Author note: About an year ago I posted this story on the site and then deleted it, because I thought it's stupid. Now I'm posting it back and I hope you'll like it. English isn't my native language so I'm sure I'll have mistakes here or there. Let me know if you notice. :)

South America. Four years after the gates appearance:

The night had fallen over this side of the world, giving a dark and creepy feeling to the South American's forests. Thousands of microscopic stars were shining and quivering on the midnight sky, showing to the world that somewhere out there Contractors were fighting. All sorts of creatures were sneaking in between the bushes and tries, trying to find a cover from the merciless fights of those killing machines called Contractors.

The mist of all of it, Hei was kneeling behind a bush, looking the area with his breath settled down. Suddenly a fire ball fluttered inches from his head. He looked over his shoulder to see a manin a black tracksuit, who glowed in blue. The contractor raised his arm to shoot a fire ball at his target, but Hei jumped to the left and avoided the ball. He ran into the woods as fast as he could. The contractor followed him and shot another ball at Hei, but missed.

"Hei, what is going on?" a male voice shouted in his ear.

"I was followed by a Contractor. I'll take care of him, sir."

"Don't. Head west and we'll be waiting for you by the river. We'll handle him," said the commander emotionlessly.

"Understood," Hei answered and headed to where he was ordered to. The contractor with the black tracksuit was still after him, unaware of the ambush that awaited him.

Hei turned and thrеw one of his knifes at him, but he shot another fire ball, which broke the knife in pieces. Hei cursed and headed to the river. As he arrived at the place, he heard a boom from behind and found himself lying on the dirty ground. The Contractor had shot a ball behind him. The man approached his target that was lying motionlessly, causing him to smile. Suddenly, Hei turned over and threw dust in his attacker's eyes and then hurried up to stand up before pulling one of his knifes. The Contractor started to rub his eyes, but he felt severe pain in his back and fell to the ground dead.

Hei stood beside the dead body and stared at him. He wondered himself why the commander didn't allow him to kill him. Maybe because he wanted to make sure he would get the book. But what was that book about? Whatever, it didn't matter to him. He was just following orders. The commander stood behind him speechless for a few seconds, as a couple of men showed up from the bushes

"Good job. Give me the book and go back to the base." said the commander emotionlessly. He was a tall, muscular man in his mid-forties with short gray hair and was dressed in a dark green uniform, which resembled to a military outfit.

Hei nodded, opened his backpack and handed him a thick book with black covers. After it, he took off towards the base.

After an hour of walking through the muddy jungle, Hei entered the base. It covered seventeen acres with debriefing, communication buildings and twelve-story barracks. He entered the twelve story barracks and got to the fifth floor. He stood in front of door number seventy-eight and opened it to reveal a small room with bed and two chairs situated in both corners. Hei closed the door, put his knives on the chair and left the room.

He walked to another room, knocked on the door and waited for response. The door opened to show Amber in a black jump suit with a red vest and white boots.

"Hei…" she said with a smile and got closer to hug him. He wrapped his arms around her body, as she placed hers around his. After a few seconds, they separated and entered her room, closing the door.

"How are you?" Hei asked, while smiling at her.

"Fine. I missed you." she said and kissed him on the lips. She knew that what she felt for him was real, no matter that she was Contractor. The last two years with him had changed her. She wasn't any longer an emotionless killing machine. She was an evolved contractor who could laugh, cry and feel love.

"I missed you, too. Now let's go see Bai." Hei said after they broke the kiss.

"Bai isn't here, Hei. The Syndicate sent her on a mission. She'll come back next week."

"Damn it!" He cursed under his breath.

"She'll be all right. Don't worry," replied Amber, trying to calm him, and then whispered, "But…since she isn't here…we can…you know…" She slipped her hands under his shirt. "do what we are doing…"

"Amber, stop," chuckled Hei." It's the middle of the afternoon. Someone might hear us. Let's do it tonight. Ok?"

Amber nodded and kissed him." I love you so much, Hei."

"I love you, too."

Hei went to the door and got out. He loved not only her beauty, but also her personality. For the others she was just a leader, but for him she was the girl, who he loved more than anything. Except for Bai - he loved them equally.

In the muddy jungle a girl with brown hair and blue eyes ran between the trees. They had ordered her to kill the vice president of the MI6 and create panic in their base. She had an idea of how to achieve it, but she didn't know if it was going to work.

The blue eyed girl stood behind a bush and waited for the army man, who walked nearby. When he closed to her, she caught his arm with a fast move and electrocuted him. The man fell on the ground dead. She dragged him in the bushes, took his military uniform and dressed it. She got to the briefing building and walked into the halls. She stood in front of a door with label that read "Debriefing room". The girl pressed her ear to the door to hear any sounds. A male voice could be heard and she opened the door to reveal a fat man, who was talking on the phone. The girl ran at him, caught his head and electrocuted him. He screamed in pain and collapsed on the desk dead.

The blue eyed girl left the room, but she bumped into a tall man. The man saw the body and hit her in the stomach. The girl fell into his arms unconscious.

It was evening and the sky was covered with many shining stars. Some of them fell and this meant that somewhere out there contractors died. Others just shuddered, showing that contractors used their powers. Hei hoped that Bai wasn't one of the fallen ones. He wanted her to come back.

Hei left his room and went to the dining hall. He took his place in the line and waited for his food. The dining hall was a large room with oblong tables situated in front of the line for food.

When Hei took his food he went to Amber. She sat in the middle of an oblong table with the rest of her team next to her. Hei sat at the end of the table and started to eat his food. He looked at Amber and saw her stare at him. He gave a hint of a smile and looked down to his food.