"Chris! You've gotta report to Alby, there's something, I can't tell you and...and you...just go now!" A dark-haired guy with glasses shouted very aloud despite being close to us, Chris and I were sitting in the canteen enjoying lunch. The guy was clearly stressed in which Chris noted and got up on his feet without hesitation. I sat alone, finishing my lunch, left feeling satisfied with day despite Chris's having to dump me until Mera came across my view.

"OMG, I fucking finally found you. Where were you?"

I saw her stressed face and realized she had to be angry, this had to do something with Chris being called to Alby otherwise Mera wouldn't be so stressed. "I was eating, just as everyone else should be doing..."

"Whatever!" Mera screamed. "This is serious, we're heading on a mission, change your clothes and we'll meet you at the large hall, okay?"

Her words came as a shock and I didn't know what to do. "SYLVIA!"

"Yes, yes."

I hurried to the room where everyone's clothes, weapons and such was located, the room was prepared in case of a mission so the soldiers could change into the outfit BSAA:s soldier wore, it seemed as if I was the last one changing. I felt how my arms and legs went weak, my head buzzing with questions and I wanted to throw out.

Calm down, it's all right. Chris is going to be with you. A voice in my head insured.

But how could it be calming? Now I suddenly understood what a stupid idea it was to have a close person working at the same job if it was the job I had, at the same time I was figuring out what Mera meant by the large hall.

Come one, Sylvia. You've trained for this. Another voice suddenly made itself heard.

So much was going on that I left the changing room and ran past the empty corridors to my dorm, someone was coming after me but I had no care for that, instead I continued and saw to it to wash my face with cold water and kept splashing it until I heard a bang on the door and it being opened micro-seconds after.

"Why did you come here?" Piers asked confused, yet didn't wait for answer. "Are you ready?" He seemed calm and was in his gear, he even had his weapon with him.

"I thought getting the groups ready for mission weren't so irregular and unorganized." I uttered, there ought to be a speaker that called for the persons, not having the partners run after each other.

"It used to be. Chris told me to check for you."

I froze at the acclaim of everything used to being organized. "What 'used to be'?" I angrily wondered.

"Don't worry about it now, the BSAA still works fine doesn't it?" Piers patted me one the back but they were two slow stiff pats. "Ermh, but Chris said we should go together."

"And where's Mera? Isn't what you're doing now her role?"

Piers didn't seem to be comfortable that I was commenting how the organization operated, his eyes were squinting at me. "It's not really the time to question a person's behavior who you know well."

I took a deep breath that sounded shaky and rustling as I tied the knots on my boots. "You're right, let's..."

"...go." Piers finished the sentence for me. "I'm with you on that one."

We left the room that I had shared with Lara, the person who went on the last mission and was now deceased. I hadn't even left the safe building, I didn't know what was happening, I didn't know how many people would be on the mission here but I already saw life in a different way, in a precious way which I hadn't known of before.

It was at the London Bank. Robbers had let in small BOW:s and HQ had made an analysis that showed the BOW:s originated from small lemurs. Mera laughed loudly when the report was given, she muttered it would be a good change to shoot small monkeys instead of humans. I, however, was busy trying not to scream from the sweat and worry. The team decided to send in only three pair of partners, Mera and I, Chris and Piers and two other guys who introduced themselves as Robert and Tom.

Everyone seemed to be fairly calm besides me, especially as they heard the BOW:s were an small amount and quite small animals, we were sent in a helicopter which was the first for me to ride in one of these vehicle. The worry of the new forms of BOW:s being contagious was large and therefore we had to focus on saving civilians and eradicating any of the BOW:s. Chris had no time to look after me, he was the captain in this team, it was his job to make sure we survived this, not that anyone seemed to worried about that. My own nerves, however, disappointed. All the time I spent trying to keep myself in focus, the times I thought I was a mentally strong person had come to be tested. This was it, I figured. If things went badly but I would survive I would change jobs, maybe go back to HQ or back to college. If things went well I would stay and work myself up so I would be a captain like Chris.

This isn't "flipp a coin" decision, Sylvia.

It doesn't matter, as long as it helps you to focus, it doesn't matter.

"We're almost at the location." The pilot stated. I looked out the window and saw the vibrant London. Smoke was arising from a high building near one of the bridges, it was the Bank.

"Get ready, soldiers." Chris was speaking into the microphone since the sound of the helicopter was loud. Everyone's communication system was located to the earpieces I had learnt about at the training center, I went through all the lesson we had learnt from Rama and Samir yet the problem was you could never prepare someone for a happening like this.

It happened within minutes, seconds, it happened so fast I couldn't comprehend my senses were making something out the mess, it happened so fast I already saw ourselves getting back on the helicopter to get back to our base.

We landed on the rooftop and Chris got out first, everyone else followed. He kept talking to someone through a transmitter, Piers went before him and the guys went to the side so Mera and I followed at the back. The group rushed down the stairs, our weapons raised to fire if danger shows itself, the highest floor was empty so we continued to the next and again nothing was found. I threw a look on Chris, he had a focused gaze, just like Piers and Mera and the others. I wasn't familiar with the two guys but their solid and clear voices was a sign they've done this before and were confident with it. I was the newbie.

At one of the middle floors we heard a scream, a woman in a dressuit pointed at the door where she had come from, she threw herself on Mera who tried to talk sense into her. What had made the woman scream, made me want to scream as well. Inside the room were men and women, dead or half alive being eaten by the BOW. I sezied my gun and shot at the closest one. I didn't think of anything, I just shot out of fear and disgust from the smelling, rotting corpses. Mera said something that the woman had followed the emerangacy exit where all the workers had went, she had tried to stop her but she ran away. Chris therefore gave new instructions, him and I would only look for survivors while the others took out the BOW. Piers protested but Mera told him to shut it.

I was quiet, in a state of confusion and Chris yelled for me to follow. I trembled over a body, half the man's face was eaten, the dead BOW lying beside him and a force in my throat pushed today's lunch out. Mera made gagging noises and Chris helped me up. I kept muttering "sorry" but still followed after him.

We continued through the stairs to search for the woman. Most of the workers had evacuated, I didn't know why the ones who had become food for the mutated lemurs statyed.

"Sylvia?" Chris asked. "Are you okay?"

"I..."

A new voice spoke into the earpieces. "Unit London Bank, listen, there are maybe fifty of the BOW:s at the second and third floor, that's also where the money is and that's where you have to be careful."

"Thanks, Rebecca, do you have any vision of civilians?"

"I'm looking at the picture from the thermocamera being sent in right now and...no. The only ones I can see are you guys."

"What the hell? I thought this was done by bank robbers, have they already left?"

"I don't know but the the cops outside have reported one of the BOW breaking out of the building, you have to kill them before they reach London, Chris!"

"You're right...Chris, out." He said then turned to me. "Sylvia? Are you with me?"

I nodded, afraid if I opened my mouth more vomit would come out.

"Good, don't quit on me."

Rebecca, who I suspected was the Rebecca I had met at HQ, interrupted us again. "Chris, there has been a sighting of a woman in the elevator on the tenth floor, it has stopped so it must be broken."

"Ok, we'll check it out."

"Right, Rebecca out."

Chris saw to it to take no leave no time and ran down, I followed after even if my legs started to burn until we saw the number ten on the door. This was another fancy floor but no sight of BOW or people were sighted. The elevator was on our right side and Chris pressed the button for it to open. It didn't.

"I think we have to find a way to open the door." Chris said.

"How?" I finally said, although it might had been unnecessary comment.

"We break the lock." He pointed his machine gun at the push buttons and shot, surspringsly it worked and the door opened. Chris raised his gun as the doors slid open, there wasn't anyone inside but a trace of blood was on the floor, we walked slowly forward to investigate. Suddenly the doors closed as we had stepped in.

"What the hell?" Chris stated and punched the door out of nowhere. "Someone must have done that, I don't think-"

The sound of my machine gun scared him, I had spotted a creature banging on the metall roof of the elevator. "Is it dead?" I wondered as the banging had quit.

"Must be, it's good that you noticed it." Chris tried to smile. "You know-"

"Don't try to pretend I can handle this, I'm quitting as fast as we get out of here." I tensed my jaw from trying not to weep, it would be inappropriate and only conform the view my boyfriend had to have of me.

"No, you're not. You just haven't seen your potential yet." Chris said thought stared at the floor. Apparently the focus was lost because of my childish behavior.

"They were dead. People, Chris! Women and men, just like me and you and those, those...things were eating off them!" I wept. "The image and smell will never leave my memory, I'm such an idiot, why am I even here? What have I done?"

He embraced me, rocking me to the sides as I cried.

"Chris!" Mera shouted in the ear piece. "Most of the BOW are dead, they weren't well created we believe since many of them just collapsed. Where are you?"

"Sylvia and I are locked in an elevator, that woman is believed to be dead, have you checked all the floors?"

"Yes, and we have to leave since they are planning on sending in rat poison through the ventilation to kill the remaning creature but that's an issue now that you've trapped in the elevator." Mera was almost titter as she spoke the last sentence. "Report back to HQ, captain, and we'll make another check of the place, all right?"

"Good idea, Mera. Chris out."

I stepped back, turned around and wiped the tears away as Chris took the responsibility to inform authorities.

"They said some firemen are coming in to take us out of here." He said. "It's going to be all right, Viv."

"Mmh."