James Adams shivered and pulled his thin blue jacket closer. Good as CHERUB was, standing in the cold waiting for someone to come pick you up was not fun. He shivered and glanced at his watch; Ewart should have been here 5 minutes ago. His phone rang making him jump. He pulled the slim black mobile out of his pocket and answered it.

"Hey."

"James it's Ewart. There's a traffic jam; make your way to Marina Avenue."

"K." James slid the phone back into his jacket and started jogging. He glanced over his shoulder at the teen who had been watching him since he got there. The black shape that was the youth had started moving following James. James upped his pace and to his annoyance the hooded teen did as well. "Crap." He muttered. He'd made a lot of enemies on this mission; chances were that this kid was from one of the rival gangs. Another quick glance behind him confirmed it; the kid had the red and black laces of D's gang – James couldn't remember what it was called there were about 15 in this area alone. James' own laces were black and green; no wonder the kid was after him.

James pulled his hood over his head and broke into a run; before he could turn onto the main road though he felt the cold metal of a gun being pressed at the base of his skull.

"Don't move." The voice hissed, James didn't even have chance to look down at the laces to see which gang it was as a metal fist collided with his face and he slumped to the ground unconscious.

"You reckon he's still alive?" An obviously scared kid asked.

"Yeah. Shouldn't have killed him, check him." A gruff older voice said. "I don't trust him to not have some sort of tracking device or gun on him."

After a quick pat down James' unconscious body was hauled up and dragged into the warehouse behind them where he was dumped unceremoniously on the dusty concrete floor.

"So what are we gonna do with him?" The kid said.

"He's what 16?" The older guy said. "His parents'll come looking soon enough."

"Oh, ok."

......

Sighing Ewart redialled James' number. It shouldn't have taken the kid this long to get here; where was he? Slamming his fist onto the dashboard in frustration he rang campus; James' phone had once again rung through to voicemail.

"Hey Zara its Ewart."

"What's taking so long? I thought you were just picking James up."

"That would be the problem." Ewart said. "He was supposed to meet me at Marina, he hasn't showed and it's been half an hour. Haven't heard from him since; his phone just goes to voicemail."

"Reckon you're gonna find him or do I put out a missing agent alert?" Zara asked concerned.

"Gimme half an hour." Ewart said. "If I haven't found him by then put it out."

"Kay, see you later."

"Bye."

Ewart slammed the car into reverse and headed back into the semi clear jam. James got into trouble but he was a good kid; so where was he? Growling in frustration as the traffic crawled along he kept his eyes peeled for any signs of the blonde teenager. He headed towards the original spot where he was supposed to meet James originally seeing no signs of the teen he turned round and headed back towards the main road. 25 more minutes until James was officially missing.

.......

James groaned as he woke up; why was he always the one that got hit?

"Ewart?" He called but instead of meeting his mission controller's face he met with the large black boot of Mr Red-and-Black-Laces. "Ow." He moaned as he felt his nose shatter with the impact. "What the hell?"

"Shut up." The voice came from the owner of the boot.

........

Ewart's phone rang and he snatched it up in the vain hope that it was James.

"James?" He asked quickly.

"No, Zara. You find him?"

"Nah, tried everywhere I know he's ever been. Put the alert out."

"What am I supposed to tell Lauren? You're in Ukraine Ewart! Oh hi Lauren James has gone missing in Ukraine but there's nothing to worry about. I've already had to tell her that he's gone missing once."

"Just say...look I dunno; you're better at this than me."

"God I hope he's ok. I'll put the alert out. What are you gonna do?"

"I can look for about another hour but then I gotta come back to the UK: something that's been planned for ages; I think it's to do with getting Cherub more active in other countries or something."

"I'll go. You stay there."

"You can't; it's been arranged for months. Some of the people there won't take very kindly to having someone else arranging everything."

"Fine; I'll get someone to send a team out to look for him. Anyone from MI5 over there with you?"

"No. They left a few days ago; hence the fact James was going to leave today."

"Right. I hope to God you find him."

"So do I." Ewart said grimly putting the phone down.

In her office Zara sat having sent word for Lauren to come to her office; Dana was in Australia so Zara made a mental note to tell her mission controller to let her know. She picked up the phone and got herself put through to MI5 with no problem. She inwardly thanked God for her level 1 security clearance.

"I've got an agent missing on the Ukraine mission. We need a team out there to find him." She said skipping the formalities when it was in the case of her son's Godfather.

"James?" Asked the man on the other end of the line in surprise. "I was there with him. What happened?"

"We don't know. He was supposed to be meeting Ewart but he never showed."

"Crap. He had a lot of enemies out there Zara. There was like 15 gangs in rivalry out there."

"I know." Zara sighed. "That's why we're so worried. If one of the other gangs got a hold of him what would have happened?"

"A lot." He said worried. "Two of our guys were hospitalised out there."

"Oh God." Zara whispered. "Any ideas on what to tell his sister?"

"Sorry no; but I'll get a team out there right away. He's a good kid."

"Yeah. Bye."

"Bye."

The phone disconnected and Zara lent back in her chair still wondering what on Earth she could tell Lauren. Last time James had gone missing Lauren had been distraught. A knock on her door pulled her out of her thoughts. It opened revealing Lauren. Zara steeled herself. Time to break the news...

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I know it was never confirmed James was the Godfather but it was suggested so I'm using it!

My first CHERUB story so what do you think? I was bored writing for Charmed so here it is...

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