Hello again readers, I just read my profile (don't ask me why) and it says "and pre-ap world geography the hardest class I've ever had in my entire laugh

I read it and I couldn't help but laugh, my typos always end up being very…random because my mind tends to wonder. And now I'm still laughing and all of the members of my family think I'm insane, but I think they already did. And no, I'm not going to fix my typo because I find it highly amusing.

Alright, I'm still not sure about whether I'm going to do a Kel/Dom or Kel/Joren, so I'm going to do some little fluff here and there and LOADS of action in this chapter, because the other chapters were just to introduce everyone and set the scene, ya know kind of like the first fifteen minutes of your average movie. Now we're getting to the good stuff. READ!

Ch.6 One Almost Fatal Mistake

Kel looked around Lerant's hummer. She was currently in the back with Liz, who was attempting to apply "war paint" on her cheeks while looking in the rearview mirror. Wolset sat in the middle with Joren, both chattering under their breath in their own conversation. Dom sat in the passenger seat, steeling glances at the occupants in the back through the side mirror. Lerant was driving with a scowl on his face, he had NOT wanted to use his 'baby' for their first task. He had only been influenced to do so by an enraged Liz who led him off to her room so the others couldn't hear. But everyone still could hear it down the hall and outside the apartment complex. Liz had threatened to not only demote him but cut his manhood off herself. Kel smiled as she remembered the day last week. When both arrived back in Kel's apartment, Lerant was blushing violently and chose to stand behind Joren the rest of the day. Joren was the only one that Liz tended to back away from Kel noticed, she could tell something had happened a long time ago, that made even her afraid to yell at him. Liz came back with her hair frizzy, jaw and fists clenched, her skin red all over, and practically had steam flowing from her ears. Dom had been forced to calm her down and needed the help of Kel as well. It ended up taking the entire night to get her to stop her ranting, and Lerant and Liz only talked to each other when The Plan was involved. They still didn't talk to each other, but Kel knew the two would come around; they had been best friends since they'd joined the academy.

It had been exactly six weeks since Kel entered Scanra and found herself among this group. She'd made fast friends with all of them, except for Joren. He kept to himself. At first Kel thought that he hated her and tried desperately to figure out why from the others. But after those first few days Kel found that the others tended to stay as far away as they could from him as did Joren. The only person he'd actually have a conversation with was Wolset, and strangely somehow over the years of working together they formed a friendship. Kel had no idea why Wolset was friends with Joren, but it was none of her business really. She did find it amusing though that on many occasions Wolset would end up apologizing for Joren's behavior and making lame excuses.

Kel turned her head and watched Liz, who at the moment had her head sticking out the window looking similar to a dog, and trying vainly to apply black lines under her eyes with her black lipstick. Kel sighed and pulled her back in. "I almost had it!" she whined.

Kel rolled her eyes, "You and me both know perfectly well that you're never going to get it the way you like it. And you're going to end up jabbing yourself in the eye with that if we go over a pothole."

Liz folded her arms across her chest and pouted, "And what do you propose I do Mother?" The entire Dream Team had taken to calling Kel Mother after finding that if they left their kitchen dirty long enough she'd eventually just start cleaning it out of disgust. Kel cooked for Dom and Liz after noticing that Liz began to leave everything out in the kitchen and would smile sweetly whenever she arrived at her apartment. Kel found it easier to feed everyone and clean rather than going from apartment to apartment.

"I propose that you let me do it for you," Kel said while looking Liz directly in the eye.

Liz glared at her and handed over the lipstick. Kel carefully applied two lines under Liz's amber eyes. She was about to put the lipstick back in her pocket, since it really was hers and Liz seemed to have found it when she felt pressure on her wrist. She looked up and saw a slender freckled hand squeezing her own wrist. She up at Liz's face, which was just staring at her and smiling so sweetly, she reminded Kel somewhat of the devil in female form. Kel eventually had to let go and Liz grabbed for the tube when it dropped out of her hand. She held it up in front of Kel's face and shook her wrist. "Uhn, uhn, uhn, it's your turn first."

Kel's eyes widened, "No, Liz, don't please." But it was too late; Liz already opened the tube of lipstick and was now making two lines under her hazel eyes. She sighed, "You're exactly like Neal."

Liz looked up in thought while closing the lipstick and pocketing it. She rubbed her chin and jumped when she came to a conclusion. "Neal? Your best friend, right? The one you said joined the academy five years later than usual after dropping out of the university."

Kel nodded, "He wanted to become a doctor, but then he changed his mind."

"Hmm, kind of different don't you think, I mean the two occupations. If he was a doctor, he'd most likely be living the life right now. I wish I was a doctor, but only for the money, I couldn't stand cutting people up, it would be like cutting myself up."

A snort came from the middle row, and Kel knew it was Joren. Liz blinked and waited for his retort, but none came, Kel could see that Wolset was restraining him from doing so. She scowled and sat forward in her seat, front to front back to back. (AN: That's what my middle school bus driver said everyday, morning, and evenings.)

Lerant slowed the car down, and Kel could tell that they were arriving at the University. He rolled down the window and punched in the numbers that only students, teachers, and scientists knew. The gate unlocked and opened, allowing them to pass through. He drummed his fingers absently, and looked in the rearview mirror. He looked at Liz, but not directly in the eye. His voice was quiet, and Kel could her fear and sadness in his voice. "Liz?" she looked up and snorted his cue to continue. "Are you ready?"

"Are you ready?" she asked staring at the freckles on her nose.

Kel could see his Adam's apple bob up and down. "Yes, Kel are you ready?"

Kel looked up, "Yes."

"Is everyone ready?" Lerant asked. The rest of the group grunted in response, all except Joren who snorted and waited for the car to slow down.

"Alright, well, um, we're here," Lerant said while parking and turning the ignition off.

Lerant and Liz were to stay behind. Lerant would stay in the driver's seat waiting for them to come back so they could speed away. Liz brought her lab top. The last Friday at "work" Wolset had added their own cameras throughout the university during his lunch break. She was going to be watching the halls for guards and late workers, while commanding them from her handset. She could speak with each of them but only one at a time.

Joren and Wolset would be breaking into the security system and acting as backup while Dom and Kel entered the labs to do "research." They would copy all of the files of the other scientists onto a floppy and send it back to Tortall.

Kel leaned over to Liz and whispered in her ear, "Are you sure you're alright with being here alone with Lerant."

Liz smiled, "Thanks for your concern Kel, but we always have our fights. It's my fault anyways, he's……angry that I have control over him. He thinks I'm using him." Kel nodded. "We'll kiss and make up soon. I know you hate drama Kel."

Kel squeezed her shoulder and followed the others out into the quiet night. Wolset and Joren led the way, leaving Kel alone with Dom.

Kel looked over at Dom. He wore a black beanie over his hair, causing the ends to flip out. His blue eyes twinkled in excitement, and she could barely see him, for he blended into the night wearing black sweatpants and sweatshirt. They all wore the same clothing. He smiled and Kel could barely see his dimples in the moonlight. "I see Liz got you?"

"What?" Kel asked confused.

He smirked, "She put her 'war paint' on you as well. She'd always put it on when we would sneak snacks from the kitchen in the academy."

Kel smiled and looked back at the van, she could see Lerant eyeing Liz uncertainly while Liz had her hands behind her head as a pillow, her long legs stretched onto the dashboard, crossed, and her lab top propped onto her lap. She could tell Liz was holding her breath, the lab top wasn't moving up and down with each lungful like it had moments ago.

"Shall we?" asked Dom gesturing to the university, and pretending to tip his beanie like a bowler hat.

She nodded and they walked cautiously, each holding out their pistols in front of them and being careful to not step into the snow. Wolset held the door open for them and was waving his arms violently for them to hurry up.

They entered the University and Kel could see Joren ahead, turning off a security camera. Wolset walked in the shadows up ahead and began working on the next camera. Dom leaned against the wall beside the entrance and twirled his pistol in boredom.

Kel sat on the floor beside him and winced, it was freezing. Dom slid down the wall till he was seated beside her with his legs folded up to his chest. He rested his hand on his knees and looked up a minute later. "Kel?"

Kel turned her head and met his dark ocean blue eyes. "Yeah?" she whispered.

"What's it like now?"

She frowned, "What is what like now?"

"Home, Tortall, the academy," he said with such longing she felt her heart wrench.

"Do you not remember?" she asked her eyes softening.

"Some things. But I'm forgetting. So much happened in the Copper Isles it feels like I was there ten years ago instead of three. What's it like, you were there just a couple months ago."

She sighed, "It's always sunny, I can still feel the heat on my face. I'd always wear shorts and a tank top. Sometimes I'd even run barefoot with Neal and the boys to the lake. Of course, they always tricked me into it, they'd steel my shoes. And when it rained, it was always the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen. The petal would collect each raindrop. And even if it was thundering, I was never scared, not once. The thunder was actually comforting, not frightening. And there was always something to do, even if it was just going on a walk with a friend," she inhaled remembering the scents of home. "Lavender, my dorm always smelled like lavender. The boys would always come and muck it up, but you could always smell it, even if it was feint."

She looked over at Dom, he breathed in deeply, "I can smell it."

"Smell what?" she asked looking around.

"I can smell lavender," he opened his eyes and inhaled again. He scooted closer to Kel, and she could feel him breathing on her neck. He inhaled again, Kel felt like he was a wolf and she was his prey. It wasn't frightening at all, it was exhilarating. "You smell like lavender," he said his voice husky. He breathed her scent in again, "definitely you, definitely lavender." She could fell his eyelashes blink against her temple. "You smell good. Maybe you were always smelling yourself," he chuckled lightly under his breath. He inhaled a shaky breath and leaned back against the wall. "We should go, they probably made it in by now," he said while getting up. He walked at a steady pace leaving Kel behind; he glanced at her while rounding the corner and continued on his way.

Kel swallowed and blinked her eyes. She could still see those damn ocean blue eyes wherever she looked. She shook her head, she was going insane. She got up and lost her balance, almost tripping over herself. She followed Dom cautiously down the hall.

Liz sighed and stool a glance at Lerant. Just her luck, he had chanced a glance at her as well. She looked away instantly pretending to find the emergency break fascinating. She looked back down at the computer and changed cameras, showing Wolset hacking his way through the alarm. Joren was behind him, whispering suggestions into his ear and every once in a while taking the pliers and doing the task himself.

She cleared her throat and tapped her fingers. She HATED silence as well as waiting and watching. She huffed and turned on her side so she was directly facing Lerant. "Listen, I was stupid, ok? I was just angry, and…" She never finished, Lerant had turned his head quickly and pressed his lips onto hers fervently, hungrily.

Liz gasped and broke the kiss.

She backed up as far away as possible till her back was being pressed firmly by the door handle. She dropped her lab top, causing it to break and drop to the floor board. Her head set jerked out of her ear as the lab top fell to the floor.

Her jaw quivered and her eyes wide, tears waiting to fall. She couldn't believe what just happened. Her friend, her best friend, Lerant had kissed her. She couldn't deal with this now, her mind panicked and she flung the door open behind her. She fell onto the pavement, but ignored the pain and walked backwards on her hands and legs. Lerant jumped into the passenger seat his eyes wide as wide with panic and instead of tears of fright swelling in his eyes, he felt tears of heartbreak. "Liz!" his voice croaked.

She stood and backed away from the car, tears running down her cheeks mixing with her war paint causing the black lipstick to smear down her face. "I can't do this," she whispered and took off running full speed from the parking lot ignoring all of Lerant's shouts.

She ran without stopping for two miles till she reached a bus stop and heaved herself atop the bench. Her tears were now flooding down her face. Why had he done it then? Why did he have to ruin their friendship? Why did he have to ruin the mission? Why couldn't he just ignore it and wait for it to pass? But she knew why and it tore her heart in two just thinking about it. It was because he loved her.

Kel lowered her head so she was staring at the computer screen and not having to feel Dom's eyes on her. They'd copied all of the scientist's information, and were now on the last two, Dom on one and she on the other. She could hear Dom clear his throat and looked up. "Don't you find it strange that Liz hasn't talked to us once?"

She frowned, Liz hadn't called once. She could sense it, something was up. "We just press the button on the back of the ear pierce and we can talk to her right?" He nodded a sign for her to try. She flipped the switch, "Liz? Lerant? Is anyone there?" All she could hear was static, either something was wrong with the connection, or, she gulped, something had happened to them. She looked at Dom with worry, "There's just….static."

Dom popped his head back up after collecting the floppy disk. She heard the click of his head set, "Liz? Lerant? Anybody?" His face was grim, "All I got was static. Do you have your disk?"

She pulled it out and shut down the computer. She ran over to him, "Something's up, I can sense it."

Joren was tired of arguing with Wolset, what was the problem with sneaking a glance at the other rooms? "I still don't see what you're problem is with this?" he drawled while looking back at Wolset.

"You're not following orders."

"Since when have you been obeying everything Liz say?" his right eyebrow shot up.

"Since she exploded at me the last time, remember when I stool the necklace from the museum. I thought Chris would like it." He shuddered at the memory; Liz had been holding a knife and cutting the Velveeta for nachos for their party. When she heard that he stole the necklace from the tomb, she chucked the knife at him, pinning his shirt sleeve into the wall. She then ran at him, screaming and yelling, and basically making him feel like crap.

Joren smiled, "All that for some stupid slut who cheated on you."

Wolset scowled, "I told you to never speak of her again."

Joren smirked, "You brought her up first."

Wolset sighed, "Pick a fight with someone else when we get back. If you really want to go in another room call Liz, she didn't seem too uptight today."

"Fine," Joren said while clicking the headset on. He smirked, "Red Fox are you there?" Wolset had invented code names for all of them during the first weeks they were in the Copper Isles. He frowned, no one was responding and there was just….static.

"Well? Hurry up and tell her our... predicament."

"There's static, what do you think happened?"

"WHAT!" roared Wolset. Joren clapped a hand to his mouth, but it was too late.

"You dumbass there's a guard headed our way, and this more of them too," he said squinting into the distance.

Wolset's eyes widened and he burst into the research room, bumping into both Dom and Liz. He took Kel's forearm and dragged her along at top speed. She tried to jerk free, but allowed him to pull her along when she heard the shouts of the guards. She could hear a muttering behind her and turned her head. Dom was muttering something under his breath that sounded like, "Crap, crap, crap."

She shook her head and followed Joren and Wolset. They were now out of the doors and bolting toward the Hummer. Joren stopped, causing Wolset to crash into him and onto the floor. Kel's jaw dropped open. The passenger door was wide open and she could see the lab top broken in half hanging off the floorboard. She walked around the car on the other side looking for any hint of what might have happened and found Lerant, his head in his hands and his chest heaving. He looked up at her and winced.

"We have to go! Get in the car." she said while Joren piled into the driver's seat. Dom and Wolset pulled Lerant with them into the middle row, Kel ran to the side and plopped down into the passenger seat, pulling the remains of the lab top inside.

Joren turned the engine on and the tires screeched as he back up, Kel winced as she heard a guard patrol car coming around the corner. Joren shifted gears and drove through the security car, worrying more about his hide then the car.

He looked in the rearview mirror at Lerant, "What happened?"

Lerant shook his head and Kel could see Dom and Wolset trying to comfort him. She turned her attention back to Joren. "Where's Liz, we can't leave without her."

"It doesn't matter, she's GONE!" Lerant roared and put his head back in his hands.

"What do you mean, she's gone?" Wolset whispered and Lerant sobbed louder. "Tell me, we need to know."

"It's my fault, I won't tell you anymore. She's probably dead or kidnapped and it's all my damn fault."

Kel looked back and frowned. What could have possibly happened? Her head smacked into the window as Joren turned sharply to the left. He gritted his teeth, "They're still following us."

The siren to the guard patrol car wailed, and Kel flew forward in her seat with the extra momentum caused from Joren slamming on the gas. They could hear the megaphone behind them, "Pull over now, or we'll have to use force."

"Hell no!" Joren muttered under his breath and turned into an alley. A bullet was fired towards their direction and Joren zoomed into the other lane, the bullet just chipping off the side mirror. His eyes widened and he exchanged glances with Kel before turning down another road.

More bullets were fired, Joren missing each by a hair. Suddenly, the siren stopped and they all heard the crush of metal against road. Kel looked in the side mirror. The patrol car had turned to sharply, even though they were going straight, and flipped. She could hear Dom laughing in the background out of relief and Joren's shaky sigh. For now, they had dodged them, but she knew they'd call for back up.

Liz perked her head up, she could hear the screeching of tires against the pavement. She glanced down the road and could see a black Hummer, almost unseen in the night sky. There were blue and red flashes of light behind it followed by a wailing siren. She jumped off the bench and looked around to make sure that no one was out. She removed her pistol from her belt and held her index finger lightly against the trigger, waiting. Adrenaline surged through her veins. The hummer would be here in 5…4…..3…..2…..1… The hummer whooshed by her, causing her hair to flip. She held the pistol out, and fired at the back wheel of the patrol car.

The car swerved into the middle of the road, facing the wrong way and flipped onto its back. Liz waited in the shadows, she could smell the oil leaking from the car and frowned in distaste. She was about to run, when the patrol car burst into flames, her eyes widened, she had meant for that to happen. She stood still in her spot, she wouldn't be able to save them, and they were going to die all because of her.

She heard the wailing of another car, and stood rooted to the spot. She couldn't get her damn legs to move, what was wrong with her?

The car screeched to a stop and she could hear them calling for back up. One of the men saw her, and she fired at the wheel, leaving them rooted to the spot. She fired again at the radio, it was in her clear vision. The man began running towards her, and she found her legs finally free from the spot.

She dashed with new energy from the adrenaline and excitement of the chase. She could hear the man yelling, "Stop or I'll be forced to shoot!"

She turned around and shot, aiming for his ankle, but it missed, he'd moved out of the way at just the right time. She turned back forward, glancing back every so often.

She was about to turn into an alley way when she felt a sharp pinch in her leg, right in her calf muscle. The man had shot in the leg. She collapsed to her knees on the road. She threw her sweatshirt off hurriedly and wrapped it around her leg. She could hear him coming and dodged into the trash dumpster, biting her lower lip to keep herself from screaming in pain.

HA! You're going to have to wait to find out what will happen. I'm still torn between making this a Kel/Dom fic or a Kel/Joren fic. I'm not sure what to do.

Hopefully, I'll figure out soon so I can put some fluff in here.

Thanks for reading,

redpheonix