Spy School: NYC

Depature

Thomas Dormitories

CIA Academy of Espionage

March 4th, 0230

I would have preferred to leave later in the day. Waking up at two in the morning is not a fun time.

Especially not when someone is sitting at the end of your bed watching you.

Lucky for me it's not an assassin. It's just Erica.

"Ben wake up we're gonna be late" She said pulling off my covers.

"Oh come on it's two in the morning" I replied groggily. I know she's right, early is on time, on time is late.

It's confusing I know. I quickly got ready and followed Erica with my backpack towards our meeting spot.

The van Cyrus said he was gonna get us, well it's not in the best condition I can tell.

I whispered to Erica as we approached "Where Cyrus get this the junkyard?" I said jokingly.

"It's one of his many spare cars he has incase of emergencies" She said.

"Of course" It doesn't surprise me he has tons of spare cars.

But thankfully to greet us Catherine was there. "Good morning kiddos!" Catherine said as cheerful as usual.

"Hi mom" Erica said and gave her a quick hug. Surprising but she isn't the ice queen we used to know.

Also Catherine is one of the only people I've seen make Erica act like a normal tennager. Always embarrassing her and making comments towards her.

"Benjamin! Good to see you made it on time" She smiled.

"Too early for this, but I made it" I loaded my bag into the back of the van.

"Enough with the chit chat get in, it's time to go" Cyrus said annoyed.

We did as he said, I noticed in the front passenger seat, was the mysterious suited man again.

I looked to Catherine and whispered "Who's the man in the suit?".

Before she could answer me, the mysterious man answered for her.

"My name is Louis Morneau" he said with a husky French accent.

"So I'm guessing you're from France, and that you work for their intelligence agency?" I questioned him.

"Yes I do" He answered me.

"Louis here is one of the finest spies in French history, and is one of my overseas colleagues" Cyrus said.

"So why is he on this mission with us" Erica asked.

"The French government believes the people that are planning to attack New York, are also the same ones that have attacked France in the past" Cyrus responded.

"So that means we know who they are right?" I said.

"No. These people have been really good at eluding other French agents for years, we have almost no information on them" Louis said, shame filling his words.

"The only information we have is the name of this terrorist group" He continued.

"So what's their name" I asked intrigued.

"SMASH" The French man said.

I know I've heard that name before. Its too familiar.

Then it hit me. Worry filled my mind.

Erica realized instantly something was wrong.

"Ben what's wrong??" She questioned and tried to comfort me by putting her hand on mine.

"I know who runs SMASH" I said concerned.

Cyrus looked back at me in the rear view mirror, with a questioning look.

"Then spit it out" Cyrus said.

"Murray Hill" I said upset.

Cyrus banged on the steering wheel, accidentally hitting the horn a couple times.

"Who's this Murray Hill?" Louis looked back at me questioning.

"Someone who we have defeated many times in the past, but somehow always escape prison and basically any authority" I said annoyed, rubbing my temple.

"Murray should be in prison, after we captured him back in Florida" Cyrus stated.

"When has he ever stayed in jail, no matter what he has done" I sighed, annoyed how my arch nemesis is living freely still.

Erica interlinked her fingers with mine, trying to comfort me, and with a faint smile. I gave her a half smile.

"It'll be okay Ben" she whispered to me.

"I hope your right" I whispered back.

It was me, Erica, and Catherine all crammed in the rear of the car together.

Catherine smiled at us, and said "Children its best if you both get some sleep before our mission begins".

Erica and I both nodded, knowing she was right.

Erica rested her head on my shoulder, our hands still interlinked.

She fell asleep, and I was trying to but my mind was racing.

"What is Murray planning" "Will we be able to stop him again" "What if I cant figure out his plans".

My mind was racing, until I finally passed out.

Finally, another capture done.

How do you guys feel about Louis Morneau?

He's based after one of my favorite baseball players, Justin Morneau!

I hope the plot is also making sense too.

Have a nice day!

-CR