"I don't believe this," Josh and Sam both said together after they were
told.
"We thought it would be easier if you both were told at the same time," Frank mentioned.
"Is that why CJ and Toby got the qualified agents?" Josh asked. "No offence."
"That's why," Harry rolled his eyes. "Like Mr. McGarry said, no word of this to anyone. We need to keep CJ and Toby under low profile until this blows over."
"We will," Sam and Josh nodded.
CJ'S OFFICE
"Okay," CJ rubbed the back of her neck and moaned.
"Pain?" Simon asked.
"I didn't sleep well last night," CJ said, remembering that someone was in the room with her. "Do you have to be in the same room as me?"
"Yes," Simon said simply.
"I have a briefing in five minutes. You need to stay out of the room."
"I'll stand by the door," Simon nodded.
"Fine," CJ said. "Carol, I need Toby!" CJ yelled from her office. "Tell him I don't have the notes on the banking bill."
"Yeah," Carol said and rushed down the hall to Toby's office.
"You feel cheated because you got a female to watch over you?" Rachel smirked.
"No," Toby moaned while typing on his lab top.
"You feel that if I save your ass, everyone will mock you because a female saved you," Rachel kept smirking. "I've had detail like this before."
"I thought the role of the secret service was to protect and shut up," Toby glared.
"Maybe it is," Rachel shrugged.
"Toby, CJ doesn't have the notes on the banking bill," Carol wondered in.
"Here," Toby grabbed them. "Tell her I revised a few things and to look over it before going in there."
"Yeah," Carol grabbed the notes and took off.
"A woman of power, woman of strength," Rachel smiled.
"Why are you bugging me?"
"Why not?" Rachel asked. "Admit it, it offends you that a woman is your agent."
"If you can help me protect CJ, then I don't care what you are."
"Well, you did it sooner then I thought."
"What?"
"Earned my respect," Rachel nodded. "I'll shut up now."
"Thank you," Toby smiled and went back to work.
ONE WEEK LATER
"Mr. Ziegler," Simon nodded.
"Where's CJ?" Toby asked.
"She locked me out of her office," Simon mentioned.
"She likes doing that," Toby smiled and knocked.
"Simon, I swear."
"It's Toby."
"Oh," CJ unlocked the door. "Sorry."
"It's fine," Toby smirked and walked in.
"Will you be going home soon?" Simon asked.
"I'm not sure," CJ said, slamming the door in his face.
"Why don't you give him a break," Toby mentioned.
"Are you trying to tell me that you like this whole protection thing?"
"Well, no. But the man is good at what he does. Give him a break."
"How's yours doing?"
"She's scary," Toby mentioned, sitting down.
"Why?" CJ laughed at the serious expression on Toby's face.
"Well, I went out for lunch and she followed behind me. Congressman Wooden started running towards me and Rachel freaked out. She grabbed his arm and literally threw him across the room. It was pretty neat."
"I would have paid good money to see that," CJ laughed.
"Why don't you go home and get some sleep."
"Honestly. I have this feeling that if I go home, something will happen," CJ shrugged.
"You have an agent," Toby mentioned. "It's been a week, and there hasn't been anymore threats. The President is even thinking of taking Frank and Harry off detail."
"What if he knows what's going on?" CJ asked quietly. "What if he has someone on the inside?"
"Come on," Toby stood and reached out his hand. "I'll take you home."
"Toby." CJ looked into his eyes. "I have a feeling."
"It's okay," Toby grabbed CJ's trembling hands. "Nothing will happen to you. I promise," He whispered. "Can we go home?" He smiled.
"Yeah," CJ nodded and grabbed her things at Toby opened the door.
"She's going home," He smiled.
"It's about time," Simon moaned.
"Doesn't that me you too?" Rachel pleaded.
"I'm going to take her home first, but yeah," Toby nodded.
IN THE CAR
"It's a nice night," Simon mentioned from drivers seat. He refused to allow CJ to drive.
"Toby could have drove," CJ looked over at him.
"He's driving his own car," Simon mentioned.
"Yeah," CJ moaned.
"I don't understand. He's just going to follow us there and they drive home."
"He wants to make sure I get home okay," CJ nodded.
"He seems like a good friend," Simon looked over to CJ.
"He is," CJ smiled.
"Home sweet home," Simon smiled.
"Simon."
"Get down," Simon ordered when they saw an unfamiliar car in her driveway.
Simon parked the car and got out. "Stay here," He ordered and shut the door. He motioned for Rachel to park across the street.
"Toby, get down," Rachel ordered and got out of the car. Toby did as he was told.
"Anything?" Rachel whispered as Simon walked out of the house.
"No," Simon shrugged. "Check the side," He whispered.
"Yeah," Rachel nodded and walked over.
"What's going on?" CJ asked as Simon came up to the car.
"Stay down, don't move or make any sounds," Simon whispered and started walking towards the house again.
"Simon," CJ whispered. Just then, she heard a loud bang and lifted her head up just in time to see Simon fall to the ground.
"Ms. Cregg," The man with the gun called. "Get out of the car."
CJ could feel her body shaking and did as she was told.
"Freeze!" Rachel called out, pointing her gun towards the man.
"Get rid of her!" He called out. Just then, ten men popped out and started walking towards her. As each man came closer, so she did what she was trained to do and took care of them. One man at a time.
"Where the hell did you get her?" He asked CJ.
"Kill her!" The man yelled. He noticed all his men were getting beat so he pointed the gun at her and shot her. "That should shut her up."
"Who are you?"
"I'm a friend," The man began to walk closer.
"Wait!" Toby jumped out of the car and started running towards CJ, but was grabbed by some of the other men. "You don't want her!"
"I was sent to get her," The man smiled. "Kill him."
"No!" CJ screamed.
"Wait, just listen to me," Toby pleaded. "You want someone with power. You want someone with a voice. Take me."
"What?" The man asked.
"You don't want her. I hold more power then she does, take me instead," Toby pleaded.
The man looked over at CJ once more.
"Throw him in the car!" He ordered.
"No!" CJ screamed. "You came for me."
"I came for the power," The man warned. "You keep your mouth shut about things you know nothing about lady," He warned and walked over to the car.
"Toby, don't do this!" She screamed.
"Drive," The man ordered when he got in.
"Toby!" CJ ran after the car screaming.
"CJ," Rachel moaned from the lawn.
"Rachel," CJ ran over to her. "You have to get up. They took Toby."
"Go in the house and call Ron. He'll know what to do," Rachel said. CJ did as she was told and ran in the house to make the call.
TBC
"We thought it would be easier if you both were told at the same time," Frank mentioned.
"Is that why CJ and Toby got the qualified agents?" Josh asked. "No offence."
"That's why," Harry rolled his eyes. "Like Mr. McGarry said, no word of this to anyone. We need to keep CJ and Toby under low profile until this blows over."
"We will," Sam and Josh nodded.
CJ'S OFFICE
"Okay," CJ rubbed the back of her neck and moaned.
"Pain?" Simon asked.
"I didn't sleep well last night," CJ said, remembering that someone was in the room with her. "Do you have to be in the same room as me?"
"Yes," Simon said simply.
"I have a briefing in five minutes. You need to stay out of the room."
"I'll stand by the door," Simon nodded.
"Fine," CJ said. "Carol, I need Toby!" CJ yelled from her office. "Tell him I don't have the notes on the banking bill."
"Yeah," Carol said and rushed down the hall to Toby's office.
"You feel cheated because you got a female to watch over you?" Rachel smirked.
"No," Toby moaned while typing on his lab top.
"You feel that if I save your ass, everyone will mock you because a female saved you," Rachel kept smirking. "I've had detail like this before."
"I thought the role of the secret service was to protect and shut up," Toby glared.
"Maybe it is," Rachel shrugged.
"Toby, CJ doesn't have the notes on the banking bill," Carol wondered in.
"Here," Toby grabbed them. "Tell her I revised a few things and to look over it before going in there."
"Yeah," Carol grabbed the notes and took off.
"A woman of power, woman of strength," Rachel smiled.
"Why are you bugging me?"
"Why not?" Rachel asked. "Admit it, it offends you that a woman is your agent."
"If you can help me protect CJ, then I don't care what you are."
"Well, you did it sooner then I thought."
"What?"
"Earned my respect," Rachel nodded. "I'll shut up now."
"Thank you," Toby smiled and went back to work.
ONE WEEK LATER
"Mr. Ziegler," Simon nodded.
"Where's CJ?" Toby asked.
"She locked me out of her office," Simon mentioned.
"She likes doing that," Toby smiled and knocked.
"Simon, I swear."
"It's Toby."
"Oh," CJ unlocked the door. "Sorry."
"It's fine," Toby smirked and walked in.
"Will you be going home soon?" Simon asked.
"I'm not sure," CJ said, slamming the door in his face.
"Why don't you give him a break," Toby mentioned.
"Are you trying to tell me that you like this whole protection thing?"
"Well, no. But the man is good at what he does. Give him a break."
"How's yours doing?"
"She's scary," Toby mentioned, sitting down.
"Why?" CJ laughed at the serious expression on Toby's face.
"Well, I went out for lunch and she followed behind me. Congressman Wooden started running towards me and Rachel freaked out. She grabbed his arm and literally threw him across the room. It was pretty neat."
"I would have paid good money to see that," CJ laughed.
"Why don't you go home and get some sleep."
"Honestly. I have this feeling that if I go home, something will happen," CJ shrugged.
"You have an agent," Toby mentioned. "It's been a week, and there hasn't been anymore threats. The President is even thinking of taking Frank and Harry off detail."
"What if he knows what's going on?" CJ asked quietly. "What if he has someone on the inside?"
"Come on," Toby stood and reached out his hand. "I'll take you home."
"Toby." CJ looked into his eyes. "I have a feeling."
"It's okay," Toby grabbed CJ's trembling hands. "Nothing will happen to you. I promise," He whispered. "Can we go home?" He smiled.
"Yeah," CJ nodded and grabbed her things at Toby opened the door.
"She's going home," He smiled.
"It's about time," Simon moaned.
"Doesn't that me you too?" Rachel pleaded.
"I'm going to take her home first, but yeah," Toby nodded.
IN THE CAR
"It's a nice night," Simon mentioned from drivers seat. He refused to allow CJ to drive.
"Toby could have drove," CJ looked over at him.
"He's driving his own car," Simon mentioned.
"Yeah," CJ moaned.
"I don't understand. He's just going to follow us there and they drive home."
"He wants to make sure I get home okay," CJ nodded.
"He seems like a good friend," Simon looked over to CJ.
"He is," CJ smiled.
"Home sweet home," Simon smiled.
"Simon."
"Get down," Simon ordered when they saw an unfamiliar car in her driveway.
Simon parked the car and got out. "Stay here," He ordered and shut the door. He motioned for Rachel to park across the street.
"Toby, get down," Rachel ordered and got out of the car. Toby did as he was told.
"Anything?" Rachel whispered as Simon walked out of the house.
"No," Simon shrugged. "Check the side," He whispered.
"Yeah," Rachel nodded and walked over.
"What's going on?" CJ asked as Simon came up to the car.
"Stay down, don't move or make any sounds," Simon whispered and started walking towards the house again.
"Simon," CJ whispered. Just then, she heard a loud bang and lifted her head up just in time to see Simon fall to the ground.
"Ms. Cregg," The man with the gun called. "Get out of the car."
CJ could feel her body shaking and did as she was told.
"Freeze!" Rachel called out, pointing her gun towards the man.
"Get rid of her!" He called out. Just then, ten men popped out and started walking towards her. As each man came closer, so she did what she was trained to do and took care of them. One man at a time.
"Where the hell did you get her?" He asked CJ.
"Kill her!" The man yelled. He noticed all his men were getting beat so he pointed the gun at her and shot her. "That should shut her up."
"Who are you?"
"I'm a friend," The man began to walk closer.
"Wait!" Toby jumped out of the car and started running towards CJ, but was grabbed by some of the other men. "You don't want her!"
"I was sent to get her," The man smiled. "Kill him."
"No!" CJ screamed.
"Wait, just listen to me," Toby pleaded. "You want someone with power. You want someone with a voice. Take me."
"What?" The man asked.
"You don't want her. I hold more power then she does, take me instead," Toby pleaded.
The man looked over at CJ once more.
"Throw him in the car!" He ordered.
"No!" CJ screamed. "You came for me."
"I came for the power," The man warned. "You keep your mouth shut about things you know nothing about lady," He warned and walked over to the car.
"Toby, don't do this!" She screamed.
"Drive," The man ordered when he got in.
"Toby!" CJ ran after the car screaming.
"CJ," Rachel moaned from the lawn.
"Rachel," CJ ran over to her. "You have to get up. They took Toby."
"Go in the house and call Ron. He'll know what to do," Rachel said. CJ did as she was told and ran in the house to make the call.
TBC
