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Chapter 4 - Chapter 4: MISSION TIME

Once I was done I went down just in time and met dad in a stunning black tuxedo and just like that the same black car pulled up to take us to the mansion .On the way there me and dad didn't speak much and he didn't even ask me how I planned to distract them.

'Wow he must have a lot of faith in me', I said sarcastically in my head of course and while I was ranting about how he didn't show even the slightest bit of concern when his only daughter was about to enter a room filled with mafia bosses and mentally ill people the car pulled up to a twenty storey mansion that looked straight out of a fairytale with the walls as white as snow and plants that lined every corner of the surroundings with creepers that snaked around the two large pillars that greeted you in the front of the building. I had to hand it to them, this place was impressive.

Anyways, before me and dad got down he told me that my name for the sake of this mission is Emily Smith and he was my father Jack smith , which where by the way the whitest sounding names he could come up with but hey I wasn't complaining.

I came out of the car with dad behind me and together we walked into the mansion in which the ball was being held in on the bottom floor which made me question what they used the rest of those floors for, probably hiding contraband and illegal items but there was no time to judge them as we made our way towards the door where we were greeted by a butler.

'Your names please',the young butler no older than fifteen greeted with a smile . Only for dad to look left and right and shake and hug the butler and to say I was lost is an understatement.

'An I supposed to know who this is?' I asked dad in confusion

'And who is this pretty young lady ', The Young butler whose name I didn't know asked

'Oh that's right you two haven't met, Mikaela this young man is Noah and Noah this is my first and only daughter Mikaela '.

'Nice to meet you', I and Noah both said in unison as we shook.

Dad went on to explain how Noah worked with him and how he was one of Aegis'(the spy company's) youngest spies and how he would help us .

As he was talking someone else opened the door and dad winked to Noah and we went on our way, once we got into the venue we made our way to the organizer of the event, who everybody refered to as' Joker', I guess to avoid giving out names . Once we made our way over to home we introduced ourselves and I don't know how but he didn't ask who we were , I would like to think that my guardian angel was at our side . So 'Joker' after talking to dad turned his attention to me and he said 'why what a pretty lady you are', To which I replied 'Thank you sir I am flattered '. Well after I said that he said and I quote 'dont call me sir it makes me feel old call me Joker . Oh and by the way there's someone I would like you to meet'

And with that he signalled for his son to come over and introduced him to me as Frank and the air to his empire. I looked at him and wondered if he knew what his father did for a living,but I got that idea out of my head because that's was not my business or so I taught until he asked me to dance and to avoid looking suspicious I agreed and we went to the dance floor and dad used the opportunity to excuse himself to get whatever it was that we where here to retrieve and I was like you know what I'm going to wow everybody with my dancing because that would be a distraction right. So me and Frank went up to the dance floor where salsa music started playing,now bare in mind that I have only watched tutorials on YouTube so this should be fun. And so we started dancing and I don't know if it was the fear of getting caught in a room filled with criminals but I danced amazingly which drew the attention of those In attendance and I just prayed that It would give dad enough time to get whatever it was that we needed to retrieve.

Halfway through the song alarms started blaring and not even ten seconds later I see dad running down the stars towards the back of the mansion and signalling for me to run which draws the crowd's attention and everybody is looking at him in shock, while the guests in attendance were looking at dad I yanked my hand out of Frank's and made a run for it. If you didn't know already it is extremely difficult to run in heels .

So I'm running for my life in heels and out of nowhere ten huge bulky men show up and start chasing us , 'Such a great way to spend a Friday evening ',I yelled, irritation visible in my tone of voice , now that I was running next to dad he took my hand and threw something that looked like a grenade at them but thank the heavens that it wasn't or else we would have left with more than a scratch. Turns out it was a smoke bomb which clouded their judgement literally and allowed is to get away.

Bare in mind dad was still holding whatever it was that he went to retrieve and once we got outside he threw the thingy to Noah which he caught effortlessly and all three of us made our way to the car that was waiting for us outside the house which I realized that I had no Idea who was driving it ,but I was currently being chased by tenen who look like they inject steroids with every meal , needless to say that wasn't my priority at the moment but I made a mental note to ask dad later, after we got into the car I thought we were home free but turns out I was wrong because those men got Into sport cars and started chasing us and then the car went into hyper speed . If I'm being honest I felt like I was in Fast and Furious 10 . We went down alleys, took over ten very sharp left and right turns and finally we lost them and thankfully we got to the house. I wanted to thank the driver but then I realized that it was a self driving car. If I'm being honest it drives better than some people I've met.

Anyways we got into the house and I basically threw my shoes in corner and passed out on the couch which ultimately led to both dad and Noah chuckling but I was too tired to care when I was about to drift up to fall asleep on the couch I heard dad tell me 'congrats on a successful mission Mikaela ' and seeing I was tired a murmured and inaudible thanks

'We will go drop this off tomorrow ', dad saod waving the thingy in the air only for me to barely give a reaction.

'Oh and Mikaela you have to come with us to Aegis tomorrow', and that woke me up in a flash .

'What!Why?,' I asked in confusion only for dad to say that I played an active role in the mission and that it was only right that I formally introduced myself to them and who knew maybe they might recruit me as a spy and then I would dethrone Noah as the youngest spy In Aegis . Noah whow as barely paying attention suddenly started to when he heard what dad had said and do you know what he said. 'Woah let's not go that far what makes you think that Aegis would want a little girl as and agent ' and if I wasn't convinced before, I was convinced now I had to prove this uncultured specimen wrong, so I replied 'Let's see shall we ', he had a very smug look on his face until I said 'Lets make a bet , If they make me an agent you have to admit that you were wrong and pay me five hundred dollars because I'm still an American citizen and if they don't I'll admit I was wrong and pay you five hundred pounds because we're in England ',

At that he smirked and said 'Prepare to make me five hundred pounds richer', To which I replied with and equally as smug 'prepare to become five hundred dollars poorer' and while we were doing all this dad only stood there looking at us helplessly as we shook in a rather hostile manner.