Chapter 25: Restraints: Tiffany and Stuart

It was supposed to be an easy undercover job. Give the money, get the drugs, leave and let the SWAT move in and arrest them, Isobel reminded them. Jubal told them that they couldn't wear in-ear comms but only a small tracker to avoid detection. But they should have known better that things would not be easy.

Somehow, the gang got suspicious and before any of them could react, bags covered their heads and they blacked out. Tiff and Stuart woke up handcuffed to each other.

As the two guards approached, Stuart noticed one of them looking at Tiff. "Maybe he would be willing to talk if we talked to his girlfriend first."

"Stay away from her!" Stuart tried to stand but was pulled back by the handcuffs with Tiff.

"We could take on the two guards. We just gotta work together," Tiff whispered. When one of them tried to touch Tiff, she kicked him so hard that she dragged Stuart forward.

As one wavered, they turned on the other one. The two of them punched him, with her left and his right. They managed to fight off the two guards but not without difficulty.

"I told you to move to the right," Tiff scolded him.

"Well, my right hand is cuffed to you, remember?" Stuart argued. "And I thought I heard someone else coming."

They got out of the building and after minutes of running, Stuart called for Tiff's attention. "Tiff, Tiff..." Stuart called out, "You got to slow down. This cuff is cutting off my blood circulation."

Tiff rolled her eyes. Leave it to Stuart to give a science lecture while escaping. They both stopped. He hunched over with hands on his knees and she had to adjust to his position.

Tiff sighed. "You got to run faster so you're not pulling on the cuff too much."

"You know how much I hate running," Stuart complained between huffs of breath. Looking around, he wondered "Where are we, anyway?"

"They must have taken us out of the city. The building we got out off seemed like an abandoned warehouse," said Tiff.

Stuart groaned. "Great, how are we going to go back?"

"We keep walking," Tiff sighed, "we can't stay here. Those guys might still be looking for us."

"Well, I'm sure the JOC is also looking for us."

Tiff clicked her fingers. "That's right! I forgot about that." She checked to see if the tracker, disguised as a button, was still attached to her collar. It wasn't.

Suddenly, Stuart straightened up. "Did you hear that?"

"Come on, let's hide by those trees."

A group of men with riffles got out of an SUV. Unsure of who the men were, the agents remained in hiding.

It was only when they spotted Maggie and OA giving orders to those men, that they revealed themselves.

"Maggie! OA! We're here!"

The team was reunited. As they got inside the vehicle, Stuart said "Tiff, I really need to go to the bathroom."

"Wait until we get to 26Fed" Tiff said, raising their hands still handcuffed. Maggie and OA laughed as they drove off.

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