Tammy (from the kitchen): Fernando is not feeling well right now, but you can wait for him.
Rose (getting up and turning one of the single seats around for Agent 47 to see): You can sit here and wait. Care for some water, juice, tea?
Agent 47: I need to see him now. My time is short here.
Tammy (wiping her hands): Have a seat. I'll see what I can do. (Pointing at the frying pan on the stove) Rose, would you mind, please?
Rose (as she heads to the kitchen): Yeah, sure...
Tammy walks out of the kitchen, past Agent 47 and up the stairs. Agent 47 follows her with his eyes. In a few seconds, Tammy allows herself into the room and sits by the bed. She gently shakes Fernando as best as she can.
Tammy (softly as possible): Fernando... wake up.
Fernando grabs her wrists and holds them.
Fernando: What is it?
Tammy: Alex II brought some guy here, he calls himself Agent 47.
Fernando slowly sits up.
Fernando: I see. (after a pause) I'll be down in a minute. Give him something to drink.
Tammy: Rose is already doing that.
Fernando: OK then. Let me see... what else?
Fernando reaches for the night stand and get his glasses from it. Fernando then puts his legs over the edge of the bed, and gets up. Tammy follows as he gets out of the room. In a couple of seconds, they reach the lower floor where the others were with Agent 47. Neither Alex II or Agent 47 took the seats that they were offered.
Fernando: Alex, is this Agent 47?
Alex II: Yes it is. He has something to tell you.
Fernando steps over to Agent 47.
Fernando: How can I help you?
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Though Hillshire and Marco and the girls were out shopping for the various other items for the hide-out, they spend more time than usual at the mall. Girls being girls, they tend to stay in certain areas longer than others.
Since in taking so long, the handlers Marco and Hillshire decides that it would be best for them to have lunch at the mall before going home. They head to the food court, where the girls are ordered to get what they want and the men hold onto a table for the group to sit and eat at. Amongst themselves, the girls decide to line up at the Teriyaki Chicken line since it was the fastest moving of all the fast foods. As they wait their turn, gun fire can be heard at the main entrance of the mall, heading to the food court.
The girls run to their handlers, drawing their weapons. Somebody threw in a couple of smoke bombs into the food court, filling the with smoke, causing a roaring panic of people running to some sort of safety. With their improved eyes, the smoke does not bother the girls, and they can see residual images of people moving around them. At the main entrance of the food court, two individuals can be found wearing gas masks, pointing automatic weapons at the crowd. They start shooting into the crowd.
Bink jumps out away from the group, making herself a target to them. The two start a sweeping round of bullets towards her, but never finish their arcs as she places to 9mm rounds into their heads. Angie jumps up behind her and into the main entrance of the food court where the to dead assailants laid, despite Marco's orders and Triela's demands. Triela jump out of the group and run after Angelica. Bink follows. Not far from the entrance, more gun fire can be heard.
Just as suddenly as it started, it ended. Marco and Hillshire go looking after their charges, finding them just 100ft from the food court entrance at the middle of the mall close to the escalators. 6 more armed individuals lay dead by their weapons at the far end of the mall.
Marco: Angie-give me the gun.
Hillshire: You too Triela...
The girls reluctantly comply. Marco looks at Bink and then sticks his hand at her.
Marco: Hand it over Bink.
Bink: No!
Hillshire: We need your gun so the police don't take you to jail for questioning. You will get it back and leave the police to us.
Bink looks over to Hillshire. Then she slowly hands the gun over to Marco.
Marco: Angie-clean up.
Hillshire: You too Triela.
The girls walk away, picking up the shell casings of the spent rounds, giving them to their handlers when their hands are full.
Hillshire: Look, Bink, You did well. But when Tammy is not here and you are with is, you have to listen to orders. No one told you to go off on your own.
Bink: I'm sorry sir.
Marco: We'll talk about it later. Lets have lunch elsewhere and go home.
Angelica gave another handful of casings to Marco.
Angelica: That's all of them, sir.
Marco: Good girl.
Hillshire (tossing him a set of car keys): Marco, take the girls to the car. I will make the phone call.
Marco: Will do. Angie, Triela, Bink, lets go.
The girls follow Marco to the garage where Hillshire's Mercedes is parked, gathering their newly bought items with them. Hillshire makes his call.
Hillshire: Hello, Jean? Yes- there was an attack at the mall. The girls took care of it trying to protect us. Yes, they did well. That is all, Marco can verify. Thank you.
Hillshire hangs up the cell phone and starts walking to the garage.
Marco had driven the car to the entrance of the mall where they came from, expecting Hillshire to arrive soon. As Hillshire steps into view, Marco steps out of the driver's seat. They exchange a few words before opening up the rear door where the girls sat. Their guns were handed back to them. In a few seconds, they were looking for a new place to eat before heading back for home. Jean deals with the investigory part of this incident, finding it just being a gang of punks trying to make a name for themselves, but instead find an early grave.
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John goes through the myriad number of accesses, looking for clues in the events for a possible connection between Fernando and the unknown female squirrel. He finds several, on a website for the CD/RR and The Acorn Café. Cross referencing several resources, John was able to get a name and picture of Tammy Squirrel, daughter of Mrs. Squirrel/Polancco who remained living in the USA while the newly wed Mrs. Polancco moved to Italy with Bink. Bink's last name was also changed to Polancco, and shows a ‘exit date' several months after the Polancco Massacre. Not registered in the computer was that Tammy had Bink's last name changed back to Squirrel. John could only deduce that Bink either died at the hospital or was adopted by another family.
The last ranger mission involving Tammy also involved Fernando, thus giving a vital clue to a connection between the two. The mission goes into details of attempts of finding Bink and UN Involvement against the SWA. (Webmaster Chip put all that he could on the website to make himself and the rangers look good, despite what Fernando had told him otherwise- "missions involving clandestine and covert operations are not to be ever posted on the website!" Considering that Chip and Fernando never agreed to anything, Chip did what he wanted to do, thinking that another mission feather in his hat would do him and the rangers well. Chip would be very lucky if Fernando does not come back to the USA to give him a thrashing that he so rightfully deserves. The mission portion of the website states that Tammy and Bink were reunited and are currently living in Italy, with Tammy working for the SWA as a rescue worker.)
John: We have a problem.
Pino: What kind of problem?
John: The Polancco girl is still alive.
Pino: She cant be that much trouble, she was all f'd up when we left her. I doubt she even remembers what happened.
John: You are not to think, Pino. You are to do as told. I do the thinking. Now, we need to find the Polancco girl and this time make sure she is dead. At the same time, get the information from the other squirrel girl before killing her too. It says here that they are sisters.
Pino: Alright sir. When do we start?
John: Right after I find an address for her.
John starts to cross reference Motor Vehicle Registration for Tammy Squirrel as its owner. He finds a red Alfa Romero Spyder model 2001 registered to her name, with a police report from Nemi attachment tied to it.
Quote:Nemi Public Safety Accident Report:
@10:55am, several phone calls were made to our services of red sports car being cut off by a black sedan on Via Perino, going southbound towards hiway: SS7. The red sports car hit the guard rail and dove into Lake Nemi. Emergency Rescue Personnel were within minutes of the accident. The black sedan was not to be found.
Found inside the red sports car were two female squirrel occupants: the driver to be in her early 20's with red hair, the passenger in her preteens, blonde. Both were found unconscious at the scene and immediately brought to a hospital care center at Nemi.
John (to himself): Nemi Medical... That was where Anne worked at. (he then turns to Pinocchio) Lets go, Pino.
Pino: Where too?
John: Nemi Medical Center. More clues to be found there.
A computer printout was taken from the printer and stuffed into a large manila envelope. On it was false documentation accusing Tammy of various crimes. John checks his gun and his old CIA ID in his wallet before leaving with Pinocchio to the car for a long drive to Nemi.