A/N: You guys are amazing! Thanks so much for all the great reviews :) I'll try updating faster!! I know a lot of you already figured out who B's partner might be so this chapter might get a bit boring for you guys. But I hope you enjoy it anyway! And review if you want to :) I love reviews!!
Flirting With Danger – Chapter 5
"Go on ahead," Gwen waved Blair to a room she had never been to. "They're waiting for you."
"They?" Blair raised her eyebrows.
"Just go!" Gwen practically shoved her through the door.
The room was set-up like a boardroom, with a long mahogany table and numerous leather chairs.
"Blair! You're early," the director smiled at her warmly, his eyes darting anxiously to the clock on the wall.
Blair stopped at the door and gaped when she saw who was sitting next to the director. Donald Dillon was an intimidating presence even from afar. His eyes, like the director's were grey but unlike Josef Franco, he was well-built and muscled. He was also the director of Evin & Larrson, the rival of Henderson Inc. Though both were under the CIA and specialised in the same fields, there had always been intense competiton between them.
Blair recalled an incident in Templeton Hall when agents from both organisations got into a fight in which the Henderson agent lost his life. At Templeton Hall, Henderson agents completely ignored the Evin & Larrson agents and vice versa. It was so high-school, really, but nobody attempted to make peace so the relationship between the two agencies continued to be strained.
"Mr Dillon," Blair nodded curtly, taking a seat opposite him, next to Josef.
"Miss Waldorf, pleasure to meet you," Donald Dillon extended his hand in greeting. Blair ignored his attempt to shake her hand and addressed her director instead.
"What the fuck is going on?" she smiled sweetly.
Donald laughed, "well, at least now we know how the agents feel about this. Didn't Josef tell you? You're going to be working with a partner."
"I knew that. But that doesn't justify your presence here," she retorted. "Last time I checked...we hated each other."
"Trust me honey, nothing has changed," Donald chuckled. "I'm here to introduce you to your new partner. He's from Evin & Larrson, by the way."
"He?" Blair blurted out. "I wasn't expecting a male..."
"Don't worry - you'll love him. He's a real hit with the ladies," Donald assured her.
"Great," Blair rolled her eyes imagining some hunky blonde Abercrombie model look-a-like waltzing into the room.
Imagine her surprise when Chuck Bass strolled through those very doors.
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"Chuck, has stalking me become your new hobby?" Blair hissed vehemently. "How the hell did you get in here anyway? And 'I'm Chuck Bass' does not qualify as an answer."
He smirked, "how about...I'm your new partner? Is that a good enough answer?"
"You what?!" Blair whirled around to face Donald and Josef. "Are you serious? Chuck Bass is my partner?"
Donald nodded smugly. "Told you he's a hit with the ladies," he said to Josef.
"You two know each other well?" Josef looked puzzled.
"Oh we're very close, so close, in fact...that Blair lost her vir - " Blair discreetly stomped on Chuck's foot with her white stilettos.
"Chuck is a childhood acquaintance," Blair clarified, shooting daggers with her eyes. "Nothing more."
There was an uncomfortable silence in which Blair felt incredibly guilty because it seemed as though Chuck had truly been hurt by her last comment.
"Take a seat, Chuck, we have to brief you guys," Donald gave the two of them a strange look.
Their mission; to infiltrate a huge crime syndicate headed by Roland Devin - a British mastermind who had outwitted the CIA many a time.
"We've been trying to nab this guy for years but he always gets away. Somehow, Roland Devin is always a step ahead of us. So, we're trying a different tactic this time. You must have heard the phrase: If you can't beat them, join them," Josef flipped through his notes. "That's what we're going to do - join them."
"This organisation is flawless and extremely efficient. They only recruit once every five years. You two will be approached by them to join in a few days. They will then put you through a series of tests. If you pass them, you're hired. You see...these guys only want the best in the business. They don't just hire anybody," Donald told them.
"Which is why we're sending you two. Chuck Bass is their best agent and you're ours," Josef interrupted him. "They only hire in pairs."
"So...what do we do when we're in?" Blair asked.
Donald answered in a quiet voice, "you will do as they say. You will kill whoever they ask you to kill, and you will obey them regardless of what happens. You see...they can't suspect you guys. If they get the slightest inkling that you're CIA, they'll kill you. And we can't affored to lose you."
"And if they ask us to take out someone from the CIA?" Chuck voiced what Blair had been thinking.
"I trust the two of you will be able to make such decisions on your own, depending on who your target is. An assassination can always go wrong, you know."
"Yes, but we don't make mistakes," Blair retorted. "And if we do...they'll suspect something."
Josef sighed, "I trust your instincts. Besides, you will always have some form of communication with us. We want details of every operation they're carrying out. Be it, drugs, diamonds, weapons...whatever, you have to tell us everything."
"You said we'll always have some kind of communication with you...how is that going to work? These people are smart - they'll probably keep an eye on new recruits 24/7," Chuck said.
"Let's just say, you're not the only agents infiltrating them," Josef and Donald stood up, signalling that the briefing was over.
Donald gave Chuck and Blair thick black files, "this is all you need to know. They will approach you anytime...so you two need to be together from now on."
The two of them got into the elevator.
"Did you hear that, Waldorf? We have to be together now," Chuck drawled.
Blair rolled her eyes, "are we taking your limo or mine?"
"Let's take mine since we have so many memories in there," he smirked.
"You're heinous."