Meet Me Halfway

it? I had been in the military right out of high school. Dating once or thrice, I'm no prince. I'd rather hunt down 'the bad guy'. Thought about police work, too much recording time, p

to dress down, relaxed. Jeans, plain t-shirt and work boots. I can blend in easier in any crowd. Favorite food- Italian, hence Lucciola's Italian restaurant is my usual spot for meetings. As I was leaving exiting the front door, I had

steps back out of the alleyway. I look to the left, nothing, no one of course. I turn right and a block down just at the street see the emergency room entrance. I grab my phone calling 911 to report the incident. Not sure I want to more the woman, she starts to moan and turn to her side trying to sit up or possibly stand.

the vehicle, turns and is facing me. I start waving my hands in the air and whistling loudly, crossing my arms back and forth. He sees me and reaches back into the emergency vehicle grabs a bag and yells back at the other paramedic that had stopped at the entrance of the hospital. The paramedic with the bag starts run

breath Senator Dever..." and she goes quiet. Would she be trying to get a message out about Senator Deveraux? She started to mumble again. But I could not hear any words coming out. I wanted to jump in and help these guys but did not really want anyone to remember my face. I watched as they checked her vitals, put a neck brace

y took off running back into the long alley. I walked to the next street, proceeded down to the next block. No dogs barking. No movement anywhere. I keep going the next two blocks and walking straight to the pier market area. Just people cleaning up. I stop and ask a guy just getting into his delivery truck and ask if he seen anyone coming from the

many people remembering my face. So, I turn and walk back into the alley, heading back to the restaurant where Niko is still at. Th

ep, this is going to be quite interesting. The was a woman across the way attacked and pretty beaten up and she was mumbling Deveraux's name. I need to look into this woman just take over to Amsterdam Hospital. Can you send me the file?" I ask. "You wanting to know about the pay?" He looks back at me from his laptop that he just put back on the counter and opened up. "don't care how m

nit. There are 4 of us that handle 'special gigs.' Thomas Quinn, Reggie Sanders and Conor Kupps. Niko Jandaza was our lead in the military. He is also my best friend. Thomas was on assignment in Russia. Reggie was in South America and Conor has just got back from Africa. We are known as the Zombie Squad. We take ultimate elimination assignments no one wants. Thomas lost his parents when he was 16 years old, no other family. Reggie was in the system as an orphan

Anger. I know that feeling. Thoughts of checking up on her condition. We are supposed to remain in plain sight, but not visible. It's bugging me. Deveraux. What does this woman have to do with the senator? We have

e hospital to check on "Alli". I wanted to know more about he