Chapter Two: Smart Cookies 10/22/2011

This got off to a weird start.

"What do you mean YOU DO NOT have lasers?" I exclaimed, gripping on Alfred's collar. He chuckled nervously as I glared at him intensely. What's wrong with this agency? Spies minus lasers equals end of the world (I think I'm exaggerating too much)! In every British spy movie there's always lasers. ALWAYS.

"Some idiot didn't protect the storage room well enough." The one who answered was a young woman with ink black hair that was done in a braid and had dead, serious eyes. She wore a silver trench coat, black leggings, and red heels. The woman stretched out her arm. I used my free hand to shake her hand. "I'm Erdene Yung, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 2O years old."

I let go of Alfred and looked her up on the binder. "You like stabbing enemies repeatedly with a stick and like to collect…stuffed animals?" Both of those facts either scared me or made me think she had a room full of panda bears.

"Oh, Erdene loves to collect those"-Gilbert started.

"I ONLY COLLECT BEARS! WHY WOULD I COLLECT PONIES AND SUCH?" Erdene shrieked and turned to me. "Whatever dumb info you find in there, it's a lie. And everyone knows I hate C-Chaofan…" She muttered something too quiet for me to hear and the woman simply blushed.

Okay, I knew she was lying. Plus the binder provided a picture of her hugging a big stuffed koala. And it said on the very bottom with big letters:

ERDENE SEEMS TO HAVE A LIKING ON AGENT YAO WANG. NOT IN A FRIENDLY WAY BUT MORE INTO A LOVING WAY, THOUGH. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RUMOURS, MISCONCEPTIONS, OR HARDCORE FACTS, PLEASE CONTACT ELIZAVETA HÉDERVÁRY ( ADVANCED INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT)

Yeah, she was a big fan of this Yao Wang person. And she probably ate Chaofan more than her traditional food. This was just some assumption so don't get any wrong ideas. But it's possible because she has that twitchy face right now. "Nice meeting you again, Mongo, but we have a show to run," Alfred said sternly as he tapped his silver wrist watch," And a reminder, honey. Don't act and look badass, 'cause everyone here IS except for Arthur."

"Hey!" I slapped his arm.

Erdene glared at the American and I felt some weird dark aura around the air. "You'll get it…Soon…"

"Yeah, yeah. Just go now or go kick Elizaveta's ass for me? Thanks." Gilbert and Alfred dragged me into another hallway and I saw her lips curve into a smile with Gilbert's second suggestion.

I saw the last of Erdene when the door close down. I was in another corridor but this time it was more wider and there were glass windows. "We need to show you around the different Departments. Then the air field. Lastly, the weaponry room," Alfred informed me.

We started walking and stopped on the first window. "The Chemical Warfare Department. Rodderich Edelstein from Salzburg, Austria and Im Yong Soo from Seoul, South Korea," Gilbert said. The German pounded on the window trying to mess with Rodderich and make him spill the acid. The lab was humongous and I wondered how it could fit in here. Shelves were lined with chemicals and instruments. Rodderich had brown hair with a curl sticking up and had purple yam colored eyes. Im Yong Soo had Asian features on the other hand. The two wore goggles and lab coats.

"Y'know I found out that there's a town in Austria called Fucking*?" Alfred smirked greatly and winked at Rodderich.

"I wanna go there…" Gilbert muttered.

"What…?" I, myself, wanted to go there just for fun.

"Nothing…" Gilbert replied.

I could see Im Yong Soo chanting things, encouraging the Austrian to spill the chemicals already. Rodderich hissed at him and a drop of acid spilled. The acid sizzled and was about to melt off the counter. Im Yong Soo cheered and I could here him say," FIGHTING!" Rodderich hurriedly ran and searched for something used to clean acids off.

"And moving on…" Alfred sauntered off and pointed a thumb to the next department. It was the Technical and Hacking Department. What was unusual was that no one was inside. "Kiku Honda slash Car Brand is the head of this department along with another woman. And most of the people who work here are mostly Asians. OK?"

I nodded and sighed. We traveled more and I found very intimidating Departments. Especially the Interrogation Department. A man named Ivan Braginski worked there and oh, I don't want to talk about it. Erdene was there as well. Both of them stared at the victim for more than 10 minutes while aiming weapons at him. Ivan had a water pipe while Erdene traditionally had a rifle. Crazy shit definitely happens here everyday.

I met Miss Héderváry and consulted her about Miss Yung's crush on this Yao Wang. She immediately replied with all information about Erdene's whereabouts and what she did. There was also this creepy woman named Natalia who seemed to have a strong (You have no idea how much) interest in her older brother. Elizaveta and Natalia, in my perspective, were born stalkers. No wonder they were was resided in the Advanced Investigation part of the Agency.

There were other departments too much to name. Alfred and Gilbert brought me into the Air Field. And the sad part was that they refused to take me on a spin in one of the jet planes. Bloody Hell, I wasn't going to do anything weird. After that was the Weaponry room that was owned by Vash Zwingli and his young sister, Lilly.

I encountered a few Hispanic agents who were having a Spice and Chili contest. A man named Adonias Fernando Martez from Mexico who seemed to be Alfred's friend/rival was fun to talk to except the fact he muttered weird things in Spanish. The youngest agent I've met was Milagro Del Niña from Peru (She prefers Milly) who made fun of my bushy brows. Two other girls, Monica Cabell from Andorra and Mirari Bonita from Brazil, did the same. Damn women…

The three of us ended our tour back inside the center of the HQ with all the computers. Alfred offered me a pineapple smoothie and I obliged after being rudely convinced. I slurped a portion. I sat on a computer chair gazing at different directions and stopped abruptly when I saw two familiar twins.

They were fraternal, a man and a woman. The man had lush blond hair that was semi long and he wore a trench coat. The woman had dark blond hair that was tied to a braid and wore the same outfit with a pair of parchment brown colored boots. What was odd about them was that they had blood red eyes. The twins talked and laughed and both carried a wand in there coats.

"ROSALINE! LUCIAN!" I screamed and sprang from my chair. I hugged them both. Lucian ruffled my hair and Rosaline smacked my back roughly. These were the twins from my Magic Club back in Cambridge. What were they doing here?

"Sorry, Arthur, we didn't tell you sooner," Rosaline said and softly smiled. She tucked a hair behind her ear while pulling out her wand," We still have practice Saturday night, right? I need to work on summoning my uni-turtle."

"Well, of course!" I answered and high-fived her. "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME SOONER?" I blurted that by accident.

"Hey, don't expose that to those douchy Brits back in the dorms," Lucian pointed out and took out his wand as well. "Of course we knew you were going to be accepted here. We just couldn't gush it to you. Orders from Ludwig." I didn't get too angry. I understood spies too much. Plus these guys were my only close, real friends, truthfully.

Alfred grabbed my shoulder. "Hey, Luce. Rosy. I see you're planning next week's Magic Club meeting. I hope you guys summon that uni-turtle."
They waved happily at him. After minutes of chit-chatting, someone finally new appeared. She looked familiar…The girl had dark brown hair with the same colored visions. She wore a leather jacket, a grey shirt with a British flag, black skinny jeans, and motorcycle boots.

"YOU!" The both of us screamed in unison. I knew it.

"Aren't you that maid?" I asked her. My brows met at the middle.

"Yes. I am," she said, surprisingly, in a optimistic way. "Do you need anything, master?"

I blushed crimson red.

"Pfft! Why would I say that? I don't work for you anymore," the girl said. She went by the name Maria Clara de la Cruz. I remember she needed money and my father took her in on a cold, rainy day. From what popped in my mind, she was problematic, overdramatic, and a hard headed girl. "Hello, again, Arthur Kirkland."

Alfred chuckled and pulled her in for a hug. Maria squirmed and stayed in her position. "Haha, where were you? I was worried sick."

"I came from *Kuya Daniel's place in Australia," she muttered.

"Let go of the girl, Al," I said. He did so noticing how she barely breathe. "It's nice seeing you again, Claire…"This took me a few seconds to comprehend. Why are people in my life not telling me they are part of W.O.N?

Maria stretched her arms out. "I made a great discovery from Kuya Kiku."

"Hm, what is it?" All of us gave her a questioning look. Whatever she was going to say would probably come out weirdly. She had a stain in her personality that made her very ignorant. But she loved acting stupid 'cause in her words: "it's fun."

"You can't spell uke without U.K," Maria said obliviously.

"…"

"…"

"YOU IDIOT!" I screamed and face palmed.

A/N: Please REVIEW TT_TT… I love your comments and it boosts my potential and gives me lots of inspirations. Just say anything. Suggestions, pointers, or anything. Don't leave me in a world thinking: why did you read the story if you didn't review? I know, selfish me…

The ending is actually true…I found that out myself =3=

*Fucking, Austria. SERIOUSLY! It's a real town and go to Wikipedia *smirks*

Any questions or maybe spoilers, contact me :D But hell no, I'm not giving you a spoiler.

School, school~ Okay, I don't update weekdays unless it's a week holiday. And plus this is going to be a long story… NUKES :DD

Special Thanks and Credit To: Luna Espejo, Blarney-Imp, and Raven Yuki-Slifer Queen. These authors created and I guess OWNZ Alfonso, Milly, Niña, Monica, and Mirari. Sorry, these are all the OCs I'm going to take :(

BURNT SCONES FOR EVERYONE! -shot-

Thank You~,

Alice

Kuya: Older Brother