Confined

-Chapter Five-

Sharp pointed nails elegantly fall against the stainless steel table in front of me, the light tapping falls in rhythm with my heartbeat. Though, it is awfully annoying. 

"Kova can you please, for the love of god, stop with the tapping!" I bite angrily, releasing a breath of annoyance. 

"'For the love of god', please- you aren't even religious," Kova rolls her eyes.

"That beside the point," I take my hand off my nose bridge to gesture as I speak, bringing it back to cover my mouth with a fist when she lets out a chuckle. 

"Right, ok. So . . ." she draws out the 'o'. "When exactly are Ms BoomBoom and Mrs Oneshot gracing us with their presence?" 

As if summoned by her words, Sxy and Halo walk into the room, their boots clicking against the floor with every step. 

"Ms BoomBoom," Halo puts her finger to her jaw pretending to think, "Don't think I've heard that one before."

"And Mrs Oneshot, that's a new one," Sxy smirks with humor and Halo seems to return it. 

Kova turns toward me slightly, "Is it just me, or does it seem like they've shed their 'skittish' appearance," she whispers into my ear, her arms crossed over her stomach, forehead barely an inch from mine. 

I shove her off with my shoulder and she falls back in her chair, but I can't say she's wrong. Last night the two seemed more weary, less humored and more scared. Maybe it was an act?

I look between the two, analyzing their behavior. Halo currently has her arm slung lazily over Sxy who is looking back at her annoyingly, though her eyes tinge with humor. Halo has a wide grin slapped onto her face and when she notices me staring, sends a wink my way. 

I send it right back. 

"Like what you see?" Halo questions with a smirk. 

I make a show of looking her up and down, "Hmm, I would, but the pajama pants are a little much for me."

Halo looks down, suddenly startled by my comment. Of course, she wasn't actually wearing pajama pants, but everyone has that little fear of forgetting to put on pants and walking out in pajamas. 

"Bitch," Halo seethes, though it is filled with little heat, the slight rise in the corner of her mouth tells me as much. 

"Can we get on with it," Sxy interjects our little interaction.

"Cool it blondie, take a chill pill," Kova retorts. 

"Ha! Sxy? Taking a chill pill?" Halo starts choking on a laugh, "Trust me. I've tried," Suddenly the laughter stops as Halo realizes what she's said. "I- I mean like metaphorically- yeah," she lets out a cautionary laugh, "not- I haven't taken drugs." 

I honestly have to try so hard not to burst out laughing when I start to see a bead of sweat form on Halo's forehead. 

"It's fine, who hasn't," Kova winks, and that's when I loose it. "Besides, it's not like we haven't checked into your records." Kova looks up at her. "Dealing drugs at clubs was it?" Halo seems stunned, "Wouldn't be my place of choice if you ask me, too many witnesses."

I'm still laughing by the time Halo opens her mouth to try and deny doing anything illegal, however Sxy quickly intervenes, slapping her palm over Halo's mouth hard enough that the sound echoes in the small room. 

"Just tell us what you want," Sxy deadpans as Halo attempts to claw her grip off, with no use. She seems to deflate before brightening, and I swear I can practically see the lightbulb flare above her head. Halo licks the inside of Sxy's hand and Sxy quickly drops it, "That's disgusting!" Sxy says horrified, however Halo looks pretty happy with herself. 

Amused, Kova goes on to gesture to the two seats in front of us. The two sit down, metal chairs scraping against the floor and I can' help but cringe. 

"As you could probably guess, this mission includes the use of explosives and a sniper, which is why the wo of you were brought in." Kova begins. "Lets start with our target," Kova throws a file onto the table in front of us, facing Halo and Sxy, Sxy pulls it towards her to take a closer look. "The target is 40 year old Sylvester Arbatros, second in command to the biggest human trafficker in the ring."

Recently, a hit was placed on his head for a huge amount of money and the world is after it. Not only is the money good, but the reputation you would gain from killing a man so high in power would be tremendous."

The AAR has been after this man long before the bounty was placed, but this would be our best chance." Kova is cut off when Sxy raises a finger, "Yes?"

"Wouldn't hat be the worst time considering he would be on high alert after the news of this bounty?" 

"It would be, yes. That is, if he knew about the bounty. Sylvester has been away in Bangladesh, collecting more victims for his trade from some of his employers and therefore has heard no news of a hit being placed. At first we were worried that his boss wold have sent news or someone would have warned him, but it turns out, not many people like the dude and wouldn't mind him dead. To add to that, the one person - his boss - who would have warned him is now dead, curtesy of Malory over here," Kova gestures to me and I give them a little wave. 

"Not going to lie, it was a very difficult mission, but what can I say, I'm just that good." I add when they give me suprised, but curious, looks.

Kova snorts, "Yeah- good at seducing hopeless men." She rolls her eyes, when I mock offence. 

"And women. And everything in between," I wink at the two girls across from me, Halo smirks back and the corner of Sxy's mouth lifts. 

Kova coughs, "If you're done with that, which you are, I will continue with the briefing." Kova pulls out a large file and taps it lightly on the desk before opening it to display the papers. "Sylvester is also unaware of his boss's death, because as I said before, not many people like him. Now you may be wondering why there needs to be so many of us if Mal was able to take out his boss by herself. This is because, the last place he was seen by our sources is in an abandoned high security prison in the middle of nowhere, right here," Kova points to an area on the map before us, she continues to gesture to photos of our target and blueprints of the prison as se goes. "We have a hunch that this is where he stores the girls before they are shipped back to America for auctions, but that is still unconfirmed as it has also been rumored that he has been secretly running another illegal business without his boss's knowledge, though we have no idea if this is true."

We need to find a way to break into the prison and assassinate him without leaving a trace, this is where you will come in Halo. Once the hit is complete, we will need you to destroy any trace of the building and our involvement with the murder. Sxy, you need to keep watch from a nearby rooftop so you can take out any employees entering and exiting the building. Malory and I will be the ones to enter the building first, clearing the security and making a distraction so that Halo can place the explosives around the building. These explosives will be provided by our tech team and are remote controlled so that Halo can trigger them as soon as we are out of range. Mal will be the one to end Sylvester, as she has been trained for killing and does so cleanly and without a trace, whereas I am trained more in the areas of distraction and more obvious take outs." Kova lets out a breath, "Any questions?" Halo raises a hand, "None? Good, let's get started."

A/N:

I can't thank y'all enough we are almost at 300 reads for this book! I'm sorry I haven't updated a lot writer's block has me gripped by the throat 😩

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