'only 6 hours left--'
I look at the notification once again before shifting my focus to the man, "Alright then, let's get some wrinkles sorted out, you know what I mean don't you?"
He nodded and after a brief pause a man entered the room and placed a briefcase in front of him before promptly leaving, I looked at him with a raised eyebrow as he said, "Your brother will be given immunity if he gives up his source and agrees to a rehabilitation period of at least a month, your family won't know a thing if you don't want to but I think it would be wise to at least give them a hint, you will be gone for an unknown amount of time. Are there any wrinkles I missed?"
'That about covers it... and Mel of course--'
"What's the pay like?"
I tried throwing them off but the man easily answered, "250,000 Pounds per year"
'Damn, helping the government pays bread--'
"What about telling other people outside the family? Can I hint about anything?" that seems to get a reaction out of both of them, they shared a glance as the girl shakes her head slightly and the man mimics her motion.
'Something is off here'
"I am sorry Mr.Richards but anyone outside the family is off-limits."
I shuddered at him calling me Mr.Richards but I moved past that and sighed, "Alright I guess that's okay" I hesitated for a second before asking, "did my brother and sister got flagged?"
He shook his head and said, "No they did not, we are having them followed currently, but they seem to show no abnormal activity" at my slightly confused look he added, "All members of the task force are given a special security bubble, all their family members are given protection against most common threats..."
'But I am not a member... forget it for now--'
"What is this task force and who are you, it's high time I got some details?"
'There was no mention of any secret agent organization in the reports, is it MI6?'
"My name is Mason Harper and to my right is Ellie Avery"
"What what? I thought she was his daughter--"
"Right!" they both opened the drawer and pulled a small box out of it before removing their contact lenses and wigs, I looked at them with a confused expression and immediately recognized that they didn't look anything like each other except some similarities in their bone structure.
"The brain sees what it wants to see Mr.Richards, this was all part of your test and to see how your brain responds to unknown threats, both Ellie and I are agents serving in MI6--"
While Mason explained how the test worked my gaze was stuck on Ellie's appearance, rather than blond hair she was now a redhead, a dark red color along with brown eyes, I couldn't describe how I felt but somehow this look fit her better than the previous one. Mason on the other hand looked a little older with his little greyed hair but still seemed to give off a professional vibe.
"--so to test your brains cognitive response and if you could see patterns and respond accordingly, the whole play was set in motion, also it was for Ellie's benefit because she will be joining you to the unknown, and for a lack of better words, 'she didn't want to be stuck with a brainless moron'"
At the final statement, Ellie glared at Mason a little as he chuckles, I just keep nodding to his brief story lost in my own thoughts but catching the last bit I was debating whether to call their bluff or not.
'they could be trying to humanize them and look more appealing, or maybe I am thinking too much'
"I need to visit people back home, and I need those immunity papers" Mason nods at my statement as he reaches into the briefcase and pulls out a folder, and throws it along the desk, I open it quietly and along with a lot of terms and legal terms, there were three places at the end.
'so this agreement is binding to both me and Alex, and the rehabilitation center--'
I looked at Mason in the eye but he looked ready to deny everything, I closed the file and kept it while eyeing the folder with evidence regarding Alex, "I'm gonna need that" I indicated the folder and Mason nodded before pushing the briefcase towards me.
'Carrying convenience?'
I opened the briefcase and along with an MI6 badge, there was also a Glock-17 in the briefcase along with a hostler. I gave him a weird look so he replied, "We know you don't have firearm training but this is just an additional security measure and every agent is issued one, the safety is turned off and I would advise not to touch it unless a matter of life and death. Plus your files are currently being changed to show that you have been an agent for at least 6 months and thus can do fieldwork."
'huh! didn't clear a thing but okay!'
"We just have 6 hours, I need to get back home and talk to mom, dad, and my siblings"
"We are currently 13 miles of the offshore from Portsmouth, we can get you back home in an hour but you need to get back to the island before the time limit is up, we do not know if the people teleported together will arrive at the same spot but if it does happen then we need every advantage we can get."
'makes sense'
"Alright let's move out quick." I take out the hostler a look, trying to figure out what to do with it before Ellie steps forward and crosses the table, and stands in front of me with her arm out. I place the hostler in her hands as she says, "you need to change out of these clothes, you can't wear a hostler in shorts" I chuckle and rubbed the back of my head but as I look in her eyes I could see she looked at me with a nostalgic look.
'what is this? does she know me, was I being followed by her, but why would she care about an unknown person that hasn't even joined the organization yet--'
I was broken out of my thoughts as Mason stepped up and pushed my back along to a new gate that opened and upon looking inside I could see a wide collection of formal attire those two were wearing but also along with it a wide array of informal clothes. I picked up blue Jeans and a white T-shirt along with a black blazer and paired up it with white shoes and a brow belt. I looked at myself in the mirror admiring the clean look before nodding to myself and leaving the room.
Ellie and Mason were waiting but the air between them was weird, It seems that they had an argument and Ellie stepped up and then bent before me before showing me how to strap the hostler in my belt, "--you just attach the straps with your belt like this and it should stay in place" I ignored what she said as I was looked at her slightly exposed cleavage as she strapped it before standing up and fixing my blazer, as I look into her eyes she turned her gaze away and then returned to her previous spot.
'yeah something is definitely weird about her? did she go through my porn collection as a background check, because secretary porn is a very rational fetish--'
"Let's move on Mr.Richards," Ellie said, her voice once again struck me off guard as I quickly nodded, and after picking up the briefcase followed her out of the room, my eyes strayed to her slightly swaying ass as I followed her into an elevator which took us up to a rooftop where a helicopter was waiting to take us back to London.
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I step out of the helicopter and my head was buzzing a little from the noise as I took of the noise cancellation headphones?
'whatever, she is definitely weird though--'
As most of my attention was focused on Mason, I didn't observe Ellie much, she looked like a typical teenager accept the stoic face and formal attire was a little weird, a black car was waiting for us and she opened the door and slid in so I slipped in from the other side.
'well, they definitely have class--'
The car was a black Audi R-8 with tinted windows that only government vehicles are permitted to have, I looked at her and asked, "So what's with the look?"
"What look?" She fired back without looking at me.
"The I-know-something-about-you look that you have been giving me since the interrogation room?"
"There was no look, anyway you need to put the gun in the hostler, it was not supposed to be left in the briefcase." She gave me an annoyed look so I held my hands up and opened the briefcase and fasten the gun to my waistline before making sure that the safety was off.
"Straight to your home?" She asked but I shook my head earning a surprised look.
"Yeah, I have a place I need to visit first, speaking of which, what happened to my phone?" My response produced another conflicted look before she pulled out a phone from inside her suit and passed it to me. I told her an address as I switched my phone on and it started getting bombarded with notifications.
'...Ry? where are you? Is your practice taking longer than expected?- Mel'
'...Ryan, I talked to Mark your practice was completed an hour ago, and when did you get hurt?- Mel'
'...Ry, Mel came home looking for you, we can't reach you, where are you? -Mom'
'...This isn't funny Ry...- Mel'
There were a dozen messages from both Mel and Mom and a couple from Alex and Lily, as soon as I finished reading all the messages my phone buzzed with a call from Mel, I hesitated for a second before picking it up.
"Hello?" I started with a clear voice about to apologize when her annoyed voice blasts through the phone, "Fuck your hello, where are you?"
I chuckle and said, "calm down Mel, I am on my way back, I'll see you in a couple of hours."
"I'm with aunty waiting for you back home, so I expect to see you as soon as possible mister." She paused for a second before asking, "Are you okay?"
'she worries too much!'
"Yeah I'm fine idiot, what will happen to me? I'll see you in a bit okay, and is everybody home?"
"Yeah everybody's worried about you, how long will it be?" I could hear worry still laced in her voice. I looked at the time and I realized I have been gone for around 7-8 hours with no contact.
"Just tell everyone to stay-put, we have a family emergency" My words alarmed her as she immediately started asking questions in a rapid-fire manner so I had to conjure every ounce of strength to tell her to calm down, "-I'll be home in under an hour okay, just keep calm, I'll see you in a bit."
I clicked my phone shut and sighed as I turn to see Ellie giving me another one of her looks, "What?"
"Nothing, we're here." I notice that the car has stopped so I got out and walked to one of my uncle's house.
*Ring*
It took him a second to open the door and I quickly entered as he laughed and patted my back while hugging me, "Ryan so nice to meet you, you don't stop by as often as you did when you were little kiddo-"
A genuine smile came onto my face as I laughed along and jabbed, "who came to meet you, I just came to spend some time with my beautiful aunt."
Uncle grinned and pushed me along and I notice Aunty coming to greet me while wearing an apron, "Ryan, you just came at the right time, I was just preparing some snacks and tea." I hugged her and said, "Later Aunty--" I turned to Uncle and looked at his receding hairline and sharp green eyes, resisting the impulse to jab another joke I said, "I need your help with something uncle" looking at my serious face his expression turned serious and he nodded before turning to his office, I kissed my aunt on the cheek and followed him into his office and placed both the immunity document and folder in front of him.
"I need a Lawyer, Uncle"
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