SILENCE THE TRUTH

T H R E E

THIRD PERSON 

Natalia calls Freddy and tells him to track down Zaira so that they can meet up at the Washington DC airport. He only replies with a simple 'ok' before hanging up. 

So she finally makes up the courage to fly to Atlantic City to pick up Jonathan. She arrives at his house and climbs through a window. Making polite conversation with Jonathan's father as he packs. They leave as quickly as possible. 

They take a plane to the Washington DC airport. The flight there Jonathan lectures Natalia. 

" Maybe you should just call her, " Jonathan proposes. Natalia shuts him down and the rest of the flight is relatively quiet. 

Once they land and meet everyone. They converse for a little while. Until Zaira grabs a few pieces of jewelry from her purse. She hands everyone a necklace. The necklace has a small limpet shell in the center. Everyone thanks her. Natalia wears hers as a bracelet, Jonathan and Freddy wear theirs as necklaces. Freddy drives the team to the headquarters. 

Once there, they are brought in by security guards. The director takes them to her office. 

" First of all, thank you for coming in, you guys are really top-notch, " The director says as if they had a choice in the matter. 

" We better. We've had more successful missions that James fucking Bond, " Zaira says, her arms crossed. She seemed to be in a bad mood. 

" Miss Queen, please refrain from that kind of language, " The director says, " Anyway, where was I? " 

" We're awesomesauce, " Freddy says confidently. Natalia felt uncomfortable, so she leaned against the wall and put her hands on the back of her neck, feeling scars throughout her neck and scalp. 

" Right, and since you guys are doing very well we're sending you on another mission. Though it does not have as much information as we'd like, time is of the essence. We don't have the luxury of a detailed analysis right now. " 

" How big? " Jonathan asks, raising his left eyebrow. 

" Code Orange. You will be meeting up with a counterterrorism task for in Boston—" 

" Wait, what? " Natalia says, her voice going the tiniest bit higher with fear. 

" We'll brief you on strategy and background into the night and you'll leave tomorrow morning—" 

" Hold on . . . " Natalia says, panicking. Boston has a lot of organizations right? 

" Now, Wayne Enterprises is hard to infiltrate so some of you will be working at a distance. " 

Shit, shit, shit, it's real. It's really happening. Her worst nightmare that she never even knew existed. She can't deal with this, it cannot be happening. "Just what the fuck do you think you're talking about?" she shouts, her hands falling to her sides. 

Everyone looks at her, confused. Like they're asking for a backstory. Natalia hates it because it's none of their god damn business what happened at Wayne Enterprises or why her heart isn't beating properly. 

The director coughs, " Well, we're going to have to send Natalia into the shareholders meeting. " Natalia nods, trying to calm her breathing. The director dismisses the team and tells them to pack for a possibly very long trip.