Secret Agent Teens: An Original Miller South Teens Story

Chapter 4: High School Take-Down

While the boys were goofing around, someone dressed in all black walked into the school. Mason took notice of the mysterious man, which made him turn and walk away.

"Hey, Mason. You alright?" Finn asked.

"What? Yeah, I'm fine," Mason lied. "Let's get to class."

Finn was confused but simply said: "Alright."

As Mason and Finn were walking to class, Mason saw the man in black again and began to follow him.

"Mason? Where are you going?" Finn asked. Mason just ignored him.

The man in black went downstairs to lose Mason, but he was still on his tail. Finn trailed along as well.

"I'm getting the feeling you're not over this protector stuff," Finn affirmed.

Meanwhile, Dylan, Brian, and Xenna arrived at Firestone to begin the mission.

"Remember," Dylan began. "Our first goal is to find three teenagers named Finn, Mason, and Lexi. If anything weird happens, send out a signal through your watch."

The agents went their separate ways. Dylan checked the cafeteria while Brian headed towards the gym. Xenna went downstairs to the library.

"Brian, found anyone?" Dylan asked through his digital watch.

"No sign of them, man," Brian responded. "We're in a high school. How would we know what they look like?"

"Just keep looking." Dylan switches over to Xenna. "Xe, any luck?"

"Nothing, Dilly," Xenna sighed. "If we're lucky, they'll run into us."

Suddenly, the man in black bumped into Xenna while Mason ran past her.  Finn ran into her and caught her before she could fall.

"Sorry. I'm sorry. Are you alright?"

Xenna tried to say something, but the only thing that came out of her mouth was a stutter. Suddenly, Finn heard Mason call his name.

"Finn!"

"Sorry. I have to go. Name's Finn, by the way." Finn said hastily. Then, he ran to look for Mason. "I'm coming, bro! Hang on!"

"Xenna?" Dylan said through her watch. "Xenna? What was that?"

"Hold on, Dylan. I think I found them."

Xenna hangs up her watch and follows Finn. Meanwhile, Finn arrived behind Mason, but stopped in his tracks when he saw the man in black had them at gunpoint.

"Finn," Mason said. "You don't happen to have a weapon I can borrow, do ya?"

"No...?"

The man cocks his gun.

"...that's what I thought."

Before the man could shoot, Lexi knocked him out from behind with her backpack.

"Lexi!" Mason and Finn exclaimed. They noticed they were hugging and immediately pushed each other off.

"Thanks, Lex."

"Yeah, we're happy to see you," Finn added.

"I hear that a lot," Lexi responded smugly.

Suddenly, four more people dressed in black arrived and surrounded the freshmen.

"Looks like we have ourselves a fight here, guys," said Mason.

The crooks attacked the freshmen, but they moved out of the way just in time. Mason fought off two of them while Lexi and Finn each handled one. When Xenna arrived, she caught a glimpse at what was happening. She hid behind a corner and began to record the teens on her phone for Dylan and Brian to see.

"Dylan. Brian. Are you guys getting this?"

"Yeah, I see it," Dylan said as he was watching the video on his watch. "These guys are good."

"Are those the ones we're looking for?" Brian said.

"I'm pretty sure. A boy ran into me earlier and said that his name was Finn."

"Alright. We're on our way."

While the boys were making their way downstairs, Mason and his friends had the all-black goons in a pile, worn out and defeated.

"You guys okay?" Mason asked.

"Of course we're okay, man," Finn responded.

While Mason and Finn did their handshake, Xenna appeared from the corner.

"Wow. That was awesome." The teens turn to see Xenna. "What you guys did was amazing."

"That? Oh, no, it was nothing," Mason shrugged.

"Yeah, nothing exciting at all," Lexi added.

"No, for real. You guys are perfect. Strong. Incredible. Courageous. Exactly what we need."

"Hear that? She called me 'courageous'," Finn blushed.

"I'm sorry, miss, but we're not who you think we are."

"Yes, you are. Trust me, the agency will be thrilled to have you."

" 'Agency'?" Finn asked.

"I'm sorry, but we're just freshmen," Lexi explained.

"Please? You need to join the team."

"Wait, what team? Who are you, anyway?" Lexi asked.

"Oh, right. Sorry. My name's Xenna Woods. I'm part of the APSPA, the Akron Public Schools Protection Agency," Xenna explained as she showed them her badge. "I have been a secret agent since my eighth grade year. Now, it's your turn."

"Wait. Wait a minute. Time out," Finn replied. "So, let me get this straight: you want us to join your team and become secret agents?"

"Yes."

At first, the freshmen look at each other in silence. Suddenly, Finn began to laugh and fell to the floor, with Mason doing the same. Lexi just stood there, snickering.

"She-she said 'Secret Agents'," Finn said in between laughs.

"That's-that's funny," Mason added. "Real...funny."

"You don't believe me?"

While they were laughing, Xenna's digitalwatch morphed into a fully charged wrist gun. The teens stopped laughing when she aimed her gun at the ceiling. She fired at the ceiling five times, causing pieces of drywall to crumble to the ground, almost hitting the teens. Xenna's gun morphed back into her watch as they stood there, surrounded by drywall, awestruck.

"Believe me now?" Xenna asked.

"I'm in!"

"Me too!"

"Sign me up."

Xenna folded her arms and smiled with satisfaction.