Sang was awoken once again by the quiet murmurings of voices around her. She had slept well as the bed was surprisingly more comfortable than her own bed back at her apartment. Unlike the last time she had woken up in the hospital, she had no trouble deciphering the sounds of the people around her; she could tell at once it was the Academy guys. As a spy, one had to be stealthy and use their current situation to their advantage. Sang had been taught that being patient and having good listening skills were amongst the most valued traits for a spy to have, that, and being very observant. Sang was a naturally observant person, and this is one of her characteristics that drew TIBI towards her.
"...and that's why we have to keep her here for as long as possible. We cannot have it any other way." A terse voice said. It was Owen.
"Come on Owen, she probably doesn't know... and besides she'll get suspicious if we ask her..." responded Sean. Asked her what? thought Sang.
"It doesn't matter." came the flat reply.
"Mr. Blackbourne," started Silas, "don't you think you're being a little unreasonable? She's literally just a g-"
"She is NOT just a girl," cut off Owen, "you are all unaware of this but this but Mr. Lee and I have been doing some undercover work as of late and have found out some rather interesting information regarding Miss Sorenson over here."
"Is it safe to be talking about this kind of stuff with her lying right there? Maybe we should go to another room or something," debated Nathan.
"Nah, she's sleeping. She dozed off an hour ago, she looked pretty tired when I was with her so I don't think she'll wake up for a while. We're alright for now."Inputted Gabriel. She had only been sleeping for an hour? It had felt like longer.
"So, Mr. Blackbourne, Kota, what did you guys find out exactly?" inquired North.
"Right," began Kota, "remember how we had to call in that favour from The Academy to get the warehouse rigged with all those cameras and recording devices for the exchanges with the drug cartel? Well Mr. Blackbourne and I watched over the tapes and you'd never believe who we saw watching the whole exchange... twice."
"Holy shit," whispered Gabriel, "I knew it was a bit strange finding her in that area of town when I ran into her on the street. You guys remember she was telling us she was just going to meet up with her friend, right?"
"We remember. I can't believe this is happening right now. Where did you guys place the cameras and stuff?" asked Nathan.
"We positioned one camera at the entrance of the warehouse above the hole, it was placed pretty discretely as these cameras are very minute and hard to spot. We placed a couple inside the building also near the entrance and a few more near where our exchange took place deeper within the warehouse. There were also a few recording devices scattered around just to make sure we caught the whole thing and to supplement the tapes." Said Kota.
"Thus you could imagine the surprise Mr. Lee and I were in whilst playing back the tapes earlier today and seeing a particular blonde inconspicuously entering the warehouse minutes after we had." Said Owen. Sang's heart sank. This couldn't be happening. She chastised herself, she was supposed to be a spy goddamn it! She should have been more careful. But in her defence, Kota himself had stated that the cameras would have been hard to spot, and at the end of the day she had got at least one recording back to TIBI so not all was lost. Still, she couldn't fight the deep feeling of dread as they carried on talking about seeing her and having videos to prove it was actually her.
"How can you be so sure? It could have been anyone..." trailed off Gabriel, however Sang could hear the doubtful tone to his voice. She heard Owen sigh.
"Mr. Coleman, it was her. We can play the tape back to our whole group and I am sure the overwhelming majority will agree with me and Mr. Lee." His tone dropped, "Sang Sorenson has been following us and has known more about us than we have known about her. I am afraid to say she needs to be interrogated as soon as possible. We won't just spring it on her; we need to be professional about this. We'll have to let on that we know what has been going on and clear ourselves before it's too late and before the information she has gathered winds up in the wrong hands. There is the risk of misinterpretation of our actions and I'm pretty sure the consequences of her actions will be inevitable."
"Hang on a minute," began Luke, who had been quiet up until now, "if she knew who we were the whole time why did she agree to come to our apartment after the exchange we had with the drug cartel that first time? Surely no sane person would've just up and agreed to go to a potential criminals apartment despite having a bum leg..."
"Although we are in the dark about who exactly she works for, we do know that she exhibits spy-like behaviour so it is possible that she was just going along with the situation and had to use it to her advantage. She needed information out of us and I'm afraid she got some." Said Owen, discomfort evident in his voice.
"That makes sense. One more thing though, she's pretty vulnerable right now. We'll need people she trusts in our group to talk to her and to gradually get the information out of her. In my opinion the people she's gotten the closest to are Gabe and Victor. They should be the ones to do the negotiating." Finished North.
"Oh hell no. We may be close, but I don't want her to hate me for interrogating her like this. Tell someone else to do it." Protested Gabriel.
"Mr. Coleman, we are dealing with a woman here who is a threat to not only our group but to the entire Academy. We don't know what her aim is but we need to know, and fast." Replied Owen. She heard Gabriel sigh wearily as he thought over Owen's statement.
"Fine. But Victor'll have to do it too, we're all in this together, right?" said Gabriel.
"Great now he's gonna start singing high school musical, prepare to break into song and dance people, Gabriella is about to take centre stage." Joked Luke.
"Oy! Don't even, Luke. And plus, we all know Zac Efron was lip-syncing in the first film and everyone overlooked it. It's a good thing he's so hot, no one cares about whether he can sing or not."
"I can't believe we just had some serious-ass discussion about a girl being a potential THREAT to The Academy, and now you idiots are talking about High School Musical. Unbelievable." Huffed North.
"Sorry North, we'll stop now, you can Bet On It... but first let's just Work This Out..." snorted Gabriel. Luke hooted as some of the others joined in with their laughter. Sang heard North grunt but it sounded more amused than angry. Despite the awful predicament she was in, she bit back a smile and tried not to laugh along with them, for the sooner she woke up the sooner the interrogation would begin.
"That's quite enough." Interrupted Owen, "I think we should all retreat now and allow Miss Sorenson to wake up in her own time. Mr. Korba and Mr. Lee, you will join me to analyse the rest of the footage and audio. The rest of you can get on with whatever tasks you have remaining for the day. Mr. Coleman, I want you to check up on Miss Sorenson in an hour's time and see if she's awake, but for now we have other things to do so let's get right to it." Finished Owen. Sang heard the guys leave and heard the click of the door as it closed. Relieved, she finally opened her eyes and took in a deep breath. What on earth had she gotten herself into.
