Spy School X

Going On The Offensive

Ben's Dormroom

CIA Campus

Washington, DC

July 8

2300

I woke up in sweat and tears I tried to comprehend everything that had just happened. I decided to just go back to sleep...

The next day was uneventful as it was a weekend and we had the whole day off. I spent most of my day in my bed depressed. I thought about how I failed Zoe and because of me, she died. I swore I would never let something like that happen again I would never lose someone I cared about. It was around dinner time when I heard a knock on my door. I groaned pulled myself out of bed and walked over to the door. I opened the door and to my surprise it was Erica. "Why do you look so surprised Ben?" She asked. "Because you don't normally knock like a regular person" I responded. She rolled her eyes and said "Stop sulking in your dorm Ben. It's almost dinner and you've sat on your ass all day" I sighed and sat down on my bed. Erica walked over and said "Ben there was nothing you could do about it." I sighed and nodded. "Now come on you gotta get dinner before you starve" I sighed and followed her to dinner.

The next day it was time for action. We met up in the conference room. Once we were all seated Cyrus began. "Our next target will be Jenny Lake" (I forgot to mention her in "Planning") I clenched my fists. "We had evidence to believe that she is currently planning to hijack a military cargo plane. We have warned the military and we have come up with a plan. They will send the cargo plan as scheduled to act as bait. Once Jenny attempts to hijack the cargo plane we will move in and take her down." This received some confused glances from my friends. "How will we get to her?" Jawa asked, puzzled. Cyrus sighed and muttered something before saying "We will be using fighter jets from a nearby aircraft carrier" Everyone's jaws dropped. Even Erica looked surprised. "Who will be piloting these jets?" I asked. "Trained fighter jet pilots aside from Erica and I" I turned to Erica in shock. She shrugged like it was no big deal. "When do we leave?" Trixie asked excitedly. "In 6 hours, so you better get ready." He motioned for us to go and we all sprinted back to our rooms to pack.

Once we had all packed we met outside the front building where a helicopter landed to pick us up. For the third time today, all of our jaws dropped. Once we got in and seated I whispered to Erica who was seated next to me "Can I hold your hand?" She looked at me like I was insane. "Why?" She asked. I looked around to make sure no one was listening and said "I'm afraid of heights" Her confusion shifted to concern as she quickly said "Sure" I smiled. She held out her hand and I took hold of it. Once we took off I heard Trixie scream and grab hold of Mike during the takeoff. Chip and Jawa were perfectly calm. Cyrus who was in the passenger's seat wasn't even paying attention. We lifted off the ground and we were quickly on our way to the aircraft carrier. The whole way there I held Erica's hand. I caught her smiling a couple of times which made me smile.

Around 2 hours into the flight we started seeing ocean, and within minutes we saw the aircraft carrier. It was bigger than multiple football fields and was filled with soldiers and planes. I saw 6 planes on the runway already and assumed it was for us. The helicopter started to slow down causing all of us to jerk forward. I accidentally slammed into Erica who looked annoyed. I apologized and sat back in my seat. We stopped directly in front of the helipad and slowly descended. When we touched down everyone quickly unstrapped and raced to explore the carrier. To everyone's disappointment, Cyrus got out before everyone and stopped any plans of exploring the carrier.

Once on deck I looked around and just took in the sight. The sheer size of it amazed me. I saw entire fighter jets being lowered inside and being launched. I had to run to catch up with the rest of the group who was already heading inside. Once we entered the briefing room we were given lots of confused glances from the crew who were probably wondering why a bunch of kids were on an aircraft carrier. We sat down and a bunch of soldiers entered the room followed by what looked like the captain. They all saluted as he walked in and took a seat. I sat down next to Erica and Chip. The captain spoke first "Welcome aboard the USS George Washington. I am Captain Bernard and I will be your superior officer for your time on my carrier." We introduced ourselves to Captain Bernard. When it was Cyrus's turn the captain got up and gave Cyrus a big hug. "How have you been Cyrus?" He asked. Cyrus smiled and said "Good, dealing with these kids though is a pain" "I owed you after the battle of Durmnak," Bernard said. "Yeah you really owned me after that," Cyrus said. The rest of us were taken aback by how... happy Cyrus was acting. "I believe we should get back to business," Cyrus said sitting down. "Indeed" The Captain replied. Before they could sit down the entire room exploded.....

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