“So this is where you’ve been hiding.” Anya says.

Jamar looks over at Anya who seems to be glaring at him. He quickly looks away as he turns towards John and the others almost as if asking them for help. Jamar waves towards Anya who makes her way over to him.

“Oh, hey. Anya.” Jamar says.

She quickly hands him her phone as Jamar looks down at it.

“Your parents have been calling me for the past few days, asking where you’ve been. Saying that you canceled a family get together at the last minute.”

“Yeah, sorry. Been busy helping John here with a job.” Jamar says as he points towards him. John looks over at Katarina who shakes her head at him. Anya looks over at her sister as she sighs to herself.

“Just give them a call.”

Anya notices Jamar’s new arm.

“Right-”

“What happened to your arm?” Anya quickly follows up.

Jamar sighs.

“Look, I lost it alright? But-”

“You lost it?” Anya says, raising her voice.

“We were making our getaway and someone tagged me in the shoulder. Turned out to be a lot worse than we thought and but John got me out before-”

Anya seems upset as she abruptly walks out of the room.

Katarina looks at John as Jamar facepalms to himself. The others in the room seem confused by the situation as Peter looks over at Katarina and John.

“You two have a history?” Peter asks.

“Read the mood.” Rachel says.

Katarina and John look over at John who notices them both staring at him as he anxiously looks away walking closer to his sister. Who facepalms.

“So this is your crew?” Katarina says.

“I guess.” John replies.

“You guess?” Katarina asks as she finds a place to lean against.

“Up to them, I guess. Not sure if this is a permanent thing yet.” John replies.

“Oh.” Katarina says.

“Well, I’m not sure how much of a decision they’ll have on the matter soon.” Katarina says.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Rachel asks.

Katarina flips out a badge from her front pocket as she shows it to Rachel.

“Interpol?” Rachel says.

From outside the room, Anya can be heard screaming.

“Yeah, Kat here’s a member of the bureau.” Jamar says as he opens up her phone.

Katarina looks over at Jamar then at John.

“How would you all like to work for the United Nations International Police?” Katarina asks.

“Wait. Wait. Wait. What?” Rachel asks.

“I’ve already spoken with your team leader about it.”

Jamar and the others look over at John who winces as he looks away.

“You’re a fucking narc?” Rachel shouts.

John sighs as he looks over at Katarina who’s now grinning at him as if she’s enjoying the show. Jamar rolls his eyes as he looks over at the others.

“That’s fucking cool!” Ben says.

Peter looks around confused as to the situation.

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“Then, what about the money?” Peter asks. John waves him aside.

“It’s still ours.”

“I knew it! I knew you guys were actually cops!” Ben shouts.

Jamar lowers his arm towards Ben.

“Hey, Ben. Keep it down.”

Rachel walks up in front of John as if interrogating him, she leans in as she stares at him.

“So, when were you going to tell us?”

John looks at her.

“It just happened, I was on my way to get the money from the club and they told me that my life was in danger if I didn’t do exactly what they told me to do.”

“Aaand…?”

“They were right. Think about it, they were waiting for us.” John says.

Jamar thinks to himself as he slams his fist onto the tray.

“Son of a bitch!” Jamar shouts as the tray dents almost in its entirety as the others look over, Katarina raises her eyebrows as she sees the scene unfold.

“But everything’s alright. Got a new working relationship with the Triad.”

“Fuck, you really want to work with someone that literally tried to get us killed?” Jamar asks.

“Money’s good, and it wasn’t that big of a deal.”

Jamar looks away as if shocked to what he’s saying as his eyes bulge.

He thinks to himself as he looks over at Katarina.

“Does your sister know of any of this?” Jamar asks.

“No, I was planning on saving that for another time.” Katarina says.

Opening the door, Anya walks in.

“You know I can hear you from outside right?” She says plainly. Turning to her sister, she walks up towards her and stares her in the eyes.

“So… What’s working for the Bureau mean?” Anya asks.

“You’ll all be agents on the field. I’m sure you’re already used to that.”

“Mmm…” Anya says.

Turning towards the others, she crosses her arms.

“This is very dangerous. Tell me sister, why should my friends risk their lives to help in your operation? Most of these guys have no formal experience at all in the military. Other’s I’m not sure even meet our minimum standards.”

“Hey!” Rachel shouts.

“It’s simple. Granted immunity and the ability to keep everything you earn.” Katarina says.

“But… You’ll be working under our jurisdiction. Following our rules. And specifically our orders.”

They seem to think to themselves.

“I’m in.” Ben says.

The others turn to look at him.

“I’ve always wanted to be a part of something bigger than me.”

“Sounds interesting to me.” Rachel replies.

“Wait, we need guarantees. A formal contract for our security firm will do.” Anya says as she stops the others from speaking.

“Condor, right?” Katarina asks.

Jamar nods.

Katarina takes out her phone as she begins to dial someone. She looks over at the others as she waits.

“You hear what they asked for?” Katarina asks.

She seems to nod to herself as she listens to the voice.

Anya gets a notification on her phone as she checks it. She turns towards Jamar and nods.

“I’m in if John’s in.” Jamar says turning to look over at Peter.

“I don’t know. I was just thinking of settling down and being a regular mechanic once it was all over with the race and everything.” Peter says as he looks at the others.

“How’d that go?” John asks.

“Oh, I ended up dropping out.” Rachel says.

“What? Why?” Jamar continues.

“To stay here and make sure my friend was alright.” Rachel responds to him.

“Wasn’t that your life dream? To qualify for the-?”

“Yeah, maybe some other year.” Rachel says cutting Jamar off. She turns to her brother who looks at her.

“Maybe you could just be an engineer, no racing or anything else?”

“That works.” Anya says.

Peter looks at the others as nods.

“I guess I’m in too.”

Walking into the room, Nathan begins to clap as the others all turn towards him.

“Great, then including the security firm. It seems we have a full team.” Nathan says.

“Name’s Nathan Miller I’ll be your CO responsible for you.”

He points at Katarina.

“Kat is the eyes and ears on the ground. Anything you need you come to her.”

“Now, it’s been a long day for all of us I’m sure. If you have any questions. I’d love to answer them. If not, maybe it’s time to leave before we outstay our welcome.”

Behind him, the Doctor walks in and smiles at them.

“Nice to meet you all. I’m Special Agent, Karl.”

“Ah, fuck this. I’ve had enough surprises for one day.” John says.

Doctor Karl laughs.

“Don’t worry. I’m a licensed practitioner, that whole story I told you is just a cover.”

“Is it safe for you to tell us this?” Rachel asks.

Karl waves her aside as he walks inside the room.

“It’s fine. Besides, we'll be seeing each other often.” Karl winks.

“Anyways, there’ve been several police reports on attempted robberies. You should head on out before the ICU gets filled with faces that might remember seeing you all together.”