Undercover

Chapter 17

Not long after I had made the call to Agent Ross, a man dressed in both a black sweatshirt and pants opened the door to the bathroom, I flinched backwards because he scared the crap out of me, he came in without warning, and I honestly I was still jumpy form what happened with Kaleb, "don't worry Jess, I'm with Agent Ross, no need to be scared", he calmly said to me outstretching his hands. I inched towards him, choosing to believe him, and he guided me downstairs to car with tinted windows and an all-black exterior, just like those cars in the movies. I must have been exhausted because my eyes started to feel heavy, but at the same time, I was forcing myself to stay up until I knew Kaleb was safe, but my body was not having it, I was completely out of it within minutes.

My eyes fluttered open, when I noticed that I was now in a room with bright lights shinning in my direction, it took me a while to sit up, but I slowly got up. I was on a couch covered with a blanket, a groan escaped my mouth because the intensity of the light in my eyes was unbearable, which prompted everyone who was looking at a large screen in front of me, "Jess, you're up", that voice I knew that voice, it was the same voice of the lady who was talking to me on the phone form the club, I immediately stood up and shook the hand she had outstretched for me to shake, "yes", I responded coughing a little because of my dry throat, "Simmons get her some water", she instructed one the men in black standing by the door, he quickly did what he was told and I drink the water he provided, and I thanked him.

"Jess listen to me I need you to be calm okay", Agent Ross told me slowly and calmly, "how can I be calm, some men hit Kaleb on the back of the head with a gun, which they might shoot him with, he could have a concussion, he could be dead, oh crap he could be dead", I was realizing what was coming out of my mouth, and I looked all over the place frantically. My sister came up to me through all the commotion, pulled me to my feet and slapped me right across the face, hard. "Maddie, what the fuck!", I exclaimed, "what are you worried about?", she spat, "what are you talking about?", I asked her getting upset, "Kaleb was an informant for the police, and somehow you found out what we were doing, and you got caught up in it, asking Kaleb to help you figure out what was going on even though he told you, he told you that it was dangerous for you, and now it's possible he could be dead, and it's all your fault!", her breathing was now uneven, tears were even sprouting. I stood there in shock everything she said was now processing.

"Ms. Cross, this is not the time for the blame game, we have more important things at hand, like finding Mr. Anderson", Agent Ross huffed, "Mr. Fisher, get Mr. Andersons location up on the screen", things were going on around me, and I wasn't even paying attention, people were bouncing into me, shouting commands across the room. "Let's go people", a voice said as I finally snapped out of my trance. They were leaving, all of them had on bullet proof vests, with guns strapped to them, "wait, where are you going?", I said grabbing onto Agent Ross' sleeve, "we're going to get Mr. Anderson", she responded, "I need to come with you", "why do you need to come?, you put us in this mess", my sister interjected as she walked across the room to my direction, "Maddie's right, Jess, we can't have you compromising the mission" Agent Ross stated, "please, please, I need to come", I begged, "fine, as long as you don't do anything and do exactly what I tell you, you can come", I sighed in relief as my sister sighed out of frustration.

The ride to wherever they were taking me lasted well over forty minutes, it was torture, I was biting my nail, which is something I didn't really do, and my legs were on going up and down as if someone had injected me with adrenaline shots in that foot alone, "stop shaking and biting your nails", my sister spat at me looking at me with daggers shooting at me. The car was slowing down and the headlights were cut off. "Alright people this is as far as we go by car, Robins, Michaels, Forde, you go to the west of the building, Jones and Finch to the east and Halls, Nicks and Gibbs come with me", Agents Ross instructed, and as I was about to get up, "Woah, woah there Ms. Cross, this is as far as you go, Agent Paul will say with you and you sister here, it will be too dangerous for you guys", opening my mouth to protest, "no if, and , or buts, you promised to do what I said, and I'm saying stay here", with those words form Agent Ross, I sat back down, arms folded.