WHEN A SPY GETS FIRED, THEY DON'T GET A PINK SLIP.
THEY CUT HIM OFF. THEY BURN HIM. WHEN YOU'RE BURNED, YOU'VE GOT NOTHING: NO CASH, NO CREDIT, NO JOB HISTORY.
YOU'RE STUCK IN WHATEVER CITY THEY DECIDE TO DUMP YOU IN. YOU DO WHATEVER WORK COMES YOUR WAY.
YOU RELY ON ANYONE WHO IS STILL TALKING TO YOU: A TRIGGER-HAPPY EX-GIRLFRIEND, AN OLD FRIEND WHO USED TO INFORM ON YOU TO THE FBI, FAMILY TOO...IF YOU'RE DESPERATE. BOTTOM LINE: AS LONG AS YOU'RE BURNED, YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.


MY NAME IS MICHAEL WESTEN, AND I'M A SPY. A LOT OF BEING A SPY IS LIKE BEING IN A DENTIST'S WAITING ROOM: YOU READ, YOU DRINK COFFEE, AND OCCASIONALLY SOMEBODY TRIES TO KILL YOU.

WHEN YOU'RE NOT SPENDING EVERY WAKING MINUTE OF YOUR LIFE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO BURNED YOU, YOU NEED TO TAKE AN ODD JOB HERE AND THERE THAT RELIES ON YOUR EXPERTISE. THIS ALLOWS YOU TO KEEP YOUR SKILLS SHARP, AND THE MONEY COMES IN HANDY.

FIONA GOES OUT AND MEETS WITH CLIENTS, AND SAM USES HIS OLD CONTACTS TO HELP GET US INFORMATION.










Michael, we have some work to do.












Yeah, Mikey, I just heard from one of my buddies at the Bureau...Frolik's back in town.












MICHAEL FROLIK WAS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS SNIPERS TO MAKE HIS WAY FROM EASTERN EUROPE TO SOUTHERN FLORIDA. SOMEHOW, HE LOST HIS TOUCH, AND WOUND UP OUT OF THE AREA. NOW SAM IS TELLING ME HE'S BACK, AND FIONA HAS SOME WORK FOR US.

OK, FI...WHAT'S THE JOB?



Michael, there's someone I'd like you to meet. He's a former associate of Frolik, who was able to get Frolik out of town, but not without losing a lot in the deal.

He used to run the organization where Frolik is now, and wound up holed up down here after some contracts "conveniently" got lost, and he was run out right before the organization wound up being the top group in the business. Now he wants to see if there's anything we can do to help him out with his new organization and help bring the old one down.





WHEN YOU'RE A SPY, YOU LEARN THE BEST WAY TO MEET WITH PEOPLE IS IN A PUBLIC PLACE. YOU NEED TO HAVE GOOD LINES OF SIGHT FOR YOUR BACKUP PERSONNEL, AND NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CAN CAUSE A DIVERSION.

IN MIAMI, THE BEST PUBLIC PLACE THAT DOESN'T HAVE PEOPLE ARE FLORIDA PANTHERS GAMES.



Thanks for agreeing to meet with me. You'd never know it by looking around here, but I put together the best organization in the world. When I took over, we weren't earning anything, and nobody gave us any respect. Then I got pushed out and wound up down here, where anybody I have that might be able to help out either doesn't come through, or I can't afford to keep him. In the meantime, all the guys I put together are still earning, and now even the guys I run out of town because they aren't shooting the way they need to suddenly find their shot once they go north? I want to take these guys down!


YOU REALIZE THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE EASY, RIGHT? IT WILL TAKE YEARS TO PUT TOGETHER THE TYPE OF ORGANIZATION YOU NEED TO COMPETE WITH GUYS LIKE THIS. YOU ALSO NEED TO GET SOME BACKING IN ORDER TO EARN ENOUGH TO KEEP GOOD PEOPLE ON THE PAYROLL. LOOKING AROUND HERE, I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK WE CAN DO?



Michael, what if I were to have a little fun with our out-of-town guests?

I'm sure a little C4 would be a nice little welcome. I think we can make Miami a little...hotter.






I dunno Mikey...once you start blowing things up, we can start drawing attention. And not the good kind.

I dunno if the kind of heat Fi's talking about is really what we want.





FIIIII..WE CAN'T JUST RUN AROUND BLOWING UP THE STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS. I KNOW IT WON'T BE ON NATIONAL TV SINCE THE RODEO IS ON, BUT IT WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE THE HOCKEY NEWS IN BETWEEN ARTICLES CALLING FOR THE BANNING OF FIGHTING.






Well, Michael...if you won't let me stop them, maybe we can come up with something to slow them down for a little while. Maybe I can cause the Blackhawks goalie to miss a few shots in the first period. You know, I can be...girly. Put on some lipstick, and maybe my mirror reflects light into Corey Crawford's eyes at just the right time.




I think she's onto something here Mikey. I think if she can get the Panthers three goals Vokoun is good enough to make it stand up.






MR. TALLON,WE CAN GET YOU THREE GOALS TO WIN TONIGHT, BUT LONG TERM I THINK YOUR BEST CHANCE OF TURNING THIS ORGANIZATION AROUND MIGHT BE TO JUST GET OUT OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA AND  MAYBE OUT OF THE COUNTRY ALTOGETHER.





Out of the country? You mean maybe to the Cayman Islands?








HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO QUEBEC CITY?








Wait, are you saying you guys can't help me at all?  What the hell is this?  You've taken on some of the baddest crime lords and dumbest conspiracies in Miami! 

If you can't help me rebuild my organization, how about some straight forward revenge on the people who set me up?   I handed you a list of my known enemies: Stan the Weasel, Trent the Weasel, Barry the Weasel, Jay Blunk...can't you just hunt all those guys down for me?




Well, ya see, it's a little more complicated than that.  I had one of my old Navy buddies run all those names down, and not one of them seems to have any interest in destroying you. Well, maybe Stan, but we can rule him out because he's been telling the press he's going to destroy you for the last two weeks, so we know he won't get that done.  

Whoever your enemy is, he's insidious, he's devious, he's dangerous, and frankly, we have no idea who he is.  It's like this guy has the ability to just disappear off the face of the earth.



Damn.  Who could it be?  Who could dislike me that much, and yet I have no idea that they exist?   WHO COULD IT BE?












       MUAHAHAHAHAHA!