Spy school, paradise city.

Chapter 5

CRAZY FUN RESORT beach

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When I told Mike and Zoe the story, they reacted the way I expected them to, they were fuming about it. Little did I know, however, Erica was listening the whole time. She clapped a few times, and then appeared out of nowhere. When I noticed her, I yelped in surprise, then said, "You have got to stop doing that to people," then I decided to add, "Where you listening the whole time?"

"No, only to the part when you started to insult me,"

"Which part was that?"
"The part where you said it was a bad decision, look, it was a bad decision, but it wasn't mine. The top brass caught wind of the defusing the nuke incident-"

"Which one? There was tw-"

"Wait, I thought there was only one incident, the one were you and Erica defused the nuke." Mike cimined in.

"Long story," I replayed.

"You HAVE to tell me that story some time." Mike said.

"You know which one, anyway the top brass said that you were, 'an incredible burden that once in awhile somehow manages to get something right'" Erica said, acting like crucial time had been wasted with our 30 second talk.

"Wow." I replied.

"Huh? Where are they, I haven't seen an agent here yet."

"No, I mean like wow as in, that's amazing."

"Oh," Erica finished, then began to pace back and forth. It looked like she was thinking, but I couldn't be sure. "Now, what do we do now that you're here."

"Let me be on be on the mission? Mabey get me un - expelled?" I asked hopefully, fully aware that this wouldn't happen.

"Mabey, stay on the beach and don't care if WOW wins?" Mike asked, looking straight at Erica in a way I didn't really like. Erica smilled.

"We can't let Cyrus and Catherine know you're here, Ben. If they do, you vacation might just come to an early end." Erica said, "But I don't think we have much of a chance defeating WOW without you."

"Would someone please tell me what WOW is?" I asked.

"Subsection of SPYDER, we don't know what the acronym stands for, but we do know that Ashley is running it." Erica replied. I gulped, Ashley was one of the students at evil spy school, she was an expert at gymnastics and fighting. And she was brilliant.

"Ashley is running it?" I asked, still processing the thought.

"Are you deaf? I just said that Ashley was running WOW." Erica replied, really annoyed. I was a bit stunned as Erica almost never displayed emotion.

"So, what are you going to do with me?" I asked. Now super curious.

"For now, just don't interfere and leave us alone." Erica said, "we'll find out what to do with you later." Mike smiled at this thought, troubling Erica smiled as well. I reluctantly agreed, now not wanting to be on the sidelines, and went back to my room.