Spy School Goes South

## Operation Tiger Shark

**Agent:** Ben Ripley

**Mission:** Follow double agent Murray Hill and arrest him.

**Objectives:**

1. Catch Murray Hill.

## Activated Agents

* Benjamin Ripley
* Erica Hale
* Mike Brezinski (unofficially)
* Zoe Zibbell (unofficially)
* Catherine Hale

## Letters

* Briefing
* Debriefing

March 27, 2017

To: ███████████, Agent Emeritus, Central Intelligence Agency

Re: Inmate 62615, aka ███████████

As you are certainly aware, our attempts over the past month to get ██████████████ to give up information on SPYDER have been unsatisfactory. While I have no doubt that ██████████████ knows more than he is letting on, he has been surprisingly effective in his refusal to reveal any of it. (The one time he *did* reveal information, it turned out to be false, leading to last week's regrettable CIA raid on a Boy Scout jamboree.) ██████████████ has remained surprisingly immune to our methods of persuasion, and while there are other things I would like to try, they are all illegal under the Geneva Conventions. After the bad press of raiding the jamboree, the last thing the CIA needs is another lawsuit.

Therefore, I am optimistic about the sudden change of attitude shown by ██████████████ this morning. While I share your skepticism about anything concerning the prisoner, I'm not about to look a gift horse in the mouth. Learning anything we can about SPYDER is the top priority for you and your team. SPYDER is certainly plotting another diabolical scheme, and they have infiltrated the Agency to the point where almost no one can be trusted. At this point, sadly, ██████████████ is the best lead we have to bringing them down once and for all.

So cut a deal with the kid. Give him whatever he wants. (Or at least, let him think you're doing that.)

And if he says he'll only talk to ███████████, then let him talk to ███████████.

Also, thanks for recommending Dr. Raker. She really took care of those bunions!

Sincerely,

██████████████████████

Director of Information Retrieval

Destroy this memo after reading.

To the members of Operation Tiger Shark:

Given the events of the last few days, it is evident that the CIA has been completely compromised by SPYDER. The two agents I trusted to ensure your safe flight down to Mexico--agents that I was sure were incorruptible--turned out to have been corrupted by SPYDER. (They also turned out to be expendable. And crocodile food. Serves them right.)

At this point, though, no one in the CIA can be trusted. If we are going to go after SPYDER's leadership, we are going to have to do it ourselves, without any help from the Agency. In fact, the Agency cannot even know we are *thinking* about this mission, let alone pursuing it.

We have no choice but to go rogue...again.

Obviously, this is asking a lot of all of you, especially considering that most of you are not yet of legal voting age. But you represent the best--and perhaps the only--chance we have to take down SPYDER once and for all.

It is my duty to make you aware that this mission may be extremely dangerous. And given the rogue status, should it end in failure, the CIA will likely disavow your status as agents (or agents-in-training). I will understand if you do not want to participate in such a perilous endeavor. I won't be happy about it, but I will understand.

Given the nature of this decision, I know it is not to be taken lightly. Still, time is of the essence. SPYDER is on the ropes, but we still need to act fast to take advantage of their situation. The more time we give them, the better their chance to recover.

Therefore, this mission will begin at 1200 hours today. Let me know if you are in or out.

Cyrus

Destroy this message after reading.