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Title: You Can Never Escape Your Past Spoiler: This story is a continuation of Viva Las Vegas. Rating: PG-13 Disclaimer I have nothing to do with The Agency and receive no compensation
Since Stiles and Terri are now secretly married. I've changed some of the scenes to have it play out a little different. This next part involves an Absolute Bastard.
Chapter 5
Stiles and Lex were standing in front of a vending machine. Stiles told him "They don't make those things anymore."
"It's those pink ones. With the gooey outside and the white stuff in the middle."
"They haven't made those things in years."
"I just saw one in the 3rd floor snack machine."
"Yeah its been there for years."
Terri walked up behind them. "What's been where?"
Stiles tried to think of something, he didn't really want his wife to think he was in a big debate over cupcakes "Terrorist sympathizers. In Southern Thailand. We, we were just briefing for our mission." Lex just nodded in agreement
"Terrorist sympathizers? With gooey pink coatings?" Neither of them answered they just looked at her with funny looks on their faces, like kids caught with their hands in the cookie jar. "Your mission's on hold. Something else came up, Carl wants to talk to us."
Terri walked away and they followed her. Lex asked "What is it?"
"Emergency exfiltration. Former American agents are being murdered in West Africa someplace that we withdrew from a few years ago."
As they stopped in front of the elevator Stiles asked her "Where?"
"Hopetown." Stiles just looked at her a little surprised. Then fear came over him. The past few weeks he had been having nightmares about Hopetown and the girl he left behind Dacia. Terri noticed the look on his face and was concerned..
"Stiles are you ok?"
"Yes. I'm fine." He smiled at her to reassure her, she didn't believe him and really wanted to know what was bothering him. The fact he hadn't slept through an entire night for two weeks was on her mind. She had been very worried about him.
Reese, Jackson, Stiles Terri and Lex all sat down in the conference room for the meeting.
Carl began to explain about the evacuation of the American Embassy in Hopetown. "The CIA officers took care to destroy or bring out the confidential files. Especially the most sensitive ones." Stiles was paying close attention. Terri was watching his face, she had a feeling about this mission, and it wasn't a good one.
Haisley began to explain. "Which were our agent files." He continued to explain that they had informants in the old regime. "For 5 years the country's been in chaos. Two weeks ago one of our informants Kelvin Daboh sent a letter telling us two of our agents have been killed by this man." They put the picture on the screen. "Juius Banga. Chief of Internal Security for the new regime."
Terri was surprised "Our agents knew each other?"
Carl told her "Some of them did. They were political allies."
Haisley continued, "Daboh's letter pleaded with us to get him out of there, he was afraid he would be next."
Carl finished "Three days later, he was executed."
Lex was curious. "How would Banga know who our agents were if the files were destroyed?"
Carl told him "Evacuation was a bit disorderly."
Stiles just shook his head in disbelief. Everyone looked at him especially Terri. "It was a mess. I was there. It was a disaster. Anything could have been left behind." He looked at Terri who now realized why he looked so upset when she told him where they were going. "Why have they waited five years to start killing agents?"
Haisley looked at him, still surprised that Stiles was there. "The new regime's only been in power a couple of months. Its brutal and vicious, killed 100,000 of its own people in the civil war. But it has restored order."
Carl told them exactly what they were to do. "The state department is planning on reopening our embassy. You'll go in with an advance team, to try to get our agents out. We owe them that."
Terri and Stiles went home to pack. Stiles was very quiet on the way home. As they were packing Terri asked him, "Stiles do you want to talk?"
"No. I'm fine." Terri walked up behind him and put her arms around his waist, she rested her head on his back. Stiles couldn't help smiling when she did that. He knew he owed her an explanation but he didn't know what to say. "I guess, its just that I was in charge of that evacuation. I feel like it was partially my fault it was so disorganized." Stiles of course didn't want to tell Terri the rest. If he wasn't running around with Dacia who worked there, maybe it would have been better. He should have been concentrating on his job.
Terri leaned up and kissed the back of his neck. "Well, we're all packed and we have about an hour before we have to leave Mr. Stiles." Stiles turned around and kissed her. "I wonder what we could do in that time?"
He smiled at her. "I think we could probably think of something Mrs. Stiles."
Terri and Stiles got up and dressed and checked to make sure they had everything they needed for their trip. They met Lex and Jackson at headquarters and then were driven to the airport.
Terri and Stiles sat next to each other, Lex and Jackson sat across the aisle. Lex and Jackson both noticed that Terri and Stiles held hands most of the flight, they knew there was more to their relationship then they were letting on. Terri even fell asleep on his shoulder. During the movie when they didn't think anyone was paying attention Stiles even gave Terri a kiss. Terri just smiled at him. They were beginning to hate hiding the fact that they were in love and married.