Who. Tess Philips and Jason Collins What. Tess goes looking for Jason post-shooting and gets an unpleasant surprise Where. Agency O&R When. Friday night, August 3rd, 2012 (shortly after this ) Warnings. Violence?
Two gun shots had been fired in the main lobby, by who no one seemed to know but most weren't sticking around to find out. The entire building was in chaos, but while everyone else was running for the doors, Tess was making her way down to the basement. An idiotic move with a gunman on the loose, but it was impossible to argue with her, and she knew how soundproof the Agency basements could be. Good for when R&D was fiddling with particularly dangerous things with the potential to explode, not so good when there was someone on the upper floors shooting.
O&R was further down in the basement, past R&D and down another small set of stairs. Tess took them two at a time, barely aware of her rapid footsteps or what was going on up above her. She knew Jason had come down here, and she wasn't leaving this building without him. She was pretty stubborn like that. Anyway, one lone gunman didn't scare her. After facing the Minotaur and Thalia facing countless other monsters and an entire army led by Kronos, one guy with a gun seemed like a piece of cake. But they'd think about dealing with that after they found Jason.
"Jason!" Tess called out his name before she turned the corner into O&R, then coming to an abrupt halt once she did. The whole place was dark, which was weird because she knew Jason had been down here for the last hour. Tess narrowed her eyes, letting them adjust a little before taking a few steps forward. "Jason...?" She turned another corner into the stacks and stopped short, eyes wide at what she was seeing. "... What are you doing?"