Author's Note:
Now let's see how people come together…
Chapter (iv): Tripping
The Happily Ever After Agency's gym was not only a place for training and building up one's physique, it was also a place of gathering and of friendly competition amongst the agents.
Cameron entered the gym, still dressed in the black dress pants and white blouse she had slept in overnight. She scanned the gym for her boss and finally spotted him with a group of new faces. She made her way over to the group, acknowledging some familiar faces as she went.
"You requested me, Mister Flippers?" She stated as she approached the group.
"Agent Wolfia." Nicky turned on his heel and looked up at the agent –as she was a head taller than him. "These are the new recruits I've gathered from the Woods." He gestured to the group of four.
The agent stepped beside the frog chief. "New trainees, Sir?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Precisely." Nicky stated.
He turned to the group, preparing to introduce them to his top field agent.
"This is: Granny Puckett."
He motioned to the renowned goody tycoon wearing a powder pink sweater over a bright green dress. Her grey hair towered above her head and she had green triangular spectacles over her dark blue eyes.
"Her granddaughter: Red Puckett."
He gestured to the preteen girl who was wearing a red riding hood over a light yellow t-shirt with denim bell-bottoms. She had short brown hair and bright blue eyes.
"Twitchy."
He motioned to the shortest of the bunch, a squirrel wearing a green hat and a red sweater-vest with a black and yellow argyle pattern at the waist. He had energetic yellow-brown eyes, a light brown hue to his fur, and a lighter tawny hue of fur on his stomach and down the middle of his bushy tail.
"And Mister Wolf W. Wolf…"
He gestured to the last in the line and tallest of the group, a wolf wearing a blue-pocketed hoodie over a purple t-shirt edged around the neck in a light yellow with a similarly-coloured number 23 at the middle of the chest. His eyes were a coal-black and his fur was milk chocolate brown.
After studying each face, Cameron nodded. "We'll start training tomorrow." She stated. "So our recruits can get accommodated with the building."
"Certainly." Nicky nodded curtly. "There is still much for our recruits to see, and you likely have some work to do, Agent Wolfia."
Cameron gave herself a mental kick to hurry back to her office. The sooner she could get her paperwork done, the less likely she would forget to do it. The agent turned from the group and headed towards the exit of the gym.
"Agent Wolfia." A growling voice called from the gym.
Cameron was stopped in her tracks as a large, muscular coyote released his grip from the high chin up bars and landed heavily in front of her.
Despite the normalcy of coyotes' smaller physiques, this agent was heavily built and towered over the other agent.
"Agent Rutherford." Cameron greeted the coyote bluntly, looking forwards to leaving the gym.
"New recruits. Training them used to be Black's job." The coyote paced around the female agent. "Wonder why he gave it up to you."
Cameron's silver-white fur began to stand on end at the mention of the other agent, but she remained calm. "That is old history, Rutherford." She glared at the male agent with her bright green eyes. "Suffice to say that it's of no importance at the moment."
The male agent ignored this comment, enjoying riling up the other agent. "Something tells me that you and Black had something going on when he was here."
"That's enough." She snarled. Her tail twitched angrily and her eyes seemed to burn from anger. "Why do you bother bringing up what's in the past?" She asked firmly.
The coyote chuckled menacingly and turned away. "Wasn't I the next in line for that promotion, before Black gave it to you?" He then walked away before Cameron could answer.
The female agent growled in frustration.
"Who was that?" Red asked from behind the agent.
Cameron closed her eyes and shook her head. "Agent Duke Rutherford." She sighed. "He's been here as long as I have." The agent began walking towards the exit of the gym. "Don't anger him."
Author's Note:
Well that went over well… at least it's a longer chapter.
Manga Girl # 6