Chapter 1
Robin woke upto a slight weight around her waist, exhaling lightly she looked down to find a pale arm wrapped tightly around her waist. Slowly, she tired to turn around, but as she tried the arm around her tightened. The person sleeping next to her pulled her closer to them, until her back was flushed against their chest.
She knew who was sleeping behind her even without looking, after all they had continued to sleep together even after Ted's birthday party. Barney had turned up at her door a few hours after the party and without any conscious thought they ended up sleeping together again. Most night since that night, she would find Barney at her door and within a couple hours they would head to the bedroom together. None of their friends had any knowledge of what was happening between her and Barney. Not that they really saw their friends as they seemed to be avoiding her and Barney.
The persistent throbbing of her bladder, shook her thoughts away from what she and Barney were doing. Robin pushed Barney's arm off her and pulled away form him, causing him to groan at the loss of her body heat. He turned around and buried his head into the pillow. Robin shook her head at his childlike antics and headed to the bathroom.
By the time that Robin had come out of the bathroom, Barney had left, the only sign that showed that he had spent the night was the rumpled side of the bed where he had slept. Deciding that she didn't currently want to worry about what was going on between her and Barney, Robin made a U-turn and headed back in the bathroom to ready for work.
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Barney was tired, the past two week it seemed there was one thing after another happening, the only time that he seemed to get a reprieve from it was when he was with Robin. He had meetings back-to-back today, he'd just finished is meeting with a new party, they had just made a deal for 2.6 million dollars. Now, he was headed to the last meeting of the day with the senior VP and department heads. Before entering the room, Barney made sure to turn on the recorder that he had been sent recently.
Later that evening, Barney headed to a diner in Queens, he went over to the table at the end of the diner, sitting opposite a young woman. "Davis" Barney greeted with a nod.
"Stinson" she relied dryly.
Barney ignored the tone and looked around the diner, "Where's Agent Grant?"
Agent Grant was the agent in charge of this operation that he was helping with, Grant was also the person Barney was used to dealing with. "Not here" Davis said, rolling her eyes at the man in front of her.
"Right, right." Both of them fell silent as a waitress came over to them, neither of them wanted to have their conversation overheard.
"Evening guys, what can I get for you today?"
"I'll have a black coffee" ordered Davis.
Barney was starving, "I'll have a BLT, thanks."
The waitress took their order and left. Neither of them still said anything, Davis waited to make sure that the waitress was out of earshot, while waiting she kept her attention on the man in front of her. Two minutes later, she asked, "So, what have you got for us?"
Barney pulled out a file from the inside of suit jacket, he handed it over to the agent in front of him, she took the file from him and placed a small recorder on the table in between them. "Altrucell, has recently made a deal with a new group call red snakes." Davis nodded as she continued to leaf through the file. "They bought 2.6 million dollars' worth of drugs; the deal went through this morning. This file contains account details, most of them are dummy corporations. There is also details about when the shipment will be coming and any new details that I get, I will pass on." Davis hummed lightly in understanding.
They both fell silent as their waitress came over with their order, she left once she placed the food and drink in front of them. Barney picked up his BLT and took a few bites from it, before reaching into his pocket and pulled out the recorder. He passed the recorder to Davis, she picked I up with a questioning look on her face. "I had a meeting with the senior VP and the department heads this evening before I came here. It seems that the senior VPs want to take the company in a new direction." Barney answered her silent question.
"Oh, which direction do they want to take it in?"
"Apparently, they have been approached by an individual who deals with small arms trafficking. He has approached Altrucell to work as the middleman for a certain amount of commission."
"Do you know who this individual is?"
"No, that information wasn't disclosed." Barney stood up, "I am heading to the john and I'll be back."
A little while later as he headed back to the table, Davis was still waiting for him. he noticed a familiar blond woman leaving a tip on the table near the front of diner. As he got closer he could see an amused look on Davis's face.
"What?"
Davis started to snicker, "Just someone warning me to stay away from you, apparently you are only trying to get into my pants and it will be the biggest mistake that anyone can make."
Barney groaned, shaking his head, "Seriously, is she following me?" he muttered to himself.
Davis continued to snicker, while saying, "I don't think you need to worry about her, she seems harmless. And don't worry, there is no way she knows what we were meeting for."
Barney nodded and picked up his jacket, "Is there anything else? Cos, I got a thing."
Suddenly like a switch flipped, Davis stopped snickering and her face became more neutral, "No, continue to record and pass down files. Try to get more information about the individual and on the red snakes."
Barney nodded in acknowledgement, "Later Davis." He didn't bother waiting a response from Davis and turned to leave. He caught a cab, he didn't bother heading back to his place, instead he headed straight to Robin's place.
