A Traitor Among Us

– Amelia Buck's Office, Site-17 - 9:15 AM –

In Amelia's office, Rodeo was walking back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back while Amelia was just sitting on a chair, looking at him with her Stand Locked Away standing beside her. 

"Everytime we try to get one problem fixed, a new problem arises and decides to say hello to us. Now we have a mole in the foundation who could be anyone and we still have no lead on the other arrows!" Rodeo said in frustration.

"Rodeo, calm down."

Rodeo turns his face to her, "Look Amelia, I don't want to find out that one of our close friends is a mole working for an organization like the Chaos Insurgency who wants to weaponize Scps. Carlos has already been through that once."

"Rodeo, you're concerned, I can understand but we still don't have any evidence on who it might be."

Rodeo just sighed and sat on a chair looking down, "Amelia, when you make a deep bond with someone and then find out that he or she was something else and betrayed you... It will hurt you a lot. I'm already been physically and mentally hurt. Physically because of all the fights I've been through currently, and mentally because I've seen the cruelties of this world.... ever since that crash and the goc." 

Rodeo looked at his hands which started shaking, blood began to appear on his hands before it vanished. But then, two gentle hands hold his, Rodeo looks up to see Amelia and Locked Away. 

"I know Rodeo. Even though I don't want it to be someone who I've been close to for so long, we can only just hope it's not one of ours. And please Rodeo, I need you to forget about that crash. Your Ptsd still hasn't healed yet."

"Ok."

Locked Away gently pats his head and gives him a reassuring smile. 

"Knock. Knock."

"Thanks."

"Knock ^_^"

"Rodeo, just between you and me, try to get Miguel to help us with our mole problem."

"Are you telling me that I should tell him to spy on every Foundation employee from the shadows and find out who could be a mole?" 

"Something like that. But keep this between ourselves and Miguel only."

"Alright I will."

"Thank you."

Locked Away disappears, Amelia then looks at Rodeo's scar that was on his face and his entire body. 

"You know I've seen many MTF soldiers with their own types of scars but you just have too many."

Rodeo held her hands gently and responded, "Yeah, but these scars are lessons to me on improving myself and I have to accept them."

"Rodeo, you could have-"

"I'm still here, Amelia. I won't be leaving anytime soon." He said reassuringly.

"....I know. I'm just saying that now that you have healed perfectly, I need you to be more careful in any fights you do in the future."

"Ok, Amelia."

Amelia nods and kisses his forehead, "I think you should go check on the others and see how they're doing."

"Yeah I was planning to go either way." Rodeo said before getting up from the chair and waving his hand, "I'll see you later then."

"Sure."

Rodeo nods and he leaves the office. 

'Rodeo, you're like a son to me and I don't want to lose you and Green anytime soon. I just hope this mole isn't one of the ones we know.'

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The scene changes to the break room, in there, Miguel was playing Spanish music with a guitar, sitting on a chair and enjoying himself. He was playing with such melody and beauty that anyone would be drawn to it. 

As he continued to play his guitar, the door opened. Miguel stops and turns around and sees it was Rodeo. 

"Hola mi amigo."

"Hi, man. Playing the guitar as usual."

"Well in my spare time what else can I do? Also our big room will be ready today by 2 pm."

"Well that's good." Rodeo halted himself, with a bit of silence, he murmured, "Miguel, I need to talk to you."

"What is it that you want to talk about?"

Turning around, Rodeo opens the door and looks around outside of the room in case anyone tries to eavesdrop their private conversation.

Seeing nobody was around, he closed the door, locking it before turning back to face Miguel and told him just a few words.

"A traitor walks among us."

"A traitor walks among us, huh?"

"Yes, and I need you to keep this between me, you, and Amelia only and also I need you to keep an eye on everyone in the site through the shadows and report me if you find anything suspicious."

"Entiendo." Miguel nodded in response. 

Putting the guitar on the table, he starts to jump into a shadow. 

Watching him leave, Rodeo thought to himself anxiously.

'Let's hope neither of them is a Stand user.'

Realizing what he just did, Rodeo cursed, "Fuck, I think I might have jinx it."

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(Author: Sorry it was a very short chapter, but hey I hope you enjoy this story)