"Don't answer your phone. Oh my god Cande do not answer your phone. I swear what ever it is I'm sure it can wait. Just let them leave you a message. I mean come on think about what's going on here. Just don't answer it. Listen to your future husband and just ignore it. I can't believe you're going to answer it." I steadied my voice before answering my phone making sure not to enable the video calling . Good god that would just be the worst thing I could do. "Cande, Captain Luna. Are you okay you sound as if you have been running or something. Your breathing is very erratic and your heart is beating very fast." Of course Chris would be the one to call when you're busy with Dean. Tell him the truth! Tell him you weren't running but you were very, very busy with Dean. He'll know what you mean and let you go. I mean that's just cruel that you answered your phone. Pleasure before business my dear girl. Keep that in mind. "Oh uh no I wasn't running I was.... Moving furniture around in my room that's all. That's why by breathing and heart must be really going. So uh, wha, what did you need?" I moved away from where Dean was lying on the bed to try and get my thoughts straight. He just shook his head no and sat up to try and listen better. "Well I hope I'm not interrupting anything but I thought you should know that Koda has been located." I felt my heart drop at Chris' statement. I knew he wasn't dead since he was immortal and I thought something else. But I hoped he was, even though that was very unlikely. "He was seen by an eye in the sky at Budapest, he was alone but his intentions are un known. When the team here tried to locate him again it's as if he fell off the face of the earth. No DNA scans can pick him up nor can an eye. He's simply vanished. I've called you to discuss this matter with you captain, since you have dealt with him before. So at your earliest convenience your presence is requested at the HQ." Before I could say anything Chris was gone. "I can't believe you actually answered your phone. Am I not as adorable as I thought I was and that's why it was so easy for you to answer? I mean really." I didn't need to look over at him to know what he was referencing to. Oh my don't look unless you want to get distracted and show up late to the HQ. That would piss chris off but hey we've got time right?!
"They've caught a glimpse of Koda Dean. I need to head over to the HQ to talk with Chris." I got up from the bed and began to pull my uniform out of the closet. "So why you though? Why do you have to get caught up with one of the most dangerous men the agency has had to deal with. There are plenty of other highly trained officers that Chris can pull from. But no, it has to be you." I looked over my shoulder to see Dean with his arms crossed over his chest like a small child and frowning. "Oh my god Dean are we really going to do this right now? I mean really this is childish. I am the only one that has gone up against Koda before. I am the captain and last but not least I am the most qualified for this whole Koda issue. So yes I really do have to go. I'm sorry but I do." I walked over to him and kissed his forehead before going off into the bathroom. He didn't say anything as I got ready, he just remained in bed with a pillow over his lap. In case someone heard us awake and knocked. Think about him over there in the bed. Just him and we've got time before we need to head over there to the HQ. You can finish what you guys had started until you answered you phone. I need to talk to you about doing that by the way. Poor Dean go and help your fiance out. I had to quickly out of my mind. The last thing I needed to do was show up late to talk to Chris. He would put the heavy breathing and heart beats together and figure out exactly why I was the way I was when we had talked over the phone. I loved Chris to death and really, really didn't want to involve him in my personal life. That would be just horrible. "Don't forget your ring. I don't want creepy Mark harassing you since I'm not going to be there." Dean held out his hand holding the ring and slipped it back into place. "You know most girls keep their rings on instead of putting them on and off." "I'm not like most girls though love. I'll be back before you know it so get some sleep." I turned off the lights and headed out.
HQ was still dark when I arrived which made me realize exactly how early it really was. Passing by the mermaid tank I was half expecting to see Ava causing a muck in tank but no. She must have either been asleep or had escaped once again. I would remeber to look for her later when I was done with Chris. The light under his door was the only thing that let me know that someone else was awake at this hour. "Oh darling you're home! Look at you I haven't seen you since your return. And look at this ring on your hand. This is a ring that shows a man loves you very, very much. It's from Dean yes? Yes I remember him talking this over with Chris and I. I couldn't be any more happy that such a great guy is going to marry our little girl." Janeal pulled me tightly against her and showed no sign of letting me go. "Janeal. Janeal I didn't call her here for you to man handle we have much more important issues to discuss. Then afterwards if Cande wants you can talk things over about the wedding. But until then. " Chris held his hand out towards the door as in telling her to leave. With one last hug that pushed the air from my lungs Janeal disappeared from the room. "I'm sorry about her Cande, you know how she is. She's just excited about the whole ordeal since we don't have any children of our own. Since we consider you girls as our own she's just well you know." He held out his hand again to the seat across from him at his desk.
"I didn't want to involve you in this whole Koda issue. I wanted you to try and get back to some normality without having to constantly be on your guard. But I figured if I didn't alert you about this you would have gotten beyond pissed. I know you very well, and I know your temper probably better than anyone. I'm not sure if Koda slipped up and came out of hiding on accident or if he did it on purpose. The only reason he would do it on purpose was to show that he was very much alive and to get us all worked up on purpose. Honestly I can't see him doing anything right now but he will do it eventually. You know that. I don't want you to worry too much just yet. Also I'm not having your crew and the falcon go after him once the shit hits the fan. You've been through enough as it is. I'm dispatching another crew, so don't worry." He looked down at the papers that were lying on his desk. "No Chris it is my fault that Koda is still alive and lurking. Don't send out another crew because I left him alive. You're going to be putting them at risk because of my fuck up. If you don't want my crew to go after him then I'll do a solo mission. This whole thing is MY mistake. I don't usually fight you on things like this but, i'm going to have to fight you on this one if you don't let me go."
Chris let out a sigh and ran his fingers through his hair as he did often when he was frustrated. "This is going to be a suicide mission Cande. He is training pods and god knows what else he is up to. I just can't risk losing you. Not only are you my best and favourite captain but I also see you as being my little girl. You grew up too fast by having to care for Rachel and Taylor." He ran his hand through his hair again and his reasons for not wanting me to go all made sense. He was scared of losing one of his children again. If he could he would stop that from happening again. "Chris I will be fine and hey the first mission I went on was considered to be a suicide mission as well. Remember the werewolves, mermaid, and pod attack. And look here I sit right in front of you un harmed and fine. Nothing is wrong with me that wasn't before. Have you no faith in me?" "I have perfect faith in you. But my god girl you are not going to let this go until I give you permission to are you?" I nodded my head no trying to stop the smile from creeping on my lips.
"Fine I am giving you permission to go but I will also ask your crew if they would like to join you. I am not going to assign them to the mission because I know how dangerous it is. You my dear are the most stubborn, persistent, and demanding person I have ever met. Yet that is exactly what makes you the best captain besides myself that I have ever known. You are dismissed for now, I will let you know when you are going to be sent out. Oh and Cande don't forget you need to teach Rachel how to take care of herself." He went back to looking down at the papers that were on his desk. Rach was not going to be happy at all about the idea of me leaving her again. She was so against the first mission. There was no getting out of this one for me though. I coudn't just go home and start teaching her how to fight the proper way. That would be too obvious that somethign was up. I wanted to keep it as secret as I possibly could. Yes I didn't have to go, I could just tell Chris I had a change of heart and he would happily assign it to another crew. I couldn't allow someone else to clean up the mess I made.
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Read the first paragraph in George Takei's voice. Ohh myy
