Samine looked back at Xander as she pushed hair out of her eyes. He met her gaze and held it, revealing nothing of what he was thinking. It was rare that she couldn't read anyone by looking them in the eyes. She couldn't read Xander at that moment and it bothered her. His eyes were closed off to her and just empty. Shaking her head a bit she turned her back to him and sighed silently.

            "How is Axel doing? I haven't heard you talk about him in a while," she asked about Katie's husband.

            "Oh he's doing great. His computer company is booming and expanding," she smiled happily as Samine returned the smile.

            "He must be busy then."

            "He is. But he always finds time for me."

            "Meaning the sexy life is great. Is his ass still nice?"

            "Of course! I wouldn't have it any other way. Axel Andersson's ass will remain as lovely as ever," she laughed as Samine slowly shook her head as she smiled.

            "You're hopeless Katie. Utterly hopeless."

            "Yeah but ya love me."

            An hour later Sicily came into sight as Samine glanced over at Katie and nodded. Katie aimed the boat towards the uninhabited part of the island. Katie killed the engine and turned to Samine and Xander as the boat drifted closer to the shore.

            "So what's the game plan?" Katie asked leaning against the steering wheel.

            "Xander and I will go in and see what is happening while you stay here with the boat and wait for us," Samine said as she checked the clip in her Sauer.

            "But that's so boring. I want to jump in and help," she whined acting frustrated.

            "I don't care Katie. Axel would hunt me down and do some kind of Swedish torture session on me if anything happens to you. So you have the most important job. Protect the boat," Samine said with a straight face.

            "Protect the boat? You have got to bullshitting me. You damn whore."

            "I know, but you're staying here. Where it's safe," Samine said with a no bullshit attitude.

            "You do know you're a bitch, right?"

            "Believe me, I keep telling her that," Xander said sarcastically.

            "Shut up prick. Let's go."

            "Oh yippee you're warming up to me again."

            Samine glared at him and jumped off the nose of the boat onto the shore. By the time Xander was on firm ground Samine was already walking towards the populated part o town with her gun hidden from view. He jogged to catch up to her and walked silently beside her.

            "Katie and I went to college and graduate school together. Axel and she were having problems at the beginning of their relationship and I helped her out whenever I could. We kept in touch after graduation and always lend a helping hand to each other," she said without looking over at him.

            "Is she a fellow agent?"

            "Ha, no. She just picks up a gun when necessary or when I tell her to. She's too important to me to endanger her life."

            "So you're close friends with her."

            "Yeah, we are good friends. Now let's stop talking. We're about to bond and that'll make me vomit."

            "Wouldn't want you to get all emotional on me or something. Might overpower that little brain of yours."

            "You're one to talk," she snapped back before they lapsed into silence.

            No one gave them any looks as they walked through the town. Nearing the gates Xander shot the guards with the green tranquilizer darts and caught one as he started to fall. Samine caught the second guard and both were quickly dumped behind the wall before anyone even noticed. Pulling the large loop of keys from the guard's belt Samine quickly found the one for the front gates and let both of them in before relocking it. Everything was done in a few minutes with no knowledge offered to the public. Searching the facility they came across two dead guards near a loading dock. Samine pulled out her Sauer and slowly moved along the wall before cautiously peeking around the corner. On the dock were about six men loading a boat with several wooden crates and some metal cases with the biohazard symbol on the side.

            "So…how are we going to do this?" Xander asked softly looking over her head at the group.

            "Very carefully. Move in slowly and wait for my signal," she said and started to double back.

            "What's the signal?" he hissed after her as she turned to look back at him.

            "You're bright…well not really but you'll know it."

            With a slight chuckle she jogged out of sight leaving Xander behind. Moving out of sight she pulled off her shoes and tossed them behind a rock before diving into the water. Her Sauer was in the waist ban of her jeans as she slowly treaded the water. Nearing as close as she dared to the dock she took a huge gulp of air and went under the surface. Swimming as fast as she could she arrived at the dock and slowly surfaced under the wooden dock as quietly as she could. Pulling out her Sauer she carefully watched the shadows move over her.

            "Come on guys we've been here too long. The boss is going to get anal at us."

            Samine smirked and aimed up at the person above her. She fired a few shots and saw the guy fall as the others started yelling and shooting through the dock. Sensing the bullets zinging by her body she started to swim backwards as fast as she could get her legs to kick. Another big body loomed over her and fired some shots towards the other guys. Knowing it was Xander she swam out from under the dock and climbed up the ladder. Seeing a bad guy in front of her with his back to her she grabbed the waist band of his jeans and hauled him backwards into the water. In a few seconds he had resurfaced sputtering only to be kicked in the face by Samine before she lifted his limp body onto the ladder. Climbing onto the dock she saw one guy running towards her at full speed towards the boat behind her. Holding out her arm she struck him across his chest and knocked him completely off his feet. Another huge arm loomed in front of her and knocked her backwards before she could rebalance herself. Her breath was knocked out of her when she hit the dock, hard and gasped for air. She heard the boat start up as she slowly climbed to her feet. Standing all the way up she looked up to see another hand come towards her as she gasped. As she was falling towards the water she saw five other guys walking down the hill towards the dock just as she hit the water. When her head emerged from the water she spit all the water out of her mouth and started swearing.

            "Son-of-a-bitch! Why can't people watch where they're going? Damn it!" she screeched swimming towards the ladder.

            "Here, let me help you up."

            Samine looked up at the British accent and shielded her eyes from the bright sun. Grasping the hand offered to her she climbed out and looked at the person who helped her out. Her jaw dropped at the hunk that sill held her hand.

            "You must be Samine Nalia. I've heard marvelous things about you from Mr. Gibbons."

            "Thanks and you are?"

            "Pierce. Scott Pierce."

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Okay everyone there is the new chapter. Can anyone name the person that I set Pierce. Scott Pierce after. I certainly hope you can. I thought that this would throw a completely new twist into the story and I'm just smiling as I'm typing this knowing how many emails I'm going to get for this. Anyway hope everyone likes the new chapter, I know I'm happy with it. So everyone R/R and tell me what you think about my little cameo person. Take care. Peace.