[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”7m68nsvk9n” question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]“The Crown’s agenda has only been expanding due to the increasing number of Boost vendors. She’s more than needed for this operation and will be assisting in our Service.”[/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”glqzaccnit” question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]Marianne’s clean, soothing voice was her signature as the head of MI6’s elite unit. Silver hair clipped back in a business twist, she ran her unit’s affairs with executional grace and a refreshingly maternal hand. M eyed her glass monitor. With a swipe of her finger, she shared an agent’s profile with the man in the lab’s central workstation.[/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”mae2ng1bzy” question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]On par with the agent’s rumors was the technological signature of HQ’s lab, covertly integrated into Victorian walls and furnishings. Amidst the country’s restless advances in technology, the room reflected the Kingdom’s desire for the nostalgic majesty of a past era. Several glass-thin monitors eclipsed a large central desk, screens rising from their bases on the floor to project the latest surveillance and gear in the works. A tall, lean figure leaned lazily on the desk counter, the faint glow of the screens reflecting in deep-set hazel eyes. [/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”0p1tegs1m9″ question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]“I could use some assistance myself.” The man pushed the mess of his ash brown hair back to glaze over M’s screenshare in apathy, unkempt strands falling in a disheveled charm. Each new mission meant more work for him.[/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”5jn7z3trbs” question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]His eyes suddenly lit up with recognition, followed closely by exasperation. He sighed heavily as a few stray strands fell back over his face.[/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”lbt0gpzq2i” question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]“You’re killing me, teach.” [/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”gfqyxh1bko” question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]The lab door clicked open to reveal the silhouette of the woman in question. Piercing silver eyes surveyed the room, chic yet mature. A worthy match for her body. Her rather cold presence was broken up only by soft, white-blonde waves that just teased her shoulders, feminine and dangerously beautiful. [/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”nfb0c6vma0″ question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]“Yiuna Li. Hand her the case, Zero. And don’t call me that,” M said.[/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”mwqn8fd8c5″ question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]Zero’s annoyance only grew stronger as the agent’s heels clicked steadily towards him, overwhelming any trace of intimidation others may have felt around her. [/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”7u5fo2fqrl” question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]“Heh. Sloppy as usual,” she noted with a smirk. She found it amusing that he still managed to make business casual look too casual, even as lead.[/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”717ugspuzb” question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]“I prefer the term ‘organized mess,’” he replied, deadpan.[/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”7buz4pvcb7″ question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]“Organized piles of trash are still trash. I don’t suppose you have gear beneath your rubbish to stop doing your father a disservice.”[/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”7ucwrqnge8″ question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]“I’ll throw something in the works to stop your mouth from being a disservice.” He had always known her mouth to be a detriment to her looks.[/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”pq6yl1px5t” question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]Not even a minute into their reunion and the blonde was already throwing him down, and perhaps for good reason. Spaced between the room’s wondrous employment of code and machinery was cutting-edge disappointment. Zero’s clutter clotted the lab, cheating on the cleanly virtue of the previous lead’s arrangement. Circuitry and wires, tools and sheets of unidentified metals from who-knows-how-many projects ago were strewn haphazardly as he went about his work. The organized mess was paired elegantly with a nearby cabinet of wine and a nearly empty bottle on his desk.[/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”lrlou3b113″ question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]Yiuna ran her fingers over a device on the counter, a handheld white cube with smooth corners and a glowing central light. Emblazoned on the side were the letters “ZEROTEK” in small, sharp font. Apparently Zero had become an undeservingly handsome narcissist since they first met a few years back. She looked back up at him in grimace, eyes narrowed in mild disgust. He sighed.[/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”yug58gamhc” question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]“I didn’t name that device, my father did. Never asked to be called Zero, headquarters just wants nostalgia for his legacy since I took over his role.” [/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”w7jiubhwn7″ question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]The agent let out a terse laugh. [/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”mijg4nopqt” question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]“How could you not have?” Yiuna picked up the wine bottle and angled his disgraceful habit towards himself. [/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”uih1lcstwc” question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]“We have every intention of calling you ‘nothing’ and getting away with it. All credit to the previous lead and Zero to you.”[/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”7rorouogcw” question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]“She’s sharp, Zero.” M replied, almost allowing her favor to show in a smile. [/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”r2ogcpw2s6″ question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]“Hey.” He anticipated the return of Yiuna’s provocation from the moment M shared her profile, but his mentor didn’t have to chime in. “I’ve been holding down work well enough.”[/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”aunudyu2v4″ question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]A satisfying pulse radiated on the desk’s touchscreen surface as the white cube started recharging. It was this interconnectivity of devices and things that had helped create the previous lead’s legacy. Zero’s father found it fitting to name his team’s line of technology “Zerotek” after the “double-0” agents. His work contrived a pronounced revolution in Her Intelligence Agency’s operations. It was no wonder that HQ was at a loss when their lead suddenly disappeared. The critical changes instilled in its operations were carried on in his son, the apprentice.[/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”1h3yxsulab” question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]Zero handed the agent a solid black case.[/wpdiscuz-feedback]
[wpdiscuz-feedback id=”c5y4dhluf1″ question=”AGENT, leave comments as you read!” opened=”0″]“The cruise is top-of-the-line. Nearly garish. It would be in bad taste to not send you off well-dressed. The tailors will have you at five sharp,” M said. “Be ready.”[/wpdiscuz-feedback]