Nothing is mine
Angela was off to the side of the theater where the rehearsals were going to start. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a petite blond approaching. Bernadette walked up and asked; "My name is Bernadette, I'm looking for Angie. Have you seen her"?
Angela was taken aback a little. "Why are you looking for Angie, is there something wrong"?
"No, I've heard that she is going to room with my friend Penny and I wanted to ask her something".
"Well, I'm Angie, how can I help you"?
"Oh, I'm sorry", Bernadette smiled. "I didn't mean to startle you. It's just that Penny has heard some disturbing news about her boyfriend and I'm a little worried about her right now. You guys are going away and I was wondering if you could kind of keep an eye on her if she starts to feel a little down. She's real excited about this tour and I just worry about her".
Angie was curious to find out if this boyfriend was indeed the Leonard they had placed on the research team and as to how much Penny might know. She was curious as to how she might have found out about the disappearance because the only discussions they had were with Dr. Hawking's team, so she asked, "what is the disturbing news"?
Bernadette wasn't sure how far she should step over the line as to Penny's privacy, so she tried to keep it vague. "Well, it seems that her boyfriend Leonard had a mishap at work and can't call her. She hasn't talked to him in a while and she seemed a little depressed. I was wondering if you could just be there for her and let me know if anything happens".
Angie smiled back, "well, Penny and I had a really nice conversation yesterday and she seems really nice. She did tell me about her scientist boyfriend. I think his name was Leonard. My boyfriend Bobby is the set director for the troupe and we were going to ask her to tag along with us if she didn't feel too much like a third wheel".
"That sounds great". Bernadette responded. "Thanks, here's my cell number. I'll set it up for international calls. I better go before she gets here and is suspicious".
"Nice to meet you Bernadette", Angie smiled back, giving Bernadette her contact information. "We'll keep an eye on her".
Raj, Howard and Sheldon were dressed in standard Army fatigues in order to better conceal their identities. They got on board the military transport with their "orders". Howard read them, "It seems we are to meet a Captain Chu when we get there. We are going to a remote base just south of the DMZ".
Raj was a little concerned. "Don't you think that is a little close? We are not exactly schooled in proper military tactics".
Sheldon scoffed. "Raj, if you people would have just paid more attention to my weekly paint ball strategy meetings, you would be as prepared as you needed to be".
Howard looked up not believing what he was hearing. "Yes, planning to ambush the enemy as they try to pee with the Hammer of the gods is what we need to know to make sure we don't get killed during a covert spy operation".
Angela and Bobby met for a cup of coffee during the first break in rehearsals. Angela brought up the possible leak in information. "I don't know how, but it seems that Penny is aware of the disappearance of Kim and Hofstadter. Apparently, she is his girlfriend and has been acting a little strange since she found out about his disappearance. I was approached by one of her friends and asked to keep an eye on her, so there is a larger pool of people that know of this little mishap than we thought or want".
Bobby took a sip of coffee. "We can get her off the cast and have her detained".
Angela shook her head. "No that might turn into a problem if she is that unstable. And, we need to find out who else knows and if they have told anybody else. I'm her roommate on this trip. We will just need to keep a close eye on her and see if we can determine where the leak is. Everything is fine so far. Today went well; she didn't seem to be acting any differently".
At that point, Penny walked up. "Angie there you are, this coffee is terrible. How do you think the session went? It seemed pretty good to me". Penny was still feeling a little down from the experience the night before. Everything seemed so real to her, but she put it off as a bad dream.
"Penny", Angie said, "this is Bobby. He's the set designer for the troupe".
"Oh"…Penny smiled, "is this the boyfriend you were telling me about"?
Bobby looked a little nervous, surprised to hear that classification. "Yeah, but we should keep that under our hats. The organizers don't want to promote any hanky-panky".
"Well, you can count on me", Penny responded, "Zip it, lock it, put it in your pocket".
Bobby then turned on the charm. "So Angie tells me you are off the market too".
"Yup", Penny smiled, "my boyfriend is a genius scientist, he can't come to any of the rehearsals though, he's really busy. I hope they do a tape or something of the play so I can show it to him. Well, gotta get ready for the next scene, good to meet you".
Bobby turned to Angela, "boyfriend"?
Angela looked back, "yeah; well I figured it would be easier to bond if we had something in common. Anyway, that was just a little bit weird. If she does know anything, she is either hiding it well or in some kind of denial. We better keep a close eye on her. We don't want anything to bring any focus to this mission. We certainly don't want her to break down and cause a scene or anything. We need to get over there and find out if Kim and Hofstadter are there and what they have planned for them".