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"I don't take failure well, Agent Ivan" with those words the sound of a gunshot and a body hitting the ground rang out
The man holding the gun pushed a button on the intercom and said "Send Agent Westbridge in"
Almost immediately a tall red haired agent slowly walked in
"You wanted to see me sir"
"Yes, I am putting you in charge of the search for the NSA legend Zachariah and in turn more importantly Mary Beckman's elusive son. Her son is the key to capturing Mary Beckman."
"When do I begin? Do we have any leads?"
"You will begin immediately. For now you will remain here and form a plan based on the intel we have gathered thus far. Thanks to Ivan not much progress has been made. It will be up to you to clean the mess he has made. We have spies in almost every government or rogue organization out there. They will report to you if they spot anything related to your search. When you have the necessary amount of date needed to form an idea of where Zachariah or Mary's son would be located, you will be sent to search or capture them. Do you have any questions?"
"No sir. If that is all may I be dismissed, I would like to go over the intel we have gathered thus far"
"Yes, you may be dismissed. Don't fail Crux Agent Westbridge, simply stare at Agent Ivan if you have forgotten the consequences of repeated failure. However, with your track record I am sire I have nothing to worry about "
Sarah shuffled through various folders that were filled to the brim with documents and papers that detailed their mission. Bryce and her as well as their team were being sent to Burbank, California. Burbank was believed to be Orion's Belt's base of operations due to all of the legends and stories that surrounded the area.
Casey and Carina's team would later meet up with them and start their own investigation. Team 1 and 2 would perform missions together when they could, but they were made separate teams for a reason. Sarah wondered where Shaw's team would be doing during all of this apparently it was highly classified, so she wasn't going to be finding out anytime soon.
A folder labeled covers caught Sarah's eye. She quickly picked it up and began to read through it. Sarah let out a disgruntled laugh when she spotted one of suggestions for her cover. Some idiot annalist had wanted her to be a wiener girl at the Wienerlishous. If the annalist was a guy, the reason why was very clear to Sarah. The uniform of a female Wienerlishous employee was not exactly what you wore to church to say the least. However, it wasn't the outfit that bugged Sarah, she had worn far worst, it was the fact that working at a Winerlishous would be a serious waste of her talents.
Sarah flung a knife in anguish at being once again reminded that she would not be fighting off terrorists in some foreign country, but instead be in calm safe boring sunny California searching for a group that they hardly had any leads on. To be honest Sarah wasn't even sure Orion's Belt really existed which made her only more frustrated. She wanted to be right in the action. 'At least it will make a good vacation' Sarah thought to herself.
"Knock Knock!" a males voice rang out behind
Sarah looked over her shoulder to see her partner Bryce Larkin. Bryce was her first partner they had been paired together immediately after the farm, which was about a year or so ago. 'I wonder what he wants' Sarah wondered to her self, her question was answered in a matter of seconds.
"Ready to go? Our flight leaves in an hour" Bryce asked as he walked towards her
"Yes…" she responded as she dodged his lips, causing his destination to be changed directly to her cheek. At the beginning of their partnership his actions would have earned him a good slap to the face, but they had grown closer after some very life threatening scenarios. Much to Bryce's frustration, their closeness was no where near to the point of love or even casual boyfriend and girlfriend. In Sarah's mind they were purely friends and partners. However, she was going to be one friend less if he continued to keep this behavior up, but despite her growing anger she let it slide just this once. Finally, remembering what she meant to say Sarah continued "I finished reading though all the data for the mission and I packed everything we needed before I started going though the folders."
"Sounds like everything is going according to plan, let's head out." Bryce said in a voice that did not seem to fit what had just come out of his mouth. Apparently he was still irked about everything not going according to his plans.
The drive to the airport was uneventful. Once the flight began Sarah slept pretty much the entire time. It wasn't long until Sarah was being shaken awake by Bryce, at least that's what it seemed like to Bryce, to half asleep Sarah she was being attacked.
Smack
"What did you do that for?" Bryce hollered holding his nose sensitively
"Sorry, but you should never wake me up that way. Why do I have to tell you this? Your a spy you should know better!" 'This was clearly Bryce's fault and he deserves it for earlier' Sarah thought to herself
"My broken nose asks for forgiveness?"
Sarah rolled her eyes "I accept. And it's not broken, its just a little red"
Bryce didn't seem very comforted.
Bryce and Sarah walked towards a black porche. Bryce immediately went shot gun; although ignorant at times he knew that you never got in the way of a Sarah Walker and her baby. Sarah had specifically requested for a porche to be provided. Bearing the title as the best CIA pair in over a decade had its advantages.
Bryce winced as Sarah zoomed past cars dodging left and right placing the car in front of several now furious drivers. Sarah glanced at Bryce noticing his slight nervousness and futile attempts to comfort his still very red and purple nose.
The drive wasn't very long, in no time they were seeing the tall structure of the hotel they were supposed to be staying at. Sarah parked and quickly walked to the mouth of the hotel. A tall male with blonde hair was behind the main desk. Sarah approached him and quickly began asking for the key to her room.
"I am sorry Mrs. Walker, but there is no room reserved under the name you provided"
"What? Check again. My company made reservations weeks ago."
Although already having had checked twice the clerk make a third attempt to locate the reservations Sarah had spoken of, once again failing to find any such reservation.
"I am sorry, but there still no sign of any reservations made. I would offer you a room anyways, but we are completely booked"
"How in the world can you be completely booked?"
"Well Miss walker, a little bit of nerd history is taking place this week Ted Roreck is holding a two week convention. He promises to unveil a piece of technology that no one has ever seen the like of till now. Even some people in the government have taken interest and are staying in Burbank.
Sarah couldn't believe her ears. They had no reservations and some nerd fest was preventing her from getting a room. In her frustration Sarah simply stormed out to speak to Bryce.
"Bryce, the hotel doesn't have any rooms"
"How did they fill the entire hotel up and what about the reservations?"
"Apparently lost or they were never made. And the hotel is apparently infested with nerds for the Ted Roreck Convention,"
"Shoot! Ok this isn't that bad I am sure we can find another hotel with plenty of rooms"
After driving for three hours it became very clear that Bryce had enacted Murthy's Law. No matter what hotel they visited they were faced with the same story of the hotel being completely booked. Sarah was livid and Bryce was aggravated. In a final act of desperation Bryce began to relay directions to Sarah for there next destination.
"Bryce where are we? It looks like an apartment complex"
"That because it is Sarah. I thought we could stay with some friends."
"Why didn't you mention these friends two hours ago?"
"It's been awhile. I wasn't sure how they would react."
Having reached the door Bryce knocked at the door, praying that whoever answered the door was in a good mood.
SMACK
Ellie Bartowski was not at all happy at seeing Bryce Larkin standing in font of her apartment