Okay, the drill was gotten. I updated reviewless cause I did them about two minutes after each other. Pretend it is an early or late Birthday present. Sorry it took a while to update the last chapter. Fan Fiction was having a meltdown and I was stuck in the middle of it. I couldn't load new documents on the thing. Anyways, here is the next chapter. I hope you like it.

This chapter is dedicated to cuteismeep. You rock!

P.S. Sorry, I couldn't resist this next bit.

"It's about your mission."

Alex relaxed. Laura sniffed.

"I've been told about it as Laura's female guardian."

Laura sat up. "Why do I need two guardians?"

"Well, don't get me wrong, Eagle and Wolf have some responsibility. The thing is, they have no idea how to care for a teenage girl. Any bets they never even interacted with females as teenagers, the girls tended to stay away. I wouldn't blame them," she added as an after thought.

They all chuckled.

"Anyway," said Jasmine, "as I was saying, you'll need a female for the first part of the mission."

Alex and Laura were confused. All they had to do was get into the twins' house, somehow. Why did they need Jasmine for that?

"This is the part I'm afraid of..." Jasmine muttered to herself. Neither of the teenagers heard. "Laura?" She looked up to meet the girl's gaze. "You understand that I don't fully accept to this kind of thing..." Laura gave her a questioning look. "...But MI6 are asking me to give you a makeover."

Laura's reaction was classic. She stood up, stomped her foot, crossed her arms, made a noise of protest and pouted. Her face was slowly going red.

"I don't want one. I like me the way I am," she said, angrily.

"I know, Laura. But this is for the mission. I understand that you don't want one, Hell, I don't want to give you one, but MI6 can do whatever they want to force you into it. Like it or not." Jasmine smiled at Laura. "Plus, it will be fun!"

Laura sat back down with a sigh. She really didn't want a makeover. She hated people caring about how she looked and hated acting like she gave a damn. Laura was just happy she was still alive after the assassin had somehow survived.

"Laura?" Alex asked.

Laura looked up. It was then that she realised she had subconsciously walked to her room. She faked a smile and sat down on her bed. Alex stood at the door, leaning on the wall.

"Are you okay?' he asked.

She slowly nodded. That nod turned into a shake.

"No," she whispered. "I'm not."

Alex stood up off the wall and sat down next to her. "What's up?"

"What's up?" she repeated. "My whole life, I've been an outcast. ASIO took me in and gave me a job to raise money for myself to get an education, I was finally raising money and I had made a friend. Timothy. And then I had the Freelance mission."

Alex didn't say anything, so Laura continued.

"I had to get information on a man, Freelance, and deliver it back to a man called Titian. What I didn't know, was that it was all a hoax. Freelance was a made up name and the second man, Titian, was tricking me. He sent me into a house to crack all the codes. I didn't get out for three weeks."

Alex raised his eyebrows. He had been on dangerous missions before, but none of them had lasted that long. "What happened next?"

"Eventually Timothy figured out where I was and came to get me. We were almost out of the retched place when the assassin arrived. He knocked Timothy out with a cricket bat and nearly hung me before ASIO had discovered that somebody had tricked me. They sent in an armed force and got us out but the assassin wasn't killed."

Laura had started crying. Tears were running down her face and onto her old hoodie. She pulled some tissues out of her drawer and wiped most of them away. Alex didn't know what to do.

"I was finally out after 3 and a half weeks and couldn't think of anything better than freedom. But the whack Timothy got to the head made him loose most of his memory. He didn't know who I was, he didn't know what had happened and he thought that it was my fault. By then, the assassin had come back and was still after me. I had to escape. That was when MI6 came into it."

"And that is how you got this mission," Alex finished for her. Most of the tears had stopped, but her face was red and blotchy.

"I don't want that makeover because Timothy had never wanted me to change. I can remember on my eleventh birthday, I was so excited and I thought nothing would bring me out of it. One of the boys told me I was ugly and ruined my whole day. Timothy punched him up," She giggled. "And we made a promise that we would never change for anybody but each other. And now, he's gone."

Alex didn't like that she was talking about Timothy as if he was dead. Since his uncle's death, Alex had always had a strong opinion on death. He knew that you're never too young to die. But Timothy was too young to forget.

That night, the five decided to go out to dinner. The options were McDonalds, Italiano (an Italian restaurant), Jasmine's Grandma's house and Pizza Hut. Eagle wanted to go to Jasmine's Grandma's house because she always favoured him, Jasmine didn't want to go to McDonalds or Pizza Hut and the other three, well, they didn't care so long as they ate.

"Please, Jassie? Can we please go to Grandma's house?" Eagle begged, down on his knees.

"No, love. I am not about to dump five hungry people on Grandma Kiki," Jasmine said, pushing him away.

Eagle stood up, sniffed, scratched his head then ran to get the keys. "We are going to Italiano!" he called over his shoulder.

Soon enough, Eagle, Jasmine (who both sat in the front), Wolf, Laura and Alex (who squashed into the back) were all in Eagle's sports car. It was a shiny red colour and had black interior. Wolf was grinning like a mad man by just looking at it.

"Can I drive it?" he asked Eagle.

"Nope. Nobody is going to touch my baby. The Beast doesn't like anybody but me driving."

Jasmine looked a bit angry at all the attention the car was getting.

"Please?" Wolf begged.

"Maybe. Depends on how she likes you."

"Right."

The drive over was very fun. The car handled like a dream. Eagle drove to the restaurant the scenic way, which involved a lot of turns and bends. They were all disappointed to get out. Except for maybe Jasmine, she didn't really feel the power the Beast could obtain.

"What may I get you this evening?" asked a young waitress as they sat down by a window table.

Eagle and Jasmine ordered a couple's pizza (a pizza with two slices of everything), Wolf got pasta and a pizza with the lot and Laura and Alex each got a kid's meal (a small pizza, a salad and a drink). The waitress walked off to the kitchens and the group were left to talk. Wolf and Eagle flew into a detailed conversation on cars, Laura and Jasmine talked about some political issue and Alex looked out the window.

Across the road was a small park with a few pieces of playground equipment. Standing out the front were two men. They were wearing long cloaks and seemed to be hiding in the shadows. Alex squinted in their direction. It was hard to see what they were doing exactly, but he thought he saw them exchange something.

Probably drug dealers, Alex thought.

The meals were delivered by the chef, Antonio. Laura had a short conversation with him in Italian before he went back to the kitchens. This left the rest of the group amazed. Laura didn't notice, though. She was too busy eating. When they were all finished, Jasmine paid for the dinner and they all walked over to an ice creamery for dessert.

Just as they were leaving, however, Alex saw somebody he thought he wouldn't see for a long time.

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