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« Dec 17, 2015 21:52:04 GMT -6 via mobile »
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Venus looked like a cat stalking her prey. Every step was placed carefully and firmly, her body moving through the air with a dangerous grace. She stared straight ahead, fingers carefully wrapped around the papers she had printed in the archives.

She looked like she was about to kill somebody.

Walking into Jack's office without knocking, she stood in the doorway. "I'm going to Cleveland to determine who is stealing my drug and your trainer is going to Cleveland to get himself killed."

As far as she was concerned, her job was done, but she didn't immediately leave.

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« Dec 17, 2015 21:55:59 GMT -6 »
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"Wait what?"

Jack looks up from his desk!

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« Dec 17, 2015 22:00:11 GMT -6 via mobile »
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She stared at him for a heartbeat. What other people might see as cold and expressionless, Jack should know as her about to snap.

When Venus yells, she's upset. When she's cold...

"Somebody is stealing one of my drugs in Cleveland and using it to poison people." She said quietly. "I am going to stop it."

Then, her eyes glassed over with the look she was infamous for.

"And your trainer is extending his vacation to go and get himself killed. Also in Cleveland."

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« Dec 17, 2015 22:03:30 GMT -6 »
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Whyyyyyyyyyyy.....

It's the only thing Jack can think as he sighs.

"Alright. Let's go find Mat."

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« Dec 17, 2015 22:09:03 GMT -6 via mobile »
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She very obviously twitched.

"You want to do that, you're on your own," she hissed, biting the inside of her cheek.

There was no "we" right then. If she went around Mat again, she may very well stab him.

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« Dec 17, 2015 22:14:30 GMT -6 »
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The sigh continues.

"Alright. Fine. You can both run off and do whatever then, I'm not in a position to tell you not to."

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« Dec 17, 2015 22:16:55 GMT -6 via mobile »
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She stares at him for a moment longer. A part of her wanted somebody, anybody, to convince Mat not to go. Or, at least, not to go alone.

"He's going to get killed," she said, her voice almost a mewl. She walked into the office and set HC's small file on his desk.

Then, she turned around, and he'd see a shake in her fingers. She moved to walk out, having done her job.

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« Dec 17, 2015 22:21:40 GMT -6 »
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"If I tell him not to go, I'm a hypocrite."

Jack says simply, staring at the file.

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« Dec 17, 2015 22:24:08 GMT -6 via mobile »
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She stops at the door, one hand braced against the frame. There was a slight shaking to her entire body, then, and she was glad Jack couldn't see her face.

He was going to avenge his child. Who could convince him not to?

Her head lowered, gaze on the floor. The behavior was extremely abnormal for the spy, and knowing she was exposing a weakness made it even worse for her.

She curled her fingers around the frame. "Then what?" She asked. "What do I do?"

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« Dec 17, 2015 22:30:56 GMT -6 »
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"You tell him you don't want him to go, and why."

Jack looks back up at her.

"Don't sugarcoat it. Just tell him, and he'll respect it more."

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« Dec 17, 2015 22:34:17 GMT -6 via mobile »
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"And what do I say? Hmm?" She asked, whipping around to face him once more. She was shaking, then, and the look on her face was... fear.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Mat. I don't want you to go after your daughter's killer because you'll end up dying and I'm a greedy bitch that doesn't want to see you die?"

Though her anger wasn't at Jack, he was getting the brunt of it. But it was... different. A very different kind of anger.

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« Dec 17, 2015 22:37:11 GMT -6 »
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"There's no greed in wanting someone not to die."

He meets her gaze evenly.

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« Dec 17, 2015 22:40:42 GMT -6 via mobile »
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"He would be fine dying," she said softly, still shaking.

She moved back to his desk but managed not to stab anything. Or hit anything.

"He would even say so. That he's fine dying. Or give me some arrogant speech about how he won't die, he'll be just fine."

A swallow, an attempt to regain control and keep the tears from her eyes. "Isn't it greed to tell someone that you don't want them to die when they'd be perfectly fine doing so?"

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« Dec 17, 2015 22:42:42 GMT -6 »
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"No."

Jack shakes his head.

"It's not. It's normal."

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« Dec 17, 2015 22:45:32 GMT -6 via mobile »
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Normal? She stood there and stared at Jack, trying to make sense of that. How in the world was it NORMAL?

Mat wouldn't see it that way. She felt certain of that.

She hung her head again, placing her hands against the edge of his desk. The pain of the edge biting into her palms helped her focus.

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« Dec 17, 2015 22:46:46 GMT -6 »
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"Tell him."

Jack says again.

".... and mention how I'd rather he get back to work at some point."

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« Dec 17, 2015 23:27:35 GMT -6 via mobile »
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She just stood there for a moment longer before finally Sighing. She knew this wasn't going to go well. She could feel it, down to her bones.

But Jack did have a point.

"You know," she said, attempting to lighten the mood as she stood, swallowing the trickle of blood from her cheek. "I'm not a damn parrot."

She tried to smile, but nodded. Just tell him... Okay.

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« Dec 17, 2015 23:29:39 GMT -6 »
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"Consider it a favor for me, then."

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« Dec 17, 2015 23:37:25 GMT -6 via mobile »
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"Done and done."

She sighed, building herself up for the conversation she was about to have.

She'd have to ask about Evie later.

Venus turned to leave.

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« Dec 17, 2015 23:38:02 GMT -6 »
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Jack lets her leave!

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