Cammie slammed her door shut and sped walked down the hallway to the elevator, where Zach was waiting and holding the door open for her. "Two minutes late," he reported as she finally joined him. He let the doors slide shut and they began ascending to the top floor. "You know they hate it when people are late to their mission debriefing."

"I'm sorry, but I had to search my bathroom again this morning to make sure somebody hadn't hid another spy cam during the night," Cammie shot back. "Which, by the way, was very unprofessional of you."

"Oh come on, it was just a joke. If I had actually wanted to spy on you then I wouldn't have hid it out in the open like that. It's just so easy to get under your skin, Gallagher girl," Zach teased with a wink. Cammie pressed her lips together, deciding she wouldn't press him on the subject until he continued, "Besides, it's nothing that I haven't seen before."

Cammie smacked him in the arm just as the elevator came to a halt. "Ow!"

The doors opened to the main offices of the CIA building. They entered the large conference room, which consisted of a long wooden table with four of their superiors sitting on one end. Cammie and Zach took their seats at the opposing end of the table, with their mission coordinator standing at the head.

"Nice of you two to finally join us," their mission coordinator, Mallory Black, began. She pressed a button on a remote, which raised a panel in the wall to reveal a large computer screen. "Hopefully this won't be a common occurrence."

"Definitely not," said Cammie at the same time Zach said, "No, Ma'am."

"Wonderful," Agent Black replied in an unimpressed tone. She turned to face the screen, which was currently displaying a map of Russia. "Now, as you may or may not already know, we have had a breach in security due to a mole in our agency who turned out to be KGB Agent Nikolai Bukavitsky."

Cammie furrowed her eyebrows as she watched the screen scroll through Agent Bukavitsky's profile, trying to ignore Zach nodding his head next to her. Clearly Zach had heard about this incident already, unbeknownst to Cammie, but by now she was used to the old students from Blackthorne Academy knowing more information than her and her colleagues from Gallagher. For some reason, agents from Blackthorne started out with higher clearance levels in the CIA than the agents from Gallagher. Cammie had attempted to look into Blackthorne's training program before, but found no specific information, much to her avail.

"Unfortunately for the CIA, this breach has led to the access of our encrypted files containing our cover list with the real identity of all past and current field agents," Agent Black continued. Cammie did a small gasp and Zach let out a barely audible "fuck" under his breath.

"We have traced the signal of the breach to the geographic coordinates 55.75171° N, 37.61802° E, otherwise known as Moscow, Russia," Agent Black motioned towards the screen, which zoomed in on the coordinates to show the KGB headquarters. "However, we are unsure which of the many computers in their headquarters is currently downloading our files as we speak."

"So how can we stop it?" Cammie asked.

"With this." Agent Black slid a small flash drive across the table, which Zach picked up and placed inside his suit pocket. Agent Black explained, "That device contains a virus which should completely shut down their system, allowing us to recover our files before they are downloaded and decrypted."

Agent Black pressed another button on her remote, turning off the screen and sliding the panel over it. She announced, "Your mission is to infiltrate KGB headquarters, plug the device into any one of their computers, and exit the building without triggering any alarms. The weaponry and other materials you should need for your mission are available in the equipment warehouse, and the plane for Moscow leaves in 2 hours. Good luck, agents."

Cammie and Zach respectfully nodded, standing up and leaving the conference room to retrieve their gadgets from the warehouse. "I can't believe the CIA had a mole," Cammie breathed in shock, not over the fact that once the KGB downloaded the file and decrypted it (which could be at any time) the cover of all CIA field agents would be blown.

"It happens more than you think," Zach replied seriously for once. The two stepped into the elevator, heading to the equipment warehouse. "But it's not very often that they infiltrate the CIA successfully like this."

"If this mission doesn't work out, it'll be all our fault that covers are blown. Thousands of lives would be put to risk!" Cammie exclaimed. She knew that if she and Zach were being paired up together that this mission must be important, but nothing could have prepared her for this. The gravity of the situation was just now hitting her. Zach nodded solemnly at her, sensing Cammie's uneasiness.

The elevator doors opened, and Zach laid a comforting hand on Cammie's back to lead her out of the elevator into the warehouse lobby. "Headquarters chose us for a reason, Cam. If they didn't think we could do it, we wouldn't be here right now," Zach explained. His hand dropped from her back as he looked at the information desk. "Now where the hell is Hector?"

Hector was the equipment manager, responsible for checking in and out all equipment to the agents for their missions. Cammie walked up to the desk and pressed the buzzer for assistance. Within a minute, Hector stumbled into the lobby carrying two heavy black duffel bags from the warehouse in the back. "Sorry guys!" he wheezed, setting the large bags on the counter. "This should be all you need."

Cammie and Zach each unzipped their bags, examining their contents. They included comm units, grappling hooks, night vision goggles, handguns with silencers on the barrel, amongst other miscellaneous items. "Thanks, Hector!" Cammie said. She and Zach collected their bags and took them to their suites, where they packed and dressed for their mission.

Two hours later, they were standing on the roof of the CIA building where their helicopter landed on the helipad, ready to take them to a private CIA airport. They then boarded their plane and were finally on route to Russia. Cammie and Zach used their 10 hour flight to rest and go over their mission file until their pilot gave them a warning that they were approaching Moscow.

Cammie stood from her seat and began putting on her parachute backpack, since they would be parachuting into the city under the cover of darkness. She turned to see Zach, who was still sitting comfortably in his seat, finish chugging a whiskey on the rocks. "Zach, let's go! We're almost going to miss our drop zone! And why the hell are you getting drunk right now?" Cammie berated him.

Zach chuckled as he stood and swung on his own parachute backpack. "That was hardly enough alcohol to give me a slight buzz, let alone drunk," Zach replied nonchalantly. He walked over to the door of the plane and swung it open, letting the cool night air blast into the plane. "You ready?"

Cammie shook her head in disbelief at Zach's behavior, and went and stood next to him by the open door. She placed her night vision goggles on her head but as she was adjusting the view, Zach grabbed her and pulled her out of the plane with him as he let out a victory howl, "WOOOOOO!"