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Location: MI6 Infirmary

Date: Monday 11thFebruary

"You jumped and smashed into the building's glass window?" asked Alex.

It was around 4 o'clock in the afternoon and the sun was shining into the infirmary brightly. It was getting hotter in the room every minute. Alex and Kacey were both getting tired even though it was the afternoon. They had been talking since early lunch but Kacey still had alot of the story to tell.

"Yes." Replied Kacey, raising her eyebrows and smirking.

Alex rolled his eyes at Kacey's expression, "Carry on with the story."

Flashback

Day: 8th February

Time: 18:00

Place: Inside Hako Lolo, 34th Floor, Punjab, North India.

Screams, and screams should've filled my ears.

But they didn't.

I looked around carefully.

No one was here.

I frowned.

"Home-base?"

No answer.

"Fox?"

No answer.

"Laser?"

No answer.

I walked back over to the window and realised that they weren't there.

"Your friends aren't there?" A voice mocked.

I knew that voice far too well.

Michael Kipps.

He was Dylan's henchman. He trained at Scorpia's Malagosto. The same place as I did for a few years before I managed to escape.

He was my training partner but I was always better.

Michael was picked off the street by Julia Rothman where as I was brought in by my parents. I was bred for this world.

I met Michael when I was 7. He was 3 months older and already 8. We were the youngest in Scorpia.

Most people were already betting that we would train together, grow up, and fight together, then later in life we would discover our feelings for each other and turn into a younger version of my parents.

Boy, did they lose alot of money.

I was 12 when I had realised what I was doing.

What my parents were doing.

What I training to do.

Then I knew I had to escape.

I had told Michael about my escape plan. He refused to be in the plan or have anything to do with it.

He warned me though.

He warned me that this would come back to bite me.

I replied to him with, "I can take a bite. I can't take what I'm training for."

And with that, I left.

Leaving him without a partner.

And with that, he hated me.

So I hated him back.

"What did you do?" I replied to Michael, turning to face him with such disgust and anger on my face I could muster.

He smirked.

"I know where they are but I can't tell you. I only have orders to dismiss of you"

I rolled my eyes.

Dylan and Marina Robertson.

So predictable.

"Can we just get on with this?" I asked.

I needed to know where Will and Tala were.

"Sure!"

He ran at me, and swung a fist.

I ducked, turned and pushed him forward in the direction of the broken window.

He stopped himself from falling out and took a deep breath.

He turned around, expecting me there.

Except I wasn't.

I was already out the door, running, sprinting at full pelt down the corridors and stairs until I find what I'm looking for.

Room 13.

I slam into the door with all my might.

It opens but I end up onto the floor.

I look up and see Marina and Dylan but with an extra figure.

He was Damian Cray.

And that all I could remember.

Flashback Over

"Damian Cray?" asked Alex in astonishment.

"It was him alright. Anyone could recognize his face." Replied Kacey knowingly.

"B-b-but he's dead... how could he have survived the p-plane?" Alex was now in shock.

"I don't know how he could survived that fall out of the plane but what I do know is that he has some high Top Secret British intelligence documents and we have no idea what he is planning to do with them. Also I'm missing two of my teammates." Kacey explained.

Alex sighed. He stood up and aimlessly paced around the room. Somehow he found himself at the window. He saw people walking around the streets, doing what they do. He thought he didn't have to deal with anymore Julia Rothman, Damian Cray or anyone else again. He was finally able to live his life without any hassle.

Alex turned to face Kacey, who was still sat on the hospital bed, "If you know who had the documents, then why am I here?"

"You took Damian Cray down once. I'm asking you to help me do it again."

Alex frowned and turned back to the window.

"What about Tala and Will?" He asked.

"Cray proberly has them too. His technology was influenced by people. He proberly wants more lab-rats."

"And what's in it for me? What happens afterwards? If we catch Cray and get Tala and Will back?"

"Depending on how you work with us, you could be offered a position after you finish University. None of us will be taking missions then as we are all going to University. Only if they need us."

"I'll do it. I'll help you."

Kacey smiled.