Simon Ghost Riley 'Tough Love'

Are You Fucking Serious

I stay sitting on the couch for a few more minutes and ghost walks back in. I can tell he was smoking by the whiff of tobacco that flowed through the door. But he's not the only one opening doors. Price walks out of his office with Alejandro, visibly agitated, following behind him

"You alright Alejandro?"
I ask

"Just taking in new information"
He gives me a reassuring smile and turns to ghost, motioning his head to prices office. Ghost begins to slowly follow behind and I stand up from my seat

"Is there something I should know captain?"
They all stop in their tracks

"Not yet"
I can tell by the small nod that price gave me that he wasn't telling me something, and ghost could to. Ghost furrows his eyebrows and looks to me and him. He's confused on why price lied to me, and so am i. Does he think I can't handle new information?

"Come on ghost"
Price says with a cover up smile and him and Alejandro follows. I can tell that they are about to inform him on something, I just hope it's something he shares with the class quickly

I sit back down on the couch once again and wait. Minutes that feel like hours go by and I'm getting annoyed. Either price hasn't got to the point, or he's explaining very slowly. I start to get more and more impatient and right before I think of saying something, ghost slams open the door with his foot, making it leave an indention into the wall. He walks out the room with both hands on the back of his head

"Ghost- ghost"
Price raises his voice and holds his hand out as if it's a warning for him to keep his mouth shut

"You gotta be joking me"
He says in a laugh under his breath from anger, shaking his head

"Let's all keep calm here. No need to overreact"
Alejandro motions his hands down to get both of them under control, but both fails

"Keep your mouth shut ghost"
Price says lowly. I'm confused. How bad is it?

"NO" Ghost shouts "you tell her what the fuck you plan on doing, and you do it now" he walks up to price

"Ghost-"

"NOW"
He interrupts price with a shout and a
clenched jaw 

Price clears his throat and lifts his hand up, letting me know he wants too speak with me alone. I follow cautiously behind him and ghost is almost like glue, right behind me

"No. You stay in there"
Price gives Ghost a look I've never seen before. As if he didn't listen, there would be consequences. He pushes ghost out the door and closes it

"Sit"
He gently orders with a nod

"Please tell me this isn't something as bad as it seems to be"
I say quietly

"Well we- i..made a plan to catch wolf"

"Tell me"

"You can't hold anything against me on this
one alright?"
He says with eyes that are practically pleading to not be yelled at

I am nervous to say yes, and nervous to say no

"I won't hold anything against you,
you know that" 

"I've decided that i can set you up to be abducted by wolf to lead to his capture. We will be there with you through every way possible. His men have caught you before, and you have arrested him before. So him seeing you in a perfect defenseless position to be taken is a chance he won't miss. We will not go through without your approval, it's a dangerous game but i think you just might cut it"

I wish I could say I expected less, but I can't. I somehow had a feeling by ghosts not so subtle reaction that this had something to deal with me big time. I'm almost positive price thinks I'm going to faint as I pay attention to my thoughts and not him, I just need to have a plan of my own before answering him

I take in a deep breath and slowly release it
"So let me get this straight. You want to set me up in a position to make wolf abduct me, even though it's not actually an abduction because y'all planned it, then you want me to not die while most likely being held at gun point?"

" Yes. But I think you know that you're amazing at putting on a show"
He raises an eyebrow with a smile and begins to play with his pen on the table

"I won't say your plan isn't stupid, but I know I can handle it"

"I know you can, but there's one thing you
have to remember to do"

"Not die?"

"Not lash out. Because that'll get you killed, Adira. You are like Simon as if his name and blood was engraved into your body, so I suggest you handle your anger. It worked out for you last time in that container, but this time it may not in Wolfs prison"

"Prison?"
Why the hell would wolf have a prison

"Well not designed exactly like one. But he has a building with cells, more like small rooms. There's no bars, it's a dark small room that is about five feet wide, maybe less"

"How do you know this?"

"Because he built the building. We came across it on another mission years ago when it was empty. It was like we blinked and it was filled with his enemies. Wether that be civilians that know to much, who have done bad things to him, or even ex police officers or army soldiers. He doesn't care who you are or where you're from. If he can stop you, he will"

"How long will this last? And now the hell will I get out?"

"This can last up to four days. I know, but it's ideal for the situation. To get you out, we'll execute him at night, find you, bring you back to the base, and the mission is done. No more wolf"

"I can work with that. I'm sure i can write up a few lines to get them were i need them. Say the right things, act the right way. Also, very important question, Can I take out his guards?"

"Adira-"

"Please"

"Fuck it. But only if you need to. It will only draw more attention. You have to be very careful Adira, and I mean it. He has over 300 men in that building. Please don't do anything that will get you hurt" his eyes plead

I stand up out of the chair in his office, and open the door

"I will be fine price.. I always am"
I give him a reassuring smile.

I know Price doesn't wanna hurt me. I know that this plan is only because he wants the best for the team and to get this man 6 feet under or back in jail. He's is a smart man, and wouldn't put me into anything he knew I wouldn't survive. I'm a smart woman, I can handle it.