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Holley Shiftwell had always wanted to be a spy. Ever since she could remember, it had been her dream to one day travel the world helping cars in need and taking down bad guys. As a child, she had spent her days watching movies such as Spycar Kids, reading books like Nancy Drive and Encyclopedia Berkeley, and attempting to solve a few school-yard mysteries herself.
Perhaps her favorite childhood memory was the day she had decided to figure out the best hiding places in her house. Holley could still see the look on her mother's face when she had driven up behind her mother and a bobby in their living room and asked why the bobby was there.
"Holley!" her mother had said. "Where have you been all day? I though you had run away or been car-napped or… something! Are you alright dearest?"
"I'm fine, mummy," seven-year-old Holley had replied. "I've just been practicing my hiding places for when I grow up to be a spy!"
"Oh, honestly Holley…" her mother had said. "Thank you for your time officer."
"No problem at all m'am. Have a good evening," the bobby had said, a smile on his fender. "M'am. Miss," he said, bobbing his cab in a gesture of respect.
Holley hadn't heard the end of that story for years. Every time she brought up the subject of spies from that point on, her mother never failed to say: "Well, you certainly have the stealth part down Holley!"
Her father, however, wasn't as enthusiastic about his daughter's dream. Holley was his little princess and he didn't want any harm to come to her.
"I just wish that she would choose a less…hazardous dream is all," he would say to Holley's mother.
"Jonathan, you worry too much. You'll see- this is just a phase she's going through and nothing else. I highly doubt that Holley will become a spy one day. She will forget all these spy fantasies soon enough…"
Eventually, Holley did move past her obsession with spying. Years passed with Holley giving little thought to her childhood dream until her final year of high school. The school she attended in London often brought in representatives from colleges to help the students in their college search. Occasionally, they would also invite representatives from the army or navy as well. One day though, the announcement was made that a car from the Command Headquarters for Recon Operations and Motorized Espionage would be visiting the school that day. It was then that Holley recalled her childhood dream to become a spy one day.
It certainly wouldn't hurt to go to the presentation, she thought to herself.
That afternoon, after classes had let out, Holley had hurried down the hallways to get to the C.H.R.O.M.E presentation on time to get a spot. The school had been buzzing with talk about the presentation and it seemed that over half the student body was planning on going to it.
When Holley entered the auditorium, she quickly located a spot and parked there to wait for the presentation to start. Soon, the large auditorium doors had banged opened to reveal a silver-blue Aston Martin.
The cars present watched in awed silence as the car drove down the aisle to get to the stage. Holley had no way of knowing it at the time, but this was Finn McMissile, her eventual partner. The somewhat more hotheaded agent than Holley would come to know later had been found guilty of insubordination by an admittedly rigged and strict superior. Despite the fact that his insubordination had saved the mission he had been on, the daimler car that his immediate superior was had insisted that Finn be punished in some way.
The director of C.H.R.O.M.E had consented, though greatly lessening the punishment due to the circumstances. The Aston Martin could either be placed off-duty for three months or give a presentation to a group of high-school cars about joining the agency. Knowing that he would go out of his mind with boredom if he took so much as a month off, Finn had chosen the latter.
In the hour that followed, Holley felt more and more of her old excitement for spying return. The Aston Martin, going by the name Bradley to keep his cover, shared some stories of the few missions he was allowed to talk about, described the program at C.H.R.O.M.E's training academy, and generally encouraged the students to seriously think about joining. He had even consented to give a car-ate demonstration as he knew that that was what most of the cars had showed up for.
That night at the dinner table, Holley brought up the subject of joining C.H.R.O.M.E.
"I though you had moved past all of that…" her father said, a brooding look on his face.
It took some time, but eventually Holley had been able to convince her parents to allow her to apply to the academy.
And now here she was, at Heathrow Airport in London saying her goodbyes to her parents on her way to C.H.R.O.M.E as an accepted student for their training program.
"Stay safe Holley," her mother says, hugging her only child with her front tires.
"I will Mum," Holley says, giving her mother a reassuring smile. "It's not as if I'm going to be going on my first mission anytime soon anyways!"
Her mother smiles. "I know. But, still… stay safe."
"I'll miss you princess," her father says. "You take good care of yourself at the academy. Don't forget to write to us as often as you can."
"I will Daddy," she replies and gives her father a kiss on the cheek. Due to the academy's classified location, the only way students would be allowed to contact anyone would be through letters lest someone trace a phone call.
"Go on now," her mother says, tears in her eyes. "You wouldn't want to miss your flight."
Holley blinks away her own tears and has to clear her throat several times before she can speak in an even tone. "I love you both."
Her father smiles. "We love you too Holley. Make us proud."
Holley gives each of her parents one last hug before turning around. Taking a deep breath, she drives into airport security and into the world of espionage.
A/N- I have read and seen quite a few fics dealing with Finn's past, but I was surprised to see that no one had thought to write Holley's story! So, I wrote this one-shot. If there is enough interest, I may expand this story to a few more chapters. Let me know if you want to see more!
I'm still working on a plot for Hudson and Hornet's story (in case you were wondering). I've had a few ideas, but I want to write a couple of chapters before I post the story.
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