It was a smoldering hot day in Brazil. The humidity used sweet as a glue sticking clothes and hair to the body. In was a normal enough day, people went about their business, business men ran about returning to their offices from lunch. No one would of suspected that on a tower perched high above the city two people were perched aiming a sniper rifle at the front door of the most popular hotel.
"Remember to keep one in the chamber" the boy who was wielding a pair of binoculars spoke in a low grumble "hey come on it was our fist mission" the boy looking down the sniper scope said defending himself, never the less he slid the chamber to double check before tearing his eyes away from the scope and rubbing them. The pair had been up there for four hours staring down the scope, waiting, ready to pounce. "get away ready" a voice cracked in their ears through the ear pieces they were warring "great stand by Jason" the boy with the binoculars stated tugging at his black t-shirt that was drenched in sweet. "target is leaving the lobby repeat target is leaving the lobby and heading towards exit" another voice cracked in the ear "Sheldon get to the extraction point" the boy ordered holding his binoculars back up to his eyes. To is right he felt the boy with the sniper rifle tense up as adrenalin coursed though his body "James is your scope dialed in?" he asked him "mmm" was the reply that came back.
The boy swung his binoculars in the direction of the grand entrance of the hotel. The Street outside was packed with people moving up and down to get to the various shops that surrounded the region "a lot of civvies, shot is going to be tight" he told James a moments silence passed through it felt like hours. "visual on target about to open the door" "Sheldon at evac" "roger get the engine hot, James get ready" the boy barked out the orders pressing the binoculars tighter to his face "clear to fire?" James asked as a man in a white suit and sunglasses emerged from the hotel. The man stopped in the street and stretched, yawned and pulled out his phone "clear" the boy with the binoculars gave the order. James took a deep breath, there was a moments silence, then without warning. BANG!
The .50 caliber rifle sounded loud to the boys in the tower, but to the people on the street far away, it would sound like a distant car back firing. The pair held their breath looking at the man in the white suit, he turned to walk up the street then dropped all of a sudden a faint red mist exploding from his neck. The force of the round almost knocked his head off. The pair knew instantly that the man was dead long before he hit the ground, they sat in silence for a moment "another drug lord down" "he got what he deserved" "you think so Ryan?" James asked setting his sniper rifle down "the guy could have had a family different from his work life and kids" Ryan took the ear piece from his ear and blocked the mic around his throat so the other couldn't hear them "look James that guy killed a lot of people, even if he didn't personally you can bet that he ordered it, think about how many life's and family's he ruined, there was a reason we were given this mission, its because we are the best. Now granted it can get a bit taxing sometimes but we do what has to be done, what should have been done along time ago and the world is thankful for it" Ryan patted James on the shoulder who smiled, content with the reply he got. "Come on lets get out of here, if we hurry I might be back in time to finish that math home work I already have an extension on" the pair packed up their gear, and, as though it was the most normal thing ever jumped out the window. They were in free-fall for about for 2 seconds before pulling their parachutes and gliding like birds over the city. Down, down the softly traveled until they landed in a quiet side street. They bundled their parachutes under a stall as a black SUV came speeding around the corner coming to a halt next to them. Sheldon flung open the back door and took the sniper rifle from James as both he and Ryan clambered in. Jason started driving to the air port as the other relaxed in the back. Sheldon had been in the hotel keeping a close eye on the man they had just killed and Jason had hidden the car and drove to the pick up spot at the exact pre determined time.
Every member of the group had a very particular set of skills, which made them indispensable in the field. Jason was a vehicle expert, able to drive fly or sail anything ever built for travelling purpose. James was a expert marksman, Sheldon was a master of disguise able to blend in anywhere and gather information vital to the mission. Ryan on the other hand, was the leader of the group a excellent soldier, type A personality always up for a challenge, and always had to win. He was extremely agile and fit he was able to hold his own in both hand to hand combat and anything else thrown at him, he wasn't all brawn though his quick thinking had gotten the group out of a sticky situation more than once.
Ryan laid his head back on the headrest, enjoying the A/C in the car as they drove. There was something abnormal about the team; they weren't your regular soldiers. They were all only 17 but had seen and done things that would make many men cower with fear. What got them through it however was the fact that they were all best friends. Just as they reached the airport a beeping broke the silence "I got this one" Ryan said pulling a phone from his pocket and tapping a green button. The screen flickered into life and the face of the fifth member of the team appeared on it "Hey Lisa" they said in a chorus. Lisa was a computer wiz, able to hack any computer net work and pull any and all digital information required for their missions "hey boys" "where to next?" Sheldon asked "well I have some news, it would appear the your recent assignation of drug leaders and global threat leaders has got you quite popular, you have been black listed by just about every illicit organization on the planet, so we are sending you to hiding" they guys looked at each other confused, they had been black listed before but they had never got put into hiding for it. " so where are we going?" Jason asked "a place called middleton" "where?" they asked, they had never heard of Middleton before and they had been to every continent on the earth "middleton a town in the states" Lisa barked beginning to get short with them, the boys had a way of getting under her skin but ultimately she liked them "now you will be enrolled in the local high school, just like back home and will receive missions, mostly about taking out middle weight villains bent on world domination. You know, simple stuff" she finished vigorously typing at her computer "your plane tickets have been paid for and your families informed you will be staying at a house on your own but the US government is paying for it so don't trash it up" the screen went black as Lisa disappeared. The four guys exchanged looks of excitement, they may be the worlds top operators but they were teenage boys " we are going to be in a house" Jason and Sheldon exclaimed "by ourselves" Ryan and Sheldon finished. The team celebrated as they parked the car and walk in to the terminal.
It was a 16- hour flight to Middleton, somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean they were informed that their belongings had already arrived and would be waiting for them at the airport. There was a nervous buzz amongst the group as each fantasized what the house would be like "I hope we have a pool" James whispered excitedly "Or a hot tub" Jason said "I hope we have both" Sheldon chimed in "Think of the parties" Ryan finally joined the conversation making the faces of his friends light up "dude I am actually excited for school" Sheldon said calming down "where are we going again? Middleton high?" Ryan nodded. Back in Australia they had been the most popular guys in school but now they were going to a different school in a different country, and Ryan couldn't help but feel a tad nervous "I just want to get a American girl" Jason said leaning in close "they love the Australians" he said raising his eyebrows.
This line of conversation went on until they touched down in a medium sized airport. When they got in to the terminal all the euphoria of excitement left them when the realized they had no way of getting to their new house or where it was. Ryan stood in the circle of his friends looking up and down the Terminal hall "White truck out front" James broke the silence holding up the phone that displayed a message from Lisa. Used to clues like this from her the four stepped out side and sure enough parked out the front of the airport was a large white moving truck. Ryan looked as Jason who shrugged and they all move towards the truck. They found it was unlocked and in the back was all their belongings from home. They clambered into the cab Jason instinctively taking the drivers seat, Ryan took the passengers seat and rummaged in the glove box, he emerged moments later with a piece of paper on which an address was scribbled, he gave it to Jason who set it on the dash board in his view and pulled out of the airport. The drive to the house didn't seem long; they drove along the main roads catching glimpses of parks and shopping malls. They drove through the winding suburban streets looking at all the houses. There were big houses and small ones, multistoried and bungalows. They drove up a hill and something that looked like a rocked shot up from a garden in one of the houses. Ryan watched as it rose 80 feet into the air, lost momentum and plummeted nose first to the ground. Ryan laughed to himself and they drove a little while longer. They stopped out side a 1 storied house on the top of a hill. It seemed wide and roomie. Jason turned to look at Ryan "I think this is it" he said trying to contain a smile. In the drive way of the house was Jason's car, which they all drove apart from missions and Ryan's motorbike that only Ryan drove. Jason reversed the truck half way up the drive way and they al jumped out. Following Ryan to the front door with the key in the lock, he turned it and opened the door. They were standing in a wide hallway. A bright sitting room to the right and a door to the garage on the left, continuing down the hall it abruptly ended. They were standing in a space between a large open plan kitchen on their left and a giant living room on their right. The wall they were facing was all glass and on the other side of the glass was a decking with a pool and hot tub and a fire pit. The decking was huge, large enough to hold parties. To the right just before the living room was another hall that houses 3 bedrooms. Jason, James and Sheldon clamed these three and Ryan took the one that was up the stairs, the stairs were located behind the living room. The rest of the afternoon consisted of the guys helping one another moving their things in to the respective rooms and dealing with Mrs. Madden from across the street who insisted on coming over and making tea for them every half an hour.
After what seems like a eternity they were moved in. the four sat on the large couch that alone took 2 hours to wrestle down the hall. Ryan had taken his bike to the local store where he used a fake ID to get them beer. He had met a blond haired guy who was hanging outside the store and offered to go back and get him something "oh no thanks man I'm actually waiting for someone to pick me up" the guy had said. The four were sitting quite content when the phone went. Sheldon answered it coughing up the mouthful of beer he had when he hared the message. The remaining three jumped from the couch and were about to rush off to get their gear, fearing the worst. "Guys, guys stop" Sheldon was able to force out between coughs "it's the last day of summer today, school starts tomorrow" a wave of dread hit them all and they plumped back down on the couch looking at the time. It was 1:58 and school started at 8, the didn't even know how far away they lived from school.
Kim woke earlier than she had gotten used to this summer break. She showered and dressed and went down the stairs to breakfast where the familiar scene of her father reading the news paper and her mother franticly fixing breakfast for the family before she had to rush to work. Kim's brother appeared as if out of no where and began eating with next to no table manners. Kim excused her self and went to walk out he door to wait for her friend Ron to pick her up she stopped to check he self in the mirror, her large emerald eyes were full of life and her auburn hair was long and beautiful, it hung over one side of her face. She smiled as a knock on the door told her Ron was there
"Lets go KP first day back at school" Ron yelled from the other side of the door. Kim opened the door and hugged him "good to see you Ron, lets get going" "so do you think there will be any new kids?" Ron asked Kim who sat behind him on his scooter as they drove. "I don't know it would be nice to get some fresh faces" Kim said being reminded that she will have to put up with Bonnie again.
The pair walked into the crowded school halls and went to their familiar locker. Ron waited for Kim at her locker, she opened it seeing the computer that her friend wade used to give her mission details. Kim signed she wanted a mission to be given to her right at that second as she could hear Bonnie call her name "so what did you do this summer?" Bonnie asked not really wanting a answer "oh we watched movies went to Buenos nacho and watched wrestling" Ron butted in "Oh how fun well i-" she was cut short, Kim turned to see a tall guy standing there in a leather motorcycle jacket white t-shit and jeans, his sandy colored hair was a sprawling untidy mess but it worked for him. His hazel eyes looked from a sheet of paper he was holding to the locker Bonnie was standing at. Kim saw his eyes flicker to her for a split second. "Hi I'm Bonnie" Bonnie cued in a soft voice "yup good for you, I need to get to my locker" he said in a heavy Australian accent. Bonnie's eyes grew wide at the sound of his accent "you must be one of the new guys, where do you come from" "Australia" he said "and could you move" Bonnie finally listened moving away from his locker and beginning to say she would show him around. Kim blushed little as she got a closer look at him, he was kind of cute "does she always do this" the boy said quietly to Kim who blushed when she realized she was staring at him "oh.. uh yeh pretty much" the boy opened his mouth to say something but was cut off "Hey Ryan" another tall guy with brown hair came running over to him "do you know where room 124 C is" this boy also spoke with a Australian accent, Bonnie's mouth almost hit the floor "I dunno man I only just found my locker" Ryan checked his time table "but I'm in there to" "hey I saw you yesterday buying beer from the store" Ron piped up "you have a fake ID!?" Bonnie overflowed with excitement and Ryan closed his eyes in frustration, this was not how he wanted to start his first day at school "I have that class to c'mon ill take you guys you can sit next to me" Ryan looked like he was about to hug Ron and he and his friend followed Ron, "so your from Australia huh?" Ron began questioning them as they walked down the hall. Kim followed them with her eyes and turned back around to close her locker and saw a fuming Bonnie inches from her face "Don't waste your time on them Kim I saw them first and they would not even go for you anyway" Bonnie sneered as she walked away great its started all ready Kim through to her self walking to her first class.