Intruder
Prologue
"Director, there is someone here to see you," Cynthia said into the telephone.
"Who is it?" director Shepard asked.
"He says he wants to surprise you," Cynthia replied. This would seem normal at any time, but what Cynthia wasn't saying was that there was a man with a gun to her head telling her what to do. What he didn't know was that she had used the duress word. The director had to make a tough choice; either lock her in and protect herself or take the risk to protect Cynthia. She knew her abilities and the abilities of her co-workers and decided to risk it.
"Okay, I'll let him in," Jenny said. She hit a button and the doors unlocked. The man walked around to the door with his gun still pointed at Cynthia. He opened the door and switched his gunpoint to Jenny. He was in for a shock of his own. She had a weapon trained on him.
"Well what a pleasant way to greet someone," the man said.
"This is only for my special guests, now I'll give you a choice. Either put the gun down or I'll be forced…" Jenny began, but she was interrupted by a gun shot. The bullet flew out of the man's gun and hit Jenny's gun. Her gun flew to the floor. There would be no point in trying to get it now. The gun was hit in the barrel. It was distorted and would never be able to fire in that condition without blowing up in her hands. She raised her hands above her heads.
"Okay, what is it that you want," Jenny asked.
"Money, I want money," he said.
"Well, I don't mean to damper your plans, but we don't have money here. This is a federal agency building. Shouldn't you be at a bank or something?" Jenny commented.
"I'm going to take you hostage you idiot!" he shouted, "now let's go." Jenny slammed her hand on a button and the doors slammed close. They locked so tight that a human wouldn't be able to open it without help. They had put the new security system in after an agent demonstrated how easy it was to reach the director.
"You can't shoot me or you'll never know the pass code to unlock the doors," Jenny said as she returned her arms above her head.
"You idiot!" the man screamed, "what did you do that for?"
"I'm not going to risk you going out of this room to endanger my agents," Jenny explained.
"Well see, what you don't realize is that I have my own agent on the inside, and he doesn't like it when things don't go to plan," the man said. In the background Jenny heard Cynthia scream, then a gunshot, then, nothing.