Chapter 2
Jack woke early the next day to make breakfast for Alex who would be arriving home. She turned on the TV and watched the news as she placed the croissants on their baking tray and put them in the oven. That's when she saw it.
As Jack bent over to open the oven door she saw in it's reflection a man quickly slide through the back door and run into the next room. She sighed long and heavy wishing that Alex had never been caught up in the whole MI6 business. She placed the tray in the oven and set the temperature.
Jack looked cautiously up the hallway to the stairs. No sign of anyone. She quickly opened the cutlery draw and pocketed a thin shiny knife, then acting as if she hadn't done anything continued to watch the TV while preparing breakfast.
She heard the silent footsteps coming down the hallway, any moment know he would step on the loose floorboard which would give away his direct position. Jack waited, her back turned to the intruder, but the creak of the floor board never came. That's funny! Jack thought trying to decipher the reason why he hadn't step on the hard to miss board. He must have been smarter than she thought.
Jack made her move, she flicked the knife out of her pocket and with a powerful yelp turned and threw the dagger at the intruder. She watched the knife shoot toward him but the intruder was fast and he caught in front with one hand. If he hadn't done this it would have ploughed into his heart and Jack would have been thoroughly upset on having a dead man on her polished floors.
She gasped and ducked as he threw it back at her and it stabbed into the wall above her head. She stood up again to face her opponent and he had whipped off his maskā¦or more accurately, she had whipped off her mask. The person in front of her was a woman of tall stature and she had a long clot of black hair. She glared at Jack speaking angrily in a foreign language saying something like "Stupid, dull witted girl.'
"Well you're more of a man yourself" Jack said angrily hoping she had insulted her and raising her hands for a fight. The woman's eyes widened and she pulled her hands into the air and charged at Jack like some deranged bat. She swiped at Jack with her claws but Jack was ready for it and stepped away.
The woman, (eyes growing ever wider) fumbled in the back of her tight leather pants and produced something. She held it in front of her, grinning evilly and then looking at the expression on Jack's face looked at what she was holding. It was a folded piece of paper.
Jack laughed. The woman cursed in her language and threw it to the ground. Then she pulled out another item but this one was quite the opposite of a piece of paper. In her hand she held five sharp, spiky star shaped knives. She grinned again evilly and raised her hand to throw them at Jack but then, like an attacking button had been pressed Jack swung into action, kicking her in the stomach and pushing her into the pantry door.
The intruder stood up and screaming like a banshee charged at Jack and started kicking and punching wildly. She connected with Jacks stomach and Jack was pushed back, steadying herself on the bench and then she felt something of great use. A frying pan.
Jack picked up the pan and swung out at her attacker. It collided with her outstretched hand and the woman howled in pain as a few bones broke in various places up her arm. She stumbled back and fell to the floor. Jack brought the pan up beside her face, holding it like samurai sword.
The intruder spat at Jack's feet an in hurried anger stood up and sprinted out of the house carrying her arm. Jack put the pan on the bench knowing she would not dare come back. The she saw a souvenir the intruder had left. The piece of paper.
Jack bent down, picking it up. She opened it and read aloud "Instructions. Find and kill Jack Starbright. DO NOT allow her to survive. Wait for further instructions." It was obvious why they wanted to get rid of her, for Alex. And it was obvious why they wanted to get Alex because if they got to him they would get every detail of the MI6 and could literally take over London. But why go to so much trouble of killing her when they could go straight to Alex? I wonder?...
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