Chapter 14

Snake came back about an hour later, walking straight over to me and kneeling down, "You got to tell us everything".

I just stared at him.

He sighed, "Cub. Listen. You don't have the most normal of pasts, what with your father and uncle in MI6, and your Godfather an assassin, but you have to tell us the full story before we can do anything. I know that's not everything, and yes, I am VERY grateful of what you told us so far but... I know there's more. I was just talking to Mrs. Jones, and she refuses to say anything about you. And unless you tell us... Well... We can't go up against Scorpia without knowing all the facts. It'd get us killed".

"Just you being around me is enough to get you killed" I said quietly and he frowned, "How so?".

I laughed slightly, staring with unseeing eyes, my mind in another time and place, "Im a spy".

"... What?" Wolf asked quietly and I nodded, grinning, "Im a spy. MI6. And also an ex-assassin for Scorpia".

"WHAT?" He yelled and I flinched slightly, making Snake shoot a glare at him.

Eagle stared at me, "Your a spy? You work for MI6? Your an EX-CONTRACT KILLER?".

I nodded and he smiled slightly, "Damn little dude, you get around".

"You work for MI6? Seriously?" Snake asked.

"I... I worked for..." I took a deep breath, my eyes catching the pile of photos on the table.

Smiling slightly, I slid down the couch and shuffled over to them, picking up the picture Snake was looking at earlier, the one taken on the day I was born.

"Ok. Lets see. That's me, my mother, and my father... Ash was the one taking the picture. This is where it all started" I said quietly and Snake breathed a sigh of relief that I was telling them.

I put down the picture and picked up another one, my favourite one, of Ian and I mountain climbing in France when I was 14. It was taken barely 11 months ago.

"When Ash killed my parents, I was only 3 months old. I was raised by Ian, my uncle, from then on. According to him, he was an overseas bank manager, and as the name suggests, he tended to be away a lot. A LOT. So when I was 7, he employed... Jack... To mind me whenever he disappeared. Which happened a lot. Then, not even a year ago, Ian was killed. Murdered... By Yassan Gregorovich" I continued, ignoring their worried looks, "That's when I met Alan Blunt, the old head of MI6. He told me my uncle was a spy. And had been for quite a long time. He also said Ian had been training me my whole life... Which he had. Well, long story short, I was sent to finish Ian's mission. Stormbreaker. Which ended up with me crashing into the glass roof of the London Science Museum" I glanced up at Wolf, "You know the rest".

"MI6... Used you?" Wolf asked quietly and I nodded slightly, "Blackmailed me".

"MI6... Blackmailed YOU into doing their dirty work?" He asked again.

"Yea. That's basically it" I replied shrugging, "Said they'd take away her visa if I refused".

"Who's her?" Eagle asked quietly and I tensed up automatically, slowly picking up another picture instead of replying. It was taken when I was around 9 or 10, with me and Jack grinning at each other in front of the Eiffel Tower, "Her".

"Jack Starbright" Wolf muttered and I nodded, "She would have been sent back to America, leaving me with the bank as my new guardian. So they used her as blackmail. And I did the mission. Finished it successfully. And SHE got a permanent visa to stay here. The end".

It was Eagle who finally got the courage to speak up, "... What about the second time?".

I glanced up at him, frowning, "The second time?".

"Yea... You said your still a spy, so...".

"So you figured there was a second mission" I finished quietly and he nodded.

I sighed, "Well, Iv told you one, might as well tell you the rest... There were 9 in total. Stormbreaker was number 1".

"NINE?" Wolf shouted, "MI6 BLACKMAILED YOU INTO DOING NINE MISSIONS FOR THEM IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS?".

I smiled slightly, "As Eagle said, I get around".

"What were the others?" Snake asked quietly and I paused for a minute, "Well... You see... Saying there was 9 missions with MI6... Is technically incorrect".

"What?" He asked confused and I sighed, "It's difficult to explain. But basically, I did 3 missions with MI6, 2 with the CIA, and 1 with the ASIS. The other 2, I went off of my own and then Scorpia joined in somewhere along those lines".

"... Your a 15 year old secret agent, ex-assassin, and have the worlds most infamous terrorist organisation wanting to kill you... And your remaining calm?" Snake asked quietly.

I shrugged, wincing slightly, "More or less".

"Up on that mountain... That was the second time wasn't it?" Wolf asked.

I nodded, "I was posing as a rich kid. In other words, I was sent to figure out Dr. Griefs plan, report to MI6, then get the hell out before I was caught... As you can see, it didn't go to plan".

"You skied down the mountain on an ironing board before crashing into a train" he finished smirking and I laughed quietly, "Woke up in St. Dominic's with you yelling your head off".

"Yea... Sorry for that" he muttered.

"You didn't know. Wasn't your fault" I replied.

"Yea, but if I had known..." He trailed off.

"If you had known, I wouldn't have in hospital in the first place" I said simply.

"... What happened at St. Dominic's?" Snake asked slowly and Wolf glanced up, "I... Ah... Kind of...".

"We had a huge disagreement" I finished and he smirked, "A REALLY huge disagreement".

"But that's behind us now" I said firmly, and it was silent for another few minutes.

"I know I'm going to regret this man" Eagle suddenly said, "But how did you meet Ash?".

I froze, my mind flashing back to the land-mine covered field all those weeks before. The others gave me a strange, yet slightly worried, look, and it was only then I realised they were still looking for an answer.

I looked down at my bandaged hand, "I... You know how I said I did a mission for the Australian Secret Service?".

"Yea" Eagle replied and I nodded slowly, "Well, Ash happened to work for them... Or so everyone thought. He was a double agent for Scorpia... On that mission... Ash was my partner".

I could practically hear them all tense up, half furious, half concerned. Always concerned.

(((Concerned? That's the word you pick?)))

What else could I say?

(((How about 'lying'? Or maybe 'Fake'? They both work pretty well. How about you use those words?)))

How about you remain silent, and I deal with this?

(((Your not a very good job at it)))

I'm trying my best. Just playing along.

(((So they don't find out how broken you are? Don't worry, I know the drill)))

Your the one who taught it to me.

"He... Was your partner?" Wolf whispered and I glanced up, "For almost a month. We went up against Major Yu and Snakehead, just the two of us... And it was easy, bringing them down... Too easy... That's when Ben came in. MI6 rescued me after... They just rescued me. And Ben and I, along with his team, were dropped aboard Major Yu's ship, and took control of it... Then we found him, along with his assistant, Ben shot the assistant, and the man turned around... It was Ash along... He had set everything up from the beginning, planned everything. Major Yu was one of the leaders of Scorpia, and Ash wasn't far behind him... Skip to the end, Ash died, Major Yu died, the ship got blown up, and us with MI6 got out. Mission complete".

"And now he's back" Snake muttered and I nodded, "Now he's back... And he wants revenge".