A/N: Hey reader, the more comments about the story, the sooner I'll post newer chapters. Sorry, I'm new to fan fiction and accidentally disabled the reviews last week so I am really sorry about that. I know this one is a long one but I didn't know where to cut it off. Also, just so you know I update every fortnight or month.

Chapter 2:

"There isn't very much to do around here, sometimes I go out in the city." Hobbes said, not looking at Alexandria

"Do you want to go over to my place? I have cable television." Alexandria said walking over and sitting down next to Hobbes.

"Sure, at least it will get me out of here. So what did you tell Erica about Russia?" Hobbes said curiously as they both walked out of the basement.

"I didn't say much. She just wanted to know how we met and what our cover was during the operation." Alexandria said as they got to the front door continuing on with the conversation. "You know I walked here?"

"The cops won't see me?" Hobbes said with a raised eyebrow.

"I don't think they would expect you to walk with a girl and besides, Erica told me how you 'broke' into the FBI." she said with a smile which made Hobbes smile too.

"That was a lot easier than you would think. So you told her we were together?" Hobbes said with a smile as they kept walking down the street.

"No, I think she assumed that we were business associates or something. She wants to know more tonight, so what are you okay with me telling her?"She said staring at him, not smiling any more.

"You can tell Erica what you like, but some things should probably be left out..." Hobbes continued on laughing a little.

"So you want me to leave out the part where I stabbed you in the shoulder? Or what about that time when you slipped on the ice when we were walking around in the city?" Alexandria said smiling from ear to ear.

"Okay, okay I get it. We both got injured from ridiculous little things in Russia, and it was cold very often during the year. How was I supposed to know there was ice on the ground?"Hobbes said slowly losing his smile.

For the rest of the walk to Alexandria's apartment there was not too much conversation after that. It would have been about five minutes later when they arrived at her apartment. She unlocked the door before and let Hobbes in. He looked around and walked through the apartment checking out each room while Alexandria closed the door.

"Make yourself at home. I have to quickly go out and run some errands." Alexandria said as Hobbes sat down on the couch picking up the remote.

"Okay then." Hobbes said as he turned on the television

Alexandria left her apartment and made her way down to the subway station to catch the train into Grand Central Station. She just missed the train which was closing the doors when she got to the platform, so she sat down waiting for the next train.

While she was waiting a middle-aged woman (maybe 50 or so) wearing a long grey jacket, reading glasses and a bowler hat came to sit next to her for less than a minute and left an envelope on the bench. Noticing the envelope on the bench, Alexandria caught up with the woman to return it to her.

"Excuse me, I think you dropped this." Alexandria said holding the envelope out towards her.

"Are you Alexandria?" the woman said.

"Yes." Alexandria said, noticing the train was coming.

"Then I didn't drop it." The woman said as the rush of people exited the train, disappearing into the crowd.

Alexandria got onto the train with the envelope still in her hand, somewhat shocked due to the recent events. It wasn't until she managed to get a seat a few stops later she put the mysterious envelope into her handbag and acted as if nothing had happened. How did she know who I was? What is in the envelope? All these thoughts kept going through her head and she almost missed her train stop.

When Alexandria got to the supermarket she picked up a; loaf of bread, some tea, cheddar cheese, yogurt (about half a dozen of the small containers and one big container of Greek yogurt) and some green apples. She walked over to the soup section and picked up some tomato soup just in case it begins to snow anytime soon.

After shopping she walked back to the train station with her groceries and made her way home. She guarded her bag to make sure some pickpocket wouldn't take the envelope the mysterious woman had given her on the way over.

When she arrives back to her place, Hobbes was away from the television and in the kitchen. He managed to find her small yogurts and was eating it.

"You're eating my yogurt" Alexandria said putting away her shopping.

"You ate my Vegemite this morning." Hobbes said defensively.

"So what did you manage to find?" She said looking at Hobbes who was still eating her yogurt.

"What do you mean?" he said with a smirk

"Don't lie to me, while I was out you probably managed to snoop around my place to find something you will probably use to blackmail me with" she said as he pulled a face as if saying I'm better than that.

"Old habits, besides, I think we have enough dirt on each other."Hobbes said throwing the empty yogurt tub into the bin and putting the spoon in the sink.

Alexandria stared at him for a few seconds before going over to her handbag to retrieve the letter the mysterious woman gave her while waiting for the train.

"What's that?" Hobbes asked as she got a knife out to open it.

"A woman gave it to me while I was out. She knew who I was." she said as she opened it up.

"How do you know if there isn't something deadly in it?" Hobbes said taking a closer look.

"I don't. But if she wanted me dead she would have been wearing gloves when she gave it to me or at least killed me then and there in the crowd of people coming off the train. She did seem human too." Alexandria pointed out as she finished opening the envelope.

She looked inside, finding a business card, a photo and a letter. The business card belonged to a Mr. Winton, a jeweler whose specialty was antique jewelry with a telephone number, address and operating hours. The photo was of an old man, late 60s possibly early 70s who they presumed was Mr. Winton. The letter was written on a normal bit of lined paper, from a notebook most likely and was written with blue ink.

Dear Alexandria

We believe that you could help our cause, we are fifth column. The things you have heard about us in the media are not true, we are an organization that wants to get rid of the Vs from Earth as they will slowly turn our world into chaos and even some of Anna's own people have joined us. Mr. Winton can help you learn more about us and what we plan to do. The code word is 'Lady Burdett-Coutts'. Please understand we have taken a great risk by divulging this information to you.

John May lives.

Fifth Column

"Well it appears I'm going to be initiated into your Resistance group." Alexandria said to Hobbes with one eyebrow raised.

"Are you really considering this?" Hobbes said with his hand on her shoulder looking her innate eyes.

"Why not? If it's a set up I can play innocent. If it's real then we can connect the two fifth column groups together. If this is really a war, strength is in numbers." Alexandria said as Hobbes took his hand off her shoulder.

"There's a meeting on tonight at St. Josephine's church tonight. Bring it up then so we can all decide on what to do about it." Hobbes said.

"Why is the meeting at St. Josephine's?" Alexandria asked curiously

"That's Father Jack's church. So what do you want to watch on the Telly?" Hobbes said sitting back down on the couch, picking up the remote.

Hobbes and Alexandria walked into St. Josephine's church after the mass. They had been preoccupied with the letter that Alexandria had received that morning

After Alexandria showed the group the letter, the picture and pointed out how going to the jewelry shop would be a good idea, there was a silence as they were thinking about their options and the risks that could come from being wrong.

"Let me do it. If they are telling the truth and have good intentions then we have nothing to lose, if not well, my name isn't Alexandria and I'll be innocent." Erica said standing up.

"No, if anyone should do it here, it's me. Erica, you have a son to look after and I don't want that to be on my conscience if something goes wrong. I have no true value to this group, Hobbes knows as much as I do when it comes to weapons, Erica you can keep us out of trouble and Jack, you are covered by confidentiality laws. I go tomorrow around lunchtime." Alexandria said stepping forward.

"Let Kyle go with you." Father Jack said pointing to Hobbes, sitting down on the chair with a facial expression like he's thinking.

"Yeah, if it's going to get ugly you're going to need help." Hobbes said, still sitting in the chair.

"No." Alexandria said quietly.

"What the hell is wrong with you? It's a suicide mission for all we know and you don't want backup?" Hobbes said getting angry.

"It's not worth it! We are such a small resistance group as it is; we won't be able to survive if two members are taken out. We've lost if we don't have the numbers. We are in a war, and wars are won not just by firepower and determination, but by numbers and expertise. When the Spartans fought the Persians with only 300 men they lost, even though it was for the sake of their homeland, livelihood and were so determined to win. But by numbers they could not win, but they had the expertise. In the Battle of Agincourt the British had a much greater advantage as it was the law to practice the use of weapons daily, whether you were a part of the army or not and they had the numbers. We may be at war but we have no real army, no soldiers in uniform, no level of command. As I said we all have a purpose in the group, except me. Let me go alone, if I succeed the maybe I'll have done something to help. If I don't it not a real loss to the expertise of the group." Alexandria said.

"Fine. Tomorrow, but if we haven't heard anything by 12:30pm one of us will come down and see what's going on, well I think this meeting is wrapped up, I should be getting home soon." Erica said noticing Father Jack had gone very quiet.

"Alexandria, can I talk to you for a moment?" Father Jack said moving over to the other side of the room and Erica went over to Hobbes to try and stop him from being as angry as he was.

"Sure." Alexandria said walking over to father jack.

"Don't do something stupid. Please. I worry for Kyle; he always seems to be so detached and distant, almost as if he had lost someone. I've noticed it's not showing as much now..." father jack said as Alexandria had to cut him off as Hobbes was leaving, still very angry.

"I'm sorry, I'll come by after the mission and we should talk. Right now, Hobbes might do something stupid." Alexandria said this as she was walking out the door after Hobbes.

She did not catch up with him until they were both outside and on the front steps of the church. She put her arm on his shoulder to turn him around.

"Kyle, what's wrong with you?"Alexandria questioned, with her tone of voice it was clear she was very unhappy.

"You're going to go out there, no backup or anything to do a job which may or may not get you killed and you act as if it is our duty to the cause, an initiation into the club." Hobbes said as he turned around almost yelling.

"Fine then. It's on your conscience. As you said, I may not come back." Alexandria said turning around to walk home when Hobbes grabbed her by the arm and turned her around without much effort.

"Are you really going to try and push this onto your conscience? This may be a war but it's not suicide." Hobbes said letting go of her.

"You know what, fine. We have to make sacrifices, you shot me to save both of us – a sacrifice and I lived."

"Oh for god's sakes Alexandria! We were in the middle of a gun fight and he did have a gun to your head." Hobbes said recalling all the memories

"Fine, I don't need to be protected!" Alexandria said as she turned around and walked away, at this same time Father Jack had come outside to see what was going on.

I know he hates it when I bring that up, but it still hurts in winter and its early December. I can take care of myself. Alexandria's mind was constantly thinking about all the possibilities of tomorrow and was beginning to think it was a bad idea to sign up for it. Then again, she was given the letter, so it was her responsibility in her own mind.

When she arrived back at her apartment she had a shower and went to bed as she was going to be busy tomorrow.

Alexandria is sitting at a table in the visitor ship and is looking around, taking in her surroundings and trying to find a way out before Anna tries anything funny. She then notices the table is set for a meal and there are a few sharp knives on the table.

"Hello Alexandria." Anna said in her emotionless voice, standing behind Alexandria.

"What do you want Anna?" Alexandria asked as she noticed she was unable to move, like an invisible force was keeping her in her chair.

"You killed many of my soldiers when you were working with Hobbes and you have allied up with him again." She said moving around the table so Alexandria can see her better.

"I was ordered to do it, and my life was at risk. I am not allied with Hobbes. Now let me go!" Alexandria said trying hard to tell her feet and arms to get away from the chair she was being held prisoner in.

"I wouldn't move if I were you. I intend to make this as painful as possible. You are allied with Hobbes because you got my letter and now fifth column will perish and sooner or later I will get what I want." Anna said still not showing any emotion.

"I don't suppose you are going to tell me what that is now are you? If you intend to torture me, I know nothing." She said as Anna quickly picked up the knife and stabbed her in the stomach.

"Don't worry, this is only the beginning." Anna whispered into Alexandria's ear

Alexandria woke up with a fright. This is not a good sign. Alexandria thought to herself. She continued on with getting ready for the job that lay ahead. She got dressed into a pair of dark blue jeans and a purple top. She holstered her gun and attached it to her right hip then put on her black military style jacket and a purple scarf. Should I call Hobbes? She thought just in case her dream could be a sign. I am not going to boost his ego though. Wait, it might be better to put my gun into my handbag, I don't want any trouble on my way to the jeweler's. She put her gun into her handbag and locked the door to her apartment then began walking to the train station.

After looking around for the Jeweler's Shop for about an hour and eventually asking for directions she managed to find it. It was also after she asked for directions she noticed someone was following her. When she got to the crosswalk she checked her reflection in her compact mirror and saw her follower was none other than Kyle Hobbes. She angrily put back her mirror and took out her cell phone while she was crossing the road to see if it was actually Hobbes and called him.

"Hi, where are you?" Alexandria asked in an annoyed tone of voice as she got to the other side of the cross walk.

"You realized you need my help yet?" Hobbes asked in an ironic tone of voice.

"You're right behind me aren't you?" Alexandria said angrily turning around and seeing Hobbes behind her by 15 feet talking on his phone. "Do you really think I am so incapable of accomplishing something by myself?"

"Just making sure you get there in one piece." Hobbes said still sounding smug.

"You really have a great deal of confidence in me don't you." Alexandria said sarcastically hanging up on him.

She kept walking for a few more blocks and was not too much further from the shop when she got another call, she didn't think it was Hobbes since he was much further behind her and still following her. She dug through her bag to answer the phone on time without looking at who was calling.

"I hope you know what you are doing." She hears someone say on the other end of the phone and it was only a few second until she realized it was Hobbes.

"You cannot leave me alone can you?" Alexandria almost yelled into the phone. She just had to turn the corner and walk past three more shops to get to the Jewelry shop.

When she turned the corner she found herself in a very quiet street, well quiet compared to the other streets. Then it happened. A loud thunderous boom rang through the air. Glass and shrapnel went flying, implanting themselves in anything in their way. Alexandria was thrown to the ground and bits of glass was scattered all over her. Hobbes had heard the noise and ran on ahead to see what had happened.

Alexandria was lying on the sidewalk, blood on her arm and covered in glass and unconscious. A few other people had been injured too and paramedics didn't sound too far away. Hobbes had to make a decision, leave her to save himself from the police or stay to make sure Alexandria was okay. As she said, she can take care of herself. Hobbes thought as he ran into the nearest alley way and away from sight.

Author: So what do you think? Questions, comments are welcome!