Author: jkkitty
Prompt words: peek, malice
Prompt color: yellow
Waverly was looking down on at a piece of paper on the desk when Kuryakin and Solo entered the room. Each took their regular seat and waited for him to speak. As Waverly looked up, he studied the men before him. They were his best, and what he needed to do now upset him but for the benefit of UNCLE, it needed to be done.
“Mr. Solo you are restricted to headquarters for the unknown further. Mr. Kuryakin you will be
temporary oversee any external activity of Section Two.”
“Sir!” the two agents before him call out together.In explanation, Waverly sent the stack of pale yellow papers around until it landed in front of Napoleon.>
It was an Order to Appear in court on the charge of Malice. The demand stated that he was being accused of without considerable provocation deliberate intention unlawfully taking away the life of a human being of Manny Sparer on June 22, 1966.
As Napoleon read the charge, Illya peeked over his shoulder. “But sir, Napoleon had no choice it was Manny or a group of innocents. Cannot UNCLE’s lawyers do something about this accusation? It was in the performance of his duties that the death occurred.”
“Because of our secret involvement in the affair, that information can’t be brought out. Our lawyers are trying to find a way around the charge, but for now I’m afraid I have no choice, Mr. Solo. You may work inside UNCLE headquarters, but the field is out of the question. We’ll deal with this as quickly as possible.”
“If I may sir, can I know who brought the charge?” Napoleon asked.
“Detective Thompson. It seems your run-in with him left him angry enough to bring the charge.”>
“Sir the run-in that Napoleon had with Thompson was because he insisted that we wait out Sparer. He refused to listen to reason. I tried to explain that we had been called in as we had dealt with Sparer before. And we were aware that he had killed hostages in his last three operations even though the police had given into his demands. The detective then began to insult my nationality, demand I go back to Russia, and accuse Napoleon of betraying his country by working with me.” Illya explained.
Napoleon added, “When I saw that Illya talking to Thompson and he was getting nowhere, I discovered away into the building and took Sparer out right before he was going to kill the first hostage. As I led the rest of the people out, the detective accused us of using Commie’s techniques to show him up. He then said he would see that I paid for the interference.”
“Mmm. Dismissed gentlemen. I’ll pass this information on to our lawyers and see what can be done.”
It was two weeks later a very irritated Napoleon and overworked Illya was called into Waverly office.
“Mr. Solo you are restored to your original position as are you Mr. Kuryakin. The charges have been dropped.”
“Sir?” Napoleon asked.
“I had a small discussion with the Chief of Police. I just reminded him that our assistance has always been given when possible. Moreover, if my men help wouldn’t be accepted by the police on the crime scene or the nationality of one of my agents was unacceptable when giving help that we would have to withdraw our intermittent support when issues arise. He agreed that the charge should be dropped and stated he would have a discussion with Detective Thompson about interagency cooperation.”
As the men left the office, Napoleon whispered. “I would’ve liked to have been a fly on that wall. I have a feeling that the detective will be directing traffic when the chief gets through with him. No one wins when Waverly has one of his discussions.”
Illya chuckled, “Come on. I have a small affair we need to look into.”
Napoleon smiled. He was back.



