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I apologise for the wait but my computer broke and I was unable to upload! It's still not fixed and the rest of the chapters are on it so you're going to have to wait for the rest but thankfully I had this chapter saved on my phone, so I hope you enjoy it!:-) Thanks for your patience.

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Chapter 10;

DAN'S POV;

"You will have to speak to me though. It is meant to be a bonding exercise. I thought you wanted to stay here, that you didn't want to leave MI9 because if that's what you want then you're going to have to cooperate with me Keri. Frank and Stella will most likely have cameras set up in here somewhere and will be watching us. Do you really want to give them a reason to chuck you out? If not to be pleasant and actually get to know me, then just do it for yourself so that you aren't chucked out of MI9 and look like you're making the effort to bond with us," I whisper to Keri. She just ignores my comments.

Frank then walks in before I can continue.

"Right team! Here is the plan for today! I have cordoned of the gym all day for your bonding day because it is being painted."

"But Frank there are so many windows in the gym? Won't the rest of the school see what we are doing?", I question.

"Ah Dan. You see that's were I come in. I have changed the window panes."

"How is that going to help?", Keri inquires.

"You see-", Frank begins.

"The windows will let us see outside but those looking inside will only see painters doing their job - painting the gym," Tom interrupts and explains.

"Not bad Frank," laughs Aneisha.

"I thought so too," smiles Frank quite proud of himself.

"But Frank, hold on, what about school?", asks Aneisha.

"Aneisha if you really don't want to miss class then you can return," laughs Frank.

"No that wasn't what I meant and no thank-you! I'm getting out of double History and English! No way am I going back today. But what I meant was auntie will be wondering were we are, especially me. She has been on my case since she started her. She has been keeping tabs on my whereabouts. I'm genuinely don't understand how she hasn't figured out I'm a spy yet!"

"Neish chill, we've sent the school an email saying the four of us were selected for some , so it'll be okay. We're covered," explains Tom.

"Okay," replies a relieved Aneisha.

Well it looks like Frank is going to be watching us interact all day. But I still am certain there are hidden cameras in here that are relaying us straight to Stella.

"Right so first of all, I want to see if you trust one another. To test this, I have a simple exercise. I want you Tom to stand here and Aneisha you stand in front of him."

The two do as they are asked by Frank.

"Right now Aneisha I want you to fall back and Tom you get ready to catch her. I just want you to fall back Aneisha as though you are falling. If you are able to do it with ease then it's evident that you trust Tom to catch you, okay?"

"Sure Frank."

"Right away you go," instructs Frank.

"Ready Neish?"

"Yes, here I go," laughs Aneisha as she falls backwards and Tom catched her.

"Fantastic team! Right now Keri I want you to fall back into Tom's arms."

Keri moves forward and takes the position in which Aneisha previously stood. She easily falls backwards and lands in Tom's arms.

"Right now Dan, your turn."

"Will he be strong enough to catch me?", I laugh.

"We'll see won't we? I'll either catch you or you'll be on the floor", smirks Tom.

"Right go."

I fall backwards and Tom catches me and surprisingly neither of us ended up on the floor. Tom's stronger than I give him credit for.

Frank then gets each of the rest of us to catch the others and it goes fine until it comes to me. When it's Keri's turn to fall back into my arms she stalls. It's like she is terrified. I don't understand. She was able to fall back into Tom and Aneisha but not me. She can't seem to do it, it's like she doesn't' trust me not to let her fall. How do you convince someone to trust you.

I move forward and whisper in her ear.

"I'll never let you fall. I told you that on your first day and I'm telling you again now. Trust me. I trust you," I whisper encouragingly.

"Okay," she whispers back and I step back before Keri let's herself fall and lands in my arms.

"Okay, so it's clear that you all trust each other."

KERI'S POV;

Frank is seeing if we trust on another.

I have to fall back and trust that each of the other three will catch me and they have to trust me to catch them.

I'm fine when it comes to Tom and Aneisha. I fall back with ease and they both catch me. However, when it comes to Dan, I'm not entirely sure what happens me. I freeze. I can't bring myself to fall back. Out of the three, Dan is the one that I probably know the best yet I can't bring myself to let him catch me. Why not? Do I not trust him?

I hear him take a few steps towards me.

"I'll never let you fall. I told you that on your first day and I'm telling you again now. Trust me. I trust you," he whispers encouragingly in my ear.

"Okay," I whisper back. I don't know what it is but the memory of my first day when he caught me when I nearly fell on my face soothes me.

Dan steps back before I let myself fall back and be caught by Dan.

"Okay, so it's clear that you all trust each other," confirms Frank.

DAN'S POV;

"Now I want to see how well you know each other. To see how well you communicate. I'm going to ask you a series of questions about each person, okay."

The four of us nod.

"Right, we'll start with Dan. What is Tom's favourite video game?", asks Frank.

I laugh. "This is easy. Blade Quest!"

"Tom is that right?"

"Of course it is Frank!", laughs Tom.

"Okay well done Dan. Now Aneisha, what do Dan's parents do for a living?"

"Oh my god, I don't know."

"I do, they are both MI9 agents," interjects Keri.

"Yes well done Keri."

"Right Keri, which of your fellow agents are related to Mrs King?"

"Mmm...is it Aneisha?"

"Aneisha, is it you?"

"Yes, she's my auntie."

"Okay, Dan, does Keri have any siblings?"

"Yeah, she has a sister Nicole."

"Keri?", inquires Frank.

"Yeah that's right."

"Tom does Dan have any siblings?", questions Frank.

"Yeah he has two sisters I think."

"No, wrong. He only has one, Sarah," interjects Keri.

"Yeah Keri is right Tom," I laugh.

"Keri, what is Tom's 'brain food'?"

"Oh that's easy Frank! Biscuits of course!", she laughs.

"Aneisha, what does Tom's parents do?"

"Well his Mum does computer programming and his Dad does, oh what is it..ohh! His Dad is in of game development or something like that," replies Aneisha.

"Yeah Neish you're right. Dad is the head game developer."

"Dan does Aneisha have any pets?"

"No, she doesn't have any."

"Aneisha?"

"He's right."

"That'll do for now team. You all did very well! Keri you've actually surprised me. You know quite a bit about your fellow agents despite only being here about a week. I thought you might have struggled with this exercise but I was proven wrong. I am very impressed."

Keri smiles in response.

"So what's next Frank?"

"Well now I want to see how well you can solve a puzzle."

"What sort of puzzle?", asks Aneisha.

"A jigsaw puzzle," laughs Frank.

The four of us just look on at our mentor as though he has lost the plot.

"It's a one thousand piece jigsaw puzzle. You will be working in pairs and each pair will have their own jigsaw. It'll be a race to see which pair can complete the jigsaw first. Keri and Dan, you two are together. Tom and Aneisha you two are together, okay?"

"Sure Frank," Keri smiles.

I groan. I hate jigsaw puzzles. I suck at them.

"What's wrong with you?", Keri laughs.

"I suck at jigsaw puzzles."

"I'm sure you're not that bad."

"No Keri I am so so so terrible!"

"Well you're lucky you've a jigsaw whiz on your team then don't you?", she whispers and then giggles.

"Right are you all ready?"

"Yes," we all chorus.

"You're going down Morgan!", shouts Tom.

"We'll see Tupper," I banter back. I notice that the girls just roll their eyes at our childish rivalry.

"Go!"