Story 7: The Best You've Got

She clung to her bag as she dashed across the pavement, skidding ever so slightly as her converse managed to barely catch enough friction to prevent her from falling. She was late. Her boss wouldn't like this one bit. Hadn't he told her that any more tardiness would be punished by staying at the office. No way in hell was she going to let that happen. She was the best they've got and they knew that.

But then there was the fact that she was running astronomically late.

Literally almost knocking the door out of its frame, Cassy bounded the last few meters to come to a messy halt infront of her boss's door.

"Cassy, dude, late again!" someone laughed behind her and she turned around to find her partner stalking up behind her. " Boss man isn't gonna be happy. Promised he'd slit your throat for being late three times in the last twenty minutes and promised to slit my throat twice in the last five."

She groaned and buried her face into her hands. Drew could be so…evil. She had no doubt she had lost the biggest mission of the century already.

"We're done Jason. Might as well not show up at all," she mumbled and sighed again. "Drew is going to kill me."

Jason looked at her as if she had grown two heads, his hazel eyes wide with bewilderment.

"Just kidding," Cassy grinned and let out a laugh. "Oh come on Jas, he knows we're the best he's got."

Jason chuckled.

"For a second there, I thought you might be sick."

At that moment, the door before them opened and there stood Drew, eyes flashing, his aura practically livid. That was really an achievement considering he didn't come up any higher than Cassy's collarbone, let alone the other giants at the office.

"You are supposed to be half way to Lock Ness by now."

They blinked at him.

"WELL?"

"Love you Drew!" yelled Cassy as she ran to her desk and picked up the already placed plane tickets, moony and documentation.

Jason followed her, at a slightly slacker pace, enough to hear what Drew said after them.

"Watch her."

Jason nodded, worry clouding his brow, but it was almost instantaneously gone.

"Drew, we're the best you've got."

Drew nodded.

"I know Jason, but so do they."