Ancient Artefacts

Hi, this is the first fan fiction I ever wrote and I spent ages trying to figure out whether it needed first or third person and forgot about it temporarily, so therefore it's now my 3rd, but first for Huntik though. Sorry, it's a bit short but hopefully the chapters will be longer from now on. Please R & R.

Chapter One-The Amulet

The girl just stood there, looking at the strange amulet lying in one of the half-unpacked boxes that would soon make up the Museum's new exhibit.

Cautiously she ducked under the barrier and headed towards it. It called out for her Willow, Willow, it whispered. Come closer Willow. Willow was so caught up in its spell that she didn't even notice anyone else until she stretched out to touch it and a smartly dressed museum employee grabbed it and pulled it away from her so quickly that her shoulder-length, wavy, blonde hair actually moved like there was a strong breeze or possibly a small tornado.

She snapped abruptly out of the trance-like feeling.

"This area, it is off limits." The woman said primly. "You know what that means?" she continued patronisingly.

Willow was tempted to say 'no!' but she didn't think that would get her anywhere good, so… "I'm a really enthusiastic historian and I…" She began to lie but trailing off, sensing the woman didn't buy it, which was probably due to her messy shirt, muddy jeans and totally wrecked trainers. She had been practicing her climbing and gymnastics at the park earlier when her mum rang and told her she needed a leaflet from the museum. At that time Willow didn't exactly see the point of going home and changing.

"You know it's a crime to steal valuable objects," The woman smiled belittlingly and she inwardly cursed at her curiosity. She just had to go into that room to find out what was going on didn't she? Damn, she couldn't let the police get involved again.

"Of course!" Willow replied and sprinted towards the exit, grabbing the cause of her problems and another leaflet about the exhibit.

There was definitely something strange about that amulet, and she vowed to find out what.

"Right team, we have a new mission." Dante Veil stated as everyone gathered round the Holotone.

"What is it?" asked Lok enthusiastically. "An ancient artefact in a 5000 year old temple in Peru?"

"Not quite as exciting as that I'm afraid," answered Dante and grinned at Lok. "Our mission is to retrieve finds discovered by archaeologists recently in India, they've been transferred to a museum in England and it's our job to get to them before the Organisation do."

"So all we have to do is argue with the museum staff over a suitable price for the objects," Sophie clarified.

"Fantastic." Zhalia said drily.

"If you don't want to, you needn't come," offered Sophie, hoping to go on at least one mission in which Zhalia wasn't involved.

"Nice try, but no chance!" she replied, smiling at Sophie's annoyance.

"Right then, it's settled," Dante finished. "Now get some sleep as our plane leaves at 8am tomorrow morning. We should reach London by midday so we will have plenty of time to reach the museum. All going well, we can deliver the artefacts to the Foundation before the day's over."

Sophie frowned. "Seems simple,"

"It might not be," Zhalia said.

"Yeah, knowing the suits there's bound to be some complications." Lok reasoned.

"Be careful Lok," Cherit warned. "It seems like you almost want to run into the Organisation!"

"Don't worry Cherit!" laughed Lok. "I'll just take this mission as a welcome break from them."

Later that evening Zhalia walked into her apartment hoping to get an early night for once, something which had seemed practically impossible since she'd joined Dante's team.

As she climbed into bed her mobile began to ring, she sighed and went to answer it.

"Ah, Zhalia my dear," Klaus said as she pressed the phone to her ear.

"What is it?" she asked wearily.

"The Organisation have their eye on an ancient book of curses, I gather the foundation will be sent along to collect everything. Ignore that, the other finds aren't important, other members of the Organisation will be sent along to retrieve those, but I have a feeling that the book would greatly help my experiments."

"Alright," Zhalia agreed. "Don't worry, I'll get it for you."

"Zhalia,"

"Yes?"

"Don't fail me or blow your cover," he warned.

"When have I ever done that?" she asked, careful not to sound aggravated by his words, which was difficult.

"Good point, I am lucky to have you," Klaus smiled. "Well done Zhalia, you are definitely one of the best spies the Organisation has ever seen…"

Sometime later Zhalia lay awake staring at the ceiling, somehow it felt wrong to lead Dante and the others (okay maybe not Sophie) into a trap, but her job was to infiltrate the team, she reminded herself, not to get sentimental about them. Thinking about the consequences never got anyone anywhere and besides, given their track record, it was seriously unlikely they'd even get hurt.

The next day Willow was finding it very hard to concentrate. Maths was not exactly easy on the best of days and the fact that the new exhibit would be opening today made it damn-near impossible.

She couldn't be bothered to listen to the teachers even in gymnastics, where she had been dying to try out the new apparatus for weeks

By lunch time she couldn't take it anymore, she had to see the opening.

As Willow climbed over the fence she felt totally free and independent, she would find the amulet and would understand what it meant. She'd never skipped school before, she'd been too afraid of getting caught, still, first time for everything. Besides, it certainly beat the chemistry test that her friends were having to endure.

So, what do you think, reviews would be greatly appreciated :D