1、MERRY CHRISTMAS ...
-
"There is an emergency, Ms.Shaw." Exclaimed Harold.
"What" Turning around, with her hands still in her pockets, Shaw was watching outside the window.
"I'm afriad that we've got an issue." Harold looked at the Christmas tree decoration and tossed it away pitifully.
"Someone broke the city's power system. And even worse," He hobbled his way to the computer, "See All the letter 'E's have been transformed into 'A's. By some sort of virus, I think."
"Great." Glimpsed Shaw, "Then all my steak will be steek now."
"I've already sent Ms. Groves there 2 hours ago,you see." Harold looked at the Christmas tree and sighed, "Looks like she is a little bit stuck there."
"Yeah." Now Shaw finally faced Harold, "Where is she"
"That's your job to figure that out." Harold cleaned up his desk and left as fast as he could.
"You lost her" Shaw could feel her nerves unsettling.
"I think Mr. Reese is about to wake up now." Ignoring Shaw's question, Harold mumbled to himself, "He had gone through quite a scene, so exhausting."
"Damn you, Harold!"Shaw knew that Harold could hear her out,yet she lowered her voice," And you, Root,you'd better be okay."
-----------------------------------
"Okay, I'm in." Shaw looked around warily, "What's next"
"Take a left turn, and it's at the end of the corridor." Harold smiled at Reese, from whom he got a blink,"It's all up to you now, Ms. Shaw."
Shaw laid low and moved every step discreetly.
"Hello there." A sweet and charming voice rang out.
Shaw turned back with pleasure but all of a sudden she was a blank. All she knew was that someone pulled her into a comfy chair.
Damn it!
She was electrified by Root, again!
"Sweetie, I didn't know you cared about me so much." Root waved her stun gun and smiled demonically, "That's why we'd always had so much fun together."
"Why did you do that" Shaw saw her typing some codes into the central system, "Did Harold know"
"About this" Root stopped and saw Shaw into her eyes, "I wouldn't dare to say he didn't."
Shaw was confused,"What is going on here, Root"
"Remember your mission code" Root stood up and looked out over the window. It was all dark and quite outside.
"What" Shaw couldn't help but looking outside. Without electricity, the city was strangely peaceful.
"Three, two, one." As Root counting down, she smiled more meaningfully, "Surprise!"
Like being ordered, the city was lighted up immediately. The neons, the music, the fireworks, mixed into a wonderful visual and auditory feast.
Yes, it's Christmas.
"I hate to kill the mood here, Root, but I think there is still a misspelling there." Moving her jaw towards the direction of a gigantic neon.
"Yeah, about that." Root leaned against the wall. She smiled and took out a small box, "Mission code, Shaw."
"Christmas." Shaw rolled her eyes, this must be a prank schemed by those three.
"Then I am your mission." Root squatted in front of Shaw, and took out a ring from the box.
Root's eyes were so shiny and her voice was so soft that Shaw doubted she heard the right words.
"Marry Christmas, will you"
-------------------中--------------------文------------------分-------------------割--------------------线-------------------
"有个突发状况，Ms.Shaw."Harold说。
"怎么了" Shaw现在窗前，收回投向窗外的目光，转过身来。
“我恐怕这是个棘手的案子。”Harold看了看手中的圣诞树装饰，遗憾地把它们扔到了一边。
“有人破坏了城里的电力系统。更严重的是… …”Harold一瘸一拐地走到电脑前，“看见了吗？所有的字母E都被改成字母A了，应该是某种病毒在作祟。”
“真好。”Shaw瞥了一眼电脑，“那我以后都定不到牛排只能吞针了。”（steak牛排 steek苏格兰英语，一针）
“两小时前我已经派Ms. Groves过去了。”Harold看着圣诞树叹了口气，“看样子，她应该是在那儿遇到麻烦了。”
“是吗？”Shaw终于正眼看Harold了，“她在哪儿？”
“这个问题就要靠你自己解决了。”Harold以最快的速度收拾起桌子，准备离开。
“你和她失联了？”Shaw觉得她的神经都紧绷起来。
“Mr. Reese应该是快醒了。”Harold没有回答，而是自言自语起来，“他可是经历了一场恶战，太累人了。”
"去你的, Harold!"Shaw 知道Harold能听见她说话。随后她压低了声音，“Root，你最好给我安然无恙。”
-----------------------------------
“我进来了。”Shaw谨慎地环顾了一圈，“接下来怎么走？”
“前面左转，就在走廊尽头。”Harold说着对Reese笑了笑，Reese也冲他眨了眨眼，“接下来就只能靠你了，Ms. Shaw。”
Shaw放低了姿态，每一步都走得小心翼翼。
“你好呀。”甜美又迷人的声音响起。
闻声，Shaw带着愉悦转身，却陷入一片空白。她只知道有人把她拖到了一把舒适的椅子上。
该死！
她又被Root电击了！
“宝贝，我还不知道你这么关心我呢。”Root挥了挥手里的□□，邪邪地笑道，“所以我们在一起总能有一堆乐子。”
“你为什么要这么做？”Shaw看着Root敲击键盘，应该是向电脑里输入什么执行语言，“Harold知道吗？”
“关于这个？”Root停了下来，直直地看进Shaw的眼睛，“我不敢说他不知道。”
Shaw很困惑，“倒底发生了什么，Root？”
“还记得你的任务代码吗？”Root站了起来，看向窗外。
窗外的世界又黑又静。
“什么？”Shaw情不自禁地跟着看向窗外。没了电力，这座城市安静地出奇。
“三，二，一。”越往后倒数，Root笑得越是意味深长，“惊喜！”
像是接收到了指示一般，整座城一瞬间亮了起来。霓虹，音乐，烟火，交织成一场视听盛宴。
是了，到圣诞了。
“不好意思扫你的兴了，Root，但是那儿是不是有个拼写错误。”Shaw把她的下巴朝一处巨大的霓虹灯处抬了抬。
“噢，关于这个呀。”Root倚在墙上，笑着取出一个小盒子，“任务代码，Shaw。”
“圣诞。”Shaw翻了个白眼，她已经确定这是他们三个人密谋的某个恶作剧了。
“那么，我就是你的任务。”Root蹲在Shaw的面前，从小盒子里取出一枚戒指。
Root的眼神这么闪亮，她的声音这么轻柔，以至于Shaw开始怀疑她有没有听对Root的话。
"Marry Christmas, will you"
作者有话说
第1章 MERRY CHRISTMAS
