Disclaimer: I don't own anything Anthony Horowitz does.
One More Mission
Chapter One
Alex stood there, staring at the sign that you are now entering hell. It didn't actually say that. What it said was that the General & Royal Bank was in front of him. He just stood there staring at the sign. He didn't care that he was drawing attention to himself. Then a woman came rushing out the dazzling glass door. It was Mrs. Jones. She grabbed his arm and dragged him inside without saying a word.
He nearly walked into the door. It wasn't because he was stupid or dumb. He was just depressed. He had sworn that he wouldn't go back to this horrid place. And yet here he was. He didn't know why he came back. Maybe it was Smithers. He was the only reason that Alex even considered coming back to this hellish place. Maybe it was because they said it wasn't going to be like other missions. He wouldn't be going out of the country or going to meet any killer. Or least he hoped.
When he went into the building he went straight to Mr. Blunt's office. He didn't have a choice. Obviously he wasn't very pleased Blunt's stern face.
"Hello Alex," Blunt said with no emotion at all.
"Can you just tell me what I'm supposed to do so I can get the heck out of here."
"Ok, first we need to remind you that this isn't like your other missions. So you won't be in any danger." This time Mrs. Jones said it.
Where have I heard that before? Alex thought sarcastically in his mind.
"You will be going to America. In fact you will be going to Boston. You will be investigating the head of the Mafia." Blunt said with only a slight movement of his mouth.
"Are you kidding me? I have to deal with the Mafia again?! Ok fine who will I be disguised as?"
Alex accompanied the word disguised with mock quotation marks.
"If you let me finish I will tell you who you will be. You will be a flower shop's assistant and son. The flower shop owner is one of our agents. You will be a recent immigrant. Your name will be Alex Royer. We thought it would be easier for you to be able to remain in character if your first name was Alex. That way we wouldn't have another accidental slip like you did in Stormbreaker. We will send you the specifics. We'll send you down to Smithers."
At the sound of Smither's name Alex perked up. He was excited to see Mr. Smithers again. So Mrs. Jones led him down a dull hallway, down two flights of stairs into Smithers office.