An Agents Life

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Maya could hear shuffling in the background as everyone was filing into Josh's office. She could hear the faint sound of Farkle telling Josh he wanted to talk to her. There sounded like some pushing and shoving.

"Maya!" Josh's voice exclaimed from the other end. A smile made its way onto her face.

"Josh." She gasped. Josh let out a sigh of relief.

"Damn, Maya. You dont know how good it is to hear your voice." He whispered. Maya bit her lip.

"I have an idea." She laughed. "How is everyone?" She asked. There was slight whispers on the other end.

"We're hanging in there. How did you get a hold of us?" Josh asked her frantically. Maya looked over at Max who nodded his head.

"I guess Peterson did give me some backup in here, it hasn't been safe to come forward until now. Josh listen, this assignment isn't exactly what we were told it was going to be." She informed him.

"What do you mean?" Josh asked in a low tone.

"I dont think I can tell you over the phone. I only have a few minutes before I have to get off. Listen, its better that you just wait until I can contact you. I dont know what Peterson has in mind, but its way too dangerous." Maya explained. She knew she couldn't say much.

"We cant get ahold of Peterson. Who is the other undercover in there with you?" Josh asked her. Maya looked over and James shook his head no. Maya sighed.

"I cant tell you. Look you guys are just going to have to trust me." There was silence on the other end of the line before Josh sighed.

"Okay, we trust you." He stated. There was more shuffling on the other end.

"Maya?" Maya smiled.

"Farkle." She laughed. "God, I miss you." She said. Sure, her and Farkle didnt end things on good terms. But Maya still loved him and he was still her partner.

"I miss you, too. Are you okay? You're not hurt are you?" He asked her. Maya shook her head.

"I'm fine. You guys hang in there until I get back. I promise, I'm coming back." She told him. James gave her the hand signal to hurry it up. "Farkle listen to me. Look up the name David Smith. Start there. I have to go." She could hear the protesting from different voices before she hung up the phone.

"Good. Now maybe Matthews will give Peterson a break on talking to you." James told her. Ginny narrowed her eyebrows.

"Okay its your turn, who are you?" Maya asked him. James stared at her.

"I cant tell you that. I'm not authorized." He explained. Maya shook her head. That wasn't good enough.

"So I'm supposed to tell you everything that David tells me, correct? I'm supposed to get close to him in a way that you never could so he'll tell me everything that he's holding back from even his top three men." James stared at her.

"You catch on quickly, I'm impressed." He nodded.

"Yeah well, if I'm going to be able to trust you, then I need to know exactly who you are and where you came from. Otherwise you can tell Peterson to kiss my a-"

"Alright, alright." James interrupted her. "I get the point." He looked around before clearing his throat.

"We cant talk here. We'll get lunch later and I'll explain everything. In the meantime you need to do some shopping." He told her. Maya shook her head at him with a confused look on her face?

"What? No, no I dont." She argued. James looked annoyed.

"You need to spend some of the money he gave you." He told her. Maya shook her head.

"I have no idea where this money came from!" She exclaimed. "I'm not going to spend stolen or crooked money." She shook her head.

"You will if you want to stay alive. Look, David is a very suspicious man. He let you come out and told me to go with you so I could report back to him what I think you're like. If he has even the slightest thought that you could be a cop then we're both dead. Do you understand me? You have to spend that money."

Maya sighed and bit her lip. James was scouting out the area, as if they had people watching them from different areas.

"What am I supposed to buy?" She asked him. James rolled his eyes.

"Are you deaf? He told you what to buy. Clothes, jewelry, bath stuff. I dont care what you buy as long as you buy something!" He snapped at her. "Let's go. We cant afford to stick in one place for too long." James started walking down the different stores. He looked back at Maya and glared. Maya stuck her tongue out at him before she started walking, too. She could hear him scoff and mumble under his breath something about her being 'immature'.
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The phone line went dead causing everyone to sigh and Farkle to hang up the phone.

"David Smith." Lucas repeated. "Who is David Smith?"

"I think that's what Maya wants us to figure out." Mia answered.

"Do you know how many David Smith's there probably are in New York?" Zay complained.

"We're the FBI, its our job to narrow it down, genius." Farkle stated causing Zay to glare at him.

"Guys." Josh interrupted. "Obviously this guy is important to the case otherwise Maya wouldn't have told us about him. We've started out with much less, lets get to work."

"But we're not even supposed to be working this case." Lucas reminded them. "Peterson told us to stay off of it."

"Peterson lied to us about what this case is really about!" Farkle snapped. "Didnt you hear Maya? She said this wasn't at all what we thought it was going to be. She wouldn't have given us a name if she didnt need our help."

"Farkle's right. For now we'll continue on with other cases like we normally do. But on the side this will be our main focus, nobody is to know about it. This is between the people in this room. Can we count on you, Smackle?" Josh asked as he looked at her.

"Of course, sir." She nodded.

"Good. Let's get to work. We've got a lot of ground to uncover."
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