The New Hire: An Interlude

Part One
PART TWO

OOC: All characters are mine, except the following. The Lothbrok clan ("Vikings" property of Michael Hirst/History Channel) and Cassandra ("Highlander: The Series" property of Davis/Panzer Productions)


Three months later

Theo had settled in at the Ranch well. He got on well with the other men, and it hadn’t taken them long for them to see that while he was more laid back than Andy, he was just as serious about doing the best job possible for their boss.

Meeting the Family )

The New Hire: An Introduction

PART ONE
Part Two

OOC: All characters are mine, except the following. Terry Sheridan ("Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" property of Paramount/Mutual Films.)


~2 years after Danika's kidnapping.


“I know this kid you might be interested in.” Terry Sheridan explained. Andy MacDonald had put word out on certain areas of the dark web for someone with the potential to take over from him now that he was approaching sixty. He hadn’t advertised who the employer was, but for someone who had been around as long as Sheridan, it wasn’t difficult to connect the dots. “Of course, I’d put my name forward, but I can just imagine Hsu’s expression.”

“You don’t change, do you, Sheridan?” In fact, Sheridan would be an excellent choice in one respect, he was essentially immortal thanks to that incident with Pandora’s Box decades ago, but in all other aspects, he’d never work with Hsu. After all this time, he was still completely untrustworthy, even if they had used him on a job or two when his skill set was required. The Scot was good and Andy had always liked him; he just always had to find the most profitable angle for himself which was the problem. “So this kid, is he a protege of yours?”

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