It's a Spy vs. Spy World

Chapter 33

 the mock mission happened sooner than id thought it would. also at a completely unexpected time. it was a saturday, a day to sleep in and not worry about classes. however that morning that was not the case. i was awoken in the most abrupt way possible. Freezing cold water was poured all over my body, shocking me into reality and out of dreamland. i jumped up out of my bed and whirled around in a momentary panic. what was going on? just as i thought that i saw a figure move in the dark. they were covered by the darkness of the room, only illuminated by the light of the digital clock on my nightstand which read 6:00am. i groaned inwardly, i was really tired. but the adrenaline in my body was still pumping at the moment and whoever this was in my room wasnt going to take me without a fight. i took advantage of the darkness and took a swing hoping that the person wouldnt see my fist. however they did and caught it. my movements were too slow. my sleepiness had not worn off yet even with the shocking douse of cold water. shit.

i thrust my elbow out and heard my attacker grunt as i made contact. the grunt sounded weird. feminine. i turned to try and get a glimpse of my attacker but all i saw in the dim light was a strand of blonde hair sticking out from a black balaclava before the persons foot made contact with my head, hiting it perfectly to knock me to the ground as well as knock me out. i tried to fight the impending darkness but between that and my triedness it was too hard and i slipped under in seconds.

i woke up when the vehicle i was in hit a bump in the road. i then attempted to sit up but we must have been on a really bumpy road because the vehicle was jostled again and this time i fell into someones lap. more specifically my face fell into someones lap.

"Whoa there Jessi, you have to take me on a date first," i immediately straightened up and shoved rick away from me. he laughed and i glared. but not for long, my pounding head couldnt take too much glaring at that moment. so instead i looked around and tried to figure out where we were.

for a moment i was terrified that i was alone with rick and that this wasnt a mock mission thing like i had thought, but then i saw my other classmates all starting to wake up as well and i felt slightly better. there was still a chance that this wasnt part of a training thing so my weariness didnt completely disappear.

as i surveyed further i realized that we were in the back of a van, or a vehicle of that sort. all thirteen of my fellow juniors feild agents in training were present inside the cramped space and upon further inspection i noticed that we were the only things back here, there was no weapons or anything else that could aid our escape if the need arose. there were only our thirteen bodies.

i quickly looked to the double door at the other end from where i was and deducted that it was quite secure. yep, absolutely no means of escape. i really hoped that this was part of training, because if not, we were all screwed.

well, screwed until whoever was driving opened that door and let us out. then we could fight. but until then there wasnt much we could do.i highly doubted that anyone could break into HQ and kidnap all thirteen juniour trainees and get them all out unnoticed, but i wasnt dismissing the idea completely. the way things had been lately i didnt doubt anything could happen.

i spotted Hattie and made my way over to her in the cramped space of the van, apologizing to whoever i may have stepped on or almost fallen on along the way. she looked slightly relieved to see me, but the expression was fleeting and quickly replaced with her signature michevious smile.

"Hey," i greeted, "Any idea whats going on?" i asked.

"well im hoping this is some random training op, or else..." she left the rest to my imagination. great, so that made two of us that were hoping this was all just a spy training thing.

i sighed, "I guess all we can do is wait and see then." she nodded, "Youve got that right." so thats what we did. i asked around, but no one else seemed to have a clue what was going on, although many suspected it was just a training thing. as well no one had a watch much to my dismay. i liked to know the time all the time. however, i didnt know how long i had been out and had no idea where this van was taking us so i was lost.

we didnt end up waiting to long. soon the vehicle came to a sudden, bumpy halt. we all got into ready position. once the driver opened that door we were ready to ambush. lets just hope they didnt have guns, or else this was going to be a bloodbath.

the door creaked open and just as we were all about to pounce on our mystery man he stepped into the light and revealed himself to be none other than Mr. Carmichael. our skinny, unthreatening teacher was behind this. there was no audible sigh of relief but i could feel some of the tension leave me and my classmates. this relief only furthered when miss hastings stuck her head in the door.

"Everyone alright?" she asked with a smile. i couldnt help but return the gesture and i noticed neither could my classmates. this was our first real life training simulation. out and away from HQ. it was going to be great.

"Absolutely fine, Miss Hastings, and might i add nice kick. Only in the future culd you maybe warn me to pocket some Advil so when i wake up i can get rid of this wicked headache?" i rubbed my temple for emphasis and she smirked.

"Ill keep that in mind Jess." then she returned her gaze to the rest of my classmates. "Alright everyone, so as you may have already deducted this is a training sim. you were all kidnapped in the middle of the nighht by the enemy and thrown into the back of this van. they have hit a nasty bump in the road and the doors have been flung open. you have managed to escape but you must get somewhere safe and hide while you gather the neccessary supplies so that you can call for backup and try to trap them on their way back. they will notice that you are gone fifteen minutes up the road, there is a mall nearby. you must go there and return here before they get back, with your supplies. if you have added correctly that gives you litle over a half hour to get there and back. the first team back is the winner." hastings explained.

"do we get anything for winning?" one of the twins asked.

"No, but the losers will have to write twenty pages explianing why duck tape is a useful weapon when disabling a bomb." mr carmichael answered, upping the ante significantly. its not like we all didnt know the answer to that question but extending it into a twenty page report would be dreadful and no one wanted to do that.

"The teams have already been pre-selected."we all groaned at this. i looked at Hattie and frowned. i already knew who my partner was before miss hastings told me. With rick again. yay for me. he came up and threw his arm around my shoulder.

"Hey partner, ready to do this?" he said with a smirk. he knew i wanted to be paired with someone else. not that he was terrible or anything but i was beginning to think my duties as his mentor had gone on long enough. obviously i was the only one who thought this.

once the teams were assigned (i noticed i was not the only one disappointed, Hattie had been paired with Audrey and one of the twins was paired with Aspen, it could definitely be worse than being paired with rick i decided) mr. carmichael handed out a sheet f paper that had a list of the things we would need to aquire at our trip to the mall. i noticed a flaw with this plan but before i could voice it Benji spoke up.

"um how are we supposed to get this stuff if we dont have any cash?"

miss hastings smiled, "Be creative." was her only answer, "Your time starts..." she looked at her watch. "Now. Get going." at once we all hopped out of the back of the van and started running. it was somewhat hilarious, all of us running around on an empty road in nothing but our pjs. i figured that was the first thing to fix. rick and i needed to get some appropriate clothes. and a watch.

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