Season 1, Episode 5:
Bunnies in Black
Part 3 of 8
Footsteps resounded
throughout the seemingly calm halls of Himitsu Takana. Agents below 00-rank were around, eyeing the
three who had entered the building. By
now the incident had been buzzing around the place already. The secretaries couldn't keep anything quiet
within the building. Especially
Lancy. So there were whispers and looks
as Agent Littrell once again headed down to the office where he’d said he would
meet his cousin.
It amazed him sometimes
how different they were, he and Kevin.
Most of their family had gone off and joined the military. By the time he and Kevin had reached that
age, both wanted something beyond that.
Brian had slowly worked his way through the rankings of the system and
eventually the CIA, while Kevin struggled with another job until the day he was
recruited into HimTak, the secretly appointed, true "Big Brother" of
the world. The public never knew of
HimTak and credited their protection back to
That fact, however,
annoyed him to no end at the moment. He
had just barely gotten back from the mission from hell with the most
irritating, poor excuse for an agent that he'd ever dealt with. Brian had been promised time off for having
taken that extra mission with Himitsu Takana, being the only
"open-minded" agent of his team who solely dealt with "special
projects." When he’d gotten back,
he was simply told something huge had happened and that he was to be sent with
two FBI agents to go check it out. Goodbye time with Opal.
He continued walking,
ignored the murmurs around him. Some
came from the federal agents who accompanied him.
"See, I told you the
truth was out there!"
"They could drop you
in the middle of the desert, tell you the truth is out there, and you'd ask
them for a shovel! I'm waiting till I
see."
And basically, that's
what they were doing. Coming to the
middle of a damn desert to see what had K so worked up. He could have been with Opal, his Opal. Usually she was in LA while he was across the
country in DC when not on an assignment.
He loved that girl, and no matter how hard or frustrating his job got,
she was able to soothe him in ways no other could. He had been yearning for this time with his
girl, and now it was gone.
It was the slamming
against another body that snapped him out of his reverie.
"You?! Watch where you’re going! Fuck, you’re supposed to LEAVE after you try
and fuck up the world.”
Brian's jaw set in
annoyance. He was beyond the point of
not being in the mood to deal with him again.
He stepped up to the taller blonde without hesitation. He leaned up, meeting the other man nose to
nose without a second thought. "And
again, people like y'all can't handle it, which is why I got MY orders!"
he shot back, his country twang in full effect.
The two FBI agents behind him had gone on ahead without his notice.
"All you're gonna do
is cover it up! Hide it; use it
somewhere to make the world worse..."
"We ain't on a
mission anymore, pretty boy. I
could-"
"Oh yeah? Bring it on, you damn hillbilly!"
"Hillbilly?! Hillbilly?!
This hillbilly has more brains than you, you poor excuse for an
agent. No wonder you were on hiatus
before!"
At that, Nick shoved the
CIA agent against the wall. He didn't
care what K said. He could care less
that the CIA would be pissed off if he beat up the one agent willing to deal
with them.
No one mocked his hiatus,
not with what had lead to it. No
one. It was a sore spot that never went
away. "You know SHIT. Back the HELL off!"
Finally, he felt a pair
of hands pull him roughly away and shove him back against the wall. An angry pair of green eyes met his
gaze. Brian just smirked defiantly. "So Kev, is it time to fire him
yet?"
The oldest one of the
bunch just rubbed his temples, followed by a tired run of his hand through his
full head of black hair. "I'm going
to go gray between you two and your immaturity.
008, this is exactly why you're not going on this mission. And Brian, he's one of my best, and I'm sick
of you helping pick fights. Both of you
are acting like spoiled brats, and I am damn sick of you both. Carter, go to
Both of them rolled their
eyes, but did as they were told as Agent K took this moment to turn around and
walk further down the corridor. Brian
took a deep breath and, after shooting a glare after Nick, walked down the same
direction his cousin had.
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Brian found himself
delayed later, but for good reason. The
mission was located in LA, and he couldn't believe his good luck. It was nothing compared to the time off he
could have had, but it was something.
He had told Agent Jay and
Agents Scull and
Now he was there, with
Opal in his arms, as they lazily watched the sunrise on the balcony of her
luxurious studio apartment. Her silky, dark hair was within his fingers, and
her jade eyes were gazing up at him with love.
Brian couldn't think of a better way to spend a mission, especially
after his last one. She just didn't know
he had another assignment to do just yet.
"This is so
nice," she said softly, as if not to ruin the tone of the newly born
day. "You, me, the sunrise, and no
one is trying to kill us."
A gentle kiss was placed
upon her forehead by the southern gentleman.
"Perfect."
"I can't believe
we'll be able to be free of that for two weeks... I love my job, yeah, but it's
good to have a break."
Brian subconsciously
released a sigh at the thought. His
superior officer owed him big time.
"About that."
She stiffened just ever
so slightly. "You got another
assignment, didn't you?"
"Darling, I didn't want
it..."
"Which means it
involved Himitsu Takana again because that's the only reason they'd take your
vacay away." She gave a slight pout
of the lips. "That stinks. What's time off without your boyfriend?"
He gave her a gentle
squeeze, nuzzling her neck and inhaling the sweet, vanilla fragrance of her
skin. "The good news is that this
mission is here in LA, so I won't be far, and I'll take a day or two extra with
you after it's done."
Opal smiled softly. He may have been a workaholic at times, but
she gave him points for trying. In their
business, it came with the territory, and she had long ago accepted that. When they’d first began dating, she’d had a
hunch he would love his country more than her.
She didn't know for sure, and may never know, but it was endearing, and
she loved that loyalty within him.
"This better be some mission," she teased.
He nodded. "Huge.
K actually had to call us because he wasn't sure how to go about it
without a little help."
"That big?"
"Yep."
She grinned even more,
with a twinkle in her eyes. "Fine;
I guess I'll let you save the world."
He chuckled as he stood
with her scooped within his arms.
"I'll save the world later.
Right now, I have a new mission."
With that, he ran off to her bedroom playfully, and loud squeals and
giggles between the lovers soon followed.
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“I
can’t believe I’m wearing this,”
“Just
think of it like this: the sooner we
get in, the sooner we can get out and out of these get-ups. Does this tail make my ass look big?” Red
inquired, turning to look at the white ball of fluff on her butt.
Groaning,
Emerald gave Red a slight push. “Let’s
move it, girls.”
Jay
shook his head. He couldn’t help but laugh;
this was going to be interesting. Part
of him was sorry that he had to subject the ladies to this, but the other part
of him… well, he was a guy, after all.
They
made their way up to the entrance of the
“What? I didn’t pick the doorbell music.” He smirked.
There
were assorted groans just as the door swung open to reveal a huge, muscular guy
with an unsmiling face.
Jay
took a step forward, offering his hand to the guy. “My name is Rico.”
The
guy stared at his hand and then at him and then looked at the girls, a hint of
a smile forming on his lips.
Jay
cleared his throat. “These are my
girls. That’s Cookie…” He pointed to Emerald, whose eyes widened in
shock. “That’s Candy…” He pointed at
“Muffin,
huh?” The guy grinned.
Red
swallowed hard, batting her eyes. “I
hope you like muffins.”
The
guy chuckled. “You have no idea. Why don’t you ladies come on in?”
“I’m
so glad to hear you say that; that’s exactly why we’re here. I’d like to donate these lovely ladies…to
you! Well, to the man of the house…
might I have a word with him so we can work something out?”
The
guy stared at him for a moment before shutting the door.
“Way
to go, Jay, now we’ll never get in!”
“I
had to say something; it’s weird if I’m offering you guys and don’t ask for
anything.”
“Now
what do we do?” Diamond sighed.
Just then,
the door opened again, and they all turned.
“You
ladies can come in. You… Rico, you
leave.”
“Whoa,
whoa, wait a minute. Where they go, I
go.”
The
guy crossed his arms over his chest.
“Then no deal. It’s either the
ladies, or you all can leave.”
Red
slowly made her way closer to the man, bringing her hand up and rubbing his
chest lightly. “Aww c’mon, it’s no fun
without Rico.”
The
guy raised an eyebrow. “Rico would be
too much of a distraction. The ladies
around here get distracted too easily, and we don’t need another guy around
here. Boss’s orders. Your choice.”
Jay
hated to do it, but they needed to get inside.
“Fine.”
“What?!”
was the collective response from the four women.
“I
want you ladies to do what you’ve always dreamed of, and that’s to be Playboy
bunnies. Who am I to stand in your way?
Don’t forget me, okay?” Jay sighed,
before turning and heading off.
They
stood there, stunned.
“Ladies,
won’t you come inside?”
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Jay quickly
made his way down the driveway and over to the van waiting a short way down the
street. He pounded on the door and
hurried in once the door slid open.
“This
isn’t good; I can’t believe they wouldn’t let you in,” Brian sighed.
“I
tried, but the ladies are okay; they can handle themselves,” he said, giving a
small nod to
“I
know, but we don’t know what we’re up against.
I mean, we handle this kind of thing a lot, but this is just… I don’t
know; it’s crazy. We haven’t seen this
kind of activity in years, and all of a sudden it’s starting again?”
“Mr.
Littrell, we’re starting to get feed,”
“Great.” Brian put a pair of headphones on and handed
another pair to Jay. He was worried;
they had to stop this, and they had to stop it fast, before the whole world
started to be taken over.
Jay
shook his head. “I can’t hear a thing.”
“Here,
let me adjust your settings,” Scull suggested.
Suddenly,
Jay could hear several different voices all at once. He could make out Emerald distinctly. He hoped they’d be all right in there.
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“Please,
ladies, make yourselves at home. Hef
will be down shortly to introduce himself and help you get better acquainted.” The security guy smiled, running his hand
over Red’s shoulder lightly. “And maybe
I can have a muffin for desert.” He
winked before walking off.
“You’re
telling me,” Red groaned, rubbing at her shoulder.
There
were a few girls standing around; they all eyed them wearily.
“Okay,
ladies, let’s split up; we can cover more ground that way. Get any information you can get from the
women, but don’t be too suspicious,” Diamond announced.
“That
won’t be too hard,” Emerald groaned.
They
all went their separate ways.
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