Entry #4 wrote:“This is Agent Wilyn calling Agent Snubs. Agent Snubs? Come in, Agent Snubs!”
“This is Agent Snubs.”
“We have a situation in Alpha Sector 5-89! We have to get over there immediately!”
“…”
“Agent Snubs? Are you there?”
“Meow”
The girl smiled, and laughed. Out on the front lawn of that two story house. Her white cat lay on the grass next to her. It was springtime, and all the trees were in blossom.
“Meow”
“You hungry, snubs?” the girl said, smiling. She began to walk towards the house. The cat got up, and followed. But suddenly, with a barrage of barking, and the sound of cracking wood, a pit bull broke through the neighbor’s back fence. The cat hollered a “MEOWR!” and then streaked towards the road. Wilyn heard this and turned, and saw a white Toyota coming down the road, and her white cat streaking straight towards it. “NO! SNUBS!” she yelled. But it was too late. She heard a ‘thump’ and a “MEOWR!” She closed her eyes and screamed. “SNUBS!!!”
It all came rushing back to her as she said the name. “Snubs. They call me… snubs.” “I see. Well, snubs, perhaps we’ll have to use our other methods to get some real information out of you. Now, then. Tell us what you know.”
“Now why would I do something like that?” she asked “You’re the enemy. And I’ve been trained to never give in to the enemy.”
“You will give in. Whether you want to or not. I would rather you just tell us now, though.”
“Fine.” She said, sighing. “I’m a freelance agent. A friend of mine in the FBI called me a few months ago and asked me to take this case.”
“BEEP”
“That would be the lie detector, Miss ‘snubs’. That’s not going to work.”
“It’s not a lie.”
“You can’t fool us, snubs. Tell us the truth, or we’ll get the truth by… other methods.”
“I’ll never tell you.”
“Oh, are you so sure? Raymond, get the poor girl a glass of water, will you? She must be awfully exhausted; all that double-crossing can be very tiring.”
“Yes, boss”
“I’m not drinking anything you give me.” Snubs said
“Oh, snubs, you offend me! Now please, have some nice, refreshing water.” The man said, taking the glass from Raymond, who had returned.
“No.”
“You intend to die of dehydration, then?”
“Before I tell you anything.”
“Fine then. We’ll just have to do this by force. Raymond!” He snapped his fingers, and Raymond pounced. He grabbed snubs, and held her mouth open. The leader stepped forward, and began to pour the water into snubs’ mouth. “Now, snubs. Be a good girl. Swallow.” She didn’t. Instead, she spat the water all over the leader. “It’s okay.” The leader said. “The truth serum will still do its job.”
“Truth serum. I shoulda known.” Snubs said.
“Just a half hour or so should do it.” The leader said, grinning. “We have only to wait.”
A half hour later…
“Now then, “snubs”. Tell us the truth.”
“My name’s not snubs”
“We knew this. What is your name?”
“It’s Wilyn. Rose Wilyn”
“Alright, Miss Wilyn. Tell us. What are you doing here?”
“I’m an agent with the NSA. I was sent here on a mission.”
“What kind of mission?”
“It’s rather a long story.”
“We have time, Miss Wilyn.”
“Alright. It started yesterday. My superiors asked me to look into some strange occurrences in Cairo. I got on a plane and landed in Cairo later that day. I met my contact at the airport...”
“Agent Wilyn, I presume?” the man said. He was older than Wilyn had expected. He wore a black suit, and carried a briefcase. He didn’t look like a spy, but rather a businessman waiting for his plane.
“Your shoe is untied.” She said.
“Well I suppose I ought to buy new shoelaces.” He replied.
“Rather a strange codeword, don’t you think?” Wilyn asked
“Indeed. But if it identifies the other agent, it works.”
“I suppose. Now, where are we going?”
“The nearest place where we can talk without the enemy’s spies eavesdropping.”
“And that is?”
“That hotel across the street. It has a soundproof room. We’ve already checked it for bugs.”
They walked across the street and towards the front door of the hotel. As they were walking in, Wilyn saw a homeless man just outside the front door. She dug into her pocket and pulled out some change, and gave it to the man. He smiled and thanked her. Then they walked into the building. The other agent led her to a locked door made of thick metal. He pulled out a key, and unlocked the door. He opened it, and led Wilyn into a small room with plain white walls, a long table with fifteen chairs around it. The man gestured towards the table and chairs. “Have a seat” he said pleasantly.
“I’d rather stand, if you don’t mind.” Wilyn replied.
“Ah. You’re one of those agents.” He said knowingly.
“So. I was called here because of some strange occurrences?” Wilyn asked
“I wouldn’t call them strange, more like unnerving.” The man said
“Alright. Tell me about these unnerving occurrences” Wilyn said
“Certainly.” He said “We’ve been having some problems with a sort of terrorist group. They call themselves the-“
“I hope you have some backup agents.” Snubs interjected.
“I do.” The man replied “Why?”
“We’ve got a spy out front.” Wilyn replied. She pulled out her smartphone, and showed it to the other agent. On it was the homeless man. He had his own smartphone held to his ear. Wilyn pushed a button, and they could hear the sound of the homeless man’s voice. “They’re here. And they didn’t suspect a thing. The lady actually gave me some change.” He said with a laugh. The agent looked up from the screen. “The change. It was a camera. You suspected him the whole time!” “Quiet!” Wilyn hissed. The man complied. They could now hear the voice on the other end of the homeless man’s call. “Alright. Call your people, and tell them to close in.” Wilyn looked up. “Get your agents. We have to move.” “Got it.” The man pulled out a cell phone with one hand, and a gun with the other. He made a call, a said simply: “We’ve got a spy outside the front door, and more coming. Move in.”, then hung up. He then handed the phone to Wilyn. “This has all the information on it. I don’t think we’ll be able to meet for a while, and one of us may get captured. Guard this phone with your life. It has information about more than just the enemy.” He cocked his gun and ran off. “Real nice of him to leave me here all alone without a weapon.” Wilyn muttered. She walked over to the door and locked it. She hoped she would be safe in here. If not, there wasn’t much she could do. She was unarmed, and thus had to stay on the defensive.
“Sir?” the goon said, tapping his leader on the shoulder. “What is it, Mister..., what was your name again?” the man said, rather annoyed.
“It’s Bates, sir. Mr. Bates.” The goon replied.
“Yes, well, Mr. Bates, what is it?” he said, still annoyed.
“It’s our spy. He found something.” The goon said
“Go on, and be quick about it.”
“Well, the change the lady gave him… one of the coins had a camera hidden inside.” “WHAT!?” the leader said, screaming now, and no longer annoyed, rather, he was furious.
“I said-” the goon began.
“I KNOW WHAT YOU SAID!!!” he yelled. He pulled a gun from his coat, and leveled it at the goon’s head. “Is there anything else, Mr. Bates?”
“No, sir.” The goon said, turning as if to leave.
“Good.” The leader said, and then he pulled the trigger. He stepped over the goon, and over to a small microphone. “Change of plans.” He said. “Don’t try to wipe them out. Just get the girl, and get out.” He sighed and turned off the microphone. “Fools!” he cried.
They were at the door. Wilyn found a small closet and slipped inside. She turned on a light, and began to search for a weapon. She found nothing except a vacuum cleaner. Better than nothing. She heard a banging on the door. They were trying to break it down. After they had tried a few minutes with no success, they left. A few minutes later, they came back with a battering ram. The door finally gave after a few whacks. Wilyn turned off the light in the closet and poised to strike if they came too close. She wielded the vacuum cleaner like a club. When she heard someone say: “There’s a closet over here. Maybe she’s in there.”, she burst out, brandishing the vacuum cleaner. She conked one of the men with it, and hit another’s legs out from under him with it. But there were too many. Three jumped her from behind. She struggled, but went down. She noticed all the men were wearing gas masks. Then she noticed one of them taking out a small bottle. She gasped. “That’s right. Breathe deep.” The man said. He released the gas. Wilyn struggled to stay awake, but the gas was too strong. Her eyes closed, and sleep overcame her.
“And then I woke up here.” Wilyn finished.
“And what of the phone?” the man asked
“I read all the information while I was in the cell. I know everything, Elton Carmen.”
“Ah, well then, Rose Wilyn, I suppose I’ll just have to kill you then.” Mr. Carmen replied
“If you want to.” Wilyn replied. “Personally, though, I wouldn’t do that if I were you.”
“And why not?” he asked, somewhat sarcastically.
“Because I know not just about you, but about your enemies. You weren’t paying too much attention, were you?”
“Of course I was. The agent said there was more information than just about us.” Elton said matter-of-factly “But I know you won’t tell me, so I might as well just kill you now.”
“Better do it quick.” Wilyn said
“And why is that, Ms. Wilyn?” Carmen asked mockingly.
“That’s snubs to you.” She said, standing up from her chair.
“You’ve been untying yourself the whole time. How very clever. But with simply a snap of my fingers, you’ll be right back in your chair tied up again.”
“Well, see, this wasn’t all just to get myself untied.” Snubs replied “I’ve been stalling. Look behind you.”
“You expect me to fall for that, Ms. Wil- er- snubs?”
And then he fell. Snubs walked over to him, and saw a small dart in his back. It was just a tranquilizer dart, though. He’d wake up in a few hours in an interrogation room. She walked to the window, and saw him outside. It was the same agent she had met in Cairo. He held a small dart gun in his right hand, and a glass cutter in the other. There was a small round hole in the window. This was what she had been waiting for. She had discovered the tracking device on the phone when she was attempting to destroy it after she had read the information. After that, it was just a matter of stalling until the cavalry came. She could now hear the sound of the building being invaded, ransacked, and searched. She reached through the hole and grabbed the glass cutter, pulled it through the hole, then cut a hole large enough for her to crawl through. “That was remarkable, Agent Wilyn.” The other agent said, smiling. “You realize you just effectively shut down the entire terrorist operation, right?”
“I suppose I did.” She replied “Though it really wasn’t me. It was you with your tracking device.”
“It would have been worthless if you hadn’t stalled them. They would have found it and destroyed it otherwise.” The agent said “I’m quite impressed. In fact, I’ve been authorized to ask you to take on another case.”
“And what is this case?” Wilyn asked
“It’s a case that has been being worked on for nearly three years. It’s never been solved. It has to do with a gang in some town called Odyssey. They call themselves The Bones of Rath. We need you to go in and pose as the leader of a gang that counters these “Bones”, called the Israelites. We need you to go in, and solve the case.”
“Okay.” Snubs said. “When do I leave?”
“As soon as you’re ready.”
“I’m ready now”
“There’s a Jeep right over there, that’ll take you to the nearest airport and a private jet.”
“Thanks.” She said, turning towards the Jeep. Then she turned around again. “Oh! Here’s your phone back.” She held it out.
“Keep it.” He replied. “There’s information on there you might need. And this way, we’ll know where you are at all times.”
“Okay.” She turned, and walked towards the Jeep. She got inside, and the Jeep drove off.
They arrived ten hours later. They had landed in a large field just outside of town. The pilot said it was called “Gower’s Field”. Wilyn began to walk towards town. When she had entered town, a young man walked up to her. “Hello there.” He said, smiling “Are you new in town?”
“Yeah, you could say that.” Wilyn said
“I’m Corey. Though most folks around here call me Shadowpaw. What’s your name?”
“They call me- snubs.”