Agent 3: Execution

The Next Day

Underdogs Base

It was a rather silent morning in the Underdogs base. Daniel, who punched in the keycode and let himself in, taking an elevator down to the first floor, silently walked alone through the hallways to Ward's office. He came up to the guard that patrolled the door leading there.

"The boss called me." He explained.

The guard went inside the office without a word to get permission, and then came back out, giving Daniel a simple nod and stepping aside.

Daniel walked past him and entered the office. "Mr. Ward."

Ward turned to him, a glass of wine in his hand. He had been focused on his multiple computer screens in the room. "Executioner."

He walked up to him. "You called me?"

"Yes I did... I have a mission for you..." He casually sipped his wine. "I hope you're not too busy otherwise."

"No, never."

"That's very good... The mission is simple. We have a new target for you. There's someone who's onto us, and is now actively hunting us down, apparently... She gave the poor Jefferson kid a scare..."

"Who is she?"

"Her name..." He pointed up at the screen at the picture of the woman. "...is Vanessa Reyes. She works in an office building in the city. She posed as a reporter for the Inkopolis Daily yesterday just to ask questions about us..."

"And did she get anything?"

"Not really. But I thought it would be good to make a scene out of this... create even more fear for the public..." He looked back at Daniel. "You're the man for the job. I'm sure you know what to do from here."

Daniel nodded. "Consider it done."

Ward patted his arm. "I expect nothing less from you. You can gather Ayesha and your crew again if you want."

He nodded again.

"That is all." He looked back up at the computer screens. With that, Daniel then silently left to begin his planning.

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Meanwhile

"Hey... I'm... sorry I'm late, I don't really have access to my car at the moment..." Vanessa said as she arrived up in the office where she worked. It was a fairly large office, even if it was just one floor they had in a larger skyscraper, and it was designed with a bit of a retro look to it, just to look a bit more unique from the common office. "And I'm also sorry for missing a day yesterday..." She continued.

"Where the hell were you?" Her friend, Susan, asked as she entered and sat by her desk.

"Just... helping out a friend." She explained lazily as she put her coffee on her desk and got situated. "She's an... interesting one. To say the least."

"More interesting than me?"

"Very possibly, yes."

"Aw, bull-fucking-shit!" She replied with a fun smile. "Looks like I need to step up my game then..."

"She's... I don't know how to explain it, really." Vanessa continued with a shrug. "Guess one could say she's quite infamous."

"Please, girl, I invented the word infamous." Susan replied. "Is this the girl that's been rooming with you? What's she like then?"