Washington D.C.

Two months ago

BANG BANG BANG

The sound of my gun reverberating echoed throughout the small room. I holstered my gun and brought the target towards me. Perfect. Two shots in the head and one to the chest. I had the best shot out of anyone in the task force.

"Nice shot Swan."

I smiled and turned towards the voice and saw Emmett McCarty standing behind me. He had an impressed look on his face.

"Like you would expect anything else?"

"Yeah yeah, we all know that you're a great shot. There's no need to rub it in."

"Sounds like someone is jealous. Don't worry Em, just because you shoot like a girl, it doesn't make you any less of a man."

"Well of course I look like a girl next to you. You're more mannish than most of the guys on the task force! You should really consider wearing a skirt. It might do you some good to remind yourself that you're a girl."

I reached up and slugged him in the shoulder. Emmett may be twice my size but it didn't stop me from trying to inflict pain upon him. He just laughed at my attempt.

"Come on, we have to get to briefing. The place is buzzing about some new bio-terrorism threat. Jasper looked like he was about to shit himself when he told me this morning."

"He's been pretty high strung ever since Alice told him she was pregnant. Sometimes you would swear that he's the one having the kid."

Jasper and Alice have been married for two years and she told him she was pregnant seven months ago. Since then, Alice has been glowing and Jasper has been the one throwing up.

Emmett and I left the shooting range and headed towards the briefing room. The florescent lights were bright and the hallways were buzzing with the news of the new threat.

"Jasper told me that this will be his last assignment before he transfers to the white collar crime department. For some reason Alice doesn't like the idea of Jasper putting his life on the line everyday."

I just smiled at Emmett's comments. I didn't say it out loud, but I knew that he would be next. I know that Rosalie doesn't like the idea of losing him. 'Tis the nature of the beast. Dealing with threats on a daily basis wore agents thin. Most anti-terrorism agents only lasted five years. Emmett has been on the anti-terrorism task force for six. I just celebrated my fourth year. I still find my job exciting and have yet to get tired of it.

Emmett and I made our way through the hallway and came upon the briefing room.

"Hey Em, I'm going to get some coffee. Did you need anything?"

"Nah, I'm good. You had better make it quick, you know how the chief gets if you're late."

"I'll only be a few minutes."

I continued down the hallway and listened to the hustle and bustle of the office. Paper shredders going, phones ringing, and people talking. I may be crazy, but these were the sounds that soothed me. When there is noise, I know everything is okay, but the silence holds so much more to it.

My mind wandered as the smell of coffee drifted to my nostrils. Ah yes, caffeine, my sweet sweet mistress. I rounded the corner into the break room and found my lover in a glass pot. I grabbed a cup and poured some coffee into it.

"Swan!"

I jumped at the sudden, loud and booming voice from behind me. I turned to see the Chief right behind me with a stern look on his face.

"What are you doing? You're going to be late for briefing!"

"I'm on my way Chief. I just needed to grab some coffee. You know I can't function without caffeine."

"Alright, but you better be in there in eight minutes."

"Yes sir!"

Seeming happy with my response, he turned and left for briefing. My focus went back to my coffee. I picked up my cup and inhaled deeply and took a sip. It was a little cold, but it would do. I looked at my cup endearingly.

"Sometimes I think you're the only one that understands me."

"Excuse me, I'm sorry to interrupt your conversation with your coffee, but I was wondering if you could direct me to the briefing room."

I looked up from my coffee to see the most beautiful green eyes looking back at me. I blushed slightly and put my coffee down on the counter. The man before me was a Greek god. Short, soft bronze hair, a dazzling white smile, and from what I could tell from the way his suit fit, a nice body to boot.

"I'm sorry. I'm a little odd until I get something in me."

His eyes went wide at my statement. Realizing what I had just said I quickly added on.

"Coffee! I mean until I get some coffee!"

I looked at the floor, at the walls, anywhere that I wouldn't have to look him in the eye after being a total spaz.

"It's okay, I understood what you meant. So, could you please point me in the direction of the briefing room?"

"Well I'm actually headed there right now. But we better move it. The chief hates it when people are late."

I grabbed my cup of coffee off of the counter and twirled around to leave the break room. To my absolute horror and against my own accord, my heel got caught on the carpet, and I felt my body going forward towards the floor and saw my coffee go flying. I braced myself for impact, but it never came. Suddenly I was aware of a strong arm around my waist. I looked up and saw my Greek god holding me up from falling. I slowly gained the ability to be able to control my body again and stood up straight.

"Thank you."

"No problem. Wouldn't want you to break a bone or anything. I've heard you're one of the best agents this department has, Agent Swan."

"How did you know my name?"

"It's on your I.D. badge."

He pointed to the identification card pinned to my chest and I looked down at it.

"Oh yeah, right."

"You are all sorts of special today, aren't you Bella? Sheesh, you're acting like you've never seen a hot guy before."

"I'm sorry, I never introduced myself. I'm Agent Edward Cullen."

"Bella Swan."

We shook hands and the instant out hands touched, I swore I felt shock waves going through me.

"His hands are soft. I wonder what they would feel like on the rest of me…"

I shook my head to try to get the thoughts out of my head.

"Down girl! You just learned his name. Now would not be the proper time to jump on him and ask him to spank you…oh spanking would be good! NO! Stop it!"

I am in desperate need to get laid, but that would be later. I had to focus on right now.

I looked down and realized that my coffee was no longer in my hands. I remembered that I dropped it when I fell. I looked around the room to assess the damage, but I only saw a little bit of coffee on the ground. I know I had more coffee than that. I quickly looked at Agent Cullen and sure enough, his left arm was covered in Folgers dark roast.

"I am so sorry. I didn't realize that that had got on you!"

"It's okay. At least I'm wearing a dark suit."

He gave me a crooked smile and I felt my heart skip a beat.

"Well at least let me get it dry cleaned for you. It was my fault."

"Don't worry about it. It'll be fine."

"You have to let me do something. It isn't right that my clumsiness is going to cost you a dry cleaning bill."

I felt terrible. I had only known the guy for a few minutes and I had already eye raped him, made a fool of myself, and dumped coffee on his suit.

"Really, it's okay. I actually got some food on it this morning. I was going to have to get it dry cleaned anyways."

I started to say something, but he stopped me.

"We should get to that meeting Agent Swan, we don't want to be late."

"Oh yeah, come on."

We left the break room and headed towards the briefing room. I wanted to make small talk, but every time I went to say something, my brain would stop me.

"No! You have done enough damage! The last thing you need to do right now is totally scare him off by saying something stupid! Now shut up and keep walking. And try not to trip this time."

Once we got to the room, I went to my usual seat next to Emmett and Agent Cullen went up to where the Chief was standing.

"Who's that guy?"

"His name is Edward Cullen. He's an agent but I'm not sure why he's here."

"Well look at you, little miss welcome wagon. Already getting acquainted with the new guy."

"Shut up Emmett! It's not like that. He came into the break room and asked where the briefing room was. That's all."

"Really? That's all? Because you seem a little flustered for that being it."

I know that I can't lie to Emmett. He knows me better than anyone.

"Okay, fine. We talked a little bit, he stopped me from falling on my face, and I spilled coffee all over him. Happy now?"

"Very."

I wanted to smack the smile off of his face so badly. Later. I would get my payback later. I turned my attention to the Chief when I heard him clear his throat.

"Alright everyone, what we have to cover is very important, so pay attention. As many of you have already heard, there is a new threat going around. A group has been making threats that they have developed a new chemical that could be very deadly. The chemical is called Ghede. For those of you that are more religious, you may recognize that name. Ghede is the name of the Voodoo God of Death. Ghede is also believed to occasionally turn the dead into zombies. That is pretty much what this chemical does. It slowly destroys the person's ability to reason and feel. This results in the infected to attack others in a merciless way. We haven't had any encounters or incidents from this yet and we hope not to. That is where we come in. We need to find where this chemical is being made, who's making it, why they are making it, and what we can do to reverse it if someone becomes infected. This is all we know at the moment. As soon as we know more, we will inform all of you. Hale and McCarty, I want you two to start gathering information. Swan, I want you on this case. You have the best track record for undercover and covert operations."

"Yes Sir. I won't let you down."

"I know you won't. And one last thing before we leave. This is Agent Edward Cullen. He is here from Seattle for this operation. He has experience with forms of this chemical. Swan, you will be partnered with Agent Cullen. I believe with the nature of this situation, you will need a partner."

"Yes Sir."

"Alright. That is it for now. You can all go back to what you were doing."

I didn't know how to feel. I was excited because I knew I would get to spend more time with this beautiful man, but I was scared shitless because I would get to spend more time with this beautiful man.

"God help me! Please don't let me make an ass out of my self."

Everyone began to leave the room. I stood up to walk out, but my foot got caught on the leg of the chair and I fell to the ground.

"We really should put padding on you, shouldn't we?"

I looked up and saw Agent Cullen looking down at me with a crooked smile.

"Great. Thanks God! I think it's time for me to become a Buddhist."