So there I was, speeding towards my goal, thinking about everything and how so much had happened in such a short time. The dust from the dirt road I was driving on left a beautiful trail behind the car's path.

  Bella and I were heading into a "trap of a trap", as in some kind of genius ??type move, like we were playing a 4D chess game. The Rogues thought they would lure us into a trap, so we lured them into thinking we would fall into it. Personally, I like to call it Operation Trapception.

  The area we were approaching was a clearing in the middle of the region's common sparse vegetation, displaying a rocky and almost desert-like landscape. It didn't make sense that it would be used as a clandestine airport for small planes, due to the rocky and unstable nature of the ground, but if you think about it more deeply... Maybe the Rogues wanted to do it exactly in a place like this, where their existence would be unlikely, just to mislead the intelligence department's investigations.

  Anyway, as we approached a rocky hill, our earpieces activated at the same time once again;

  "Hey, I can see your vehicle approaching from the south." Link's voice could be heard coming from the devices, "We're in a hidden spot behind the rocks to your immediate left. You can park anywhere to the west of here and come find us."

  "Roger that, Agent L." Bella replied, as I promptly drove us to the indicated spot, which was perfect for a stealth mission.

  I parked the vehicle behind a large rock and noticed that there was already another all-black vehicle parked there.

  "So they left their car here too... These rocks surely are a pretty good cover to keep our cars out of sight." I realized, as I got out of the car.

  "Come on, idiot!" Agent B, ever the sweetheart, ordered me as she also got out, "We don't have time to waste!"

  "Geez... Alright, no need to be mean."

  Then the two of us walked through the darkness of the night, crossing the old dirt road on foot. After a few minutes, we reached the rocky hill in question. It was a great vantage point, as we could see the entire makeshift airport lanes from there.

  As we inspected it further, we could see that there were already many black cars with their flashing lights all along the main takeoff lane. On the opposite side, a few of these 'pimp-my-ride' cars could be seen. Everyone was out of their vehicles, engaged in some sort of standoff.

  "Here, G!" a familiar voice called from afar.

  It was Lincoln and Penny, both of whom were waiting in position for us to arrive.

  "Oh, it's good to see you guys in one piece." I said, as we ran to meet them, "What's going on?"

  "The Enigma's special forces are surrounding the Rogues at the airport, so they can't escape." Agent P told me.

  "That looks good." Bella stated, as she observed the situation, "It seems that the gang is doomed to its end."

  "So what are we going to do?" I asked anxiously, "Keep an eye on the situation here and wait for further orders?"

  "Exactly!" Link then raised his hand, scratching his head, "But..."

  "But?"

  "Here, take a look for yourself." he handed me his binoculars, "I can't find Lil D anywhere... He was there with his henchmen a moment ago, but it's like he just vanished from there."

  "Yeah... You're right, I can't find him either."

  At that exact moment, something shadowy entered the field of view of my binoculars, right in front of us.

  "PEAK-A-BOO, LIL FELLAS!" the silhouette exclaimed, in a mix of joy and anger.

  "OH SHIT!" I was startled to death, as I fell on my ass.

  It was Lil D himself, right there in front of us! He had somehow discovered our location and was piloting some kind of jetpack or something.

  "QUICK, EVERYONE, GET INTO COMBAT FORMATIO-!" Agent L tried to give his orders, but before he could finish his sentence, Lil D pressed a button on the detonator-like object he had been holding since his entrance.

  *BOOOOOOOMMMM*

  A loud explosion sent rocks flying everywhere. It seemed like some explosives had been previously planted all around that hill, and now my ears were ringing and the smoke and debris blurred my vision. I was unharmed, however...

  "FUCK!" the figure said, while laughing to himself, "THESE EXPLOSIVES I BOUGHT FROM SOUTH AMERICA ARE FIRE!!"

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  "Ouch... That hurt like hell... Wait, where are the others?!" I tried to assess the situation as I stood up, "HEY, LINK?! BELLA?! WHERE ARE YO-?!"

  "I'd be more worried about myself if I was you..." Lil D said as he 'floated' his jetpack straight towards me, "Ya poor, insignificant bastard, hahaha!"

  Even though I couldn't see any of my friends due to the residual smoke, I could see the maniac in front of me clearly. He looked almost identical to the picture Agent X had shown me earlier, however he had a few more tattoos all over his body and part of his face. He was wearing a purple blazer and top hat, no shirt underneath (the guy was ripped as fuck!), leather pants, fancy crocodile shoes, gold chains, an expensive watch, and earrings.

  He was standing right there, staring at me through his sunglasses and his hair was dyed pink this time.

  "You son of a bitch!" I instinctively cursed as I readied my NM T-50 and shot him a few times.

  "HAHAHA!" he laughed at me as he inhumanly dodged all the bullets with the help of his jetpack, "Y'all just a bunch of pathetic losers!"

  But to my own surprise, I could clearly remember my training. That fact alone made me realize how much I had changed so far, as I was able to remain calm in the face of danger. So I pointed my yellow gun at him, trying my best to aim as he flew around, and fired the powerful taser right when he was in my sights.

  So that's exactly what I did and he got hit right in his jetpack, and the following electrocution immediately shut it down.

  "WHATAHELL?!" he yelled in rage as he fell to his feet on the ground, while the jetpack he was wearing broke and fell behind him, "BITCHASS MOTHAFUCKA!"

  I smiled at him, mocking his overconfidence. But there was just one problem, my gun was already out of bullets, so I dropped it on the ground. At the same time, Lil D also smiled back at me, showing off his solid silver teeth piece as he pulled out a carved butterfly knife.

  "Come on..." I teased him with a hand gesture as I got into a fighting stance, "I'm a black belt master in Tang Soo Do now, just so you know!"

  As soon as I said that, he charged at me with all his strength, head first. Then, as he was getting closer, I threw a spinning kick to knock him down, but he dodged it ferociously and stabbed me right in the gut. Luckily for me, however, the impenetrable fibers of my suit protected me from actually being injured by the blade.

  "Ehehe!"

  "AUGH... SHIT!" I gasped as I took a few steps back, "That fuckin' hurt!"

  "What's the matter, fella?" he mocked me, while doing some sick tricks with his butterfly knife, "Giving up already? WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED, HAHAHA!"

  Lil D prepared another charge towards me, but as he was about to move, I heard Link's voice;

  "NOW!!!" my old friend shouted, as he and the others rose from the middle of the rocky ground around us, in a triangular formation.

  The three agents then jumped and attacked the Rogue leader in a coordinated manner, one by one, like in a complex dance of martial arts moves.

  "What's this... Are y'all still alive?!" Lil D tried his best to block and counter the endless string of blows he was taking.

  "C'mon G, this is your chance!" Agent L ordered me, while Bella and Penny opened D's defense, "GET HIM!!!"

  "Leave it to me!" I screamed as I charged at the gangster and jumped in a drill motion, my fists raised in piercing punches, "TORNADO PUCH!!!"

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  With that, I landed a clean blow right in the center of our enemy's chest. The powerful blow was enough to make any normal human's heart stop beating, but the infamous Richard Handler was no ordinary man... Even after being thrown back by the coordinated attack, he was still alive and standing.

  "F-FUCK!" he screamed, still in the air, after coughing up some blood, "Looks like I underestimated these bitches..."

  Then, just as he was about to land on the ground, some kind of black drone, resembling a small helicopter (with the same color scheme as his jetpack), silently appeared and grabbed D with its mechanical arm.

  "Such advanced technology..." Agent P whispered to herself as everything happened before her eyes, "How is this possible?!"

  "YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM ME SOON!" he declared, as the silent drone carried him away, disappearing into the night sky.

  "COME BACK AND FIGHT, YOU COWARD!" I screamed at the fleeing man at the top of my lungs.

  "Easy there, G..." Agent L placed his hand on my shoulder, "He may have fled this battle, but we will win the war, without a doubt."

  "But... This was our best chanc-"

  While I was voicing my thoughts, Agent X interrupted our conversation through our earpieces;

  "Let him go, we have the others in custody."

  As he repassed this information, all four of us turned our heads to the dirt road that served as the gang's improvised airport runway, and we could see in the distance that the Enigma forces had successfully captured all of the Rogues who had been fighting them just a moment before.

  "Still, we could have been victorious if we jus-" this time it was a clearly disappointed Agent B who was expressing her thoughts when Mr. X interrupted her to continue with his statement;

  "The mission was an overall success, so there's no point crying over spilt milk now… We need to regroup as soon as possible and try to find any evidence of Lil D's whereabouts."

  "Well…" I sighed, looking deeply into the horizon as we all enjoyed the beautiful view of an imminent sunrise, "It looks like it'll be a while before we hear anything about the Rogues again."

  "Yeah, that's right." Lincoln backed me up in the conversation, "Now that they've all been arrested, our job will be a thousand times easier."

  "That’s the spirit, team!" Agent X tried to cheer us up.

  The sky was still dark, but as the four of us stood there, we watched as it slowly and steadily grew brighter and brighter. From afar, it was possible to see our silhouettes on that hill, in our classic black suits, staring at the horizon.

  Suddenly, it was as if an image of our beloved boss seemed to be forming amidst the faint clouds of the summer twilight.

  "We promise we'll capture Lil D in your memory, boss..." Link then said, with a look of regret.

  "Yes, we'll never forget you, Agent X." Bella lowered her head as she spoke.

  "Uh... What...?!"

  "We'll honor your teachings, Mr. Xavier." I added, adjusting my glasses.

  "X-Xavier?"

  "They won't escape next time!" Penny raised her small fists, as a tear fell down her cheek.

  "WHAT ARE YOU GUYS SAYING?! I'M NOT DEAD YET, DON'T KILL ME OFF LIKE THIS!!!"

  "Hick, I can still hear his voice..." I said between my sobs.

  "STOP THIS NONSENSE ALREADY, YOU IDIOTS!" our boss yelled over the comms, sounding genuinely annoyed, "JUST COME BACK TO THE ACADEMY, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO!"

  As we laughed at poor, angry Mr. X, I could only take a deep breath and notice a big, stupid grin spreading across my face. From that day on, I knew this Secret Agent shit was going to be my new life... And I fucking loved it!

  FIN?