A Gun Dumped

Quite a few miles away, Ambrose Bulls was sitting in his den, waiting for Frekals to come over. After about an hour, Bulls received a call from an unknown number.

"Meet me in the alley"

Bulls got up from his chair, making sure to lock up his den and started moving towards the dark abandoned alley. Inside the alley he found Frekals standing against a wall singing to himself.

"What are you doing out here when I ordered you to come over to my office?"

"Just stay silent and come with me."

Bulls knew that it was a waste of time arguing with Frekals, so he silently started following him.

After about 5 minutes they emerged in a bar.

Bulls angrily asked Frekals.

"What is the matter with you today? huh?!"

"Will tell you in a minute, let's get something to drink first"

"Now where to start..."

"First off, tell me why we're not meeting in my office?" said Bulls with a foul look.

"So turns out we have an internal mole and there is a listening device in your office so we can't speak there without said mole listening in."

"What about the mission Frekals?"

"When have I ever failed you Bulls?"

Bulls was hesitant with his reply, "Never"

"Then why are you asking me about it? Still don't trust me?"

"That's my job Frekals, can't you see that?"

"Yeah-yeah I get it. Jeez."

"I have another mission for you."

"Where is it this time?"

"Eastern America"

"I am game then, I'll depart tomorrow."

"Send me the necessary details via mail."

Back in America, Bill Punt was scanning for the street cameras around Jim's house.

"Nothing...."

He then picked up his phone and called Gates

"Come over and if possible bring Estela with you."

Gates was astonished at the mention of Estela's name.

"What, you think I can't set up cameras around your street?"

Gates hung up and both he and Estela left for Bill's apartment.

When they reached there Estela went straight to Bill and punched him on his arm.

"OW I'm not as tough as you Estela" Exclaimed Bill

"I know but it's fun" she said laughingly

"So how's it going brother"

"Oh, now I am back to brother am I?"

"Yes, you are."

"Both of you cut the shit please" growled Gates in an irritated voice

"Sorry." both King and Punt said together

"So why did you call us here, Bill." Asked Estela

"About that, I can't find any intel on Jim."

"So, we have to go at it by book..."

"Yes."

"Ok then, we'll take off tomorrow."

"Take care both of you."

Both Gates and Estela went out of Bill's apartment.

This time Gates noticed something unusual around the apartment and decided to take a look

"Estela, go wait in the car for me, I need to check something. I'll be back in a few minutes."

"Alright." said Estela

After some time wandering around he spotted a Ford parked around the corner which seemed familiar to him but when he started moving towards it the Ford took off.

Gates went to the parking spot of the Ford, almost instantly did he notice that above the car was a

"Camera huh?"

"I'll have to look into it later" He though whilst walking back to his car.

Estela was sitting in the car muttering to herself

"Why does he never take me with him"

She saw him walking towards the car and stopped.

After getting in, Gates turned to her and said

"I know you want to know why I prefer going alone."

In an almost innocent tone -

"If you want to tell then go ahead, I won't stop you..."

"Hmmm, where to start..." a look of being almost deep in thought appeared on his face.

"Listen, first, you are not trained well, as per my standards"

"And second, I don't want anyone to get hurt because of a mistake I made on my part"

"But Gates" protested Estela.

"No buts, I've lost enough already." said Gates and drove off back to their safehouse.

While driving, Gates was thinking about the good and bad times with his wife. The late-night movies, the morning tea in his bed, the evening dinner together, the short outbursts of Julia.

"Sigh... Time flies." Thought Gates.

After reaching the safehouse Gates parked the car in the back for the sake of safety. Both Estela and Gates went into the safehouse, and before going to bed stopped for a drink. After a good, long, silent drink, Estela finally broke the ice.

"So how are you holding up Thomas?"

"How does it look to you Estela?"

"Not too good, not too bad"

"Then why are you asking?"

"...Sorry, just had to make sure I'm not traveling with a depressed psycho" Said Estela in a humorous tone.

"Good one" he said, chuckling.

After the good talk, both went to sleep.

The next morning both got into the car with Estela behind the wheel, drove to the airport, and took the flight back to California with different identities. Throughout the whole flight, Estela was thinking about Gates' health and how to find his wife's killer.

"Now that we're here, I think we should go check Jim's place, then we can check into the motel."

"Alright, let's rent a car and go straight away."

As they were nearing Jim's house all they could see were yellow tapes all around Jim's house.

"CIA, what happened here?"

"It appears to be murder, sir"

"Anything of interest, any clues or evidence of the crime?"

"I suggest you go inside yourselves, we'll stand guard outside."

After some searching, Gates found a note on Jim's forehead saying "No Trespassers Allowed"

After some more searching Estela called out from the other room "Gates, I found something."

"What ?"

"Dirt, leading to the back door." Both started following the dirt trail and reached an alley where they saw a gun lying in the dumpster.

"We should probably give it to the police."

"Sure, they might be able to find something on it."

"Officer, we found a gun in a dumpster, in that alley there."

"Thank you for your help, sir, ma'am."

"Yeah... Notify us if there's anything on it." Gates handed the officer the address of the motel they'll be staying at.

"Of course, sir"

Both drove off to the motel and stayed the night there.

Woken up by a ringing sound Estela got up.

"Hello, Is this Estela King?"

"Speaking."

"I am Officer Colin Deck of the Local Police Department of California"

"What can I do for you Officer?" she asked in a polite tone.

"All you can do for me is stay where you are right now I am coming there in a few minutes"

"Alright"

After a few minutes, the Officer arrived and said

"Ms. King and Mr. Gates an order has been issued for both of you to not leave the area without permission."

"Why?" questioned Gates

"The only detail I can give you is that you are both prime suspects for the murder of Jim Houston"

"Oh come on, Officer we arrived here yesterday." Said Estela

"Just a little more detail seeing as you are a CIA Mr. Gates."

"I am Listening."

"The gun that was found in the alley by the two of you was a special issue that is only issued to you people."

"Okay. Thanks for the update Officer"

With that note the officer left.

After that the duo went to a Bar to clear their minds.

When they got back to their motel room, everything was unchanged except there was a note saying,

"На этот раз никаких следов Gates"

"No trails this time Gates".