Trinidad's POV
My mark was in sight, he was Antonio Alvaro, he was a fat man with balding head, he had a loud voice that could be heard all over the room, he was short and pudgy, he was currently with a group of men and they were all laughing loudly, at first glance someone might see him as just a fat jolly man but of course I knew better, underneath that jolly exterior lay a disgusting pig, he was someone who made his money through trading of young women for sex trafficking, normally I would feel a little pang of guilt but for disgusting pigs like Antonio Alvaro, I felt nothing but impatience that the mission was not done and over with, I had to act fast and without mistake.
I walked towards Antonio and his friends who sat in the bar area, there was no way that they wouldn't pay attention to me with my red dress that clung to every curve on my body and it was a really curvaceous body indeed, my blonde hair came flowing down to my shoulders in small curls, I had a dark red lipstick on and on my lids, I had applied smoky eye shadow, even the way I smelt right now will be hard to ignore,
Just when I was close to where they were sitting, I pretended to slip and fell right into Antonio's arms, they all suddenly quiet and I felt like I could throw up, the man smelt of tobacco and strong beer, I looked up at him with a look that screamed sleaze, I blinked, batting my eye lashes in the process, the disgusting pig licked his lips and I knew exactly what he was looking at, he was looking at my breasts, I could almost smile right now if the situation was any different, men were so easy to predict,
I quickly stood up "I am sorry, I mistakenly slipped and fell, that was so very silly of me" I said, my voice sounded so girlish and breathless,
Antonio quickly stood up and clasped my hand in his fat sweaty hand, I felt nausea rise in my throat but years of practice kept my smile in place,
"No my dear, there is absolutely nothing to be sorry for, it's something that can happen to just about anyone" Antonio said, a lecherous smile on his fat oily face,
"But still, I feel I must apologize for my mistake, allow me to buy you a drink to show you just how sorry I am" I said, I was practically purring now,
Antonio couldn't keep his lecherous gaze from sweeping over my body, it seemed like his friends had understood whatever it was that was going through Antonio's mind because they stood up and said that they were leaving already and that their wives were waiting at home, they were snickering and making lewd comments as they left, they probably thought their friend had hit the jackpot tonight,
The fat pig was far too busy looking at my breast and wide hips to listen to what his equally disgusting friends were saying,
"So what do you say? Should we have that drink?" I said batting my lashes at him,
The pig was obviously too overwhelmed to speak, he simply nodded and let me pull him towards the bar, he couldn't take his eyes off me,
"Two glasses of........" I started but stopped, I turned to look at the pig and said "Sorry which drink do you normally prefer?"
"Whatever you choose is fine by me my dear.... I am sorry but may I ask your name?" Antonio said, lust was so very evident in his eyes,
I smiled a smile that any call girl would have been proud of "It's Emily" I said, giving him the come and get me eyes and I knew without a doubt that the pig will attempt to get me for real,
I turned away from him and turned to the bartender and said "Two glasses of whiskey please" I could feel Antonio's eyes on me as I waited for the bartender,
"Coming right up Miss" the bartender said and quickly fixed the drinks,
He slid them to me and I picked up the glasses and turned back to Antonio who looked still very lustful, I placed the drink before him and smiled at him, I traced the rim of his glass with my fingertip then slowly pushed it to him,
"Your drink" I said with a sleazy smile,
The pig quickly stretched his hand and grabbed the cup, he downed the drink in one gulp,
I smiled and casually sipped from my own glass,
The pig moved closer to me and his appalling breath fanned my cheek,
"I was thinking we should get to know each other better, how about we go somewhere a little more quiet, what do you say my dear" Antonio said in a voice that was supposed to be sexy but it just ended up sounding raspy and very disgusting, I was finding everything about this man very disgusting indeed,
I smiled and said "We can get to know each other right here, don't you think? My voice was irritating even to my own ears but it seemed just fine for Antonio because his eyes became even more lustful than they were before,
"I don't think you understand me my dear, I meant on a more intimate level" Antonio said, his voice even raspier than before and again I found it disgusting,
I gave him a smile that even sleazier than before and said "You should have said so before"
Antonio gave me a smile and stretched his hand toward me, I looked down at the hand, it was fat and sweaty, swallowing whatever nauseating feeling I felt, I placed my small hands into the moist palm and stood up along with him,
He had a look in his eyes that was very identical to triumph, this will be over very soon, I kept telling myself so that I will not snap and do something I might regret, I just had to be patient, after all, patience was a virtue,
He led me toward the direction of the elevator, his hand resting on the small of my back, standing like this, I noticed he wasn't even up to my shoulders,
"Patience, Trinidad, patience is the key" I kept saying to myself and fixing a smile on my face I walked into the elevator with Antonio hanging on my arm
Once the doors of the elevator closed, Antonio was suddenly all over me, he wrapped his fat arms around my slender waist, he kept trying to kiss me and I kept tactically avoiding it,
He was like a dog that had seen a bone, the elevator finally opened and I was quick to point out that it had opened, with a surprising level of restraint, Antonio peeled himself off me and held on to my hand again, he had a sickening smile on his fat face,
We walked towards a hotel room, we got to a door and Antonio used his key card to open the door and we walked in,
As soon as the doors closed behind us, he was on me again, he was raining kisses on any part of my body he could reach,
And then suddenly he stopped, he stepped back holding his throat, trying desperately to breath,
I couldn't help the smile that crept into my face "I am sure that you find it difficult to breath now, but at least you can still draw in a few breaths and that will seize very soon and you will die from asphyxiation because your heart is currently going into override and when you die everyone will believe you died of a heart attack not from the lethal poison you consumed along with a glass of whiskey" I said and adjusted my dress in the places the disgusting pig had attacked me, I applied the poison on the rim of his glass when I had traced the rim,
His eyes were wide as he tried to draw in air, I walked up to him and said "Goodbye Mr Alvaro and in your next life, please try to be a slightly better person and you might not die such a gruesome death"
The disgusting pig struggled for a few more seconds and then fell to the ground unmoving, I bent down beside him and pulled a pair of gloves from my purse and slipped them on, I checked if he was breathing, he was not.
I stood up and walked out of the room, my mission here was done, I pulled out a small phone from my purse and dialled a number, it was answered on the third ring
"The sky is cloudy" a robotic voice said,
"And I have no umbrella" I said,
"State your ID number and codename Agent" the voice said again,
"ID number 67531, codename Fox" I said,
"Mission Status?" the voice said,
"Accomplished" I said,
"Well done Agent, Report to HQ" the voice said and the line went dead
I put the phone in my purse and got into the elevator with a smile on my face, leaving the memory and body of a disgusting pig behind me.
Trinidad's POV
I arrived HQ at exactly 8:00pm, HQ looked like just any other house, if you were just casually passing by, it looked like a normal two storey building, the interior also looked a normal house with ordinary workers who came at different intervals,
The owner of the house was Mr Alejandro Perez, the leader of our secret agency, he gave us our orders and we reported back to him and the other higher ups and we were given further orders on our next target,
The system was simple, they gave us orders and targets and we carried out whatever order we were given on the target then reported it back to them and the circle continued,
I walked in and was greeted at the door by Miss Weathers, she was an aged woman with grey hair, it was easy to mistake her for the live-in housemaid but I knew better, Miss Weathers was actually one of the instructors who trained the new recruits, she was the expert on seduction and different types of poison, it was said that when she was much younger, she had troupes of men begging for her attention, I remember her as one of the instructors I met first when I was initially brought here, she was a little younger then, she had smiled at me and offered me a cookie,
Even now she smiled at me "Welcome home Trinidad" she said as she stepped aside for me to walk in,
Of all the instructors, she was the only one that called with my real name, all the rest used my codename,
I smiled at her and said "Good day Miss Weathers"
She returned the smile and said "I trust your mission went well"
"Very well Miss Weathers, I used only what you taught me" I said and winked,
The old woman threw her head back and gave a hearty laughter, when she looked at me again, her warm blue eyes were moist with laughter "You kids get to have all the fun these days" she said with a smile
I laughed as well and said "And I could only dream of the type of fun you had Miss Weathers"
The old woman smiled and said "I miss the good old days"
I laughed and said "I love catching up with you Miss Weathers but I have to go see Mr Perez now, I have to report my mission log and see if I got anymore missions coming up soon"
Miss Weathers waved her hand dismissively in the air and said "Run along now and say hi to the bastard for me"
I laughed and walked towards the stairs, Mr Perez's office was located on the second floor, as I climbed the stairs I had climbed many times in my life already, I couldn't help but remember the first time I had arrived here, that was fourteen years ago and it was also the first time I met Mr Alejandro Perez,
I got to a door made of heavy oak, I knocked gently and waited for the reply from within, it took only a few seconds before I had the deep voice from within say "Enter"
I gently twisted the door knob and pushed the door, it opened and I walked in,
The office was always the same, the same shelves filled with books and the black rug was the same as always and the man that inhabited the office was always the same, there he was in the place he always sat, behind the big oak table, his silver black hair was tied back in a neat fashion, the spectacles that were forever perched at the tip of his long pointed nose, and he was dressed in his usual plain white shirts, his black jacket hung on a rack behind him, his face was free of any facial hair, he was always writing something on a sheet of paper or typing something into his computer, he always looked like the wise man to me, I had adored him since I was a child.
"Good day, Mr Perez" I said,
Without looking up at me, he said "Welcome back Fox, I was informed that your mission was a success"
"Yes Sir" I answered feeling a small hint of pride,
"You have done well agent, you can go back home and rest for now, you will be contacted with details for your next mission" he said,
"Thank you Sir" I said, hoping he would look at me just once but of course I knew he wouldn't do that,
The last time Mr Perez looked me in the eye was 14 years ago when he brought me here, since that day, I hardly saw him, I only saw glimpses of him as he passed in the hallway or outside our classrooms when we were training,
After completing my training and becoming an elite assassin for the government, I only saw him on occasions like this when I completed my missions and even then, he never looked at me and he never called me by my real name,
"You can leave now Agent Fox" He said to me,
That was it, I was dismissed, the only time I was going to see him again was when I completed my next mission or when I came in for a new mission,
"Yes Sir" I said and walked out, the door closed behind me with a heavy thud, this house was ancient, I had no idea how many years it had been used as HQ for our secret agency,
I walked down the stairs, the house was quiet, all the instructors were probably in their offices by now or perhaps some had gone to train the new recruits in the training grounds,
My footsteps resounded as I came down from the stairs, I met Miss Weathers at the foot of the stairs, she was smiling brightly at me and I returned the warm gesture with a smile of my own,
"All done I suppose" she said,
"Yes Miss Weathers" I answered,
"And how is the old bastard?" she said with a wistful smile,
"Same as always I am afraid" I said,
She laughed heartily and said "He is always the same, always heaven knows what he writes on those blasted papers he always has on his table,
I smiled and said "You could always ask him Miss Weathers, he might just tell you" I winked at the old woman,
She laughed and said "If I couldn't get him to tell me anything all those years ago when my charms were still very much potent, there is absolutely nothing I can get him to say now when my charms are all wrinkled and dead"
I laughed, it was said that back in the days Mr Perez and Miss Weathers were quite the item but something made them split and this was how they turned out now,
"You should get going now my dear, you deserve a little rest before your next mission" Miss Weathers said and gave me a gentle pat on the hand,
I smiled and nodded "You are right Miss Weathers" I said,
The old woman gave me a smile and a said "Take care Trini" she waved and walked away again,
I watched her as she left for a few seconds before I opened the door and stepped out.
Trinidad's POV
Home was a two bed apartment located in the heart of the city, I hardy stayed here because my missions sent me to different parts of the world, this was just a place I could lie low and just relax for a few days before the next mission came up,
All my plants were dead, I hardly ever saw my neighbors and when I did, I never said a word to them, so I guess my plants paid the price for my bad manners, well it's not like I gave a damn about the stupid plants anyway, I had only had them because they came with the house, well at least now I didn't have bother with watering them which I only did when I was bored and that was almost never,
I took the key from the rug in front of the door, I opened the door and walked in, I threw my bag on the floor and walked straight to the kitchen, I opened the fridge and pulled out a can of beer, I popped it open and raised the liquid to my lips, it was cold and refreshing, I didn't care if it was just 11am right now, it wasn't like I was going to leave the house again today and I had no friends who might unexpectedly drop in and find me drinking in middle of the day,
I grabbed two more cans and a leftover pizza I saw, I wasn't sure how long it had been there but after careful inspection, I figured it was good enough to eat, at least I was sure I won't die from food poisoning, my body had been injected with 25 different lethal poisons in small amount to the extent that my body became immune to them, so I was sure pizza that had gone a little bad wouldn't kill me,
I took the beer and pizza along with me to the living room and collapsed on the couch facing the TV, I picked up the remote and switched on the TV, I flicked through the channels until I came across something entertaining, I settled for a talk show,
I threw the remote to a corner on the couch and settled to drink my beer and eat my pizza.
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14 years ago
It was my 3rd day without food, I was hungry and starving but above all of that, I was angry, the matron at the orphanage had refused feeding me because I fought with Tommy Reddington, he was a big boy with a nasty face, he had tried to take my doll away so I had jumped on him and bit his right ear until it bled, it had taken the matron and two other staffs to get me off the crying boy, when they finally got me away from him, he ran away crying and screaming on top of his voice and I was smiling, I was very certain that was the last time he would bother me again,
After that the matron had grabbed me roughly by my skinny hand and threw me into the laundry room, it was cold and smelt of dirty laundry, she had told me that she wanted me to learn my lesson, she came every morning to check if I was humble now but I refused to show her that her punishment bothered me but today I knew that if I went another day without food or water I will surely die, so I told myself that I could just submit this time because I didn't want to die in this filthy orphanage,
I had spent all my life here, I was 10 years old and I was told my mother had come to the orphanage when she was in labor and she had given birth to me and died shortly after, so I was named at the orphanage,
The orphanage was the closest thing I knew to hell, growing up here, one had to learn to survive at a very young age, the matron and staffs here were wicked and mean, the food meant for the orphans were distributed among the staffs while we were left to suffer in hunger,
I didn't want to live all my life here, one day I will leave this place behind and never look back, so today I will beg if I had to, I couldn't die here,
So when the matron came that morning, I was ready with a meek and resigned face, I put in my best effort to make myself look humble,
"Have you learned your lesson Trinidad?" the fat woman said, she was looking down at me from her nose,
"Yes Ma'am" I answered, my voice had never sounded so humble,
She nodded her head "Of course, 3 days without food and water will surely calm you down" she said with her voice that sounded like a door hinge that desperately needed oil,
"Yes Ma'am" I said again,
"Very well, you are free to go now and once you leave here make sure you take a bath then head to the kitchen and have your meal and put on one of your nice dresses, today some people are coming over to see if they can adopt anyone of you pests, and I hope they choose you so that i can finally be rid of you and your problems" she said,
I felt my heart fly in joy, I looked forward to adoption day because I knew I could actually leave this place if one the families chose me,
"Thank you Ma'am" I said and ran past her,
I could hear her hurling insults at me but of course I didn't care, it was adoption day after all,
I darted into my room and ran over to the bunk which I l slept, I pulled my supposed good dress from under the mattress, it was a sky blue worn out dress with dark blue flowers stitched on it, it had been given to me by one of the older girls that had been adopted, it was pretty but old,
I folded it and placed it on the bed and ran over to the bathroom, thankfully it was empty, it was way past the time when we normally took our baths, I am sure the other kids were having breakfast by this time,
I took my time in taking my bath since I hadn't had one in the last three days, I scrubbed and washed my red hair till it shone and smelt like the soap we used in taking our baths, when I was satisfied with just how clean I was, I dashed out of the bathroom and ran all the way to my room, once inside, I quickly slipped on my underwear and my dress, I brushed my hair with a little hair brush I had gotten from one of the older girls again, then I headed to kitchen,
The other children were still eating, I quickly took a plate and went to collect my food, it was a piece of bread with thin broth, I scrunched my nose but I took it without a word, I found a place to sit and quickly ate my breakfast telling myself that today was surely the day I left this place forever,
10 minutes later, we were told to assemble in a place known as big room, it was the place we normally gathered when such things were happening,
I was the first one out the hall, by the time I got there, I saw the matron talking with well-dressed man with long hair that was tied at the back, he was tall and the matron looked like a waddling penguin beside him,
When I ran in, he turned to look at me, his eyes were not kind but they didn't look like the ones the people of this orphanage had so it was still okay,
"Can't you walk carefully Trinidad?" The matron said in a harsh voice but she quickly remembered she was in the presence of a guest because she quickly softened her expression and threw a smile my way,
I ignored her and kept looking at the man who was now walking up to me, he walked until he standing right in front of me, I didn't look away, I kept looking at him, he looked different from the other people I had met before,
He knelt before and said "What's your name little girl?"
"I am Trinidad" I answered,
And then he smiled, no one had ever smiled at me before and though his eyes still weren't kind, I felt at ease with his smile,
"I am Mr. Perez, would you like to go home with me?" he said, the smile still on his face and then he held out his hand to me,
I smiled back and placed my skinny hand into his outstretched hand.
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Present day
The sound of my phone made pry my eyes away from the TV screen, I looked at the caller ID, it was HQ, I quickly answered it,
"Report to HQ tomorrow for your new mission agent Fox"
A voice said once I answered and the line went dead.