Hide from 'Falling' || H.S

"A person who sees a problem is a human being; a person who finds a solution is visionary; and the person who goes out and does something about it is an entrepreneur."
- Naveen Jain

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The last two days had been anything but relaxing. We still haven't come up with an idea how to unlock the USBs and we are slowly running out of time.

Yesterday my mother told me that Harry and his friends had set off the alarm in the hunting lodge and that no burglars were to blame, which I already knew of course. But she didn't know that. She said I could calm down again...but I had never been more tense.
As suspected Harry had talked his way out of the whole thing and is now back home which only makes me more worried.

Time is slowly running out and I hate it. I hate that we are once again under time pressure. Not that I'm not used to it, because in this profession it's standard and part of it, but this private mission comes on top of my normal missions, which doesn't make it any easier. After all, I can't tell Evans that I already have other problems and worries and therefore can't carry out his orders.
So I have no choice but to work twice as much as usual.

That Harry was the reason for the alarm, however, will not stop Robin from turning the entire forest cabin upside down. I feel that.
So we have two options: Either we bring the USBs back without anyone noticing, as if they had never been gone. Or we find a way to unlock the flash drives, back up the data and I kill Harry and his friends before someone can ask questions. The deal with our fathers would then be void because Harry is dead and they have nothing more against me.

I think it's clear which of the two options I'm more in favor of. Having done all the work of getting the flash drives for free only that I can then bring them back is definitely not my favorite....

The option to work with the boys is definitely out of the question. And after I had made that very clear to the girls they didn't dare to bring it up anymore.

I just don't understand what Piper was thinking at that momemt and why also Layla thought it could work out. Because there's no way it's going to work. It doesn't even make any sense.
Did they think we would just go to Harry's house, tell him about our problem and he would happily help us? He would never give the flash drives back, let alone promise not to copy the data secretly.

What should stop them from doing that? They would break any deal and would not keep their promises. They are sick psychopaths and serious criminals. So there must be another solution. One that is safer and doesn't involve a gang member.

I am currently back at the CIA headquarters while Layla, Emily and Piper are on a mission that is supposed to lead to a trace of Falling. After all, our unit is specializes in finding people like the guys, and although we've gotten other assignments in the meantime because we're not getting anywhere with the Falling case, the search hasn't ended or been called off in the end.