Author's note: I do not own any of the characters, except those that I made up, and had NOTHING to do with the writing of the actual CHERUB books, this is a slight cross-over, in that it includes SCORPIA, from Alex Rider, I neither wrote, or helped write, CHERUB, or the Alex Rider books.
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MISSION BRIEFING FOR JAMES ADAMS, BRUCE NORRIS AND KERRY CHANG
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ScorpiaScorpia was started by ex-spies, following the end of World War 2, the organisation mostly does terrorist acts to gain their money, however, very often they do work that people who have nothing to do with the group wanted, basically, they kill people.
It has recently come to our attention, that all of the senior members meet once a year in a different location each time, but they meet often while planning large-scale operations.
MI-5 and Mi-6
The two military intelligence groups have always worked separately, however, when the decision was made to destroy the Scorpia company completely, the intelligence minister decided to inform MI-5 of an operation which was undergone by MI-6. However, when asked who the agent was that went on the mission, the MI-5 bosses were told that MI-6 had no idea what they were talking about, however, MI-5 still thinks that the information from the intelligence minister will be usefull when the mission is undergone.
Scorpias Plan
It is thought that Scorpia is planning to do an extremely large-scale operation with acclaimed Eco-terrorist group, Help Earth. As the two groups have extremely long histories of mass murder, it became the intelligence services top priority.
An extremely short mission was working on finding out about the plan, but this came to an abrupt end when the agent who was on the mission was found dead at customs in Heathrow's Arrivals terminal. The fact that the agent was found near London clearly means that Scorpia knew they were from MI-5.
Cherub's Role
It was recently decided to begin a cherub mission, which would attempt to uncover the plan which Scorpia and Help Earth are planning, however, this will be the most complex mission ever, and every agent MUST understand that they can refuse to undergo it, and leave at any time.
The mission plan seemed simple, the agent discovered one key piece of information, Scorpia's and Help Earth's most senior members are meeting at a hotel in Las Vegas. The initial plan is for the cherub agents to go to the hotel, and place the newly developed cameras and microphones in as many meeting rooms as they can, their role will be decided after the meeting, as to whether they continue to do their jobs and try to stop the plan, or whether they are brought back to campus.
NOTE: THE CHERUB ETHICS COMMITTEE PASSED THIS MISSION BRIEFING WITH A FOUR TO TWO VOTE, ON THE CONDITION THAT ALL AGENTS UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING:
This mission has been classed as HIGH RISK, as the two terrorist groups have such long histories, all agents MUST inform their mission controller before doing ANYTHING that is for the mission, if the controller says it is too dangerous, the agent must NOT try to do it, and must go back to where the team will be staying.
The USA's most senior intelligence officials have been informed, however, the police will NOT know about the cherub mission, and might not be released from US police custody until the end of the mission.
All agents have the right to refuse the mission or to leave at ANY time with out being punished.
All agents will be given Nano-tube re-enforced clothing, and full protective body armour, which MUST be worn at all times when out of their accommodation, especially when going near possible members of either Scorpia or Help Earth.
There is a chance that an agent may be captured or killed on the mission, but if all agents remember their training, these chances are very slim.
All agents will also receive small, silenced hand guns, which must be used in a life-or-death situation ONLY, they will also receive MP5-SD machine guns, which MUST NOT be fired unless they are being shot at, if gun fire is heard, the mission WILL be aborted, and all agents will have to return to campus.
For obvious reasons, the agents on this mission will be given revised training on the use of the guns they will receive, and will also need to do intensive combat training. All the agents lessons will be cancelled for these training sessions, each session will last a whole day, and the agents must be passed by their trainer, if not, they CANNOT go on the mission.
The mission controllers for the mission will be John Jones, Chloe Blake, and Zara Asker will be available to call if both John and Chloe are unavailable.
For security reasons, if any agent is arrested, they must NOT tell any police officer their real name, why they are in the US, or who there guardians are. For the purpose of the mission, Chloe Blake will be the agents mother, and John Jones will be allowed to choose to pose as either their grand father, or their father.
If an agent is arrested, give your FAKE identification only, and say nothing more, as soon as possible, an FBI agent will try and get you out, if they can not, then the agent may be left there until the mission's end.
While every step has been taken to keep you safe on the mission, you must NOT do anything that you do not feel is right. In a kill-or-be-killed situation, you must try and escape, if you can not, do NOT do anything stupid, like start a fight with a knife wielding terrorist, you must try and knock your opponent out, if you cannot, do what they say, and you will be found as soon as possible.
Also, all agents accept that this mission may be extended or cut short without prior notice, and must be able to leave without being noticed as soon as they are informed they must leave, the same applies with if the mission is extended, all agents must be able to stay for an undefined period of time.
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"Ok," James said, "so we're dealing with heavily armed terrorists who could be planning to destroy every oil rig on earth, for all we know…"
"I love your cheery out look on it, James" Kerry interrupted.
"Cheery or not, you have 24-hours before I ask if you want to come on the mission or not" John said, in a rather boring tone, which made him sound like a narrator on the worlds most boring TV show.
"With the prospect of a punch-up, why would I say no?" Bruce stated, with a rather strange amount of joy in his voice.
"Didn't you read the briefing? We've got to avoid getting arrested, starting a fight will more than certainly get us arrested." Kerry said as if she were speaking to a four-year old.
"As I said, you've got twenty-four hours until I ask you if you want to come, consider the dangers you might face while there, I don't want to have to write a report to Zara about how one of you got killed."
"You won't, well, not for me, 'cause I'm sensible. Which is less than I can say for these two…creatures…" Kerry said, grinning, as she looked at James and Bruce's, quite pissed off, faces.