<div class="floatleft">(http://imageshack.us/a/img265/8833/justinhartleyasryanmerc.jpg)</div><br/><div style="text-align: left;"><strong>Name:</strong> Ryan Mercer<br/><strong>Title:</strong> Undercover Cop/The New Guy<br/><strong>Location:</strong> Foulweather Bluffs<br/><strong>Tags:</strong> Allison, Adriano, Natalie, Taras<br/><hr/> <br/><br/>Ryan had spotted the others starting to gather and wordlessly followed Natalie when she started making her way over towards them thankful that their awkward small talk was finally over, watching as she jogged away from him. <em>Jeez am I that bad?</em> He thought, wondering if she was just happy to see the crew or trying to get away from him. With a slight shake of his head to clear the thought he glanced around, nodding a few of the other drivers he’d raced against in the past.<br/><br/>He was only a few paces behind Natalie and wasn’t surprised to see that Allison and Taras were together. Now there was an interesting relationship, it was obvious that the two were close almost a brother/sister type thing but Ryan could see a potential romantic relationship there, at least from the glimpses he’d seen Allison give Taras every now and then. Taras on the other hand was hard to read, even for someone like Ryan who was trained to read people.<br/><br/>He returned Taras’s nod with one of his own when he arrived and had to admit he already respected the man, he was strong and very loyal to the crew. Ryan had become the go-to-guy on their boosting runs lately and knew he had the man’s respect, at least when it came to his driving skill. Still Ryan also knew that Taras was still wary of him and wondered if that would ever change down the line.<br/><br/>Ryan gave a quick nod to Adriano as well. Out of everybody he knew Adriano was the most like him really. He walked a line between the crew and the Triads, just like Ryan walked the line between the crew and the FBI and as such knew that both of them would probably be keeping an eye on the other as time passed. <br/><br/>He watched as Allison hugged Natalie and was just about to say hi when she turned and have him a quick hug, wasn’t expecting that…he thought but returned the hug with a smile, although they hadn’t really spent much time together she’d always gone out of her way to make him feel welcome, which he appreciated and really couldn’t see why they wouldn’t end up being good friends.<br/><br/><strong>“So how come you’re sitting out?</strong>” she asked as she pulled away from the hug.<br/><br/>Ryan smiled at the tiny hint of disappointment he heard in her voice “I wish I wasn’t.” He said as he pointed over his shoulder in the general direction of his car “Car trouble. One of the engine cylinders blew in my last race and the replacement hasn’t come yet, she’s drivable but I don’t like racing her when she’s not at its best.”<br/><br/>He paused and grinned at her, decided to have a bit of fun “Besides, truth be told I'm a little scared. From everything I’ve heard you’re a great driver and I’d hate for you to humiliate me in our first race together, this way I can scout you out and lose with a little bit of my dignity intact when we do eventually go against each other.” <br/></div>