Disclaimer: I don't own Alpha Force, Chris Ryan does, and as my plot was inspired by a movie (National Treasure), I can't really claim that either.

My fifth Alpha Force fan fic! Just wanted to say a humungous thank you for every single person how has ever reviewed or even glanced at my fics. Those who reviewed, you have helped me in my writing a lot and I am very grateful to you all. :)

Emmalea xx

'Give me a B! Give me an O! Give me an R! Give me an E! Give me a D! What does it spell?!' Li waited for an answer. 'What does it spell?!' she shouted more forcefully.

Paulo sighed and muttered, 'Bored'.

'What was that? I can't hear you?'

'Bored! It spells bored!' Paulo yelled.

Li beamed at him. 'Well done. Now, for $2 million dollars, can anyone, anyone at all, tell me the reason why I am bored?'

'Because it's raining and there is nothing left to do,' Alex answered in a monotone.

'CORRECT! WE HAVE A WINNER!' Li shouted, then cart wheeled out of the lounge room.

Alex turned to Paulo. 'What are we going to do with her? Imagine if it keeps raining for the next two weeks. We'll go insane!' he cried.

Paulo shuddered and was about to answer when Amber and Hex, the final two members of Alpha Force, raced into the room. Amber's cheeks were flushed and her dark hair was plastered to her head. Hex looked just as dishevelled with raindrops dripping off the end of his nose.

Li bounced back into the room, a mischievous look on her face.

'And where have you two been?' she asked, trying to keep the grin off her face. Alex sighed.

'Get your mind out of the gutter, Li,' he said. Amber blushed while Hex scowled at Li.

'As a matter of fact, we were helping the builders cover over the shed. The roof started leaking and they need some help with the tarpaulin,' Hex remarked, still glaring.

Li started to say something but Amber cut her off.

'Look at this. It was on the front door mat,' she gabbled waving a white envelope in the air. 'I think it's from Uncle John.'

Alpha Force were spending their holidays at Amber's house in Boston. Her uncle, John Middleton, had flown out that morning, saying that he had some business matters to attend to.

'Open it!' Li cried. 'I can't stand the suspense!'

Amber ripped open the envelope and pulled out an A4 piece of paper. She quickly scanned the letter.

'What the hell?' she said.

'Let me see.' Hex plucked the paper out of Amber's fingers. '"Hi kids! Hope you're having fun. Just in case you're actually bored out of your brains or just want something a bit more interesting to do, I took the liberty of arranging a little game for you. Under the third pot plant in the hall there is a DVD in a black case. Have a look. More will be explained on that DVD".'

As Hex finished, Li clapped her hands together and darted towards the hall. Just seconds later she was thrusting the disc in Hex's face.

'Come one, come on. You're whatchamahoogi can play this right?' she said bouncing on the balls of her feet. Hex gave her a look of disbelief.

'Of course!' He sounded offended. 'Not only can it play DVDs and CDs, but-'

'Yes, yes, it's fabulous. Can we just watch it without all the boring explanations?' Amber cut in impatiently.

Looking very put out, Hex put the DVD in the disc drive and called up the necessary program. After a few seconds and some whirring noises, John Middleton's smiling face looked out from the palmtop screen.

'The game is very simple really. It is like a treasure hunt. Clues, both written and verbal, have been hidden at certain places. You have to figure out what the clue means before you can continue and find the next one. Have fun!' John disappeared and the screen went black.

'That was weird,' Alex stated. 'How was that "explained more"?'

'Hang on. It's not finished yet,' Hex said as the screen changed colour.

I come from a land down-under,
Where beer does flow and men chunder,
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder,
You better run, you better take cover.

'What on earth?' Li shattered the confused silence.

'Men at Work,' Alex said. 'Down Under or something like that.'

Paulo looked thoughtful. 'Perhaps it is a clue,' he said quietly.

Hex snapped his fingers. 'Exactly! What is the song about?' He continued without waiting for an answer. 'A land "down under". And what is the land down under? Australia.'

In the silence that followed, Hex pulled the envelope apart and then the DVD case.

'Nothing. Nothing... Maybe...' He stopped suddenly and ran out of the lounge.

'He is strange,' Li muttered as Hex came running back to them.

'I got them! In the pot plant. Five plane tickets to Sydney, Australia.'

Well. What do you all think? I'm not sure how long this fic will be but I have a feeling that it could be longer than Traffik. I'm not sure exactly on what will happen but I have a few ideas. Most likely there will be no "bad guys" but as I said/typed, I haven't really got a strong chapter line yet. Following chapters should be longer.