Shake It Off - Tagged

[Josh Cameron]

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KEEP CALM

and carry on

It was a simple call, the team was split covering several calls and Josh had to run off to some attempted bank robbery to meet up with a CPD negotiator. It was a crazy day and there had been little time to stop or regroup since the morning. He figure since it wasnt a full moon then there had to be something in the water because as soon as one call finished there was another and he hadn’t seen the others in his team since that first hour.

The task was simple enough; talk the guy with a gun down from shooting a bank teller and so far after an hour of conversation it seemed to be going their way until that one word had been spoken. The team he was used to wouldn’t have made the mistake in pushing the guy but the CPD pushed the gunman and Josh had to take a shot. The gun had already been pointed at Josh for the past hour so what was a few more seconds until the guy actually pulled the trigger. The guns went off at the same time and Josh was lucky the man was a crap shot and the bullet hit the side of his tactical vest was proof of it.

He had done his usual, walk it off, file the report and get back to the headspace he knew so well. The mode of don’t let anyone within one hundred feet of the mess he was as he paced around his apartment. There were the better days, the good days and then the today days he thought as he threw himself into the shower at the end of the day. Three minutes was all he needed before he jumped into a set of clean clothes.

A dark blue shirt with black trousers and a navy jacket to tie it all together, he never put much thought into clothes but he tried to differ from the combat pants he wore for work, uniform, suit and gym clothes he lived in otherwise. No he was going to go out and find a distraction, woman or bottle it didnt matter too much to him as a bottle was always his friend after a bad day. He grabbed his wallet and phone before he headed out into the city.

Josh had never been picky when it came to falling into the nearest bar, as long as it wasnt full of teenage wannabes he was fine with it after all it was the alcohol he wanted not much else. It was why when he saw the bright lights of a bar he headed inside finding the dark sultry atmosphere suited his mood for the most part. His chest felt like it had been hit with a sledge hammer and he couldnt get the idea that he missed a moment to help the guy out of his mind. It wasnt like he was working tomorrow so he had the day to get over any potential hangover that might come his way so why not enjoy the evening in a bar he hadn’t been before.

The handful of people inside spoke to the calibre of the venue but then he wasnt looking for the Ritz. No queue and no crowd to be bothered by it seemed perfect. Josh made his way to the bar as he ordered a bourbon. His adoptive father had gotten him onto it after sitting for hours on a night trying to work out which one of them would blink first after half a bottle. The stuff stung at his throat but then he had grown to like that after a while as he waved off the ice that was offered. It was almost a sin to even consider diluting the stuff with ice.

Josh turned his attention away from the bar as he glanced around the room, a habit taught from his military job. Always know the arena before the players know you, it was simple advice but it had paid off over the years. Know what to look for; anything suspicious, jumpy characters and anything that made him feel off he would listen to it before off turns out to be deadly. Instinct was three quarters of any game in his mind as he took a drink from the glass he had.

Tag: Elizabeth Gidon

SWANSKI

[Elizabeth Gidon]

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Vanessa and Evan frequented bars and usually the upscale ones. Elizabeth was part of the few agents that had accompanied Evan and Vanessa this evening. Her partner Cordova was around somewhere and so were their WhitTech counterparts, Maxwell and Samantha. Though she was pretty sure the latter were off flirting with each other in a corner somewhere.

Elizabeth wasn’t drinking, but she was trying to figure out what drink had attracted her charges here. Twisting her club soda around in her hand, she had her mind on other things too. Though she was still keeping her eyes on her assigned area of the room. The idea wasn’t to be obvious though. To be fair, she was stuck enough in her own head with blending and “zoning out” was almost too easy of a cover.

Her soon to be ex-husband had managed to find the safe house she was guarding, to “surprise her” and that had gone over less than well. He’d jeopardized her job and other things. Liz was lucky she had people in corner. Gabriel was at Victoria’s house today. He enjoyed it there and Victoria enjoyed having him so it worked out. Though she hated taking up so many of Victoria’s off days. But trusting Malachi right now. No, she didn’t even trust him with their son.

She wasn’t being vindictive but if Malachi was willing to risk his life for some stupid prank, then what would he teach Gabriel. Would Gabriel even be safe? So much running through her mind. Though one particular person caught her attention in her corner. His training, the way he moved through the room. She pegged him right away of being capable of things. He might be military, he might be a fed, or a cop. Liz didn’t recognize him but in a town as big as Chicago that wasn’t an unknown phenomenon. He wasn’t up to anything but Liz just knew better and to keep her eyes open.

Elizabeth kept an eye on Vanessa and Evan out of the corner of her eye. Laughter was the best medicine. She was glad they could laugh and joke and play around. They gave her hope that things weren’t so terrible. Marriages could be happy, those two proved it. Liz just seemed to get the raw end of the stick when it came to her own happiness.

Two failed marriages under her belt. She’d not heeded the warnings from Malachi’s ex. Passed them off as a jealous ex-wife. Lesson learned. Though to be fair, nothing the woman had said about Malachi being abusive were true. But, if Elizabeth had known he cared so little for what could happen to him, to her, to their child to everything. Taking a sip of her club soda she sighed.

∵ Josh Cameron ∵

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[Josh Cameron]

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KEEP CALM

and carry on

Josh saw a couple entre, they seemed happy enough. Once upon a time that would have been him and his wife of a year, then again it wasnt like it was destined to last when he had made the knee jerk decision to get married. Go figure he had fallen down that road and now he was in a bar, drinking away memories and looking for a distraction which seemed oddly poetic given his life so far. Even the subtle love ballads of Elvis didnt do much to dull the choices he had made, an overtone of music to sink his mood even further.

That was until he saw the entourage that came in with the couple, he read them as high flyers, new money maybe or just important people. It never mattered, he had done protection details enough to know what he saw and the variety of staff that came with it. Bodyguards likely but then he could always be surprised. Josh tried to ignore the group taking another sip of his drink, the more he tried to ignore them the more intrigued he got by it all as she glanced at one of the women that came with the group.

She seemed capable, definitely on a job given her drink choice, he doubted there was vodka in the glass as he ordered a club soda and another bourbon for himself. Alcohol wasn’t the answer but when approaching someone, liquid courage did a good job. Josh wasn’t shy, he just didn’t often walk up to people in a bar as he preferred his company for one blind drunk agent. It just seemed a little unfair that the two others that came in with her seemed to be getting along great and she seemed to be stuck out on her own.

Josh had seen a fourth guy but he couldn’t make out where he was. A bad thing sure but then Josh wasn’t working, he had to remind himself of that from time to time. Something stopping at a traffic light was just that, a stop at a light and not an attempted assassination of the car in front. If he was honest he figured the woman looked like she was having a good a day as him as he picked up the soda from the bar with his second drink before walking over to her.

He cleared his throat politely before smiling, making sure to stay out of her line of sight to the people she was watching out for. “Hey, wondered if you wanted a second ‘drink’.” He offered as he held out the soda to her. “Just a soda, nothing stronger and figured you might want some company for a while?” He asked more than stated, looking like every other person in the bar worked and he figured if he could help out, it would save him from drinking himself into a blank evening and would likely make work a lot easier that next day too.

Tag: Elizabeth Gidon

SWANSKI

[Elizabeth Gidon]

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[attr="class","Lizzienert"]Elizabeth wasn’t upset with Nate for doing his job, in fact she preferred sometimes being alone. Though in a place like this it stuck out like a sore thumb. Too bad she couldn’t drink more. It would do a lot more to heal her broken heart. She’d left her wedding rings by the bed with a note. At home now it was just her and Gabriel. There was nothing more than a mark where her rings had once been.

How was it that Evan and Vanessa had it all figured out. Lizzie sighed hearing a voice. She was not in the mood for random bar strangers to be hitting on her. Though she listened to what he had to say and he was just trying to make conversation. But how did he know she wasn’t drinking? Liz was working, so naturally she was a bit suspicious of someone who realized that she was drinking club soda. Though she’d done enough profiling of people to know this guy was probably current or former law enforcement. It was in the way he conducted himself.

“Yeah, company is welcomed.” It would help her blend in, and it wasn’t like Evan and Vanessa wanted the detail to be bored to death. Though there were still company rules to follow. Things you simply didn’t do. Though talking to someone in a bar as long as you didn’t discuss your work was totally on the table.

∵ Josh Cameron ∵

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[Josh Cameron]

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KEEP CALM

and carry on

Josh was pretty good with reading people and he was looking for a quiet night. Not to get shot because some V.I.P’s had decided tonight was the night to risk a detail and get shot. He had a sort of doomed outlook too, maybe the day or maybe not but it was easier to work out possible issues in a bar than see drunk people and join them. Sometimes he could really hate his day job but then tonight it seemed to save him time in seeing someone on their own sticking out in a place where people generally socialised.

Again it wasn’t something he was looking for that evening but he was a sucker to help someone out, even if it meant chatting so they didnt look like the ‘I’m watching someone’ sign. “That’s great then.” Josh said taking a seat across from her, there wasn’t any point in acting like best friends because it wasn’t that sort of a situation, he was only trying to make her look less... official. “Normally I’d ask what a pretty woman like you is doing in a bar like this... but I think we both know the answer to that one.” He said grinning, “Though I guess there isn’t really a normally either.”

Despite talking with the woman, Josh wasn’t the bar pick up type more like the blackout drunk bad day type that might have a few too many and wonder where the hell he had ended up sort. A breakup, a bad day and yeah life was just full of great surprises recently. “Names Josh.” He said deciding first names were good enough as he held out his hand to shake hers. “And before you think I’m some kind of bar creep, just so you know. I work for the Men In Black... of sorts, though most of them do wear suits.” He added thinking on it for a moment.

Drinking sometimes wasn’t his best friend but then again, he wasnt being anything but himself. “Anyway, is this your choice of bar? Can’t say I’ve seen you around before.” He added, being a semi regular at the local bars he had gotten used to a few of the regular faces and with his job, he noticed stuff like that as annoying as it was. Even when he went to the store and thought ‘I know you’ followed by the long list of work, criminal, social life (which was a very short list), someone he had annoyed, military or oh yeah the guy that drinks the strange mixture of beer and spirits and wonders why he cant play pool after an hour guy.

Tag: Elizabeth Gidon

SWANSKI

[Elizabeth Gidon]

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[attr="class","Lizzienert"]Liz wasn’t really sure how to answer him when he started pointing out her reason for being there. “A friend showed me this place. Not really my style but it’s not exactly the place people I know will look for me either.” She shrugged a little. Though she made a point not to show who her charge was, but this person knew too much she was weary of him. The more he talked the more weary she became.

Liz started playing with her finger nails. She was a big fidgeter in general but people know she was really talking in codes to the others. Telling them to move the charge out of the area. She could handle whomever this man was saying he worked for the Men in Black. Things were getting too personal and there were few things that didn’t need to be said.

There was no eye contact made with Nate, Martin, Vanessa, or Evan. Instead she engaged in a conversation with Joshua. “You still haven’t told me what brings you here.” Okay so yes it was a change of subject but anything to get the conversation away from her and what she was doing. Martin and Nate attended to getting the pair moved.

∵Josh Cameron ∵

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[Josh Cameron]

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KEEP CALM

and carry on

Josh sat there listening to her reason for being there, he wasn’t about to push for the real reason as stepping on someone’s toes for that was a nightmare and he wasn’t needing his butt kicked Monday morning. “So you’re looking to escape a someone or a bunch of someone’s?” Josh asked just for clarification. The bottle did enough chasing for him but he wasn’t anywhere near close enough to chase away a day yet. Usually if he hadn’t been side tracked by one of the most gorgeous women he had seen, he would have been elbow deep in a bottle and throwing himself into a cab home.

Taking her playing with her fingernails as fidgeting Josh smiled, it was that or code but then he wasn’t attempting to be threatening and had simmered down on her ‘friends’ story though everything screamed otherwise. She was far too controlled for it to be anything other than a detail of some kind but the fact she was still there and still talking to him at least meant he wasn’t interrupting the one and only person in charge.

His mind was too tired to look around and play spot the agent, officer or security there that evening. Live and let live, at least until it turned into anything that became his purview but considered he was few drinks in he could see the bureau being less than thankful for him standing in. “Oh right, my reason for being here. Well there isn’t many kids under thirty.” He said grinning as he glanced around just to make sure he hadn’t missed an influx.

“And decided to drink away a bad day at work. Pretty simple as far as reasons go but seems like a good place to do that.” He added with a shrug, he had tried the download to a random stranger before. It didn’t work too well so he kept quiet on the details, it was the one good thing that came with his drinking. He hadn’t ever been a chatty drinker, no details or slip ups of who should I tell. He could be plied all night long and the details never escaped. “So this friend, are they looking out for you or just throwing you to the wolves in a place like this?” Josh asked not entirely sure on her story but then it wasn’t work so he could play along with the idea.

Tag: Elizabeth Gidon

SWANSKI

[Elizabeth Gidon]

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Elizabeth didn’t really want to talk about it. “I don’t really want to talk about it.” At least she was honest. Malachi had crossed a line when he endangered her and came to find her. How does anyone explain they almost killed their soon to be ex husband because he was an idiot of epic proportions. She had Gabriel to think about in all of this. She was lucky she had family close by who would watch over him on the days she worked.

Taking her playing with her fingernails as fidgeting Josh smiled, it was that or code but then he wasn’t attempting to be threatening and had simmered down on her ‘friends’ story though everything screamed otherwise. She was far too controlled for it to be anything other than a detail of some kind but the fact she was still there and still talking to him at least meant he wasn’t interrupting the one and only person in charge.

“I wouldn’t know. I’m not much of a drinker.” She stated as she played with her glass of ginger ale. Liz pretended she didn’t hear the question about being thrown to the wolves, she knew the detail much better than that. Someone somewhere had eyes on her but she wasn’t going to scan the area to find out who and give them away.

∵ Josh Cameron ∵

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[Josh Cameron]

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KEEP CALM

and carry on

Josh tipped his drink toward Elizabeth as she said she didn’t want to talk about it. “That bad.” He said with a slight smile though he appreciated the lack of chat about it. “I get not wanting to talk though.” He added, Josh hadn’t been great with the talking side of things in his time. CID, Special Forces there wasn’t much room for talking about things there unless it was work related and from what he saw. Elizabeth wasn’t going to talk about work if she did what he figured she did.

Go figure he’d find the least chatty person in the entire bar, it wasn’t like it wasn’t interesting to him because it was. He loved a puzzle as much as the next person as she smiled. Josh could pull the details he needed and fill in the gaps, she was trained, not put off and not new at what she did or she might have freaked out and given the other’s in the bar away. Josh wasn’t too interested in them but it showed the person she was so far and Josh liked it.

“Probably the better way to be. Alcohol causes more problems than it’s worth some days.” Josh said knowing that half of the calls they got might be easier if it wasn’t for a bottle of anything that had been left nearby. Josh couldn’t exactly say he wasn’t guilty of that either, he preferred alcohol as a numbing agent, some gabled, others had affairs, he was best friends with a bloke called Jack Daniels. Normally it ended with a cab home but sometimes it wasn’t like he didn’t get himself into trouble over it. A fight or a misstep here and there but nothing too serious.

John raised his eyes from Elizabeth as he glanced around the room, habit of many a job that required to know where you where and who was with you. Josh saw the door to the place open as he glanced at the face that came through it before turning to Elizabeth. “So if you’re not a drinker, are you foodie?” He asked casually keeping a watch on the face that entered as he took a sip of his drink. “And if not a foodie, what is your thing?” He asked wondering what else he could try to figure out about her.

Tag: Elizabeth Gidon

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