• You can honestly skip this if you want too, but it's the only chapter in this whole book that is told through Ella's eyes :') PLUS it holds a lot of information. Your choice, but I recommend reading ! •

19 years ago

"Look." The middle-aged women said, pushing a large photo into our direction. Will and I glanced at each other, before taking our focus down to the photograph.

"What?" Will asked, in his deep, desirable voice that I loved so dearly. "It's just an ocean."

Agent Wisp shook her head in disappointment, "It's not just an ocean, Will. Look closely."

I trailed the photo with my eyes, making sure I comprehended each part of it. Will was right, it was just an ocean.

With a frustrated huff, she pointed to a faint figure beneath the waters surface. "Who does that look like to you?"

I narrowed my eyes at the figures face, gasping in pain once I realized who it looked like. "How is that possible?" I cried, "We just came from his funeral."

"Maybe that's the thing." Will added, rubbing my back in order to comfort the heartache inside of me. "Maybe that's what the problem is."

"Finally." Agent Wisp said, "I've never met a slower pair." She tried to lighten the mood, but Kory was too important to me to feel happy about. "But yes, that's the problem."

The conference door swung open, and in strolled a paranoid looking Britain. "There's something you guys need to see."

We all nodded, following Britain down to the cells where our villains were being held. We were in the elevator, when a loud boom came from below us.

The elevator shook, until it fell of its hinges all the way down to the final floor. All of us screamed, and Will grabbed on to me tightly. What was happening?

"What the hell is going on here?" Will asked, demanding an answer. It was like he could read my mind.

Agent Wisp and Britain looked at each other, "I didn't want to tell you everything- not yet, anyways."

With a sigh, she gave in and spilled it all. "We've come across a new enemy. One much stronger, and more powerful then Kenny or Kade. He's extreme- and he's planning the end of the world, and starting with those who are already dead."

"Like Kory?" I whispered, holding back a few tears.

"Yes, dear." She rubbed my arm with sympathetic eyes, "Like Kory."

I bit my tongue, turning away to avoid the stares of everyone inside this elevator. I couldn't get away from him- from the pain. Kory was gone, and I just didn't want to accept it. Not yet- and now, somebody's using his dead body. How am I supposed to feel?

"His name's Zander Montoya." Britain added, pulling out his specially made tablet and projecting the man's profile into the dusty air. "We've figured out that his headquarters were underwater. That's why we found Kory's dead body being dragged underneath the ocean's surface. They take the body's from beneath the earth, to avoid suspicion. It's a sick practice, but it works. We're the only people who know."

I couldn't believe the words that flew from his mouth. This man was taking dead bodies, and dragging them underneath the water to his 'layer'. He must be insane.

"This is sick." Will spat, "What would he want with dead bodies?"

Agent Wisp stopped trying to open the elevator door, wiping her dirty hands on her black, pencil skirt. "He's turning them into robots- ones that will help him destroy everything. There are more dead people, than alive- and if he can create an army out of that, you bet he will."

I blocked the ringing noise of the agency's alarm, and the flashing red lights coming from the crack of the elevator doors. Kory was being turned into a robot- and one that will help Zander destroy the world.

I began to breathe at a rapid pace- my breaths lengthy, and heavy. Who was this man? Why was he doing this? What sickness does he have? Tears streamed from my eyes down past my cheeks. I was losing my mind.

"We have to stop him!" I screamed, grabbing parts of my hair. "We can't let him do that to Kory!"

Will grabbed my hands, bringing his face real close to mine. "Ella, calm down. We'll find a way to-"

"Get me out of here!" I yelled, beginning to kick and punch the doors of the elevator we were stuck inside. "We can't just sit here! Kory's body is out there, and we need to put it back where it belongs!"

"Ella, please-"

"Don't you 'Ella' me right now." I snapped, my heart sinking to the floor, "Just get the damn doors open."

Britain and Will both nodded, moving me out of the way so they could work. I watched through teary eyes, thinking of how I was going to stop this Zander Montoya.

"I won't let him do this to you" I said inside my head, hoping Kory could somehow hear me. "I won't let him."

The doors pried open, and out I emerged- freezing once I realized that there was nothing here.

I stood on top of a fallen wall, looking over at the rubble that used to be our agency. Everything was gone- the cells, the guards, the whole entire thing! It was all turned to ashes.

"Find Kade and Kenny." Britain yelled, "I needed you to see them, Ella. It was weird- they were both bleeding out from the inside. I didn't know what was going on, but then I looked it up- it's an invasive disease. Somebody snuck it into their food."

"Over here." Will called out to us, waving his hand. I hadn't realized he left my side, but then again, the information Britain had just shared was quite captivating.

Will brushed away some dust, revealing the face of Kenny. He just lied there helplessly, blood running out of his eyes, nose, and ears. He was dead, and I knew exactly why.

"He's not just using any dead." I said, shaking my head, "He's killing, and taking all the other villains out there."

"But he took Kory." Britain added, confusion in his eyes.

"I forgot you weren't with us then." I sighed, closing my eyes. "Kory used to work for Kenny. He was once considered a bad guy."

Britain shook his head, tears forming in the back of his eyes. "No."

It broke my heart to see him upset by this, too. It was all too much. Nobody should do such a terrible thing, and nobody should have to witness it.

"Who blew the agency up." Will snarled, his question directed towards Agent Wisp.

For once in my lifetime, Agent Wisp was crying. She never shows her emotions- never.

She looked around at the mass destruction. "I built this agency with everything I had. It's all gone now- all of it."

"Who blew it up!?" Will yelled, kicking a loose cinder block halfway across the rubbish.

Wisp took a moment before tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, and wiping away a few tears. "It was the man himself- probably so he could take Kenny and Kade."

"Well, they aren't here." Britain added, "I've searched everywhere and still have yet to see any part of them."

All three of us lowered our heads to the exploded rock beneath our feet. Everything was falling apart right now. Nobody dared to blow up this agency- until now, that is.

This enemy would be much more then we've ever faced before. Stronger, fiercer, and dangerous. Clearly, he'll stop at nothing to get what he wants- but I'll stop at nothing to avenge Kory, and put an end to this Montoya.

You don't mess with Ella.

"You need to get in contact with every hospital, police station, cemetery, and clinic around the world- no more burying the dead. Not until we can figure out how to block the tunnels sucking the bodies underneath the ocean. At first, they will fight it saying there's nowhere else to put them. But you need to somehow convince whoever to obey without giving up so much information. This needs to stay quiet." I told Agent Wisp, who nodded in understanding.

I turned to Britain, "You need to come up with a plan on what to do with the dead bodies that now, can no longer be buried. I also need you to get me exact coordinations on where Montoya's layer is. After that, arrange for three fighter jets, and one submarine to await my command, and my arrival. Can you do that?"

Britain lightly smirked, "Give me 5 minutes."

I smiled, watching as he and Agent Wisp ran off to our secret location accessible by tunnel underneath this one. Will turned to me, unsure of what my intentions were.

"What are planning to do?" He asked, grabbing my hand."

I kept a straight face, lowering my head enough to see all of the destruction caused. Everything was burnt down- everything was gone.

I just wanted Montoya to pay for what he's done, and what he's planning on doing. This man was sick and just wrong. The fact he was messing with Kory, made it worse. What was he thinking.

"You know how a war starts?" I said, "They bomb you, you bomb them, and then everyone fights."

"Ella, don't tell me-"

"He bombed us, Will- so now we bomb him."

"You're crazy." He spat, "You want to go to war?"

I nodded slowly, "If that's what it takes, then yes. You see what this guy is. We can't beat him the same way we beat Kenny and Kade. Zander's much worse, and so we need to step it up."

"A war will only make things worse."

"Are you with me, or not?"

"Ella, I'm just trying to-"

"Are you with me- or not?"

After a while, he sighed. "I'll always be with you."

"Then let's go. We have a lot of planning to do."

Narrator:

Like Ella had said, the agency retaliated by striking Montoya's layer. It stalled the process at first, but eventually, Montoya's army, and the agency went to war. This war destroyed everything from both sides.

Agent Wisp relocated to Florida, where she could start her life over working as a restaurant owner.

Britain followed Ella and Will to Hawaii, where he ended up working for an advanced technological video gaming company. He's now making millions by the hour.

Ella and Will started a small family in their beach hut on the beach of Waikiki, Will becoming a law enforcement officer, and Ella, a special detective.

The agency was no more, and nobody dared to speak of what went on ever again. Things were supposed to be normal for a change, but we all know that normal isn't in their vocabulary.

They're special agents, and special agents will they always be.

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