Alyssa meets Max

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Alyssa watched the video feed on her screen with interest. 'No, oh wait there it is.' She thought, as her hazel eyes caught sight her target. The best taco truck around, or at least the best she had been to. It was only two blocks away and the young woman with the chestnut colored hair was starving.

The petite woman stood up, put on her grey hoodie, zip it up, and threw her hood over her head. She then stepped outside.

Like some creature of the night, after spending so much time in the van, she found the sun to shine far too brightly. A pair of dark purple sunglasses, easily remedied the situation.

Putting her ear buds in, she opened Spotify on her phone. Playlist number 5 - some retro was her mood - 90s to be particular - Radiohead filled her ears.

The walk and fresh air was a welcomed break for the computer hacker's body, even if Alyssa wasn't that keen on it. She was close, the sight of the truck, and - the line. There was always a line.

Still in her reach, when she heard a voice in her head Cassini's voice. 'Not now,' thought Alyssa.

The instructions went as follows - contact new agent in area - get them if necessary- wait for them if not. Contact Agent Satre let them know of new agent. Do it now.

Alyssa blew out a long sigh, she was so close - tacos would have to wait.

Back at the van, Alyssa sent the information about the new agent to Peter. Then contacted the new agent, "Agent Max Powers. It's Alyssa. Cassini assigned me to contact you. I am here." She sent him the address and coordinates of where she was. "It's a gray van. Do you need me to get you or can you get here? Don't make it seem obvious that you're going to the van."

Agent Max Powers was staring out the window of the limousine when he heard a voice in his head. It startled him at first as he looked around before realizing he was hearing the voice from his chip. He then replied through his chip, “Yeah I am in route to your place. But I am gonna get out early and walk a bit. Hold on, I am stopping and out of the car. I am making my way to………… oh wait. There is a taco truck. You mind if I grab some? I can pick up some for you if you want.” The smell of tacos was too enticing for Agent Powers especially since he was a growing teenager inside the adult looking power house.

"Oh, yes please get me some." Well that was serendipitous. "Four, beef, extra cheese. Spicy sauce. Thanks." Alyssa replied.

Agent Powers smiled as he got the green light to get a quick meal. So he strolled up to the taco truck and ordered his food. Then he paid in cash which made it hard to trace back like his stepfather taught him. This was drilled into his head since he was adopted. Once he got his tacos he began heading towards the area of the van as he used his chip to communicate, “Where are we meeting? The van or the benches nearby?”

"The van," Alyssa replied. She had no thoughts of going back outside for the moment.

Agent Powers then made his way down the street wearing a tight blue button up dress shirt, black slacks, black hiking boots and nice shades. Along his shoulder hung his black backpack and in his hand was a large bag filled with tacos. Eventually he arrived at the van and let Alyssa know he was outside.

Alyssa got up and opened the door. "Come in," she stepped aside to let him in. "Feel free to take a seat." Closing the door behind him.

Agent Powers came in and handed out the tacos and replied, “So what’s the plan?” Then he began eating his tacos like they were candy.

"Wait here until we hear from the agent in the field. Have you met Agent Peter Satre before? That's who you'll be working with." She took the tacos. "Thanks. Do you want a soda?"

Agent Powers swallowed his second taco and cleared his throat before he replied, “Sorry I never met ‘em.” Then he pulled out a large bottle of green tea and showed it to her as he replied, “I’m good, but thanks anyway. So, any idea on our mission?” Agent Powers ate another taco as he listened.

Alyssa shrugged and retrieved a can of orange soda, sat down and opened it.

It was a little odd, he hadn't been filled in and she guessed they were letting her do it. "Currently, investigating a cryptic message tied to a crime scene. Here..." She sent Max the information regarding the investigation. "That's what we have so far.”

Agent Powers watched the screen as he tried to make sense of it all. Despite looking like a muscular Agent in his 30’s, he was still a teenager with low detective skills and high fighting skills. As he finished looking at the screen he replied, “Ummm. Yeah. What’s a Ley Line? Is that like a phone line?”

"Ley lines are invisible lines of power that connect powerful monuments." Alyssa replied. She had been sent his information, so knew she was in reality dealing with a teen. So, the woman was patient with the questions.

Agent Powers then ate another taco before he nodded and then asked, “So how does one access this power or damage it? I can’t imagine trying to plug in an extension cords or smashing the ground.”

"I need to research that more." Alyssa responded. "I can't say at this moment but I doubt we'd want to damage the lines, even if we could.”

Agent Powers nodded as he chewed his taco and swallowed it. Then he replied, “Well, sounds kind of complicated. I don’t usually do all that crime solving stuff. Normally I just beat up the bad guys.”

"My guess is the higher ups thought that might be necessary, eventually, or they wouldn't have brought you in." Alyssa took her own bite of a taco.

Agent Powers shrugged as he finished off another taco. He swallowed his taco and replied, ‘Who knows. I guess we’ll find out later on. Who else are we working with?”

"Don't know, yet. Peter ran into a few Dragons earlier but haven't seen or heard from them since. Of course, it's highly debatable whether any of the other factions will work with us." It seemed more likely from the Dragons though than the Templars.

That gave Alyssa an idea and she took her eyes back to the monitors, focused on the ones connected to cameras she had in the area. If the Dragons made an appearance she could notify Peter. One screen to the other with nothing, then, "There they are." She watched the two Green get into a cab. Now, to figure out where they were going.

Agent Powers continued to finish off his tacos as he watched Alyssa work on the computer. He was only taught the basics of using a computer by his father since he lacked the time and grades for it. Sadly he was an average student who was homeschooled and denied a decent childhood. While many boys played catch with their dad he was taught to punch bricks instead of. It got even more difficult as he had to endure going through puberty in a military like lifestyle. This meant he could only talk to females about work and was clueless when it came to dating or anything related to friendships and emotions.