Threat Neutralised

Emily The Vault Compiles a Profile of Mr Problem

Shortly after Nicky Parsons contacted MI6 headquarters Saturday morning and told them,

“A clean-up is required immediately in the alleyway beside the Minor Key Café.”,

a request was sent to the desk of Emily to compile a Kill Profile of Mr Problem.

When Emily arrived at MI6 headquarters the following Monday morning, she saw that request and set about compiling an official Kill Profile of Mr Problem. A task that occupied most of her morning.

Once that Kill Profile of Mr Problem was completed, there was a bit of a lull on the desk of Emily.  She chose to use that lull to arrange to meet with a male MI6 colleague (M1) who appeared to have some sort of desire for Nicky Parsons. It was not clear to Emily whether that M1 desire for Nicky Parsons good or bad.

Emily arranged to meet with Mr M1 and she promptly proceeded to his office, with the official Kill Profile of Mr Problem.

Emily got straight down to business: “Do not argue with me. Just read this.”

She then handed the Kill Profile of Mr Problem to M1.

As requested by Emily, M1 read the subject profile.

When Emily was satisfied that M1 had concluded his reading task, she spoke to him again.

Once again, she was all business:

“You do not want to mess with Nicky Parsons. She wacked Mr Problem. By herself.”

Emily then retrieved her Kill Profile from the now uncomfortable M1.

The final words of this interaction from Emily were polite: “Have a nice day.”

Emily then left her confronting meeting with M1 and returned to her office.

The remainder of that day was unremarkable for Emily.

M1 and M2

Upon seeing Emily leaving the MI6 office of M1, another male MI6 colleague, M2, proceeded to the office of M1.

M2 then politely enquired of M1: “What is going on with you and Emily?

In a somewhat dismissive and disbelieving tone, M1 replied: “Emily gave me a Kill Profile she compiled of Mr Problem to read and told me to never mess with Nicky Parsons. “

A shocked M2 responded: “How stupid or naive are you?

These girls do not lie. They do not have to.

Are you really so stupid as to think Emily would not poison you, if you did not believe her or you challenged her?

Do you want Emily to give you wrong information for a mission, that would put you at real risk on that mission?

You need to get with reality.

You do not mess with these girls.

Never get on the wrong side of them.”

M2 then left the office of M1 shaking his head.

There was no further interaction between M1 and M2 that day.

A Personal Telephone Call

About two (2) hours after M2 left the office of M1, M1 received a telephone call at his work from his mother.

Mother to M1: “Hello, son. I have not seen you for ages. I need to check if you are eating properly and looking after yourself. Sunday lunch at my place has your name on it. Do not tell me you are not available. Tell me you will be at my house shortly before noon Sunday for lunch with me.”

A little surprised, M1 replied: “Yes, mother. I will be at your house shortly before noon this Sunday for lunch with you.”

Mother: “Do not let me down.”

M1: “No, mother. I will be there.”

Mother. “Good. See you Sunday. Bye.”

M1 got off the telephone to his mother and wondered what was going on in his life. Emily, M2 and now his mother.

Sunday Lunch

Sunday M1 presented himself to the home of his mother at 11:45 am for lunch, as arranged.

When he walked in to the kitchen, his mother greeted him warmly and told him it would just be the two (2) of them for lunch.

M1 was a little surprised by this news, but he was not disposed to argue with his mother.

Lunch was all but prepared by the time he arrived and his mother promptly dished up their lunch. They dined in the kitchen.

After about 10 minutes of unremarkable conversation, Mother said to M1

“I hear there is a new woman at your work.”

And I hear she has a female friend in the office.”

M1 stopped eating and wondered what was going on.

M1: "Yes there is a new woman at work. It is nothing about which you need to worry yourself."

Mother: "Son, You do not seriously believe I do not know what you do? You are a spy at MI6. You are probably an assassin."

M1: Stunned silence and shock on his face.

Mother: "I have known for ages.

Son, Do you need me to go and have a talk to this Emily girl and set her straight?

Yes, Son. I know about Emily. I am your mother.

Someone has to look after you, son."

The face of M1 was white as a sheet.

Mother: "It is OK, son. That is why it is just you and I here today."

M1: "It is OK, mother. I can handle the Emily situation."

Mother: "OK. Eat up, son. It is good to see you and it is good to have Sunday lunch with you.”

The remainder of Sunday lunch was uneventful.

As M1 and his mother were saying their good-byes to each other, Mother said to M1:

“It warms my heart that you still enjoy my cooking.” and she gave him a kiss on his cheek.

M1 left Sunday lunch with a smile on his face.

As he made his way home, M1 was not sure what to make of the Sunday lunch conversation.

He thought he best keep it to himself, at least until he could process all the information his mother gave him.

Nicky and Emily at The Shooting Range

A couple of weeks after M1 had his Sunday lunch with his mother, Nicky and Emily arranged to go grocery shopping together, again.

During that shopping expedition, Nicky left Emily for a short time to get an item she wanted. When she returned Nicky saw that a male was trying to chat up Emily.

Nicky was quick to respond to the budding Romeo:

“You want to go on a date? Saturday afternoon 1:00 pm at the city shooting range. We will both be there. You get to date both of us. Give us your contact details. Do not be late."

A stunned Romeo gave both women his work and home contact details.

Nicky continued to the Romeo: “We will ring you between now and then to check on you. You can leave us now, we have shopping to do.”

Emily watched this interaction in silence.

Romeo left the company of Nicky and Emily more than a little bewildered.

Once Romeo was well out of ear shot, Emily asked Nicky: “Are you serious?”

Nicky: “Yes. I expect he will enjoy finding out how well each of us shoot.”

Emily: “I love it. I am all in.”

Saturday arrived and Nicky and Emily planned to spend the entire day together. They started off with breakfast at their Minor Key Café.

When they finished their breakfast, they telephoned Romeo again, telling him not to be late.

They spent the rest of the morning window shopping, as they made their way slowly to the city indoor shooting range.

A cafeteria near the shooting range hosted Nicky and Emily for lunch and they arrived at the shooting range at 12:50 pm.

Romeo arrived at the range at 12:55 pm.

In unison Nicky and Emily say to Romeo: “So far, so good.”

Nicky: “Let us get started.”

Nicky led the trio to the actual shooting range.

Both women were clinical in their shooting preparation.

Romeo was not sure what was going on.

Nicky explained proceedings to Romeo and he started shooting his allocated rounds.

Once Romeo was finished, the women shot their rounds.

Romeo was stunned by and uneasy at what he saw.

When all their rounds were spent, Nicky retrieved the paper targets and discussion ensued about their success rate.

The women pointed out to Romeo he got a couple of shots on the paper

Romeo could see neither of the women missed their target with any of their rounds.

Nicky and Emily looked at each other satisfied.

Nicky (In a friendly tone): “Has this been fun, Romeo?”

Romeo: Stunned silence.

Emily: “Do you want to get a cup of tea with us, Romeo?”

Romeo: “I have another commitment, ladies. Thank you for the date, ladies. It is time for me to leave.”

Nicky: “Thank you for coming shooting with us, Romeo.”

Emily: “Yes. Thank you, Romeo.”

Romeo left and their paths never crossed again.

The following Monday someone from the shooting range telephoned their normal MI6 contact and said that Parsons and Emily were in attendance on Saturday, with Romeo. Was that to be registered as official MI6 training?

The MI6 contact told Mr Shooting Range it would not be considered official MI6 training, at this stage.

The Scatterbrain Mission

In the world of Nicky Parsons, an unremarkable day can swiftly become remarkable. This particular Saturday was one of those days.

A situation arose on a previously unremarkable Saturday that caused the relevant MI6 boss to create an impromptu mission. The boss knew Nicky Parsons was the real deal, even if he did not tell her so  By happenstance Nicky was proximate to the subject location. This boss knew from their Shooting Range episode that Nicky Parsons and Emily work together well. He was happy for Emily to partner Nicky on this impromptu mission. This would likely be a bit of a shock for Emily, but he thought she could handle it.

The boss telephoned Emily to try to locate Parsons to send her on the impromptu mission. Emily told the boss that she did not know where Parsons was, but would keep the boss informed, if she found out.

Unbeknown to Emily, Parsons had another one of her scatterbrain moments and caught the wrong train. Nicky was a long way from home. She telephoned Emily at her home and confessed her scatterbrain behaviour. Nicky wanted to ask Emily to travel to that train station, so they can go home together.

When Parsons told Emily of her dilemma, Emily told Parsons of the impromptu mission and that Nicky happened to be in the correct location to partake of the mission.

Emily ended her call with Parsons and called the boss to inform him of the location of Parsons.

The boss told Emily to go to the Parsons location and accompany her on the mission. When they were together at the location, telephone the boss to update him and get further instructions.

Emily was happy with those arrangements.

A couple of minutes later Parsons rang Emily again and Emily updated Parsons with the news from the boss.

Emily told Nicky: “I am confident it will not take me long to get to your curent train station.”

Their telephone call ended and Emily made her way to the train station near her, en route to the Parson mission train station.

Meanwhile, Nicky Parsons rang the boss and the mission was discussed.

The boss told Nicky: A group of dissident troublemakers were suspected of acquiring a sensitive manuscript that was supposed to be en route to a secure facility. The subject manuscript potentially contained classified research or compromising information.

A rapid reconnaissance and assessment was required.

Parsons was to discreetly locate the suspected meeting point of the dissident troublemakers and ascertain if the subject manuscript was present.

Use only minimal engagement, unless absolutely necessary.

It was convenient to partner with Emily.

Nicky Parsons told the boss she understood the mission.

Nicky did not have to wait all that long for Emily to arrive.

When Emily arrived, Parsons rang the boss again and confirmed to him that she and Emily were now together at the train station. They would now proceed to conduct surveillance on the subject premises.

After Nicky and Emily had studied the subject premises for a little while, Parson told Emily to ring the police and get them to attend at the location immediately.

Within a few minutes, several police arrived at the location.

There was quite a bit of excitement at the subject premises and Nicky saw the target male seeking to flee the premises.

Nicky then quickly made her way towards him and conveniently managed to trip him. Whilst he was on the ground, she relieved him of his bag, which contained the subject manuscript.

The police arrested the subject male and Nicky disappeared into the crowd which had now gathered.

On her way she saw Emily, grabbed her by the arm and said “Come with me”.

Emily obeyed and they made their way to the train station, with the bag and the manuscript.

Once at the train station Emily told Nicky which train they needed to catch to get home and how long she thought it would take.

Whilst waiting for their train to arrive, Nicky rang the boss again and gave him a cryptic message about having a package.

The boss said he would arrange for work colleagues to meet Emily and Nicky at their train station and drive them home.

Nicky ended the call with her boss just before their train arrived.

It was an incident free train ride back to their train station.

Outside their home train station a work car was waiting to drive them home.

Nicky left the bag and the manuscript in the work car.

Not long after Nicky and Emily arrived at the home of Emily, the boss rang and told Emily the manuscript they were seeking was now safe and secure.

The mission could be considered a success.

Nicky and Emily spent the rest of that Saturday at the home of Emily pleased that they had worked their first mission together and that it was a success. More than once they laughed about how a Nicky Parsons scatterbrain moment ended up facilitating a successful mission.