"PI and Castle." The wiry man offered amicably, to the two men blocking the range door, "And you guys are?"

"Alpha and Bravo." The younger one snapped haughtily.

The silence was electrified, and Castle prayed that PI behaved himself. The man had a silly streak as wide as his mean streak, and it caused the pair all manner of trouble. Him and Salem often paired up harassing recruits with their wicked, somewhat twisted sense of humor. Before he could intervene, his Russian partner snorted a derisive laugh.

"Alpha and Bravo? They didn't get the memo, Walt. You two didn't get the memo about using your imagination when choosing names. Or, maybe they did and just can't read. Alpha and Bravo…height of imagination, height-of-i-mag-i-nation! They're What'a ya say, Walt? A bit on the dull side."

"P…"

"You do know who you work for, Ah and Bay. I'm calling them Ah and Bay! How's that, Walt? We now work with Ah and Bay."

"Come on P, let it go."

"Yea, we do, but do you know who you work for, Pee?" Bravo growled. "And maybe you should listen to your buddy there, and move along."

"Pay actually, and yea, Green Giant, and Sprout, team Kellogg. And you two, knowing that, you pick…Alpha and Bravo…Ah and Bay. Brilliant!"

Bravo bullied up and pressed into the smaller man's space. PI just stared bemusedly up into the new operator's eyes unflinching. When he didn't back down, Bravo grunted.

"It's because we are the new blood, little man. Number one and number two, Alpha and Bravo for when the bosses step aside and out of the field. We…"

"Hear that Walt, he called me Little Man. You do realize 'Bay' that I am actually bigger than Salem, the Green Giant."

"Yea, the bigger dick."

"Yup, I'll cop to that! Alpha and Bravo…Omega team. Alpha and Bravo. Alpha and Omega?

Know what that means boys? Means the first and the last. Figuring your fuckin' days are numbered."

"Let's get outta here, Alpha. Don't want their stink rubbing off on us."

"Later gents! Can you believe that, Walt, Alpha and…I am speechless, totally speechless."

Castle punched him in the left shoulder and tugged on his Tac vest. "Speechless, P? Why couldn't you have been speechless before you started mouthing off? Let's move. Salem's expecting us in ten mikes."

"On your six, but hear me out, those two…those names…bad omen. Look it up!"