Chapter Ten
Agent BW pottered around the hotel room while Agent TR watched Andrew move about the room. The younger Agent yawned slightly which caused Agent TR to smile slightly.
"Sorry kid stake outs can be a bit boring" They had been at the hotel room opposite Andrew's window for about three hours while Andrew had made brief phone calls and had some visitors and then for the last hour he had been rather quiet, flipping channels of the television while sitting on the sofa.
"I don't get it. Spending all this time in a hotel room by myself would drive me insane- actually it is driving me insane but that's not the point. Why would he be sitting there just not doing anything? There has to be something going on" Agent BW finally spoke up, "and don't call me kid" sure enough as soon as he had spoken there was a knock at their door. The two looked at each other confused.
"Did anyone say anything about coming to the room?" Agent BW asked Agent TR, hesitantly. Agent TR shook his head.
"Only Agents TW and EP but they're not coming for another five hours" There was another knock, this time rather impatient.
"Room service" the person on the other side of the door said and Agent BW turned to look at Agent TR with a questioning glance. Agent TR finally nodded and Agent BW opened the door cautiously.
"Yes?"
"I have a delivery for room 101 they said it was urgent. From a company called A.T.H.S.W?" The lady held up a package. Agent TR then came up to the door.
"Do they have a name for the person to sign for?"
"Yes… Richard Thomas" Agent TR looked the lady up and down twice and then looked her straight in the eye.
"Did they say who it was from?" She shook her head.
"All they said it was important that they gave it to you" Agent TR reluctantly signed for the package and then closed the door.
"I'm going to call Agent RA- Agent BW do NOT open that package" Agent BW nodded and waited staring impatiently at the package. Although it was tempting he wasn't going to open it he told himself. He knew he wasn't going to, he couldn't. He heard snippets of the conversation Agent TR was having.
"RA? Did you authorize a package to be sent to us?" another pause, "then who did?" Agent BW looked out of the window to see that Andrew had gone and it was then he felt a chill go up his spine.
Agent UN was keeping an eye on Peter while he half listened to Agent RA's conversation. He had no idea who was on the other side but Agent RA's voice was slowly getting louder and louder.
"I haven't organized a package for you" a small pause, "I don't know but I'm going to find out. Don't open it until- TR? TR?" Agent UN looked up when Agent RA banged the phone, "TR are you still there?" Agent UN frowned.
"What's wrong?"
"Agent TR and Agent BW received a package," Agent RA paused, "there was a big bang and then the phone when dead" Agent UN's eyes widened.
"A bomb?" Agent RA nodded.
"Seems like it. I've got to phone head-quarters and see if they know anything. Keep an eye on Peter" Agent UN nodded and returned to spying on Peter.
"Hey DM, Andrew just turned up at Lenny's place" Agent GH spoke with a mouthful of food. Agent DM, who was watching TV quickly got up and joined Agent GH.
"Your right, where's Agent TR and Agent BW? They're supposed to be tailing him" Agent DM spoke, "GH keep an eye on those two while I contact TR and see what's happening." Suddenly there was a knock on their door. Like Agent BW and Agent TR they looked at each other wide-eyed.
"That could be them" Agent GH pointed out and then looked out the window, "or it could be LA and PH. Elizabeth just turned up too"
"Alright I'll open the door you keep an eye out." Agent DM opened the door to see Agent PH's fist in his face.
"Nice fist PH" Agent DM commented with a smile.
"Bout time you opened up DM. What took you so long?"
"We weren't expecting any visitors" come in and take a seat, I actually thought you where going to be TR and BW Andrew showed up a few seconds before Elizabeth did." Agent PH looked surprised.
"That's not like TR; normally he would be here five seconds before the suspect arrived"
"I know that's what is so surprising about it"
"Then what's happened to them?" Agent GH and Agent LA spoke as one.
Agent UN watched as Peter just pottered around the room. He made a couple of phone calls but that was about it. It was almost as though he was waiting for something, Agent UN realized. But what he was waiting for, Agent UN couldn't quite figure it out. Suddenly there was a knock at the door, startling Agent UN. Agent RA was on the phone so he hadn't heard it. Agent UN wondered what to do. He knew they weren't expecting anyone so finally he got up and tapped Agent RA.
"What is it?" Agent RA snapped but Agent UN shrugged it off. He knew Agent RA was tense and he was too. He had no idea what was happening to his friend, he hoped he was okay, what ever had happened.
"Someone just knocked on the door" Agent UN said simply.
"Who's?"
"Ours" To emphasize his point there was another knock and a voice.
"Room Service"
"I can't believe we lost her" Agent FF remarked trying to keep an eye for the silver car that they had been following.
"We didn't loose her Agent FF, she knew we where following her" Agent SK remarked keeping a steady eye on the road. Agent FF turned to look at her with curious eyes.
"She KNEW we where following her? How did you figure that one out?" Agent SK pulled into a parking space so they could talk without crashing.
"Well when we where watching her from her hotel room she kept trying to be discreet but she glanced at our hotel room a couple of times- I thought she was just looking at random rooms but now I think about it, it almost felt as though she was looking straight at us. Anyway also while we where following her the car she was driving was ducking through other cars. She was trying to loose us on purpose" Agent FF sighed, knowing Agent SK was right.
"I guess I better call HQ"
Agent LC paced around the room. She had been talking to Agent RA when the phone had gone dead and she had no idea what had happened. She thought about what Agent RA had told her. Agent TR and Agent BW had received a package, there was a loud explosion and the phone had gone dead.
Then she stopped. Agent LC reviewed everything that Agent RA had told her in her head again, and then she thought about what had happened seconds before the phone had gone dead with Agent RA. It was then she realized that the exact same thing had happened to both teams. Which meant only one thing: The Delightfuls knew they where following them. Which meant her sister was in danger. Agent LC moved to the door of her office and called for her receptionist, who was fortunately heading towards her anyway.
"Agent LC you-"
"Get me Agent PH on the phone NOW" Agent LC ordered the young woman.
"But Agent LC-"
"No buts I need to talk to her. Put all other messages on hold" Agent LC informed her; she had to find out what was going on and find out if everyone was alright.
Agent BW groaned, he had never felt so much pain in his life- not even any of the past battles with the K.N.D had prepared him for that blast. The ringing of bomb still echoed in his ears.
"Note to self: Don't be near a bomb when it goes off" He finally mumbled hoping to drown the high pitched noise. He finally opened his eyes and then shut them quickly, "another note to self: Don't do that again"
"BW, do yourself a favor and shut up" Agent UN groaned out, "wait, BW what are you doing here?"
"Same thing as you I guess. Are Agent TR and Agent RA here? By the way where is here?"
"Some sort of cell… you two okay?" Agent RA's voice asked.
"Fine and dandy, especially seeing as I feel like I had a bomb nearly kill me. Wait a moment… it did!" Agent BW grumbled and finally tried opening his eyes, slower this time.
"BW what did I say about shutting up?" Agent UN grumbled. He was in the same amount of pain as Agent BW was but as he had his sunglasses on so the light didn't hurt as much for him.
"Um… do it?"
"Take the hint"
"Alright both of you shut up. We have to find a way to get out of here. This isn't the time to be arguing. We have to find out if the others are okay" Agent RA informed them both.
"First things first, can you two move?"
"Um…"
"Uh…" Both Agents responded at once, not entirely sure if they could move or not.
"They keep saying Agent LC's busy and won't come to the phone right now. What's going on?" Agent FF questioned. She then looked around when she received no answer and then gasped when she saw Agent SK struggling in Peters grip and Jamie waving the car keys with an evil grin.
"I suggest you come with us peacefully Fiona or else you may just get little Kuki here hurt" Agent FF didn't bother to correct Jamie and wondered rapidly what she should do.
"I still don't understand why Agent TR and Agent BW aren't here. They should both be here by now" Agent DM said to Agent PH. She shook her head.
"I don't get it either-"She started to say but then got interrupted by her communicator beeping. Agent PH looked at it confused. She picked it up and looked at it surprised, "it's HQ"
"Answer it then" Agent DM advised, "They wouldn't be contacting you if it wasn't important." Agent PH nodded and answered.
"Agent PH here" A pause, "Agent LC? What-"Agent DM looked surprised while the other two Agents looked blank, both wondering who Agent LC was, "Agent LA? She's fine? So are Agent DM and Agent GH"
Agent LC breathed a sigh of relief as she heard that. Very few agents actually knew that Agent LA was her sister and she planned to keep it that way. She hadn't even planned to let Agent SK find out but she was relieved that one of the new recruits knew.
"Agent DM and Agent GH are with you?" Agent LC asked surprised once she had realized what Agent PH had said.
"Yeah, we followed Elizabeth to Lenny's room. However there is one thing"
"What is it?"
"Andrew has also shown up- except Agent TR and Agent BW haven't. It's not like Agent TR, Agent LC" Agent LC nodded even though the other female agent couldn't see her.
"You're right, Agent PH there's something going on and I don't like it. I was talking to Agent RA before you and he said that he had been talking to Agent TR and that Agent TR had received a package. A few moments later while Agent TR was on the phone to Agent RA there was a loud noise and then the phone went dead" Agent LC heard Agent PH gasp on the other line, "anyway while I was talking to Agent RA, he received a package and the phone went dead minutes after." Agent LC waited for a reaction on the other end.
"Are they okay?"
"We don't know. All we know is what I've just told you. Now that A.T.H.S.W know that you four are alright we just have to wait and hear from the other four"
"What about Agent FF and Agent SK?"
"We haven't heard from either of them so we can only assume that they are alright." Agent LC informed her, "Agents RA, TR, BW and UN are our main priorities at the moment. If we don't hear from Agents FF and SK in the next two hours we'll revise the situation then."
To Be Continued…