Holly thought about her first assignment as an FBI agent with mixed feelings. It was a solo assignment like she begged for, but there wasn’t much else to be excited about.
The assignment was in Louisiana of all places. She had to travel to some muggy, murky, bayou town that probably didn’t even have good food or shopping. While the case sounded interesting, the bugs absolutely did not.
Holly sighed in resignation, like it or not, there was no way she could push for reassignment. She had heard too many stories of ungrateful agents complaining about their assignments and then getting permanently assigned to a desk as a paper jocky for years. That was not why she worked so hard to join the FBI, so Holly would keep her head down, do a good job and hope the next case was in Aspen or somewhere else pleasant.
“Special Agent Sylva?” Her SAC, Oliver Brown, said, raising an eyebrow.
Holly shook her head, coming back to the conversation “Sorry, sir. Did you say something?”
“Are you unhappy with the assignment?” SAC Brown said.
A pit opened in Holly’s stomach and she shook her head in protest, “No sir! I was just wondering if I could head out to get started today.”
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“Excellent!” SAC Brown slapped his desk and smiled, “You suggested it before I could. I like that attitude, Special Agent Sylva. I’ll see to it that you’ll be on a plane within the hour. No need to pack, I’ve already arranged to have your things sent to your home there.”
“My home?” Holly said, dreading the implications.
Brown nodded, and slid a file over his desk to Holly, “You’ll be assigned to this case as long as it takes. Your task is to investigate a cluster of strange coincidences surrounding a particular area. There have been multiple reports of missing persons, grave robbings, illnesses, and even monster sightings in the same vicinity. Besides proximity, there are no other known correlations between the cluster of reports, but it’s too much to ignore without investigating. There are a few speculative leads in the file, but it’s your job to find the reason behind all of this or to find the reason it’s not worth the FBI’s time.”
”Understood, sir,” Karmen said, snatching up the file and trying to not show her disappointment. She did not want to live in louisiana. She needed to do everything in her power to wrap this case up as soon as possible.
“I knew I could count on you,“ SAC Brown said, “To be honest, a good friend of mine is on that missing persons list and it’ll be a great comfort to his wife to have a Special Agent permanently assigned. It’ll be a comfort to me as well.”
“I’ll do my best to find your friend, sir.” Holly said, not knowing how else to respond.
“You and I both know that’s not likely, Special Agent Sylva, but if you do, I’ll be forever in your debt.”
Holly felt her excitement bubbling up. This was her chance to prove herself. It might not be ideal, but if she could have the boss in her debt, this could be a career changing opportunity. She would not mess it up. “I’ll do my best to make you proud, sir.”
Brown nodded, “See to it that you do. Your point of contact will be a deputy Higgins. He’ll be waiting for you when you touch down. He knows the locals well and can show you around the area. Now get out of here. The rest is in the file.”
“Thank you, sir,” Holly said and headed out of SAC Brown’s office and off to her first mission ever.