Many eyes fell upon the odd group of people that stood motionless in the door way of the grocery store. It wasn't until Carolina snapped out of the initial shock of the situation that anyone moved.
"Alright here's the game plan so everyone listen up!" Carolina ordered. The Freelancers straightened up an turned their eyes to their commanding officer. "We get in, we get out. No sight-seeing or dilly-dally, got it?" She whispered to her comrades. "We'll split into groups. Washington and York will collect all of the non-food items," Carolina said as she handed Washington a portion of the very specific list that the Director had made for them. "We all meet back at register 1 in one hour. Don't be late." "On it," Wash waved as he and Maine wondered off, trying desperately to maintain their composure.
"North and Wyoming you're on-wait, where the hell is Wyoming!?" Carolina yelled as the remainder of the group glanced around to notice the cocky Brit was missing.
"Ugh, he gets out of everything," South grumbled, earning her a glare from Carolina.
"Shut up South. There's nothing we can do about it right now, we'll let the director handle it when we get back." South snorted angrily and crossed her arms. North sighed, his sister sure did like to make things difficult.
"Fine then, York you and South will get canned foods and produce..you good York?" He nodded and smiled as he took their part of the list, "Of course I am, I thought we had already talked about that."
"We don't have time for your shit York, I want to get out of here ASAP. Just take your list and South and GET GOING!" Carolina snapped back. York lifted his hands in defeat. "Right, right, we're going," he smiled as South followed him, grumbling under her breath about how stupid the mission was.
"Guess that leaves you and me," North shrugged as he reached to pull pack of gum out of his pocket. "Right. We get frozen items and meat," Carolina stated as she glanced over the remaining items on the list. She sighed then straightened up, determined as ever. "Let's get this over with. Come on North." "Right behind you," North said, following their leader off into unknown terrain.
Soon after locating a cart Carolina and North began quickly and efficiently retrieving the items from their list, speeding through the store without knocking over a single child.
"You know, I never realized just how much we all eat before today," North said as he placed ten pounds of chicken in the cart. Carolina laughed, a rare sight North noted.
"You mean how much you men eat," she corrected, putting twenty packs of pre-shaped hamburger patties on top of the chicken. North grinned and checked the items off their list. "What can I say, a guy's gotta eat."
Washington examined the list in his hands as Maine practically dwarfed the small cart he pushed right behind the smaller agent. Less than halfway down their list was a product that Wash couldn't quite make out. The ink had smeared so the mysterious item was ignored for the moment.
"Alright big guy, we need to go find the toilet paper," Wash said as he turned around the check on the silent Freelancer. A frown appeared on his face as he noticed that the bigger agent was no longer following him.
"Maine?...Buddy?" Washington called as he back tracked to the isles they had previously been on, becoming more and more worried. Where could that hulk of a man possibly have gone? He was the least social of them all so Wash was worried about what would happen if Maine got in to a situation where he would have to try and communicate with another human. It could only end in disaster.
"Get off of me you bloody animal!" Washington heard a familiar voice yelling down the next isle. He sprinted around the corner to an odd sight. Wash had found Maine alright, but he had also found Wyoming. The larger Freelancer appeared to have rammed his cart into the Brit, knocking him to the floor and then sitting on his back. Maine hissed furiously at the struggling Wyoming, looking up angrily as Washington walked up.
"Agent Washington, please remove this ELEPHANT from my back!" Wyoming demanding, struggle apparent in his voice.
Washington looked at Maine who let loose a low growl and pointed to the Brit. "Seriously?" Wash questioned as he looked back at Wyoming.
"He said you were trying to steal a watch Wyoming, is that true?" The guilty agent glared at Maine. "...I would've gotten away with it too if it weren't for your and your meddling beast!" Wyoming shouted angrily. Washington couldn't help but laugh.
"Alright then, I'll make him get off if you put back the merchandise. Deal?" Wash held out his hand to Wyoming. "Fine! Fine! Just get him off of me!" Washington chuckled as he patted Maine on the shoulder. "Come on buddy, let's get the rest of the things on this list some can get out of this mad house." Maine growled at the Brit once more before getting up and pushing the cart away behind Washington. Wyoming stood up and dusted himself off, snickering as the pair rounded the corner.
"Did you grab the pinto beans South?" York asked as he checked green beans off the list. South sighed loudly from the other end of the isle.
"No I didn't! I told you I don't like beans!" She yelled down to the other agent who mentally cursed Carolina for putting him with South.
"They aren't just for your South, everyone else eats them. We're grocery shopping for the group," York replied calmly. "Now just go and grab them so we can get this over with, ok?" South rolled her eyes dramatically. "Fine!" She yelled as she retrieved fifteen cans of beans and dropped them angrily in the cart.
"There's your damn beans, happy?" York smiled, "Actually yes, thank you South." The female agent's face turned bright red. "Ugh!" She screeched as she stormed down the isle. York chuckled to himself while he pushed the cart after her. Maybe he could have some fun with this.
A tall woman with dark red hair walked up to the counter in the electronics department, a stern and determined look on her face.
"Um, can I help you with something?" The small man behind the counter asked. The woman looked him right in the eyes sending a cold chill down his spine.
"I need the biggest television you have."