Hiding Behind Rags

Hiding Behind Rags : Teen Agent Series

“Enter.” A stern voice called from behind the door.

The voice hit Ali like a tidal wave. Whenever an agent was called into a Mrs. Hazlet’s office it was always bad news, and this time she knew what it was about.

Ali Stratus worked for a secret detective agency that is hidden in the grand canyon of the United States. The agency sends agents all around the world to solve various mysteries and crimes. There are various locations and networks of agents and directors stretched all around the United States but no one except the people who work here knew about it so it was pretty much undercover work.

Ali had worked for the agency for a little over five years. She had started when she was only ten because her adoptive mother, who also was a secret agent, noticed amazing sleuthing abilities. So she was now only fifteen and had some of the sharpest skills out of all the agents.

Along with her skills she also had good looks to. Her hair was a a very dark brown that was always wavy and well kept. Her skin was a bit tan and she was very skinny. If she wasn’t in a high paced training facility then she could have gotten any guy she wanted, but now that was the last thing that was on her mind.

She had totally messed up. On her last assignment in India when she was supposed to be investigating various stolen items from the Taj Mahal, instead she had ten people suspicious of her and five people turn her into the police. She also is now banned from several parts of India because of accidently pushing the prince’s girlfriend off an unusually tall building after attempting to eavesdrop in on a meeting which turned out to be about what to serve for dinner at the prince’s next party when she had thought it was to plan a huge assassination. So this wasn’t just a slip up, it was a major mistake; she was in a huge of trouble.

As Ali slowly turned the brass doorknob she tried to push the thoughts of being fired to the back of her mind. She failed, and was sure that she walked into the director’s office completely red in the face.

“Sit” said Mrs. Hazlet while pointing to a chair in front of her desk. She didn’t even look up from the paper she had been reading. Ali sat down feeling very uncomfortable. They sat in an awkward silence for what seemed like eternity.

Finally Mrs. Hazlet looked up from her paper and stared at her. Ali looked away so that she would look a little less guilty, it didn’t work one bit.

“Do you know why you’re here” she said to Ali.  

Ali sighed “yes Mrs. Hazlet. I’m here because I messed up my last case in India and disrespected the most important investigation rule”

Mrs. Hazlet gave her an inquisitive look. “And that rule is…”

“Keep a low profile” Ali responded feeling like a small child being punished by her parents.

“That is correct Ali. You should also refrain from pushing royalty off of buildings.”

 “Yes and Mrs. Hazlet I…”

“There is no need to say that you’re sorry.” Mrs. Hazlet interrupted. “Here we believe in second chances. Yesterday morning the directors had a meeting to discuss your new placement in our agency. We are all amazed at your level of skill and responsibility for your age and we really think that not as many people would suspect a fifteen year old to be an undercover spy then an adult. So we really don’t want to lose you. On the other hand, no matter what age the agent is we can’t afford to have what happened on your last case to happen to you or to anyone else in the agency.”

“After careful consideration we have deicided that we are going to give you a very important case over in Paris, France. This time you will play the role of a house maid to Ms. Vier whose husband we suspect was recently murdered. She also has two children who live with her in the house and other maids, butlers, and servants who live in the mansion. There you will investigate this case.” She handed a thin file to Ali.

“This case involves you snooping around to find out who killed Mr. Vier and why. During this case I expect you to keep your profile low and not accidently, or purposely bring attention to yourself in anyway. The other directors and I have faith in you, so don’t let us down Ali.”

Ali was shocked. Her mouth hung wide open. She thought for sure that she was going to be fired. “Yes Mrs. Hazlet. I will try my very best. But there’s one thing I don’t get, murders happen every day so why does this one need to be investigated?”

“Mr. Veir was a very important man. You will see once you read the case file” said Mrs. Hazlet. “Your flight leaves tomorrow promptly at eight o-clock in the morning so you should be packed and ready to leave by seven. A car will be waiting outside to take you.”

“Yes Mrs. Hazlet.” Ali said as she headed to the door. But Mrs. Hazlet stopped her.

 ”Don’t forget that if you mess up this case like you did with the last one I will have no choice but to fire you”

Ali turned around. “Yes Mrs. Hazlet. I understand.” and with that she swiftly left the room happy to be out of path of Mrs. Hazlet.

Ali quickly rushed back to her dorm room. She saw her friend waiting by their room and told her everything. They had been friends since Ali was hired. Sadie was only twenty two so they had a lot in common.

“Wow that’s amazing” Sadie said after Ali was done retelling what had happened in the director’s office. “I thought for sure you would be thrown out” she exclaimed as she handed her the case file.

She scanned through the packet. Her eyes got wider the farther she went. When she was finally done reading, she handed it back to Ali and said “that sounds like a dangerous case Ali. Make sure you’re really careful. I don’t want anything bad to happen to you.”

“Oh don’t worry” Ali said trying to calm her worried friends nerves. “I’ll be perfectly fine” Ali then went into the bedroom next door and gathered her stuff. As she was putting together her bag she had many thoughts going through her head, and even though she had tried to calm her friend’s nerves, it was her nerves which needed to be calmed the most.    

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