Agent 1 (Book 3)

4. That's the understatement of the century

Cody's POV

Devin continues to flip through channels on the TV. He'll find something he wants to watch, watch it for a grand total of five minutes, and then switch it to something else.

He's already swapped channels after he got 'bored' about ten times now.

"Devin, can't you just pick a show and stick with it?" Chase questions in annoyance.

"Well, Thirteen needs to get better channels." Devin huffs, throwing the remote down on the couch next to him.

"Speaking of Thirteen," Chase says. "Where is she?"

Both Devin and Chase turn towards me for an answer. I give them a flat look.

"I do hope you realize I've given up on trying to keep track of her," I tell them.

"Wise move," Devin replies. "You know come to think of it, I haven't seen Lily in a while either."

"Is that a bad thing?" Chase asks.

I just shrug. "Lily's probably with Thirteen or Angel."

"And if she's not?" Chase questions.

"Be afraid. Be very afraid." Devin humors, a wide smile spreading across his face.

Henri walks into the room and takes a seat on the recliner in the corner, grabbing one of his books from the side table next to him. He opens the window blinds for more light and places his reading glasses on his face.

"Hey, Henri?" Devin calls over and Henri looks up from his book to Devin, waiting for him to continue. "Have you seen Lily or-"

"Weapons room." Henri cuts off Devin and goes back to his book.

"Oh...You know I've searched this entire house-twice-and I've never come across the weapons room. Where is it?"

Instead of answering, Henri puts down his book and gets to his feet, waving at us to follow. We all share a look before getting to our feet and walking out of the room after him.

He walks up to the keypad by the front door and punches in a code. He presses enter and a green light flashes on the keypad. He turns towards us and points over our shoulders. We turn around just in time to see a section of the wall push in backward and slide away to reveal an elevator.

"The elevator goes down to the basement. It is completely soundproof down there so if you end up needing anything you will have to use the intercom." Henri says. "The weapons room is also the training room. Miss Kingston and Miss Marshal have been down there for the better part of their stay here training. This week it is hand to hand combat."

"Well, what else would they be using?" Devin asks sarcastically and Henri gives him a flat look.

"Last week it was knives," Henri tells him. "I spent a good deal of my time stitching the two of them up. They are not going easy on each other so do not be surprised if it genuinely looks like they are trying to kill each other."

With that being said Henri turns and walks back off to continue on with reading his book.

Devin looks at me. "I'm actually kind of scared to go down there."

Chase is the first one to get into the elevator and I follow. Devin's the last one in, but the first one to push the button to go down.

I'm glad Henri warned us in advance, cause the second the doors open up, we're watching Thirteen slam Lily into the wall on the other side of the room.