Alex and Laura left the bank building silently after their meeting with Smithers. Alex was still mad and Laura was still clueless. Smithers had given her a few more gadgets before they left. Once they stepped outside, Lionel greeted them.

"Evening, Laura. Who might this be?"

"Hey, Lionel. This is Alex. We are going to be working together. We get this really cool mi-"

She was cut off by Alex putting a hand over her mouth. "Are you trying to get us discovered?" he hissed. Laura shook her head. He dropped his hand and sighed. "Have you ever been in the city before, Nickleson?'

"No. I've never been up stairs before coming here either."

Alex sighed, again. Laura said goodbye to Lionel and they walked to a café a few shops down from the bank. Laura was looking around the whole time. Alex watched her for a while until the waiter took his order.

"A white chocolate mocha and a garden salad, please."

"And for the lady?" the waiter asked.

"Oh, I'll have one of those too."

The man walked away after staring at Laura for a few moments and Laura started staring at Alex. "Quit staring!" he hissed after about three minutes of neither of them blinking.

"Why?" she asked, scrunching her face up.

"Because it is rude."

"How?"

"It shows a sign of disrespect."

"Really?"

Alex decided not to answer. Laura was getting on his nerves. He had never seen a girl like her before. She wore scruffy jeans, a navy blue hoody that drowned her, she didn't have her blonde hair combed and it seemed like she had never left a house before. Most of the girls Alex saw took little things like going to the corner shop a fashion statement. He was very curious.

"Why don't you brush your hair?" he asked.

"Why do you?" was the reply.

He knew they were being childish. Laura knew too, but they still continued.

"Why don't you know any manners?"

"Why should I?"

"Why don't you get gadgets?"

"What do I need them for?"

"Why do you were male clothing?"

"Why do you?"

That was probably the lamest comeback he had ever heard and he had heard some bad ones in his day. He decided to stop it there. Laura started staring at a rich-looking lady at the table next to them. The lady caught her eye but Laura didn't look away. They stared at each other for a while before Laura pretended to stick her finger up her nose and the lady left immediately. Laura started laughing like a cockatoo as the woman walked away. Soon, all the café's attention was on her.

"Nickleson! Stop it!" She stopped and shrugged. The waiter brought their meal over and Alex dug in. Laura peered at her food like it was about to jump out at her. "What's wrong?" he asked.

"What is this?" she asked, poking at a bit of food.

"It's a type of cheese. Now eat it."

Laura ripped through her meal quicker than Alex had ever seen anyone eat. It seemed to Alex that she would trust and obey anyone she met. Alex didn't like it. Once they had finished, Alex threw some money down on the table and he left. They walked back over to the bank and sat down on a bench.

"What should we do now?" Laura asked eagerly.

"I need to get my stuff and go back to where you are staying. Who are you staying with, anyway?"

Laura thought for a second. "You know, I forget their names."

Great, Alex thought. He stood back up and walked over to a set of deserted traffic lights further around the block. Laura followed. He stood near the crossing and turned to look at a bright blue advertisement when he heard brakes skid. He snapped around just in time to see Laura standing in the middle of the road, a car heading right for her.

"Laura!" he yelled. She turned to face him. Before he knew it, Alex had dived on top of her and knocked her out of the way. The car drove away and the road was left empty again. Alex slowly looked up to see Lionel sprinting towards them.

"Laura, Alex, are you okay?"

Alex rolled off her and lay down for a moment. All the running he had done lately certainly helped. Laura was very still and he wasn't sure if she had been knocked out or not. Lionel bent down next to her and started asking her little questions. She seemed to have had a bad bump to the head.

"Laura, what is your last name?" Lionel asked.

"Nickleson?" she moaned, turning over onto her back.

Alex slowly stood up and took Laura in his arms. Cars were starting to appear from a green light. They walked back over to the bench and Alex laid her on it. Her head was bleeding slowly and her eyes were flicking shut. Alex had had enough of looking after the girl. He left Lionel with Laura and stormed back up to Blunt's office. Nobody stopped him.

"Alex?" Blunt asked when the spy threw the door open and nearly off its hinges. Mrs Jones was unwrapping a peppermint and popping it into her mouth.

"I can't look after Nickleson!" he yelled.

Blunt remained emotionless. "What are you saying?"

"I'm saying," Alex said impatiently, "Only a few seconds ago I knocked her out of the way of a speeding car."

Mrs Jones stopped sucking on her mint and gasped. "Is she okay? Where is she?"

"She is fine. But I just want to say, I can't keep doing this. Had I of turned a second later, we would both be in black body bags right now."

Blunt and Mrs Jones shared a meaningful glance before asking Alex to sit down. Once he had, they started telling him about Laura and the assassin.

"So you are saying, Laura is being hunted down?"

Blunt nodded. "That is one of the reasons why we put her with you. There are many girls who would do the job well without asking questions. We chose her so you could protect her from this man."

"So I am a bodyguard now?" Blunt nodded again.

"Yes Alex. But please understand, she doesn't have a family, she has no friends, she knows nothing about life in general. You will have to be patient with her."

Alex stood up and left without a word. MI6 had asked him to do crazy things in the past, but nothing like raising a teenager.

I thought I would stop it there. I know my writing has been a bit crap, but I would still love review. Flamers or not. I don't mind. Who thinks they know what is going to happen next? It is easy to figure out though.

NO! THEY WILL NOT BE MAKING OUT IN A CAR, MARY! Crazy weirdo.

Next Chapter: Alex meets his new guardians (for the time being). Who is excited? I am!