𝘈𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 | Mattia Polibio

007

7:00

You

I walk out of the room in my stealth gear and meet Mattia at the elevator.
You: Ready?
He nods as we enter the small space, I can see him smirking at me out of the corner of my eye.
You: What are you smirking at Polibio?
Mattia: Why you of course, I haven't see you in a stealth uniform in forever.
You: Don't get dick hard Polibio, we have work to do.
Mattia: Yes ma'am.

He can never be serious for more than five minutes, god.

The doors open and we walk out to the car, both climbing in to the back seats. The driver takes us straight to the building and drops us off in the front. I hand him a 20 and hop out with Mattia.
Mattia: Still loaded?
I nod.
You: Not sharing either.
I push his chest a bit as I start walking ahead of him. He and I stand in the back behind everyone since 1. We're late, and 2. We wanted to be the first people out.
Liam: There are 8 vehicles outside, choose wisely. Remember, physical acts are better in some places compared to others and use your brain. Good luck, your time starts, now.
Mattia grabs my hand and pulls me out the door, we run to look for the best vehicle which was most likely the helicopter.
You: Over here.
I climb into the drivers side as Mattia stares at me.
You: What are you waiting for?
Mattia: Shouldn't I drive princess?
I exhale deeply and hand him the headset.
You: Either you're in in 3 seconds or I'm leaving your ass here.
He climbs in and fastens his seatbelt as I start the engine. Flying a helicopter isn't nearly as hard as I remember it being.

I look around for the first clue and see something a little strange.
Mattia: Whats the thing on the mountain?
You: Let's get a closer look?
We fly right next to a memorial for the supposed 'victim.'
Mattia: Carlie I. Arlenny?
You: That's the victims name, can you see anything else?
He leans his head as far as it'll go and shakes it slightly.
Mattia: Nothing. WAIT—
He points at some tracks along the dirt.
Mattia: Tire tracks, follow them.
We follow them as far as they go and end up at a cabin.
Mattia: Lean it over and I'll hop out and investigate.

I do as he says and watch as he runs around the property, I look behind me and see some of the other competitors pretty far behind. Mattia comes running out with a paper in his hand and climbs back into the helicopter, I start moving so that nobody could follow us.
Mattia: This is what she gets for rejecting me, she should've thought harder about who she really loved.
You: Does it say anything else?
He examines the paper a bit before speaking again.
Mattia: Looking for me is a challenge, but who's not up for a little duck hunt? Military bases are fun, maybe I'll go there—
You: No fucking way, we'll get shot down.
Mattia: Let me finish. Maybe I'll go there, or maybe I'll go to my house in the downtown area.
You: Ok, downtown it is.

We fly for a few minutes until we see something a little weird, a guy standing in the edge of a building.
Mattia: Is he gonna jump?
You: God I hope not.
We look again and notice him staring at us before running into the building.
You: THATS HIM.
I slowly land the helicopter and Mattia and I start running down the stairs of the building. We stop at the lobby and split up to look around, I feel like something wild is gonna happen. Then I hear a gun being cocked back and I turn to Mattia.
You: Look out!
Mattia turns and is barely missed by the shot as I pull my gun out and shoot the shooters hand.
Girl: Drop your weapon.
I turn around and place the gun on the ground, Mattia looks at me fearful.
Girl: Hello Layla.
You: Madison.
Madison: Fancy seeing you here.
You: I could say the same to you.
She smirks and picks up the gun, but before she has a chance to do anything, I kick her in the face. I pick up the gun and point it at her.
You: Where'd he go?
Madison: I- I don't know what you're talking about.
I pick her up by her hair and aim the gun straight at her head, my finger lightly squeezing the trigger.
You: Madison, don't make this hard. You have 5 seconds to tell me where he went or I'm gonna shoot you. Choose your fate.
I begin to count down as she breathes heavily.
You: 5...
Nothing.
You: 4...
Still nothing.
You: 3...
Madison: He went to the hotel across the street!

I drop her and signal for Mattia to follow, he runs fast to catch up to me.
Mattia: Holy shit.
You: Hurry we can't lose him.
We walk into the lobby of the hotel and ask the staff if they've seen a man just run in and if they know what floor he's on.
Secretary: If you're talking about Mr. Kerstin, he's in room 685.
You: Great thank you so much.
Mattia grabs my hand and runs us to the elevator, we quickly step on and look out the side to see the other people run into the lobby. The doors open and we run to the room, I knock softly.
Man: Who is it?
You: Housekeeping.
He opens the door sneakily as I point the gun at him.
You: Xavier Kerstin?
He opened the door fully and chuckled evilly.
Man: You caught me.
His hands held up above his head as Mattia and I each grabbed one.

We lead him down the stairs and into the other building, I didn't realize how many flights of stairs there were. We finally arrive at the helicopter and sit him in it, then I began to fly back to the building. Mattia and I walk the man in and stand in front of the professor, he looks at us amused.
Liam: Impressive, both of you. Call all the students back.
Mattia and I smile at each other, we did it.
Mattia: I have to ask you something?
You: Go for it.
Mattia: What if we join forces?