The Energy of the mind is the essence of life.
-Aristotle
T.E.R.S.E. Headquarters, Belle City, 6:34p.m
Since Terrance was gone, Raphael didn't know who was going to take over and be there new leader. All of the T.E.R.S.E. agents agreed that a vote on whoever their boss should be. Many people had already came up to Raphael and told him that they would be voting for him to be the new boss. Based on what had just happened, Raphael didn't think he had the qualities of being a good boss. Plus, he didn't want to be trapped in an office and assign missions to people, he wanted the missions to be assigned to him. Raphael loved being able to go out on missions, sometimes disguised as someone else, and defeating enemies. He knew for sure that he didn't train for years to just sit in an office and not be able to leave his desk.
Suddenly, one of his co-workers walked by the office and stopped when they noticed him. It was Alice. Her actual name was Kalema, but she preferred to be called Alice. She smiled and looked down as she shifted her feet in her peach six-inch heels. He floral peplum dress was right above her knees. She was tanned and had brown shoulder length hair that was curled.
"Hi, Raphael." she greeted. "I just wanted to let you know that I voted you for our new boss."
He nodded as she waved goodbye and left the room smiling. Everyone in T.E.R.S.E knew that she liked him, but he was never once interested in her. He was interested in Denella and only Denella.
As he emptied the last of Terrance's belongings in his desk, he noticed there was a small picture at the bottom of drawer. It was the kind you would keep inside of a wallet. It was a picture of Terrance and Derek dated back to 15 years ago.
Derek was found outside of Terrance's house when Derek was ten. He was left there by his parents before they disappeared. Ever since then, Terrance trained him, and when he was old enough, Terrance sent him out on missions with a few other agents. Soon, he was even better than the other agents, even though they had more experience. He was with Terrance for ten years until he died.
After Raphael finished cleaning up, he carried the boxes and left them outside of the office. He took one last look at the office and noticed that he forgot to take down the picture of Terrance that was framed and put up on the wall years ago. Instead, he left it, turned off the lights and closed the doors behind him.