Spy School Invasion

Chapter 5 | Tricked

Outside St. James Boarding School

Washington D.C.

May 17

1130 hours

We ran outside, following Jawa to where he said they were running. He led us into a car, but as I got in, I realized something. He had locked the door right after we stepped in.

"Jawa? What is this?" I asked.

 "This is loyalty," Jawa replied. "I was loyal to the Croatoan. I brought you to them." Right then, the driver turned around. It was Agent Durkee. 

"Nice job, Jawa," Durkee said. 

"What are you going to do with us?" Zoe asked.

"Well, I wanted to introduce you to some of our recruits." With that, she dragged us out of the car and led us into a building.

The building was basically sort of a dojo with torture devices. The floor was those dance Japanese mats, and there was a Chinese water torture thingy, a guillotine, a brazen bull, and much more. 

"Are those the CIA recruits?" A pretty girl about my age with blonde hair and green eyes asked.

"Yes," Durkee replied.

"So you're going to torture us?" I asked.

"Well, yeah," Durkee said.

"Why?" Mike asked.

"For the fun of it," Durkee replied. "You annoying brats have foiled my epic plan, so you will pay!" She led us over to the torture machines. My torturer was that girl with blonde hair.

"Hey," She said, sitting next to me on a bench beside the Chinese Iron Maiden. "I'm Sadie. What's your name?"

"Why should you know my name if you're just gonna kill me?" I asked.

"I told you my name, so you should tell me yours."

"Fine. Ben."

"So, Ben, are you single?"

"Why are you asking me this?"

"No reason," She said, batting her eyelashes.

"Um, I'm not going to respond to that," I said. 

"Then you'll be okay with this, right?" She scooted over to me and started stroking my cheek.

"SADIE! NO FLIRTING WITH THE PRISONERS!" Durkee yelled from across the room. Sadie gulped and scooted away from me. 

Suddenly, I got an idea. There was a fuel tank just across the room, and I still had this Sprinfield XD handgun in my pocket. I bet you know what I did next. Quick as lightning, I pulled out my gun and shot the tank. It exploded so loud, I bet it was heard worldwide. 

I took advantage of the loudness and ran out the door, quickly followed by Zoe and Mike. Once we were out, I quickly located the hotel and sprinted toward it. 

A little while later, he ran up in front of the hotel. Catherine was inside, frantically trying to call us on the hotel phones. Erica was standing beside her, also looking worried. When Catherine saw us outside, she breathed a sigh of relief and ran outside.

"Where were you? We were so worried?"

"We were captured by Jawa and the Croatoan cause Jawa tricked us into thinking that the suspect was driving off," I explained.

"Really??" Erica said. "Jawa works for the Croatoan?"

"Yep," Zoe said. 

"What are we going to do now?" I asked.

"Do you remember the location of the building in which you were held?" Catherine asked.

"Um, it looked kind of like an abandoned warehouse in the country," I said.

"Okay," Catherine said. "How far away was it?"

"It was a very short drive," Mike said. Catherine nodded and led us outside. We jumped into her car, followed by Erica, and we drove off in what we hoped was the right direction. 

Soon, we reached a burning mass of wood and stone. After a minute, I realized that it was the building that we were held in. Catherine pulled to a halt and we jumped off. As we walked inside, it became clear that nobody was inside. 

"Hey, that's the bench where that girl flirted with you," Mike pointed out. I cringed. I was hoping no one would mention it.

"A girl flirted with you?" Catherine asked, intruiged. "Was she with the Croatoan?"

"Yeah," I said. "Her name was Sadie." Erica didn't look too happy.

"Was she pretty?"

"Why are we getting into this topic?" Zoe asked. She looked a bit angry, and if I looked closer there was a hint of jealousy. "We should be focusing on the mission!"

"Okay," Mike said. "What should we do?"

"Well, see if there's any evidence left of them," Catherine instructed. Suddenly, I stepped on a button and the whole place exploded.