Spy in the Fourth Grade

Chapter 2
Never Say Never to Childhood

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Chapter Description: As Carla's regression changes to her to her teens, she remembers why going back to child hood could be a mistake but is then assigned with her new partner, Kevin who helps her be calm about her regreesion. But who is Kevin?

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“You?re her aid, you need to assist her and watch after her. Make sure her mission goes smoothly, train her about her regression, and basically, being her partner.” said the Chief.

“Yes, sir. When do I start?” Agent Kevin Monroe said.

“Right now, Agent Donovan?s regression has started. Before the regression is finished, we?ll drop you off the drop house.” The Chief briefed.

“Yes sir, where is Agent Donovan?” Kevin questioned.

“She?s located in the blue room.”

Meanwhile, Carla was looking herself in the mirror, seeing herself age backwards. She wasn’t sure about going back to childhood, but she was traveling a one way road now. She had no choice. But she still wondered why she jumped at this chance. Her childhood wasn’t that great. Her mother died of breast cancer when she was 7. Her father died four years later. Her aunt and uncle raised her and was inspired by her uncle to go into law enforcement. Her smarts had her go into local police to the agency in eight years. But before all that, her childhood wasn’t great to begin with. Filled with tragedy, embarrassment, and loneliness, she never liked her past to begin with.

“I paddling down shit creek without an oar. God, I’m gonna regret this.” She said as she observed her now youthful appearance.

“I must’ve already lost five years in just ten minutes.”

Her phone than rang. It was the chief.

“Yes sir?”

“Your aid is waiting for you in the white room with the escort.”

“Sir, the regression has begun. I’m not sure I should go out like this.” She argued.

“You must go with him I regression won’t continue in three hours.” Said the Chief. “Go to the escorts.”

“Yes sir. Over and out.”

As Carla got up and started walking, she noticed her body had changed as her clothes stayed the same. While to the eye, she looked the same, at second glance, her body drastically changed. She had lost three inches from her 5’9 to 5’6; she went from 155 to 131 lbs, her clothes became looser due to this. And she almost tripped on her shoes five times.

Carla arrived at the white room as Kevin and the escorts waited for her.

“So you arrived, I see you’re already going back. Shall we go?” Kevin said.

“Yes.” Carla said smugly.

She already didn’t like him.

As they were escorted to the house, Kevin and Carla started talking to pass time.

“How old are you, Kev?”

“24, it’s barely my second month with the Agency.”

“They got a youngster watching me? Those bastards!” she thought.

“24? Interesting.” She said.

“Yeah, I must’ve impressed somebody in the Agency to get in. Odd coming from Tucson where almost nothing happens. What about you, Carla?”

“I was in Boston after moving from Ohio. I basically took the Pegorino crime family. After that, I got the invitation and joined. One year later, here I am, becoming the female Benjamin Button.” She laughed nervously.

“It’s okay. You took a big risk going into this.” Kevin assured Carla. Carla though Kevin was an asshole but already she knew she could trust him. He felt sincere and felt sorry for her. He was nervous of her.

“God, how long is it till we get there?” She questioned

“Another hour”

“Can you wake me up when we arrive?”

“Sure.”

Carla drifted to sleep. She woke up in the classroom again. She was herself but in her school uniform. She was her adult self but as she observed the classroom, nothing had changed from her last dream, as she left the room. She tripped, as she recovered, she noticed she was in the old room she had as a kid. She noticed that everything was larger than before.

“Let me guess...” she predicted as she went towards the mirror. Her reflection showed her nine year old self.

“These dreams are telling to tell me something but what?”

An arm comes out of the darkness and shakes her.

“Ahhh!” Carla screamed.

“Hey, hey, hey, it’s okay. We’re here.” Kevin explained.

“Sorry, I had a bad dream.” Carla said.

The escort then spilt away with the car containing Kevin and Carla drove into the community homes. The homes looked upscale, clean, & perfect. This neighborhood reminded Carla of the houses she would see in Boston. They then drive to their drop house and park inside the garage. As the garage door closed, the driver said, “We’ve arrived.”

“Thanks Jason. Come on Carla. We got to get you briefed.” Kevin said as he exited the car.

“Okay but I have to go to the bathroom first.” Carla said as she ran to the house, quickly to the bathroom. As she was in the bathroom, she starting getting a headache. It’s one of the side effects of the regression.

“It must mean...ohhhh, my head hurts. Where’s the aspirin?” She said.

She opened the medicine cabinet, finding some Advil but as she closed the cabinet door, the cabinet mirror showed her reflection. She saw herself getting younger. Her face now look she was in her teens. Now 18, she lost two inches and 12 lbs, now 119.

“Shit, I’m a teenager now, and it’s still not over...” she moaned.

“What’s wrong being a teen again?” Kevin suddenly says

“Oh shit!”

“I’m sorry did I scare you?” he figured.

“Sort of, it’s just...let’s just say high school was hard for me...hell, school itself was hard.”

“You were the teased a lot, were you?”

She started sniffling, “...yes.”

“You’re not only one...”

“You too?”

“When you have acne, you’re automatically labeled “PIZZA-FACE”, you listen to rock, you’re labeled as weird, everything I did was put under a microscope. Just so assholes can feel better about themselves, thankfully, we put it all behind us at the end.”

“Thank you, it’s just I don’t know if I can get through this.” She said.

“They chose you because you’re the best. You’re special. Do this and you’ll be rewarded.” Kevin said.

“I don’t know if being the third regressed agent is special.” She said.

“Third?” he thought was said.

“Yeah, I’m the third.”

“Interesting.” He said as he left the room.

“Hey, where you going?” she said.

“It’s getting late, you need to rest, the regression should finish by tomorrow, until then, good night.” Kevin said as he quietly walked away from Carla

“What the hell?” Carla wondered.

 

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