There's Just One 'Minor' Issue

Chapter Nine

Lee and I turned.

Seven government officials holding guns walked out from FBI and CIA vans.

They began to surround us. But before they could do that, Lee had already grabbed my hand and ran off with me back to the academy.

Now, it was four A.M.

Lee sat on the couch, with her head held in her hands. I walked over to her and sat down.

"You're okay. We're safe now." I said as I rubbed her back.

She sat up. "Our secret's not safe and it's all my fault."

I cocked my head. "You wouldn't do anything to compromise the mission. I'm actually surprised that nobody came over to defend us."

She relaxed a little. "But, wait. We can't let them find out our location. We sped off in the direction of the academy. I should've looped around. Or geo-leaped."

"We'll be okay. Stop blaming yourself. Everything's okay thanks to your quick thinking. I almost wish I had super – speed now so I could do exactly what you just did."

Then, she let out a sigh. She looked at the ceiling. "We should tell Marie about what happened."

I looked at her. "It's for the best. She'll know what to do if we get discovered."

She stood. "I'll use my super – speed to find her."

She ran off and was back a second later. "I looked everywhere, I couldn't find her."

I stood up. "What? Where do you think she could be?"

"I don't know, I didn't even know she existed until two days ago." Lee said as she started messing with her braid.

"Well, we need to find her. Otherwise, we are doomed. She's the only one that can help us that's on our side." I said.

Lee nodded. Then, she looked at the capsule she had been sleeping in the last few nights. "Wait, there's a note." Lee walked over and grabbed it. She read it and gasped.

"She got called in to the CIA. She must be getting interrogated. Over the mission." Lee said.

Beep.

Beep.

Beep.

"That's the mission alert! Come on, we have to go!" I said as I ran over to Lee. She held her hand out and we geo-leaped.

We looked around as the wind blew. Hard.

"Where are we?" I asked.

Lee looked around. "I'm not sure. We should read the what the mission is."

We read the mission – this mission was on stopping a large grass fire before it spread even more. Lee grabbed my hand and we geo-leaped to the location.

I looked around. The fire was right in front of us, and there was a red house very close to the fire.

"I'll use my super – speed to put the fire out." Lee said before she ran around the fire.

A bird was beginning to suffocate from the smoke. I used my molecular kinesis to move it away from the smoke.

A car drove past.

Little did I know it was a news van, about to film our pursuit, from the government.