Chapter 1: Lasting Impressions

One cold and stormy night in New York City, Ryan Hobbes was in the fifth column safe house, working out with the punching bag when he heard a knock at the door. I don't remember anyone saying they were coming over. Maybe it's one of the team just wanting to talk. I better go see what this is all about. Hobbes thought to himself as he walked to the door, grabbing his gun on the way, just in case it is someone looking for him.

When he reached the door, he had a look through the peephole and quickly put down his gun and opened the door to find a young girl of about twenty standing there, completely wet due to the rain.

"Good to see you again Hobbes." The mysterious girl said with a smile.

"Didn't an umbrella cross your mind? By the way, what do you call yourself now?" Hobbes said with a smirk.

"Do, you mind if I come in? I don't want to catch a cold." She said with a smile.

"Sure, so I take it you are still going by Alexandria?" He said.

"Yeah, I haven't been bothered to change it and do you mind if I could get changed out of these wet clothes or something? Sorry, you're right; an umbrella would have been a good idea."Alexandria says with the same smirk on her face.

"Sure, and I'll find u something to wear… There aren't any women's clothes around here so I'll try and find something. The bathroom is over this way." He said walking over to the bathroom.

After her shower, she braided her long wet hair and found a man's button up shirt and a coat on the door which she quickly dried herself off and put on. After that she managed to find the kitchen where a glass of tea was on the counter and Hobbes was sitting on the other side of the counter.

"You remembered I like tea." She said taking a seat.

"It's a little hard to forget some things after spending two years together in Russia. The tea's not poisoned." He said.

"I know I am waiting for it to cool off." She said checking the temperature of the tea before drinking it down quickly.

"Now, we'll talk this over more tomorrow, u take the bed downstairs and I will take the couch." He said.

"That's not happening, I'll take the couch and you take the bed." She said quickly with a stubborn look across her face.

"We could compromise." Hobbes said with a smirk.

"Fine with me, but you remember how well I can use a knife." She said. "So we'll both sleep in the bed then?"

"Why not, it's not like it's going to be any different than Russia" He said walking down the basement.

The next morning Alexandria woke up first to find Hobbes had his arm wrapped around her. She decided to stay there for a little longer because she was afraid to wake him up and create a level of awkwardness. About ten minutes later she got out of bed to make breakfast.

Hobbes woke up to the smell of toast and noticed the Alexandria was not in bed. He decided to go upstairs to see if she had managed to burn the house down yet. Not that her cooking was bad but she had a tendency to destroy stuff. He got to the kitchen to find Alexandria sitting at the counter eating toast and an open jar of Vegemite on the table.

"You're eating my Vegemite…" He said shocked.

"I'm an Aussie, what did you expect?" She said with a smile.

Hobbes steals a slice of toast from her plate and starts eating when there is a knock at the door. Hobbes walks over to the door still with the vegemite toast in one hand to find Father Jack at the door.

"Come in Jack." Hobbes said in a monotonic voice.

"Do you have company?" Father Jack said embarrassed as he saw Alexandria sitting at the kitchen counter eating breakfast still wearing Hobbes' shirt

"Don't worry about me, please. Come in, would you like some vegemite on toast? Hobbes just stole my last slice." She said getting another slice of toast and putting vegemite on it. She looked down to see why the priest was staring at her to see she was still dressed in Hobbes' shirt.

"Oh, I can explain. I'm Alexandria; I used to work with Hobbes here before he became a mercenary. I got caught in the rain on my way over here." She said embarrassed.

"It rained last night." He said.

"Yes…" she said as there was another knock at the door.

Hobbes walked over to the door and opened it for Erica. She walked in and stopped when she saw Alexandria and the priest talking in the kitchen.

"Erica, this is Alexandria. We used to work together back when I was stationed in Russia before I became a mercenary." Hobbes said shuffling her closer to Alexandria.

"Hi, we've already met." Alexandria said with a smile and Hobbes shoots her a look.

"Okay, so we know Anna is planning to destroy us all. The eggs are destroyed meaning she has a backup plan too. We cannot make a move yet until we have an idea about her hand." Father Jack said.

"Then I guess we are going to have to wait then." Erica said.

"I may be able to help you out here. I am just a citizen to them." Alexandria said.

"But you have ties to me; they'll see what we are doing." Hobbes said.

"Not entirely. We spent two years together in Russia but I can say I lost all respect for you when you left." Alexandria said.

"You spent two years together in Russia, with Hobbes? You deserve a medal." Erica said with a smile."You have got to tell me more about this later."

"Okay, so let's consider Alexandria being our ear in the ship considering we lost Joshua to destroy the eggs." Jack said.

With this final comment, Erica and Alexandria moved away from the guys and started their own conversation. This left Hobbes and Father Jack to start a conversation.

"So what happened last night?" Father Jack said.

With this question he was greeted with something of a stare of death and Hobbes left a few seconds later. Father Jack then proceeded to eat some toast from Alexandria's plate.

"So, what happened in Russia?" Erica said with a smirk.

"We both had to go undercover to bust and arms dealer. I was originally assigned to the operation but Hobbes' weapons knowledge was far superior to mine so we were partnered for the job." Alexandria said trying not to give away too much.

"So were you business associates or something undercover?" Erica said.

"Yeah… I guess you could say that." Alexandria said with a smirk.

"How did you find Hobbes?" Father Jack said curiously.

"Oh, I can explain that. Alexandria came into my office yesterday asking where Hobbes was because she can help fifth column. I gave her this address." Erica said. "Wait, can you tell me more about what happened in Russia?"

"I better get going, I must prepare for mass this morning." Father Jack said heading towards the door.

"Oh crap, I need to get going too. Tell me more tonight okay?" Erica said to Alexandria.

Just like that both Erica and Father Jack left and Alexandria was alone to finish her breakfast. When she looked down at her plate she noticed her food was gone and decided not to make any more but to go and find Hobbes. After walking down to the basement, she found Hobbes sitting on the bed as if he was waiting for her.

"So, what do you do for entertainment?" asked Alexandria standing on the last step.

So what do you think so far? Comments of all kinds apreciated but please be nice, this is my first fanfic.