Advanced Weaponry Classroom
CIA Academy Of Espionage
Washington DC
May 14
1130 hours

The text came during the middle of Advanced Weaponry class, a class I was awful in. On my last exam, I got an N (Never ever let this person use a gun) from Professor Crichton.
The surprising thing was that Erica Hale sent it.
GRANDDAD SAYS TO MEET AT THE DORM BUILDING ASAP. DON'T TAKE YOUR TIME.
Erica Hale, though only in her 4th year, was the best spy in training. She was a legacy, going all the way to Nathan Hale himself. Since she was born, her grandfather had taught her everything she knows.
Avoiding Professor Crichton's lecture about heavy artillery, I ran out of the class and rushed towards the dorm building.
I was surprised Erica had even texted me. A few weeks ago, while we were lying low while trying to prove our innocence in destroying British Museum artifacts (we succeeded), she had admitted she learned that other people had value. However, she went back to being the Ice Queen as soon as we returned. Despite this, I still had a crush on her.
I hurried as fast as I could towards the common room. And found it empty.
"Hey," Erica sais behind me. Erica always snuck up on people. And was skilled at it.
"What's the meeting about?" I asked
"Granddad wants to meet with all members of Operation Screaming Vengeance," she said. She then walked off.
I followed her to a dorm room belonging to someone I didn't know. Chip Schacter, Jawa O'Shea, Zoe Zibbell, and Mike Brezinski were already there.
Erica's father, Alexander Hale, her grandfather, Cyrus Hale, and mother, Catherine Hale, were already there.
"We have a problem," Cyrus said as I arrived. He was not a people person, like Erica, though he was a skilled spy. Alexander was the opposite.
"What is it?" Mike asked.
"Leo Shang has disappeared, along with all his guards," Cyrus replied.
At the end of December, Leo Shang had planned to nuke the Climax Mine to corner the molybdenum market. However, I thwarted that by getting close to his daughter, Jessica Shang, and gotten him and all his henchmen arrested.
"How?" Erica asked. "Did someone spring him?"
"We are uncertain," Catherine replied. She was a good spy and not a jerk. "However, a Post-It note was left at the jail he and his guards were incarcerated."
Cyrus took out the note from 1 of his jacket pockets. It read "FGDAAFFFGAFAAGDGDDFXFFFGDADFAAGFGAFFAAXFAXDGDAFGDGDDAGGGGGXFFFFGXFGFGGGFGDGFFGFXFXGAAGXDGFGXAGDXGGAFADAAFGDGFXAXGDADFGXFGGXGFFDADAFFXXDGGAAX NUCLEAR +39.7761117, -105.012696"
"I don't know what the first 2 parts mean," I said, "but I know the numbers. They're coordinates for somewhere in Denver.
"Why is Denver so important?" Mike asked.
"It could be a link to Agent R, who, from what I understand, lives in Denver," Jawa said.
"Who now?" Alexander asked.
"Him?" Catherine asked at the same time.
"You know him?" Jawa asked Catherine.
"Yes," she replied. "I ran into him on a mission. He helped MI6 out a lot and is a really good spy. However, that's all that MI6, the CIA, and any other spy organization know."
"I heard about a connection to him and Orion," Erica pointed out.
"You found him!?" Orion asked, surprised.
Orion helped us decrypt Joshua Hallal's flash drive, giving us the location of Ms. E, head of SPYDER. Afterwards, we had to lie low for a few days at his chateau nearby.
"You think he can help?" Cyrus asked disdainfully. "He's just as suspicious as Leo Shang himself."
"When I was with him, he helped a bunch," Catherine said. "We probably wouldn't have succeeded if not for him. Plus, if the coordinates do point us to him, it's a lead."
"But if it is," I said, "Shang's goons might come after him. And our lives could be in danger once again."
"First, danger is part of life at the CIA," Erica informed me. "Second, if they do, it could give us the location of Shang's headquarters. We could use them to our advantage."
"I say we go," Mike said.
It looked like another dangerous mission was staring.