[A/N] The ex members of the London assassination squad are now also labeled as rebels.

Chapter 2

At Hay-Lin's HQ

Hay-Lin was petting her cat. She didn't know what to do. She dispatched her most deadliest assassination squad an hour or two ago and know all she could do was wait. She was thinking about calling for Matt so that she could laugh at him or maybe she would call Eric or one of the other men of her harem, just to please her. A knock snapped her out of her train of thoughts.

'Enter.' she said in her usual cold voice.

Irma entered with a slight bow.

'Irma, why do I owe this pleasure?' Hay-Lin asked, making sure that there was a clear warning in that sentence.

Irma seemed to get the warning because she gulped before looking Hay-Lin right in the eye. Irma and Cornelia were the only ones who dared to look her in the eye. Well, more like she allowed them to. Hay-Lin had to admit that enthralling had its perks. Will was the only one besides them who dared to look her in the eyes as well. And every time she did Hay-Lin could see the anger that she hid so well. Hay-Lin shook those thoughts away as she focused again on Irma.

'Ma'am.' she started. 'We just got word from the Japanese assassination.'

Hay-Lin raised an eyebrow. She knew they were fast but they never were this fast.

'And?'

'One of their members is kidnapped.' Irma replied.

Hay-Lin laughed out loud.

'You're telling me someone, of my best assassination squad, got kidnapped?' she said coldly with a hint of laughter.

'Yes ma'am.' Irma replied.

'Well, all I can say is that they chose a lousy replacement for their former member.' Hay-Lin replied with a shrug. 'I don't need to know when someone's that bad that he or she gets captured. I only want to know if they managed to get rid of the rebels and Will.'

'They aren't here yet, ma'am.' Irma replied. 'But if I may…'

'Tell me, what's on your mind?' Hay-Lin asked.

'Well… When Will became head of all the assassination squadrons she had to kill the former leader, right?' Irma started slowly.

Hay-Lin nodded.

'And the last head of the squadrons was the best of the Japanese assassination squad, am I right?' Irma continued.

'Yes…' Hay-Lin said, not knowing what Irma was trying to say.

'Well…and she, on her own, killed the London assassination squad, right?' Irma said, looking at Hay-Lin.

'Yeah, so? What are you trying to say?' Hay-Lin asked annoyed.

'Well, if she's capable of all that…Why do you think the Japanese assassination squad will succeed?' Irma finished slowly.

Hay-Lin smiled, the creepy kind.

'I don't think they'll be able to succeed.' she replied casually. 'I just hope they can take some rebels down before dying, that's all.'

Irma showed no emotions and bowed.

'Of course. Sorry for asking.' she said emotionless.

Hay-Lin smiled by herself as she watched Irma go away. She was glad that she decided not to enthrall Irma and Cornelia completely. Now she could have a conversation with them without them nodding like zombies. And the news Irma brought her? Heck if she cared. She couldn't care if one died or a thousand, as long as she got what she wanted she would be content. And after Will killed the Japanese assassination squad, she would have a big enough opening to kill Will once and for all.

Hay-Lin cackled out loud as she imagined Will, crushed and broken, laying at her feet and begging her for mercy.

At the Rebel HQ

All the rebels were waiting in the main hall. Natasha, Ehren and Edeline were standing next to Taranee, Nigel, Martin, Alchemy and Caleb.

'Taranee, why did we had to pack our stuff?' Ehren asked curious.

'Because we're moving.' Taranee answered while looking at her watch.

'To where?' Edeline asked confused. 'I thought that that Oracle woman would notice us if we did?'

'She already knew where we are.' Caleb answered. 'But now we can disappear from her sight. We're moving to Meridian.'

'So we're finally going to that mysterious Meridian?' Martin questioned. 'I've been waiting for a long, long time to go there, you know that?'

'Yes, Martin.' Taranee sighed. 'We know. You've been telling us that ever since you found out about the Guardians and Caleb.'

Natasha, Ehren and Edeline were looking confused at each other.

'What are you talking about?' Edeline asked annoyed.

'Who or what are the Guardians?' Ehren asked.

'What's Meridian?' Natasha asked intrigued.

Taranee and Caleb looked at each other. Should they tell?

'I'll tell you soon enough.' another voice said.

They turned around to see Will approaching them with a long, squirming and sound-making bag. She grabbed the bag at a certain point and the volume of the bag stiffened and went quiet.

'What's in the bag?' Natasha asked interested.

Will smiled at the girl. Even though it was just yesterday that they arrived here, she was already feeling more at home than she did at the assassination squad.

'Just another playmate.' Will said simply before handing the bag to Caleb.

'Can you hold her for a sec, please?' she said with pleading, puppy-dog eyes. 'I need both my hands to do this.'

Natasha, Ehren and Edeline looked at Will in shock, not sure if they had heard her right.

Caleb sighed as he took the bag from her. He groaned because of the sudden weight.

'Be careful.' Will said with a smile. 'She is heavier than I give her credit for.'

Caleb just glared at her as he adjusted the weight. Will closed her eyes and stretched out her arms. She started to concentrate and Taranee could feel the magic that she was trying to invoke. Taranee noticed that she was shaking. She never thought that an Oracle, or even an Oracle with half his powers, would be this strong. She felt something shaking next to her. She looked next to her and she noticed that Natasha, Ehren and Edeline were shaking as well. She looked around, none of the other rebels seemed to notice the magical energy.

*Maybe Will was right about them. I just wish they hadn't had such a terrible life.* Taranee thought sadly as she watched Will.

Will slashed her hands through the air and a fold appeared. She then kept her hands outstretched while many rebels were looking at the fold in fear and amazement.

'What's that?' Edeline exclaimed in fear.

'It's a fold.' Will replied with difficulty. 'With this you can go to Meridian. Now GO! I cannot hold it open for too long.'

The rebels were looking doubtful at the fold. It was, after all, a rip in time and space in which they could get lost or could mutate or something else like they've seen in movies. Even the rebels who originally came from Meridian weren't sure of what to do. It was five years ago when they came to Earth and they didn't even remember how.

'Are you waiting for a written invitation?' Will groaned annoyed. 'Go through it!'

Taranee took Nigel's and Ehren's hand. Ehren quickly grabbed Edeline while Edeline grabbed Natasha. The five of them went through the fold. Caleb didn't wait too long. He adjusted the weight of the bag again and took Alchemy's and Martin's hand and pulled them through the fold. The rebels saw their leaders go and decided that nothing could be worse than being killed or captured by Hay-Lin and all went through the fold. Will quickly went through the fold and fell on her face as she entered Meridian as well.

'Will! Are you alright?' Taranee asked as she went to help Will up.

Will grinned sheepishly at Taranee as she got up.

'Sure T, you know me.' she said. 'Just a little tired that's all.'

Just after she said that she started swaying and nearly fell again if not for a pair of arms who caught her on the right moment. Will looked up and saw the grinning face of Caleb.

'Just a little tired, huh?' he said.

Will stuck her tongue out.

'Just a little, rebel boy.' she replied with a smile.

Caleb helped her up when Natasha walked to Will.

'Will, are we really on another world?' she asked confused.

Will smiled as she looked around. The forest, the nature, it was still the same.

'Yes' she said. 'Welcome to Meridian.'

'This is unbelievable!' Martin exclaimed. 'So much nature! So many different creatures!'

'It's okay Martin.' Alchemy replied with a grin. 'You'll get plenty of time to research this place when this whole war is over.'

Martin looked at Alchemy with a cocky smile.

'As long as you're with me, I'm happy enough.'

The two kissed while Ehren was making puking sounds and Edeline was squealing out of happiness. Natasha just laughed at Ehren when she got a slap on the head and a scolding look from Taranee.

'Will, why aren't we in the Infinite City?' Caleb questioned.

'Well, we can't use any old entrances so I thought it would be smart to go in through a new one.' Will replied as she started walking. 'Follow me.'

The rebels stopped their sightseeing and followed Will. Caleb sighed and grabbed the bag again. After walking for an hour they finally stopped at a part of the forest. It didn't seem extraordinary. It was just another open spot with four death trees at every corner of the spot and one old willow, with a hole in the bark, in the middle of the spot. Will went to the willow and put her arm into the hole. Everyone heard a small "click" and suddenly the ground was shaking. A patch of grass retreated to reveal a stone staircase.

'You may enter.' Will said with a smile.

The rebels were looking in awe at the hole in the floor and slowly descended the stairs. When the last one entered, the ground shook again and the patch of grass went back to its old place. Immediately the staircase was lit by gems that were in the wall, bathing everyone in a blue-ish light. They all looked in awe when they arrived at the Infinite City. The walls were high, the same light as in the hallway shone as well and they could hear the noise of falling water. They even found some patches of land with Meridian's version of a solar light. Taranee took charge of the rebels.

'Okay!' she said, sounding loud and clear over the mumbling human mass. 'Everyone find yourselves a spot to sleep! People who know how to farm, you'll sleep next to the patches of land. The rest of you can take a spot they like.'

While the rebels were busy setting up their camps, Caleb walked to Will.

'How did you know this was here?' he asked her.

'If you're going to ask another stupid question then I'm going to show you what sort of powers I've got at the moment.' Will growled at him in annoyance.

'Someone is cranky today.' he said slightly annoyed.

Will sighed. 'It's just that I had to use a lot of energy and I'm still not used to doing this stuff and that my mom passed away yesterday and that I didn't get enough sleep and… Caleb, where is the bag?' she suddenly questioned.

Caleb looked around and then face palmed himself.

'When I saw that there was another hidden entrance I dropped the bag and forgot to take it with me.' he groaned.

Will immediately shot up and started to walk towards the entrance. Caleb quickly followed her.

'Men!' she mumbled. 'Never give them a job they can't handle.'

'I heard that!' Caleb said.

'I know.' Will replied coldly. 'Do you have any idea what you did? She can die!'

'Who?' Caleb answered, clearly annoyed.

'The fourth Guardian, numbskull. That's who!' Will replied as she rushed up the stairs.

At the forest.

The bag was laying alone on an open clearing. It slowly started to move again and slowly a girl came out of it. She seemed to be from Asian origin. She had black hair in a style similar to Will's old hairstyle with grey eyes. She was wearing a black jeans with a black long sleeved shirt. The sleeves of the shirt ended bell shaped. Black sneakers completed the outfit. She was tied up with ropes and was struggling to get free. With agility equal to a snake person she managed to get out of the ropes. She stood up and brushed the dust off her clothes when she noticed that she wasn't in a place she knew.

'How did I get here?' she said softly as she looked at her surroundings. 'The last thing I remember was going to the restroom in the plane… What happened?'

She started to walk around when she suddenly heard a noise behind her. She turned around and grabbed for a knife. Or she would have if she had one with her. She quickly searched her body only to notice that her weapons were gone.

'What the?' she said. 'Where are my weapons?'

The noise grew louder and the girl went into a crouching position. The bushes started to move and three creatures came out. They had yellow eyes and looked like a combination of a werewolf and an orc gone wrong. They were holding crude weapons like an axe and a spear. The girl had seen weird things in her short life but this was too much for her to handle. She completely freaked out and started screaming.

'AAAAAAAH!'

This of course made the monsters look at the source of the sound. When they saw the girl they immediately took out their weapons and started to chase the girl. The girl in question started to run away. She evaded the trees and kept running. Sometimes she turned around to see if the monsters were still following her and she got answered by a spear that closely shot past her. She kept running while thinking what went wrong and maybe trying to remember some of her training.

*This is insane!* she thought. *I've trained with the best to kill people and get away unseen but no-one told me that I needed to fight monsters! This is insane! I'm going to sue someone if I survive!*

She noticed that she was almost out of the forest.

*Just a little bit more.* she thought.

Suddenly she heard noises of fighting. She kept on running but turned her head to see what was happening. She saw a woman with bright red hair and a man with brown shaggy hair fighting the monsters. The man used a sword while the woman used her fists which seemed coated with lightning.

*I'm going insane!* the girl mentally screamed.

The fighting seemed to stop and the woman and man ran towards her. Something seemed off. The man and woman were closing in on her while they were just walking. She looked forward again and noticed that she wasn't moving forward. She then noticed that nothing was standing next to her. No trees, no bush, no stones and… no ground! She looked down and noticed that she was flying above a fissure. When she noticed this fact, the thing, that seemed to keep her up, disappeared and she fell. This was way too much for her to handle and she fainted.

She woke slowly up and started to groan. She slowly opened her eyes and took in her surroundings. She saw that she was laying in a tent. She saw a small table with a chair and her shoes.

'So you're finally awake?' a sudden voice said next to her.

The girl's head snapped aside and she saw a woman sitting next to her. A woman with bright red hair and she was smiling to her.

'We were very concerned about you.' she said.

The girl took a better look at the woman and then gasped. Immediately after she gasped she winced. She felt a pain in her ribs and groaned.

'Be careful now.' the woman said concerned. 'When you fell into that fissure you hit some stones before I could safe you. You broke some ribs so you have to lay down for a while.'

The girl looked at the woman again, but now with suspicion.

'I know you.' she said.

'That's great.' the woman replied with a smile. 'Because I know you.'

'You don't know anything about me.' the girl said with spite.

'You're name is Georgiana Kazemaru, though you like to be called Georgi.' the woman said. 'You lived in Mima until your parents got killed. You joined the Japanese assassination squad junior division at age 12 because you want to find your parents' killer.'

Georgi looked in surprise at the woman next to her. She quickly hid her surprised reaction.

'Yeah, well maybe you do.' she muttered. 'But that's to be expected from the head of all assassination squads, Will Vandom.'

Will smiled at the girl.

'Yeah that's right.' she said. 'Now tell me what you were doing with the adult squad.'

Georgi smiled. Maybe she could shock the woman if she told her what her mission was.

'I was chosen to replace one of the fallen members of the squad.' she replied. 'We had a mission to kill someone.'

She focused on Will as a smile crept on her face.

'We were sent to kill you.'

Instead of a shocked reaction, which Georgi had anticipated, Will smiled sadly at her.

'I know.' she replied. 'Not that you would be capable of it but still.'

This angered Georgi. Who did she think she was?

'What do you mean?' Georgi asked highly annoyed. 'We were with 20 men and you're on your own. You couldn't survive!'

Will smiled.

'You're right.' she replied. 'If I decided to betray Hay-Lin a couple of days earlier then you would be right, but now… No, I don't think that you could.'

Georgi glared at Will but before she could come back with a reply Will spoke again.

'And why I think that is solely my concern.' she said, scaring Georgi a little.

Suddenly someone came into the tent.

'Will, I really think you should go to sleep.' the male with shaggy brown hair said. 'I can watch over her and wake you when she's…oh.'

'Caleb, meet Georgi. Georgi, Caleb.' Will said while stifling a yawn.

Georgi just glared at Caleb while Caleb gave her a short nod.

'She looks like her and you at the same time.' he commented.

Georgi looked confused at Will as she smiled.

'Yeah, but let's hope that she won't go towards the dark.'

'Could you people talk as if I'm in the room too?' Georgi said with annoyance.

Caleb and Will laughed when suddenly more people entered the tent.

'Ehren, Natasha, Edeline!' a dark skinned female said. 'You know you aren't allowed to see her until Will says so.'

'Come on Taranee!' the girl with orange hair moaned. 'We want to know if she's okay!'

This confused Georgi. Why would anyone care about her? No-one did so why would a random stranger?

'Come in.' Will said as she got up. 'I see you brought some food for her, good.'

She turned to Georgi, who was in turn looking terribly confused by all this.

'Welcome to the rebellion, Georgi.'

With that she walked away, followed by Caleb and the dark skinned woman.

'Are you sure it's wise to leave them alone?' Taranee asked Will as Will walked to her own tent.

Will yawned loudly.

'Don't worry Taranee.' she said. 'Georgi needs to learn that there are more people who can care about her except her parents. You and I both know that a best friend is like a 4 leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.'

Taranee smiled sadly at Will. She really hoped that Will was right.

'Caleb, why don't you help Will into bed?' she said with a small smile. 'It's been a long day for her and I've got to do some things.'

Caleb and Will stiffened after this. Caleb looked blankly at Taranee while Will was glaring daggers.

*You are treading on dangerous ground, Miss Cook!* Will said telepathically.

Taranee smiled as Caleb slowly went to Will. He took her hand and slowly lead her to her tent. Will looked briefly in his emerald green eyes and felt that she started blushing. She quickly went into bed to hide her blush.

*After all these years he is still good looking.* she thought. *He looks even better than 5 years ago and… O God girl! Get a grip on yourself! You're going to be the next Oracle for crying out loud! You can't let your hormones take control!*

Caleb looked at Will as she was getting into bed.

*Too bad that she is going to be the next Oracle. She is a real stunner.*

He noticed that Will was looking at him and he got the hint. He turned around to leave when he suddenly remembered something.

'Will, I'm going to the castle to see if Vathek is alright, the last thing I heard was that he was degraded to dungeon cleaner.' he said.

He turned around to leave when Will spoke.

'You can go, but don't come complain to me when Taranee and I come to save you.' she replied sleepily.

He turned around to give her some piece of his mind but then noticed that she was already asleep. He smiled at her.

'Goodnight, Will.'