(A/N: Hey guys, Another story coming your way, but this one is a little different. I actually have a co-Author! Her name is Mia and she'll be writing all the even chapters. Hope you enjoy!)

Jace slid his hands in his jean pockets to keep them warm from the icy cold winter weather of Washington DC. He hated the weather when it reached below 60 degrees, but he couldn't do anything about it. He worked in DC even when it was cold, so it wasn't worth worrying about. Plus, he had a family to look out for.

Of course, he didn't have a real family, he was only 17. But the there were three people in his life that acted as a family to him. The same three people he had known since the government took him away from his real family. They trained together, fought together, they were his team, his best friends. His fellow assassins.

At the moment, he was on his way to meet his second in command, Aimee.

Aimee reminded him somewhat of a firecracker. Once you set her off she exploded until she had no energy left at all. He chuckled just thinking about it. Her red hair and stormy gray eyes reminded him of that personality trait.

He rounded another corner, close to the school now. It was early morning, at dawn before school started. They were enrolled at the local public high school under different names, but at night, they had a job to do…meaning they got little down time. Sometimes Jace wished he were still with his real parents, but only sometimes. The rest of the time he was grateful to have his friends.

Plus being an assassin was totally badass.

He gripped the manila folder tighter in his hand until he walked across the street and to the back courtyard of the school. Leaning against a potted plant, arms folded across her chest was Aimee.

"You're late."

"I'm the leader, I do what I want." He grumbled and leaned next to her.

"Why didn't we just meet at the club house?" She snapped changing the subject quickly.

"I didn't want to wake up that early. School is closer."

"You're too lazy to be the leader."

"Only in the mornings."

"Assassins are NEVER lazy."

"Okay, what is this, rip on Jace day? Can we just talk about the job already?"

She huffed, her version of 'Fine'.

He smirked and opened the folder, revealing a page with a lot words, but no picture. "They don't know who he is, but he's been causing trouble. Hacking and such, and they've located the computer that he's been using. We have to discard of him. Tonight."

"Tonight? We just pulled a mission last night…"

"I know." He looked at her softly. "It's a pain in the ass but someone's got to do it."

"Yeah, true." She sighed and shook her red head. "Let's get to class."

Jace nodded. "Sure thing Aimee."

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