Agent 1 (Book 3)

6. I'm so glad she's on our side

I didn't make you guys wait too long.

And I totally already had this chapter written up when I posted the last one.

Figured I'd make you all wait a little bit. Teach you guys some patience.

Enjoy!

Thirteen's POV

It takes seconds.

Two to be exact.

Two seconds, no more, no less.

In two seconds flat each one of them have a gun pointed at Agent 1.

In less than a second after that, Agent 1 is using me as a human shield. I roll my eyes as he ducks behind me like a child, keeping me firmly in place with his hands on my shoulders.

"Don't shoot!" He shouts, peeking over my shoulder at the boys.

Lily leans casually back against the wall with a huge smile. She's got a bag of chips in her hand and she does nothing to stop the boys. She just munches on her chips and mutters, "Oh this'll be good."

I shoot her a look before glancing back at the boys then back to her and once more back to them. She lets out an over exaggerated sigh.

One thing about Lily, she may not be able to put a ton of power into her hits, but she's got wickedly fast reflexes and her hits are extremely fast as well. She's got a speed to her that isn't common in a lot of agents. So where she might not get in some real power hitting punches, she will get in a ton of smaller punches that will add up to some really serious injuries.

And being as fast as she is, it takes no effort and no time for her to remove the guns from all of them and drop them into her chip bag.

She reaches her hand back in and starts eating her chips once again while the boys all turn and look at her in confusion, still trying to grasp how she managed to move that fast and get their guns.

"What. The. Hell." It's not a question, it's a statement. It comes from Devin as he clenches his fists and tries to burn a hole through me to get to Agent 1 who's still cowering behind me.

Yes, he's a trained killer all right.

"Why the fu-"

"Don't finish that sentence," Henri says from his seat at the counter, flipping through a book.

Cody's mouth clamps shut. Chase doesn't say anything. He just gives me a look that spells out how pissed off he is with me, and then glares through me same as Devin.

"You boys made a promise," I tell them sternly. "I told you no shooting, punching, kicking, or knife throwing."

"And you also told us we didn't know the guy," Cody says at the same time Devin mutters. "You never said no glaring or harsh words."

I shake my head. "I never said you didn't know him." I correct Cody, ignoring Devin. "And to be fair, you don't know him."

"Just so we're clear," Lily speaks up. "I had absolutely nothing to do with this...other than the corruption part."

Devin scoffs and his eyes blaze with fury. "Yeah, like he needed to be corrupted."

"Just what the hell is that supposed to mean?" Agent 1 bites back, finally standing to his full height and letting go of my shoulders. He still stays behind me though.