Hey, I'm back! I've only written 1 AF story (White Gold) but I loved writing it because people said they enjoyed reading it! So I'm writing another one- in response to Spinkle's reunion challenge…as you know because you read the summary… :P

"Li, someone's here to see you!" Li looked up from her work, lowered her goggles and glowered at her assistant. He stuttered under her stare and pointed a shaking finger to the door, "he said it was urgent." She shook her head; Jack was far too enthusiastic than any assistant lab worker should be. She took off her gloves and threw them onto the worktop, he was too excited to work with her as well; she was pretty enthusiastic but jumping up and down in excitement when the carboxylic acid count was way under what it should be, just annoyed her. She shut down the ICP machine and walked down the corridor, out of the lab. As she did she threw her goggles and lab coat into her box and walked on. She didn't need to have a look to check if it was her box, there were only two; Jack's which was immaculate and hers which looked like a mini war zone between pencils and sticker labels. She walked into the sunlight that poured into her office and saw, sat in her chair, was a man; greying hair, dark suit, a briefcase. For a fleeting moment she thought she was being sued.

"Morning." He said in a crisp voice that dripped with regret; he obviously did not like the way she had put her hands on her hips and was now staring at him, willing him to get out of her chair. "Miss Cheong, my name is Brain Adams," he stood and held out his hand, she took it and sat down opposite him.

"This office isn't open to civilians, so if you wouldn't mind-"

"Yes but I'm no ordinary civilian." He said with a smile, she noticed all his teeth were perfect; straight pearls. He reached into his jacket pocket and removed a badge. She glanced at it quickly and immediately knew what it was.

"You're from the MOD?" She said, almost laughing.

"Try being a bit more specific." He said, smiling in return. He meant he wanted her to name the division he was from, which really meant that it was important.

"No," she said slowly, "if you were then you wouldn't come here; you'd invite me somewhere and then we'd talk." She was smart, she knew how things worked, that meant he couldn't mollycoddle her.

"You're right." He said and looked her up and down. She knew exactly what he was doing; assessing her, seeing if she really was as good as they said she was. She was used to it; everyone did this with her seeing as she was such an expert in her field. "Are you happy here?" It was such a strange question that Li was too shocked to answer.

"You what?" She said in surprise.

"Does the term Alpha Force ring a bell?" Li sat upright, still, unmoving as though he were about to throw a knife at her. How did he know that term? He laughed at the look on her face, "You think no one would find out in the end? You think your "missions" were that small?" He laughed again. "Ever since you took part in the operation with the SAS to uncover a drugs plan, we've tried to keep a close eye on the five of you." She was too shocked to say anything. "It seems you've drifted apart over the last ten years, when was the last time you saw one another?" He had put his briefcase on the desk in front of her and opened it; taking out files she saw her picture on the front. "Well?" He asked suddenly, making her jump.

"Erm…about six, yeah six years ago." She said quietly, trying to catch a glimpse of what was written on the files he had taken out.

"Li Cheong," he said almost to himself as he took papers out of her file, "oh I see you didn't follow in mummy and daddy's footsteps, became a botanist…unmarried…attempted to become a doctor at one point…application unsuccessful…lives by herself in an apartment overlooking the Thames." He closed the file. "All in all pretty uneventful in comparison to your teen years-"

"What do you want?" She said finally; she always became annoyed when people thought they knew her, words on paper could never describe a human being. That's why her application to do medicine had been unsuccessful.

"I want you to work for us." They stared at each other for a moment before Li started laughing.

"That's crazy. You think I can just leave my job for a while-"

"This is the government; we could make you fake your death and have no one ask questions." He put her file away and leant forwards. "You can't tell me that you don't miss it; what Alpha force did?" She didn't answer.

"I take it you're going to ask the others?" She said quietly and as she looked at him from the corner of her eye she saw him nod.

"Well, you are-"

"What?" She stood up, "I haven't seen them for six years; I have no idea where they are!" She shook her head at him, "why can't you do it-"

"We've lost track of them." He shrugged, "anyway, who could persuade them better than their dear friend Li?" He smirked as she realised she'd probably be better at it than the government.

"But Alex, he must be working for the MOD by now; you must have tabs on him." She speculated, again he shook his head.

"Alex has gone on holiday." He said simply and Li was sure this wasn't a full answer; so what if he was, surely they'd be able to keep contact with him? He saw the look on her face and sighed, "That man knows the ins and outs of us now; how can you watch someone who knows how you work?" He laughed, "came in one day and told us he was taking a month off, "don't contact me, don't watch me, don't even expect a postcard" is what he said and then he was lost to us; couldn't track him anywhere." He laughed.

"So what does Alex do now?" She asked; she'd always expected Alex to join the SAS like his father, become a soldier; that wouldn't involve the need to be watched. The man shook his head.

"You can ask him that when you ask him to go on this mission." The man said.

"And what is this mission?" He smiled at her;

"I'll tell you that when all of you are gathered together." He said. "We'll pay for anything you need; flights, hotels, cars, you name it, we'll give it. Oh," he said as he noticed she was going to speak again, "you'll be paid as soon as you say yes." She thought for a moment. "It'll be seventeen times what you're being paid now." He smirked at her; that was an awful big amount of money. "All you have to say now is I'll think about it. I give you this document," he pulled one out of the briefcase, "which explains some hints of where we last saw your friends. Then you phone me as soon as you're ready," he took out a card from the inner pocket of his jacket and gave it to her, "to confirm you're ready to go-"

"What if I say no?" She asked as he stood up to leave.

"I don't think you quite get it," he said sternly and turned to her, "this isn't just about money; this is about getting back to what life once was; travelling with your friends to save the world. Or would you rather be stuck in a Lab all your life, with that over enthusiastic assistant of yours that doesn't know anything more than what's written in those books of yours?" He left her with that thought, with the document in her hand, with the slight glimmer of hope that she could get back to what she used to be.

"Alright Li, I've washed the glassware to start the ICP again!" Jack said, she turned to him without really looking at him. He saw the blank look on her face and his smile faded, "I'll go…set up the machine then." She nodded slowly and as soon as he left she stood up, the document fell from her lap but she didn't hesitate, she reached over her desk to get to her phone and quickly dialled the number.

"Brian Adams office," said a voice on the other end of the line.

"This is Li Cheong. Tell Adams…" she thought for a moment, "Just tell him I accept." She said and put the phone down. That day, for the first time in her life, Li left work early. She had no inclination of saying goodbye to Jack, to the office, to the place she felt she never belonged. She was going to meet Alpha Force, she was going to go on a mission, she was going home.

Well what do we think of the general idea guys? Are we liking it- I'm thinking in each chapter she'll find someone again…it's all about getting back together really…

Please review! Give me ideas of how you want them to meet up, if there's anything special you have in mind, but I pretty much know where I'm going!