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“Agents Parker, Knight.”
Alden looks up from where he’s packing everything up for the night, frowning at the look on Vance’s face, “Everything alright, Director?”
“That very much depends on how you define ‘alright’, Agent Parker-“ dread curls in his stomach- “I just got word from Agent Tennant. She and Agent Torres were involved in an ambush.”
“What?” Knight bursts into action, standing suddenly from her desk as she urgently asks, “are they okay?”
“Neither injured,” the Director confirms quickly and Alden watches Knight physically relax, “the suspect they were transporting however, is a different story. He was shot and his body taken.”
“His body?”- Alden is momentarily shaken from his concern by deep confusion- “why?”
“No one is really sure,” Vance raises his eyebrows, “but this case is heating up, we need to get all our information over to Hawai’i as quickly as possible. I think they’ll need all the help they can get on this one.”
“I’ll go,” Knight replies, oblivious to the amused expression he exchanges with Vance as she begins to efficiently pack everything into her bag.
“Are you volunteering to fly all the way to Hawai’i with a file that could be emailed, Agent Knight?” the Director asks, eyes twinkling.
“Selflessly,” she deadpans, a hint of a smile crossing her face before she sobers, “besides, you said they’ll need all the help they can get. This is about Fortress, right? I know a bit about the company, they’ve tried to recruit me several times over the years. They have no small amount of power and money behind them, another agent won’t hurt.”
Alden catches the expression on her face as she glances unflinchingly between them and understands that this is more to her than transferring information – this is about keeping her teammate safe.
She’s worried. And maybe she should be, if this Fortress bunch are as powerful and underhand as she says.
He shoots the Director a look of approval for the plan – hopefully it comes across as ‘this is your call but if it was up to me, I’d say yes’ – and is rewarded when Vance turns to her with a single nod.
“Go. We’ll get you on the next flight out.”
Knight is halfway to the elevator within seconds.
“And Knight?” Alden calls her and she pauses, turning to him curiously, “make sure Torres comes back without any bullet wounds.”
He watches the understanding pass across her face as she swings her bag determinedly up onto her shoulder.
“Will do.”