AGENTS IN DISGUISE

CHAPTER 2: Escape This Mess

Lilian's P.O.V

"Lillian...we really shouldn't be doing this..." Tony sang, worriedly. Lee Tony, a year older than me, agent name tan-tan, not that he's actually tan, it just suits him, don't ask how. Tommy smacked Tony on his head making the room echo from his scream. "Don't call her by her real name, idiot!" he whispered/yelled. "Don't tell me what to do, poker face!" Tony's fists were ready to punch Tommy any minute now. My group is breaking apart, they all are losing their minds. Tommy and Tony both grabbed each others shirts roughly, the children gasped and ran behind me. 

Eric and James ran to stop them before things became bloody. Lo James, agent name lolly, weird name for a guy but hey it rhymes with jolly, which is his personality.  They both tried to break their grip but it was too strong, in a few seconds, Eric and James failed and retreated back to their corners. Tony pushed Tommy on the ground and climbed over top of him, he brought his fist down with force, thankfully Tommy dodged it in time making his mask fall down his face . Tony missed his target making his fist slam into the floor tiles, he bit his bottom lip, holding in his pain. Tommy smirked which boiled Tony's anger even more. 

That's it, I've had it with them! 

"Enough!" I yelled. My one word froze them, they looked over at me and then to each other. They stood up quickly, and stared at the wall behind me. The children silently scurried to James, and Eric made his way beside me. "Both of your commotion is enough to signal our hideout to our dear criminals." I said, angrily. I continued, "What am I going to tell the Chief, that my teammates lost their minds and began fighting each other....oh wait...I won't be able to tell him" I said, sounding playful. "Why?" Tommy asked and I in return gave him a wicked grin. "Because we'll be dead before we even set foot out of this room!"

They both ducked their heads, ashamed and focused their gazes on the dark floor tiles. I took a deep breath and continued "You both have 2 options, Apologize and make up for your behavior or stay behind while the rest of us bust out of this miserable building" Tommy and Tony looked at each other for a while and then as if they threw their negative feelings into the curb and hugged each other. It looked so brotherly that I wanted to cry, they both apologized and patted each other's backs. 

"It's ready Bloom" agent from my ear piece spoke. 

I gave a wide smile "Good, now let's get this over with". 

           

              We climbed down the stairs, forming a wall around the kids. We entered the dark foyer which was flooded with ankle height water. "Perfect" I whispered under my mask. The girls did a fantastic job in a short period of time. Our pace was unsurprisingly slow, our feet pushed against the force of water, creating miniature waves. 

We stood in front of the locked front doors, that's where we met the girls, our rest of the team. We quickly nodded, acknowledging our presence. The girls handed us towels to dry our shoes, and then placed large crates for us to stand on. One of the girls handed me a device with a large red button on it, i tucked it behind in my gadget belt. 

           

            I was thankful for the light from outside, it made me notice the water's movement. "They're coming" I said, positioning myself in a defensive stance on the crate. "Well well well, what do we have here?" A middle aged, rat faced man walked out to the foyer. I put my hand on my gun to pull it out. "Oh no, I wouldn't do that if I were you" he said. I dropped my hand beside me when I noticed 10 men behind him holding large bulldozer guns facing our way. The men burst out laughing after seeing my shocked face. 

The children who were quiet, began lightly crying and my teammates who without any concerns followed my lead were all staring at me speechlessly. It seems like they still don't believe in me. Well then I'll just have to show them and work harder to gain their trust.