Sneak Peek at Espionage in Washington D.C. Sequel

Okay feeling the guilt for taking sooo long to work on my current story so I'd thought I'd wet your whistles. Here's a little 682 word sneak peek to the Espionage Sequel:

Booth heard the Load Master call for them to load up. A Humvee rolled onto the tarmac and pulled to a stop. The Load Master approached the vehicle wincing at the thought of putting anymore weight on the plane. The door swung open and the Load Master snapped to attention and saluted.

“At ease, Staff Sergeant,” Carter said.

The man went to parade rest and Carter's eyes scanned the line of men climbing the steps into the upper level of the plane.

“I'm looking for Sergeant Major Booth,” Carter said firmly.

The Staff Sergeant snapped a quick salute then jogged off. Standing at the bottom of the steps, he hollered to the man standing just inside the door of the plane.

“McKinely, has a Sergeant Major Booth loaded yet?” McKinley checked his list and shook his head in a negative motion. He turned and was thinking about barking the name down the line when he heard a voice call out.

“Sarge, Staff Sergeant over here is looking for you.”

Booth turned to look at Davis who was pointing at man standing near the steps. Hitching his bag up, Booth jogged to the Staff Sergeant and stopped in front of the man.

“You are looking for me, Staff Sergeant?” Booth said, hitching his bag up again.

“General Carter wants to see you,” the man said. They both jogged over to where Carter was standing. Booth stopped, snapped to attention, and saluted.

“At ease, Booth,” Carter said, smiling at the man. Booth went to parade rest and waited for Carter to speak.

“Booth, I have something for you,” Carter said, extending the manila envelope. Booth took the envelope and looked at it.

“I'm sorry you had to find out like this, son,” Carter said, clapping him on the shoulder.

Carter climbed into the Humvee and it pulled away. Booth held the envelope as if it were a snake. Turning back to the line, Booth jogged over and took his position in line.

“Whatcha got, Sarge?” Techie asked eyeing the envelope. Booth swallowed and looked at it again.

“I don't know,” Booth said in gravelly tone.

Thirty minutes later, Booth felt the thrust of the plane as it left the ground. He looked at the envelope in his hands and shuddered. Sticking his finger under the flap, he tore it open. He opened it and looked inside. Sticking his hand in, he pulled out two envelopes, a disc, and an iPad.

Techie whistled when he saw the iPad and the headset that went with it. Booth tucked the letters between his thighs, plugged the headset in, and turned on the iPad. He saw a file labeled 'click here'. He tapped the file and a video began to play. Booth's eyes glazed with tears when Brennan's face appeared on the screen.

“Booth, George promised you wouldn't get this before you took off. I know that you wouldn't do anything illegal but given the situation it would be logical to think it would be acceptable. I planned on giving you this information tonight but it would seem the circumstances dictated otherwise. There is a file on the desktop of this iPad that will explain everything. The file name is click2. I know that is unoriginal but I found it necessary to make it easy to find. We will get through this, we always get through everything that we have been footed. We are the center and we will hold. I love you, Booth.”

Booth saw her reach over and switch off the camera. He chuckled at her mistake, they got through everything they had been handed not footed. Clearing the screen, he looked at the programs on the desk top. Booth found the click2 file and tapped it twice. The first thing he heard was the whoosh of the amniotic fluid then the fast beat of a heart. His mouth fell open at the sight of a holographic baby floating on the screen. The tears that were in his eyes from seeing Brennan's video spilled down his cheeks.