Chapter 7: The Mission

DISCLAIMER: SOME STRONG LANGUAGE, NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN!

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The alarm next to her head was beeping. Beep...Beep...Beep '6:30 a.m.' Beep...Beep...Beep. Groggily, Annie opened her eyes and looked at the unfamiliar clock. As she reached over to turn it off, she felt Auggie stir and wrap his arms around her. He placed a soft kiss on her shoulder.

"Morning, Walker."

Annie smiled and turned over to face him. "Morning yourself, handsome." She leaned in and kissed him, passionately.

"Mmm," he said against her lips. He pulled her tighter against his naked body and pressed his mouth harder against hers. They stayed like that for a few minutes, kissing fiercely with their hands roaming over the other person's body.

Breathlessly, Auggie pulled away ever so slightly and said, "As much as I would love to do this all day long, we both have a job to get to."

Annie groaned. "Yeah, we do..." She sighed, gave him one last taste of her sweet lips, and rolled away from him. As she sat up, she gasped and exclaimed, "Shit, Auggie, I only have the clothes I wore last night and I don't have time to go home and change!"

"I think I still have some of your old clothes in that closet over there." He pointed towards the far corner of the room, opposite Annie.

She got up and opened the closet. She gasped in surprise. "Jesus, Auggie, this is like half of my old wardrobe!" She started rummaging through everything. "There's even hose, underwear and shoes in here!"

"You used to stay here a lot, remember? You never came to get it all after..." His voice saddened, slightly.

Annie walked around the bed and put Auggie's face in her hands. "Let's try not to dwell on the past, ok? What matters is now, today, this moment."

Auggie grasped her hands and nodded. "You're right." His face brightened as he stood up. "I'm gonna hop in the shower." He started to walk towards the bathroom then turned and grinned, coyly, at her. "Care to join me?"

"Hmm, well, I have always been a big believer in conservation of resources..." She giggled as she ran over and took his hand.

He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her to him for another kiss.

"Mmm, shower, remember?" she whispered against his lips.

Still kissing her, he pushed her towards the bathroom.

"We're gonna be late, aren't we?" she said against his lips.

"Oh, so late," he replied.

Almost two hours later, they were strolling through the doors of the JCD, Auggie's hand on her elbow.

"Oh, good of you two to join us for the brief," came the irritated voice of Joan Campbell, their boss.

Blushing slightly, Annie nodded at Joan and went to stand in the bullpen. Auggie gripped her elbow, reassuringly.

"Alright, now that Anderson and Walker have decided to grace us with their presence, let's talk about their mission." Joan turned towards one of the many large screens in the room and clicked a button in her hand. A sat-view of a place Annie knew very well came onto the screen.

"Columbia?" she asked.

Joan turned to her. "Yes, Columbia. We suspect some of Belenko's contacts are down there trying to buy up large quantities of weapons, drugs, art, anything they can get their hands on to resell and make enough money to bribe or kill our assets on American soil and, eventually, free Belenko. Annie, you and Auggie are going to Columbia to pose as a married couple interested in buying some of their art. Find out anything you can about their operations. This is strictly an observation mission, understand?"

Annie nodded, "Yes, ma'am."

"Good, now go find Barber. He'll get you both set up with your covers and travel arrangements. Your plane leaves in two hours." Joan's voice held that tone of finality to it that Annie knew better than to argue with. She turned with Auggie still on her arm and walked towards the elevator.

Once the doors closed, Auggie cocked his head and said, "She's sending both of us."

"You're the one who's always wanting to go out into the field. Why question it now?"

"Because she's never sent me out into the field since my going blind, Annie. There has to be a reason."

"Well, if I was you, I wouldn't question it. We finally get to be in the field together on a sanctioned mission!" Her face was bright and happy.

Auggie grasped her hand and smiled at her. "I can hear your smile from hear, Walker. Careful, or she might reconsider based on your reaction."

Annie leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. "Well, we can't have that, now can we?"

Auggie continued to smile at her but he couldn't help but worry as to Joan's reasoning behind sending him to Columbia. What was she playing at?