Phantom Spy

Chapter Six

When kate left Stanley's office she went back to the lab and met Raphael to give him the information she had taken from Stan."Raph check your laptop i just sent you a file on our first mission and i also sent you our misson strategy."Raph took off the gloves he was wearing and the safety goggles since he had been working on some new tech device."wait Stan gave you the mission brief and the strategy!?"Kate laughed and ate a Jelly-bean."no dude the man upstairs gives you a mission and you have to find a way to accomplish it he'd never do that not even for me mate.I did that on my way here.So I'll be meeting with Bishop tommorrow so prepare the comm devices and you will collect as much data as you can then we'll see what to do with it.After tommorrow I'll be going dark so your part will be to ensure that stan doesn't know that i've gone dark so you will give him fake updates.I'll have the collector in five days time so that means on Wednesday...are you down?"Raph was surprised at how she was so sure she was going to pull it off.Everyone in the agency knew that the Acolytes were slippery let alone the Collector who had even killed over five Agents from agences such as the CIA,MI6,MI7,the La Gaurde,IMF and other agencies including their own.however he knew that Kate was a special type of agent and she was going to do this come rain come sunshine."okay cool so what should i do with the data from tommorrow?...I mean we have even tried VR software so their voices won't be of any use." Kate smirked and said"don't worry it's a surprise.see you tommorrow partner."She then took off and jumped onto her Suzuki bike and headed home.
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The next day she got to the HQ and went straight to get the comm devices and she then left and went to starbucks,to buy a cup of coffee and then she went and sat at the park bench drinking it casually.after a couple of minutes a young woman came and sat next to her in her jogging clothes as she was taking a rest.Kate tapped her shoulder and the woman took off her headphones."may i help you?"just as she had thought the woman had a french acccent."Not really but i can help you."she said and took a sip of her coffee."excuse me?"the french woman asked as she seemed to not understand what kate meant."Since i dont want to disturb your morning routine lets take a walk its almost the same as jogging isn't it?"she stood up and the french woman mirrored her actions and they walked silently until Kate broke the silence."since you don't seem to know me i'll do you the honours...you can call me eight ball or baller or eight and yes before you ask I got it from the ocean's eight movie, nice to meet you miss Bishop."The woman seemed surprised that she knew her."how did you know my name?"Kate chuckled and stopped and looked at Bishop."I know everything Bishop can I call you Bishop?.Anyways that's not important...a little birdy told me that you're short of a member in the congregation and since i'm a believer of the great works i want in."

Bishop laughed at her and then became serious again."You are just a little kid what do you know about the great works?" "Nothing really except the fact that your next service is at the Great Art Musuem,in less than five days and if you dont get a Reverend you will have to cancel...is that enough?" "what makes you think we will hire you...i could just as easily take you to our temple and give you as a sacriffice to the great one." "Well that would be a shame for you because unlike Deacon I don't have one calling i do a lot of other things in the temple." After this Bishop realised that she should give the kid a shot."okay let me call the believers so that you can be baptised we'll meet them at the temple." "no need for that they're already there you sent them messages to meet you in ten minutes time." "mmmh i see lets hope you're as faithful as you seem to be"
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"Bishop why are we here and who is this?" one of the guys who was tall with a musculine body and long blonde hair asked."i've found a candidate for Deacon's place.So i brought her here to meet you." "what makes you think that this...kid can take her place?" the other shorter dark haired guy with an english  accent asked with a condescending look on his face."Damn man you did love her didn't you?...but i guess she didnt like you like that, no?...believe me when i say i got skills mate." "you little rascal i'm going to kick your ass get over here!...let me go mate!"the english guy said trying to free himself from the grip of the other two guys and Kate looked at him with a patronizing smirk on her face and she then turned to Bishop and said"ooh i see The Priest is a sucker for romance and a softie too..."when the priest heard that he freed himself and walked torwards Kate and bishop wanted to stop him but kate shook her heard and she decided to watch.Priest tried to throw a punch at Kate and in a blink of an eye he was on the ground groaning in pain and the blonde tried to hold in his laughter but he failed and he burst out laughing causing the other Asian guy who had been quiet to join in.

"Okay Eight ball those two there as you have figured are the Druid and the Preacher.Preacher is the blonde guy and the other one is Druid...so how did you know about Priest and Deacon?" "I didn't...im good at reading people so when you mentioned that i was replacing Deacon,great one bless her soul, I saw his reaction and i decided to pull on that tiny string until he snapped." she said and helped Priest up before patting his shoulder."Don't worry buddy i'm not here to replace or compete with Deacon so relax."She looked at Bishop and smirked."so where do we start?""what makes you think you're in?...we might just decide to kill you right now"she put her hand inside her hoodie pocket and retrieved her packet of jelly beans and popped some in her mouth. when she looked up everyone seemed to be ready to attack or defend and she laughed at how silly they looked."damn i didn't know that you considered jelly-beans to be lethal weapons.and to answer you Bishop i know you won't kill me because you need me more than i want to be here but most importantly, you won't kill me because then you would have to look for three more people since i know i won't go down alone."

She looked at all three of them with a look that scared Bishop herself."so the question would have to be 'who will live to tell the tale?'"and as if she hadn't just threatened the shit out of them she smiled like a kid and looked at Bishop."So where do we start!?" Bishop new that she liked the kid but since she wasn't the leader it was up to Priest but since she was the voice of reason for the group,priest would have no choice but to agree with her."What do you say Priest?"Bishop directed the question to the gang leader."I say we should vote since this is the first time we have to recruit someone, what do you say Preach...Druid?"They looked at each other and nodded to each other in communication."we think she can stay."Preach spoke for the both of them."Okay i guess it's decided then you're in." she jumped dramatically and threw her fist in the air and whisper yelled "yes!"before clearing her throat and pretending she didn't just do that."Okay then i guess you now have to know everyone's roles or you already know them as well?"Bishop spoke and Kate shook her head and shrugged."Humour me"she said, and so Bishop explained."well as you already know Priest is the leader,he is also the Mastermind...the brains of the team he plans every heist and leads them he also finds clients and negotiates the deals on our behalf.Druid over there is our Scrapper,he is the one who deals with any resistance from cops to security gaurds,he's a fighter, ex navy seal and he's also good with knives.Preacher is our skywalker...ever watched 6 Underground...yep he's like 4 and he's also our marksman he's ex navy too although he was a sniper.You already know about Deacon,whom you're 'replacing' so to speak,she was the techie...responsible for dealing with security and surveillance systems. she's the one who looked for loopholes and weaknesses to any museum or whatever we robbed she prepared our disguises and fake ID's if we needed them especially for me.Last but not least I'm the grifter,like Sophie Devaraux from 'The Leverage' series.."Kate nodded indicating that she had seen it too."see...people who know the best type of entertainment!" she said looking at the guys."So yep i go and survey the area a few days,weeks oor sometimes even moths before the heist.i use the disguise that befits the plae and Deacon is the one who used to come up with those.I can go as an invester ,security consultant,tech lady or even as a cleaner or assistant to a rich man going to drop off important documents.oh yea and i'm also the getaway driver,the accountant and the medic after the heists. i set the budget for the hesit and i also am responsible for equal sharing of the profits.So now since you are the new piece of the puzzle lets see where you fit in."

Kate was amazed at how organized they were and that shed some light on why they had never been caught.It was because everyone knew their place and role and this led to less disorder or arguements during a heist."well damn did you grow up watching action movies or what...i mean even the army ain't this organised!" Bishop shook her head at how witty and chappy Eight ball was and she knew they'd get along just fine."well as for my place in the jigsaw..i fit in very well in the designated area as i can do everything that Deacon could and with that i am a scrapper too like Preach so there's that and other stuff i could list it all day and you'll end up getting bored i know i already am.so tell me what you want me to do and i'll do it."