OH, HELL NO!
Disclaimer: The Cullens, the Swans, and most of the characters mentioned in the story that are known from Stephanie Meyer's beloved Twilight Saga, are all hers and hers alone. I neither have nor wish to pass them off as mine. I do appreciate the fact that she did bring them to life and allows us to play with them in our imaginations. The only thing I will claim is the current storyline.
Emmett McCarty and Jasper Whitlock, two FBI Agents assigned to discover who was behind all of the disappearances of young high school students from the west coast area and to put a stop to their activities. They were also aware that drugs and gun running was involved with these same individuals. The problem was no one lived long enough to be able to give names or any other information so a handle could be gotten on them.
Their security was so tight that all of the undercover agents to date had been discovered and eliminated without thought or warning. They had been able to stop any agent from getting information back before discovery. How it was happening and they were catching them before the agent got too far up was a puzzle within itself. But, one that McCarty and Whitlock were determined to stop. Enough people had perished due to this group.
So, they came to Seattle to gather the best from each precinct. A meeting with all of the precinct captains was arranged and during that meeting the names of the best officers were collected. But, two names out of all given stood above the rest and all were in agreement that those two, Det. Edward Cullen and Det. Isabella Swan, were known through the state as the 'top cops'. No one was better in all of the captains opinion and each, but, the two that could actually claim them, wished they could declare them as part of their unit. The different department areas that were going to be covered by a twelve person task force would be field agents, computer experts, researchers and backup units.
The head of the field units would be Cullen and Swan. McCarty and Whitlock would be coordinating and giving the instructions. Everyone else would be their backups in whatever capacity needed. All of the captains gave their approval and felt like the best team had been put together to bring this criminal element down. The only problem that was left to be dealt with was telling Cullen and Swan they would be on this task force and WORKING TOGETHER. Not something either of their captains was looking forward to.
CHAPTER 3: YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME
On Monday as Bella Swan and Edward Cullen reported for work at their precincts, they each were told to report to the Captain's office immediately. Curious about what the problem might be each knocked on their Captain's door before walking in and taking a seat. That was when they were told that some FBI Special Agents were in town for a high priority case and each captain had been requested to bring the chosen team members that had been selected to be a member of this task force to meet with the Agents at ten that morning.
"So, get your desk clear of any outstanding case you have. Pass them on to others that have a case load light enough to handle the extra burden. We aren't sure how long this is going to take and you will be assigned to it for the duration. And, you WILL get along with all of the other members even if it kills you. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes, sir, you do." Was the reply.
"Good. Now get the hell out of here and be back here at nine thirty so we can leave. Do not, and, I repeat this, DO NOT leave this office for any reason. Get your case files sorted and that is all you are to do at the moment."
"Yes, sir." So, leaving the captain's office and going over to their desk each proceeded to allocate their open case load to others that would be able to handle them. And, as usual, there really wasn't that many open. Both detectives closed their cases nearly as fast as they were assigned them. Each seemed to have a sixth sense that led them to the guilty fairly rapidly. That is what made them as good as they were and why they had earned the reputations of the best to be found.
Promptly at nine thirty they met with their respective captains to hear down to main headquarters to meet with the Special FBI Agents and other team members. No, other information had been given to either detective as to who were all going to be team mates, so, both captains knew that doomsday was heading closer by each mile they approached, bringing them closer to the meeting place.
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Not far away while the task force was being formed and meeting for the first time another group of people were busy getting ready for a different kind of meeting. While still another was getting final preparations in place for grabbing their intended target, she was a pretty blonde haired girl with fair complexion, standing around five foot six with hazel eyes.
All three men, Ben Cheney, Amun Turner and Eleazar Gomez were ushered into a large dimly lighted room that had only two occupants, a old man and a young looking woman. The woman the three men were familiar with as they had dealt with orders from her during the time they had been working for the corporation. She was Helen Franklin, a slender, remarkably, good looking woman considering her lifestyle and that she was only twenty eight years old.
The man that was with her was much older around fifty five or so, but, still had a muscular form, carried himself well, had grayish hair, tan skin from spending a lot of time in the sun, blue eyed and standing a good six foot three. But, you could tell that he had been in this busy a long time from the coldness of his attitude and the deathly stare he gave everyone around him except for the woman.
"Gentlemen, I would like to present our chairman of the board, Mr. Victor Charles. He wanted to meet with you before you were taken off of probation as a gesture of welcome. You have each successfully completed all tasks assigned to you with outstanding results, your backgrounds check out perfectly, but, we do seem to have a small problem with each of you.
"Of course, it might not be that big of an issue, but, you do understand the needed for security, I'm sure. You will be undergoing some rather extensive interrogation in a few moments and depending up those results we will tell you what will happen next.
"So, please, step forward as I introduce you and take a seat. Mr. Benjamin Cheney, parents upstanding pillars of the community with no criminal history in their past and have little understanding of how their only child turned criminal, who was a graduate of Forks High School, a college degree in computer engineering, but, enjoys hacking into places that are supposedly security proof. Wanted by five states, the FBI and Interpol for cyber crimes.
"Mr. Amun Turner whose parents were killed in a car bombing in Cairo when he was only ten. Been on the streets ever since trying to stay alive any way he could. Self taught by the school of hard knocks, proficient in five languages, weapons expert and wanted for gun running in ten countries, the United States included in that list.
"And, finally, we have Eleazar Gomez whose parents were poor labor works in Mexico and struggled to make sure their only son could go to school to have a better life. Only thing is he chose the life of crime. Would cold-bloodedly kill for anyone who was willing to pay him enough to help support his habit of the high life as he called it." As she finished speaking each man had taken one of the three chairs that had been placed facing the couple. And as she turned away she gave a slight signal with the small wave of her hand. The lights was brighter just a little, but, suddenly each man was seized from behind with an arm wrapping around their throat, a hood being slipped over their heads and a pin prick felt upon the arm.
"Each of you has been injected with my own brand of truth serum. I will ask a question and if you answer truthfully nothing will happen, but, lie and you will feel a burning sensation begin in your veins which will get worse with each lie you tell. Now, do any of you have something you want to tell me to same us anytime or trouble at this juncture of our association together?" a male voice asked. Then as suddenly as they had been put on the hoods were removed.
The three men were able to observe that where they were seated was in a sort of spotlight arrangement while the rest of the room remained in dim lighting. They could still the couple in front of them, but, each side remained quiet for several heartbeats.
"So, no one has anything information they would like to offer concerning themselves. Very well, then we will continue with my questions one at a time." So, it begins. Each of the three was watched very closely for any signs of discomfort, but, as they continued none were seen.
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All the other captains along with the Commissioner and the Deputy Commissioner were in the conference room with the persons being reassigned from their own precincts when in walked Captain Marcus McAllen with Det. Edward Cullen which left only two other people to arrive. The entire room was very subtly holding their breath, preparing for the explosion that was about to erupt any moment.
McCarty and Whitlock were aware of the sudden tension in the room, but, didn't know the caution. They were keeping a close watch to see if they could detect the reason. In the meantime Edward had walked into the little snack area to get a cup of coffee when Captain Aro Maitland came in with Isabella Swan. As Maitland greeted everyone Bella quietly headed for the break room and just as everyone realized where she was headed a hush fell upon the room for they knew the countdown had started.
"What the hell?" both individuals cried as they encountered a solid wall of muscle and hot coffee staining their shirt fronts. "WHO! Can't you watch the hell where you're walking?" they tossed at each other. "Ahh, shit, hell no. Don't tell me that you are on this task force as well?" each spoke again at the same time with the same exact words.
"Captain, this has got to be a joke. You don't really expect for me to work-"
"We expect for both of you to shut the hell up and to do your job. You will learn to work together and get along while on this assignment. What you do during your own time is up to you. Do, I make myself clear?" said Alistair McLaughlin, Police Commissioner of Seattle.
No one said anything, not even the two federal agents, but, everyone watched the two detectives. They looked at each other then at everyone else gathered, but, still never said a word.
"I said, do I make myself clear?" Yelled the Commissioner.
Both individuals snapped to attention and answered as one, "Yes, Sir."
"Very well. Take a moment and get yourselves cleaned up as much as you can for now and get the hell back in here so we can get started. This is important and high priority." The two looked at each other again, turned at the same time and bumped into one another again, but, never saying a word walked out Swan first and Cullen second to go wash up as much as could be achieved.
A/N: Okay, Bella and Edward know they will be working together. The explosion almost happened, but, the Police Commissioner put a stop to it real quick. Is the temporary peace going to last? Or, will they have something to say to each other after they are out of everyone's hearing? Will they work well together? Things are going to be hot, but in what areas?
The three guys are now being question and we have been introduced to the two top people running the show. Are our guys criminals or undercover? If they are undercover will they end up look the ones before them?
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