Rick Holmes
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Post by Rick Holmes on Mar 30, 2017 14:53:17 GMT -6
Rick, himself, didn't sleep very well. His thoughts kept him awake, swinging between how he could possibly keep Anna out of harm's way if she insisted on going with him when he left the hotel to go after his target, to wondering how she'd react if he was to just simply leave her behind, and finally to the very oddity of their meeting one another.
He watched through hooded eyes, feigning sleep, as Anna tossed and turned, then as she stood up and headed out onto the balcony. He watched the sunrise with her, letting his eyes close fully when she came back toward the sleeping area and climbed back into her bed. He nearly fell asleep as she did, the slowing of her breathing and their gradually more relaxed tone lulling him toward slumber.
He rose from his bed quietly, more used to sleep deprivation than she seemed to be, owing to his training. He still needed a boost, however, so he went into the bathroom to change into his "work clothes", then left the room, making little to no noise. Using the stairs, he went down them, and headed into the coffee shop built into the hotel's spacious entry area. As he let his heart rate drop back to more normal, elevated by his brisk walk down the stairs, he perused the pastry offerings on display. He ordered a large coffee, double cream and sugar, and a couple of buttered croissants, taking them to a two-seat table mounted beside the large-paned windows that made up the street-facing wall of the shop. Sitting there, he consumed his breakfast, watching the people going about their morning routines...going to work, going shopping, going to visit friends. He dwelt on the fact that these civilians just went about their daily lives with never a thought to the fact that their security so often rested on the actions of but a few men and women, ones like him.
This was a direction his thoughts tended to take before missions like this one, but this time he found his thoughts drifting toward some of the things Anna had said last night. He began to try to imagine himself in the role of a "normal" civilian. It didn't scan, however. He couldn't imagine himself existing as he did, but with just a desk job, maybe selling insurance or something equally deadly-dull.
As he began to consume his second croissant, he found his little fantasy changing, molding itself into a new direction. His "normal" life was suddenly enhanced by the inclusion of Anna. He didn't imagine a specifically romantic involvement with her, just that she was in his life. Gone was the studio apartment. Gone was the boredom of being a salesman. In their place was a modest home and a type of job that still required some travel, but nothing that would take him away from home longer than a night or two a week, keeping his mind stimulated.
He sipped at the remainder of his coffee, now cold, the temperature unnoticed as he smiled as the fantasy continued to unfold in his mind...
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Post by Anna K. on Mar 30, 2017 15:37:11 GMT -6
Anna was walking on the street and stops to buy herself a hot dog, she loves those with cheese and lots of sauce, she starts to eat and he appears, she smiles at him and he says something she doesn't understand in a language she also can't understand. She blinks wiping her lips "What did you say?" he just smiles and starts to walk away, but then she realizes she doesn't know him, but she just acted like she did, she frowns and starts to follow him,"Hey, wait for me...You" What is his name? But he was so fast, that man for sure means something to her, she knows, but what language he was speaking, she couldn't recognize it, then she was walking around in circles, lost in a huge city, he was gone. She turns left and the street is empty, all is gone as well, she stops and blinks looking around.."Oh my..what is happening?" she starts to run, one block or two and she sees him turning right in a corner.."Wait...please, wait.." she was screaming, but he isn't listening to her. She stops running and tries to take her breath. For a moment her mind seems a big retrospective, images inside it, from her past, from now, the visions, Paolo, and then it comes from her lips as a whispers..."Rick....Rick..." she closes her eyes as both her hands goes on her head..."Rick don't leave me here I don't know anyone here..." Her heart was running in her chest, is difficult to breath...she screams his name again..she wants to open her eyes but they don't obey her..."Rick...Rick..." when she finally opens her eyes she moans in frustation, "Was just a dream..." she turns her face to his bed and her heart stops...it is empty...
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Rick Holmes
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Post by Rick Holmes on Mar 30, 2017 15:52:23 GMT -6
Rick finished his coffee, then went back to the counter and ordered a second round of coffee and croissants for Anna, along with another coffee for himself. After paying, he went back up the stairs and back to the room. He stopped at the door, pulling the key from his pocket. He opened the door, hearing as he did Anna's voice calling his name. He came around the corner quietly, setting the bag and the coffees on a nearby table.
He stopped just outside the sleeping area, hearing Anna groan out about a dream. He glanced inside to make sure she was decent, then came into sight, smiling to cover his relief. "Good morning, sleepyhead," he said. "I brought breakfast for you whenever you're ready."
He winked at her, then left to go set Anna's croissants up on a plate, setting it on the table in the open dining area, her coffee beside it, taking a seat across the table, sipping at his own beverage, looking out the window and watching the clouds skitter across the slowly brightening sky.
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Post by Anna K. on Mar 30, 2017 16:14:02 GMT -6
Anna blinks as he appears into the bedroom, as she realizes she wasn't breathing, she falls down over her pillow and covers her face blushing deeply, the kind of blush that makes our face burns. She sighs and pulls the covers away..."Good morning , Rick" she tries a smile and stands but still sitting on her bed. "I had problems to sleep last night, sorry I am late" she sounds different, Anna realizes she is able to feel when he is not around her and the feeling is devastating, not because she misses him or because of her feelings for him, seems they are so direct connected that she wonders if it is even possible to feel if the other is in trouble or hurt. Just thinking about that makes her heart shakes, she looks at him and she s blushing again..."Thank you " she looks at the breakfast and adds "I am going to the bathroom I'll be right back" but she is inside the bathroom when she finishes saying that and then she sighs and goes over the room again looking for her backpack, saying nothing she grabs it and returns to the bathroom. She takes a really fast shower and looks for something to wear, definitely she needs new clothes. She gets dressed, leaving her hair down to dry better she wears jeans and t-shirt, she is really frustrated about her clothes. she opens the door and walks over to the table as she sits down.." Hi.." was a shy whisper, she smiles gently this time and starts to eat, she was really hungry. "Good..I like cream and sugar, how did you know? " lows her eyes and smiles again wondering if he knew already everything about her as she thinks they are able to know, she thinks if is able to buy him things he likes without ask...she lifts her eyes over him.." Are you ready for work?" trying to make him doesn't disregard her thoughts. Should she tell him about her suspicious...
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Rick Holmes
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Post by Rick Holmes on Mar 30, 2017 16:32:38 GMT -6
While she was showering, Rick waited until he heard the water shut off, then set her croissants and coffee into the microwave and warmed them, setting them back on the table as she came out. Sitting down again, he said, "Feeling better? I took a guess about what you liked in your coffee, seems we have some similar interests." He chuckled, raising his own cup.
He sobered as she mentioned being ready for work. "Just about," he said. "From the info from the Agency, the Bureau, and from Joseph's connections, it seems that Major Donner and her "friends" are holed up in an underground complex, the only entrance or exit for which is inside a condemned building in an older part of the city. They're supposedly completely self-sustaining in the complex, so don't have any real reason to leave. I'll have to contact the undercover agents watching the building to make sure they actually are still inside before I go in, but I don't anticipate any problems."
Taking a sip of his coffee, he asked as casually as he could, "What about you, what are your plans?"
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Post by Anna K. on Mar 30, 2017 16:53:16 GMT -6
Anna smiles a little more and cleans her throat thinking it is better to talk about this later as he talks to her she frowns slightly..."Plans? Well...I thought I.." she looks into his eyes and she understands, he doesn't want her to go, of course not. And he is right. she can't help him and it is really dangerous because with her stuck on his boots he couldn't do a good job. she nods and finishes the sentence..."I thought about going shopping...I need some clothes and a new phone, since mine is gone. " she smiles at him as she finishes her croissants..."How long will you be away?" she asks, she doesn't mean to be boring just to know what time he might return.."I probably will go to do girl stuffs...I don't know.."she shrugges..."I send you a message about my new number, please write down your phone number because I don't have it anymore.." she drinks her coffee and she leans back looking outside.."When you come back, I have something to tell you, don't worry, it is not important just a suspicious I have ...we will talk about later.." she smiles again looking outside ..."Be careful" was almost a whispers and she really didn't mean to speak her mind out...but it slipped..she blushes
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Rick Holmes
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Post by Rick Holmes on Mar 30, 2017 17:06:28 GMT -6
Rick watched her as she stumbled through making her plans up as she went, seeing it for what it was. He sighed, shaking his head a bit. "Anna," he said. "You know as well as I do that it would be a seriously inadvisable thing to do if you left the hotel, at least without an escort."
He then added, somewhat uncomfortably, "I didn't want to ask you to wait here in the room until I got back, because I know how unfair that would be to you. The only real options are for you to go with me, stay here cooped up in the room, or I get an agent to go with you wherever you go. If you go with me, you'll HAVE to wait in the truck. It's bulletproof, and nobody's breaking in once it's secured. As for a new phone for you, that would be no problem for us to make a quick stop somewhere to pick one up for you. Clothes, we can get on the way back." He smiled a bit, staying quiet about the very real chance that he wouldn't make it back out alive. It was, after all, very nearly a suicide mission, and would be for anyone of lesser training.
"We can also talk about your suspicions. It's up to you: what do you want to do?"
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Post by Anna K. on Mar 30, 2017 17:38:11 GMT -6
Anna moves her eyes to him..."I want to go with you, then if you are not too tired we can buy me some clothes and a phone.." she tries not to show how happy and satisfy she is right now, desguising her feelings she smiles relieved. "I also want to talk about my suspicious, because maybe , since you are more experient than me you will help me with them..." she turns her face still looking at him sat in front of her. "Rick, this morning, when you left to buy me a breakfast, I had a dream, well most a nightmare ..about you. I know it was just after you left because when I opened my eyes you appeared, and in my dreams I couldn't open my eyes..seemed somehow I've felt you coming back to me.."she blushes.." I mean here....well, in my dream you appeared and then you said something I couldn't understand, because you were talking in some language I've never heard, then you walked away leaving me there, I ran after you but you weren't listening, I saw you once again and you left. " She looks at her hands...she was nervous thinking about it..."The funny thing, I couldn't remember you name...and then I did, but couldn't open my eyes...So I was calling your name, over and over...and when I woke up this morning you weren't there." She runs her fingers through her temples thinking about how she was going to say it without sounding crazy. "I believe, everything that happens to you happens to me as well..., I mean I can feel it, feel you, if you leave without telling me I will know as well if I hurt myself you are able to feel it..." she sighs.."Am I making any sense? Sorry, I don't know how to explain this wihtout look like a mad person....seems we are attached...hum..connected..." She tries not to scare him, if he was a normal guy probably he was running away from her life right nnow, that would sound she was a crazy jealous and possessive person..
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Post by Rick Holmes on Mar 30, 2017 18:08:25 GMT -6
He listened carefully to all that she said, then nodded slowly. "Yes, that fits with some of the things I've been noticing," he said. "I believe you may be right, there's some sort of extra-normal perception going on between us. You may be more sensitive to it than I am, you seem to have sensed me better than I've been able to sense you. I've noticed a few flashes of sensing your emotions, but that's about the limit of what I've picked up on."
He thought for a moment about her dream, but couldn't quite figure out what it could mean, either from a metaphorical imagery viewpoint, or from a literal one. He shrugged, saying, "I don't know what your dream could mean, aside from your mind trying to make sense of the physical distance between us that it could sense."
He glanced at his watch, then stood and headed to his bag. He rummaged in it for a few minutes, removing his guns, wakizashi, and glaive from it and putting the guns into their holsters under his arms, under his jacket. The wakizashi went into the special sheath that held it upside-down on his back, also concealed by his jacket. The glaive, folded, was pocket-sized, so it went into his right trouser pocket. He glanced out into the dining area, then pulled a police model .38-caliber six-shot revolver and a couple of speed-loaders with bullets already ready for reloading the gun. He came out and headed back to the table, setting the revolver and loaders onto the table's top beside Anna's cup, sitting down and looking her in the eye. The unspoken message was clear: if you come with me, you just might need to protect yourself, if things go seriously badly.
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Post by Anna K. on Mar 30, 2017 18:32:12 GMT -6
She listens his words already feeling It is really hard for him to relax, he lives in a shell and it is already cracking ..but not broken. Anna nods at his words.."yes, I believe I am more sensitive, but I think It happens because I allow myself...to feel." As he stands she watches...The moviments, the guns, her lips apart but she says nothing. And then when he walks over her and places the gun down, her eyes don't leave his. She got the Message and at same time her eyes reply without even think,no words needed " We Will be fine. I can't Go anywhere without you" she places her hand over the gun and smiles.."I will be right back.." she stands taking the gun with her...After a couple minutes she appears... her hair tied, she puted on her boots, a jacket in her hands. The gun is already hidden with her somewhere. She smiles at him." Well Rick...Let's do this...I really need new clothes..." she winks and smiles even more...bright eyes, red lips, looking like a teenager hero from a tv show....
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Post by Rick Holmes on Mar 30, 2017 18:57:35 GMT -6
He smiles at her as she comes back out. "You keep looking that good," he says as he stands up, "and you'll end up as one hell of a distraction." He winked at her, then opened the door for her, then led the way to the elevator. They didn't have to wait for the elevator to arrive, the doors opened immediately after he pushed the button. Once they were inside the car, he pushed the button for the garage.
He escorted Anna out of the elevator, opening and holding the truck's door for her. Once she got in, he headed around to the driver's side, getting in himself. He took out his cell phone as he started the truck, dialing a number on it. When the call was answered, he began exchanging a series of numbers and letters, then listened carefully, waiting until the person on the other end had finished speaking before saying, "Acknowledged. Remain on site. En route, plus one." He hung up the phone, then flashed a smile over at Anna before shifting into reverse, backing out of the garage, the door opening and closing as quickly and smoothly as before. "Seems everything's set up and ready, we just have to get there," is all he said about the call to her.
He then began to drive across town, taking a circuitous route. He stopped at a Wal-Mart, parking close enough to the entrance to reach it with but a minute or two of walking. "We'll be able to get your phone and clothes here," he said. "The best phone I can recommend you getting is any that you can use a prepaid wireless card on. That way, it's disposable if and when necessary, and will be harder for anyone to track." He shut off the motor and got out of the truck, going around to the front and waiting for Anna to join him.
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Post by Anna K. on Mar 30, 2017 19:38:53 GMT -6
He is really a gentleman she smiles at his words and his wink. Following him she says nothing not even when he talks to her about the call. She nods instead and gives him a "I trust You" smile in return. Anna was already thinking about how being alone in his truck would be while he was working and he surprises her again. They were going to shop. She shakes her head after he talks about the phone and smiles at him when she joins him outside the car. Grabbing her backpack she walks beside him as the door opens to them she looks inside it..there were a lot of people there. By instinct her hand slowly touches his and she grabs it. They go inside, she doesn't look at him...At first she buys herself a phone with all the especifications he gave her. Then she walks over to the female department. She chuckles and looks at him.."I Will be quick. She walks over to jeans department and grabs some, some blouses, moletons, some dresses, she tries in some shoes. One boot, one keds, a high heels black shoes. All the time she looks at him smiling. About two hours later and many clothes before she pays and chuckles watching he was carrying all the bags "Sorry about that..." When he was a little distracted talking to a girl who was trying to sell him a new eletronic stuff Anna sneaks out to the male area, there was an amazing watch, new generation in steal of some plane and all that stuff a man would love, she couldn't help but buy it for him...As well a beautiful tie, the color was amazing a mix of blue that would fit with his eyes. She appears close to him.."Can we go?" She grabs his hand again but now feeling a little intimidated since he was still talking to the giro and she was really pretty. Lifting her chin a little bit she thought It would be a good time to use the gun he gave her. She frows slightly about this feeling not realizing she was holding his hand tightly. She looks at him again..."It is late already, right?! " she just smiles happy she also bought an iPod to listen some music...
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Post by Rick Holmes on Mar 30, 2017 19:57:47 GMT -6
He had waited patiently for her to finish trying on her clothes, enjoying the time of doing nothing. After all, by the end of the day, either he'd be dead or a lot of other people would be, and it helped to ground his emotions to do something so mundane for a change. He'd heard about so many men getting impatient and angry when made to wait by their female companions, but he never really understood it. Now, with a frame of reference, he still didn't completely understand how such men's minds could work in that way. He understood that some of those men were, of course, stereotyped by television, but he also had overheard co-workers talking about their own experiences in this area.
He flashed a smile at her as she took his hand, then repressed a smirk as her grip tightened. It didn't take any empathic senses to understand that. He finished talking to the girl, who was obviously far outside of her normal department, then turned as she left. He winked at Anna, then led her out of the store. He placed the purchases into the back seat of the truck, then got in himself. Once Anna had gotten in, he said to her, "Not everyone in a store actually works for the store. She was one of the undercover agents I told you about, we were talking in code. She's been here for about two weeks now, and has only seen our target twice. She also told me what Major Donner bought: a very eclectic and unusual list for casual shopping, at least when purchased together. Anyways, from that, we can tell that she's probably still in the area, and is likely still with her boyfriend. Who, incidentally, was seen just this morning in here, buying a bunch of flash drives."
He started the engine, then handed Anna his phone so she could call the number to get her phone activated, then headed out onto the highway again, now, finally, heading toward his target...
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Post by Anna K. on Mar 30, 2017 20:30:01 GMT -6
When they where in the car and Rick said the girl was someone giving him informations Anna's face was really red. She moves her eyes to him buy was impossible to deny that feeling she had inside about it. Better to shut up and call her own number to activate it on his phone. when she was done, hands his phone back to him. "Now you can find me" she bites her lower lip feeling really ashamed. Turning her face away and watching the outside she knows she had no progress hiding it. After sometime she takes off her seat belt for a moment and turns her body going to look for something inside the bags. She was on her knee over the seat half body almost on the back seat. She grabs her iPod's box and turns away returning to the normal position. "I am happy I can listen to música again. Thank You " She watched him by the corner of her eyes..."seriously Rick, be careful" was a Quick look over bom and she touches his hand gently as fast as she pulls back...Without a word she remains by his side as he drives to his mission..And her heart was too tight in her chest.
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Post by Rick Holmes on Mar 30, 2017 20:39:00 GMT -6
Rick smiled over at her and nodded. "You're welcome," he said warmly. He turned his attention back to the road for a few minutes, then nodded again, this time to himself. He glanced down, then took her hand in his, holding it as he drove with the other.
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