Getaway Car

|| Prologue ||

Prologue  ||   Getaway Car
Written by: anikaaaaathena
All Rights Reserved. 2020.

"This is the National Intelligence Agency President of the Special Forces Unit speaking." A male's voice echoed in the room. I was sleeping when a broadcast on television was broadcasted especially for us---me and my best friend for years, Kristine, I call her Kris for short. I sat up in my bed, hugging one of my pillows.

I rubbed my eyes and focused on the screen. There were words flashed but it was blurry for me.

"There is a special task being handed to us by the government." I looked at Kris, she looked so serious and focused on the announcement. "We'll be assigning a group to handle this but we've chosen one that's going to handle everything in the field."

"Parisienne Zapfino." From being half asleep I suddenly became awake when I heard my name being mentioned. Kris looked at me with disbelief, she was shaking her head while looking at me. I was only a recruit and I'm being given a case to handle? This soon?

"Make Calisto Roberts fall in love with you," the voice faded and the words, "The Getaway Car Case", were shown on the screen. So, it's the name of the operational plan.

I was in shock. I was left staring at the television screen, not knowing what to do. The broadcast ended and I'm still sitting in bed while my hair's a mess. Kris approached me and nudged me.

"You don't have to accept it if you don't want to but you'll have no choice in the end, you need to take it." She sat beside me with her coffee in her hands. I sighed.

Why did she even help the higher-ups to recruit me? Was it really because I am fond of playing the detective when we were high school students? Or was it because she saw potential in me?

I gazed at her seriously. "Why does it have to be me?"

"They already have Calisto's profile. You seem to be like his type."

"That shithead has a type?" I asked, surprised. He doesn't seem the one who'll fall in love with someone.

"Hey, he's also human."

"Yeah, a bad one."

Calisto is one of the high profile ranking criminals in our country. He's the boss of all the bosses. He is the mastermind. And I can't believe that we decided to take him down using the "make him fall in love" strategy. This is not a part of my plan.

"But why do we need to make him fall for me?"

"You'll know tomorrow."

I frowned.

"You're being summoned to the headquarters, check your phone." She raised her phone and I glanced over her phone. There was a text message.

"That fast?" I raised my voice in surprise. I approached her and checked her phone. I'm being summoned. Wow, this is legit. I'll be working on my first case immediately.

I can't wait to end this.

I wore a black turtleneck partnered with a matching plaid blazer and pants for today. Yesterday still shocks me. I still can't believe this is my first day handling a case. I quickly grabbed my black heels and went outside my room. I was greeted by Kris in her black and white outfit, she's going to accompany me to the headquarters before she proceeds to their 'makeshift' office, near the headquarters.

She has a case to handle right now and I'm afraid I won't work with her in my first case. She and her team are handling an international case that involves 3 companies. They're under a disguise and they are pretending to be a small insurance company.