Life's Second Chance

Agent J's Departure

Ray eyes softened, though she knew that in his position he really didn't have a say-after all a soldier always followed orders. It had always been that way, and yet for some reason she understood it.  Though any person with a solid slice of common sense would know that the young man was lying. After all, soldiers on call could not attend such festivities, nor would they even have time to go flower shopping if they were short on time.  A deep sinking feeling hung on her gut, an unspoken regret perhaps?

In the distance Senior Agent Jay nudged his partner, "Hey look at that," a smile creeping upon his features.

Senior Agent Kay drew an amused look and watched intently as his granddaughter's eyes glistened innocently at Junior Agent J. The moment he caught, the boy looking at his beeper did he draw a frown. Ray looked as though she wanted to tell the boy something but held back. The way she placed a closed fist upon the nape of her neck above her heart was her signature sign that proved it. Both Senior Agents then saw the young J take off and disappear in the crowd leaving the girl staring in the direction from which he left making both men just sigh. Jay nodded to his partner knowing that Kay would want a moment with the girl and went ahead. He also had a feeling that his son had mistaken his encouraging wide eyed glare as something else and left muttering to himself. "HE was THIS close!!"

~*~

Kevin Brown..yes that was his name..before he'd become an Agent to the MIB.. Long Ryu ReiLin.. was just an ordinary girl before her parents took the fall almost twenty years back against an alien mob dubbed Arachneilyn that decided they'd take their shot at fame and fortune by taking down one of their Agency's top Agents; only to have their plans foiled by the Agents of the Secret service- who at the time were unaware of these alien presences.Yes her parents were the tragedies of ten years ago that were never given the rights to a proper honored burial since to the real world they were known as Mr. and Ms. Smith from Bulgaria running a mom-pop diner in down-town chicago. Reilyn had seen things that marked her as a liability and so her fate was sadly sealed.

For her safety Kevin took her in and by the age of sixteen sent her off to a military boarding school in London where she joined Her Magesty's Royal Air Force. And much to his disdain the girl joined the M.I.B. in retaliation to him not sending her to M.I.T. like she'd always dreamed of. Life was truly unfair. Pushing his way forward,Agent Kay just stared at the young lady who now stood before him. She certainly grew up.. she was not the child or Agent he'd seen all those years ago..And for missing all those years of her growing up he regretted it terribly..shedding a tear, Kay kept a smile on and watched as she boarded the shiny fuchsia limo that came to pick up the girls. Only when the vehicle was out of sight did he meet Jay back in the car.

" Down street 35 " came the instructions through the radio.