Code Names

Kid

Dimitri drove at an indescribable speed. I couldn't see anything around us. It was as if he was intentionally trying to get us killed.

"Slow down!"

"They'll catch us if I slow down"

"Do you want us to die instead?!"

Dimitri completely ignored me as he continued driving. Honestly, he didn't really give me a valid explanation of what the heck is happening before shoving me into the car and driving like a mad man. The only thing I knew was the police is chasing us, we were in danger, and I had no clue why all of this was happening. 

Suddenly, Dimitri hit the brakes with full force and pulled me out of the car as he jumped into the river. I felt panic settling in as we hit the water, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

"Hold your breath", he replied very calmly.

"What?! No! Wait! I can't swi-", before I could finish my sentence, he dragged me and dove into the water. I held onto him for dear life. This man was definitely anything but a sane person.

He kept diving until we reached the bottom. I was starting to get dizzy as I was running out of air. But then to my surprise I saw him push some rock looking button and a secret door opened pulling us both in. The door immediately closed again after we were inside. 

I sat there panting. Finally, we weren't drowning in water, but what was this weird oxygenated place under water.

"Are you okay?", I heard him ask. As if that jerk cared. He nearly drowned me just now!

"What do YOU think?"

"Sorry about that...I had to get us somewhere safe."

"Where are we exactly?"

"Follow me", he said as he pulled me up. We then started walking down a long corridor filled with all kinds of security doors that he somehow managed to open. I followed behind him quietly trying to figure out what was going on, yet feeling absolutely clueless. 

Finally, after opening the final door, we found a huge room. It had the biggest screens I've ever seen, there were also some holograms and models of many important places like banks, museums, famous buildings , and so on.  

I looked around the place mesmerized. This place was stunning. Then suddenly I was interrupted by a woman's voice, "Kid, you're back. What did you find?"

I looked at the woman. She had greyish white hair and sharp eyes. She had a few wrinkles but she still looked stunning. She looked healthier than me if I'm honest.

Dimitri then spoke introducing me to her, "Swan, this is Alicia Terros. She's the one we've been looking for. And as for the other matter, I'll discuss it with you later"

The woman smiled at me as she extended her hand, "Nice to meet you, Terros. I'm Lady Swan, the head of this place"

I nervously shook her hand as I replied, "N-Nice to meet you too." I stayed quiet for like two more seconds looking back and forth between them before speaking again, "Umm...where am I?.."

"You're at the base of our spy agency. Don't worry. You're safe here", said Lady Swan. 

Spy agency? What kind of joke was that? And more importantly why weren't they laughing?

Dimitri then took me to a room to rest. It was nice for some secret agency, but I still had a lot of questions. I turned to Dimitri and gathered up my courage as I asked, "What's happening?"

"I'll explain. I promise"

I plopped on the bed with my arms crossed as I replied, "Go on then. I'm all ears."

He let out one of his usual sighs before speaking again, "We're a spy agency that works for the government. Pixcore was a fake company I made up to get some information. A few of our spies also worked there. All of us undercover of course. However, one of them leaked fake information that I stole a very VERY valuable gem. That's why the police came and took everyone. They don't know who I am or who the undercover spies are, so they're taking everyone who worked there until they figure it out."

His words didn't sound like lies but they definitely weren't the full truth. However, if he really was a spy, I could understand why he wouldn't tell me everything. I stayed quiet for a moment before speaking again, "And why did you take me?"

"No reason...I just found out that you weren't caught by the police, o I decided to help you. But you still have to lay low cause they WILL search for you."

I didn't know what to do. Was I supposed to stay here forever? I didn't want to be a part of this mess. But honestly a part in me filled thrilled. It would be really cool I could convince them to make me a spy too. After a minute I looked back at him with the first question that came to mind, "Is your name even Dimitri? Are you even Russian?"

"No and no. They're all part of the role"

"Good cause your fake accent was really terrible."

He rolled his eyes at me. This man was confident in his skills and rightfully so, "I won't tell you my real name obviously. But here I go by 'Kid'. That's my spy name."

I suddenly burst out laughing, "Kid? Like a child? Well no wonder you're always grumpy."

He was definitely annoyed at me, but I gotta give it to the guy, he was a good actor. 

"Can I just call you Dimitri?"

"Sure, whatever."

He didn't even spare me as much as glance before he walked to the door. He muttered a quiet "Sleep well" then walked out of the door. I lied in bed staring at the ceiling. I was in a strange place with people I didn't know, and my life was in involuntarily in danger. How great. 

I lied awake for a while. I didn't know how I felt. I was thrilled sure, but also a bit scared. What if anything happened? What would happen to mom? I needed to ask how she was. After a while, I eventually drifted off to sleep hoping to get some answers in the morning.