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He wondered briefly if they would want privacy but he knew even if they requested it and he left the room they would still be heavily monitored. There was no escaping that. 

Miller was watching the surveillance and was on coms with him in case they needed some sort of binary translation help again.

It was all set up. All he needed was for Nero to make the force field transparent and unmute her for them to begin when he was ready. 

“Just see what she wants to give you and we’re done. Mute her if you need to and when you’re done you can walk away.” Sterling said firmly. He had been briefed but he wanted to make sure Nero was reminded. He wasn’t fragile and maybe Sterling was treating him like he was but after seeing him react to the names...

They needed this intel but he didn’t like how it was being obtained on Zero’s terms. He held a percentage of control in this situation that was just a touch too high for Sterling’s comfort. He made sure they grasped as much control as they could manage before going in. Zero was smart. She had done a lot of damage in a small amount of time in Providence. He didn’t want to give her that opportunity again.

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They had Zero removed from her holding cell and brought to an interrogation room. The original plan had been for Sterling to be in the observation room but given the events of the Providence base raid they concluded that having Sterling in the room as well might have a different effect for the first round at least. She was cuffed to the table with power inhibiting cuffs. They still hadn’t figured out if she had abilities and after seeing what the tablets were in the metal wallet they couldn’t be so sure about anything at this moment. 

Sterling held the door open for Agent Miller to enter the room first before he took his seat opposite the mysterious woman known only as Zero. Or, they assumed that was her alias as she had been on the base that was listed as Zero’s location. 

He made eye contact with Zero, the first real time he had since she had a gun on Akela. She had been thoroughly searched while she was still ICED, mostly for suicide capsules that could cut this interrogation short and lose them an asset. After a moment, he turned to Agent Miller, head of Counter Terrorism and nodded for him to start. 

“For Nero and Zero to each eat an ICER and fall down a flight of stairs.” 

ciphxrr Bill laughed. “I hope you’re not counting on that.”

Dipper and Mabel looked around, the pond behind them still rippling from their exit.  It appeared to be the same redwood forest they had left, though the sky was now overcast and there was a slight nip in the air.  Dipper shivered and rubbed his damp arms, noting that, next time they did this, he’d bring a shirt in a ziplock bag.  

Mabel took a few steps in the direction that, in their universe, led home.  She turned and waved for Dipper to follow.  “C’mon, bro!  Who knows what crazy stuff is in this universe!”

“Eh...”  He rubbed the back of his head, soaked hair dripping.  “I don’t know. What if this is a crazy serial-killer universe?  Or what if we’re hunters in this universe?  Like, 1820s monster hunters with pitchforks and torches!”

He shook his head, his mop of hair sending water everywhere.  “Not that this isn’t insanely awesome,” he added.  “I mean, imagine the possibilities!  Real, actual alternate universes!  This is the biggest thing we may have found yet!”

He’d worked himself up now, and he was bouncing on all four feet.  “I can’t wait to explore, but... we should be careful,” he finished, sobering up some.

“And we will be!  We’ll just watch from the trees!”

“Easy for you to say--at least you can pass as human.”