"Very nice to meet you. But if you'll excuse me."
Samine reached down and grabbed onto the shirt of the guy she dumped on the ladder after kicking him. Hauling him up onto the dock she slapped his face a few times before wringing out her shirt over his face spilling water all over him. He started sputtering and coughing as Samine grabbed the front of his shirt and shook him.
"Yo jackass, wake up. I need to ask you a few things," she ordered as he slowly opened his eyes.
"I think she's a rather charming woman. Don't you?" Scott asked looking over at Xander that stood next to him.
Xander looked over at him like he was insane and slowly shook his head. But then again Samine did have a beautifully shaped body underneath those wet clothes.
"Yeah charming. Whatever you say," he smirked turning back to Samine and the criminal.
"Now, tell me what I need to know and maybe I won't kill you," she snapped resting her elbows on her knees.
"I don't take orders from a woman."
Her fist snapped out and punched him in the nose with a sharp jab. He cried out and held his hands to his face as blood streamed from his nose.
"Feel like taking orders from a woman now?" she asked as she smiled at him sarcastically.
He looked at her silently and sighed deeply.
"We were instructed to talk all the stuff to Cairo and wait for further instructions. That's all I know."
"Where?"
"Macula Café. On Thursday at four o'clock."
"Good little boy," she said and turned to Xander. "We must be on our way to Cairo."
She stood up and started to walk away and out of the compound. Before she could walk a few feet a hand wrapped around her upper arm and stopped her. She turned and looked up at Scott as he easily smiled down at her.
"Would you and Mr. Cage be interested in traveling with me? We are going to the same destination and would a waste of money to use separate modes of transportation," he said and released her arm.
"Xander, you want to ride with him?" she asked glancing over her shoulder.
"Samine, do you think-"
"We'd love to Scott," she interrupted turning her back to Xander and smiled at Scott.
Xander growled in annoyance and moved past Samine and Scott. His hand tightened on his gun as he stormed up the hill and towards the exit of the complex. Samine was behind him the entire way as they walked back to Katie and the boat while Xander's temper started to simmer.
"Hey guys you're back. What happened?" Katie asked sitting up in her chair and put down the gun she held.
"I got shoved into the water, twice!" she snapped glaring at Xander's back as he jumped into the boat.
"You deserved it."
"Why, pray tell, did I deserve it?" Samine asked coolly sitting on the edge and spun around to put her legs in the boat.
She leaned forward and rested her elbows on her knees and looked up at Xander. Katie whistled softly and stepped away from the two. She recognized that look on Samine's face. It was the look that said back off or you will regret it.
"You know what. I'm going for a walk, yeah that sounds good," Katie said and quickly climbed out of the boat.
Xander watched her go and suddenly felt a glare burning into his back. He slowly turned and received the murderous glare straight on bracing himself for the attack. Samine locked gazes with him as she stood up and slowly walked towards him.
"Do you want to tell me when you got that holier than thou bullshit?"
"Probably when you decided to be Scott's whore."
"What?"
"You heard me."
"I'm not even going to dignify that with an answer. I'm just trying to find Enclave and take him down. It's either with you or without you. Your choice," she replied standing up to him.
He looked deeper into her eyes and searched for what she was really thinking. The anger was clearly visible but there was also a pleading look, almost begging look. He knew she would never come out and ask for help but he could read it behind her eyes.
"If it's to come down to that then I'm with you. Once we finish with this mission though I'm outta here," he said and mentally slapped himself. He didn't know why he said that, it just came out.
A muscle at the corner of her eye twitched suddenly and something closed over her eyes. Her lips straightened into a tight line and she slowly closed her eyes. She straightened her back and pulled her shoulders back before looking up at Xander. He was reminded of someone about to go off to war. Building impenetrable walls to block out any attack.
"Fine. Katie lets go!" she said turning to look at Katie.
The ride back to the coast of Italy was silent between Samine and Xander with only a few words between Samine and Katie. Reaching the coast Xander waited by the car as Samine said her goodbyes to Katie after she changed into dry clothes.
"You take care and give my love to Axel."
"I will. He'll be disappointed that he missed you but I'll help him get over it," she smiled and hugged Samine tightly.
"I'm sure you will."
"Watch your back Samine and watch Xander's. He's a good guy."
"You know I will Katie. And you watch yours for those sharks of yours. I hear they can get hungry at times," Samine laughed and released Katie from the hug.
Samine walked back to the car and slid into the passenger seat as Xander started the car. Their bags were still in the car so Xander headed directly towards the airport where Scott would be waiting for them. Stepping out from the car Samine grabbed her bags and waited for Xander before walking towards Scott. She tossed her bags into the cargo compartment before pulling her cell phone out from her bag. Stepping away from the plane she waited for the call to go through.
"Gibbons here."
"It's Samine. I need you to run a check for me. The name is Scott Pierce. Get it back to me as fast as you can."
"Scott Pierce. Doesn't sound familiar to me but I'll check around. What do you know of him?"
"Only stuff from first meeting him. British accent, standard issue weapon from British Secret Service. Take the image of Bond 007 and you've got him. And a healthy dose of that British charm that Bond is well known for. Something's irking me about him though. Don't know what but it's something," she said slowly walking back and forth.
"Okay Samine, I'll put a rush on it. How's the case going?"
"We're about to leave for Cairo, Egypt. Hopefully we'll catch up to Enclave or get a solid lead on where he's going next and what he's planning. Did you find out what was missing from the weapons place?" she asked as she wrapped her free arm around her waist.
"Yeah it just came in before you called. A few cases of weapons and two kilos of nuclear grade plutonium. It's giving off radiation but not enough to be classified as harmful. It can turn into a catastrophe if it is put into a reactor."
"Where are all of the reactors that are easy to get access to?"
"All of them are under tight lock and key Samine. No one can get in without high access. And your father doesn't have that access."
"If he wants it bad enough then he'll get it. One way or the other. Probably where I got my persistence from. Okay, call me when you get some new stuff."
She ended the call and slipped the phone into her pocket before walking back to the plane. Both of the men watched as she walked up to the plane and climbed up the stairs. Choosing one of the single chairs she lowered herself into it and stretched out her long legs.
"Captain, onto Cairo International Airport," Scott said to the gentleman standing at the front of the cabin.
"Yes Mr. Pierce."
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Okay everyone there is the new chapter. I'm so sorry it took so long but I just wasn't in the writing mood and it took me a long time to get it written. That and exams are coming up and I just found out that I'm going to Europe next semester to study my major so I've been preoccupied with that. So here you go and hopefully I'll get the next chapter out pretty quickly. But I can't promise anything. So take care and R/R. Peace.