Cut You A Piece

9

It was early in the morning,  and agent Stone was busy training. The agent wore a tank top with some working out pants and had decided to clean up some of his training due to the long absence he had taken earlier that year.  The agent was working on his hand to hand combat at the moment, making sure that he still had his lightning-fast reflexes as well as quick thinking to react to the attacks. He took a break halfway through his training and truly realized how out of practice he was." I truly need to work out more." The agent said to himself softly. After about a minute, the agent was back on it, working hard on sharpening and cleaning his skills. Unbeknownst to the agent, the doctor was watching him through the cameras.

The doctor admired Stones' resilience and ability to persist when it came to combat. The agility the agent showed as well as his swift ability to end any confrontation with one swing. The doctor already knew all the different types of fighting styles the agent knew. The doctor was good at finding that information. Watching the agent in action, on the other hand, was something completely different. The doctor sort of feel into a trance when he watched the agent work. This all reminded him of the first time he saw Stone beat someone down.

It was early spring and the two of them were off inspecting a site and someone had disrespected the doctor. The doctor was displeased by the action and had Stone take care of him. The doctor had watched through a camera in the van and saw how Stone dealt with the man. It was truly amazing. The man had tried to simply punch the agent who, in return, grabbed the man and dropped him to the ground. Stone had then crouched down to have his face above the man lying on the ground and threatened the man. The doctor couldn't hear what the agent had said, but it was a threat. That was the first time the doctor seemed to be truly interested in the agent.

Stone had taken another break from the training and began to think of the olden days of when he worked for the doctor before the whole hedgehog debacle. He used to do kill orders which were nothing extreme for the agent. To the agent, it was simply a game of predator and prey. It was a game that he always won. It wasn't hard for the agent to pull the trigger when ordered to. It was what he was trained to do after all. Most of the other agents would hesitate which forced Stone to finish what the others had started. It was quite tiresome really, having rookies around when he worked. They always took things too lightly and treated everything as a joke. There were a time and place for everything and those rookies didn't know them. 

Stone decided that it was enough of a workout for today and went to shower and change into fitting working attire to go and meet up with the doctor. The doctor watched as Stone left into the locker room and exited out of the camera system. The doctor agreed it was time to do something else than watch his agent and decided to continue working on new robots. 

The two reunited later in the doctors' lab. Stone came in with two fresh lattes for the doctor and said," Good morning, sir. How have the machines been?" The way Stone worded and stated that question made them sound like an old couple who had children. Stone quickly apologized saying," Sorry, sir. That came out very wrong. I meant to ask on your progress with creating them." The doctor waved his hand as to dismiss the apology and said," They're fine. There have been some complications, but so far nothing has been an issue to big for me to handle." The agent was glad that the doctor hadn't run into any serious issues with his work. It would usually become a hectic workday if it did though. 

" Stone, remember the first time i ordered a kill order?" The doctor asked with a smile. Stone looked surprised by the small talk but smiled back and said," Yes i do, sir." The doctor turned to Stone and said," Remember how surprised you were back then? When i gave it to you? You were so shocked that i could do such a thing." The agent gave a soft chuckle." Yes, i was fairly new to your staff during that time and i normally didn't get those types of orders unless it was during a severe event. In the end, i believe i have gotten used to your kill orders, sir." The doctor nodded in response." I agree. You've become such a great assistant over the years." The doctor turned back to his desk as he saw something strange happening on cameras that surrounded the outside of the van." Stone, come look at this." The agent turned and the two were looking at the screen with stern looks. You could barely see it, but bodies were trying to stay out of the sight of the cameras." It seems like one-" " Two boogies, sir." The agent but in already getting his handgun out of his belt." I'll deal with them, sir." The doctor turned to the agent and said," Figure out what they want before you kill them, agent. Knowing their motive will be very beneficial for me." The agent nodded as he headed for the front door. 

The agent placed a wireless Bluetooth earpiece in his ear while the doctor put on headphones. The doctor got a full 360 view of around the van and saw exactly how many boogies were there." Stone, there are exactly 5 boogies around the van, two watching the door, one watching the front of the van, and one on the other side." Stone nodded and said," Thank you, sir, this will be easily dealt with."  With that, the doors to the van opened and Stone held his weapon up and aimed for where the two boogies would be standing. He fired and heard two men groan as they landed on the floor. The agent went out with caution watching the area leading to the front of the van. The moment the third boogie appeared there, the agent shot twice, both hitting the boogies' knees. The third came behind the agent who easily predicted that and ducked quickly to dodge the bullets fired by them. The agent swiftly turned, aimed, and fired several shots hitting the last boogies knees. The squad against trying to infiltrate the van was down and the agent did this all without breaking a sweat.

The agent made sure none of the boogies could reach for their guns as he went around each of them observing their attire as he walked. He got on his earpiece and said," I've unarmed them, sir. If you would like, you can come out and interrogate them yourself." There was a moment of silence when the doctor got back on the phone and said," I'll be right there. Make sure they're close together so my interrogation can be easier, agent." Stone nodded and responded saying," Yes, sir." With that, he put up his piece and dragged the two boogies on opposite ends of the van near the ones at the entrance.

The doctor came out soon as he finished pulling the last boogie to join the little group who were on the floor and in pain." Now, which of you will tell me what you were doing near my lab?" The doctor asked with a smile. None of the boogies said anything, they just glared at the doctor." One of you will tell me, either on your terms or mine, take your pick! But just to tell you now, my way can be very unpleasant." The group of boogies didn't respond and this infuriated the doctor."  Answer me damn it!" He yelled to the group of boogies. The doctor let out a sigh before saying," Alright then, my way it is." He turned to Stone who nodded as the doctor walked back into the van. It was Stone's turn to interrogate the boogies. 

Stone walked over and crouched near one of them holding several black bags and ropes." You know, when you work for the government as an agent. You learn a lot of things." He then bagged all of their heads as he began to drag them off to an unknown place.