Fatal Impact

Chapter five

Cody's pov

I put on a formal suit. All we have to do is blend in. I walk to the social hall. Oh, they drink champagne. I never drank before. I won't be drinking. "Look we have to act like we are adults. We have fake names. My fake name is Leo and your fake name is Luca. We are 20-year-old reporters for Cambridge," Ben tells me. "Now it's time to blend in," 

Ben goes to the left, assuming to talk to people. Well, I won't be talking to anyone. It's weird that we even use fake names. Well, this is a dangerous mission. I get why we use fake names now. People stare at me as they walk by. I grab a glass of champagne. I'm not going to drink it. I'll just make them think that I'm one of them. 

"Hello," a sweet voice says. I look up to see a girl. A beautiful girl dressed in a red dress and red heels matched her. Her brunette wavy hair is hanging from the waist down. She is so pretty. She sits next to me. She is also holding a glass of champagne. 

"H-hi," I stutter. 

"What's your name?" she asked. I knew that I couldn't use my real name. So I decided to go with a fake name. 

"L-Luca," I said with a smile. Why do I keep stammering around girls? God, my shyness is getting in my way. 

"Amelia Myers," she introduces herself. "What brings you here, Luca?" 

"Well, I'm a reporter for this event," I lie. As much as she is pretty, I have to lie to Amelia. She moves closer to me. My cheeks turn red. "F-from Cambridge," 

"Hm...nice," she said. "I never thought a man like you could be cunning enough to get here as a reporter. Now if you excuse me, I have to go somewhere," she stands up and leans to me, seductively. "See you later, Luca," she gives me a wink and walks off. 

Now my cheeks are double red. Am I blushing? A girl flirted with me, let alone tried to seduce me. Ben approaches me. "Are you ok, Cody? Your cheeks are red," Ben asks. 

"A girl tried to flirt with me. Isn't she great?" I sigh. I am captivated. Ben sits next to me. 

"Look, you can't hit on that girl-" I cut him off.

"Her name is Amelia Myers," 

"Ok, ok, I get that. But we can't trust anyone here. Did you drink?" Ben reminds me. "Now let's find something," we both walk and I place the glass back on the table. But I see the same man from earlier and...Amelia, going to the secret room. I leave Ben. I follow them. I go down. I make sure not to attract their attention. 

To my horror, it's a secret base. Full of maps and pictures of people. There is a large screen and a large keyboard on the bottom. I hide near the door and I hear their conversation. 

"Now, I plan to steal files and steal crown jewels. Now I can be king. But someone might get in my way. I will make people bow down before me. Did you do what I said, Amelia?" 

"Y-yes, uncle. I saw Cody, David's son. I finally put him in my spell. I will get him to tell me about the plan," she said with an evil smirk on her face. No way. She is related to that monster. Oh god, I better tell Ben what's going on here. But I need to get out of here. How did they know about me? 

They leave and not even noticing me. I walk inside. I see a box of files. I grab the files. Are those files of the agents? I finally see my dad's name. I take it and open it. My dad was a threat to that man. But how? I go to the next page. It said it was murder. It can't be. I place the file down and walk out of the room. It couldn't be murder. 

I bump into Ben. "Where were you? I have been looking everywhere for you," 

"Let's go home," I said. Ben's face turns into confusion. 

"you ok?" 

"Let's go!" I whisper yell. I knew that I couldn't create a scene or else I'll blow our cover-up. Ben nods his head, seeing that I'm not ok. We both walk out of the building. We get in the car. Ben starts driving. 

"Now tell me what's wrong," Ben said. I did not even say a word. "You know that you can talk to me, right?" I turn to look at him, with tears. 

"I followed Amelia and the man from earlier who tried to kill me. It turns out that they are uncle and niece. After they left, they didn't even notice me. It turns out they knew that we are here. I went to the file-" 

"What file do they have?" 

"Files of agents and they even have files about my dad. But it said that the cause of death was murder. I don't think that it was murder. But unless the man from earlier could be Louis De Galle,"

"I think it's Louis who is behind everything," Ben said. "Oh, shit, we need to share this discovery with Jack," He starts to drive back to headquarters. I don't even know what Jack will say. We made it back. 

We both get out of the car. After Ben does the password, the door opens. We go down the elevator. The door opens. We find Jack talking to...someone in a black suit. I mean all agents wear black, right?

"Agent Williams, I think we made a discovery," Ben said. 

"Boys, this is James Rivers one of the Louis De Galle's bodyguards. He wanted to talk with me about something that relates to you two," Jack starts to speak. Oh, this is not going to be good. 

"He was telling me that you two broke into the party with a fake ID without my permission and I didn't even give you the lead. You nearly created a traffic jam in the street. He claims that you followed him, isn't that, Cody?" 

I nod my head. "From the moment that I met you, I knew that you didn't have your father's blood. David won't go this far. He wouldn't stalk anyone. He followed his lead and never relayed on observations. But you, Cody, you stalked someone let alone the man who has several titles. Your father raised a son who is a failure," 

"But Jack, listen-" Ben tries to intervene. All I could see is James' evil smirk growing and Jack's yells begins to escalate. I just listen to whatever Jack had to say. The things he said weren't true. I didn't break into the party and stalked Louis. That's bullshit.

"Enough, Agent Graham!" Jack said not long before turning to me with anger in his eyes. "As for you, Cody Grover, you will get sent to America this Friday. You are no longer an agent. Do you understand?!" 

"Y-yes," my voice starts to quiver. But I mustn't let my guard down in front of everyone. 

"Mr. Graham, you are fired. Now get out of my sight before I call security!" I wanted to argue back. But I got pulled out of the office by Ben. We both leave without even saying anything to each other.