Checkmate wasn't exactly a Monday-Friday 9 to 5 type of operation, so Roy wasn't too surprised when he was called to his supervisor's office on Saturday afternoon. He was a little surprised to be asked how his Vietnamese was when he got there, especially since the languages he spoke were all listed in his file--and Vietnamese wasn't among them. ( Read more... )

Roy came home from his job at a rehab clinic, beating up a mugger and stopping for takeout on the way, and decided he needed a shower first and foremost. He was halfway there when someone knocked on his door. He peered through the peephole and saw a man in a suit that screamed 'government,' so he opened the door without taking off the chain and ( Read more... )

( I'm used to going out at three AM and doing something stupid. )