Looking for a Hero

3

Reena was currently hiding out in one of the Spy's secret tunnels. That was the upside to helping build their software protections. She plowed through some of their secrets.

Her and Lorenza had been friends for about four years. She was a cousin to the Cortezes, the leading Spy family currently. It was thanks to Lorenza that she managed to get into the secret part of the intelligence agencies. Accidentally saving a spy had its advantages. She had hoped that Lor's new promotion would get her transferred, but that clearly didn't happen.

***
Marcus was going through the woman's dormitory. Vox and Red, for some reason, went and searched the other rooms, leaving him in hers. He thought it was because they didn't really want to search for Reena.

He felt a little uncomfortable going through her things, but he was looking for clues as to where she would go. He wasn't looking at anything too closely that would be awkward later.

He did find some interesting photographs in a small album. There was no writing, but he surmised they were of her family although he noticed she didn't look like her family at all. He flipped through album some more and came across a very interesting photo. It was of the current director of the Heroics with her arm around a smiling Reena. It looked like an older photo.

He knew that the previous director had instated Reena into the program, but now that he had evidence of a closer connection to their management, he wasn't so sure that someone else didn't have their hand in it as well.

The whole team questioned her credentials, so he knew he needed to keep his mouth shut on this. He didn't need to give them another reason to outcast her.

He knew immediately where he needed to check now.

***
Reena was making her way through out the tunnels. She wanted to investigate an old lab that was no longer in use. They all had been on missions a lot recently involving strange creatures. She wondered if they had come from someone who used to work in intelligence. The Spies program included a former case involving a mad scientist who brought strange creatures to life and merged animals together.

***
Marcus made his way into the director's office.

"Mr. Moreno, what do I owe the pleasure?" Lorenza asked.

"I..."

"Are you looking for Reena?" Lor raised her eyebrow knowingly.

Marcus was about to answer when he noticed the application on the desk with a bright red denied stamp across the top.

"She's trying to transfer out of the Heroics?"

"I can't answer that Mr. Moreno. Why don't you ask her that yourself?"

"I would if I could find her," Marcus snapped out.

Lorenza took out an old map and circled something on it.

"I can't tell you where she is, and I can't tell you where to go. This is not a map, and that is not a secret entrance," she told him as she slid it over to him.

***
Reena found the lab and entered the room. She immediately looked for any information that could be helpful to them.

Hearing some footsteps, she ducked behind a table.

"Reena? Reena?" a voiced called out.

She recognized it as Marcus Moreno.

"Marcus?" she called out.

"Reena."

Marcus walked into the room she was in.

"We've been looking for you," he told her.