The Gentle Sniper

Chapter 34: Some well deserved R&R Part Two

A/N: The title is ironic, as not much R&R happens on Hiccup's part in this chapter. Not enough, at any rate. I just can't seem to give him a break.

Also, my beta went on an impromptu holiday recently, so that was the reason for some of the delay in getting this out here.

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The door was slammed open by a particularly frustrated blonde, who cast a glance around, then marched to the front desk.

"DSIS. I'm looking for one of your employees. Where is Joshua?" Cami, now back in her DSIS uniform of pale blue shirt, black tie, trousers and coat, demanded of the receptionist, a woman with long dark hair, wearing a red t-shirt and blue jeans as she stared down at Cami, utterly unperturbed by her ire.

"He doesn't work today. I can get you his address," the woman calmly replied.

"Please do," Cami prompted, then stood there with crossed arms and a tapping foot as the woman's focus shifted to a locked cabinet behind her, from which she procured a ring binder.

"Okay... here is his address," the woman said, after searching through the binder and removing a sheet of paper from it.

Cami reached for it, but the woman kept the paper out of reach as she spoke again, her voice now low in volume. "Try not to lose that. We have copies, but if people find out I handed out employee details, I'll be sacked."

"You have my word on it," Cami nodded.

"I better, because we'll be having words when I find you next."

The address on the paper led Cami to a house; one of many that bordered Hela's Crest Graveyard.

Knocking on the door, it opened a short while later to reveal the person she was looking for.

"Hello? Can I help you?"

"I'd like to talk to you, Joshua."

The man before her blinked. "My name isn't Joshua. That's my twin brother's name."

"...What?"

"Yeah. My name's James," Half turning, James called out. "Joshua! Get your butt over here!"

"What's up?" the man of the hour asked.

"Don't 'what's up' me! What did I tell you about messing with people? Go and apologise to her!"

With that, James brushed past Joshua and was gone, leaving him and Cami alone at the front door.

"Alright," Joshua sighed. "Sorry for the mixup..."

Cami sighed in turn. "Not your fault, I think? So just earlier today, I was in a coma, and I think I hallucinated you... at least, the person looked a lot like you... now I'm not sure what to think."

Joshua stared at her. "Right... well, it's certainly a weird situation... for both of us."

Cami nodded, grimacing a little. "You can say that again..."

Joshua nodded his agreement. "Yeah. So what now? What will we do now?"

"I don't know. Probably take a nap or something. Uh, laters, I guess."

"You could leave, but how about instead of that, you come inside for tea or something? I mean, I feel like I owe you if you hallucinated me..." Joshua proposed.

Cami slowly nodded. "Hmm... on one condition," she brought out the sheet of paper from a pocket, which she then handed to him. "You keep an eye on this, just in case I forget it. Your colleague wanted it returned, so I'd hate to get her fired because of me."