Agent Shadow: A Short Story

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They had never meant for it to get this far. They found the idea of a bit of spy work intriguing and, frankly, exciting. Who didn’t have dreams as a kid of being a secret spy, a double agent? But this was too much danger, too much excitement, and yet, they loved it. Loved every inch of it. Agent Shadow had grown up as a shy kid. She had always thought she would grow up and become something boring and normal. Yet, she had broken out of her shell in the strangest way possible. She had made best friends. She was a brand new person. Agent Shadow wasn’t her codename, Sophia was. She pretended she was normal and shy and quiet and a lovely and conscientious student, but once she was unleashed, she was a beast. Always …show more content…

Honestly Kat, you always take hoouurs to wake up. I’ve been up since six.’’ She peered over at the stove, ‘‘Food?’’ Kathie sighed and cracked another egg, flipping the first one. ‘‘I know you’re an early riser and all, but six? It’s summer vacation! Why bother waking up before eleven?’’ She placed the first egg on a piece of toast and flipped the other. ‘‘Thanks,’’ Anna said, grabbing the plate and heading over to the island, ‘‘but how could you forget? Soph here found us a mission.’’ She ruffled her friend’s curly hair. ‘’Yeah, but it’s possible that it's nothing interesting. Just some weird activity at a factory,’’ Sophia said. She swatted Anna’s hand. Kathie’s eyes lit up, ‘‘Right! I bet it is interesting, by the way. Strange things happen in factories. When I was in China, there was a big chemical explosion from a factory. Nobody knew if it was an accident or not, or even what the chemicals were. It was really crazy. Well, come on then,’’ She ate her own egg quickly, scarfing it down in all of three bites before running upstairs to change, ‘‘We can get there if twenty minutes if we run,’’ she yelled down, ‘‘and there’s a bakery along the way, Gerardo’s, so that’ll eat up another ten minutes. Ha, eat up. I didn’t even do that on purpose.’’ Her door was flung open, and she rushed down in her sneakers,

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