"Was that him?" Jack said poking his head out of the bathroom.
"It was." Irina smiled, from where she sat in bed.
"And," Jack prompted walking out of the bathroom in naught but a towel.
"And the lead was good. Our contact is in LA, and we should be able to reach him." Irina smiled widely.
"Good." Jack said sitting down on the bed next to Irina.
"Do you have funds on-hand?" She asked leaning toward him.
"Do you even have to ask?" He smiled leaning in to kiss her lightly on the lips.
"This contact, is he trustworthy?" Irina questioned puling away from Jack for but a moment.
"No, but I will see to it that nothing goes wrong." Jack said before lowering his head to kiss her neck.
"Jack," She breathed as his hand wandered below the sheet that covered her. "We're going to be late."
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Vaughn crept toward the room slowly, making sure the black suits were no where to be found. He approached to door and pressed her ear to it. Sure enough, he could hear two voices inside, a man and a woman's. Greasing the palm of the Hotel Desk Clerk had been easier than expected, and Vaughn carefully slid the key card into the lock. As he swiftly pulled it out he pushed the door open and entered the room, closing the door softly behind him.
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"Mr. Kovalev I have no interest in your knowledge of me, only of my mission. Now if you are truly loyal to the Covenant than you will give me what I need." She said gun still aimed, and stepping closer.
"Are you truly loyal to the Covenant." Kovalev smiled, arching an eyebrow in a challenge.
"My loyalty has never been a question, tell me what I need to know." She said grabbing his hair and pulling his head back. With her gun pressed to his temple, she reached into the breast pocket of his coat and pulled out his wallet and an envelope.
"Oh Julia, don't tease me so." Kovalev laughed as she threw the two items on the bed. It was then that she heard the click of the door, heard it open and then close once again.
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Lauren was thoroughly pissed when she reached Vaughn's apartment and he wasn't there. She stormed through the house and then pulled out her phone. He still wasn't answering his cell. The GPS monitor was next, and she kicked herself for not thinking of it earlier. She often found herself lost in the world of the "worried girlfriend" instead of what she really was "the deceiving agent". She kicked herself again for getting caught up in her own lie. She didn't love Michael Vaughn. She was there to deceive him. He was expendable.
The GPS monitor lit up instantly revealing that Vaughn was parked only a block from the restaurant. For once in his life Michael Vaughn was on time. She wondered if her day could get any worse.
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"She's meeting with Kovalev. Everything is going according to plan." A man in a black suit spoke into the phone.
"Good, stay on her. No mistakes." The man on the other end responded.
"Yes sir."
"Has she done anything out of the ordinary? Side trips? Outside contact?"
"No sir. I've seen nothing to suggest she has anything on her mind but this mission."
"Good. I want to know everything check in, in 12 hours." The line went dead.
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"It was." Irina smiled, from where she sat in bed.
"And," Jack prompted walking out of the bathroom in naught but a towel.
"And the lead was good. Our contact is in LA, and we should be able to reach him." Irina smiled widely.
"Good." Jack said sitting down on the bed next to Irina.
"Do you have funds on-hand?" She asked leaning toward him.
"Do you even have to ask?" He smiled leaning in to kiss her lightly on the lips.
"This contact, is he trustworthy?" Irina questioned puling away from Jack for but a moment.
"No, but I will see to it that nothing goes wrong." Jack said before lowering his head to kiss her neck.
"Jack," She breathed as his hand wandered below the sheet that covered her. "We're going to be late."
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Vaughn crept toward the room slowly, making sure the black suits were no where to be found. He approached to door and pressed her ear to it. Sure enough, he could hear two voices inside, a man and a woman's. Greasing the palm of the Hotel Desk Clerk had been easier than expected, and Vaughn carefully slid the key card into the lock. As he swiftly pulled it out he pushed the door open and entered the room, closing the door softly behind him.
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"Mr. Kovalev I have no interest in your knowledge of me, only of my mission. Now if you are truly loyal to the Covenant than you will give me what I need." She said gun still aimed, and stepping closer.
"Are you truly loyal to the Covenant." Kovalev smiled, arching an eyebrow in a challenge.
"My loyalty has never been a question, tell me what I need to know." She said grabbing his hair and pulling his head back. With her gun pressed to his temple, she reached into the breast pocket of his coat and pulled out his wallet and an envelope.
"Oh Julia, don't tease me so." Kovalev laughed as she threw the two items on the bed. It was then that she heard the click of the door, heard it open and then close once again.
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Lauren was thoroughly pissed when she reached Vaughn's apartment and he wasn't there. She stormed through the house and then pulled out her phone. He still wasn't answering his cell. The GPS monitor was next, and she kicked herself for not thinking of it earlier. She often found herself lost in the world of the "worried girlfriend" instead of what she really was "the deceiving agent". She kicked herself again for getting caught up in her own lie. She didn't love Michael Vaughn. She was there to deceive him. He was expendable.
The GPS monitor lit up instantly revealing that Vaughn was parked only a block from the restaurant. For once in his life Michael Vaughn was on time. She wondered if her day could get any worse.
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"She's meeting with Kovalev. Everything is going according to plan." A man in a black suit spoke into the phone.
"Good, stay on her. No mistakes." The man on the other end responded.
"Yes sir."
"Has she done anything out of the ordinary? Side trips? Outside contact?"
"No sir. I've seen nothing to suggest she has anything on her mind but this mission."
"Good. I want to know everything check in, in 12 hours." The line went dead.
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