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Let The Flames Begin
"Agent Jones. He's expecting me"
My voice rang with boredom while the girl on the reception desk held her hand out for my I.D card. I handed it over and found myself looking out the window, my car just in view behind the blue mini I'd had to park beside.
As soon as this is over I'm taking a drive, I thought with a smile at my ferrari. I'd only just bought it and had yet to really test her out. The promise of a nice long test drive was enough to keep me from going over the latest mission. It'd bee completely maddening. Not only had my team gotten the target information wrong but also nearly had me blown to pieces arguing to each other while I'd been trying to deactivate a bomb. I was definately having words with them when I got arond to walking back into the office.
"Go right in Jones"
My eyes snapped down to the girl and I took my card back, leaning back against the desk with a small smirk
"Thank you Sam, coming out tonight?"
She blushed and after quickly looking back at her seniors to make sure they were engrossed in their coffees she leant up to me
"Of course Kel, drinks are on you" she whispered waving me off. I raised an eyebrow and looked down at her before cracking into a grin and shaking my head
"I always buy the drinks" I grumbled pushing off the desk when another agent walked into the foyer. We exchanged a brief nod of acknowledgement as he strode past before I returned my gaze back to Sam. She merely shrugged at my statement
"That's because you get paid more"
"Do they not pay the skivvies as much as the big badass agents?" I teased ducking away from her slap with a quick wink before walking off down the hall
"You wish you were badass" I heard her mutter under her breath
"See you later Sam" I called over my shoulder smiling when I heard her stream of annoyed cusses.
I walked through a set of automatic glass doors and stopped by a set of lifts, punching the button repeatedly until it opened up in front of me. The guard inside watched me press the button once more before sighing
"You know doing that has nothing to do with how quick the lift gets to you right?" he said while I stepped in beside him and hit the button for the sixth floor. I flashed him a mischievious grin and began pressing my level button repeatedly until the doors closed
"No but it makes me feel better thinking it does" I said leaning back against the cold metal wall and looking over at him with a narrowed gaze, "You look tired Dan, what's up?"
"Usual girlfriend crap" he sighed running a hand along his chin. I screwed my face up with a pained expression and held a hand up to stop him going into it
"Don't even go there" He laughed and playfully smacked my arm
"Still having trouble figuring it out?"
"Just a bit" I muttered under my breath
"I thought you called it off a while ago?"
"Not exactly..." Why's this lift taking so long?!
"You just left didn't you? Kelly you're an idiot" I scowled at him, letting him see the full on murderous gaze that made enemies tremble and beg for mercy. He didn't seem phased by it though and just crossed his arms with an expectant smile. I sighed again and ran a hand through my hair
"I didn't have a choice. I have no idea how to work it out so I can work and still see her" He looked over at me sympathetically before giving me a small smirk
"That's probably why they discourage relationships" he whispered with a sarcastic grin. I rolled my eyes at him
"Yeah well I was already knee deep before taking the damn job" I snapped running a hand to the back of my neck with a frustrated groan. I looked back at Dan and found a smile twitching on his mouth. I raised an eyebrow at him
"Seriously? How the heck did you make an innuendo out of that?"
"Secret" he winked. I rolled my eyes at him
"How are you two years older than me again?" I muttered watching the level numbers go up closer to my floor while he chuckled
"I was born first?" I cuffed the side of his head and dodged his reflex punch with a quick grin
"Smart ass"
"Go on get outta here before I really deck you" he grumbled pointing at the opening door. I stepped out onto the new floor and turned back to him before the door closed between us
"Hey Dan?" he looked up and held a hand out to stop the door, "I would love to see you try"
He scowled and stuck his middle finger up at me before letting the door shut between us. I chuckled and strolled down the line of offices, occasionally nodding my head in greeting to other agents and receptionists as I made my way over to the large office at the end of the hall. I stopped by yet another reception desk and threw my I.D card down
"Agent Jones, yaddy yaddy yadda" I sighed ignoring the full on look of disgust from the older woman while she picked up my card and looked it over for authenticity. I fought the anger off my face and kept it expressionless while she typed something into her computer, probably looking for my meeting.
"Wanna hurry it up? I've got things to do today" I snapped. I couldn't help it really, she was deliberately going slow just to piss me off.
"I'll go as fast as I like, Jones" she replied flashing me a small smirk. I felt my face flicker with anger and I quickly leant forward to snatch my card out of her fingers. She glared up at me
"I wasn't done with that"
"You see me pretty much every day. Sometimes even more than once if your lucky. We both know who I am and that the I.D is real. So do us both a favour and tell him I'm here so we can both get on with our day"
Her eyes snapped up at the high level of danger in my tone and she quickly looked away under my dark stare. I watched her lean away towards her office phone and press a button, clicking her bluetooth on in her ear so I wouldn't be able to listen in on the conversation. I rolled my eyes at her
"Agent Jones for you sir...No...Uncooperative comes to mind...Yes sir..." she hung up on the call and looked over at me with a disgustingly sweet smile. It took all my willpower not to bend across the desk and punch it off her smug face.
"You can go in now Jones" she grinned
"Thank you ever so much dear. Hey you couldn't do us a favour could you?" I held back a laugh when she looked up at me suspicously, "Wouldn't mind jumping out that there window would you? You're putting a damper on the oh so fun atmosphere in here"
I turned my back on her and stepped into the office opposite her desk, her outraged scowl following me in. I silently chuckled under my breath and raised my eyes to the desk ahead of me, stopping short when my boss wasn't sat behind it. I strolled in and stood in front of it with a frown, running a finger along the polished pine while a thousand theories to his invisibilty sprang to mind
"Looking for something Jones?"
I jumped and span around to the balcony with my hand on the gun holster at my belt, ready to pull it out and shoot. I dropped my arm with an annoyed sigh when I realised it was my boss. He walked back into the room with an amused smile before stepping around me and sinking into his big desk chair and waving a hand at the seat opposite him. I gave him another annoyed glare before dumping myself unceremoniously into the chair with a tired huff.
"So Phill...Why am I summoned here today?" I asked letting the sarcasm drip into my voice. He raised an eyebrow at me before chuckling
"You say that as if you hate it Jones"
"What can I say, when I get a day off I expect to actually have it off" I grumbled brushing a finger down my arm and picking off a bit of dirt on my jacket.
He laughed again and stood up out of his chair to the shelf behind him. I immediately felt my eyes harden as they followed his every move. There'd only be one reason why he'd be going to that shelf
I've only just got back! I yelled to myself watching him turn around with an apprehensive smile at the drop in my posture,
Seriously not in the mood for this today!
"Don't give me that look Jones. It's not a bad one" he muttered sinking back into his chair and handing me the file, "I need you to run some undercover work"
I perked up at that. Undercover work meant no travelling and no bombs. Even I couldn't get myself killed doing something as easy as spywork. I smiled up at him and picked up the file, my hand sliding under the lip. I stopped when I noticed he hadn't carried on with his pep talk
Come out with it Phill...
"Jones this isn't an easy job" I scoffed at him
"Its spywork sir"
"Not just any spywork" he muttered, I looked up at him with a narrowed gaze, my hand frozen on the open file.
"Meaning?"
"I need you to spy on someone important to us. We need to know what she does and how she thinks"
"Why?"
"That's not for you to worry about"
"Who is it?" I asked pulling a the debreifing page out and flicking through it to a photograph. My mouth dropped open and I glared down at the photo of a very familiar building
"St. Trinians? Are you bloody serious?! There is no way in hell that I'm going to spy on that school!" I yelled at him leaping to my feet and slapping the file down on the desk before turning on my heel
"Jones remember your contract terms!" he thundered, the authority in his tone making me freeze with my hand outstretched to the door.
I stood there breathing heavily while I tried to get my anger under control, knowing if I didn't calm down soon I'd snap and he'd make my life hell. I couldn't help it though. The anger just coursed through me until it made my hands shake. How could he assume I'd be fine with going back to my old school, to her! I'd been raised a St. Trinian. It was my home. Well, used to be my home.
"Who is it?" I said slowly, trying my hardest to keep the venom out of my voice. I didn't bother turning around to face him. I knew he'd be wearing a smug smile now he knew I knew I had no choice. He let out a soft chuckle while I glared ahead at the door
"The head girl. She has...connections"
That caught my attention. The head girl...so she was someone from below my year. I felt my gut squeeze sickeningly when I realised that it meant I knew them. I racked my brain, forcing myself to bring up the faces of the girls I'd left behind last year. Was it Celia? Lucy? Maybe it was Chelsea. I held in a laugh at the last suggestion. Just imagining the school running under the blonde was hilarious. I'd be surprised not to find the place blown up under her leadership.
God why didn't I stick around long enough to find out?!
"I know it's difficult given your loyalties with the school but I will only tell you once, Jones. You must by no means tell them why you're really in there. You'll go in, spend a bit of time around them and collect information on the girl"
"How long?" I asked narrowing my eyes at him. Undercover work usually took longer than normal missions, mainly because of all the spying needed doing. I could tell it was going to be longer than the standard spy month by the way he looked nervously down at his desk before sighing up at me
"Six months" I didn't bother showing a reaction. He knew I was pissed. I looked down at the file again
"She have a name?"
"You already know her"
"I had guessed" I mumbled tilting my face back up at him and making sure it was expressionless
He nodded at me, his eyes glinting with amusement when I sat back down opposite him. I glanced up at him with a barely controlled stare. One that told him he had three seconds to explain everything before I got up and left. He reached across the table and picked up the file, leaning further to fling it into my lap with a smirk. I rolled my eyes at him and stood up, taking the file with me
"When?"
"When you get back from your next mission"
I looked up from the file in my hand and frowned. He was grinning smugly at me. So much so that the gun on my hip suddenly felt heavier while I contemplated a reasonable explanation to give everyone after they found him shot dead in his office. I was suddenly brought out of my thoughts by another file being thrown at me. I automatically caught it and glanced down at the new briefing in my hand, rolling my eyes at the ridiculous mission I was about to embark on. I looked up at him and sighed
"When?"
"Ten minutes. Get packing Jones"
Ooooh what's Kelly to do? I've noticed my chapters are pretty long, I apologise for this but I ain't cutting them down. Do ya'll know how hard that is? It's like ripping your child in half ;) Hope ya'll are enjoying the story so far ^^
