Our favorite FBI Agents, Charlie and Alex are back with more adventures. When we last saw them they had just wrapped up a kidnapping in New York City.
"Hey Alex, what's up? asked Charlie.
Alex groaned, "This paperwork is killing me. You know I'd rather be out in the field than sitting here pushing a pencil around."
"You know we have computers for that...and admins," quipped Charlie. "What's the deal?"
"It's just beauracratic BS. Since I knew Jenna from before the last case, and we ended up involved with the mafia and then the kidnapping, they want to make absolutely, positively 100% sure I had no involvement with any of the suspects. Some things just don't die easily. On top of that, we've had dinner a couple of times and that was relayed to the bosses."
"Didn't I suggest that you might let the dust settle a bit before pursuing a relationship," reminded Charlie?
"Ah the voice of reason. You might have mentioned something to that effect," replied a chagrined Alex, "but it will all be sorted out shortly, and they haven't pulled me from active duty, so please tell me we have a case."
"As a matter of fact that is why I was looking for you. The Philadelphia office is a bit shorthanded, since several guys retired and a couple more are out with injuries, so they've ask me to take my team to Philly to help out for a few weeks. I'll clear it with the department chief for you to go, unless there is some particular reason you'd rather not take this assignment," grinned Charlie wickedly.
"Like you said, I should let the dust settle," Alex sighed. "Jenna is still a little shaky, so some time and space is probably a good idea. She's got my number if she needs anything. When do we leave?"
"Sunday night," Charlie replied, "so we can start pitching in Monday morning. I don't know what we'll be working on, but hopefully it will just be routine. We could use a bit of that after these last few cases. At any rate, we will be assisting, not taking the lead this time. I'll call Kyle and Bobbie and fill them in. I expect they are itching for some action, too."
"Agent Shore, you're the senior agent so you run point and our guys will follow your lead," instructed the local agent.
One week into their two-week relief effort, they slide into a booth at the end of a long day. Day meaning about 36 hours straight of surveillance, intel gathering, search warrants and subsequent searches. "Whew," huffs Alex, "and we thought the Colombian case was bad. This has been a rough week."
"Yeah, maybe that pencil pushing is looking better" grinned Charlie, "but I think we're gonna nail this one shut in a couple days." To be continued...
Other Adventures of Charlie and Alex:
Aliens, Really?
The Colombians
The Key
Stranded
The Last Laugh
The Morning After
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I look forward to seeing this progress.
ReplyDeleteThank you. So do I. ;) I never know where the story is going until it gets there.
DeleteI haven't read the other Charlie and Alex stories but this interesting though I think it would have been nice to have some sort of cliffhanger like one of them being shot or something but this is good too.
ReplyDeletehave a lovely day.
As you know, it's not done yet. There is plenty of time for one of them to get into trouble.
DeleteA piece of cake and nailing it in a few days. It reminded me of my work... when you think it will be an easy fix on a computer.... "this will just take a second".... that is when something big happens. I can't wait to see!
ReplyDeleteYep, things can go sideways in a hurry. I don't even know what's going to happen.
DeleteWelcome back, Charlie and Alex! I figured these two would be coming back for this!
ReplyDeleteThank you! They're glad to be back in action. I am still working on all the connections and have some ideas to introduce a new character or two. Not sure yet if that will work.
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