The Enhanced

Chapter Nine

It takes me barely five minutes to fight against the onslaught of people on my way upstairs.

I reach the door of the same conference room as last time at five on the dot. I heave a sigh and brace myself for Commander Carter once more.

I step into the conference room and everybody was already there and waiting. They all snap their gazes towards me.

I let the door click closed behind me and take a seat near the front again. I notice Major Jones was in the same spot as last time.

"Agent forty six, I'm glad you could join us, now, we have some business to discuss." Carter says, authoritatively.

I nod and he faces me and the other people on the table. Sierra was presen again.

"We have decided you will be sent in next week." He announces. "Sierra has assured me that your condition is fine and you will undergo a check up this weekend, before you leave." He says.

Sierra clears her throat. "If tommorow at around ten in the morning you could stop by, I'll carry out all the necessary tests for your mission." She says weakly.

I nod and Carter resumes with explaining the mission. I was to infiltrate a school in Maine and look into the suspected radicalisation there. They needed someone on the inside and I suppose they also needed a teenager.

Carter goes on and on about the precuations I should take, the information I should let on, anything and everything.

By the time he releases me it's nearing seven in the evening.

With nothing to do and no apptetite for dinner I find myself making my way to the infirmary. I was curious as to what happened to the girl I brought in and if she wad alright.

She may have been rather rude to me but I was still worried, she could be dead for all I know.

I make my way up to the desk and ask about the girl I brought in. She seems a bit wary as to why I don't know her name but gives me her room number anyway.

It takes me a while to find Room fifty two but eventually I get there.

The room was mostly darl inside and I begin to wonder whether I should disturb her. I edge the door open and peer inside. She was watching TV on a small box in the corner of the room from her bed.

She seems to notice the movement because she glances over to me.

"Hello? Holly is that you?" She asks.

I step inside. "No just me." I say shyly.

"Oh, you're the girl that brought me in... I remembe it vaguely. But I do remember your face." She says.

I nod slightly. "My name is Juliet." I tell her.

"Oh you're... oh my god I was rude to you I'm so sorry... thank you for... oh god I'm sorry." She tumbles out random sentences and words.

I laugh and shake my head. "Its fine... really. You dont have to apologise." I say.

She seems to relax a bit. "Do you want to sit down?" She asks, motioning to a chair beside her bed.

I tuck a strand of hair behind my ear, unsure. In the end, I shrug my shoulders "sure why not." I say before walking over and taking a seat next to her.

"I thought you were my friend Holly." She says.

"Does she come a lot?" I ask.

"That's just the thing... she hasn't come at all... no one has for that matter... Its lonely and boring here. You're my first visitor." She tells me.