AN: This is my second fanfic, and I really hope you like it! :)


Prologue

Katherine Baronet sat in her car in an empty parking lot. Her fingers drummed against the steering wheel as she sat, waiting.

The Professor had told her he would contact her at exactly 11:00 P.M., and that very time was drawing near. Every time she had to talk to the Professor she could feel herself getting apprehensive. This was no exception.

The faint cry of a siren echoed in the night air, along with the barking of a dog. Katherine flicked a blond strand of hair from her face, and then brushed nonexistent lint from her clothing. The time drew even nearer.

Perhaps that was what she hated most of this job - the waiting. When she had no time to think, to analyze, when she was in the midst of action, that was what she enjoyed most.

She jumped as her cell phone rang. Fumbling through her purse, she pulled it out and flipped it open.

"Hello," a raspy male voice said on the other end. "Is this Mary Clarence?"

"Yes," Katherine said. Mary Clarence was an agreed alias for her.

"You are aware," the voice said, "that you have been pulled out from your mission to be assigned to the one I am about to inform you of."

"Yes, sir," Katherine said, fingering a jade necklace she was wearing.

"You will have a partner for this particular mission," the voice said.

"And that will be?"

"Fanner Black."

Katherine was shocked. "Sir, are you sure that is wise? I do not entirely trust him."

"When I wish for you to question my judgment, I shall tell you so," the voice said threateningly.

"Understood, sir," Katherine said quickly, desperate to avoid any disagreement. "What is the prize?"

"The medallion."

"The target?"

"Dan and Amy Cahill."

"The extent to which I may harm them?"

"Kill them." The phone line went dead.