Chapter 2;
Dan's POV;
"Agents meet Agent Summers," Frank explains as Keri walks out from the side to stand beside
Frank.
"Keri, this is Aneisha, Tom and D-"
"We've already met," she cuts Frank off looking anywhere but at me.
"Oh have you?"
Keri nods.
"I thought you had to go and see Mrs King. She'll go off on one if you don't go and see her," I exclaim, still annoyed at her. I'm not entirely sure why I'm annoyed at her but I know I'm annoyed.
"Well I can look after myself," Keri replies rather coldly, glaring at me.
I think the rest of the team can sense the tension between us.
"And anyway for your information, I've already been to see Mrs King," explains Keri as she continues to glare at me.
In an attempt to break the growing tension, Frank starts, "Right team! Know we've the introductions sorted, it's time to get focused on the mission."
"You are to go to this address. It's a old warehouse. We need you to go and collect something for us. But be careful when you are there because there may be others there."
"Okay so Dan I want you to go with Keri and Aneisha. Tom you'll stay here as usual and run comms."
"No problem. But one question. Do we have any biscuits?", questions Tom in a serious tone.
Keri laughs. Why is she laughing? It's not funny.
"Of course!", replies Frank throwing two packets of biscuits to Tom.
We walk to the lift and the doors close. We soon arrive outside the warehouse.
"Right from my scans there isn't anyone in the building apart from you three. There is only two levels. Keri and Dan you take the second level, Neish you take the bottom. Be careful," explains Tom over coms.
"Okay Tom," replies Aneisha.
"Come on then, lets get this done," I direct at Keri, disgusted that I've been paired with Keri. Tom did that on purpose. I know he did. Keri and I run up the staircase to the second level.
"Is there no light in this place?", questions Keri as we are meet with darkness.
"Hold on," I reply as I reach into my pocket and retrieve a torch before switching it on.
"Better?"
"Much!", exclaims Keri.
We cautiously walk down the long corridor.
As we reach the end, I sigh. "Tom this floor is clear there is nothing here."
"Okay, go down and meet Neish. See if she's found anything."
"Sure.", replies Keri.
Keri and I go back down the steps, the tension is high between us.
"Aneisha?"' Keri calls out as we start to stroll down the bottom corridor.
"Yeah? I'm in here," she shouts.
We come to a door and find her inside.
"There are so many doors on this floor. Do you want to help? Did you find anything?", Aneisha asks.
"No, upstairs was clear. There weren't many rooms up there."
"I'll go check some of these other rooms," explains Keri as she leaves the room.
As soon as Keri has left the room Aneisha turns to me.
"What happened between you two earlier?", questions Aneisha.
"What do you mean?", I reply caught of guard.
"Dan, you both left happy and when you came back you came back separately and you both looked upset," elaborates Aneisha.
"Nothing happened Neish"
"Are you sure? You know you can talk to me Dan."
I sigh. I know that she isn't going to drop it until I tell her. I know it is better to just get it over with.
"Eugh fine! We were running down the corridor and Mrs King stopped us. Keri made up an excuse. But in that moment I came to my senses, it struck me. You know me. You know how I struggle to trust people, remember when I first met Zoe?"
Aneisha nods remembering how I behaved with Zoe.
"Well you seen how I was this morning with Keri. I had only met her but it was like I trusted her. That's not me. And I caught myself on, so now I'm just being wary. I know nothing about her. I need to be even more wary of her now that I know that she is in MI High. You never know what she could do," I explain.
"So that's what that was all about! You don't trust me!", shouts Keri. "I've been wondering all day what it was that I had done, and really I'd done nothing. You just had a problem with me. You're a joke Dan Morgan!", screamed Keri as she stormed out of the room.
I hadn't realised that she had re-entered the room.
I sigh. "Keri, wait!", I shout after her suddenly feeling extremely guilty.
Keri doesn't appear back in the door, so I walk out of the room and down the corridor to look for her.
"Keri? Keri? Keri? Please just let me explain. I'm sorry okay? Please Keri, were are you?", I plead.
I peek through a doorway. I am shocked by what I see in front of me. Keri. Keri lying flat on her back.
"Keri?"
I walk slowly to her.
"Funny Keri. You had me now get up."
When she still doesn't respond, I quicken my pace. As I near her, I realise she isn't breathing.
"Oh my god! Keri? Keri can you hear me?", I ask as I pick her head up.
"ANEISHA! GET IN HERE NOW!", I scream.
Suddenly Aneisha enters the room.
"Dan what is it?", she asks before noticing Keri. "What's wrong? What happened her?"
"Tell Tom. We need an ambulance. I don't know what happened. I just found her lying here."
I return my attention to Keri, pushing her hair gently away from her face.
"Tom, quick, we need an ambulance here as quickly as possible. Something's happened Keri!", exclaims a panicked Aneisha.
"Agent Jones, what's happened?", demands Stella.
"I...I...I...I don't know. She..err..we...Dan found her..she's err unconscious," stutters Aneisha.
"Ambulance is on it's way Neish," explains Tom reassuringly.
Aneisha turns to me, "Ambulance is on its way!"
I merely nod, all my attention still focused on Keri. How could I have let this happen to her?
"What I don't understand, is how this happened? She was fine literally minutes before hand. How could this have happened so quickly?", questions Aneisha.
I am about to reply when we hear sudden shouts of, "MI9!"
Aneisha runs out into the corridor.
"In here, quickly! She's in here!", I hear Aneisha yell.
The MI9 medical crew run into the room to assess the situation.
I move away from Keri and stand beside Aneisha to allow the medical crew room to work on Keri.
"Okay, we need to get her go hospital as soon as possible. She's not responding!", a woman explains.
They quickly retrieve a stretcher and carefully lift Keri onto it. They push her out quickly and load her into the MI9 ambulance. Aneisha and I clamber in and sit beside Keri. Both our faces are painted with worry.
I am absolutely terrified. "What if she didn't make it?", I think.
KERI'S POV;
I hear the rumble of the lift descending. I know that behind those doors holds my other team members. I'm excited, yet nervous to see who they are.
"Team, we have some news," I hear Frank explain. "We want you to meet your new fellow agent."
"Agents meet Agent Summers," Frank explains. I take this as my cue to walk out. I walk out from the side to stand beside Frank at one side of the central table. However nothing could have prepared me for who was stood on the opposite side. Dan.
This cannot be happening.
"Keri, this is Aneisha, Tom and D-"
"We've already met," I cut Frank off looking anywhere but him.
"Oh have you?"
I nod.
Why out off all the people in this school did he have to be an agent!
"I thought you had to go and see Mrs King. She'll go off on one if you don't go and see her," Dan suddenly exclaims.
"God that boy is so infuriating!," I think tom myself. Who does he think he is.
"Well I can look after myself," I reply rather coldly, glaring him.
"And anyway for your information, I've already been to see Mrs King," I continue as I glare at him.
In an attempt to break the growing tension, Frank starts, "Right team! Know we've the introductions sorted, it's time to get focused on the mission."
"You are to go to this address. It's a old warehouse. We need you to go and collect something for us. But be careful when you are there because there may be others there."
"Okay so Dan I want you to go with Keri and Aneisha. Tom you'll stay here as usual and run comms."
Oh great, now I'm stuck with him on a mission. Thank god I have Aneisha. She seems nice, friendly. I hope we can be friends.
"No problem. But one question. Do we have any biscuits?", questions Tom in a serious tone.
I laugh at Toms question. I had not expected those words to come out of his mouth. Tom seems okay too. Frank told me that he is the technical genius of the team. I can see Dan glaring at me as I laugh but I don't care.
"Of course!", replies Frank throwing two packets of biscuits to Tom.
We walk to the lift and the doors close. We soon arrive outside the warehouse.
"Right from my scans there isn't anyone in the building apart from you three. There is only two levels. Keri and Dan you take the second level, Neish you take the bottom. Be careful," explains Tom over coms.
Oh fantastic! Paired with Dan. Gee thanks Tom!
"Okay Tom," replies Aneisha.
"Come on then, lets get this done," Dan directs at me. I can tell by his voice he too isn't pleased by Tom's pairing. Dan and I run up the staircase to the second level.
"Is there no light in this place?", I question as we are meet with total darkness on the second floor.
"Hold on," I replies Dan.
For a few moments it's quiet apart from the occasional rustle from Dan.
What is he doing?
Suddenly a spurt of light appears.
"Better?", he questions.
"Much!", I exclaim.
We cautiously walk down the long corridor.
As we reach the end, Dan sighs. "Tom this floor is clear there is nothing here."
"Okay, go down and meet Neish. See if she's found anything."
"Sure.", I reply.
Dan and I go back down the steps, the tension is high between us.
"Aneisha?"' I call out as we start to stroll down the bottom corridor.
"Yeah? I'm in here," she shouts.
We come to a door and find her inside.
"There are so many doors on this floor. Do you want to help? Did you find anything?", Aneisha asks.
"No, upstairs was clear. There weren't many rooms up there."
"I'll go check some of these other rooms," I explain as I leave the room. I walk down the corridor. Aneisha is right there are so many doors on this floor. It's crazy. As I proceed down the corridor and check the rooms, it begins to get darker and soon I am unable to see anything in front of me. I decide to go back and. Orrow Dans torch and use it to shine into each of the remaining rooms.
As I near the room I left, I can hear Aneisha and Dan talking.
"Well you seen how I was this morning with Keri. I had only met her but it was like I trusted her. That's not me. And I caught myself on, so now I'm just being wary. I know nothing about her. I need to be even more wary of her now that I know that she is in MI High. You never know what she could do," I hear him explain.
"So that's what that was all about! You don't trust me!", I shout. "I've been wondering all day what it was that I had done, and really I'd done nothing. You just had a problem with me. You're a joke Dan Morgan!", I scream as I storm out of the room.
Tears are pushing their way into my eyes. I'm trying my best to fight them back. I'm not sure where I'm going. I can hear Dan shouting my name behind name but I keep on walking. I try to find somewhere to hide from him.
In a mere few minutes, my world goes black.
