"Ms. Annie Katz, Please report to class E-3 immediately!" said the voice coming from the intercom system.

I heard a few whispers coming from behind me before I got up and left the room.

Class E-3 was on the second floor of Preston high. One of the most prestigious high school in the world. It had nothing but top grades. It only had 2 classes per grade as opposed to the usual 4 class public school system.

Preston has 5 stories to it. The top story is for the high-end school employees like the Dean, Directors of subjects, and chairpersons (the big 3).

It took me about 5 minutes to get to room E-3 (E means English and 3 represents the number of the class).

I braced myself thinking of what was to come. I clenched the doorknob tightly, took a deep breath, and opened the door.

I was greeted by a cool breeze rushing past my face and a slight chill ran down my spine.

The Dean, the Directors, and the Chairperson were all standing in the front of the class.

I was quite surprised, these people seldom came to see the classes. They only came for important occasions like commissions of new wings or classes and meeting up with investors.

4 students sat spaced out on the desks in the class. I recognized them as Dereck Peters from class 11-A, Janet Anderson and Nick Grayson from Class 10-B, and M, who so happens to be the Dean's son, from class 10-A.

I made my way to the back, to a desk in the right corner of the class. I enjoyed being invisible. It became somewhat of a hobby, drawing attention to myself was not my favorite cup of tea.

Suddenly, three men entered the room, they were dressed in Alexander Amosu Vanquish Bespoke Suits which cost around $90,000 and all had Rolex watches on and all 3 men had their watches on countdowns that were set to the date 1st December 2022. Each one carried a briefcase in their right hand. On each briefcase, the CIA and FBI logos were engraved onto them.

They walked to the wooden stand and set the briefcases down side by side.

One of the three typed in a specific code which was followed by a CLICK!

All the briefcases opened simultaneously, as if like in a sci-fi movie. I only just noticed that all the briefcases were handcuffed to the 'Men in Black'

The men turned the briefcase tops to face us. They each had screens embedded into them.

A shadowy figure was in the centre of the screen.

Only his suit and gloves were visible. He was surrounded by a thick and dark vignette.

I could tell it was a video because the figure was fidgeting ever so slightly.

After a spell of silence, the figure began to speak.

"Good morning to you all. It's a pleasure to see that all the people I had requested have made it. I know that you are a bit confused about why you have been gathered here. So let me get straight to the point. You might have seen the news headlines about the mass murder that recently happened. Well, I am the one who killed them!"

Murmurs began almost immediately. 'Who is he?' or 'Is it really true?' were the most common ones. It was hard to tell who he really was because his voice was distorted. And he must be good for both the CIA and FBI to fail to apprehend him.

It had been 2 weeks since the famous Oliver Murder as they call it. It really was the perfect crime. No leads, no fingerprints, and no evidence.

In the beginning, it was thought to be a reckless murderer who didn't know what they were doing, but as they got deeper into the investigation, and kept hitting roadblocks or dead ends. It was concluded that a mastermind was behind this.

"Now that introductions are out of the way, let me explain how I got this group. I had been looking at all the schools and colleges in this country. But out of all Preston High had the best record both in academics and behavior. And so I decided this would be the school where I pick the chosen few. After some time of searching, I found you 5."

US? We asked in unison. Why? We were not the best in our classes, not by a long shot. Unless you count M. Neither were we the best in any extra-curricular. The only thing we had to our names were our hobbies, which at this school, amount to nothing.

"I chose you because I had a keen interest in what you do for fun and the talents you all poses. You are all opposites but when put together complement one another. Anyway back to the topic at hand. Why I gathered you here." he paused for a few minutes before beginning again

"In the next 2 years, on the 1st of December, 2022. I am going to assassinate the President as well as the entire cabinet unless I am caught. That's where you come in, your task is to find me before your time is up or else say goodbye to your beloved government." and just like that the call or video discontinued.

We sat there pondering on what happened. It was clear by the looks on our faces that we were all perplexed and alarmed by what the figure just said.

The mood in the room was evidently different. The atmosphere was gloomy. Everyone was alarmed and fidgety. Even the men who had the briefcase looked slightly worried.

The second man reached into his briefcase and pulled out two sets of manila envelopes.

He handed them out to us. One had Casefile written on it and the other had Identity written on it.

The following information was in the Casefile:

CaseFile:

Name: Unknown

Age: Unkown

Alias: The Playmaker

Hobbies: Murder, Cards and Chess

Hair Colour: Unkown

Eye colour: Unkown

Hieght: Unknown

Relations (Family, Friends, Accomplices e.t.c): Unknown

Extra Info: Can kill large numbers of people in a short time

This is the smallest case file I had ever seen. They knew only as much as us, which was quite surprising because of the caliber and competence of these agencies.

And the other file:

Identity:

Previous Name: Annie Katz

New Name: Caty Barnes

Alias: Queen of Hearts

Hobbies: Murder mysteries, riddles, and puzzles

Eye Colour: Brown

Hair Colour: Brown

Relations (Family, Friends, Accomplices e.t.c): Connie Barnes (Dereck Peters)

Extra Info: Is very sarcastic and independent

*This 'New identity' should be used at school and when speaking to the playmaker at all times*

I stared down at both the documents unamused. I had to use this Caty name everywhere except home and I needed to pretend that Dereck was my brother.

We were informed that we will not be attending classes with the other students. We will have a new class made for only the 5 of us. Year 10-C. We will spend half the time learning and half the time trying to find the PlayMaker before the last month of 2022. We will be given all the resources we need including VIA (Very Important Agents) passes that grant us classified information to aid us in the investigation. A further 100 billion dollars will be rewarded to us if we succeed and we will be given T.T.C. positions which are the highest position any non-governmental citizen can have.

All this may seem appealing but from the statistics, it will be practically impossible to catch him. He sent a video to these guys but was still untrackable. Will we be able to catch him and protect the government?

And in just a few moments my entire life had changed, from school girl to a homicide investigator!...

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