Undercover

s e v e n

January 2019

Los Angeles

R&L Company, Check-in

The next day, I slept in, so I had to rush to get to the office.

Late at night, the "big boss" sent me the code to the underground parking lot.

When I get there, a security guy had me show him the working pass. After doing a few rounds, I find a good spot close to the computer room.

I catch the lift to my floor getting there in 2 minutes late. The doors open and I'm welcomed in by Clare, looking extremely tired and pissed off.

"This early in the morning?"- I ask her right away.

"They are lucky I need this job."- She rambles " or I would punch them"

"Take them somewhere without cameras, I can help you"- I offer half-serious, half-joking. Luckily she took the latter.

"Oh! I wouldn't mind!"- She answers chuckling.

"Alright! I have shit to do"

Moving away, I find the guy who was smirking at me on my first day by my desk.

As if he heard me coming, he looks up and the smirk makes an appearance.

"Yes?"- I ask as I put my stuff down and sit on the chair.

"I have to give this to you"

I look at his hands and for the first time, I see a lengthy folder stretched out for me to take.

I take it from him and thank him. He turns and leaves, but not before sending me a wink.

When I can't see him anymore, I open it and a small paper falls. As soon as I read what's written on it I roll my eyes.

  

                                                 Maybe we should hang out outside of work.

                                                                    Call me ***-***-**

                                                                          -Garrett

I put it in my bag and move on.

Looking at the file, I find another work but the last few papers are photos of the room so that I can go in and out quickly.

I also put that bit on my bag and start working on the things that were on the folder.

As I work, I start feeling eyes on me, I finish writing a code and look up, travelling my eyes through the people and the settle on Garrett who was " hiding" in the corner of the room.

We lock eyes for a few seconds until he looks away. I think he is hiding something, what, I don't know but I should pay attention to him. It might not be him, but he must know something about it. And that reminds me to check people for suspicious tattoos. (prison/ gang).

Just by this, I can tell that this case will be slow in progress.

I go back to coding but I'm still trying to understand the look we shared.

After I finish that job, I start hacking through everyone's computer (that were suspicious) to study their signatures.

January 2019

Los Angeles

R&L Company, My desk

Everything was going well until no sound was being made. I looked up and saw the boss talking to Clare.

"They found a random car with no plates on the underground parking lot."- I heard somebody whisper

I feel the corner of my lips turn upwards.

That was a complete lie, my car still had plates but I guess he wanted to give himself a reason to come down to this level, but what was surprising was the fact that he went to Garrett.

Because everybody started talking again I went back to work but even then that didn't last long.

I was so concentrated that I didn't notice that someone was close by until they forced a cough.

When I looked at the person, I came face to face with Garrett for the second time today.

"Can't get enough of me, huh"- I joked with a half-smile.

"Maybe, but right now, the boss needs you for something."

I get up and walk side by side with him to his desk. The boss was seated on a chair with a confused expression.

"Is he really that oblivious to tech?"- I wonder out loud.

"Yes... it's quite funny to watch."- Garrett answers anyway.

"Isn't it a bit annoying though?"

"Until you get used to it"

"Why is this beeping?"- The boss asks while watching the screen.

"Beeping?"- Garrett freaks out.

"YES!"

We share a look before somewhat running over to see.

"A virus?"- I question not moving my eyes from the screen.

The last person I hacked was his computer which can mean 2 things:

It spread from my desk

They installed it on my computer.

Either way, somebody touched that one before I came here. Garrett starts working on it until the boss starts talking to the two of us.

"I have a job for the both of you".- He starts. " The director told me that there was something wrong in that room in the parking lot and because the both of you park there, it would be easier for you two to get there and see what's wrong."

"That's fine by me"- Garrett accepts still typing.

"Sure"- I agree and nod to the boss.