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It was the Christmas of 2006. Tyler woke up and ran down the stairs to open his present and saw his dad leaving and asked “Where are you going” His Dad replied “I have to go to the work ”. Tyler hugged his dad and said goodbye.
The next day a man came to the door and asked if he could speak to Tyler's mom. The man told his mom that her husband was killed in action. Tyler's mom started to cry. The man went to Tyler and gave him a locket with a phone number and a picture of his dad and said “call this number whenever you have a problem and make sure you ask for Howard.” Seven years later, Tyler and his friends went to an alley to gamble on an illegal fight. When he was watching the police came. Everybody ran away but the police caught Tyler. Tyler was taken to the police center where he was questioned. The police told him he could make a call. Then Tyler …show more content…
Tyler asked “who are you.
He replied “My name is Howard and I am the one who got you out of there”
Tyler asked why. He replied “because I want you to be a secret agent. If you do come to SAS’s ice-cream store at 8:00.”
Tyler came to the ice-cream store and saw Howard there. Howard told Tyler to follow him. They went to the bathroom and closed the door. Then he put his hand on the mirror and the room started to go down. When it stopped there was a room with a red car. Howard instructed Tyler to go inside the car. Tyler went inside with Howard. Howard pressed a button and the car went zooming through the tunnel.
The car stopped and Tyler got out. He looked around and saw jets, planes, and helicopters. Howard showed Tyler the room, he was staying in. When he walked in he saw eleven other and one bed left he went to that bed and put his stuff next to it.
Then a man named Charles walked in and said “One of you are going to replace an agent and become part of the secret agent service. To become an agent you will have to go through a series of

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