Thursday, September 6, 2012

Post 4: Introducing Agent Awesome

After Mary was done working her makeup magic on Phil, he couldn't recognize himself in the reflection in the windows of the helicopter.  Phil was the same size as Sam the Pilot, so she made him to look like Sam the Pilot.  Gone were his steel blue eyes and shortly cropped blonde hair.  Instead, he wore brown contact lenses and sported a shaggy, thick hair cut like Sam.  He even had Sam's thick Tom Selleck moustache.  

Most surprising was the extent of Mary's abilities to disguise someone, for his nose was a prosthetic one to help Phil look like Sam, and his brow had some sort of make-up putty smoothed on to make it look larger than his own.  Yes, he was definitely feeling this part.

Phil reached up and placed the black knit cap on his head, completing his head to toe military look.  He took a couple of breaths in and out, trying to remember Sam's voice and cadence.  Phil recalled a Midwest quality to the tenor voice, a bit higher than his own.  He practiced a few vocal exercises and one or two phrases before rolling his head from side to side and jumping up and down a bit in place - this being his classic warm up routine prior to filming a roll.

He looked back at his reflection.  He saw: Agent Awesome, undercover.  His iconic alter ego winked at the image and he turned back to Mary.

"Stay here," he said quietly yet confidently.  "I'll handle this."  He slung his AK-47 and took off for the hangar.  

Mary raised her eyebrows sharply and pursed her lips as she watched him trot off, leaving her and Clementine in the helicopter outside on the landing pad.  She finished putting away her disguise kit and began to ready herself and Clem to back up Phil.  Maybe even rescue him. 

Agent Awesome slowed to a walk as he entered the open hangar door into a brightly light cavernous room.  Several planes fit inside the building and many of them were being loaded with various crates and machinery. He noted the activity and filed it for analysis after this mission was complete.  First, he must gain access to the upstairs office and detain whoever seemed to be in charge.  All in a days work for Agent Awesome.

He waved to a few of the similarly dressed fellows who acknowledged his arrival, but kept his eye on the stair leading up to this office.  His combat boots thudded softly on the concrete and then on the metal stairs as he began his ascent.   Agent Awesome reached the top without any issue.

He knocked on the door, two firm raps, and a voice invited him inside.  

He opened the door and...


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