Teen Spy: The Observer

Chapter 30

Like the last few times, Kiara meets her teammates on the way. When she sees Will, she fights the blush trying to rise on her cheeks as she remembers her conversation with Jessy. She will have to tell him what her friend assumed, and it is going to be extremely awkward. Kiara is not looking forward to that conversation but decides to worry about it later. Now, her focus is on the mission.

They enter the meeting room together. After sitting down, Agent Carville begins.

"The tracking device was destroyed a few hours after your escape. One of our teams followed its last location to an abandoned warehouse a few miles on the outskirts of Paris. They found the trucks, but the containers where empty and the tracking device was destroyed."

"They must have stopped there to inspect the cargo after everything that happened in Port of Le Havre." Will comments. "But that means we still don't know the lab's location."

"Unfortunately, you're correct. It also means that they will be more careful and thus, harder to catch." Agent Carville continues.

"Identifying the substance in those crates from photos alone is proving more difficult than expected. Though we did manage to identify the seeds in the crate. They are called Castor beans whose leaves have a variety of uses."

"But the crates only had seeds", Sasha says.

She takes control of the computers keyboard and does a search on internet.

"What are they used for?"

"It's active component, Ricin, is used for insecticide and fungicide." Agent Carville says.

"Says here that an overdose could be lethal, although it is very rare." Sasha reads from the screen.

"So, the seeds could be used as a poison." Will sums up.

"But he could claim to use it as an insecticide for his vineyard" Kiara points out grimly. "It is all circumstantial and won't hold on court"

"Yes, it's not enough." Agent Carville says. "

"If we can find the lab where he took the crates, we'll have the evidence we need." Kiara insists, knowing it's the right path to take.

"Probably." Agent Carville agrees. "But you don't have to worry about it. This team has made great work. Even though the leads have turned cold, the recording you made has proven very valuable. Your work on the mission is done."

The elation that Kiara had been feeling until this point suddenly vanishes with those last words. She looks at Will and Sasha. They have a hard stare on their faces, obscuring their emotions. But since becoming a team and interacting with them, she has learned how to partially read them. And she is fairly certain that they are just as confused as her.

"Wait. That's it? The mission is complete?" Kiara finally says.

"Your part in it is done. But the mission is far from over." Agent Carville answers patiently.

"Then we should keep working on it. You said so yourself, what we found is not enough. We have to find the laboratory Berte is using." Kiara argues. "Our work isn't done."

"My team will take over and finish investigating." Agent Carville assures.

"But we can do it." Kiara insists. "We just have to review all the information we gathered and take on a new perspective. We're the ones who've been on top of this, so it's safe to say that we have the best chance of finding it. Don't dismiss us."

The room plunges into silences as Team C wait for Agent Carville's answer.

"Don't take this personally. Recent developments have shown that this mission is more dangerous than originally thought." Agent Carville says. "We have pulled out all of our Young Division teams form the case for your own protection."