Danger

Raymond and "Church" sat at the bar in a Hell's Kitchen pub.

At this particular moment, Old William had cleared out the entire bar for Raymond, just to give him some peace and quiet.

Raymond looked at the exhausted expression on "Church's" face. Smiling, he picked up a bottle of whiskey and poured him a glass. "This is the CIA's darkest hour. I'd say there's no escaping a Great Purge after this is over.

"You've done far too many unbelievable, stupid things!"

"Church" helplessly downed a glass of whiskey, then said, "I've been doing everything I can in Europe to find the Nuclear Material the Vampires left behind.

"And my colleagues went and handed the Terrorists a walking nuclear bomb!

"If I were in Langley, I'd rip their hearts out with my own hands just to see what was wrong with them. That stupid woman, Erika Sloane, seems to know nothing but scheming!

"I need to do something for my agency, or I'll have no pension to fall back on!"

Raymond tilted his head as he looked at "Church," then smiled. "You want to save President Ellis? Why not just say so?

"You've made your position clear over the last few days. We're happy to help!"

"Church" looked at the suddenly accommodating old viper across from him. After a moment's silence, he asked, "What do you want from me?"

As he spoke, "Church" suddenly paused and thumped his head. "You want to help Stark because Stark is Alvin's friend, and he's also the source of all this trouble!

"Someone used Stark's robots to kidnap President Ellis and challenged him..."

Raymond smiled and shook his head. He knew there was no point beating around the bush with "Church." He'd only tried to get something out of him out of instinct. Now