Feeling a bit down.

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[font=Times][color=white]Matthias woke with Jack laying on one side and Jannette on the other. The woman was awake and drawing circles on Matthias' side. When he stirred, she looked up into his eyes. Her brown eyes were large and beautiful. Her skin was a lovely brown but was laced with pink scars. They looked to have been inflicted by a variety of sharp objects; knives, glass, whips.. When she noticed him looking at her scars, she began to explain.

"My husband.. Ex-husband. He had a temper. The drink didn't help much either. He's the reason I got this job, so I could be away from him. He came to drag me home one day. He said he'd changed but his breath stank of booze. So he pulled a knife on me right there on the spaceport and I shot him. Twice. The trial was swift and I was released. I know you and Jack are together, but these last three weeks have been.. Great. I just want you to know that." she leaned over and kissed him. She hoped he didn't feel the small microchip that she pushed into his mouth.

Jack slept heavily, even as Matthias and Jannette rolled away from him. At least, they thought he was asleep. He had been listening to their conversation and was trying to deduce who the terrorist's informant was. He had been following a lead that led him here in his hunt for the Monarchal Bomber, a notorious terrorist that had almost killed the Bretonian Queen. He had been sent by Bretonia's Secret Anti-Terrorist Service to arrest and retrieve the offender.

Each of the three supposed 'lovers' were plotting against one another as part of their assignment. And each had a time limit; in five weeks, the Bretonian agent would be arriving. That was when Matthias had to plant the charges and collect his reports, Jannette had to find the Rheinland operative and Jack needed to arrest the terrorist's informant. But only one party could manage to fulfill their objective and leave alive.

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