Moments
Before I start the second chapter I just want to thank everyone that has either read the first one or reviewed it. When I read the reviews I had a huge smile on my face and didn't expect it to be read that quickly after I posted it so once again thank you. : - )! By the way just so you don't get confused when reading, Walter and Paige never kissed or told each other about their feeling coz no matter how much I loved it when it happened I just thought that would get too confusing and it fitted my story better. So sorry but there never was Satellite of Love ok? I hope it will still be good without it : - ). Anyway back to the story…
Disclaimer: I do not own Scorpion or any of its characters. I'm just a massive fan that likes to write!
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Exactly ten minutes passed since Paige had left the room to go and knock some sense into Toby. Walter was counting the seconds precisely. It was efficient or at least that is what he said. Everyone that ever spoke to Walter believed that he had no feelings. Maybe he didn't. Maybe he did. He was never sure. Feelings to him were just a simple sign of weakness but since he met Paige and Ralph, that theory grew more distant inside of him and he begun to forget it. As he glanced at his watch once again, it revealed that both of his team members were missing for eleven minutes now but as he made this observation he herd the front door creak open and as he stuck his head out from the corner of the living room, he saw Paige and Toby come in silently. He suddenly pulled Paige towards him and whispered.
"What took so long? Is everything ok? Has Toby grown a pair and matured enough to join the case?"
His questions were answered.
"Toby just needed to adjust to the situation. Don't worry it's all under control" Paige forced a small smile.
Walter realised her face as she walked in. She looked uncomfortable and followed Toby with a pitiful expression. Toby strode in in front of her and as soon as he exchanged looks with the woman, he buried himself to a dark corner of the room and with firmly crossed arms dedicated his attention to a wooden floorboard under his foot. Cabe noticed the two depressed people that had just entered and frustrated with the amount of time that had been wasted so far, asked if they were finally ready to get the job done. The shrink and translator both nodded, careful not to trigger the wrong side of Agent Gallo which the whole team secretly feared.
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Without wanting any further distractions, Cabe resumed to assigning each member with a specific task in order to protect the cash and dignity of the client. Happy was told to view the building and establish each place where a surveillance camera needed to be placed. She begun working automatically, first confronting the woman as to what type of camera she wanted. Happy listed every possible type that she could either get her hands on or make herself. The woman quickly lost track of each model and how it differentiated from the previous one so she simply answered that she was not an expert in that field and trusted Happy to make the wise choice of fitting the best one.
"Normals" whispered Happy under her breath being used to the answer from previous experiences.
The next to receive an assignment was Sly who was told to hack all the woman's husbands accounts to find any possible emails or contacts sent form the targets that would suggest that they want to get their hands on a large amount of money that was 1 million American dollars. The woman tried to object by blocking Sylvester from reaching her husband's laptop but Cabe reassured her that anything being done was in the intentions of helping her. Without any further arguments the woman stepped aside and let Sly do his job. Walter then cut in before Cabe was able to tell him what to do, which he hated, and grabbed his laptop to deepen the research into the people that the human calculator believed to be suspicious. Cabe was not surprised by Walters act and simply ignored it as he moved onto the dark figure in the far corner of the room. He called him over and told to work aside Walter to analyse any suspects by looking at any pictures and profiles. Toby nodded silently and headed over to Walter. Just as he was about to pull out a chair from underneath a table, the woman stud in his way. Her eyes once again met with Toby's as she smiled and said in a quiet tone.
"Thank you for coming" she said this and took one of Toby's hands.
Just as she was about to let her fingers interlock with his own, Toby pushed her away. Her face suddenly looked shocked. In her mind she still remembered Toby the way that he was after she dumped him, eager to get her back. Of course Toby read that from the facial expressions and replied.
"I am not interested in you any more Amanda. You not only hurt my heart but my eye as well when you threw that engagement ring at me and never looked back. I tried to call you so many times and not to get a single answer was hurtful enough but then you ran off and married the next man that you lay your gaze on just because he was not me. Well just so you know, I am not here to help you. I am here to help my team get a pay check so if you don't mind I will go and do that without any of your pathetic interruptions!"
Toby turned around to see his whole team looking at him, each of them not moving a muscle and gawking at the sight in front of them. However, he ignored them and sat down on the chair by Walter, focusing deeply into the computer screen as if he was about to jump inside of it to hide from the rush of emotions that overcame him. Everyone took this as a que to return to their previous tasks and act as if nothing had happened.
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Paige approached Amanda shortly after that unpleasant encounter between her and Toby to confront the woman and reassure her that the work will be completed thoroughly and that scorpion will not stop until it is done (just like she said to every client that they had to deal with). She looked at the woman, still baring a surprised expression. For some unknown reason Paige didn't like her. She knew that it was bad to judge people but something inside of her told her that this was a type of woman that was the prettiest girl in high school and was the biggest bully of them all but covered it with a false sweet grin. This made Paige wonder how Toby could have ever been in love with such a woman but she knew herself that love just happens to anyone and for anyone. After all, Paige herself had feelings for a man that she felt was too good for her…
Only a few minutes passed by when Happy came back with a plan of each spot to place each camera and the model that it needed to be in order to perform the best job. Cabe observed the messy plan and made Happy research the cost of each of the cameras. Paige remained jobless and started to take in her surroundings. The room looked very untidy and a lot of cardboard boxes cluttered the floors. She turned to Amanda, asking how long she had lived in the property. Amanda explained that after the death of her husband and the discovery that people were out to get her money, she was advised to move to a more remote area which didn't scream "millionaire" whenever someone noticed her house. Paige simply nodded in response when she started to realise that once Amanda opened her mouth, there was no stopping the flow of unnecessary conversation. This was the reason why Paige was so grateful to her Walter's voice calling them all to gather round his laptop.
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When Walter captured everyone's attention he turned to Amanda to tell her of their current investigation. Walter explained to everyone that after going through all of Amanda's husband's emails, contacts and other social media, they managed to narrow down their search to six suspects. All six of the pictures flashed up on Walter's screen and Amanda begun to scan each one to see if she had any personal business with them. She noticed one name that seemed familiar and without having to tell the team herself, Toby signalled the number four with his fingers and all of the geniuses (including Paige) begun to pack up their belongings and head for the door. Before they got out though Cabe stopped them in their tracks.
"Hold on now you guys do know that that is not the end of the case right?"
"We know" was the meek answer that he received from Sylvester who was still stuffing his laptop into its bag.
"Well then where do you think you're all going?" said Cabe uneasily thinking that the geniuses were trying to flee.
"We're going to find him."
There another chapter finished! I hope that this one didn't drag out too much and that you don't mid the cliff-hanger : - ). Btw sorry if I made Toby a bit too serious but I guessed he would be in this type or situation. Please keep reviewing coz I just love to read all of your opinions and don't get too excited that the chapters will be posted this frequently as this was just a one of coz I couldn't wait with it : - ). Happy reading and don't forget to review!