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Lessons

Beth hated school. She had hated it at five years old when her mother had dropped her off and she had hated it at sixteen when she had walked out with a handful of GCSE's. Even though her grades had been better than expected she was still glad to see the back of the place. College hadn't been much better so to see herself sat in the car at her old school carpark was not something she was particularly relishing.

"Please Miss?"

"Shut it Calum." She hissed as she heard the technical officer laughing in her earpiece.

"Oh come on." Calum laughed. "You as a school teacher. You have to admit it's classic. Now Ros I can imagine."

"What you can and cannot imagine is not something I want to talk about." Ros hissed as she looked out of the car window. She had hated school as much as Beth had, but for different reasons. The thought a terrorist cell may have been operating out of the school where children just a few years older than Amy were being taught filled her with dread.

"Remind me, why couldn't Zoe do this? She has an English degree. Actually why isn't Ruth doing this? She knows everything." Beth whined as Ros rolled her eyes.

"Zoe has a month old baby and may be the only spook in history to actually be able to take her maternity leave. Ruth is five months pregnant. Anyway Zoe was under cover as a teacher once."

"How do you know that?"

"I read the files. Come on." Ros opened the car door and walked towards the teacher's entrance with about as much enthusiasm as she walked towards Debra Langham's office. Beth sighed as she opened the car door and followed.

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Adam smiled slightly as he imagined Ros teaching a class. Twenty nine fourteen year olds were certainly going to be an interesting challenge for Ros. He had no idea how Beth would cope but it was obvious the blonde had been unhappy about going into the field.

"Beth will be fine." Ruth watched as Dimitri nodded. She knew the way he worried about her since the attack. Beth returning to Section D following her recovery from brain damage had been remarkable in itself, the fact she was back in the field was something of a miracle.

"I know." He sighed. "She isn't actually teaching anyway, just a teaching assistant. Why would anyone run a terrorist cell from a school? I mean there are kids there."

"Can you imagine any age group more impressionable than teenagers?" Ruth sighed. "I'm just glad it isn't the school Nick and Wes go to."

"Might be easier if it was." Harry rested a hand on Ruth's shoulder as he spoke. "These people are dangerous. We should be anything but complacent. Current intelligence suggests these people are more dangerous than we expected."

"Well GCHQ were less than forthcoming." Lucas hissed as he leant against his desk as Ruth nodded slowly.

"Since Sam went on maternity leave I'm not getting the cooperation I used to." She glanced at Lucas and realised he was as worried as Dimitri was.

"Not that we ever get that much cooperation when she is there." Harry barked.

"We know Rising Sun are plannning an attack and we know roughly when. If the extremists are recruiting at high school then we really have problems. Three car bombs in seven weeks with no arrests." Ruth looked at her husband. "We only have Sayeed's intelligence to go on."

"Exactly." Dimitri glanced at her. "The information from a sixteen year old boy who is scared out of his wits."

"Don't underestimate the intel that kids can get."

"He's three years older than Nick." Ruth narrowed her eyes before pushing her chair away from the desk and storming off towards the kitchenette. Harry closed his eyes as his wife headed away from him. He knew she was right but the teenager had come to them. He had known him all his life and knew that the boy was reliable.

"Don't underestimate him because of his age. I was in the Navy at 16." Dimitri stated as Harry nodded.

"I was in the Army. Different world then." Harry sighed. "Teenagers aren't as naive as we were, as I was. It's just that if something happened to that boy because of the intel he brought us." Harry left the rest of the sentance unsaid as Lucas got to his feet.

"I'm meeting him at the football pitch in about an hour. His dad has been a sleeper agent for years. He knew what he was getting into. If Ruth lets her heart rule her head on this one it isn't just Sayeed that is in danger. Beth and Ros are in the field. It's them that I'm concerned about." He grabbed his jacket as Harry nodded. He knew the Senior Case Officer was right. He just didn't know what to do about it.

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Ros walked along the school corridor towards the Head Teacher's office as the bell sounded for the end of second lesson. The smells and sounds of the school still made her feel sick, just as it had at fifteen. Not for the first time she wondered if someone else would have been a better choice. She knocked the door before walking in as a middle aged man got to his feet.

"Rachel, good to meet you once more." He extended a hand as she smiled slightly before shaking it.

"Thank you."

"Have you found the staff room yet? I know being a supply teacher can be difficult." He watched as Ros sat down.

"I'm just covering maternity leave. Julie will be back before you know it. And it's almost half term so you wont have to put up with me for long."

He smiled slightly as Ros looked around the room. A photograph of teenage children and a middle aged woman smiled at her. A certificate hung on the wall behind him as Ros faked a smile. He was the slimiest middle aged man she had encountered in a long time.

"And we were lucky to get Lizzy too. It's fortunate the agency could send you both on the same assignment as it were. How are you related again?"

"Liz is my sister." Ros lied.

"Oh yes." He smiled. "That should be interesting."

Ros smiled back. She had a feeling he was right.

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A/N Worth going on?Not sure about this and I know there was a series 8 (?) episode with a teenage informant but this has a twist. School was one of the most terrifying places I ever knew so maybe Lucas is right to be worried about Ros and Beth! Please review.