh.

Fitz laughed before saying, "It's been so long since we did that. Let me keep them." Sybil stared at him before shaking her head.

"No, why have underwear when you can have me?" Sybil smirked as she raised her hand against his chest and pecked him on the lips. They kissed before bringing their foreheads together. The moment was broken by the ringing of her cell phone. She sighs before walking over to get her phone and picking it up.

"Sybil's phone," Sybil answered, while Fitz put her underwear in his pocket. He wasn't going to let her take his souvenir away.

"Sybil, it's Jax," Jax said as the crew watched him.

"Jax, hey. What's up?" Sybil asked, his name causing Fitz to look over.

"I think you already know." Jax sated.

Sybil did know what he was talking about; she had to ask Christopher to update her. And just as she thought, Andre just sent her a text about the updates.

To: Ms. Pope

From: Andre

SAMCRO has shown up at the hospital. Sorry Ms. Pope for the delay. Something had come up.

"How is he?" Sybil said as she brushed her hair with her fingers.

"He's beaten up badly, Sybil. I know you want revenge for your sister, but we still need him." Jax explained to him as the crew watched from behind him.

"Clay knows what we talked about. I bet you won't have any problems with him. I have to finish this case with my cousin. We'll talk soon." Sybil responded before hanging up. She wasn't going to talk business with Fitz right there. She turned around, facing him, as she grabbed the rest of her stuff.

" I have to go. I have to get back." Sybil rushed as she pecked him on the lips before walking away. Fitz finished getting dressed as he told Tom to follow her.

St. James Hospital (LODI)

After Sybil hung up on him, he put his phone in his pocket.

"She said that after her case, she'd come back. She said that he wouldn't be a problem anymore." Jax told him.

"My guess is this is his punishment for all those times he disagreed with you about being at the head of the table. Your ideas that you bring to the table. Maybe she helped us for the better." Bobby suggested.

"Er Jackie Boy, Clay will always be a problem. We need to finish this deal with Galen, or we start destroying obstacles like she mentioned." Chibs insisted.

"We can always bring it back," Tig started before they looked at him, making Gemma wonder who he was talking about. Tig hushed up after that.

"Get Ratboy up here. He's going to watch over him until he gets out of the hospital. We have to get back to Charming. We still have to initiate Grim Bastards into SAMCRO. Eli wants to talk to Sybil, and Sybil needs to talk with Nero. We have too much to do than worry about Clay, who got us here in the first place." Jax said before that Bobby stayed with Gemma to get Rat Boy there before they left.

SAFEHOUSE (Washington)

Once she was dropped off at home, she had to take an extra plan B that she had for multiple reasons. She took a shower and changed her clothes before leaving to go to the safe house. She had walked in as Olivia stood next to Huck on the computer. Artie sat on the ground, looking sad.

Sybil sat her bag while whispering, " What happened?" to Olivia. Olivia turned to face her before she whispered, " Monica is dead. They killed her."

"Damn," Sybil says as she looks at him.

"Where were you?" Olivia asked.

"I had gone to see him," Sybil said, leaning against the desk.

"You willingly going to him. You. Did you ask him about Thorngate?" Olivia questioned.

"More like he summoned me, a lot of words, shouting then." She motioned with her hand as she made a circle with one hand and her pointer finger went in. Olivia asked.

"Bitch, what the fuck? Did you at least ask about Thorngate?" Olivia whispered.

"I did. He asked about anti-terrorism; whatever bullshit lie he could come up with." Sybil stated.

"Anti-terrorism? What does spying on the American people have to do with anti-terrorism?" Olivia whisper-shouting.

"Bitch, I don't know. He started talking about you and Davis because that's who you went to see, right?" Sybil mentioned it with a smile.

"But now that I think about it,. We, as the American people, are as dangerous as any outsiders. Then he started naming my flings, from Jason to August to Rio to Marcus, and then boom, love speech, boom, angry sex against a tree." Sybil nonchalantly said, as she could still feel the tiny scraps against her back.

"Omg!! What am I going to do with you?" Olivia whispered before Artie began talking. Sybil shrugs before listening to him speak.

"I told you. They'll do anything. I need to get out of here. Please! I'm begging you!" Artie shouted at them before Olivia yelled back.

"Snap out of it, Artie! It's the N.S.A. operating with the full backing of the White House and Justice Department. They'll find you. The only way to stop them is to make this public." Olivia snapped at order, as he just looked helpless. Sybil watched silently.

"The scary guy hasn't even de-encrypted the program yet!" Artie yells, pointing at Huck, who had headphones on to focus.

"Let us worry about that. You worry about getting ready for prime time." Olivia started pointing at him before calling Quinn's name: "Quinn, buy Artie a suit...Slim fit, single-breasted, 2-button, navy. I want him to look polished, not one colander hat shy of a crazy person." Before then looking at Huck, "Huck, can you do this? How long?" "24 hours?"

"I think so. Maybe," Huck said as he took off his headphones. Olivia looked at Sybil and asked, "Do you know anyone? Who can help speed this up?" She remembered someone who owed her favor. She nodded, taking her phone out and calling her favorite hacker.

"Garcia, hey? I need your help with something." Sybil told her.

"Right on it, Sugar Plum, what do you need?" Garcia says it with a smile.

"I'm going to have my work guy send you some information. We need to get to the firewall. It's something very important." Sybil says it with a smile.

"And this work, guy... Is he cute?" Garcia teased Sybil.

Sybil laughs as Olivia heads out to meet with the reporters.

"Yes and he's all yours once this gets finished." She motions for Huck to send the program, which he does. Garcia clicked on the information showing the firewall.

"Holy crap! "Does this have to do with the N.S.A.?" Penelope asked as she worked from her side. Helping Huck, who was also working, the both of them speeded up the work. 

"Yeah, you heard about it?" Sybil questioned.

"Yeah! Thomas has mentioned it once and twice, and I kind of hack into the databases in my free time." Garcia spoke as she destroyed the firewalls one after the other.

"How many people know about it? Sybil asked.

"Only the top head of the FBI, C.I.A., etc." Garcia says.

"Okay, Keep doing what you doing. I'll give Huck here your number, so you can talk." Sybil says this as she writes down her number, giving it to Huck. 

"Right on it, Suga." Garcia hung up. 

"I have to go. Have fun." Sybil says he is leaving both him and Artie before running out the door.

Troy Bellingg's House (Washington)

Sybil pulled up to Bellingg's house, which held one of her past lovers. She got out of the car, going up the stairs to the red-colored door before knocking. She would only hope that he would help them. They had left each other on bad terms because she was juggling most lovers during that year. And she had to pick and choose who she was going to cut off, since she and Fitz were seeing each other. He happens to be one of them. She was snapped out of her thoughts by the door opening. Troy Bellingg stood there, looking as good as he was when she left him. 

"Sybil, what are you doing here?" Troy asked her.

"I was hoping we could talk. It's something important." Sybil asked with a small smile.

"You are asking about Thorngate. Come in." Troy says this before opening the door as she walks in. The place was pretty nice. Upstairs downstairs, a beautiful kitchen. The house is as much a bachelor pad as.

"So, what can you tell me about Thorngate?" Sybil asked.

"I can show you." Troy says as he started walking upstairs. She followed after him slowly yet mindfully. She did not need any mess-ups. Once she made it up the stairs, Troy was standing by the door. 

"After leaving the Bureau, the retirees have to swear that we won't tell anyone about Thorngate. I've been keeping a serious eye on everything that happens. Thorngate comes in handy when you are looking for or checking up on someone that you care about." Troy spoke as Sybil looked around.

"I'm sure you've been watching." Sybil tells him. 

"Thorngate, is made into different copies. N.S.A. has almost all of them, but the FBI has 3 of them. That's how we catch most of our criminals. It's how I know almost all your dealings with your father. Damon Pope. Him and his kings. A huge cookie to crack that one. I didn't bother your father because of you. And I'm sure your father would've killed me in any way. I'm the one that sent Manning to Lodi to watch a Harry Winston known as Opie." Troy told her as she watched the computer screens.

"You are the one that took over the case." Sybil stated.

"Before I left it in the hands of Thomas, I told him to keep a lookout for you just in case something happens." Troy explained. Sybil nodded before thanking him.

"Olivia wants to take it public, and the White Castle is going to do everything in their power to stop it from happening. "They're going to try and have us all arrested if we even try to make it public." Sybil said with a sigh.

"Even with the president in your corner, you still get held back. " Troy spoke with a knowing look.

"What?" She asked.

"The sex tape that brought Billy Chambers down that he secretly went to jail for. That wasn't Jason Deluca or someone else. That was the president and you. I know your moans, Sybil; you used the same with me." Troy cheekily smiled. Sybil looked at him, shocked.

"I know most of your flings were upset that the President of the United States got some of The Sybil Pope for the past two years. Rio was most disappointed, but he's an OG. He didn't care that much. Marcus was pissed. Jason was well; let's just say you were sleeping with him sedated. Any anger about that?" Troy chuckled.

"How do you know any of this? Are y'all in some type of group chat I don't know about called Sybil side dudes?" Sybil looked at him.

"Well maybe. You have a lot of connections, mostly from the connections you made with us." Troy shrugged before she got a text from Olivia. The buzzing motions signaled a call.

"You should get that." Troy said before walking away.

"Olivia, Hey. What do you need?" Sybil said.

"They called for an injunction, so we won't go public. We are going home, so we can figure it out tomorrow. Make sure you are there." Olivia demanded.

"So that means Huck and Garcia cracked it." Sybil responds.

"Yes, they did. Huck sends his thanks. He found a new friend." Olivia replied, making Sybil smile.

"I'm glad." Sybil stood up before walking down the stairs. Talking with Troy took over most of her day. Once she walked down the stairs, Troy was waiting for her by the door.

"You heard," Sybil said, walking towards him.

" I did; be careful out there. The white castle will do everything to keep it hush-hush. Sybil nodded before she left to go home, take a shower and go to sleep.

Fitz's Pov/Third Pov: White House Dining Room (Washington) 

 2 hours before day is over

Fitz sat at the head of the table, happily eating his food. He wouldn't say him and Sybil were back together but, you know, baby steps. He was happier than he was when he left. Mellie's chair was empty as her food waited for her. The door opened just to see Mellie as she apologized for being late.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I was trying to write a thank-you note to Queen Elizabeth. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to write a thank-you note to the queen? I felt like some yahoo from podunk. I was terrified of starting an international incident. God, I'm starving. This baby is eating all of my food. Is this the duck you shot? I hope Mickey got a good photo to show to the press corps." Mellie says as she presses a quick peck to his cheek before sitting down.

"I tried to shoot a duck and missed. So, Cyrus let me get one of his." Fitz said with a smile as he drank some of his whiskey.

"No, not you. You've always been an amazing shot." Mellie smiled at the happiness on his face.

"Cyrus had mentioned someone had come to talk to you. Was it Sybil?" Mellie said as she ate her food. Her utensils grated against the glass plate.

"It was her. Olivia have her in House business." Fitz told his wife. They were slowly becoming friends again. She had become his confidant, and she was also his advisor.

"Olivia always been in over her head. But she always got the job done. Soo, does the baby have a godmother now?" Mellie teased the second statement.

"Not yet. Baby steps." Fitz shook his head before smiling.

"Baby steps as in sex, or baby steps as in slow." Mellie stared at him, and he tried not to grin.

" No way! Tell me everything." Mellie smiled, almost blinding him with how happy she was.

So, he told her everything and asked about Kip, as she told him she wanted peace and quiet. It sounded like real happiness in the room.

Olivia Pope and Associates (Washington)

Sybil sat in one of the chairs as she drank her iced coffee as Olivia spoke to them.

"We argue this in court; we go up against the full legal might of the federal government. Armies of lawyers, bottomless resources. Meanwhile, we're all in jail, and Artie... God knows where they'd rendition the poor guy. We fight this with the network, not in court. We stiffen their backbones and appeal to their patriotic duty. Freedom of the press is an unconstitutional intrusion on the right to privacy."

"A man's cell phone is his castle." Quinn added as she got what Olivia was putting down. Sybil nodded as she leaned back while crossing her legs. 

"Meanwhile, we need those autopsy results and that partial plate off the black sedan. Thorngate is real and a monstrosity. They don't muzzle us so easily." Olivia finished.

Time Skip:

Olivia and one of the anchors were speaking to the network owners while Sybil sat on her phone, reading the updates Brandon was giving her.

TO: Sybil

From: Brandon

-Rita is now home. She and the baby are okay.

Eli Roosevelt still wants to have a meeting with you.

Jax and his wife, Tara, are leaving town for a couple 

-Opie is still under the watchful eye of the FBI

Sybil texted back her thanks as she listened to the talk in the other room. The network was totally disagreeing with Olivia.

"No way in hell are we airing this interview. I'm against it, and to say that my friends here from the legal department are against it, well, that's just an exercise in understatement."-Brad

"The government will back off, Brad. I promise."-Olivia

"You promise? This isn't some two-seconds-of-nipple F.C.C. Fine; we're risking. It's a federal injunction essentially handed down personally by the justice department, saying, "If you air this interview, you're guilty of treason."-Brad

"And I'm saying call their bluff. Generate so much public outrage on Artie Hornbacher's behalf that if the N.S.A. so much as gives him a speeding ticket, they'll stage a coup."-Olivia

"Based on one man's word?" The anchor says this in disbelief.

"No, based on this." Olivia, as she called out to Huck. As his monitor turned on.

"Huck? Go ahead and bring up Thorngate." Olivia asked, and he did as requested.

Sybil continued listening. They believed them once the meeting was over. Abby came in, and she told Olivia and Sybil about the autopsy report.

"Coroner finally got to the autopsy report on Monica Ocampo. It wasn't sleeping pills that k*lled her." Abby stated.

"What is it?" Olivia and Sybil said it in unison.

"She OD'd on 1,600 units of injectable insulin." Abby told them, making Sybil think.

"It's Artie. It's him. He couldn't do it himself, so he came to us with the resources that could break it. Call Huck now." Sybil told them as Quinn and Harrison came.

"Quinn and I have cross-referenced the entire D.M.V. list. The car doesn't track back to anyone at the N.S.A. or government, for that matter, but get this...It's registered to a fake address under the name of "Will B. Watching." Harris tells them.

"Will B. be watching? Is that some kind of joke?" Abby looked dumbfounded.

"I'll call Huck." Olivia stated this as she walked into her office.

"Where is she going?" Harrison asked.

"Artie has been playing us. It's him. He has probably already escaped by now." Sybil says, shaking her head.

And it turned out that Sybil was correct; he switched drives and left. Everyone stood looking at his profile while Olivia paced in her office.

"How did this happen?" Abby asked.

"He must've known. He must've done his homework on us." Harrison says this before Abby cut in.

"Come on! You know how this happened. Artie couldn't decrypt Thorngate himself, so he found the one person who could. Then he killed poor Monica, making it look like he was being followed, all so that we'd help him buy time and get what he needed. But as for why this happened,? You'd have to ask Olivia that, and that would be a waste of time because she's off her game. Her gut is broken, and we have no idea what she's thinking. What's going on with her?" Abby questioned Harrison.

"It was a mistake, and the first one I've seen her make since I got here, so give her a break." Harrison told Abby. Harrison was trying not to let Sybil cuss her out. And Sybil was just close.

"Second," Abby says.

"What?" Harrison asked.

"Second mistake she's made." Abby motioned, looking at Quinn. Sybil had enough for all of them.

"Abby, shut up! Damn, yes, her name was Lindsay. Yes, she was the arsonist mistress, but please be quiet. Each and every one of us has a dark past. So don't ever think you are any better than the rest of us." Sybil said before leaving. mumbling, calling her "a righteous bitch." She has to leave and go back to Charming. She paused at Huck's door. She knocked, causing him to look at her.

"Have you found him?" Sybil questioned.

"I was about to go now." Huck states that his look is as anxious as always. Sybil nodded before saying the words.

"Let me know if you need to come back." Sybil told him with another meaningful look, making him nod before she left. She would let them worry about the rest of the case. She had sh*t to do.

Oval Office/White House (Washington)

Fitz poured himself some whiskey as he walked to his desk. The door opened, revealing Cyrus, who found his friend relaxing by his desk.

"I want Senator Davis off the Intel committee." Fitz told him while Cyrus looked shocked.

"Sir..." Cyrus muttered.

"I want him off," Fitz repeated.

"Is there a reason why?" Cyrus asked.

"He shared information with Olivia. As much as we hold her in high regard, she still had Thorngate information." Fitz slurps his drink.

"How did you know Sybil wasn't taking my calls?" Fitz questioned Cyrus.

"What?" Cyrus 'feigned' ignorance.

"Earlier, you said Sybil wasn't taking my calls. How did you know?" Fitz asked again as Cyrus didn't answer before scoffing.

"Well, at least we know Thorngate really works." Fitz sips his drink again.

"Just keeping America safe from the terrorists, sir." Cyrus mumbled.

"Sybil's not a terrorist!" Fitz shouted.

"Mobster's daughter, maybe, but I wasn't talking about her. She's not ticking. You are." Cyrus says this before sighing.

"I will have Senator Davis removed from the Intel committee." He left, leaving Fitz to drink, wondering about what Sybil was doing now.

Troy Bellingg's House (Washington)

Three cars pulled up to Troy's house as Sybil made her way back to Charming. Jason Deluca got out first in his freshly printed suit as he walked up to Troy's door.

The next car door opens to reveal Rio Lopez, a gangster in his own right. Rio Lopez owns a money-washing business on the front of a casino in Las Vegas. Sybil had met him when she and her sister and Olivia went on a girl's trip. After meeting, they begin their relationship. He walked next to Troy's door.

Another door opened, showing Marcus Rollins, who was a billionaire. He owns a tech company, which is how she met Garcia before she was recruited by the FBI. He was good at what he did. She met him at a gala that her father was holding. They liked each other right then and there. 

Troy opened the door to see the men standing there.

"Hello, gentlemen. Come in." Troy states this before opening the door.

"And why are we here?" Jason asked.

"Sybil came to see me today to talk about Thorngate." Troy mentioned.

"Of course she did; Olivia Pope had someone who was about to be a rat tell the public." Marcus stated.

"And what's that got to do with us?" Rio said, staring at Troy.

"I've been using Thorngate to watch after Sybil." Troy said to him:.

"You've been watching Sybil." Jason rubbed his beard.

"Why?" Marcus questioned.

"Her father and his king." Rio spoke.

"We agreed to leave that family alone. Veronica Pope died. She doesn't need any more death." Jason remarks.

"We have agreed that Damon Pope is not as much as a threat than his daughter. We would all kill for her. She has us in her back pocket. We will protect her behind the scenes if we have to." Troy acknowledged.

"And what's in it for us? She has the president in her back pocket." Rio's deep, low voice asked with a tilt of his head.

"Yes, that's the president of hers." Jason mumbled.

"He may hold more weight with her than us, but her safety should matter more to us all." Troy declared.

"Then let's get this done." Jason said before they all left. Sybil was one protected woman.

A/N: (4,183 words) (unedited)

Here's part 2! Side dudes, unite! Lol! I hope you like this chapter! Let me know if you want another update before July is over, because August is going to be for my True Blood book. Sorry for any misspelling words or missing.

Comment, Vote, Share

-Otakiaski98