"Oi, Lisa. Just got a call from Ankerman. We have approval to take more drastic measures." Luke said he then dropped back to the edge of the building, training his ranged DNA based spotter device at the only intersection into the local college.

"Yes!" Lisa shouted excitedly, a wicked gleam appearing in her eyes. "No more holding back. I've been itching to use my new gloves for a long while now."

"Yeah, yeah. I know you're excited. Just don't do anything stupid. O.K." Luke muttered. "Last time we got approval for you to go all out, you took out that skyscraper in Australia."

"You seriously can't still be griping about that one. It was so totally worth it." She laughed. " I mean, you just can't beat a good explosion when taking on a rogue extra terrestrial monster." Luke shot her a look of disapproval.

"Your stunt there almost lost us our jobs. We aren't even supposed to exist. Drawing that much attention was what got us suspended." He growled out. "Now get your act together for this one. I practically had to beg Ankerman to get us another job."

"Psssshht, Ankerman is weak. If it weren't for him, our unit would be fully active out in the East somewhere. Either that or we would be involved in taking out that extra terrestrial drug ring down in Chile." Lisa shot back.

"Ankerman is your boss. How else are you supposed to get your precious Alien Tech."? Luke replied.

"About his only good use." Lisa muttered.

"You know Lisa. Just shut up. We have this one chance, once chance. You got that. Have to find this flipping kid somewhere. I hit him, but he was gone by the time I showed up." Luke said quietly. Lisa didn't respond, she just continued to look through her binoculars for a time.

"There!" She exclaimed, suddenly pointing. Luke trained his spotter to where she pointed, and sure enough the kid had just entered a building a half a mile up from the intersection.

"Let's get this over with." Luke sighed. " The sooner we get this job done, the sooner I can get away from you." He stood up, and left the rooftop, a very excited Lisa following right behind him.

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"Alright he's on the couch." Elliot said.

"Good, now get to a lower floor." Nate stated. Elliot nodded, and turned and left the sleeping Tsutomu. He quickly moved from the hallway, and booked it down the stairs.

"Why'd it have to be this building again?" Elliot muttered darkly.

"It's the perfect building for stashing the kids body." Hardison replied happily.

"Then explain to me why I had to go all the way up the flipping stairs. There was an elevator." Elliot complained.

"Parker's place is the elevator, we can't have you near there right now." Nate sighed.

"Am I the only one that gets to carry the bodies?" Elliot asked.

"Everybody else is busy." Nate replied shortly. Elliot grimaced, but shut up. The plan was pretty much a one sided version of capture the flag, with the young boys life at stake. He obviously wasn't too impressed with the idea, but he trusted Nate, and knew that whatever hair brained scheme Nate had concocted it would definitely work. Some how or another it always worked. He was the first ring in the ladder, which meant he had to move all the way down the stairway and to the doorway.

"Hardison, how much of the buildings systems do you have under control?" Nate asked.

"Enough, though I still don't understand why you picked this building. I am limited in what I even want to touch here." Hardison complained.

"Good." Nate replied. " Parker we need everyone to be rushing out of the building as soon as Ankerman's men get close enough to the entrance."

"How will we know who they are?" Parker asked curiously, a slight airy sense of amusement in her tone.

"Don't worry. It's all a part of the plan." Nate replied.

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Lisa practically ran up the steps to the building, eager to see some action. Luke followed at a more leisurely pace, not really worried about anything except for his partners' antics. A burly looking security guard with a ponytail quickly stopped them. His no nonsense atmosphere spoke volumes, and Lisa smiled. Someday, she would like to take this guy on in a pitched battle. There was definitely more to him than the guard uniform seemed to say.

"I'm sorry. We're closed right now." He said informatively.

"Your lights are still on." Luke replied. " We have a friend in there we would like to pick up to take out on the town."

"He'll be out soon enough then. I can't let anyone into the building past 6:30 for security purposes you see. Policy is Policy after all." The guard replied in a monotone voice.

"Let us through you sad excuse for authority." Lisa said with a wicked smile on her face. "Before I make you a sad excuse for hospital equipment." The guard tensed up a bit, almost preparing for a battle. Lisa licked her lips in anticipation. This was going be fun.

"I'm just doing my job." He replied tersely, he then cursed something under his breath a look of what seemed to be panic crossing his rough face. Lisa jumped forward swiftly, much faster than any human could ever hope to travel, and delivered a very solid punch to the guard's gut. He groaned, and fell over in pain.

"I thought you would toy with him more." Luke remarked dryly.

"Nah, though it would have been fun to do…." Her remark was suddenly cut short by a sudden boom; the lobby inside of the building was suddenly filled with a large amount of dust. The alarms inside the building suddenly started, with lights flashing through the dusty interior of the lobby. Lisa smiled in anticipation, whatever was going on, it was going to be fun. With out waiting another second she dashed into the window, her form suddenly blurring due to the speed of her movements. The Plexiglas window shattered as if it were nothing, leaving large gaping hole for Luke to enter the building through.

He stepped lightly through the lobby, patiently winding his way through the panicked office workers who were pouring out of the stairwell.

"Doesn't seem like going up the stairs will be a likely path of entry." Luke muttered.

"No problem." Lisa replied. She dashed forward again, and then used that forward momentum into a jump that shot her up and through the ceiling, destroying the fancy chandelier that hung in the lobby. The already panicked office workers screamed and scattered as the said chandelier crashed unceremoniously to the ground. Luke ignored the falling debris, some seeming to phase through him, as he jumped up after his partner.

As the moved forward on the second floor, a sudden shortage of power showed the tale tale signs that the buildings electrical systems had been damaged.

"Crap, now I can't even see." Lisa complained. She accidently bungled over an office chair, and landed spread eagle on the floor.

"Get up and follow me then." Luke sighed, switching his vision a lower frequency. He now could see with nothing but the slight glow from the exit signs posted around the large office space.

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"Elliot… Elliot, are you ok?" Nate said into the coms. He received a sharp groan as Elliot rolled over in response, the air finally returning to his lungs.

"That was a lot harder hit than I expected." He croaked out. "These guys have been altered."

"Altered?" Nate asked.

"Genetic experimentation, powerful gadgets, etc. You never know what the C.I.A will have on them now a days. Especially since they took over management of 51." Elliot moaned.

"Wait, you mean Area 51?" Hardison asked with an excited tone of voice.

"Hardison, focus." Nate said sternly. " Where's the marks?"

"They've jumped up through a hole in the wall and are now on the second floor." Hardison replied.

"Good, we need to get them to the third floor then. Lets not make it easy." Nate replied.

"Already on it." Hardison replied with an evil grin. He hit a button on his computer, and the lights went out on the second floor.

"Lights are out boss." Hardison replied.

"Alright. Parker I need more info. Could you go fishing for me please?" Nate asked nicely.

"You mean real fish. I thought we were doing a con." Parker asked just a little confused.

"Not real fish. He wants you to go fishing in their pockets and get anything off of them that you can." Sophie said.

"Oh….. Oooohhhhh. Now I get it." Parker moved into action, falling several levels, and catching herself with her climbing gear at the entrance to the second floor. She pried the doors open silently, unbuckled her gear, and slipped silently into the dark area beyond. She moved silently across the floor, avoiding the many desks and chairs that had been thrown into disarray by the evacuating office workers.

The marks were moving forward towards the stairwell at steady rate, the man seemed to be able to navigate around the hectic office space, the woman wasn't so lucky. Parker snickered, and then frowned. This wasn't going to be as easy as she thought.

After several seconds of thought, an idea crossed her mind. She ducked into a nearby office, and then started to silently dig through the desks drawers. Luckily the very item she was searching for was inside of it. She then snuck out of the cubicle, messing up her hair a little bit. As she got closer to the marks, she purposely tripped over a chair, rather ceremoniously landing on top of a desk, her head putting a very large hole through the monitor on top of the desk.

"What was that?" A female voice rang out. Parker smiled, and then flipped on the flashlight and dashed crazily out of the cubicle.

"What's going on? There's no light." She cried, trying her very best act as hysterically as possible. As her flashlight crossed over the two marks, she noticed that the man quickly covered his eyes to the brightness of the flashlight.

"Help me." She cried, dashing towards the two. She literally grabbed the man, and clung to him desperately. " Thank God. Nobodies here, and all of the lights are gone. I'm so afraid of the dark." The man stiffened considerably as soon as she touched her.

"I'll take care of it." The woman said, grabbing the hysterical Parker, and throwing her across the room. Parker was flung through several cubicles, and slid through the wreckage around the hole. She caught herself just barely before she fell into the abyss.

"That fish hurts." She muttered.

"Parker!" Hardison shouted over the com link. "Are you ok?"

"Just fine." She grunted as she pulled herself up and out of the hole. "Their headed towards the stairwell."

"Did you get anything off of them?" Nate asked.

"The fish?" Parker asked.

"No, what did you get from their pockets." Nate said in an exasperated tone. Parker looked through the several items she had snagged off of them.

"Let's see. According to their C.I.A identification cards, their names are Luke Mardegan, and Lisa Hallosee." Parker replied looking at the cards she had nabbed off of the unsuspecting marks.

"That's a surprise. These two must be pretty cocky." Elliot noted.

"Other than a wallet bursting at the seams with coupons. All I could get off of them other wise was an oddly thick glove with weird lights on it." Parker replied.

"Probably some weird gadget." Elliot said. "Flipping cheaters." Parker got suddenly curious and stuck the glove on her hand. It lit up with several alien characters appearing on its back. Parker flexed it a little bit, expecting something to happen, but other than the flashy lights. Nothing. She sighed, and then tried to pick herself up from the floor. As she placed her hand that had the glove on it to the floor, a sudden sense of giddiness swept over her body as it plummeted through the floor. She barely caught herself by grabbing a hold of some loose wiring that was dangling from the nearby hole. She hung there in shock for a few seconds before the ramifications of what just happened crossed her mind. She began to laugh, a laugh of joy, which for all purposes was just a little bit too maniacal.

"Parker shut up. We already know you're insane." Elliot barked over the coms.

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"Alright. We have them right where we need them. They have yet to figure out where we have Tsutomu at." Nate said. "Lets move into the next phase. Sophie you're up."

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Authors Note: So yeah. Sorry for the unannounced 2 year hiatus on this. I still intend to continue on with this story, though uploads will be sporadic at best. Thanks for all of the comments that have been posted, even though they are few in number, they all rock.

So I'm a bit out of the loop on what I should do with the story next. If anybody has any ideas on whom the next big bad baddy should be. Feel free to send any ideas. Maybe a rogue agent from Altaria.