This story uses characters from Frank London's two teams of MI High spies. I don't own any of them. I'm just borrowing as usual. I have also added one of my own characters from previous stories, called Ilya Gordovsky. He came from Spy School originally.

Aneisha sat in the reception area outside Stella's office. Each of the team had been called in one at a time. They hadn't been told why they were coming to MI9 HQ and they'd all been nervous. Tom had been called in first, followed some time later by Dan and Keri. Now Aneisha was waiting her turn and she was seriously stressed. Frank had refused to tell them what it was all about. Not even Tom could winkle any information out of the computers beforehand.

Aneisha rubbed her sweaty hands on her black trousers and looked up in interest as two young men came into the room. They were both blond and good looking, but a few years older than the MI High agents. They were speaking to one another in what sounded like Russian. They stopped at the receptionist's desk and the first one spoke in fluent English. "Hello ! We've been told to report to Chief Agent Knight," he said. The receptionist asked them to wait as Stella was running a little late. The agent glanced at his watch and nodded. The two young men sat down next to Aneisha, smiling at her politely.

Aneisha smiled back. "You speak really good English," she said, trying to make conversation.

The young man smiled at her in amusement. "Thanks ! I've spent a lifetime perfecting it," he said with a grin.

"Oh ! You're British," said Aneisha, feeling really stupid.

"Yes, but I wouldn't ever pass up a compliment," said the young man. "I'm Oscar. This is Ilya," he said, waving to his colleague.

"I also speak very good English," said Ilya, but with a strong accent.

Aneisha caught the twinkle in his eye and quickly forgot her embarrassment. "Aneisha," she said, holding out her hand. Oscar and Ilya shook her hand.

"You are MI High yes ?" asked Ilya. Aneisha nodded. "And very nervous yes ?" he said. Again Aneisha nodded. "So, what is the worst thing that can happen ?" asked Ilya.

Aneisha frowned. Oscar looked at Ilya and rolled his eyes. "Well, that really helped Ilya !" he protested.

Finally Stella's door opened. "Agents Jones, Cole and Gordovsky please ?" called out an agent. Aneisha followed the two older agents into Stella's office. Stella waved them into three chairs in front of her desk. "We have a mission for you," Stella began. "It's a complex mission which will involve multiple agents. It will include all of the current MI High team, plus some additional agents."

"Will Rose, erm, Agent Gupta be joining us ?" asked Ilya innocently. Oscar elbowed Ilya in the ribs, and Aneisha smiled to herself. Someone obviously liked Rose, whoever she was. Stella obviously picked up on the same and Aneisha knew her well enough now to realise she was struggling to hide a smile. Stella wasn't actually as straight laced as the appearance she created for work.

"As it happens, Agent Gupta will be involved with the mission, but with another aspect so you should have no contact," said Stella. "There will be several teams working together on the mission, but separately from one another. We aim to keep contact to a minimum to avoid intelligence leakage. The less you know about one another, the better," explained Stella.

"The three of you are going into deep cover," explained Stella, waving to the other agent in her room. The room darkened and a large screen came on, showing a picture of an old brick-built industrial building. "This is The Mill," said Stella. "It is the headquarters for a global internet business called 'Perfect Match'. We have reason to believe that Perfect Match is associated with international crime interests."

"What are they doing ?" asked Oscar.

"That's the first problem," said Stella. "We don't know. Various agencies have been gathering intelligence on the different criminal networks across the globe and the name of this company keeps on coming up. We have to find out what they are doing."

"You said they were an internet company," said Aneisha curiously.

"That's right," said Stella.

"Well, wouldn't it be easier for someone like Tom to work inside the company ?" asked Aneisha.

"Or Rose ?" asked Oscar.

"We have already tried to infiltrate the company with technical experts, but it's proven rather difficult to get them in," said Stella frowning. "We've decided to go for a different approach. They have been advertising for foreign language experts and for people with performance arts skills. I want you three to attempt to join the company, as undercover agents."

"I can see why they might want foreign language experts, but why would they want someone with drama skills ?" asked Aneisha.

"I have no idea, and I want you to find out," said Stella. "Agent Turillo here will give you your briefing. Good day agents," said Stella, returning to her desk and looking through some paperwork. Oscar, Ilya and Aneisha looked at one another with raised eyebrows, then stood and followed Agent Turillo out of the room.

"What do you think ?" Ilya muttered to Oscar and Aneisha. "Criminal dating agency ?" he asked, waving his eyebrows.

Aneisha had to stifle a giggle and even Oscar had to smile. "Yeah Ilya. Master Criminal would like to meet same for country walks and quiet nights in. No sense of humour," said Oscar drily.

"My kind of guy," sighed Aneisha. This made both Oscar and Ilya laugh out loud. Agent Turillo looked round at them suspiciously and they all immediately put on serious faces. They managed to keep this up all the way to Identity Section.

The Identity Section of MI9 HQ was where all agents went to be assigned their fake identity for a mission. They would be supplied with their new names and whatever fake documentation was needed to justify it. There was a costume and makeup department who would alter appearances to disguise the agents or make them blend into their new surroundings. Aneisha loved Identity Section.

As they went in, someone passed them and stared disbelievingly at Aneisha. "Hey Neish ! Don't bother saying hello then !" complained Dan's voice. Aneisha literally jumped in shock, putting her hand to her mouth.

"Ohmygod ! Dan ! I didn't recognise you !" Aneisha squealed. Now she looked at him properly it was obvious. He still had the high cheekbones obviously, but his hair was dark brown as were his eyebrows. His hair had been cut in a totally different style and his eyes were now brown.

"Well at least it works !" said an amused voice. Aneisha looked around for Keri. She could hear her, but she couldn't see her. Then it finally dawned on Aneisha. "Agent Turillo ? Really ?" she squealed.

Keri stood with her hands on her hips. "Stella and Frank were placing bets on how long it would take you to notice," she said, grinning. "Good disguise huh ?" she asked, doing a little turn on the spot like a fashion model. "I don't go a bundle on the clothes, but hey ! I didn't get to choose," she added. Keri also had very dark hair, done up in a tight bun. "We've got to go," said Keri. "Might see you guys later."

Keri and Dan waved a goodbye and left the room. "Friends of yours ?" asked Oscar.

"Dan and Keri from my team," said Aneisha. "Oh, maybe I shouldn't have told you that," she added. "It's a bit confusing."

"We won't tell," Oscar assured her. "Come on. Let's see who we're going to be !" he said, sounding excited. Aneisha guessed that Oscar liked Dr. Drama as much as she did.