Undercover

Chapter 24

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I spaced out now and then as I stared at the bright laptop screen blankly, too horrified to bring myself to blink the tears welling in my eyes away.

Too horrified to even feel the presence behind me,

Until-

A hand squeezed my shoulder tightly.
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I tensed. The cold hand clutching my shoulder didn't let go. I didn't dare move a limb. I couldn't afford to give up now. I need this video.

I closed my eyes, took a deep breath and opened them.

In a split second, I caught the arm on my shoulder and tugged it with much force, making the intruder almost topple. Before he could react, I slammed my fist on his nose and sprayed the pepper spray that I brought with me on his eyes

"Urrrgh!", he groaned and rubbed his eyes furiously.

Taking this as an advantage, I took hold of his arm and shoved it behind his back and slammed his front on a wall. I then pointed my already loaded gun to his head.

"Don't move!", I spat coldly.

"Ummpphunm", the intruder was trying to say something, but it was all muffled because his mouth was busy kissing the wall.

"Guys, need help. Send two of them. Situation under control", I spoke into the walkie-talkie hurriedly, completely ignoring him.

"Ummmph", the intruder tried again.

"Sssssshhhhh", I silenced him and pushed him further against the wall.

To my surprise, he wasn't struggling much.

The front door opened and two figures stepped into the house.

"Over here!", I called out for them.

They hurried their pace dodging objects with ease.

"Leave him! We'll take care of him", one of them told as he shined his torch at me.

I let go slowly as the other two caught hold of him.

"It's me!", the intruder managed to choke out in between gasps.

"Mike?", I heard a confused officer ask.

Mike?

What? I thought it was Tony.

"You know him?", I asked the officer, confused.

The two officers boomed out in laughter, clutching their bellies making the intruder join them too.

Okay, now that was totally unexpected.

"What's so funny", I asked in utter annoyance.

What? I got my ass freaked out. Don't blame me for not laughing along with them.

"Miss, this is Mike. Hahahahaha-", the officer started laughing again, unable to finish off what he started.

Well, what can you expect? The others joined him again as well.

"I did figure that out", I told them as I crossed my arms over my chest with a huff.

"I'm so-r-ry. It's to-o fun-ny to n-ot to laugh", he managed to choke out between his non-stop coughs of laughter as he wiped a stray tear that escaped his humour filled eyes.

I sighed.

"Well, I'm listening", I stated, tapping my foot impatiently.

With one glance, the officer's eyes widened as realization hit him that I was in no mood to joke around. He quickly composed himself and cleared his throat.

"Well, this is what happened. Since you took so long, we sent Mike here to check on you-", the officer's voice visibly cracked again, no matter how much he tried to disguise it.

Oh god!

Realization dawned upon me. Heat crept up my neck and then to my cheeks. I felt like face palming myself.

"Why didn't you tell me?", I asked Mike, embarrassed.

I'm pretty sure that I looked like a tomato now. I'm glad that the lights were off.

"I tried, but you never gave me the chance to", Mike replied with a chuckle.

Oh yeah. He did try to tell me something in between all those muffles.

"I'm sorry. You just scared the shit out of me when you held my shoulder tight", I told him as I rubbed my neck in embarrassment.

He nodded in understanding.

"And oh about that, I watched the video along with you. I was pretty shaken up and I had to hold you for support", he told me bitterly.

Images started floating in front of my eyes at the mention of the video. I shook my head violently to get rid of them.

"Guys, you all go ahead before the rest of the crew comes here too. I'll be back in a few minutes", I told, making them nod and leave.

I turned around and sat infront of the laptop again and copied the video into my pendrive. I then erased all the traces that I had left and shut it down, placing it inside the vase as it was.

I then picked up my torch and surveyed the room once again for any traces. Once the room was crystal clear, I stepped out of the house locking the door behind me.

As I walked towards the black van, I got this nagging feeling again.

Something felt off.

I stepped into the van, playing the moves that I took to find the video in my mind. My mind processed the sound of the engine roar into life subconsciously.

What was it?

I ran my hand through my hair unconsciously. It's a habit that would take over me when ever I'm deep in thought or nervous.

Did I leave anything behind?

Think Emma! Think!

My eyes widened in realization.

Shit!

The cloth!

I left the cloth covering the camera behind.

"Wait!", I cried aloud making the van come to an abrupt stop.

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Hey guys,

I know that this chapter was very short, but the next one will be much longer, I promise :)

So how was it?

Did you like it?

And Mike here was totally unexpected I guess 😉

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But, I will soon be back to annoy you on Monday. So don't miss me much? 😘

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