Happy Holidays!
Pete and Myka followed Jason into a shopping center. They watched him enter a store, so the agents decided to hang out until he exited. Myka looked at Pete and gestured to the café on the corner.
"I think that I'm going to check in." he pulled out the Farnsworth and looked around for a private spot. "You wanna?" He motioned to the side of the store removed from the main walkway.
"Mm. No. You got it. I'll get you a coffee?" she said.
"Yeah ok." Pete said as he watched her enter the café.
He glanced around and decided that he was the only crazy person hanging outside in winter in South Dakota. He opened the Farnsworth and pressed the button to call Artie.
Artie's face appeared on the screen. Pete could instantly tell that he was distracted.
"Yeah." His boss was to the point.
"Hey. Just checking in. We're in Pierre, talked to Jason, but I just don't know if the artifact is here or not." Pete confessed his suspicions.
"What did he say?"
Pete sighed. "He's not exactly friendly. I think that we might be having a personality conflict with him. I don't know. He's staying with his parents here. I'll get access to their house and get a look around." Pete started planning on reusing his new neighbor on the block cover story.
"'Personality conflict?' Who's personality?" Artie's full attention was on Pete now.
"Oh, it's nothing." Now I stepped in it he thought. "Just Myka and this guy, Jason. They just don't get along." He understated.
"Get along? Pete, what is going on over there?" his boss pressed.
Pete sighed again. "Really it's nothing. Myka's just a little stressed. She just got aggressive with him. But some suspects really respond to that. It's just her style."
Artie seemed to relax a little bit. "Ah. Well keep an eye on her. Where is Myka?"
"She's getting coffee. Because she's smart. She's inside where it's warm!" Pete shivered.
"Yeah ok. Get eyes on the artifact!" Artie shut his Farnsworth closed before Pete could.