The Spy And The Criminal (Rucas)

Covert Affairs

Song of the Day: I Don't Want To Be In Love, by Good Charlotte

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"I need to talk to you, now." Maya said, pulling Lucas off the bench he was sitting on. Dragging him by the arm, Maya dragged them into the woods, and shot up a grappling hook, and the two scaled as far up the tree as they could go. Lucas looked very confused.

"What's this about Maya?" Lucas asked. "And by the way, you're actually freakishly strong, remind me to never get into a fight with you." He finished and Maya nodded.

"Duly noted." Maya said, pausing. "Here. I stole your earwig last night, you might as well have it back." She said, pressing the small device into his palm and curling his palm up.

Lucas looked amazed. "How did you do that?" 

"Well, you were kind of distracted by Riley, and there was something I needed to talk to Josh about."

"You still have a crush on him." Lucas said. "That's so cute. I guess people really never do change."

"I started hoping and praying. I did change Lucas." Maya said. "But that's not my point for dragging you out here. I had the CIA send me the most updated version of your case. You've been ordered to terminate everyone as soon as possible. Including me. Apparently, I've gotten soft and they cancelled me being an agent. I'm on my own. And you've been told to kill me too."

"I can't kill you guys. I've finally got my best friends back, hell I even got Riley back...I can't kill you." Lucas said. And Maya stood up, looking him in the eyes.

"Riley and the others don't even know that it's really you Lucas. Farkle suspects about your identity, but he hasn't pieced together that it's you Lucas, be he's close.  You have to move carefully, or this is all going to go to hell Lucas." Lucas looked up at Maya.

"How do you do it?" Lucas asked, crying a little. "How did you convince them? How could you lie to them?" Maya looked up at him, and she sighed.

"About a year ago, Riley found out I was CIA. None of the others know, just her. But we've always been best friends. And we have an...agreement...of sorts." Maya said.

"What does of sorts mean?" Lucas asked, his hands holding tightly onto Maya's shoulders. 

"If everything goes south, and we get caught...Rile made me promise her that I'd kill her before anyone else killed her or before she went to prison, and that I would take full custody of Alice."

"Oh my God." Lucas said, covering his mouth.

"Yeah. I might have to kill my best friend one of these days." 

"I'm so sorry Maya." Lucas said, pulling her into a hug. The two just sat there in the tree, holding each other. Eventually, Maya looked at Lucas, and opened her mouth to speak. But  she closed it again, not knowing what to say to him. "Are you okay?"

"No." Maya whispered.

"Me neither." Lucas replied.

"Lucas, what are we going to do?"

"I don't know Maya."

"We have to do something."

"I don't think there's anything we can do, except have me disobey orders."

"Riley's going to want to keep going on heists, she's not going to want to stop."

"I know. That means we can't really take them off of the grid permanently. Especially with the risk of your families. By the way, did your Mom and Shawn ever get together?"

"Yeah. They're very happy." Maya replied. "They've had a couple of kids since they've gotten married. So in total, from both my Mom and my biological father, I have five half-siblings, three girls, and two boys. But I don't really know the boys or one of the girls. How's your family?"

"Well, last I knew, Mom and Dad are okay. But I haven't heard from them in a couple of months, so that might have changed, but again, I don't know."

"Well, at least our families okay." Maya said.

"Yes. But I know their methods. They'll take our families in for questioning soon. And since they're not exactly sure in the United States of who Alice is...Riley used my last name, who exactly has custody of her?" Lucas asked, and Maya looked at him.

"It's implied to everyone that it's shared custody between Riley and Alice's Father, hence the last name. But technically, you're not Alice's Father, so Riley has full custody in every country outside of the United States. In the U.S., Topanga and Cory technically have custody."

"So technically, Riley has to fight for Alice's custody in the U.S. That's why she goes to school in Canada, because Riley knows that she would just get arrested."

"Riley doesn't like talking about it very much." Maya said.

"What if...what if I could sign the other half of her birth certificate?"

"You need to prove you were her biological father, and the other line would have to give up their parental rights, and I don't see Cory doing that. Topanga had to pull some serious strings." She paused. "Topanga's Riley's attorney."

"Gavin! Maya!" A voice yelled from below. Maya and Lucas exchanged a glance. Riley!

"Follow in several minutes." Lucas whispered, and jumped out of the tree, running to where Riley was. They joined hands and they kissed briefly.

A couple minutes later, Maya jumped out of the tree and ran through the woods to the bathroom, where she pretended to come out of. She held onto Riley's other hand, and they packed up their things back at the tents. 

They packed up the cars and got in, driving. Sarah drove the van, Farkle and Maya took the car that Maya had taken that night before, and Lucas drove, one hand on the wheel while Riley sat in the passenger seat, holding his other hand.

"Hey. How are you?" Riley asked.

"I'm okay. Just a little tired. Last night really tired me out." Lucas said.

"Yeah, last night was fun." Riley replied. "Where were you before I found you this morning?"

"Oh, all the bathrooms were full. I went to the woods to go to the bathroom."

"Oh. Okay." Riley said, squeezing his hand and they drove, following closely behind Sarah. "Can it always stay just like this Gavin?" She asked.

"I don't know. I'd rather time keep going so we have more adventures."

"That's so sweet." 

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