The school bell sounded and 007 checked his wrist watch. Tian Mo Xing rested peacefully on his shoulder as she had fallen asleep since a half-hour ago. They were seated on the floor and against the door behind them. Beholding her sweet face, 007 was careful not to wake her. To have a moment like this by her side was blissful enough to leave an everlasting imprint in his heart and mind. She was as endearing as a vulnerable angel to him. Too charming to have the feeling described fully.

007 was almost unaware of the agitated footsteps reaching closer from the hallway outside. A sudden abrupt pause and the next thing he knew, someone was pushing hard against the creaky door. 007 sat up instantly and was about to nudge Tian Mo Xing when an impressive force was applied against the door. It burst open without warning. Within a split second before it could knock hard onto the both of them inside, 007 threw himself in between the door and Tian Mo Xing, successfully shielding her from the blow, though with a price. 007 winced as a result.

"Ahhh...007! What kind of a door is this?!" Teacher Cherry muttered under her breath.

007 willed himself to endure the pain and was relieved to see that Tian Mo Xing remained as undisturbed as ever, showing no signs to have awakened. He heaved a sigh.

"I promise that I'll get a better key from the administration next time...Sorry, 007...How's Tian Mo Xing now?" Teacher Cherry invested a great amount of effort to pull out the rusty heavy key straight from the hole, nearly losing her balance in the process.

"Phew, I just might fire that clerk anytime soon!" Teacher Cherry cursed, then tried to control her temper. She stooped down, but was too preoccupied to notice that 007 was actually hurt.

"Thank you, teacher," 007 managed to utter.

"Huh?" Teacher Cherry thought she should help them up. "No such need to thank me at a time like this..."

"It's okay, Teacher Cherry," he hinted. "Tian Mo Xing's still asleep...She's been really stressed-out," 007 shifted Tian Mo Xing a little to let her rest in his arms.

"007," Teacher Cherry began to inform soberly. "747 and 187 are still busy working on the computer. I'm not sure if they can fully understand each of the steps you've walked them through over the phone. But let's hope they had," she pressed a hand on his shoulder to assure.

He nodded, "I know everyone of us has been putting our very best to solve this case..."

Teacher Cherry acknowledged his persistent spirit.

007 then told her that he would be bringing Tian Mo Xing back to her dorm. Miss Cherry offfered a hand while 007 helped Tian Mo Xing up to lie on his back in order to carry her the piggy-back style. She felt so touched seeing how her sister was so nicely taken care of.

"Teacher, always keep us updated of the latest progress," 007 reminded.

"For sure," Miss Cherry promised. 007 turned about and prepared to leave.

"Wait, 007..." she stopped him.

He looked back. Teacher Cherry appeared somewhat thoughtful, before adding, "007,...really thank you very much!"

He smiled briefly, then gave a light nod and went on their way. Seeing them left, Teacher Cherry relaxed on her worries. She scanned the vacant room before locking it up again.

Down the hallway and round a corner, 007 felt Tian Mo Xing stirred a little. He checked on her with concern but her adorable eyes were still closed. He smiled and tilted his head a little to peck her on the cheek.

As if in response, Tian Mo Xing started mumbling unintelligibly in the midst of her dream.

'What's that?" 007 whispered fondly.

"100 airplanes...007, are you in there?..." Tian Mo Xing's words became clearer. "I thought I saw a Boeing 007 somewhere..."

"Really?" 007 admired her power of imagination.

"No...my 100th airplane, where are you?"

"Right here, Princess Tian Mo Xing," 007 said playfully.

"No," Tian Mo Xing sounded feeling dreadful. "How could I have eaten you up before? Oh dear,...so horrible!" She tightened her grip on his shirt, which he least expected. She has still got her tough strength after all.

"It doesn't matter, Li Xiao Xing, your heart could fit me in..." 007 joked.

"Whoever's Princess Tian Mo Xing?" she continued to ask subconsciously. It brought another smile to his solemn face, "Yes, you're...a Princess Tian Mo Xing who especially needs her Prince dearly..." Unknowingly, 007 too let out a yawn as he paced on.

Over in the principal's office, Teacher Cherry was extremely furious about what she learned of her secretary had done.

"I can't believe you would dare to do this before gaining my permission! Is this all you can reward me with after turning the whole office upside down to get you your password?" Miss Cherry fumed.

"Well," the secretary shot her an offended look. "Miss Yeh mentioned that it was a serious case and we could not let the student off too easily..."

Back in the MIT clubroom, 747 and 187 were struggling hard together to get through various options' hurdles appearing on the monitor one after another.

"Okay, uncheck this...select that...check this...close that..." 747 reiterated each thing he did while 187 marked them done one by one against the list of instructions 007 has given.

"Oh please...do you have to pause for 3 seconds in between saying each action?" 187 grew impatient.

747 eyed him with displeasure, "You think I'm a computer geek or what? Besides, I knew you're as slow as me..."

"As if,..." 187's tone was no better.

747 attempted to ignore him and proceeded on the same, "Okay, still no noticeable response...click this...click that..."

187 simply could not stand his pattern any further. He flinged his pen onto the desk loudly and stormed over in 747's direction, "Can't you cut that out?! Let me do it instead!"

"Say wha...t?" 747 remained as collected. Then, unexpected silence.

He switched his gaze to see that 187 was tripping over some cables and afterwards, landed with a thud on the floor. "How clumsy you are...Hey 187, you've broken off the intranet connection!"

On the other side, Teacher Cherry continued to lecture, "But that doesn't mean you could just enter the suspected offence into her student conduct record! Can't you give some respect by asking me first before doing anything like that?!"

"But, Miss Yeh..."

Teacher Cherry interrupted, "From now on, I don't want to hear the name, 'Miss Yeh' from you. Clear?!"

The secretary was hesitant and Miss Cherry thought she would have to carry on arguing. As she waited for her hard-to-get response, something audible seemed to come from her room inside.

"Miss Cherry, I..."

Miss Cherry only quickly hushed her, "There's a familiar sound...It's...'Welcome to Windows'!" The next second, Miss Cherry only rushed urgently back into her own office.

The next chapter will be tentatively updated on next Wednesday...