“Satan, truly,” Pony mentioned, then added, “You’re not the one one who’s filled with surprises.”

“Clearly,” Piper mentioned, and slid fastidiously by means of the cracked open again door and into Harris’s home.

Pony adopted her carefully. They held their weapons on the prepared, every overlaying a distinct a part of the room that they entered. It was darkish and quiet, and Piper may hear extra sounds of Harris transferring round in part of the home the place the lights have been on.

With a contact on her shoulder and a nod, Pony indicated that he was going to separate off and go a separate method. Piper, in flip, started to tip-toe towards the sounds within the kitchen, the place she heard what appeared like Harris grunting.

As she obtained nearer, the grunting stopped, and there was the delicate rustling of clothes, adopted by the distinct sound of a zipper being zipped up. Piper needed to shake off her curiosity as to what Harris was doing to give attention to staying quiet, very quiet, as she moved slowly and punctiliously in direction of the lights within the kitchen.

There was a clatter that appeared like one thing was being dropped on a countertop. Piper was near the kitchen now, sliding by means of the darkish eating room, navigating round a protracted picket desk and the chairs set alongside it.

On the threshold to the kitchen, Piper gave herself a second to pause and hear. Nothing, now. No sounds in any respect.

Nothing to do however go in. Fast as a cat, she stepped by means of the open doorway and into the kitchen, pistol held excessive.

Nothing.Empty.

Piper frowned. Had he gone to the toilet, maybe, or one other room? She moved ahead, straining her ears for any hint of the place Harris had gone.

As she moved additional into the kitchen and turned towards the hallway resulting in the entrance door, there was the distinctive sound of a pistol hammer being clicked again. It was off to her aspect, at the hours of darkness, and she or he froze, figuring out that she would by no means be capable to transfer rapidly sufficient.

“Did you neglect how lengthy I used to be undercover?” Harris mentioned, stepping out of the shadows with a big revolver in his palms. “These instincts don’t simply disappear.”

Piper held her palms up, turning in direction of him slowly. He was grinning now, smiling smugly as he lined up his pistol sights on her head.

“Thanks, Piper,” he mentioned, placing his finger on the set off. “Thanks for making this a lot simpler.”

From behind him, Pony mentioned, “Not really easy.”

Harris froze, gun nonetheless pointed at Piper, finger nonetheless on the set off. Piper may nearly hear the gears spinning in his head as he tried to suppose his method out of his predicament.

“I’ve obtained no drawback taking pictures you within the again,” Pony mentioned. “Killed loads of individuals in my day. Yet one more gained’t make any distinction.”

“All proper,” Harris mentioned, reducing his gun. “All proper. Let’s simply take it straightforward, discuss this.”

Piper darted ahead and snatched the gun out of Harris’s palms earlier than the corrupt FBI agent may a lot as twitch. As soon as his gun was in her palms, her foot swung up laborious between his legs, smashing into his testicles with a meaty thump that dropped Harris to the bottom.

“Takethateasy, asshole,” she mentioned. “That’s for organising my sister. And…”

Piper paused, catching sight on the kitchen countertop of a half-empty, rolled up tube of what she first thought was toothpaste. She remembered the clattering sound she’d heard earlier, of one thing being dropped on the counter, together with the grunting and zipping up of Harris’s pants. On nearer inspection of the tube, she may see the phrase RECTICARE on the aspect of it.

“What’s this?” she mentioned, selecting up the tube and it.

Harris struggled to his knees, nonetheless clutching at his swollen privates. “I had a… a physician’s appointment.”

Piper checked out Pony and held up the tube so he may see the title on the aspect. It was an excessive amount of. Neither one may assist it; they each burst out into laughter that they merely couldn’t include.

“It’s not humorous,” Harris mentioned.

“It’s undoubtedly humorous,” Piper mentioned. “Pony?”

Pony mentioned, “It’s about as humorous as humorous will get.”

As soon as she was sufficiently recovered, Piper dragged Harris to his toes, restraining his palms behind his again with a pair of disposable plastic flex cuffs.

“Rise up,” she mentioned.

“You don’t have any thought what you’ve stepped into,” Harris mentioned. “No thought.”

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