Hey, so this is just a weird idea floating around in my head, not sure, how it will turn out yet so stick with it...

Thank you to AS for putting up with me when I was shouting plot bunnies at her.

:) Lucie

H.I.V.E - Dr Nero's office:

'Certainly... A team will be dispatched immediately'

Nero hung up on his caller, now he was Number 1 he did not bother with 'goodbyes'

He turned to the box on his desk, opened it and said 'good afternoon H.I.V.E mind, get me Natalia please.'

Two minutes later Nero looked up to see Raven standing in front of him, ah good afternoon, I have a job for you, I have just received a call about a new student, he will be joining Malpanse group, Alpha stream. I know it is unusually for a student to join late but I hear that he has been prepared elsewhere... You are to go fetch him from these co-ordinates, you may take the shroud. His name is Zach Goode'

'On your way back as you are in the area I have another task for you, G.L.O.V.E has slipped to the back of people's minds, we are going to prove just how much of a threat we are, I will give you more detail through H.I.V.E on the way. You are to take students Trinity and Fanchu with you.' Nero turned back to his work making it clear that Raven was to leave.

Zach's P.O.V

Cammie broke up for the Christmas holidays in 2 days and her mom had asked me to come and join them at her parent's house in Nebraska, of course I had agreed on the condition that Cammie was not informed.

I had been dropped off down here yesterday evening by Joe and was getting to know her grandparents, her Grandma seemed nice, and was definitely logical.

I had gone out for a walk before supper and was wondering through the woods down towards that lake.

Suddenly I could feel it. There was someone staring at me. I could feel a tingle all over my body. I carried on walking and acted as if I had not noticed anything.

Suddenly a hand shot out of the dark and grabbed my top. I used the arm as leverage to chuck the person over my shoulder. It was a boy dressed in a plain black jumpsuit with two studs on the collar. I was staring down at him and suddenly I felt a gun pushed to my head, and a voice muttering in my ear.

'Move an inch and I fire'

I suddenly sprang in to action in a motion that should have disarmed my attacker but to my surprise I found myself on the floor looking up into the face of a woman.

'Not bad Zach' the woman said, 'Wing get up, and I think I have found your new training partner'

The boy that I have just ditched on the floor was lying beside me and immediately jumped up, I braced myself to jump up and run. The woman laughed 'I wouldn't try it kid'

Before I could even understand the motion she pulled me up and pushed me in to the clearing as I stumbled forward I found myself inside what looked like a private plane, but what I knew from blackthorn to be a shroud.

'I turned to face the girl sitting there with an expecting look on her face and asked her, 'How did you get your hands on a shroud and who the hell are you?'

The girl looked at me in shock, I guess I wasn't supposed to know what the shroud was...

A/N Any guesses on who the other person is who is about to be visited by Raven? R&R please, the sooner you do the sooner I post again!