Cammie started out the door of her grandparent's house, only to be greeted by two hands gripping her midsection, and another two over her mouth and shoulders. A woman came into view. Just as dangerous as she was beautiful, Cammie had seen this woman before, she was Zach's mom. This can only mean one thing. The Circle is here.

For me, Cammie thought. Crud!

That was the last thing she thought before her world went dark.

Alex was having a pretty good day.

He had gotten an A on his maths quiz, and Sabina and he were planning on going to the movies tonight. MI6 called-again - for who knows what. Maybe SCORPIA was back, or there was a rouge agent sabotaging. Whatever it was, Alex was NOT doing anything about it. After Jack's death, he decided to put espionage away- for good. His only "family" was Sabina and her father, and he wasn't planning on losing them, too. Alex strode out of Brookland, and started toward the bike racks like he did every day. A car was sitting on the road beside it, and the teen paid no attention, as cars sat there all the time. Drug dealers knew that kids were weak, and they would deal here with no problem, whether you were 6 or 16. The teen unlocked his bike, and as soon as he started to get on it, he felt a prick in his shoulder. What the….? Alex saw the source-a tranq dart- and pulled it out.

Too late, as the boy fell to the ground, and two men got out of the car.