Bang and Burn ~ Dreamnotfound + Skephalo

Chapter 3

"Alright, I'm going to give you a quick tour of the building as well as explain to you what each of us do," Nick says as George inspects his keycard. "So, I see you've met my team. You've got Zak who handles coding and hacking. He's always in calls with us while jobs are going on, but he does most of his work from here. Occasionally, he'll do his work from the van, but that's rare. Vincent is his partner who also handles linguistics as well as fake documents. You need anything from a electrical bill, to medical records, to passports, Vincent can make them. He also has his pilot's license so that comes in handy more than you'd expect. Then there's Darryl. He's kind of like our supervisor. He makes sure everything is running smoothly and stops us from goofing off. He's also a field agent, just like me. We go out and follow people, chase people down, and stuff like that. We do the work that you see agents do in the movies."

George laughs. "No offense, Nick, but I can't imagine you as a secret agent."

"That means my cover is working, so I'll take it!" Nick says. "Alright, time for a super fast and basic tour of the place. Come on."

George follows Nick down the hallway and onto the elevator, explaining that there was nothing worth mentioning in the office area besides the boss' office which was on the 20th floor on that side of the building. The two ride the elevator all the way down and enter the elevator to the right.

"So, this elevator will take you to all sorts of extra rooms we've got." Nick presses five and, after a moment, the elevator opens up. Nick steps out. "Each team has their own floor and is the floor my team uses. It'll be pretty empty since there's only five of us. Each floor is practically the same, except the 20th floor on this side is a huge gourmet kitchen. Our boss has so much money I swear."

"Am I ever going to get to meet this mysterious boss you keep talking about?" George asks.

Nick nods. "Yeah, but first we gotta get you out of those clothes." George looks down, realizing he was still wearing the same outfit from the night before. "You look like a mess and you reek of alcohol. Lucky for you, we've got rooms here to fix you right up." Nick points at doors as they walk by. "First door right here is a training room that also doubles as a gym. You and I are going to spend some time in there soon. First door on the left is a cafeteria where they send out lunch and dinner everyday. There's also a super fancy coffee machine in there. You'll love it. That door on the right goes into our gadget room. That's where we test out new things that Zak and Vin come up with. It also doubles as a store room for the gadgets we aren't currently using. And that door on the left is our first actual stop!" Nick opens the door to a huge room filled with clothing. It was almost the size of a department store, complete with outfits that ranged from super formal to everyday wear.

"Damn this place is huge!" George says, looking around.

"This is our closet. I'll submit your sizes to the boss and he'll send over clothes tailored just for you by tomorrow. Zak is around your size, though, so you should be able to find something to wear."

As George looks around at the racks of clothes, he asks, "Why do you guys have this place?"

"Well, when you go undercover, you need your outfit to match the person you're pretending to be. We've had to crash millionaire parties and we've had to buy drugs from people, both requiring different outfits. You're welcome to take whatever you want from here except for the tee shirts. Zak will kill for those tee shirts." Nick watches in amusement as George runs his hands along all sorts of different shirts labeled "Skeppy". He always had a knack for fashion, so Nick figured he was overwhelmed with everything in there.

After quite a bit of looking around, George settles on a pair of ripped blue skinny jeans and a button down shirt with a diamond pattern on it. "Where should I go to change?"