Hi all, this is my first GS fic! Hope you like, please review!
Agent 99 walked down the halls of CONTROL in a hurry. Tomorrow was Christmas, and she was supposed to be on vacation. However, she had been called in by the Chief, who said there was an emergency. She was to go to his office immediately to meet him and Max. Unfortunately, she thought she was being followed, so she took a detour to lose him. As a result, she was now late.
99 felt very out of place as she ran to the Chief's office. No one was in the building, most likely they were all on vacation. She guessed that only she, Max, and the Chief were in there. Maybe Parker, too, because they probably needed supplies for their job.
"I'm here, Chief!" she said as she entered his office. "Sorry I'm late, but-" she stopped suddenly and looked around. Only she was in the room. Neither Max nor the Chief were there. Puzzled, 99 looked around the room. Everything looked the same as when she left for vacation 2 days ago. Nothing even hinted about a new job.
99 was starting to get suspicious. "This doesn't feel right..." she muttered to herself. She suddenly heard something behind her, and quickly pulled out her gun.
"Don't move!" she said, turning to face whoever was behind her. To her surprise, Max was standing behind her, and he was holding someone in front of him. At her words, they both dropped their guns and held their hands up. She rolled her eyes. "Max, I think you're fine."
He grinned sheepishly and picked up his gun. "Right. Sorry about that, 99."
"Who is this, Max?" she asked, gesturing to the other man who still had his hands up. "And where's the Chief?" Just then, the Chief entered the room.
"So, it was like we thought." He said. Max nodded. "I thought so. It sounded like that after 99 hung up. Good thing you caught him, Max."
"Wait, wait!" 99 exclaimed. "What's going on?"
"99," Max started. "There really is a very urgent situation going on right now. The Chief found out first and got me to come in, and we did some checking around. When we decided we needed your help, the Chief called you. But after you hung up, he heard some other party hang up. We suspected that KAOS intercepted the call, and we quickly thought of the possibility that they wanted to capture you."
The Chief interrupted Max then. "I told Max to stay here and watch the building, and I headed to your place. I managed to find your car, and followed you when you left. I wanted to make sure no KAOS agents would get to you on your way here."
"So you were the one following me!" 99 realized. "I thought a KAOS car was following me, and I tried to get away from it!"
"Very well, I might add." The Chief added. "When you managed to get away, I panicked and thought they got you. Before I could do anything about it, Max let me know you had arrived safely."
"Good timing, too!" Max said with a laugh. "The Chief was about to go call the FBI!"
The Chief frowned at him. "I wasn't going to go to extreme measures, Max! I was just going to call some friends and see if they could track her down."
"I'm touched, Chief, but should we be talking about this in front of him?" 99 asked.
"It's not like he's going to be able to report back to KAOS, 99." Max said. "I think it's ok."
"All the same, Max, go lock him up downstairs." The Chief ordered. "I'll get 99 up to speed while you're gone."
Max didn't look very happy about being sent away, but he headed down with the KAOS agent in tow. Once they were alone, the Chief sighed.
"99, you have to help me. Aside from the fact that we need another agent on this case, Max is unbelievable! How do you put up with him in the field? It's impossible to work with him!"
99 grinned. "He's not that bad, Chief, you just have to get used to him."
"Well, we're not paying you enough to put up with him." the Chief grumbled. "Anyway, 99, this is a very big crisis we're in right now. KAOS is planning a massive attack tomorrow, and their target is this entire city!"
"Where are we?" Max asked, walking into the room.
99 ignored him. "Here?" she gasped. "Tomorrow?"
"Oh, we're there." Max said.
"You heard me right, 99." The Chief said grimly. "This entire city."
"Chief, what are we going to do?" 99 asked. "We don't have time to evacuate the city; there are too many people and we only have a few hours! Even then, we don't know when they'll strike!"
"I wasn't going to suggest that." the Chief assured her. "You're right, it is ridiculous. Instead, I'm going to take a great risk. I want you and Max to go back to the warehouse that we were at earlier and try to stop them."
"How is it a risk, Chief?" Max asked. "You know we're the two best agents here!"
"And Chief," 99 said. "How are they going to attack the whole city?"
"Well, the two questions are related," the Chief started. "First of all, 99, KAOS plans to attack the city with what I think is some kind of explosive."
99 and Max shared an uneasy look. "You mean a bomb?" 99 asked.
"Exactly." The Chief said."And Max, it is a huge risk because I know you're the two best agents I have. If I send you for this mission and you get caught, KAOS will kill you. Then, CONTROL loses two of its most valuable agents."
"Chief, we won't get caught." Max said confidently. "When have we ever been cuaght before?"
"Too many times, Max!" the Chief said. "And you do realize that KAOS's security will be at its highest power. This is unlike cases you've taken before!"
"Got it, Chief." Max said.
"Now, do both of you understand what to do?" he asked.
"Yes, sir!" Max said, snapping a salute. "Just one question, Chief."
"Ok..." the Chief said. He seemed to be dreading the question, and 99 smirked.
"Why didn't we use the Cone of Silence?"