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Flynn: The Director has pulled up. What do you think she wants to talk
to us about?
Celandine: She’s looking for the mole. She’ll be interrogating us for
information.
Anaïs: Unless she’s a mole too, in which case the whole thing will be a
charade. She may even be intending to frame one of us for it, so she stays in
the shadows.
Flynn: You don’t really think she’s a traitor, do you?
Anaïs: Sachs is, and she chose him to join our tack team.
Celandine: That’s proof of nothing. Careful where you throw your
accusations.
Anaïs: Why, because they’ll come flying back at me?
Celandine: Maybe.
Flynn: Easy, ladies. We’re all on the same side. Now, I don’t know if
the Director is dirty, just like I don’t know if I can trust all these new
agents around us. I felt so much more comfortable around the freepersons than
I ever thought I would. But the one thing I do know is that I’ve been working
with you two for months, and you’re definitely clean. Can we all at least just
agree on that, and stick together?
Anaïs: I can.
Celandine: I can too. You’re right, Flynn. *sighs* She’s here. Get
ready.
Director Washington: *walking up* Agent Robles, please gather the
troops. I would like to address the group as a whole. I do not like repeating
myself.
Celandine: Apologies, sir, I’m not in charge here.
*Washington looks over at Investigator Blass*
Blass: It’s true, sir. Herzog made a declaration after the
others...after the exodus.
Washington: Investigator Blass, always with the politically safe
verbiage. Very well. Go find him, and relay the order. In the meantime, Agent
Robles, do you have tea?
*later, in the bullpen, with everyone in the department*
Washington: Last week, we unmasked a traitor in our ranks. Sergeant
Sachs was a dedicated soldier, a patriot, and a good man. How he lost his way
is something that I have assigned a team to figure out. This small group
behind me is here to do the same with the rest of you. I’m going to be honest
with you, we don’t know if he was working alone. He could have been a lone
zealot, or there are others in your ranks. Or there are others, but they’ve
been assigned to other departments. We truly do not know. If you are a mole,
this may make you feel safe, comfortable. But I assure you that I will use
every tool in my box to root out the cancer in the government, be it one of
you, or even the National Commander himself. The aliens are here, and the last
thing we need is to be fighting amongst ourselves when they make their next
moves. We have to be ready, and this department was originally formed to do
that. I’m saddened that it has disintegrated so epically quickly. In the next
coming days, you will be questioned. Your backgrounds will be rechecked, and
rechecked, and then re-rechecked. Your associates will be investigated, and
your history will be traced. In the meantime, you will continue your training
here, under the leadership of Agent Robles here. Who is Agent Herzog?
Herzog: Right here, sir. I took the initiative when the
defectors...defected.
Washington: I heard. You’re fired, and you’ll be the first in the hot
seat. No one does anything without my orders. Does everyone else at least
understand that?
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