I wake up shocked to be laying in a hospital bed, there was an annoying beeping sound coming from somewhere in this place. I sit up slightly to see I was connected to a machine, actually multiple different ones. I look around the room to also discover that I was alone, I put my hand to my head trying my best to remember what happened. I had a vague idea, I know something happened with my dad, headlights were involved and my mum. I'm pretty sure I saw mum, she must have taken me here, but where the heck is she now?! It's great to wake up alone in a hospital room with no idea what happened, I hope you all can hear the sarcasm in that sentence!
The door opens and in walks a guy in a suit, he didn't look much older than me. His outfit was neatly put together, while his hair was running wild. He held a coffee in one hand, while the other held a phone. He looks up from it for a second, where his face holds surprise to see me awake."Ally, how are you feeling?" He asks walking over to stand right next to me, I still didn't know who this guy was, so I don't answer. "Oh, sorry I'm Jackson Taylor, I work with your mum, she sent me here to check on as she's working." He explains with a smile, well that doesn't surprise me to find out she's working.I guess me being in the hospital and dad being missing is less important than whatever the heck she has to do for work, wait I just remembered, my dad is missing!"I'm feeling okay thank you, have they found my dad yet?" I ask that was literally the only thing I needed to know at this point, I felt fine, but I knew I'd feel so much better if my dad was."Not yet no, but people are trying their best" he says rubbing my shoulder sending me a sympathetic smile, I look down totally at a loss for words.Who would want to hurt my dad? The man has nothing huge going on which would make him a target, my dad would totally agree with me on that. He's a computer nerd with a close group of a few friends and no enemies that I can think of everyone loves him."Let's just focus on you getting out of here okay." Jackson smiles rubbing my shoulder once again, I just nod looking down, but I knew the only thing that's going to be on my mind is my dad until we find him.The next day I was released from hospital, where my mum hadn't shown up the whole time, it's great to see where her priorities lie. Jackson didn't leave my side though; he's actually been really nice. I walk out the hospital with a few cuts and bruises which meant I can now focus on finding dad. Jackson quickly leads me to a black car with dark tinted windows, I slowly climb in to discover the driver was already in the front, this is a really scratchy Uber. Jackson gets in beside me, but before he could fully close his door, we were driving down the road away from the hospital."Where are we going?" I ask looking over at him while he texts on his phone and putting a finger on his ear, did he have an earache?"To see your mum." He says acknowledging me for a second before turning his attention back to his phone, it's nice to know I'm so incredibly interesting to others.I look out of the window as we drive very fast down the road, this was when I saw 2 black Range Rovers, one in front and one behind like they were guarding us or something."Eta 2 minutes." Jackson speaks up randomly holding his ear, wait is he wearing an earpiece or something?! This makes me very confused, more confused than I've been this whole time.I take a look at the driver, he was wearing a black suit but on his waist was a handgun, I look down at Jackson's side to see he was also carrying, okay this just got ten times scarier!We soon pull up at a gate where two guards spoke to the people in the Range Rover in front of us, the bar goes up where the car in front pulls in first, our car behind him entering what looks like an underground car park. Once all the cars were in, a steel shutter door goes down blocking us from leaving the car park. We park up Jackson getting out the car first holding his hand out to help, once I'm out I have a chance to look around the dark car park."This way." Jackson ushers me over to a door which one of the men from the other cars types a code, the door opens making light pour in the dark car park but also blinds me.Jackson continues to guide me through the door where I see a bunch of people sitting at desks, some were running up and down the stairs, while others were shouting random numbers, it looked like a really busy office.I'm not in there long as I'm led into another room which looked like a weird salon place, two people a man and a woman stood talking to each other but stopped when we walked in."Ally, this is Rachel and Ryan who are going to be doing your makeover." Jackson smiles but I just stare at him confused, I didn't know I was getting a makeover. "Oh, sorry I must have forgotten to tell you, your mother wants you to have a complete makeover, she'll explain when you see her in a short while." He smiles pushing me over to Rachel and Ryan before he walks out the room, okay what is happening?"How do you feel about going brunette?" Rachel asks smiling, I just stand there speechless.What's going on?After a few hours they say I'm ready walking me over to look in the mirror, I looked totally different. They'd coloured my hair, so I was no longer a blonde but brown, they cut it to about shoulder length and changed my clothes completely. Ryan walks to a cupboard pulling something out coming back over."I love the colours of your eyes but with your hair now being brown they'll stand out more, you don't have to wear these all the time just when you're out in public." He explains handing me two boxes of brown contacts, why is it a bad thing if my eyes stand out?Before I could question it, Jackson walks back in looking me up and down with a smile. Why are people so happy with changing the way I look, that doesn't give me great self-esteem! He thanks the twins before taking my arm pulling me out the room, this dude is always on the move, doesn't he sit down for even a second?I'm taken into a room where he leans down the machine scanning his eye, okay where the heck am I?! The door unlocks where he guides me into a kind of dark room with a huge screen, standing in front of the screen was an outline of a person but they weren't facing us. Jackson makes me stop just behind the woman, this was when she realised, we were there and turns, where I come face to face with my mother."Hello Ally, I see the guy's downstairs did a good job on your makeover." She smiles looking over at me, but I don't go to speak, I was way to shocked at the everything that just occurred. "Well done, Jackson, can you excuse us for a moment?" She asks turning to Jackson, he nods squeezing my shoulder a little before walking out the room leaving only me and my mother alone.I just stand there staring at her for a while, this is the first time I'm seeing her in nearly two years. She hasn't changed much, the same haircut, the same style, I don't know what the heck to make of this situation."So, how's everything been going, do you still work at that restaurant?" She asks making conversation, I just nod not going to speak. "That's good, how are things with your friend what's his name Jacob, Parker?" She asks trying to think of his name but getting it wrong each time, it just shows how interested she is about my life."Do you mean Peter?" I ask helping her, she nods pointing at me waiting until I answered her question. "He's fine, can you stop trying to distract me from what's really going on, where the heck am I? Why am I here? And where the heck is dad?!" I ask loudly, now I was faced to face with her I could finally start getting answers for the questions I've been asking, which haven't been answered!She sighs turning around back to the screen walking away a little but stops turning to look at me."I can only answer two of those questions but first, I'm going to have to explain something to you." She sighs slowly walking back over to me, I just stand still staring at her getting rather worried. "I haven't been truthful to you about my line of work, I'm not a lawyer that helps rich people get away with things they shouldn't, I'm a spy." She bluntly says looking at me, I stare at her confused not believing her.First, I wanted to laugh at how ridiculous she sounded, but when her serious face didn't change my laugher soon faded. "You're a spy, a spy for what and who?" I ask crossing my arms, she has to give me more than that if I was going to even remotely believe her. She says she can't fully tell me but she for works for high up people, I shake my head looking away trying to process all this information. "So, all this time you've really been here, away from your family to work for some higher up people, with the events that have happened these last few days, I can take a guess that dad going missing is because of your line of work." I say looking at her growing angrier with each second that past, she just nods her head looking to the floor avoiding eye contact with me. "I can now answer the questions you asked me first; you are at the base for the operation I run that hunts down some of the world's most profound criminals and brings them to justice, you're here because this is the safes
It was early the next morning, Jackson made me dinner last night but after I ate it, I just went to bed. I didn't want to face my mum after what she told me, I know it's not great to blame her for what's happened, but if she didn't do the work she does, dad would still be here. Or maybe if she was honest with him, he would have been prepared for something like this to happen.I walk out my new bedroom heading towards the stairs, as I continue down, I see someone in the kitchen. I slowly hover on the stairs to see my mum sat at the counter; she was drinking what looked like coffee reading what looked like a file. Once I reach the bottom she looks up, closing the file smiling at me. I don't send her one back but instead look to the floor. "Good morning, I've made you some pancakes and there's orange juice in the fridge." She smiles taking another sip of her coffee, I still don't talk or move from my spot by the door. "I get it, you're mad at me for not being honest with you, but I had
We walk in silence for a few minutes, I was mesmerised by all the expensive looking houses on this street. They are the biggest houses I've probably ever seen in my life; these were not cheap is all I can say! Which begs the question, how much money does my mum actually make if she's able to afford a house here? Jackson was still searching the perimeter but was trying to be sneaky, I had my arm wrapped around his to make it seem like we were a couple. Which I love how many things are discussed with me before they happen, note the sarcasm. When I looked in the mirror to check my contacts it kind of made me sad, I looked nothing like me at all. My hair is a different style, length and colour, heck my eyes are even a different colour! The only thing I could keep the same was my clothes, but everything else was changed. I hope and pray that this whole pretending I'm someone else thing isn't for too long, for many reasons. The first, obviously because I want my dad to be home safe but a
We walk into a spare office in the house to have our talk, Jackson told me the living room would be more comfortable to have the talk, but I wasn't born yesterday. As I said before there was only one door leading to the kitchen and living room, if I open the door to get to the living room that would also lead to the kitchen. He's going to have to do better than that to fool me. "Look at the weather today, that's England for you right?" He asks taking a seat at the desk, but once again I knew what he was trying to do. "Enough with the distractions, the sooner we have this talk the sooner you get to gain access to the kitchen." I say sitting the opposite side of the desk, he sighs knowing he wasn't gonna pull the wool over my eyes. "I need to know everything you know about Mario and my dad." I tell him on the edge of the seat, he looks at me confused and a little shocked. "How do you know his name?" He asks looking at me with a raised eyebrow, has he really forgotten that he said his
In no time we arrive at my mum's work, I'm still unsure what this place is even called so we'll just go with mum's work. The door to the underground garage was already open, we must have raced in at about 100mph, honestly, I don't know what the big rush was for. Once inside he slams on the breaks, the loud screeching sound of the cars tyres echos through the garage, lucky I was wearing a seatbelt! Jackson wastes no time getting out the car dragging me with him, I turn back to the car which was literally in the middle of the parking garage, that can't be legal! Last time, we went through the door, which was closest to the garage but this time, he pulls me around a corner and up a flight of stairs. "Jackson, what the heck is going on?" I ask as we reach the very top, I was nearly out of breath from running up the stairs that quickly, I don't do sports! "Your mother will explain everything to you." He tells me as we reach a door, he swipes a card from out of his pocket causing the doo
Well as you're aware, our organisation deals with some pretty bad people." Reece starts to explain while still leaning on the filing cabinet, isn't he afraid that he's going to break that or something? "Mario definitely fits that category." He says shaking his head looking down at the ground, that’s all anyone ever says when they talk about this Mario dude. “And you guys are sure that this Mario man, is the one that has my dad?” I ask looking at each of them, I didn’t want to undermine them, but they have to be sure they’re not barking up the wrong tree. “We are certain it’s Mario that has your dad, not only did he ring me right after your dad was kidnapped but…. he had a photo of your dad sent over as proof.” My mum said which makes my heart sink, I knew this wasn’t a cute artsy photo of my dad sitting on a tree branch hitting the peace sign, but something bad. “I know this is a stupid question, was dad, okay?” I ask looking up at her as I asked, this causes her to sigh taking a s
Jackson and I soon arrive back at my mother's house, we didn’t really talk much after I said I never do what I’m told. I could just see he wanted to ask me what I meant, but he also didn’t want to hear the answer at the same time. Jackson was the first one to walk in the house but has to stop and look at me with a smile once he reaches the entrance to the kitchen and living room. At first, I was a little confused, but I soon remember that I had locked the door just before we left. I walk over and easily unlock the door, while he just looks at me dumbfound. “One of my many hidden talents.” I smile opening up the door, he shakes his head walking into the kitchen probably to get food. “I do have many talents which aren’t being put to use just sitting around.” I say taking a seat at the kitchen counter, this does cause him to freeze whilst looking in the fridge. “Your mum was serious Ally; she doesn’t want you involving yourself in this case.” He sighs taking out some yogurt, I haven’t
Jackson and I talk for hours going over my plan, the first thing we needed to get hold of was all the files that my mum and her team have on this Mario dude. Then we’ll be able to have the same information that they have, which will make it a level playing field. I told him my plan which at first, he didn’t like and said there were far too many things that could go wrong. So, I asked him, what his alternative idea was but he didn’t have one, so in the end we went with my plan. I can just hear all of you asking me, what the heck is this plan?! Well, every morning, Jackson has to go into the office to sign things to say he will be with me all day. I have no idea why that’s a thing, apparently, he has no idea either! But anyway, while he’s in there he’s going to talk his way into the building more and head to the filing cabinet that Reece kept leaning against. Now I’m thinking about it, could that be why he was so insistent on standing right up against it? Jackson will take a photo of