Disclaimer and stuff see chapter one
Spoilers: TIOBE and The Camp.
Chapter Two
Darien's alarm clock went off, he pressed down one the snooze button. It was 4:21 am, Darien rolled over and fell back to sleep.
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Claire knocked on the door, she could here a alarm clock beeping. She knocked again, there was no answer. "Darien are you there?"
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Darien woke up to hearing someone at the door, he got up and walked over to it.
The door opened and Claire saw Darien standing there. "You tired?" She asked.
"Yeah sorry, I'll go get ready."
Claire went into the living room and sat down, she knew that Hobbes would be on his way by now.
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Bobby set his tackle box in the van, "Well that's the last of it." he said to himself. He walked over to the front of the van and then got in. As Bobby started driving down the road he realized he had forgotten his cell phone, he
looked at his watch. He was already running late. "Oh
well, I'm not going back for it."
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Darien came out of his bathroom, "OK, I'm ready to go. Is Bobby here yet?"
"No, not yet." Claire said.
"Claire, can I ask you a personal question?"
Claire thought about it for a second then said, "Sure, why not."
"Why did you make Bobby believe that you were going to lunch with someone yesterday?"
"Darien, you already asked me that!"
"Yeah, I know, but this time I want a answer."
"Darien I gave you an answer."
"Yeah, but I want the real answer!"
"Okay," Claire said as she looked up to meet Darien's
eyes. "But I thought you would know by now."
"Know what?" Darien asked.
"The reason I wont go out with Bobby is because..." Claire heard the sound of the van pulling in. "Bobby's here let's go!" Claire said as she jumped up grabbed her bag. Then she went out the door.
Darien watched as Claire walked away. Well at least she
was going to tell me. Darien thought to himself. He
thought asking her would make him feel better, but now it turned out it only gave him another question. What
was it that he was supposed to know?
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Bobby was about to get out of the van when he saw Claire coming out. She got into the passenger seat. Darien came out a second after her. He went to the back of the van and opened the door.
"Woe, Bobby that's a lot of stuff!" Darien said.
"Yeah, I know. Sorry partner, but I left a spot for
you ."
"Where?" Darien asked sarcastically.
Bobby pointed to a small spot next to a tackle box. "Right there, my friend."
Darien looked at it for a moment and then said, "I get to drive on the way back."
"Hey Keep?"
"Yes, Bobby? Claire replied.
"Is there any chance you brought your cell phone?"
"No, why?" Claire asked.
"Well, I forgot mine, and I was wondering just in case the Official tries to call."
"Well, Bobby I'm sure it will be okay, we're already running late. And if he has some good news about his niece, Detective Kelly will tell us when we get back."
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Kelly came into the office early, she had decided to look through the cases so when everyone came in on Monday she would know which one's to give to whom. She sat down at Charlie's desk and started looking at papers. Kelly thought about it for a second and then stood up, after checking in and under the desk, she sat back down. "I know it's here, I just don't know where." Kelly said to no one in the room. She started to spin the chair in a circle when she noticed the sign on the wall. Department of Health and Human Services. "Hmm." she said to herself and then stood up again. Kelly touched the sign it moved, then she pulled it off the wall. "Jackpot!"
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Darien couldn't wait to get out of the van and stretch his legs. As soon as the van stopped Darien opened the door. "Hobbes, did we really need all of this stuff?" he asked as he looked at all the gear.
"Yeah, of course." Hobbes replied. "Let's take a few
minutes to stretch and then find a nice fishing spot."
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Kelly put her ear up to the safe and started to twist the spinner, she twisted it left then right then left
again. After about the third try Kelly cracked the
safe. "Darien Fawkes isn't the only one who can pick a
lock or open a safe around here. Now lets see what Charlies been hiding." She opened the safe and the first thing she saw was a folder, she opened it and saw a old picture of Darien from when she had arrested him. Kelly closed the folder and walked back over to the desk to sit down, but as she was sitting down she noticed there was
messages on the machine. She pressed the button to listen to the first message.
"Hey, Charlie this is Tom, I just heard about your niece. I'm..." Kelly skipped it , and then went to the next one.
"Where is it?"
"I don't know what your talking about!" She heard
Eberts say,
"Yes, you do Eberts, tell me now!"
"I don't have it!"
The other guy waited a moment and then said, "But if you don't know what I'm talking about then how do you know you don't have it! I want the recipe to the counteragent now!"
The next thing Kelly knew the message was over, it had ran out of time. She dialed Eberts' number, but his phone was off the hook. "Dang it!" Kelly said as she ran out the door, completely forgetting the folder on the desk.
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Claire was being amused watching Darien try to fish, but she didn't say anything because she was doing about as bad as he was. Then Claire looked over at Bobby, "Bobby how come you've already caught a fish, and I haven't even had a nibble?"
"Well," Bobby said. "Maybe your not doing it right?"
"I don't doubt it," She said looking over at Darien. "I'm tying to copy him."
"Hey, that's not fair!" Darien replied.
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Kelly pulled into Eberts' driveway, the door was partly open. She got out of her car and went up to the door. "Eberts!" Kelly yelled, she walked in. "Oh, my gosh!" she said looking at the mess. She started to look around the house, Kelly walked into the living room and saw Eberts there on the floor. She went over to him and check for a pulse, it was weak. "Eberts, can you hear me?" she asked.
Eberts heard someone talking to him, he tried to answer but couldn't, all he could get out was a slight moan.
Kelly reached into her pocket and pulled out her cell phone, then she dialed 911.
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"You know what were missing?" Claire asked Darien.
"No, what?" Darien replied.
"A five star super agent."
"Alex." Darien said.
"Yeah, I think it would have been fun if she were here." Claire looked over and saw Hobbes coming.
"You know, I bet that if she was here she'd make Bobby look like a amateur. Actually I bet that if you put a golf club in her hand she'd make Tiger Woods look like a amateur." Darien and Claire started laughing.
"What's so funny?" Hobbes asked.
"Oh, nothing. We were just thinking how funny it would be to have Alex here." Darien replied.
"Oh," Hobbes said. "Has anyone heard from here since she went on that mission?"
Claire looked over at him, "Oh, I almost forgot, she
called yesterday. She said that she didn't know how much longer the case would be, but that they had found a suspect."
"Anything else?" Darien asked.
"Yeah, she said it doesn't rain enough in Washington."
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Kelly was walking around the hospital, waiting for news on Eberts. Kelly reached into her pocket and pulled out her cell phone. She dialed Claire's cell phone number. After about the third try she dialed Hobbes' cell phone, there was no answer there either. Kelly got mad and hit her fist against the wall. She dialed another number on her cell phone but this one wasn't to anyone in the Agency.
"Hello, this is Mason." James said.
"Hey Mason, this is Kelly, I need a favor."
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"Bobby?"
"Yeah Partner?"
"How are we going to get all of these fish into the van?" Darien asked.
"I was wondering the same thing." Claire said.
Hobbes looked at both of them, "What, do you guys
already want to go home?"
"No Bobby, it's just that we can't take more then we can carry." Claire said.
"okay, lets gather up things and then we'll go home." Bobby said a little disappointed.
"What are we going to do with the rest of the day?" Darien asked.
"How about we cook one of these fish and have dinner together?" Bobby asked.
"I'm good for it." Claire said.
"Me too." Darien added.
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Kelly walked into the waiting room in the hospital. "Hey, did you find anything?"
"Yeah," Mason said.
"Well?" Kelly asked.
"It seems the Agency has a problem with a guy named Arnaud
De Fehrn, the records didn't say why."
"Do you think he had something to do with what happened to Mr. Eberts?" Kelly asked.
"No, I don't. There is also a guy named Stark, from a Agency called Chrysalis. It's seem he and Mr. Fawkes made a agreement a month or so ago, but no one knows what it was about. Not even Charlie."
"So do you think he made a deal about this counteragent or whatever it was called." Kelly asked.
"That would be my guess, but I don't think Mr. Fawkes kept his agreement and this Stark guy is giving him a warning." Mason replied.
"Thank you James." Kelly said, then she walked away.
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"How come I never get to drive the van?" Darien asked, looking over at Hobbes.
"Well, for one, I'm a really good driver. And two, well I'm sure we want to keep the van around for a while, you know with the Official being so cheap."
"What you think I would destroy it?" Darien asked.
"No offense Partner, but I've seen the way you drive."
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Kelly was back in the waiting room walking around when she got a the call from Mason. "I just saw Mr. Hobbes's van heading towards his house." She reached into her pocket pulled out her keys, then headed to the exit.
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Hobbes pulled into his drive way, "So, Fawkes you want to help me unload the van?"
"Why not." Darien said.
Claire got out, "Well, what do I get to do Bobby?"
"Can you go get my cell phone?"
"Where is it?" Claire asked.
"On the kitchen counter." Hobbes replied.
Claire walked into Hobbes' house, "Nice." she said to
herself, she had been in it before, but not long enough to look around. She walked over to the kitchen and started to look for Hobbes' cell phone.
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Darien and Bobby finished unloading the van, and then went inside to wash up.
Claire was on her way out as they were going in. "Sorry it took so long." She said as she handed Hobbes his phone.
"Missed five calls, I wonder who could have called besides the Official or the Agency." Hobbes thought about it for a second and then said, "The Agency. Kelly probably wants us to come into work."
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Bobby dialed in his code, "Mr. Hobbes this is Kelly, I need you to find Ms. Keeply and Mr. Fawkes as soon as possible and come to the Agency. There is an emergency. I'll tell you all about it when you get here. Thank you." Hobbes looked over at Darien.
"So does she want us at the Agency?" Darien asked
"Yeah, but I don't think it's why I thought it was."
Darien was confused. "Huh? What do you mean?"
"She sounded worried."
"Worried?" Claire asked. "Worried about what?"
"I don't know," Hobbes replied, "But lets find out."
"Can I drive the..."
Darien was cut off by both Claire and Hobbes. "No!"
"Give me the keys Bobby." Claire said. Hobbes tossed her the keys and Claire got into the divers side.
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Kelly pulled into the Agency and headed to Charlie's office, "How many times do I have to come here in one day?" she asked herself. Kelly opened Charlie's office door, looking at the desk she saw the folder that she had pulled out of the safe. She walked over and put the folder back into the safe "For now." she told herself, then she put the sign back on the wall, she sat down at the desk to wait.
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Claire pulled the van into the Agency, "I thought that Kelly would call Eberts in too." Claire said.
"Maybe he's just not here yet." Darien added.
"I don't know," Hobbes replied. "But when we get inside we'll find out, so lets go."
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Kelly looked up at the sound of the door opening. Darien and Claire were laughing and it looked like Hobbes was the butt of the joke.
"You wanted to see us." Hobbes said.
"Yes, have a seat."
"Is Eberts coming?" Darien asked.
"Actually this meeting is about Eberts." Kelly replied.
"What the Agency doesn't think he's a spy again do they?" Claire asked.
"Correction, I thought he was a spy." Added Bobby.
"Enough!" Kelly said. "Lets get to the point, well let you hear it anyway." Darien, Claire, and Bobby looked at her in puzzlement. Kelly just touched the play button on the answering machine.
There was the sound of footsteps and then they heard someone say, "Where is it?"
"I don't know what your talking about!" a voice they
recognized as Eberts said.
"Yes, you do Mr. Eberts, tell me now!"
"I don't have it!"
The other guy waited a moment and then said, "But if you don't know what I'm talking about then how do you know you don't have it! I want the recipe to the counteragent now!" The message ended.
"Aw crap!" Darien, Claire and Hobbes all said at the same time.
TBC