AllTheBest
Cadet
Irina arrived at her next meeting with Kozlov frantic with worry. She threw down a stack of papers on the table in front of him. "They've started an investigation!" she hissed.
Kozlov looked up, unphased. "We know," he said, finishing the paperwork he was working on.
"What do you mean 'you know'?" she shouted. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Agent Derevko, if you will kindly recall, this was our first meeting."
"You could have contacted me! You should have warned me!"
"Agent Derevko, calm down. There was nothing to tell you. What good would it have done to tell you? Nothing can be done about it. Besides, we have it under control."
"What do you mean you have it under control?" she spat, pacing back and forth before his desk. "How can you have it under control? It's the CIA."
"No," Kozlov corrected her. "You are mistaken, Agent Derevko. The search is not under CIA control. It falls under the discretion of the FBI, which luckilly, handed the task of to one of our own."
"Caulder's KGB?" Irina stammered.
"Yes, Agent Derevko, he is. Had you waited, I would have told you that."
Irina finally settled herself in the chair across from him. "So, what are we going to do about this?"
"We're taking care of it. You do not need to think of it. Instead, concentrate on Project Christmas. We need that information, Agent Derevko. Begin to push Jack about his work. We need to know it. I'll contact you in a week with our next meeting."
Irina nodded, and left the room. She returned home to her growing daughter.
Kozlov looked up, unphased. "We know," he said, finishing the paperwork he was working on.
"What do you mean 'you know'?" she shouted. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Agent Derevko, if you will kindly recall, this was our first meeting."
"You could have contacted me! You should have warned me!"
"Agent Derevko, calm down. There was nothing to tell you. What good would it have done to tell you? Nothing can be done about it. Besides, we have it under control."
"What do you mean you have it under control?" she spat, pacing back and forth before his desk. "How can you have it under control? It's the CIA."
"No," Kozlov corrected her. "You are mistaken, Agent Derevko. The search is not under CIA control. It falls under the discretion of the FBI, which luckilly, handed the task of to one of our own."
"Caulder's KGB?" Irina stammered.
"Yes, Agent Derevko, he is. Had you waited, I would have told you that."
Irina finally settled herself in the chair across from him. "So, what are we going to do about this?"
"We're taking care of it. You do not need to think of it. Instead, concentrate on Project Christmas. We need that information, Agent Derevko. Begin to push Jack about his work. We need to know it. I'll contact you in a week with our next meeting."
Irina nodded, and left the room. She returned home to her growing daughter.