Outside Thames House, London
MI5 Central HQ
5:42 A.M. local time
"Phoenix, this is Oracle, do you copy? I've hit the safehouse with Paladin and am live. Standing by for your final approach."Sitting in the passenger seat of the rental car, Special Agent Brittany Colefield doesn't so much as make a move toward the earpiece in her ear, knowing
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Her own revolver's a comforting weight under her jacket. She has a few other items tucked away, including a tiny plastic container of mace and
a knife. Hopefully they won't find *everything*. She doubts it, but
worth a try.
Scully notes the building's exterior. The place looks forbidding, though that may just be her mood. She's on edge, as always before a mission where
she knows someone's at high risk. Several someones, in this case. Don't let fear overwhelm you, but don't ignore it or your instincts either.
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talk.
Scully doesn't trust either of them. That thought makes her smile
wryly. Power games. If she took a higher position in the Bureau,
would she end up playing them too? Inevitably?
Though that might be a moot point, given their current circumstances.
She listens to them talk, politely, but with an edge under the words.
Cuts through the banter.
"Sorry to interrupt old home week, but we had another matter to
discuss."
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