James walked into CHERUB campus, chin held high and pride swelling within him. He'd just come back from a very successful mission in Rome Italy, where he was forced to stop a man trying to create a gang as powerful as the Mafia. James had succeeded, and was about to be welcomed home at CHERUB.

As James walked to the door with Ewart right next to him, he stopped.

"Why are the lights off?" He questioned.

"I don't know." Ewart replied.

Something about Ewart's tone struck James as off, but he ignored this and stepped inside. As he did, Ewart shoved him against the wall, pulling a magnum out of his pocket.

"Make one move, and you'll be seeing your sister down below."

James heart raced as he tried to speak when he felt a sharp pain in his head and everything went black.

When James woke up, he was looking into Kerry's eyes. Confused, he got up and looked around, he was in a small dark cell with quite a few other CHERUBs.

"Finally! The last of you scum is awake! I'm sure you're all busting with questions but you're gonna have to keep yer traps shut for a few minutes." A gruff voice boomed the instructions, "There has been a coup." The voice ignored the gasps and concerns voiced by the CHERUBs. "The new 'government' of England does not know about you, and there is a very good reason for this. For a year, I've wanted revenge on CHERUB, now I'm going to use them to help this country on a real mission. A mission with real consequences, real opponents. If you get caught, you'll probably be killed. But I know that some of you CHERUBs will do anything to help this country. I can sneak 3 of you out of this facility. Those three will have no resources. No mission controllers. No targets. But they will have their training, and they'll do their best to get us out of here. There were a bunch of CHERUBs who gave me a lot of trouble a year ago. Three of them are here. I've since realized that if anyone can get us out of this mess, it'll be the lying scum who can hold their own with the lying scum that calls himself our new prime minister. Bruce, Kerry and James, we'll be breaking you out tonight."

At this, a man stepped out of the shadows and into the thin light from the window. That man was Mr. Large