A Long-Overdue Phone Call
May. 6th, 2013 10:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
notthatcrazyShe's been through three burner phones since the A-Team's escape, and the tinny sound of that damn Steely Dan ringtone is still a thorn in Charissa Sosa's side. She hasn't heard from the team in months, so the phone ringing while she's at the gym one morning is an new development.
"El Diablo!" A completely unexpected voice calls out from the other end of the line. "Long time, no chat. I was startin' to think you were avoidin' us."
"Murdock?" She tries to keep her voice down. The locker room is nearly empty, but sound still echoes. "What the hell are you doing?"
"Sorry I ain't the person you wanted to hear from, but... don't take this personally or anythin' but I'm the only one who wants to talk to you right now. We happen to have intel about a certain shipment of weapons that went missin' a couple months back."
Damn them. She's been tracking that down for weeks. "So, why call? You know how to get information to me."
"Like I said, I wanted to talk. I got a bone to pick with you."
This is why she hates talking to Murdock. It's not that she dislikes the pilot, exactly, it's just damn near impossible for her to figure out what he's going to do next. Face would know, she thinks. Even during the brief time they'd been together, the two of them had practically been joined at the hip. "If this is about me chasing you..."
"Hell no," he scoffs. "That was just you doin' your job, and you helped us out anyway so that's water under the bridge. This is about what you did to Face."
Her voice goes instantly cold. "How is that any of your business?"
"I'm the one who had to put him back together when you were through with him, that's why it's my business." She can almost hear him gearing up for an epic ramble. "It's not even the fact that you left him, God knows he can be a real pain in the ass to live with sometimes. It's how you left him that I got a problem with."
Now she's slightly confused. "What the hell are you talking about?"
"You didn't just leave him, you dumped him. With a capital D. You probably didn't know this, but he's got all kinda issues with being dumped."
She scowls at the phone, even though she knows he can't see her. "Look, it's not something I can take back..."
There's a soft laugh from Murdock. "No, I'd say that ship has well and truly sailed. I just had to get that off my chest."
She wonders what he means by that as she realizes he's got her completely off-guard again. "Okay. I'm going now, but I'll be expecting those files."
"Catch ya later," he laughs as she hangs up.
"El Diablo!" A completely unexpected voice calls out from the other end of the line. "Long time, no chat. I was startin' to think you were avoidin' us."
"Murdock?" She tries to keep her voice down. The locker room is nearly empty, but sound still echoes. "What the hell are you doing?"
"Sorry I ain't the person you wanted to hear from, but... don't take this personally or anythin' but I'm the only one who wants to talk to you right now. We happen to have intel about a certain shipment of weapons that went missin' a couple months back."
Damn them. She's been tracking that down for weeks. "So, why call? You know how to get information to me."
"Like I said, I wanted to talk. I got a bone to pick with you."
This is why she hates talking to Murdock. It's not that she dislikes the pilot, exactly, it's just damn near impossible for her to figure out what he's going to do next. Face would know, she thinks. Even during the brief time they'd been together, the two of them had practically been joined at the hip. "If this is about me chasing you..."
"Hell no," he scoffs. "That was just you doin' your job, and you helped us out anyway so that's water under the bridge. This is about what you did to Face."
Her voice goes instantly cold. "How is that any of your business?"
"I'm the one who had to put him back together when you were through with him, that's why it's my business." She can almost hear him gearing up for an epic ramble. "It's not even the fact that you left him, God knows he can be a real pain in the ass to live with sometimes. It's how you left him that I got a problem with."
Now she's slightly confused. "What the hell are you talking about?"
"You didn't just leave him, you dumped him. With a capital D. You probably didn't know this, but he's got all kinda issues with being dumped."
She scowls at the phone, even though she knows he can't see her. "Look, it's not something I can take back..."
There's a soft laugh from Murdock. "No, I'd say that ship has well and truly sailed. I just had to get that off my chest."
She wonders what he means by that as she realizes he's got her completely off-guard again. "Okay. I'm going now, but I'll be expecting those files."
"Catch ya later," he laughs as she hangs up.
