Hey, hey, everybody! Welcome to my brand new story: Hazel's Mission :) In case you couldn't tell, this story is all about Hazel :) yay!

Disclaimer: any character you recognise is not mine. Any character you do recognise belongs to me.

Oh, and this story takes place three years after the end of Teddy's Adulthood.

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Hazel's POV

On all fours, I sprint through the wet streets of Danville in hot pursuit of a LOVEMUFFIN scientist. The other agent on the mission, Parker the Hyena, puffs along behind me. I am a lot more athletic than Parker, so that's why I'm pulling ahead. The scientist is obviously quite athletic too; he has a big head start on the two of us, though I'm closing the gap fast. Behind me, I can hear Parker's footsteps growing quieter as my friend falls back a little. People on the streets dive out of our way.

We reach a T-junction. Cars are on either side of it, and there is no way he can go over them. There is a tall building directly in front of us. I'm fairly confident we can stop the scientist here but I'm wrong. Without losing speed, the scientist leaps onto a passing car's roof and uses it to push himself into the air. He sails over the traffic and bounces off several car roofs on his way. He then meets the side of the building. Using the pipes, he shimmies gracefully up the building and reaches the roof.

That guy's acrobatic, I think.

However, acrobatics have never fazed me before and they certainly won't start now.

All the cars have stopped, all the occupants watching our chase. I jump and take the same route over the cars that the scientist took. I hear Parker let out, "what the hell-?" as I catch the pipes and work my way upwards slightly less gracefully than the scientist did.

I get to the top of the building and come face to face with the scientist who, from the look of surprise on his face, had evidently not expected to be followed by anyone, much less a platypus.

I'm hanging onto the building with my arms and hands but the hard kick the scientist gives me makes me lose my grip. Before I fall, I grip the edge of the roof with my hand.

I am now only a handhold away from death.

I look down and see that OWCA has already cordoned off the area and are setting up a net to catch anyone who falls.

The scientist can't see the fire net, though. As far as the scientist can see, either he would get away and I would fall to my death, or he would get away and I would try and chase him but would lose him.

However, I have seen a weakness in the scientist's plan, and I have subsequently formulated my own plan that will result in the scientist's capture and my own safety.

As the scientist makes to stand on my hand to make me fall, I swing my other hand up and grab hold of the scientist's trainer laces. Off balance, the scientist slips and both of us go tumbling down.

"You idiot!" the scientist snaps. "Now we're both going to die!"

I don't waste my breath replying. I know the scientist is wrong. Sure enough, the net catches and envelops us, holding us about half a metre off the ground. Seven uniformed human OWCA agents immediately dive on the scientist and, pushing him to the ground, cuff him. I slide off the net to the ground, breathing heavily from the running and jumping.

Parker comes up to me, breathing heavily. "That was impressive," he pants.

"Thanks," I beam. "I'm proud of myself."

"And so you should be." Parker grins at me. "That was impressive."

"You already said that," I giggle.

Parker pales. "Oh, I did. Sorry."

I giggle again. "You're cute when you're embarrassed."

"Are you flirting?" Parker asks in a slightly flirtatious way.

"Maybe," I say in the exact same tone.

Parker looks over my shoulder. "Whoops. Here comes your boss man."

I turn. Coming up to me is my former supervising officer, the person who trained me for my six month probation period (which I passed about two years ago).

"I'll see you back at HQ," Parker says as he disappears.

I look down at my former SO, Lennie the Chameleon, who chides me, "What have I told you before?"

"To look before I leap?"

Lennie tuts. "You know what I mean."

I nod. "Yes I do. Sorry," I add as an afterthought.

Lennie also nods. "That's all right for now, but you may have to explain yourself to Major Monogram."

Major Monogram calls for Lennie at that moment. "You should go," I advise him.

Lennie says, "Yes I should. Why don't you head back to HQ?"

"Okay. See you back at the station." I turn to walk away.

"And Hazel?" Lennie calls after me.

I turn, looking down at my former SO. "Yes?"

"Good job. We're one step closer to snagging every LOVEMUFFIN member left."

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Okay, so Parker is Hazel's friend, and Lennie is Hazel's former SO! Also sorry for the length of the chapter but it's more of a prologue to the actual story :)