London

Kerry and James where on a mission to convince an injured CHERUB agent to return to duty Alex Blake had been stabbed on a mission at the age of 13 3 years ago and she refused to go back on a field mission but they needed her after her older brother was injured on a mission in Russia 3 days ago. James personally felt that the girl was a lost cause as she was determined even for AJ she could not go back AJ was her best friend and he had protected her when their parents died even when they had got to CHERUB.

"Please Alex" Kerry tried again

"Why can't you see how hard this is for me" Alex sobbed "I was stabbed Kerry in the chest on a mission it shouldn't of happened and now you want me to go on another mission because my brother's life is in danger I am scared to death but I want to go and save him"

Kerry placed a comforting hand on Alex's shoulder she loved her brother and didn't want to lose him but she still had a fear of getting hurt.

"I will go with you" Kerry said "I promise"

"Me two" James said "we will be with you every step of the way"

"What do I have to do?" Alex asked

"You will have to turn up at the hospital and be upset" James said "then you will be involved in the mission me, Kerry and AJ will keep you safe"

"Do I have a choice?" Alex said smiling "you guys knew I wouldn't say no didn't you?"

"We had a feeling" Kerry said smiling

"Only if Lauren comes" Alex said "because I will need someone to hang around with if you two are getting back together"

"We aren't" they both said at the same time but wondered how they had given the impression to Alex that they were getting back together.

"Ok" James said "Lauren can come if she wants to she might be some help"

Alex Blake and Lauren Adams had gone through basic training together but had not been friends until they went on a mission with each other and James and AJ they had to pretend they were a family with the Chairwoman Zara Asker and her son Josh who was 4 at the time and they had great fun on the mission and had caught the bad guys so it had been a good day for everyone.

Russia

"Just get me out of here" AJ bit at his handler Kyle Blueman who had been a Cherub agent until two years before he had returned to be a temporary mission overseer and was regretting taking the job right now as he had made the mistake of telling AJ that James and Kerry where trying to get Alex to return to active duty since then AJ had tried to discharge himself from hospital.

"AJ" Kyle said slowly "if you would live not being on that machine you would be out of here by now mate trust me but you're not you could die if you continue like this and don't rest"

"If anything happens to her" he said "I will kill all of CHERUB starting with Adams if he gets her to get involved in this"

"It was Kerry's idea" Kyle said but AJ appeared to of ignored him when he said that.

"So" Alex said "what happens next?"

"We get AJ the hell out of Russia" Zara said "Ewart is on his way out to get him we have found a surgeon willing to do the surgery in the UK but the Russians won't let him in Russia so we are getting AJ out"

"I am going too" Alex said

"And me" Kerry said "and James and Lauren"

"You can't sign me up for stuff when I am not listening" James said

"We are going for AJ" Kerry said "from Russia"

"I hate Russia" James said "our relationship was downhill since my last visit"

"Yeah well that was your fault" Kerry said

"Now let's go" Alex said impatiently "I want to go and get my big brother"

As the girls left to pack James was left confused Kerry had jumped at the chance to go and get Alex to come back to CHERUB and she had jumped at the chance to go and rescue AJ did that mean that Kerry had fallen for AJ the last time he was in the UK or maybe even when she was with Bruce everyone had the chance of a possible wandering eye and James thought it might be possible that Kerry was attracted to the older agent and he wasn't the only one.

"So you fancy AJ?" Lauren asked

"No" Kerry said before the question was finished

"That means you do" Lauren said smirking and Kerry just looked defeated

"No I don't" Kerry said finding her tongue after a few seconds "besides he hardly even notices me"

"That was because you where dating Bruce" Lauren interjected "and AJ and Bruce are like best friends so he couldn't seem interested in you could he without losing Bruce's friendship"

"I guess your right" Kerry said "I never thought of it like that"

"Of course you didn't" Lauren said "because you and AJ are both stupid and didn't think that there was a chance you could be together"

Russia

"For fuck sake Kyle" AJ said "why did you call Ewart?"

"Because Zara was worried about you" Kyle said "and you aren't going anywhere until Ewart and the rest get here"

"What do you mean rest?" AJ said shortly

"Kerry, James, Lauren and ... Alex" Kyle said

"They better not have left yet" AJ said "you ring them and tell them not to let them come I am not letting them get hurt because of me"

"Trust me" Kyle said "I would rather you have this talk with him so you can kill each other and I get to live honestly AJ I didn't know he would do this"

"Me either" AJ said "now get me out of this damn hospital before I go bored shitless in here" and Kyle smirked and went in search of a wheelchair for his friend.

Two Days Later

"Where is Kerry?" James said looking around

"With AJ" Lauren said with a smirk

"Where is AJ?" James asked and then was surprised at what he saw as AJ had been pushed by Kerry in the wheelchair until they got speed and then she jumped into the chair with him as they rocketed down the hallway

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" Kerry shouted

"SHIT!" AJ shouted "Ewart out the way" and then there was a bang and James and Lauren ran after where they had seen their friends go.