Renee's POV
"Cmon Renee! We're gonna miss the dance!"
I giggled as my best friend Jackie dragged me through the crowded room.
Our parents were all spies and this was the annual ball that the director threw every year.
This year, they spared no expense and even had professional dancers performing during the event.
My parents are high lever spies that are currently out on a mission but Jackie's parents are the directors of the bureau so they had to attend the party.
Me and Jackie are both 8 years old have been best friends for years and we hope to be spies just like our parents some day. "I'm so excited! I wonder if they're going to eat fire or something."
I give her an amused look as her eyes sparkle with excitement.
She's so cute when she gets like this.
Rather than explaining what's actually going to happen, I let her have hope.
Maybe there will be fire.
As the show is nearing an end, we hear a loud boom go off in the back of the room followed by the spray of machine guns. "GET DOWN!"
Jackie's father Michael runs straight for us and scoops us up into his arms and agents form a barrier around him. "Director! We need to get you all out of here!"
Jackie's mother appears beside us and they both agree.
We're heading towards the back door when we see smoking coming in from underneath the door. "Oh no! We can't get out."
Michaels grip on us tightens a bit before he runs over to a closet and sets us inside. He moves a bunch of clothes and boxes out of the way revealing a vent in the back of the closet.
He swiftly kicks the grate down and as he does, Jackie's mom Victoria begins firing her gun at someone coming towards them. "Michael! Get them out of here!"
He quickly kisses the top of our heads and looks us directly in the eyes. "I need you both to complete your first mission. Follow this vent to the outside. Run to the closest pay phone you can find and call 911."
Jackie quickly wraps her arms around her father as we both begin to cry. "No papa! I don't want to leave!"
He wipes his own tears before gently pushing her off of him. "You must my child! I can't lose you here!"
She sniffs and wipes her eyes. He softly caresses her cheek and kisses her cheek before ushering us into the vent.
As he's covering up the hole so no one knows we escaped, he hear Victoria scream out in pain. "MAMA!"
Jackie reaches back towards the opening but I pull her back towards the way out. "We can't Jackie. We have to go."
She nods her head reluctantly and once we get outside, we run as fast as we can to the closest pay phone.
Once the police arrive, we watch from the back of an ambulance as multiple bodies are pulled from the building.
Our eyes frantically scan each one hoping their not Jackie's parents.
After a while, we see a woman being walked out of the building with a medic helping her. "Mama?"
Her head shoots up and she runs out of the man's arms and engulfs us in a hug. "Oh heavens I'm so glad you girls are okay!"
We all cry as relief washes over us but Jackie quickly realizes something. "Where's papa?"
Victorias eyes widen as she searches for her husband. She searches each body and even asks all of the wounded agents if they have seen him but none know of his whereabouts.
For days, Jackie's father was searched for by multiple different agencies, but no leads were found. He essentially just vanished.
After that day, nothing was the same. Victoria fell into a deep depression from the loss of her husband and retired from the bureau.
Now, I am 25 years old and the youngest agent to be appointed as director of the bureau.
The only agent in the entire department that comes close to my skill, is Jackie.
She is actually much better than me, but she doesn't want the position.
She still works for the agency, still trying to find her father.
It is the main thing that she focuses on everyday.
Of course, she completes all of her missions with ease, but I know that each one she completes, she is trying to find some link to her father's whereabouts.
Jackie's POV
"So there I was, diffusing a bomb while my partner was off doing who knows what. I hear a bunch of gunfire so I already know that she must have tripped some alarm or something."
I lean back against the chair as 3 of the new recruits gather around me.
They asked if I had any tips that they could use in the field, and who am I to deprive them of such a riveting tale?
"So, i rush over to her location and I see her getting all fancy with the back flips trying not to get shot. Obviously she needed my help so ya know what I did?"
They shrug and I lean in a little closer.
"I whistled to get their attention and when they turned around I was twirling the very bomb I was supposed to diffuse around my finger."
Their eyes get huge. "No way!"
"I call cap."
I shake my head laughing a little. " nah nah it's all legit. They even pointed their guns at me, bunch of lunatics. I tossed it up in the air and as their attention was in the air, I quickly drew my gun and shot each one on the kneecap."
"Oooo."
"Yeah. Ouch right? My partner wasn't too pleased as we jumped through the window before the bomb went off. Probably because her hair got wet but it was mission accomplished in my opinion."
They all laughed at my nonchalant behavior before quickly sitting up straight and getting quiet.
I raise an eyebrow at them confused. "You guys good?"
"Ehm." Suddenly, someone clears her throat behind me and I cringe.
I lean my head onto the back of the chair and find Renee scolding me. "Oh,hello ma'am. Fancy seeing you here."
She places her hands on either side of the back of my chair and glares down at me. "Slacking off again agent snow?"
I give her a playful grin. "You know me. Always workin."
Her gaze intensifies causing me to squirm a little in my seat. "I um..I'm actually helping them with their training. Sharing some of my old tricks with them."
She raises an eyebrow at me. "Old tricks? The ones that almost got us killed multiple times?"
The recruits gasp a little realizing my stories were true and I can't help smirking at them.
Now, I feel like doing a little teasing. "Yeah. Back when you used to have a little fun."
Her eyes widen and I almost see her cheeks turn red before she slaps a small note onto my face. "You're impossible."
I remove the paper and rub my nose as I read the contents. "We have a mission. Follow those instructions to the letter. I'll update you later."
She starts to walk away from me but I quickly grab her wrist and give her a puzzled look. "We? Since when do you leave the desk?"
She pauses for a moment before looking back at me slightly. "This is a very detailed mission. I needed someone I could trust."
My eyes widen as I feel my heart being to race a little. She pulls her hand away and I watch as she walks off,greeting everyone she passes.
When I turn back, the recruits jaws are basically on the floor. "You and the director?"