The Enemy Within

Thereaux looked at Caroline and I with astonished eyes as we walked back into the room, arm in arm. "So you two are uh..." he made a gesture with his hands to simulate sex. But instead of getting angry at him, we looked at each other and giggled like school girls.

"It didn't take him long to figure it out, did it?" Caroline commented.

"Well he is more intelligent than your typical alpha male" I replied.

Thereaux just sat there grinning like a Cheshire cat. A long period of silence followed. "All right, we gotta get back to it" he finally said.

"Somehow I just knew business was going to come before pleasure" I said. "What's the next mission?"

"Carly, this one's a little more dangerous. But we have people in place, and we're ready to go in for the kill" Thereaux folded his hands together, and rested his chin upon them. "It seems there's been a plain clothes unit investigating this area for quite a few months. I'll let Caroline explain it to you in greater detail. I guess this is one of the mayor's pet projects, and she has the main file on it." He looked over at Caroline.

"Yes, right" Caroline suddenly became very sober. "This isn't going to be an easy operation, Carly. Like Tereaux said, this operation hinges on good intel that was gathered over seven months of surveillance by an elite undercover team comprised of former Navy SEALS and US Army rangers. They work off payroll from the city, and were hired with federal funding as a gift to the city from the federal government. The Feds are well aware of the pedophile problem we have here. It has become, unfortunately, one of our nation's top pedophile hot spots."

I sat there, listening, trying to ingest all of this at one time. It was a lot to take in. "So where is this operation going to take place?"

Caroline looked at me, and I could see fear in her eyes as she said "It's in the bad part of town, the slum section. I won't lie to you, Carly. It's going to be rough for you."

"And how so?" my curiosity was getting the best of me. I knew what all went on over in the Hood. It was also **** central with its crack houses and meth labs, as well as a growing red light district filled with all kinds of adult entertainment. You couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting peep shows, strip bars, pimps, prostitutes of all ages, and who knows what all else.

"We've already sent in two operatives, much like you, and they haven't returned" Caroline took a deep breath. "Now you can understand why I really don't want to see you sent in there. But after all of your successful busts, you seem to be the best chance we've got at breaking this pedophile ring wide open. This is strictly hush, hush. No one knows about this operation except for us, and the mayor. It's quite all right if you don't want to do this. After all, we dropped it on you like a nuclear bomb."

I don't know why, but a thrill went up my leg, and something inside of wanted this assignment. Something dark, something deep that I couldn't put my finger on. I felt myself getting turned on by the prospect of being captured. Maybe I would be? Maybe if I were, I could bust the whole thing wide open. But was busting the whole thing wide open what I was really thinking about? "I'll do it" I suddenly said. "Someone has to go in there, and clean house. It may as well be me. I can't sit here and do nothing."

Thereaux looked at me as he stood up arrow straight from his desk. "You're absolutely sure about this, Carly?"

"I'm positive" I answered without hesitation. The dark side had won me over, and all I could think of were hands all over my naked body, groping me all over. Was I becoming a pervert? I tried to banish the thoughts from my mind, but they wouldn't leave. It was Caroline who stirred me from my dark, twisted reveries.

"Baby I just found you" she said with a forlorn look on her face. "Please, you don't have to do this. Please stay with me."

I smiled at her, and stroked the side of her face. "It's my job. Don't worry, I'll be back." I wrapped my arms around her, and kissed her passionately, right there in front of Thereaux. It was another kiss that seemed to last forever. It made me feel as if I had at long last found my soul mate. Our lips finally parted. "How could I not come back to someone as wonderful as you?"