Deal With The Devil

Unexpected Phone Call

Roman and Seth looked at each other nervously; neither knowing what to say to their friend who they had just lied too, as Micheals waited for his answer.

"Are you two on suspension?" Micheals asked again.

"How...how did you find out?" Seth questioned.

"I overheard Agent Reed yelling at you! Is it true?"

"Yeah, it is! We're so sorry we lied to you Micheals, we never wanted you to get into trouble!" Roman answered gently.

"This is my job you're messing with!" Micheals stated hurt they lied.

"We know, we're so sorry!" Seth replied.

"Yeah, so am I Agent Rollins! I thought the three of us were friends?"

"We are!" Roman answered.

"Really? Cause the last time I checked friends don't lie to each other!"

"You're right, and we're..."

"Yeah, yeah you're sorry, I heard you! I have to get back to work, have a good day Agents!" Micheals said cutting Seth off, before he turned and walked away.

"Dammit!" Seth said upset, as they got into the car. "Now what do we do?"

"We find Wyatt!" Roman answered, as he started the car.

"Are you serious?" Seth asked.

"Yep!"

"Then what Roman? What do we do after we find him huh?"

"We get him to confess he lied about Dean and Paige!"

"Are you hearing yourself right now? How the hell do we do that?"

"We beat it out of him!" Roman answered.

**Three Days Later**:

Three days later, Roman and Seth; despite their constant searching, had no luck finding any of the Wyatts; it was like the whole family had vanished! Roman became obsessed, all he thought about was finding Wyatt and getting Dean and Paige out of jail! Seth wanted them out just as much as Roman, but he wasn't obsessing over it either, Roman's behavior worried Seth! He tried talking to Roman about it, trying to make him see how unhealthy it was, but Roman wouldn't listen; all he cared about was freeing Dean and Paige, nothing else mattered to him!

On the afternoon of the third day, Seth; who had almost fully healed by now from his attack, only leaving his broken wrist left to heal, was alone in the hotel room, while Roman was at the station trying to talk to Reed. As Seth sat on the couch, starring at the open computer in front of him, his phone began to ring. He picked it up off the table and without looking at the number answered it.

"Hello?"

"Agent Rollins, long time no talk!" The familiar male voice spoke.

"Hunter?" Seth asked shocked and angry at the same time.

"How are you feeling Sethie? Heard you got beat up?" Hunter taunted.

"Like you give a damn Helmsley!"

"Did the cops catch the guys who did it?" Hunter continued mocking.

"What do you want Hunter? Did you call just to piss me off or do you have a reason?" Seth demanded.

"Well Sethie, I do actually have a reason for calling...pissing you off is just a bonus!"

"I'm hanging up!"

"I know Dean and Paige are in jail and I also know that you and Agent Muscle-Head are suspended!"

"Big deal Helmsley! Tell me something everyone doesn't know!" Seth said.

"Still a smart-ass I see! I guess some things never change!"

"And you're still a bastard! Now either tell me why you called or I hang up!" Seth demanded.

"We both want Deano and Paige out of jail...of course we have different reasons for it, but that's besides the point! So, I have a proposition for you Agent Pretty Boy!"

"Save your propositions Helmsley! I don't want to hear anything you have to say, in fact I'm done talking to you!"

"Even if it means Dean and Paige get out of jail and the evidence connecting them...mysteriously disappears?"

"What are you talking about Helmsley?"

"I knew that would get your attention! I'm talking about a temporary truce between us and we work together to get our favorite little troublemakers out of jail!" Hunter answered.

"Then what happens once they're out?" Seth asked.

"We go back to our usual game of cat and mouse!"

"Forget it Hunter! We'll get them out ourselves!" Seth refused.

"Oh yeah, how's it going so far for you?" Hunter mocked.

"We've only just begun to fight Hunter, it's not over yet!"

"Oh, come on Rollins! You're not that stupid! There's no way either side can do it alone, if they're going to get out we need to work together!"

"What makes you so sure we'll be able to do it huh?" Seth questioned.

"Simple really! With your connections and our brains, we can figure out a foolproof plan!"

"How do we know this isn't some kind of trap huh? You aren't exactly upstanding citizens!"

"You don't! And we don't know if you'll screw us over either!" Hunter answered.

"Dammit! Alright Hunter, you win, I'll meet with you! When?"

"Tomorrow, I have business I need to handle in the morning, but I'm free in the afternoon!"

"Business...right! We can meet at our hotel room, we're staying at..."

"I know where you are!" Hunter said cutting Seth off.

"Of course you do!" Seth said sarcastically.

"See you tomorrow Agent Pretty Boy!" Hunter said, before he hung up.

Seth hung up and sat back, tossing his phone onto the couch beside him, as he ran his hands over his face sighing. He knew Hunter was right, alone neither side stood a snowball's chance in hell, but together at least there was a slim chance! The hard part now was going to be convincing Roman!

TBC...