My Life As A Teenage Spy

(3) Whatcha Say?

“Okay,” I said, “And what type of missions do you go on, what does this agency

actually do?”

“Well, do you remember the incident of the Twin towers 9/11?” she asked me.

“You don’t mean to say that was YOU?” I was starting to get a bit worried - had I

been kidnapped by a bunch of terrorists?

“No, certainly not child!” She looked at me with a horrified expression on her

face. “No! But our agents were the ones on the 4th Plane that was supposed to

crash into the White House. They were the ones that landed it on the field, but

they unfortunately died in the process.”

Oh. So they were the good guys. Oops.

“We have had many successful missions,” she continued, “For example,

yesterday, we prevented a bombing that was going to take place at Parliament

all the way in London. We are saving peoples lives regularly, without them even

realizing it.”

Wow, so these guys were good. But wouldn’t it be really dangerous to be an

agent?

“Yes, of course there are always risks, but ones we are willing to take to save

others. Besides, all of our agents are trained to the highest standards, and in our

20 years of running, only 10 have died – which is a very small number for the

type of work we do.”

Woops. I had just thought aloud.

Okay, I thought to myself. Do I really want to be a part of this? The answer – yes.

My life had always been a bit dull and now I knew about all of this, I could hardly

refuse such an offer! But, there was one thing that I was still wondering about.

“If I were to refuse your offer of being recruited, how would you stop me from

telling the whole world about you?” I asked.

She chuckled, “I get that question a lot! Say you did go an tell the world about a

secret agency, that no one has ever heard of. The president will obviously deny

it, for the sake of The Service. Who is the press going to believe? The president of

America or a teenage girl who they will believe is just seeking attention? And, since you were drugged to get here, do you have any idea where this base actually is?”

Hmm. She had a point.

“And, there is an advantage of starting your spy career here. Adults never suspect a child, which is why we have hired you all so young – children are the agency’s secret weapon.

“So, what will it be?” She asked me. “Back home to an orphanage, living you live

like a normal boring person, or will you take this opportunity to do something

amazing with your life and live a life full of excitement, danger and not oblivious

to what is happening around you in the world? Are you gonna live a lie or face

the truth?

I answered almost immediately after she finished speaking.

“Face the truth; I want to become an agent at The Service”