Chapter 5 - Simple Solutions & Love Recovery

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"Clearly we're getting nowhere with Nobody. I've been here for 4 hours and my ribs are sore, man. I don't know about y'all but I'm out." Roman said, getting out of his seat.

"I wouldn't recommend that." the less than Nobody said.

"What?" Roman turned around and asked.

"Why the hell not?" I angrily asked, not appreciating his smug tone and smirk.

"Well, thanks to your botched Berlin job, you all made Interpol's top 10 Most Wanted list." Mr. Nobody said.

"Top 10 huh? That's alright then." Roman replied with a smug smile of his own.

"Well not you, Roman." Nobody quickly stated, making me smile.

"What do you mean?" Roman asked.

"You just missed the cut, you're number 11, so . . ."

"I missed it?" Roman asked incredulously.

"Yeah."

"That's impossible, what numbers did they come in at?"

"Six, eight, nine, ten, and Kaylee made number 4." the less than Nobody said.

"Four? And she's a ten? That's impossible, there is no way she's a 10." Roman argued while Ramsey and I glared at him.

"What are you trying to say?" I asked him.

"Nothing . . . I . . ."

"Oh, Kaylee's definitely top five and she's definitely a 10." Tej said, giving Ramsey and me a once-over.

"Hombres inmaduros estos. Es que me toca trabajar con niños, pero que pereza. Un día de estos me desago de ellos de verdad. Ese día tendré un equipo complete, con hombres de verdad . . ." I started muttering evilly.

(Immature men. I've gotta work with kids, it's horrible. One of these days I'll get rid of them all for real. Then I'll get a complete team with real men)

"What is she saying?" less than Nobody asked.

"You don't want to know, and if I were you, I'd keep away from her when she goes all Latina she-demon from hell." Hobbs said.

"Why . . ."

"Don't you worry about why. You just keep away." Tej said.

"For now, how about we focus on someone who we're not gonna find on anybody else's list?" Nobody said.

"Wait, who was talking about lists here? Where the hell do you get these things from?" I asked him.

"I make'em up as I go. Now, we're awaiting hard confirmation, but I believe that's the cyber-terrorist knows as Cipher." he replied as a picture of a pretty blonde was pulled up on the big screen.

"Am I supposed to know who that is?" Roman asked.

"Wait . . . no, Cipher's an organization not a person." Ramsey argued.

"No, you must be wrong. That's impossible, all rumors point to her working with a group of highly skilled and trained hackers. It's just not possible that she's that good on her own." I added, recognizing the name but not the face.

"Not according to our sources." Less than Nobody said.

"Hush it, kid. Your input isn't trustworthy until you're somebody." I said.

"What exactly does she want?" Letty asked.

"I don't know . . . no one knows." I muttered.

"Cipher is like a digital active God. They . . . she . . . can manipulate world systems from the shadows." Ramsey said.

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