Chapter 1 - Rudy / Mac / Danny - Wounded by Protectors

Chapter 1 - Rudy / Mac / Danny  - Wounded by Protectors

At an offsite location, Rudy Kent sat in Mackenzie Gray's chair finishing up paperwork on two agents he was so disappointed in. Knights didn't act in the way they did during their last mission. They were supposed to be watchtowers not get involved with the one they were protecting. He regarded the two men standing before him. 

"Mac is so pissed right now," Rudy said to them. Jared Quinn was a man of average height with dark black hair tinged with gray. His sculpted beard was more gray and didn't quite match his hair but the look worked for him. He was in a more tailored outfit than James Carpenter who wore a blue ball cap, jeans and a fitted striped shirt. If Noah Stone and James North had been real people you would never realize they were the same ones standing before him. 

"Oh, come on. It was all in good fun," Jared said. "No harm, no foul."

"You were supposed to be watching her for Mac. We're you not paying attention? She is a manifester. She can't use real people in her stories." Rudy watched them. They both didn't get it. "She is a necromancer. She can speak to the dead and spirits. You two attracted so many demons to her she about lost it. You're both lucky Mac caught on."

Rudy pointed to Jared. "You are totally dead to her right now. And you..." he pointed to James. "You used your real name what were you thinking?"

"It was a coincidence. She had already created the character." James shoved his hands into his pockets. 

"Mac needs time to heal her psyche. Those demons depleted her star energy and nearly drove her cookoo. You both need to stay away from her for the near future. Make sure you don't resemble those characters."

Mac stood in the doorway, a stoic calm presence. Danny was directly behind him. Mac's eyes blazed with the fire of both disappointment and fury. 

"We need you on this op so I can't fire you right now. I watched the footage. You two were vying for her attention. Any reason why you were hitting on my fiancée for months while I was away? Not really a good move to piss off the guy in charge. "

"It was no big deal," Jared stated. 

"It was to her. She is suffering right now. She purposely went undercover on this op with no memory of us.  And who does she draw out? You two. You abused your knight powers which made her writer's mind go bonkers. She was getting so many insights it was incredible. But it cost her. Her eyes are turning to stained glass. Alicia is going to try and help us fix that along with Darien and Robbi." Mac shook his head. "If I ever hear of you two doing something like this again you will pay the consequences." Mac was as serious as a heart attack. 

Danny Cornelius watched them all from the doorway, his mouth set in a hard line. He wasn't happy either. This whole scenario wasn't sitting well with him. 

"Were you watching her 24/7? She kept mentioning a portal in her room." James and Jared glanced at each other. "Was this just a game to you? The woman is as sweet as can be and you treated her like a toy to be mentally poked and prodded."

"No harm, no foul, man," Jared said. James remained silent. 

"Yeah, you said that earlier." Danny shook his head. "There is a thing called karma that may come back and bite you in the ass for doing that to Faith."

He could tell the two if them didn't believe him. And he wondered what would get through to the pair to set them straight.