Chapter 4

Chapter 4: Meet the new recruits

We managed to get out of the forest with Maya holding onto me for support. Once we were out and onto the main road, a car sent by the agency was waiting for us and we quickly got in.

I quickly took Maya to the med bay once we got back to headquarters. Maya was more wounded than the rest of us probably because she was on top of the van, so I made sure that she was attented to first.

Matthew, who was at the back seat got hurt to and was bleeding from his injured arm while Luca and I were scratched a little but then again his was more serious than mine. I feel really bad, if only I was smart enough to come up with a safer plan instead of just recklessly blowing up our car, then none of them would have gotten hurt.

I'm just grateful that none of them got shot, otherwise...

I left my team in the med bay, deciding to try and walk off my guilt. I also needed to check in with Agent Mark, my uncle and give him all the data we had gathered.

But when I got there, he wasn't in his office which is weird because he almost never leaves his office. So I went to ask his secretary, Mr. Mick, about his whereabouts.

"Good morning Mr. Mick" I greeted since it was already morning when my team and I got back.

"Morning Andrea. It's already 9:30, you and your team took quite sometime on your mission." He replied with his usual snarky tone. "Yes, I'm aware. I went on the mission. There was just a bit of hold up on the way here." I replied matching his attitude.

"Do you know where my uncle is Mr. Mick?"

He sighed and glared at me before answering. "Your uncle went out to meet with a source, he'll be back in the afternoon. He said you should drop everything you were able to bring back with me. In the mean time, he left you some surprises in the lounge, it's best you go with your friends." He said smirking as he said the last sentence.

What a crack pot.

"Okay whatever you say." I said and handed over the flash to him. "Oh and when my uncle gets back, tell him I dropped by." I said and left to check upup on my team.

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"How are they? Nothing's broken right?" I asked the nurses who were leaving the med bay as I entered. They simply shook their heads and scurried off. There was only one medical personnel left in the med bay with my friends and that was Dr. Pashivk . Dr. Pashivk is the most trusted and talented medical personnel we have at the agency. She was what many refer to as a child prodigy. Currently twenty nine, she had joined the agency as a doctor at the young age of fifteen and has been working here ever since.

"You can breathe now Andrea, I can here your slurred heart beat from here." She said wrapping Maya's leg in a cast. "Your friends are fine for the most part. There's no broken bones or serious injuries. The boys are fine and just have to wait a few days for their wounds to heal but Maya has a fractured knee probably from when she jumped of the van. I guess her body wasn't trained enough for that kind of physical stress.

She'll be fine in a few weeks, an estimate of 6 weeks of recovery and bed rest is needed for your body to fully heal since you actually walked with a fractured knee.

In the meantime, you'll wear a brace and have a crutch just incase but you should sit or lie down most of the time. You also need to eat foods rich in fibre, calcium and protein to help your bones heal better. And under no circumstances do you use your leg to do strenuous work, otherwise you could have permanent damage.

Do you understand young lady?" Dr. Pashivk said getting up to leave the room.

I turned to my friends once Dr. Passive left the room. "I'm so glad you guys are okay. I'm so sorry, it's my fault you guys got hurt."

"Who else would be blamed, if not for your recklessness and inability to think through before you act my cousin won't have a broken knee." Matthew snapped at me and Maya glared at him.

"Dude relax, stop yelling at my sister."

"Before you start overthinking, don't worry yourself about me, I'm completely fine. My leg doesn't even hurt anymore and it's literally a dream come true- I get to lie down and eat as much food as I like everyday. I'll be living like a queen." Maya said with a reassuring smile.

"I'm sorry." I said my voice barely above a whisper as I pulled her into a warm embrace.

We all sat in silence enjoying the feel of the moment for a while. "So I spoke to Mick and uncle's not here yet but apparently, he left some 'surprises' for us in the lounge, who wants to come with me and check it out?." I asked. "Luca and I will come with you, Maya you're staying here." Matthew replied with an asservative tone.

"What!? Why? I want to come too." Maya whined trying to protest.

"You're not coming cuz, you need to rest your leg." Matthew replied in a more sensitive and soft tone.

"But... fine. I'll stay back."

"Okayyy, let's go then." Luca said and the three of us left the room. We walked towards the lounge and met Mr. Darren at the door, supposedly waiting for us. Mr. Darren is my uncle's personal assistant and right hand man. He assists my uncle both at work and at the agency. "Good afternoon children, where's Maya?" He asked once we were close enough to him. "Oh she's in the med bay. Resting." I replied feeling an intense pang of guilt.

"Very well then, come with me." He said opening the door to the lounge. Inside the lounge were five teenagers about our age.

"Kids, meet the agency's newest recruits, Martha, Tiffany, Jack, Skylar and Skye. Recruits, meet Andrea, Matthew and Luca. I will notify you all when Mr. Wilson arrives in the meantime, you kids should get further acquainted." He said and left the room.

New recruits?

That certainly didn't make any sense. Remember when I said that the team and I were the best ten spies in the agency? Ya, I kind of lied about that.

What I meant to say was that we were the ONLY teen spies in the agency. Only the most exceptional and talented kids like Matthew and Maya got into the organisation. The agency did recruitment's once in every two years but never found any suitable candidates so it had just been me and my friends ever since.

It feels quite belittling though. These obviously special and trained five teenagers had managed get accepted into the organisation while I might as well have practically bought and weaseled my way in from another's perspective.

"Okayyy. My name is Luca, this is my best friend, Matthew and this is my twin sister, Andrea."

"I know who you are, my big sister works here and she told me all about you. You two are the niece and nephew of the big boss, Mr. Wilson is it? The two of you are the spoilt spy wannabes who only work here because they're uncle's the boss." The girl named Tiffany said in the most mocking and insulting tone I've ever heard.

"What?" I asked offended by her choice of words and brazeness but she completely ignored me and turned to Matthew.

"But you, I've never heard of you before. You're quite the catch." She said shamelessly running her fingers over Matthew shirt. "Get your hands off me weirdo. You can't talk about my friend and his bratty sister like that." He said moving away from Tiffany. "Oooo and you're feisty and protective too. 'Rawr'" She said itching closer to Matthew. Her brazeness made me want to puke and from the looks of it, her behavior was obviously making Luca and Matthew uncomfortable too.

I slid between the two of them "Keep moving psycho, I don't know who you think you are coming in here and spouting all sort of nonesense. Who the hell is your sister anyways?"

"Why? So you can have her fired? Huh Daddy's little girl? Oh wait I forgot your dad abandoned you." That monster said glaring at me.

"Oh you didn't just say that. You monster!!." I yelled trying to lounge at her but Matthew held me back. "Let me go!! I can take her, she deserved it." I yelled trying to pull myself out of his firm grip but he wouldn't let go.

"Umm... I'm Skye and this is my older brother Skylar and no we are not twins, just siblings." Another girl introduced presumably trying to break the tension.

"Oh hi, it's really nice to meet you both." I replied.

But just then, Mr. Darren walked in "Mr. Wilson has arrived and requests all of you be present in the meeting room. Come with me." He said ignoring the obvious thick tension in the room.

Classic Mr. Darren.