I just got this sudden inspiration for a story. I hope you all enjoy it, please review and tell me what you think, this is my first suspense/intrigue fanfiction so i need all the encouragement and reviews you can supply.
28 year old Violet Harding walked into the imposing office for the first but definitely not the last time in her life. A handsome gray haired man sat behind the desk.
"Welcome back, Harding." He said. She nodded but did not show any type of emotion.
"Thank you sir." She said.
"Are you willing to do it again?" He asked. This time she allowed a small smile to show.
"If you are willing to give me another mission." She said, shifting her weight from foot to foot. The gray haired man stood and walked around his desk.
"Are you sure you can do it?" He asked, genuine concern in his voice. Vi sighed and nodded.
"Yes sir." She said. He studied her face carefully.
"I know this last mission was personally challenging for you, if you think you need a break I can get Johnston." He offered. She shook her head.
"No sir, I'm ready." He nodded, turned, and picked up a file marked confidential off of his desk.
"I know this is very irregular but if you would like to go over these files before the briefing…" She shook her head.
"No thank you sir, I can wait." He nodded approvingly.
"We will meet in the briefing room at 0700 tomorrow morning." He said, walking back around his desk.
"Be there." With that order he sat down, picked up a file, flipped it open, and began reading. Vi stood there awkwardly for a moment then turned to walk out of the door.
"Violet?" His voice stopped her. She looked over her shoulder.
"Yes sir?" She asked.
"You did a good job." He said. "Couldn't have picked a better man, or agent, for the job." He amended his wording. Vi gave a short laugh and nodded.
"Thank you sir, I did my best." He nodded and went back to the papers on his desk. Vi nodded to the secretary as she walked out into the hall.
Life hadn't been its kindest to Violet Harding. She had been adopted into a family from downtown Chicago. She lived in a bad neighborhood and went to the worst schools and all around had a hard childhood. But somehow through it all her personal strength and spirit never died. She earned a scholarship to one of the best colleges in the country and graduated with high honors. She had begun as a police officer, then a police detective, and now, through a lot of trials and with a lot of hard work she was the best agent the CIA had and she was proud of it. She had solved dozens of cases from the simplest to multi-nation conspiracies, the only case she had never solved was that of her birth parents. She had joined the CIA for two reasons, 1- she needed something more exciting than police detective work to do, and 2- they had promised that in her time off she could use whatever resources she needed to find her birth parents.