Sorry I didn't update yesterday, but the chapter wasn't ready. Now it is, so enjoy reading :)

A few weeks later in the dining hall

"100 of you passed the first two months in camp, congratulations." Jim announces.

Cheer rises from the junior agents.

"But don't be too cheerful you have to continue working hard to stay in the camp. Normally after the first two months the competition gets a lot harder. Those of you who are still here are the best junior agents we have. Keep that in mind and prepare for the missions to come. Now enjoy your dinner and have a good nights sleep."

A little later in Penny's treehouse

"Could you make me a sandwich?" Talon asks. He lays on Penny's bed, smiling sweetly at her.

Penny rolls her eyes. "What about you get up and make one yourself?" Penny answers with her hands on the hips, standing in the kitchen.

"But you know my shoulder still hurts," Talon argues. Penny hesitates for a moment, putting down the sandwich she just made for herself, then walks over to her bed and sits down next to Talon. "OK, I'll make you a sandwich."

Penny lays her hand on his cheek, leaning down to kiss him. Soon the kiss becomes deeper and Talon pulls Penny close and on top of him. When Penny lays on top of Talon she pushes herself away and smiles at him. Talon tries to kiss her again, but she pulls away a little more, now grinning widely.

"What is so funny?" Talon asks obviously a little annoyed.

"I was right with my assumption." Penny says climbing down from Talon. She walks over to the kitchen, picking up the sandwich she just made and taking a bite of it.

Talon looks at her confused, pouting a little.

"What about my sandwich?" he asks. "You can make one yourself." Penny says grinning. "What about my shoulder?"

"Your shoulder is fine, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to pull me on top of you." Penny states, taking another bite of her sandwich.

Talons pout turns into a smile, although he fights it. "You're mean." Talon says laughing.

He gets up walking to her and hugs Penny from behind. He places a kiss on her neck and Penny giggles.

"Can I at least have a bit?" he asks hugging her tight. Penny laughs. "Fine we can share, lazy bone." Penny splits her sandwich in half, turns to face Talon and gives him one half.

"What do you think will be our next task?" Talon asks eating his half of the sandwich.

"I don't know. I mean we had target practice and we needed to find missing people, we also worked on our weapon skills and our team work and communication. We trained with a lot of equipment and we improvised so I really don't know." Penny says shrugging her shoulders.

"I hope it has something to do with hanging around here with you," Talon says.

Penny raises her eyebrows and shakes her hand a little. "You are so lazy."
"No, I just love spending time with you." Talon says looking at her. Penny blushes and looks away.

"Hey," Talon softly says, holding Penny's cheek and making her look at him. "I love you Penny." Talon says, softly smiling at her. "I love everything about you and I want to spend as much time with you as humanly possible." He caresses her cheek and before she can even respond he leans forward and kisses her.

When he brakes the kiss she smiles up at him. "I..."

They got interrupted by a loud cracking noise. Talon immediately steps in front of Penny and shields her. "Hey, I can manage to protect my self just fine." Penny exclaims stepping next to Talon, looking out of the window.

"Look over there, it seems like a suspension bridge broke. We should go and check out if we can help." Penny analyses the situation.

She takes big steps towards the door. "Penny," Talon stops her. "We should change before we head out. Or would you like to show the world your sleeping shorts and bra?" he asks a smile spreading on his face. He watches his girlfriend stop, turn around, glaring at him, running over to the sofa to fetch a jacket and run back to the door.

"Hurry or I'll leave without you," she says, sticking her tongue out to him. "I'm coming, I'm coming," he announces laughing.

They reach the broken bridge where a commotion is forming. Penny pushes through the other agents to see what has happened. She pulls Talon behind her. When she reaches the bridge, she stops dead in her tracks. "What's there? Why did you stop?" Talon asks, steps next to her and glances over her shoulder.

At the sight he immediately turns pale. It was no broken branch as they had suspected that broke the suspension bridge, it was a metal box with the M.A.D logo on it.

Penny turns to Talon "Do you know what that is?" she asks him, her voice shaking.

Talon gulps and slowly nods. "I think I do," he says with a broken voice.

He then continues "Before I came to the camp my uncle was working on a robotic project. More concrete on little robots that can control the human body. He wanted to gather talented people and turn them into his personal army."

Everyone around them falls silent at Talon's explanation. A boy speaks up. "Mate, are you sure about that? Couldn't there be something else in the box?"

Talon turns to him "I mean there could be something else in the box, but this is my best guess. I think the box is still locked, so we can maybe bring it to a containment room or something," Talon thinks loud.

The crowd once again gets noisy. "Why should we trust him. He is a M.A.D. Agent," says a girl accusing. "He should leave the camp immediately," another girl suggests. "What if he is involved? He should go to the containment room," another boy screams.

Talon looks into their faces, looking at everyone around him and no one says anything to defend him. Penny steps forward. "He is not involved. I know it, so stop blaming him and rather think of something productive we can do to prevent something bad from happening." she announces with a clear, loud voice.

The other junior agents look at each other and slowly start to nod. "Somebody should alert Jim, he should be able to tell us what to do." Penny says, and a pair of agents dashes off into the dawn.

"The rest of us should concentrate on how we can possibly evacuate our treehouses or safely transport and contain the box." Penny goes on.

"Maybe we can get some ropes and wood panels to repair the suspension bridge," someone suggests.

"Yeah, we'll go and get some," a pair says and leaves.

"I may have an idea that can prevent the box from opening unless we want it. But I'm going to need a few of you to help me." a girl says, gathering a group of people around her.

Penny turns around to see how Talon is holding up but can't see him anywhere.

"What exactly happened and where is Talon? I need to talk to him." Jim's voice booms over the crowd. Penny looks over to catch a glimpse of Jim before she ducks between the other agents and sneaks off in search of Talon.

Penny starts her search in both of their treehouses, but Talon is nowhere to be found. She remembers Talon once told her about his favorite spot near a little lake past the training buildings. Penny rushes down the tree and slows down when she sees Talon sitting by the lake, throwing stones into it.

It is a small lake with a small wooden dock, surrounded by a lot of green. Now the moon reflects on the water, rippling with every stone that brakes through the surface. When Penny is just about to call out to him, his bracelet starts to shine. He presses a few buttons and answers it.

"What?" Talon asks annoyed. "Are you alone?" a male voice sounds through the quiet night. "Yeah." Talon replies short. "I hope you received my present?" the voice asks lightly. Talon looks around, then raises his voice a little "Honestly what are you thinking?" "I'm thinking you are going to do what I want from you or else you know what happens."

A chill runs down Penny's spine. She recognizes that voice. It's the voice of Talons uncle, the leader of M.A.D. What are they talking about? Is Talon involved in anything that concerns the incident with the metal box. Was he lying to her? Penny shakes her head and pushes away her bad feelings. She has to trust him, she is sure he will tell her, she just needs to ask.

She steps out from behind the bushes "Talon?" she calls out to him. He immediately turns around and smiles at her insecure. "Hey, sorry I needed to get away from everyone for a bit. It was actually quite the shock to find that box."

Penny sits down next to him and takes his hand. "I'm here for you, you can tell me everything."

"Thanks, I really appreciate it Penny," Talon says pecking her lips.

He gets up not letting go Penny's hand, so he can help her get up. "I think we should head back, I guess they are already looking for us," he says, smiling a little.

"Yeah, you are probably right." Penny says, forcing herself to give him a small smile.

She had hoped he would tell her about his uncle's call right away. Maybe he really is involved in whatever this is. Penny fights back her tears and lets herself be pulled back to the tree by Talon.

When they return to the broken suspension bridge Jim is already waiting for them. "Agents Penny and Talon, where were you?" Before Penny can answer Talon steps forward.

"It's my fault. I had to get away, after seeing the box. Penny came after me to get me back, what she obviously managed." He turns to Penny and gives her a sweet smile.

"OK, whatever the reason you were gone, now you're back here. I have to ask you one question and you need to promise me to tell nothing but the truth. You know this camp is neutral, we just want to make good agents out of all of you. The side you choose to fight for in the end, is not our responsibility or choice to make, it's up to everybody themselves. So that aside, do you have anything to do with what happened here today Talon?"

All eyes of the agents gathered around the suspension bridge were now on Talon. Talon painfully distorts his face, looking back at Penny a step behind him.

"Yes," he says loud and clear, his eyes fixed on Jim, his face becoming straight and emotionless.

Penny's eyes get wide behind him, she feels weird. What is going on? Why does Talon say he has something to do with this although he seemed so surprised himself? Something feels more than wrong.

Penny steps next to Talon. "He's lying," she announces flatly. Talon hasn't expected this reaction from her and his straight face crumbles down, he's now staring at Penny in utter disbelief.

"What are you doing?" he hisses at her.

"Preventing you from doing something stupid," she shoots back.

Jim looks back and forth between the two of them. "I don't really know who of you is telling the truth but until the matter is clear, Talon is going to detention. And Penny, you won't be a part of the investigation because you seem to be emotionally involved."

Penny nods "Can I go to detention with him?" she asks and gets a surprised gasp from the other agents.

Jim raises his eyebrows "If that's what you wish?" he half states, half asks.

"Yes." Penny answers right away.

"As you wish," Jim says. "Please follow me."