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Lincoln was nervously looking at Rachel at the other side of the table they were seated at in a restaurant; Rachel had now moved here and this was their first full date in person. Lincoln glanced to the restaurant front window with Sterling there giving two supportive thumbs up. Lincoln gave a nod to him as he looked back at Rachel; "This was a surprise. Our paths to converge once more. I like you Lincoln." Rachel recited her haiku to Lincoln who looked at her. "What do you think? Not my best work but..." Rachel asked as Lincoln shook his head.
"No! That was good! I couldn't imagine trying to come up with a haiku myself..." Lincoln retorted and Rachel just gave a small smile as they continued eating. Rachel then gave a look directed at the restaurant window and Lincoln turned to spot Sterling nursing his jaw; "What happened this time Sterling?" Lincoln muttered with a resigned roll of his eyes.
"Notice someone punching him angrily. Does he always get into trouble?" Rachel asked as Lincoln laughed humourlessly.
"Why his mother and our boss basically allowed me to join the work force as basically his minder. He can't help himself and just bluntly says what's on his stupid mind... But he is basically just a sad product of his childhood being raised by his mother: the Wicked Bitch of the West." Lincoln muttered with a shake of his head as she took it in. "When he's not being an idiotic jerk... He can be caring at times and cool most of the time... Nights out together are never boring and if it wasn't for him; I would never have seen the Smokey and the Bandit movies." Lincoln then said as Rachel then smiled.
"He does sound... Interesting. I am now imagining that if I was as fully invested in the gothic as I was when I was a kid; I would be thinking about what a dark demented sad soul he must have inside that confident demeanour." Rachel then said as Lincoln could see that but his phone went off.
Lincoln looked frustrated and apologetic; "Sorry Rachel... The Wicked Bitch of the West just called us in to work despite that we are off the clock and it's not even the first time this has happened..." Lincoln then said with a sigh as Rachel then gave him a smile.
"Don't worry; plenty of other opportunities to spend time together like this now that I live here." Rachel assured him and Lincoln then gave a smile as he took another bite off his meal, leaving money for the meal and waved her goodbye.
Lincoln met up with Sterling as they walked to the headquarters together; "What happened this time Sterling?" Lincoln asked as Sterling was groaning while nursing his jaw.
"A sweet blond asked what I was doing when she stopped in front her her; she got offended when I thought that she was offering her services as a prostitute. She then told me that she was married and a working business woman and asked me if she looked like she would jeopardise her career and her marriage by working on the streets?" Sterling answered as Lincoln rolled his eyes.
He then answered "let me guess; you chose the wrong answer?"
"As I can see that you two are unhappy about being called here at this time but I have gotten the intel that makes this the best time to put into motion this mission that I have been setting up for some time." Malory Archer said to the annoyed looking Sterling and Lincoln in her office showing on the monitor a picture of a magazine cover with a turtleneck wearing man with glasses. "Aaron Trusk; noted billionaire head of the Alpha Corp tech empire. Generates billions from the geniuses who work for him but takes the credit for all of their achievements." Malory explained as Lincoln scoffed and Malory eyed him.
"So... Just like the other billionaires?" Lincoln asked rhetorically as Sterling shook his head.
"Waste of a turtleneck..." Sterling muttered as Malory fake coughed.
"Trusk as a side business has military systems created that he sells to the US as well as the Russians and several other countries. Including those at war with eachother." Malory explained as she then had the monitor showed a photo of a tower. "He is now at this building that he has purchased to be his new headquarters and in his office; there will be access to his company's entire systems which includes the legitimate as well as the illegimate. You are to download everything onto this drive and then insert this drive to insert a virus that will destroy everything there." Malory explained showing off the drives as Lincoln blinked.
"We get a copy to use as evidence against the company... Or for your own uses?" Lincoln asked as Malory glared at him.
"That's for me to know and you to shut up about! We are taking down a war profiteer here! Use extreme caution if you choose to execute him as he will be with new executives that he has invited into his inner circle as well as some representatives of our own government who might ask questions if you are even spotted in their presence!" Malory warned them fiercely as they then nodded and left.
"I guess taking down a scumbag like this warrants being dragged away from my date..." Lincoln muttered under his breath as Malory gave him a look.
Lincoln and Sterling were in their tactical turtlenecks and managed to sneak into the main office of Trusk's building. They then used a device that connected them to the systems at headquarters so the Drones (who were quite unhappy to be dragged away from their off work time themselves) could help with hacking it. Lincoln carefully was on watch by the door as Sterling scoffed at the computers.
"Lincoln... You would never believe it... I am looking at security and Trusk has that blond that slapped me with him... He is totally eyeing her and looking over her shoulder to her ass... I don't think he cares that she's married..." Sterling then said as Lincoln then carefully went to him.
"Wow Sterling... She definitely is in a bad situation... Now just focus on downloading everything onto the drive..." Lincoln replied and Sterling then entered a drive and Lincoln then went ot look at the security footage and his eyes widened at the footage on the camera. "Oh my... Sterling... That blond... THAT'S MY SISTER LORI!" Lincoln screamed out loud as Sterling's eyes widened.
"Oh my... Really... Sorry Lincoln buddy... If I knew... I would never have came onto her or assumed she was a hooker... Really; putting the moves on a buddy's spouse like that..." Sterling said apologetically as Lincoln blinked.
"You have put the moves on a fellow agent's spouse at his own funeral before..." Lincoln retorted as they saw that Trusk had security guards come up to him and tell him something. He then left with his guards.
Lincoln looked suspicious at the footage but then the monitor said that the system was totally deleted; "Sterling... Did you get the drives mixed up?" Lincoln asked incredulously with a facepalm as Sterling then took it out and looked at them both.
"Mother gave us identical ones... Shit... She is so gonna yell at us..." Sterling then groaned as Lincoln thought quickly and then yanked the other drive out and then placed them both on the floor and stomped them into pieces.
"We were escaping and the drives were destroyed in the scuffle... That's our story..." Lincoln then told him as Sterling then blinked and then nodded as they saw the guards and Trusk running to the office as Sterling armed himself.
"So... Want to shoot up the creep who was eyeing up your sister before we get out of here?" Sterling asked as Lincoln grinned and got out his own guns and got ready as the doors barged open.