Chapter Four
A Secret Meeting

"You may bring Miss Gregorovich with you, if you wish. Someone will pick you up. Be there, or something…unfortunate…may happen."

The whole room still sat in a stunned silence. Raisa looked a little worried.
"They don't know for sure I'm here," she said finally, getting glances from everyone.
"If they knew I was here, for sure, they'd say I have to go. That's just in case I'm here." She sighed. "Either way, it's evident that Alex has to."
"Why do you say that?" Hill asked.
Raisa looked shocked now. "How the hell did you manage to get into MI6?" she asked. "Scorpia. Sabotage, Corruption, Intelligence, Assassination. One of the most feared criminal organizations in the world. They'll definitely kill Tom and Sabina if Alex doesn't go. Definitely. This isn't a game with them. They're trying to settle a score." She looked away again, but Alex saw it in her eyes. So was she.

"Well, it's clear that we must do something," Blunt said finally. "If, Alex, you want to."
"Of course I do!" Alex exclaimed.
Blunt sighed, sitting back. "Unfortunately, I don't think Raisa can go with you."

"What! Of course I can, and I'm going to," she snapped, taking everyone by surprise, especially Hill, who watched her even more carefully.
"We can't let you run loose on your own, Raisa," Mrs Jones replied. "It's…unsafe."
Raisa smirked. "I highly doubt that Scorpia will let me 'run loose'" she answered. "If anything, they want to keep watch on me. Check I don't do anything."

Alex sat still, pretty quiet for the moment.
"We're going then," he said finally. "Tomorrow, noon, east underground entrance. And, they'll make sure you can't follow. Like last time."
He sighed a little, remembering last time he had been picked up by Scorpia. Though it might be easier to follow if there were two of them.

"Is there anything we can use?" Raisa asked, watching Alex, then turning her gaze back to Blunt as the boy looked up.
"Smithers might be able to put something together," Blunt replied thoughtfully. "In the meantime, you're to stay here, understand? You don't leave the building."
She nodded. "Can I leave the room?"
"Go," Blunt replied, moving back slightly.

Raisa stood, looked at Alex for one lingering moment, then left.
"Do you really trust her, sir?" asked Hill, voicing almost everyone's doubts.
"Not entirely," Blunt replied. "Though, she may be loyal to us. If she wants to get back at Scorpia that badly."
Alex stood. "If you don't mind, Mr Blunt, I'd just like to…look around," he muttered, not meeting the man's eyes.
"Very well, Alex. Be careful, remember."
Alex nodded, and left the room.

Mrs Jones looked at the two men. "Whether or not we trust her, Alex does. We need to make sure she doesn't try to influence him in any way, as she may succeed."


Alex wandered down endless halls, every so often peeking into a room, though its occupants shooed him out even more often. He spotted Raisa as he turned a corner, and walked over to her.
"Raisa? I never thanked you for warning me."
She turned to look at him and smiled.
"No problem," she replied. "I'm just…confused as to why they let me look around. Guess they wanted me out of the way."
"Hmm…" Alex muttered.
"So what's it like then?" She asked. "Being a teenage spy?"
"Annoying. They pull you in whenever is convenient. And, kinda painful."
She laughed a little.
"So, what about you?" he asked her. "You seem to know a lot about me, but I don't know anything 'bout you."

"Well…I was born and brought up in Russia, though I learned a ton of different languages. Hmmm…I went with my dad on some of his missions, and, I've killed, to date, about eight or nine people." She looked down. "I'm not proud of what I did, I s'pose. Two in self-defence, one, because he was getting on my nerves, one by accident, and the others were hits."
Alex winced slightly.
"How…how can you do something like that?"
He didn't mean it to sound rude, though it came out that way.

"I'm sorry, Mr Rider, if some of us can kill. I can't help it; they just happened. Only, I, for one, am always in control of what I'm doing. I haven't killed a load of people by 'accident.' I admit that I've done wrong," she snapped, then turned on her heel and walked off.

Alex sighed. "Oh great. A partner with a short fuse," he muttered.


A.N: Thank you, people who review. And, I know this one's kind of short, but the next one is longer and more exciting. Way more.

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