Hey, I haven't updated lately (shifty eyes) so I thought I would. I noticed that I have some regular reviewers. To them, I say thanks. I hope everybody enjoyed the last chapter. I enjoyed writing that, not that you really care. Anyways, here is the next chapter. It may not be what you wanted but it is what my sister has told me to do and since she has a contract (a scruffy blue texta squiggle on an old homework sheet of mine), I have to do what she says.

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

Sabina Pleasure was looking as gorgeous as always. She had her hair up in a pony tail and she was wearing the latest fashion clothing, only accessorised with a big smile on her face. Alex

"Wow!" Laura whispered, seeing her in the doorway.

Alex ducked behind Laura, hoping Sabina wouldn't see him. It wasn't that he didn't want to talk to her, he would have loved to, but he knew that things would only get complicated with their mission. Laura was giving him a strange look over her shoulder. Jasmine, Eagle and Wolf didn't notice anything and were already out of the shop.

"You know, it is kinda hard to hide behind me since I'm so short," Laura said, a little too loud.

Sabina whipped around, intrigued by her accent. She smiled pityingly at Laura when she noticed the bandage around her head and gave Alex a curious look. He was bending down to hide behind her and looked very uncomfortable. Luckily, Sabina didn't recognise Alex from behind Laura's hair. She continued walking to the counter. Finally, Laura caught on.

"How about we go to the movies, Bob?" Laura practically yelled.

"Yes, lets, Daisy," Alex yelled, too.

Alex and Laura shuffled to the door. Sabina was giving them a weird look from the cash register. She turned to grab her chocolate ice cream, Alex and Laura choosing that time to escape. They sprinted out of the building, catching up to the others. Jasmine gave them a questioning look but they were to out of breath to explain.

"Care to tell?" Jasmine asked, one eyebrow raised.

Laura shook her head. "I don't even know."

The group walked on, toward the car park. Eagle stopped to look in a car window – he said it was wicked – and they walked on. On the way back, Wolf drove. Eagle sat in the front to make sure he didn't hurt the Beast. Jasmine sat between Laura and Alex, trying not to fall asleep. It was very late by the time they were home.

The teenagers went to bed as soon as they got to the door. Laura wasn't too enthusiastic about stairs any more. By 11, the whole apartment was still. No lights were on and no voices could be heard. This left all the inhabitants to their thoughts.

Alex was thinking about how well he seemed to fit in with the little group of people he was now living with. Eagle and Wolf may have given him Hell, but he knew they had changed. Jasmine and Laura seemed lovely. He got along with Jasmine, the same way he got along with Jack. And Laura seemed like a long lost friend to him.

He was also thinking about what Laura had been through. Imagine being alone all you life, and when you finally get a friend, something happens and then they forget you. Blame you even. And that is when Alex broke a promise to himself. He wasn't going to make Laura's life Hell, it already was.

Laura was thinking about the girl at the shop. She knew Alex recognised her. But she had no idea why he wanted to avoid her so much. She just figured it must have been a rocky relationship. She wasn't going to question Alex about it until she got to know him better. She liked Alex and wanted to be his friend, Laura would let nothing jeopardise that.

Jasmine was thinking about what she had been asked to do by MI6. She didn't want to change Laura. She liked the girl the way she is. Jasmine could remember when her Mother used to make her dress 'properly', and make her go to fancy dinners and marry young. There was nothing in the world Jasmine hated more then making people change.

Wolf was thinking about his new job. He had no experience looking after teenagers and probably wouldn't do a good job if he had. He vowed he would try his best.

Eagle was thinking about his car.

Alex was neither awake nor asleep, however that works, when he heard a noise. It was the sound of somebody opening a door. He wasn't sure if it was just in his dream, or if he head really heard it. He sat up straight and listened. Everything was quiet again. He had the familiar feeling of danger spring up from the bottom of his stomach, making its way to his throat. He still didn't move.

His heart was racing at a thousand miles an hour. Alex could practically hear his heart beat. He quietly stood up and walked to the door. What he feared was coming true. Whoever it was, was standing right outside his door. He could hear their lungs shallowly taking in air – as if they were scared too. Alex was about to pull out some form of weapon to arm himself, when the door started to open.

Alex ducked out of the way, barely dodging being knocked out cold. A figure stepped inside. It was definitely female and much shorter than him.

"Laura?" he whispered over to her.

She gasped and turned around to face him. Out of the moonlight, he could just make out her appearance. Her head was bleeding from under the bandage and it looked like she had been crying. Laura was shaking violently, silent tears rolling down her face. Alex didn't know what to think, or say for that matter. She had almost given Alex a small heart attack. If it wasn't urgent, he wouldn't forgive her.

"Alex?" she whispered back.

"What's wrong?" he asked, pulling her over to the desk chair so she could sit down.

"Alex?" she asked, urgently.

"Yes?"

What she said next was said with a deadly tone, as if she felt it was her fault.

"There was somebody outside my window."

"What? Where are they now?"

"He stacked me and... and..."

"Okay okay. Calm down. What happened?"

Alex was scared, not for his safety, but for Laura's wellbeing. She looked very distraught.

"Well, I was almost asleep when I saw a shadow of a man. He...he...came in through the window and tried to hurt me. He...he...had like a...a...a gun with him. I knocked it out of his hand and it fell out of the window. Then he started doing all this karate stuff. He was pretty good too."

"But where is he now?"

Laura stopped. She had been staring around the room the whole time. She lifted her head so they were eye-to-eye. She was still shaking.

"I...I think I...I think I killed him."

So, who liked it and who didn't? Review and tell me what you want to happen. I'm sure it can fit in there somewhere...

RG

P.S. Still searching for some new characters.