Oscar got a ping on his phone. The rest of his team gathered around to see what it was about. Oscar showed Keri as well as Rose and Carrie. Tom, Dan and Aneshia had pretty much had enough of secrets. Well Dan had anyway. He snatched Oscar's phone away.
"Hey!" Oscar shouted.
"Oh come on what's this big secret!" Dan laughed in Oscar's face.
"Give that back!" Oscar tried to grab the phone back.
Keri felt trapped between the two teams. One side, Aneshia, Dan and Tom were laughing and joking around. The other side, Rose, Carrie and Oscar, were being serious and were obviously wanting the phone back. She didn't know which side to be on right now so just stayed to one side deciding not to take sides until it was important to.
"All you do is look on this phone screen and chuckle. If we're a team you should tell us what it is!" Tom backed Dan.
"It's none of your business." Rose snapped back.
"Oh touchy." Aneshia piped up.
"Guys…" Keri tried to break up the fight.
No one listened to her however. Then she felt something in her pocket. Her phone! As she was on the side of the fight she could easily use it without being seen and she knew exactly who to send it too.
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Edward was just settling into his office. It was a lot different to what he was used to but he could get used to it after a bit of time. Before he could sit down however, his phone buzzed.
"What on earth?!" Edward said under his breath.
He got his phone out and checked it. Keri was calling him and it sounded urgent. Also it said to put it on video so he did so as he answered.
"Keri what's going on?" Edward asked, answering seeing Keri looking very worried on the other end.
"I need someone to sort this out." Keri said.
There was shouting in the background which sounded awfully familiar! He sighed as he nodded to Keri to show him. He had only just come out of hospital and he didn't really want to deal with squables but wanted to ease Keri's mind a little.
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Keri nodded and turned the phone around to face the shouting. The team still didn't stop. It was obvious they couldn't see Keri or Edward which was kind of good for now.
"We're no team if there are secrets." Dan shook his head still having a hold of Oscar's phone.
"Well tell us yours then!" Carrie smiled sarcastically.
"Never." Aneshia got up in Carrie's face.
Carrie had had enough she grabbed Aneshia by the hair and started throwing her around. It was too long before the others got involved with shoving and shouting at the top of their lungs!
"Keri what are they doing?" Edward whispered so they couldn't hear him.
"Dan took Oscar's phone and they have had enough of each other apparently." Keri whispered.
"Right give me a minute." Edward said ending the call.
Keri put her phone back in her pocket. By the sounds of it Edward was going to come and sort it out. She sat on a bench watching the group fight hoping something would happen sooner rather than later.
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Edward headed towards his car. Before he got there someone stopped him from going any further.
"And where do you think you're going?" The boss asked walking up behind him.
"The team need me." Edward answered quickly.
"And you're going on your own?!" The boss smirked.
"I know what I'm doing Ma'am."
"Let me come with you."
"Ma'am with all due respect I would like to do this on my own."
"Alright, just be quick about it." The boss said walking away.
"Yes Ma'am." Edward nodded getting into his car heading towards the school where the kids were.
He put Keri's number into the phone attached to his dashboard. He heard it rang out hoping Keri would answer. It then went through to voicemail.
"Keri, I'm coming to help. Hold on." Edward pressed the off switch.
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"Guys can't we stop this." Keri spoke up.
"NO!" The rest of the team said in unison.
Keri shrunk further down into the bench. She knew it was a bad idea to say anything. She just hoped someone would come along soon. Luckily her prayers were answered as a car pulled into the school car park.
"Who's that?" Tom stopped for a moment.
"Who cares!" Dan continued to fight Oscar.
The team fought on whilst Keri walked over to meet the car. Edward got out and met Keri.
"They've been fighting for ages!" Keri told him.
"Alright hold on." Edward reassured her.
Edward walked over to the group and stood right in front of them. He crossed his arms and Keri did the same, trying to look big and tough.
"That's enough!" Edward called his team.
Carrie, Oscar and Rose stopped fighting. They turned to face Edward and soon wanted to sink into the ground. The other team stopped and made snarky faces looking like they weren't going to be told off either.
"What's all this about?" If Stark catches you, you're done for." Edward told them.
"He took my phone." Oscar pointed at Dan. Dan went to protest but quickly stopped himself.
"Is that all?!" Edward shouted.
Oscar went silent. Carrie and Rose bowed their heads in shame. The others crossed their arms being happy with themselves.
"Don't think you are getting out of this." Frank said from behind the two teams.
Soon Dan, Tom and Aneshia also bowed their heads. All of them were about to be told off.
"Right. Now I hear you've got a mission to be getting on with." Edward interrupted the silence.
"Yeah. We'd better get going." Oscar mumbled.
The team all agreed and made their way to the lab where the scientists were last seen. Frank and Edward watched on.
"Typical!" Frank sighed.
"Were they always like this when they were with you?" Edward chuckled.
"They never met a former team. Rose was the only one from it and the other two moved on. Oscar and Carrie fitted in I guess." Frank shrugged.
"I thought my team was better than that."
"They are. My team just got them rattled, that's all."
"You can say that again!"
Edward then went quiet. It was clear to Frank that something had hit him hard over the past few weeks. Either that or he didn't have much faith in his team at the moment.
"They'll do this. They'll find a way to work together." Frank punched Edward in the arm.
Edward smiled in response. He then went back to his car but stopped before he got in.
"Could I stay here and keep an eye on the mission?" Edward finally asked.
"Course." Frank smiled.
Edward followed Frank down to the HQ below the school. Even though Edward was still a bit surprised that a HQ was based in a school, it might be a good idea.
"Don't you have to report back." Frank finally asked.
"Not for a while." Edward just answered.
Frank was a little confused by this but let Edward join anyway. Plus if he couldn't get through to his old agents maybe Edward could.
