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Authors note: Hello :D This story, like all my stories follows on from the last. All characters from 2.1 onwards are fair game. Even Danny and Jo may get a mentions. Characters that are definately included are Adam, Zaf, Ros, Lucas, Tariq, Malcolm, Wes, Emma, Ruth, Harry, Dimitri, Beth, Zoe and possibly Alec. (Amy, James, Carrie and all original characters are mine :D) Basically anyone who appeared in the last story may pop up again :D.

Title : Fair Trade

Early Start

The bedroom was dark as Ruth rolled onto her back. She had been home less than twenty four hours but she knew that the peace would be shattered before too long. The incessant beeping of her phone confirmed her suspicons.

"Harry" She groaned as his phone joined in the bleeping.

"Umm?" Harry didn't open his eyes as he felt Ruth's weight on him.

"Redflash" Ruth glanced at the screen on her phone as she sent the appropriate code back, to confirm she had recieved the message.

"Is that what you are calling it these days?" Harry opened his eyes as she rolled her eyes. "Bloody Hell" He realised what was going on as he picked up his Iphone. Graham had finally convinced him to join the 21st Century and upgrade the brick he had carried around for years.

"Possibly" Ruth wriggled free of Harry's embrace as Harry rolled his eyes "Why did I let you and Ros convince me to fight the Inquiry? I could be staying in bed now"

"Harry" Ruth was already half dressed as a crisp white shirt hit him in the face. "You know why, and you haven't had a lie in since the day you joined the Army"

"Come on then" Harry chuckled as Ruth zipped up her boots "Let's see what is trying to cause Armageddon today"

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Zoe rubbed her eyes as she walked through the Pods to see Malcolm staring in disbelief at his computer. The display flashed 5 am as she cursed.

"Everyone has answered the redflash, they are all on the way in" Malcolm watched as she walked towards him and Beth and Dimitri joined them. Zoe thought it best to ignore the fact the two newbies had arrived together. Aswell as the fact that Dimitri was wearing the same outfit as the day before.

"What's wrong?" Dimitri began asking questions as he booted up the computer on his desk.

"Triads" Zoe stated.

"What?" Beth spun and faced Malcolm. "Triads? As in the Chinese Mafia? Since when were they into terrorism?"

"Not Triads" Malcolm sighed. He didn't really believe it but the facts all appeared to point to a potential attack on a well known Chinese businesswoman attending a trade conference in London.

"No way" Dimitri was suddenly more awake than he had been when he arrived.

"Triads have never caused us a problem before. They are not a terrorist group. So why are they playing silly sods like this now?" Harry barked as he walked through the Pods, slightly behind Ruth.

"I don't think this is the real deal Harry" Tariq joined in as Adam yawned.

"Keeping you awake Mr Carter?" Harry raised an eyebrow as Ruth tried and failed to stifle a yawn.

"These people seem to be using the myths surrounding the Triads to cover their own actions. Still a big deal though and they can still do some serious damage." Ros pointed at the computer screen. "Malcolm lifted this earlier from GCHQ. They were twitched by this"

"Didn't bother telling us though" Ruth glared "Talk about honest and open communication between law and security services"

"Exactly" Lucas shrugged his shoulders as he picked up the transcript and sat on the edge of Ros' desk.

"Bloody Hell" Ruth glared.

"Which is what I said. A bloody trained assassin" Lucas stared at her "So what's the plan?"

"Get me everything you have on these jokers. Briefing Room in ten minutes!" Harry barked as his phone began ringing.

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"Ok" Ruth looked straight at her husband "Who else do we have that speaks Mandarin?" Ruth raised an eyebrow "No one? No I thought not. Harry you have to trust me with this"

"You are not going undercover"

"So, we let them kill Maria Chan? Is that what you plan to do because I don't see another way" Ruth held his gaze as everyone in the room fell silent. Beth and Tariq exchanged glances.

"We need an analyst here" Harry spoke calmly. His pulse was running dangerously fast as he thought of all the other times Ruth had gone undercover. They had notoriously gone wrong, with her injured on more than one occasion.

"In two days time" Ros stared "Maria Chan will be in the country. She is the most well respected business woman in China. It is one of the worlds most influential superpowers. Even America are nervous of the chinese' economy these days. Ruth is right, we need to stop whoever this is from killing her"

"Harry, if Chan is murdered on British soil it will throw the talks into disarray. We all know how bad the economy is. The UK would be bankrupt in 24 hours. And worse than that it would kick off World War 3, it would be worse than Nightingale all over again" Adam watched as Lucas glared at the oak table in front of them.

"I understand the bloody problem" Harry barked.

"Right then" Ros pushed herself away from the wall "That's settled. Malcolm set up legends for myself, Zaf and Ruth. Tariq sort out comms for all of us. Adam get us an in with the Chinese Embassy. Anything that gets Ruth and I in the delegation. Lucas, Beth, Dimitri I want you to check out the venue. Plans and deeds, who else is there. That sort of thing. Zoe, I am trusting you with the analysis on this." Zoe nodded.

"Ok" Zoe took a deep breath as Tariq smiled.

"Need I remind you all" Harry spoke calmly as he turned his gaze briefly at Ruth "If this goes wrong it may well affect the future of Section D. We are all still being watched closely" Lucas closed his eyes "But if another security service is running a black op on our territory I want it stopped. I don't care if it the CIA, Mossad or the local WI." He stod effectively ending the meeting as Ros smirked. This case was definatley going to be interesting, she only hoped it wouldn't be their last.

A/N okay? Please let me know what you think :D