A Life Of Intrigue

Visiting HQ

After the handshake, Cornor asked through gritted teeth," Mr. Rodriguez, could I have a private talk with you?" Mr. Rodriguez gave him a once over and said," I don't do private talks. Who knows if you are going to kill me? Now do you still want to have a 'private talk'?"

I have only been in his presence for a few minutes but I already knew that this man was an asshole.

Cornor looked like he was ready to shove his metal rod down his bosses throat but he clenched his fists and bit back his anger.

Mr. Rodriguez smirked and said," I didn't think so." I couldn't help but hate this version of him. A minute ago he seemed sorry for me and looked genuinely concerned when he broke the bad news to me, now he seemed like a complete jerk.

OMG, my father! I need to call mom now and go to the hospital. I took out my phone and said," I have to call my mother Mr. Rodriguez, she needs me," as I dialed my mom's number.

He turned into the sweet man I met at first and said," You don't have to call me Mr. Rodriguez. Call me Dave. And don't worry about your family, we took care of them. Now, follow us and we will begin training you on how to become a great spy. Only then can you get the revenge you deserve."

I knew for a fact that I couldn't trust this man, but he seemed so genuine... I mentally slapped myself and reminded myself that he was a jerk.

Because I didn't want him as an enemy whatsoever, so I put my phone back in my pocket and wrote a mental note to call my mom as soon as he got his eyes off me.

He gestured for us to go outside and we did. He followed behind us and whistled loudly as he walked. Drones immediately fell from the sky and landed lightly in front of us.

What was it with them and drones? Couldn't they use cars like normal people?

We all got onto our individual drones and I grimaced as they lifted off, wishing Cornor was there so that I could hold onto him.

Alexa, what the hell are you thinking! He is a cool boy, who never takes a glace at you.

But he even kissed me, right?

Maybe it was a dare or something. Don't be dumb!

But he even spent time with me. He even saved my life earlier.

The mental argument was making my head throb. I decided to forget it and focus on the perfect opportunity to call my mom, when Dave stopped looking at me.

The problem was, he always seemed to look at me. The whole situation made me start sweating buckets of water.

When we got to their headquarters whatsoever, he finally left me alone and focused on all the spies and workers crowding him and asking him questions.

I fished my phone out of my pocket and started dialling my mom's number as fast as my little fingers could go.

Before I could hit the call button, someone swiped my phone away from me and I watched it be thrown into a bin.

I was speechless. My shock quickly turned to anger as I looked up, rage in my eyes," You ... you..."

"Phones are not allowed in HQ. Don't worry, they'll buy you a new, untraceable one or something," said a bored voice, belonging to Alex!

"You're also a spy?" I asked, my expression back to shock.

"Ummm ... No. I'm just the guy who waits at the door for new people and take their phones away. Sucks," Alex said.

"How did you get here?" I ask.

"Cornor brought me here and they told me to wait at the entrance for some weirdo. The only person who came looked pretty dangerous and scared the shit out of me. I ran away and when I looked back, I saw the most crazy thing. The creepy man was looking at me with a caring expression and some sadness in his face," Alex shuddered then looked at me.

"Come to think of it, he looked kind of like -" he was cut off when I was called by Cornor,"Alexa! Get your butt in here or I'm going to explode!"

That's it. The kind, sweet Cornor that I had started getting used to was gone. I ran in, waving goodbye to Alex, who just rolled his eyes and turned around. What a jerk!

I went down the corridor and took three rights(actually, I didn't know where the heck I was going) and finally got to what looked like a training room.

I gasped when I saw Alexis talking business with Cornor. "Make sure she is ready for what is coming. She is now entirely in your hands," Cornor said, looked at me, gave me a brief nod and left, still holding his ribs.

"Hi, Alexa. So you're in this mix now, huh?" Alexis asked.

"Yeah. Avenging my father and all that shit. How did you get into this mix?" I asked her.

"I'm actually not even sure. Alex just invited me to a club called the Alex club, it's supposed to be a club for people with the word Alex in their names. One day, when the 'Alex club' was meeting, which was just me and him, he told me that we were going for a trip and he brought me here. At first I was put on the roof to keep a lookout or something but at that day, a creepy man showed up and almost made me piss myself. I was about to jump down the escape shoot when I saw the man cast a faraway look at me and disappear. From then I refused to keep a lookout and they gave me this job instead." Alexis explained.

So the creep had a soft spot for both of them... I was snapped out of my thoughts when Alexis said," Now, let's start training. You have to change into these first."

She gave me grey sweat pants a sports bra and a jacket. I put them on and went back to the training room. Alexis smiled and said," I didn't know you were this hot. No wonder Cornor is into you."

I could feel my cheeks go red. It made Alexis laugh and say," Awww. Are you blushing? Okay. Enough with the games. Let's start."

After that sentence, I went through excruciating exercises and tests that left me drained. "Great job! No one I've trained has ever been this good," Alexis said.

"Thanks," I replied, panting. She then showed me to the showers and after, we left with Cornor and Alex.

As I was walking, I felt someone watching me. When I looked at the dark alley, I couldn't help but scream.

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