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A/N Ok people, here's the next instalment. I know some of you may have been put off by the fact that this story doesn't have max in it (yet, the focus could still change), but I really think you should give it a go before judging it! And if it ends up being anything, of course it will be M/L. Is there any other way? That review button is just sitting there waiting for you to click it!
Oh, and I know that these chapters are short, but that's just how I write, so sorry!
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Donald Lydecker sat at his desk, massaging his temples with one hand while searching his computer files with the other. The phone sitting on his desk rang, and he sighed before reaching over and putting it on speaker phone.
'What now?' he snapped.
The man on the other end sounded nervous, and stuttered slightly as he spoke.
'Umm, we lost her. We closed in on her in the woods and trapped her against the edge of a cliff, but she jumped off it and…'
Lydecker cut in, his concern evident.
'She jumped of a cliff? How did you let that happen? Is she OK?'
'She jumped into a lake sir, she wasn't hurt at all. Actually, she ran off quite quickly…'
'How high was the drop?'
'It was about ninety metres sir, we were surprised that she was still alive, let alone able to run, so…'
He broke off in astonishment as Lydecker began to laugh.
'Sir?' he wondered.
'She fooled you all, didn't you read any of the information I gave you? X5's can survive much higher drops than that into water. I told you not to underestimate her. Tell your men to read the instructions before moving out. If you stuff this up again you're all out of a job.'
Lydecker disconnected the line and sat back, frowning slightly as he went back over the eventful past of this mission. There had been stuff up after stuff up, but now she was trapped in the woods, with no one to turn to for help.
He closed down the program he was using and opened a file, entering three classified passwords and one that only he knew, before a screen came up entitled Mission XE.
Lydecker studied the page containing information on X5-361 - aka Isabelle, before sitting back in his chair, chuckling. He knew his kids were good, but jumping off a cliff? Oh well Isabelle, he thought as he smiled to himself, we're going to get you anyway, so why don't you relax and let it happen?
Of course he knew that would never happen - as much as some of his kids denied their training they were still soldiers, born and bred, and they acted accordingly.
He paged down till he reached the section entitled abilities, and began typing, a ghost of a smile still present on his face.
