Hey guys! Sorry it took me so long to update but I promise I'm going to update faster from now on because holidays have started!! :) Thanks to all who reviewed...please keep the reviews coming because I'd love some feedback from you guys. Enjoy! (Oh btw, this whole chapter is set in France when B&C are about 25 years old.)

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Dancing With Death

Chapter 2

Seven years later, in France.

"I'm back from Rome, Daddy," Blair called out and gestured for the driver to bring her luggage into the house. There was no response. She was used to it. Her relationship with her father was awfully strained. Blair sighed in exasperation and plopped down on the sofa.

Ever since she had joined T&M Corporations, an assassination agency, she had been growing more and more distant from her dad. He thought she was a successful entrepreneur who had regular trips to the business capitals of the world. Yes, she travelled a lot, but not for business meetings. She was a professional assassin, who often had to kill high-profile people which was why she was often out of the country.

To Blair, killing was an everyday activity. In fact, she couldn't imagine herself in any other occupation. She attributed this to her lack of childhood memories. Her father had tried to tell her as much as he could about her life before she came to France but she just could not imagine herself living the superficial life he described. She knew she had been in an accident on her way back to the US during summer vacation but he refused to tell her anything about her friends.

But that wasn't the thing that was disturbing her today. Blair Waldorf was seldom disturbed by things. If she was easily perturbed, she wouldn't have become an assassin. She sighed and recalled the face of the man she had run into in the quaint little pizza parlour during one of her usual stakeouts in Rome. He was tall with dark brown hair and intense eyes that seemed to see through to her soul. His gaze had sent shivers down her spine and she had felt that she had known him for ages.

Blair snapped out of her reverie when her phone vibrated.

Briefing on your new assignment in a hour. Don't be late.

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"So how was the Jameson killing?" Jessica smiled at Chuck and took a seat opposite him.

"You know how I hate making small talk. Let's get down to business right away shall we?" Chuck looked bored. "What's this new assignment everyone's been buzzing about?"

Jessica handed him a thick green file. "Read the first page, you'll get the gist of the operation. You can read the rest later."

"So basically two of the three assassination agencies are ganging up on the strongest agency," Chuck stated after a few moments and took a sip of his scotch.

"Yes. You will enter the assassin training camp held by Walter Gerrard Inc. and on the sidelines, you'll be doing some simple infiltration."

"I assume I'll be working with a partner…"

"Yes, you will. Her name is Blair Waldorf and she's late." Jessica paused. "Please don't sleep with her, Chuck."

"Too late. Been there, done that," Chuck smirked coolly not showing his astonishment. So Waldorf had become an assassin too. And here I thought I just happened to run into a look-a-like of hers in Rome.

"You've already slept with her?" Jessica raised one eyebrow. "Wow. It says here that she's one of the most ruthless killers and is often referred to as an ice queen."

"It's ancient history. She won't remember me." Chuck shrugged, recalling the last time he had seen Blair.

"Well, I don't think she'll sleep with you again. From what I gather…she's a mega-bitch."

"So nothing's changed," Chuck said under his breath. "What's wrong?" he asked. Jessica was frowning.

"Oh, did I mention you two are entering the training camp as a couple?"

Chuck narrowed his eyes at her, "what exactly do you mean by couple?"

"I mean you're entering the camp as lovers."

"Just like old times," Chuck muttered. "Where is Blair anyway?" He couldn't wait to see how she would react to him. Surely her memory would be back by now.

Jessica leaned back in her seat and recalled her last encounter with Blair. She had been a total bitch but there was no doubt that she was very good at her job. Jessica had even heard rumours that Blair Waldorf was a bionic woman like the one on the TV show. She never showed emotion and delivered all her assignments flawlessly and with ease. In other words, Blair Waldorf was the perfect assassin – she never got caught, she showed no remorse, and she was extremely intelligent.

Blair strolled into the room, her heels clicking loudly on the marble floor.

"Ms Waldorf," Jessica greeted her with a smile, not wanting to get on her bad side.

Blair nodded and gave her a small smile, "I'm not late...am I?" Her brown eyes were daring Jessica to object.

"Actually...you are," Chuck swiveled his chair around to face her as Jessica shook her head vigorously. He got to his feet, "I'm Chuck Bass."

"Blair Waldorf," Blair shook his hand.

Chuck smirked at her and they sat down. As Jessica nervously sifted through a few papers he leaned towards Blair, "we're going to be lovers," he whispered, "just like old times."

"We're what?" Blair looked at him in surprise. "We just met." She narrowed her eyes, wasn't he the man she had just seen in Rome?

Chuck cocked his head and surveyed the woman before him. She was dressed in an elegant wrap dress and her hair fell to her shoulders in dark brown curls. Yes, this was definitely his Blair Waldorf. She just didn't remember him.

"The camp starts in two days. You two will take this time to get to know each other," Jessica finally said. "We have booked you a suite at the Ritz Carlton."

With that, the meeting was over.

Both Chuck and Blair had worked for the CIA for a while before switching over to "the dark side." Assassination agencies were illegal but in huge demand, and they paid their recruits well, unlike the CIA. I hope the directors know what they're getting these two into, Jessica thought to herself worriedly as they two of them left.

Infiltrating a fellow assassination company was considered base treachery, and if Walter Gerrard Inc. figured out that Blair and Chuck worked for T&M Corp and Rovenson, respectively, they would lose their best assets.

Jessica bit her lip. But if anyone can do it…it's Blair and Chuck.

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