Once A Thief Always A Thief
By TriGemini
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or its characters they belong to Naoko Takeuchi.
Chapter Six
(Somewhere in downtown Washington D.C., the U.S. capital)
Early mornings in downtown, Washington D.C. is always considered not the best time to be either coming or going. Like in most big cities the traffic was always terrible no matter what time of day it was. For that reason, alone it makes a person wonder if the entire world is visiting the nation's capital. Like every morning he made the drive from his suburban home in Walfdor, Maryland to downtown Washington D.C., he always assumed that if he left at a reasonable hour like seven in the morning then traffic wouldn't be so terrible. Much to his dismay even traffic at that hour was still awful. Since then he was forced to leave much earlier than that every morning. Unfortunately, it didn't make this morning any different from the others. As usual, he was edgy, tired, and definitely needed a cup of hot coffee. Alas, that wouldn't be possible until he got to his office. Therefore, thinking about it right now wasn't helping at all.
Darien Spencer felt he had a difficult life. He was only twenty-six years old, with jet-black hair and midnight blue eyes. He was considered quite handsome and young, yet he was already leading one of the biggest divisions of the F.B.I., the Special Investigations Unit. Sure, he liked his job a lot. However, sometimes it kept him on edge. He didn't like surprises at all and hated when something would happen that didn't have an explanation for occurring. He tended to be practical most of the time, always worked with the facts that were given to him, and so did the rest of his team, as well.
However, at this moment all he really wanted to do was get to the office and see what was happening. Even though it wasn't like him to want something to occur. Recently things have been kind of slow and the only thing he'd been seeing really was a bottomless end of paperwork to be done that somehow always managed to wind up on top of his desk. Therefore, he swore to himself that the next official report he had to write up or sign something he was going to go on vacation. He didn't care how bad it looked he was getting restless and so were the rest of the team.
Finally, after waiting for at least a half hour in traffic he managed to make his way into the downtown district. After going by a few more streets he finally pulled into the bureaus garage that connected with the federal building he worked in. It took him a few minutes to get to the fifth level where his parking space was. Once he parked his Prism Ford, he got his briefcase and got out of his car. Before he left his car he made sure that, his door was locked and that the car alarm was on, because he didn't want his vehicle to be stolen. Although it was highly unlikely that someone would break into the bureaus garage and steal a car. Nevertheless, he just wanted to be cautious.
Once he entered the elevator, he pressed the floor button to his office area. His office was situated on the tenth floor of the massive brick building that had over twenty-one floors all together. Nonetheless, Darien wondered what would be waiting for him when he arrived. Although, he hoped one of his friends would some sort of news to give him. About several minutes later, the elevator clanged as it stopped on the tenth floor. Darien who had been in deep thought was soon snapped out of it when the elevator doors opened to a hectic worksite. As he entered the office area, he made a straight effort to get to his office straight away. For he didn't feel like chatting with anyone at the moment. However, he knew it wasn't going to be that easy. Usually once, he walked into the office area he's delayed by several people who make it their purpose to make things quite difficult for him during the day.
One of them being the Supervisor of Headquarters, Agent Diamond Farrell, for it was known that he and the supervisor had never gotten along since their days at the academy together. It was like some sort of rivalry that neither of them could get over and it just made things harder for them and everyone else to work with. Somehow, they've managed not to kill each other yet on the job. Although, in Darien's opinion he just assumed that Diamond wanted to look professional and not behave like a petulant teenager arguing over some trivial matter. Nevertheless, it didn't keep either one of them from disagreeing most of the time.
The second person would be Ann Granger; she's one of the coordinators of the special teams. Darien often tried to avoid her for many reasons. One of the reasons was that they had been seriously dating for a few months but when she was transferred into his division, he didn't think it was a good idea for them to keep seeing each other since they'd be working together. At first in the beginning, Ann had been upset about it but eventually she gave in on the fact that Darien didn't want to date her anymore. Still it didn't stop her from pursuing him when she had the opportunity to do so. Not to mention, her brother wasn't very fond of him either. Therefore, Darien figured he'd save himself a whole lot of trouble when he broke up with her. Regrettably, it didn't really save him from his last problem.
The last person being Alan Granger, Ann's brother. If there had to be one more person in the whole world aside from Diamond Farrell that Darien didn't like very much it would be him. The two of them never got on at any times…EVER. At the beginning, they had both agreed that they couldn't work together on the same assignments because it would always be one argument over another. With that much animosity between them both, it was safer if they worked separately. Not that it bothered either of them but still it was hard enough working in the same office at times. Of course, there were other reasons for delay. For instance, there would be certain bureaucrats who felt they needed to discuss with him on a daily basis about specific details. Meetings that would take up hours until he felt like the day would never end. Having to speak to informants, who felt they needed to negotiate certain arrangements in order for their cooperation, avoiding anything that had to do with the supervisor or whatever else he felt that would an impediment to doing his job.
As he finally made it to his office without so much as a delay like there usually was. He realized that things were definitely good so far this morning. He settled himself into his seat with a fresh cup of coffee in his hand, ready to savor the moment of peace that he had...until there was a knock at the door. Much to his annoyance, someone had to come and ruin the moment of peace that he was enjoying. Without further ado he called out, "Come in!"
While waiting for the person to come in he continued to savor his coffee while he still could for he realized that it was going to be one of those days…again.
The door slowly opened to reveal a young man with dark-brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. His name was Chad Thornton he was twenty-six and he worked for the Department of Security. He and Darien were on the same division team when they were assigned cases. For that reason, they knew each other pretty well. One could even say they were friend, also. On most days, Chad was in good spirits however, Darien could tell that he looked a bit worn out this time. Not to mention, his facial expression was one that usually didn't find on him. He looked extremely tense and for once Darien was worried about what was going to happen next.
Chad on the other hand was averting his eyes from Darien for he wasn't sure how he was going to explain the latest occurrence that managed to get out of hand. Still he realized that in order for this to work it was best to be direct with what he needed to say. Even though he knew without doubt, the outcome of this situation would earn Darien's wrath, because he and everybody knew Darien all too well, especially in the mornings when it concerned bad news. Darien on the other hand was getting a bit annoyed with Chad for just standing there. Therefore, he decided to snap him out of it.
"Hey!" He yelled as he clapped his hands to get Chad's attention.
Chad immediately snapped out of the reverie he was in and stared blankly at Darien. Until it hit him what he had to discuss with him. Therefore, he looked Darien straight in the eye, gulped, and tried to steady his breathing so he could relax before continuing.
"Uh, Darien something has happened," said Chad tentatively. Darien nodded for Chad to continue and so he did.
"It seems that Octavius Hondros is back here in the U.S. again," said Chad with all the courage he could muster at this very moment.
Darien on the other hand was letting every bit of what Chad said sink into his mind. However, he than realized that the last thing that he ever wanted to hear again was being told to him. He knew that soon enough he would be losing his temper over this entire matter. For that reason, he relaxed first and decided to ask Chad to repeat what he had said.
"Please tell me you didn't mention Octavius Hondros' name?" He asked seriously. Hoping…no praying that Chad didn't mean to say what he had said earlier. Once more Chad looked a bit tense. He expected that Darien would do something like that and the only way to deal with it was to tell him the truth. Therefore, he answered back.
"Yes, Darien I did say the name Octavius Hondros' and I've heard he's back in the country once more. "
With that, all said and done Chad left silently leaving Darien to dwell on the news that was given to him. As for, Darien he was contemplating the situation at hand and for once, he was at lost at what to do. Because in the end he couldn't bring himself to imagine what would happen next.
A/N: It's been along time since I have updated. So I figured it would be nice to do so. Since I'm trying to keep up with all of the stories, I'm writing. Anyway, I will try to update again. Maybe not tomorrow…or the next day. Just eventually, I'll do so. So, plz be kind and review and tell me what you think…all right. Until then.