Six months later
Rick sat in a D.C. hospital and kept looking toward the edge of the bed trying to comprehend what had happened. When he wasn't looking there he was staring out the window at the beautiful sunny day. This was the first day in six months that he'd seen the sun. Much to his surprise Higgins kept on sitting near his bedside. Rick found it odd, awkward, and all together uncomfortable. Higgins was also being overly nice. Not only did this aggravate Rick but made him question his motives.
"Whenever you're ready you can return to the Agency." Higgins said
"Okay, thanks." Rick said
Higgins got a text and said "They're here. Want me to bring them in?"
"As much as I want to forgive them. I can't." Rick said a little ashamed
"You have every right to. I mean, after what they did to you." Higgins said
This sort of creped Rick out, Higgins was being, real.
The guys rushed to the door only to find that there was a guard next to it. They went to go in but the guard said
"Sorry. You're not allowed to go in."
"Really, seriously. Does Higgins really think that this guy is going to keep us out?" Casey said and went to attack but was stun gunned in the chest.
"Anybody else want a taste of 1.3 amps?" Asked the guard, Billy and Michael shook their heads no and backed away. The guard continued "He should wake up in about ten to twenty minutes. You might want to get him checked out in case I accidently fried some of his organs." Higgins came out of the room and Michael asked
"Why can't we go in?"
"You should be smarter than that." Higgins remarked "He doesn't want to see you. Any of you. Ever."
"Not even me?" Michael said concerned "I wasn't even a part of the plan."
"Well you didn't do anything to stop them now did you?" Higgins snarked back "Where were you guys?" he then asked
"We were following a very promising lead in Saudi Arabia." Billy said
"As I informed you he was found in an elaborate underground cave not far from here." Higgins informed and started to leave "By the way you're all fired."
"Wait what?" Asked Billy and Michael
"I told you that if Martinez comes back with even a scratch you'd all be fired. Tell Sparky that when he wakes up." Higgins said and left.
Billy then remembered that meeting they had after Michael had called Higgins saying that they fucked up big time.
"You what?" Asked Higgins not believing what he had heard
"We accidently got him abducted." Billy said again and Michael looked at him and corrected himself "It was Casey and me who got him abducted."
"How does one accidently get someone abducted?" Higgins asked wanting a very good answer
"My practical joke went wrong." Billy said. Not good enough for Higgins
"You're joke was to abduct Operative Martinez?" Higgins said sternly with a hint of anger
"No our plan was to fake abduct him. There's a difference." Casey said
"How was this plan of yours supposed to work?" He asked sternly
"Well, I came up with the idea and Casey hired the men. They were supposed to break in, try to abduct him and then we'd come in and save him making him the butt of jokes for a while." Billy explained
"They were supposed call us the night before and tell us what time to be there. The men I wanted couldn't do it so a friend of theirs said they could." Casey explained further
"Well they didn't and that man your friend hired is a new and upcoming assassin," Higgins said "and Operative Dorset, you knew that this was going on and you didn't try to stop it."
Michael didn't know what to say
"If he comes back with even as little as a scratch you are all fired." Higgins said
The guys looked appalled and surprised. They all wondered the same thing.
Higgins read the looks on their faces and continued "Because you purposely put a fellow operative into unnecessary danger."
Billy kept sneaking peeks into Rick's room and saw him just staring toward the edge of the bed. From his view Rick looked sad but fascinated by it. Casey started to awake and Billy said to him
"We've been fired."