Finally, the next chapter! For all who are wanting some Jack and Sue, I promise that the next chapter will have some more of them. However, I had to take care of poor Tara first, so with no further ado, let's join Myles and Bobby as they pick up our favourite computer expert! Have fun!
Bobby and Myles walked into the hospital. With some help from the receptionist at the front desk they soon found Doctor Kennedy and Tara.
Tara was still laughing.
And Tara was laughing uncontrollably.
"She's...well, still coming off of the anesthesia," Doctor Kennedy said in response to the disbelieving look on the two agents faces. "You can take her now."
"What? Like this? Is she okay?" Myles demanded.
"Fine. It's just like after a dental surgery. I wouldn't suggest letting her drive for the rest of the day, but she should be fine soon. She's starting to talk now, but she's disoriented. Maybe seeing you to will help."
"I knew she could be hyper, but this is a bit extreme, even for her," Myles said from the doorway.
"Tara, we've come to pick you up," Bobby said cautiously, eyeing her carefully. What had that medicine done to her? Tara just turned to him and giggled.
"Is it even safe to take her out of the hospital yet?" Myles asked.
Doctor Kennedy assured them that is was, giving them his phone number in case of any further complications. Then he was off to another patient, leaving two befuddled agents with an extremely unusual Tara.
"Tara, let's go. We've got to work on the case," Bobby coaxed, smiling at her.
"Oh, you're so funny!" she said, rather slurred, to him.
"I'm doubting that doctor's judgment," Myles muttered. "Come on, Bobby, help her on that side. She does not look very steady."
Together they helped Tara out to the car. The strange glances their direction were unavoidable.
"At least it isn't bothering her," Bobby told Myles. Myles just shook his head.
"I'm just glad that she's on our side. If she was taking drugs..."
...
"What the matter with her? Drugs?" The security guard at the Hoover building asked.
"Laughing gas," Myles said brusquely. "She's an agent. She doesn't use drugs."
"Oh."
Tara laughed. Bobby snickered. Myles just tightened his mouth and wisely left his thoughts unsaid.
By the time they got up to their floor, Tara was starting to speak coherently again. Or almost. Her talking was clear, but what she was talking about made no sense whatsoever.
"It is a very long book and had a lot of pages and the cover was blue and the picture was of the Statue of Liberty," she stated between laughs.
"What book?" Bobby asked. But Tara was already off on another disconnected idea.
"I like bubble gum, don't you? It can be red or yellow or pink or green or black or any colour of the rainbow. Right?"
"Yes," Bobby laughed. He was finding this hyper-Tara very amusing. Myles just seemed to be glad to be almost back at his desk.
"I'll just go ahead and...warn them," he told Bobby. Bobby nodded.
"I'd really like to sleep right now. My head feels funny," Tara mentioned. She looked at Bobby, confused. "Why are we here? It's the middle of the night."
"No, Tara, its the middle of the day and we're here to work. You're here to help us with a case."
"What case? A book case?"
Bobby laughed. There was nothing else that he could do. He doubted that Tara would be much help any time soon.
Myles came back to them, shaking his head.
The next words out of his mouth were unexpected. "I've come to warn you..."
What do you think is going on? Comment with your guesses!