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I am not Afraid- Chapter 10

(Dan's POV)

After Zoe had said that she needed to go home ( I did offer to walk her home but she refused) me and Zero decided to play our favourite game. We grab the wheelie chair, a helmet, a tennis ball and the big bat.

I am launched down the gloomy corridor of the apartments on the wheelie chair the helmet on my head as Zero launches balls at me with bat. The aim of the game is to avoid the balls and who ever gets hit by the most balls loses. Right now I am winning as I spin down the uneven corridor laughing hysterically. Suddenly our apartment door opens hitting me smack in the face causing me to topple over. I lay on the ground dazed as Mr Ash's humongous frame comes into view as he bring his fist of rings back.

(Next Day) (Dan's POV)

I am stood in front of mirror looking at the spectacular purple bruise covering my left eye with a small cut from the ring. Putting shades on my eyes in attempt to avoid attention from my peers as I put the hood on my jacket up as a further precaution. Grabbing my rucksack I am about to make my way to school when Zero struts in.

"Hey birthday boy, finally turned 15 then!" She laughs "You do know that Mr McNab will make you take those shades off you don't you?" I nod turning back to the window.

"Hey, hey! Don't go yet you haven't had your present. Unless of course you don't want it." My head whips around when she mentions it. She reaches into her half of the closet and grabs a rectangular object juking it my way. Fortunately I grab it just before it smacks into my face. I look up at her, she nods and I begin to tear the green rapping paper. When I get into it my face lights up at the sight of three new music books AND a knew green strap for my guitar with matching picks. Looking up at Zero with a huge grin on my face I realise she is no longer there. Dam her invisibility.

"Thanks." I call to thin air before I pop them into my bag while a jump out onto the fire escape to start the long walk to St Hearts in the bitter cold.

Stalking into the school gates I quickly locate my friends, even with the dark sunglasses on which are making visibility an issue. As I run up to them I put my cold hands over Zoe's eyes as she squeals in surprise. "Hey Dan, your hands are frozen." She cries. I smirk as she turns to face me. Tom and Aneisha are looking at me oddly, so is Zoe.

"What's with shades a bit out of season mate." Aneisha says.

"I gotta get something from my locker." I say shrugging letting her question pass over my head before slumping off towards the building. I can feels their eyes boring holes in my back. Ignoring their stares I shove my hands deep in my pockets, this gonna be a looooong day.

"So Dan,"Melissa begins sliding up to me her voice ridiculously high.

"Hey" I mutter.

"I was wondering I you would like to go to the movies tomorrow?"

"Sorry,"comes a monotone voice "but me and Dan are going out to celebrate his 15th on Saturday." Comes Zero's voice. I'm grateful for her saving me from Melissa but unfortunately the whole class just heard it was my birthday. Dam!

In seconds I am surrounded by my class mates all trying to talk to me at once. Then Melissa question makes everyone shut up. "Hey Dan what's with the hood and shades?"

I am about to say it's none of her business when Mr McNab walks into the room and we all stand. Making sure I keep my head down he tells us to sit. He does roll cal and just when I think I have got away with it.

"Daniel Morgan any particular reason why we have a our hood up indoors." He questions. I shake my. "Well then would you please take it off." I do as i am told flinging my hood back to reveal my shades. "Daniel, would you also please care to take those ridiculous sunglasses you mustn't be able to see a thing!" Mr McNab exclaims. When I do Mr McNab's face was a picture at the sight of my eye. I hear quite a few gasps from around the room and a snort of laughter from Zero: on the back row. "Daniel would you care to tell me how you got that spectacular bruise."

"I ran into a pole sir." I mutter lying to him through my teeth.

"Excuse me."

"I said I ran into a pole sir." I say a little more loudly. He shakes his head obviously not believing. Hey that's his problem not mine.

I go till about lunch time practically on mute until our pencils start flashing and we all jump up from our usual table. We run to the generators store cupboard and go down in the high speed lift. When we get out I quickly pop my shades on while going to lean on a pillar in a shades part of HQ. Frank appears from somewhere and starts speaking "Right, we have a new mission, but because it is a rather massive mission the Head of MI9 as if we would work with a few previous MI HIGH agents. Now before we come down Zero first put all of your weapons on the table."

"Why?" She asks.

"Because I don't want them damaged."

"Fine." She mumbles before proceeding to grab a taser from her boot and she flicks her wrist and a long blue ninja stick comes out which she also puts on the table.

"What that for?" Asked Tom.

"Fighting." Zero says as if she is talking to a small child.

At that moment the lift doors open and three late teens strut out dressed in head to toe in black. On the left is a petit dark skinned girl about 18 with her hair combed over to one side and a warm smile on her face. Next to here is a tall lanky guy about 18-19 with slightly pale skin and has his blonde hair gelled back. On the right his another small girl about 17-18 with chocolate coloured skin and long straight hair down past her shoulders.

"Ah now team this is Carrie,"Frank began pointing to the girl on the left,"Oscar," pointing to the lad "and Rose my previous MI HIGH team." He grinned. Then the lift came swooping down again and the three agents parted to reveal a boy in his mid twenties: he had brown hair, brown eyes, with a cheeky grin. He was smaller than Oscar, but only slightly taller than me. "Oh and this is Blane, he was part of another MI HIGH team along with Rose and Daisy..." Frank began, but then got confused when he realised there was no Daisy.

"Oh yeah didn't Aunty Stella tell you?" Blane said, but when he saw Frank's expression continued "She is pregnant so they are keeping her at the main HQ to do 'paperwork'" he replied with a look of self pride on his face. Obvious who the daddy is then.

After gaining this information Frank continued to do the introductions of his current team.

"Right then, this Thomas, Zoe, Aneisha, Zero and Daniel."

"It's Tom." Tom interjected.

"And DAN." I also said. The second Blane and Oscar heard my name there senses picked up and Oscar came over.

"Hi Dan, how are you. You know we are sorry." He asked in Russian.

"I still hate you two, half brother or not." I replied in Russian.

"You don't understand just let us explain. Please." He begs. I shrug and are about to walk away when he swiftly grabbed my sunglasses off my face.

"Oh My God! What happened to your eye!" He shouted in English this time.

"He ran into a pole." Said Tom doing fake air quotes with a Scowl/ smirk on his face.

hey just to say Daisy WILL appear later in the story just be patient my friends thanks to all those who review :D