Of Him and Her

Chapter 3 – Of their First Mission

The hospital bed of the med lab was cold to say the least. Bleak, forlorn, unwelcoming… Her hand was being treated by some doctors she didn't know. It wasn't really serious, just a regular shot, a cut, but, of course, it was insisted that she went through all the formal med crap.

"You did great." Ethan cheered her from his place on the other bed where the nurse was putting antibiotics on his bloody shoulder.

"You too." Zhen gave him a reassuring smile. "Not so bad for the first mission together, don't you think?"

He nodded right before another medication was injected into his body that made the strong-willed man greet his teeth.

Thinking back on what's happened Zhen knew there were some mistakes but they did a good job…whatever Brussel would say or yell for that matter…

"The target is taken care of. I'm coming out. Time – two minutes." Ethan's voice sounded in the other three agents' heads.

"Wait. Mongoose's got problems. Nine militaries on her level. The files are almost done but you take care of them." Luther said, pushing buttons on the keypad.

"Coming." Was his short reply.

"Phoenix, car's ready?" Zhen whispered, preparing to leave Parker's office, cool, collected, exterior but heart's beating at rapid rate.

"Already here." Declan responded.

"We have a problem." Ethan announced, getting shot by one of the guards. "Too many of them. Mongoose, get ready to fly."

"What?" Zhen's confused reply followed just as Hunt quickly burst into the office and started tiring a special rope firmly to one of the windows. "Oh, no…"

But too late. He's already grabbed her by the waist and a moment later they were falling, soaring through the sky. Just like birds except for the lack of feathered wings…

"Shit, I see you…" The car started as the words left the Irishman's mouth.

"Hey!" Luther's head popped through the hospital's door. "You two ok?"

"Fine."

"Good."

"Ok, Brussel wants us all in his office in twenty minutes. You up for it?" The Afro-American smirked.

Ethan produced a chuckle while Zhen grinned but the smile slide of her face as a sharp shot of pain sliced through her hand with another strain of blood.

Meanwhile Declan was fighting his own demons, coming up to Benjy's table:

"Hey, man. You found what I asked?"

"Hi. Yeah, but you know it's wrong, if you let me say so. We shouldn't pry into the life of the other operatives…"

"Don't give me that." Interrupted the younger man. "I have reasons so just let me read it."

"Fine, man. But…just think about it once more." As the computer genies left the chair in front of the computer, Declan took over it, clicking the latest opened file on the screen.

The picture of a beautiful Asian woman with long black curls showed up on it a second later. The profile, Not the usual one that everyone can read but an 'intensive research' as Benjy called it, done by trained hackers.

There was no doubt that what he was doing was wrong, amiss, even immoral, but he had to know or he wouldn't be able to sleep at night. Who was he kidding he wouldn't be able to sleep anyway…anymore.

As he was getting in the history of the slender Asian agent, his eyes were getting wider with every passing second. How could that be? Was it all true? He's heard about women like her but never could he ever imagine he'll meet someone her kind…

Somewhere in a distance he heard a harsh strong voice calling his name but it took him another couple seconds to tear the eyes away from the computer:

"Yeah?"

"I've been calling you for the last five minutes." Luther gruffed. "What's that you're reading?"

"Jokes from the internet." Lame. Really lame.

"Ok." The older man said, eyebrows raised. "If you say so. Brussel's office, fifteen minutes."

Declan nodded and faced the screen once again, this time a wave of shock not making it's way there, his eyes suddenly changing to navy blue.

If what was in front of his eyes was true then probably she'd said the truth. He was just a job…not that it mattered now, that they were partners, worked together, were fellow agents…

Together…worked together…