The Mission

“Act natural, and don’t panic. I wasn’t followed, but you can never be too careful,” Agent L said grabbing his companion’s arm.

“Well, it’s about time,” Alice Wu snapped back, “I was worried you were going to get my body killed! And I didn’t appreciate expecting to actually spent some time with you, but instead be surrounded by CIA agents who swap our bodies!”

“I said I’m sorry, but --”

“No you didn’t.”

“Well, I’m sorry, but I needed your body for a mission. I needed to sneak into North Korea and steal some codes. Your body and your passport allowed me to do that.”

“You could’ve asked me to get them for you.”

“It was all classified. I’ve probably told you too much already. But you know I repsect you. It’s all over now anyway. We just need to go back to the CIA and return to normal.”

“What I don’t want to swap back to normal.”

“I didn’t want to do it this way, but I’m afraid you once again don’t have a choice.”

As Agent L exited the restaurant holding Ms. Wu’s arm, he expected another ambush. But this time there were no agents.

“It seems no one is coming to help you this time,” Alice smiled, “This might be that I’ve already convinced them we already swapped back to normal. Maybe that respect is more than mutual, so much so that I’ve adored actually BEING you while you were on your silly mission...”