Josie knew she had his attention once she mentioned his record. He had a pretty extensive one but, unlike his brother, he seemed to be trying to follow the straight and narrow over the past few years. Getting his past erased would be appealing to someone like him. Also from her sessions with Caleb she knew he was dating Caleb's sister. She had only met Alice once only briefly but she could tell that she was a girl who had a tough time being "special" and yet wasn't as tainted as Caleb. She was a good influence on her brother, she made him want to get better, to be good for her...she seemed to have a similar effect on Boo.
A smile quirked the corner of her mouth, "Yes, but it does depend on your cooperation and performance. And I do mean your absolute cooperation and your best performance. If you stray slightly lives could be lost." She lowered her voice even more than the whisper she had been speaking at previously, "This job I'm offering you is very dangerous, your previous experience as a cage fighter is a plus. There is a lot of hand to hand fighting involved in this. But you do need to understand that you may be placed in life and death situations. We will train and equip you as best as we can but it all depends on how well you listen and how you work with your partner."
Josie pulled out a few sheet of paper stapled together, "This is a signed contract stating that by your cooperation and performance your record will be expunged accordingly. It also states what is expected of you," She put it back in the large envelope and passed it across the table to him, "We need your signature to see if you understand and agree to the terms. I will tell you as many of the specifics as I can. I think you understand why I was so insistent on you keeping quiet about this." She ran a hand through her hair and glanced around the cafe still not feeling that easy in such a public place.
"You will be one of our field agents, you will have a partner who is..."special"...powered, like myself...I assume you won't have a problem with that considered both your siblings are powered," she took a sip of her hot cocoa, "I've seen your brother in action, his power is very impressive. Oh, we brought him in once as well, removed some of his past discretions, not all. He helped us test one of our powered agents, your partner actually. He is one of the best, my husband was his partner originally." She bit her lip, Adrian wasn't out of the woods yet and the doctors didn't know when he'd be better. She still worried about what she would say or do if the worst happened, even though JJ told her to focus on the positive. She focused back on Boo, this was her job, this was important.
"My husband was injured out in the field, so much so that he will can no longer be a field agent. It was no fault of your partner's, Adrian...my husband was doing his job. Watching his partner's back just like he did for him. Risking their lives for the other, that is what is expected and that is what we expect from you. Your partner is your other half, you work together as a unit or you don't work at all. That is part of the cooperation I'm speaking about. You and he need to work together. He understands that just as we are expecting you to understand that. We state all of that in the contract." She pulled out a pen and held it out to him,
"I know that this is a lot and you probably want to think about it but we can't risk that. Either you sign this now or we are done and we have to erase your memory of this meeting and everything I told you." She waved the pen back and forth in front of him, "So...what do you say Mr. Collins?"