Spy School Party Failure

Chapter 12

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So funny story (I mean y'all probably won't find it funny but) I was going to update, and then I realized I'd waited so long that I forgot what my story was about and I was gonna have to go back and reread everything and I didn't want to do that so I didn't and that's why you guys are just now getting an update. I just scanned over everything so you can let me know if things aren't adding up. Also, you guys also might wanna reread everything (just kidding!) (kinda)

(Ben's POV)

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0300 hours (probably)

My eyes snapped open. How long had I been out? What happened? Where is everyone? Where am I? I brought my hands to my temples, and tried to massage the fog from my brain. I couldn't remember anything important. Well, I mean I remember the basic things like my name (Ben Ripley) and my best friend's name (Mike) and where I went to school (St. Smithen's aka Spy School) so I didn't have amnesia, but I couldn't remember where I was, or what I was doing. There was a mission, right? Yeah, and Erica had a plan, only it wasn't her real plan, and she got me captured, and left me all alone. And I got tied up. And Joshua probably poisoned my friends. Although I was kind of mad at them because they could've saved me instead of letting me be... well I don't actually think anything happened to me, I passed out after watching some baby ducks, but still, they should've saved me. Even though I was mad at them, I didn't actually want them to be poisoned. I finished my internal recap and realized I wasn't tied up anymore. I was in a pretty nice room considering I was being held hostage. It was small, but I was in a soft chair, and there was a bed, and a platter with some food, and a tv that wasn't on. I was hungry, but I didn't eat the food because I saw what Joshua had Emily and Murray put in my friends food. Just then, a door opened, and Emily walked in.

"I know you're mad at me-" she began.

"Uh, yeah, because you betrayed me," I finished for her.

She had the audacity to laugh, "not what I was gonna say but I can understand why you're upset. I was gonna say I know you're mad at me, but we were once friends and I thought you'd like to know that you friends are alive and okay."

"Why should I believe you?" I shot back at her.

"You're being awfully mean Ben, and that's not like you. I really did like being your friend, and you seemed really nervous so as soon as I saw you awake, that mirror is a one-way mirror, and came to let you know that they just got knocked out and most of them are awake. I even brought you food. Yours isn't poisoned."

I was sure she was lying. At least about the food, and probably about everything else. "I don't want your food," I told her.

"Eat the food!" She commanded.

I didn't want to but I felt compelled to do so. I started eating. I didn't pass out right away, so that was good, but I couldn't stop eating. Not until she said, "stop" did I stop. I heard the door open and Joshua walked in, even though this room was not big enough for three people.

"Having some fun, Emily?" he asked. I didn't like the way he said that, or that Emily nodded. "Well, now that Ben's awake, I think we can rejoin him with his friends. I'm sure they'll like what we did to him." I didn't like the way he said that either. But I was forced from my chair, and dragged down the hallway, but to a different door. Joshua opened the door, threw me in, and locked the door behind me.

I took in my surroundings. I was in a white room. It wasn't blindingly white, the light was coming from the ceiling, and there were other colors too, like the door was wood colored, but it was pretty white. Also, all my friends were there and awake, seemingly unharmed. They looked up in my direction, and stared in shock.

"Ben!" Valerie broke the silence by yelling and launching herself in my direction, pulling me into a hug. Everyone else followed in suit. Well almost everyone. I bet you can guess who didn't hug me. My friends were asking me questions me questions left and right, but I was focused on one person.

"I survived," I pointed out to Erica.

"Good observation," she replied, "I can tell." I could have died, and she didn't even seem like she cared. She was still being as emotionless as always.

"You know it wouldn't even be a question whether or not I survived if you didn't let me get captured." I couldn't help it; I was mad at her for leaving me to fend for myself.

"You'd think that, but things haven't been peachy her either." I know she caught the dig I made at her in my last statement, but she refused to acknowledge it. Oh the nerve she has!

"As you could she, you know, if you actually paid attention once in a while, we've been relocated. And we lost my mom."

"Wait she's dead!" Chip exclaimed.

"No! You idiot!" Zoe yelled back at him. "We already went over this, we just don't know where she is!"

"Oh."

But I was to busy notice Chip's idiocy. Too busy being angry, that is. First, Erica sends me out to the wolves, then she refuses to acknowledge that I could have died, and that I mad at her, and then she attack's my spying ability!

"Now if you'll excuse us," Erica said, "we're in the middle of making a plan." She walked back over to the center of the room and everyone else followed.

I was finally understood what Erica has said about not letting emotions get in your way, because I wasn't sure I could work with her on this mission with how mad I am with her. I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned. To my left, with her hand in my shoulder, was Valerie, and to my right was Mia and Scarlett.

"She cares," Valerie whispered to me.

And just like that, I wasn't mad anymore.

So now I'm gonna go reread and edit everything, but I'll be back with more updates!