Their heads were buzzing, at least Vander's was. Someone knows about CHERUB. I'm going back to Russia. Somebody knows about CHERUB! What if we fail? What if I fail? What if…. He was shaken out of his thoughts by Zara asking him a question "Vander? Vander?"
He looked up startled "Yea?" he asked trying to look like he had not been panicking "What's up?"
She looked relieved "I was saying how you are the senior agent on this mission, as you got you black shirt fast. But I know that you three don't need that kind of authority. Anyway the Russian Mafia is the cruelest and coldest gang in the world. I wa-" she was cut off by Miles giggling "what do you find so funny Miles?" asked giving him a cold stare
"Sorry Mrs. I just thought it was amusing how you said they were the coldest and they are from Russia." Bella sighed and slapped his arm
Zara smiled and continued "I want you three to understand this, they do not care if you are children. If they think you are a spy then they will not hesitate to hurt you. So, do not act like a spy. You three and your older brother have just lost your parents and are moving back to a place you hated. BE angry, be mysterious, rebellious even. I warn you though, do not try anything stupid. The police are not as kind as ours and by that I mean-" she was cut off by Miles
"Physical Punishment is thought to be more effective." He said dryly and Vander nodded
"Yes, that is the general idea behind the police it is also the most corrupt system in the world. So once you gain rank in the gang you will be able to influencing the police. Do so carefully, nothing stupid. Now for your pasts, normally we would give you a mission briefing but considering the ethics committee does not know of this mission we didn't make on. So I will tell you your backgrounds, Vander you are a 15 year old high school drop out and rebel. You get in lots of fight, hence the bruises but you are also street smart and well equipped to handle yourself. You will be carrying an automatic pistol; we have set this up so that you will be given the best chance of making it into the Mafia. As for you Miles you are a techie, but are also well equipped to handle yourself in a given situation, you are carrying a glock automatic. Your job is to along with Vander cause as much trouble as possible and gain rank inside the mafia. Bella, your job is to charm Daemon Spitnovac. He is the 15 year old son of the nameless leader of the mafia. Do you understand?"
Vander nodded, this seemed like fun. No school and lots of fighting, he loved the sound of it. "When do we leave?"
"Two days you will be staying at a hotel in London for one night before heading to Birsk. You three are excused from all classes but everyone else is as well. I want you three resting up and bonding with Kerry and James for this mission. You are all staying in Vander's room because of the amount of people coming into CHERUB at this point in time."
The three nodded and walked out seeing James and Kerry sitting with Lauren. When Kerry saw them come out she stood up "Hi, I'm Kerry this is James and Lauren." She knew she sounded stupid but she felt it was necessary
"Hi, I'm Vander Skyf" he said and held out his hand and shook Kerry and James'
James stood up still holding Lauren to his body, she was still crying and even Vander could see James was stressing. So Kerry took initiative "Why don't we go out on the obstacle course and get to know one another while James and Lauren talk?"
Everyone nodded and James mouthed thank-you as he and Lauren walked out. Kerry turned to the three, "So what is your records on the obstical course?" she asked smiling and they walked out into the cool air.
As they walked past the dojo they saw poor Leon still running around with Bruce yelling at him. Kerry shook her head and walked over, Vander, Miles and Bella following behind her. "Bruce!" she yelled furious "Tell the kid to stop, for crying out loud. Don't take your fury out on him." She grabbed the kids arm and told him to go shower and relax, Leon looked very relieved. Bruce on the other hand was furious.
"This is my pupil!" he yelled
"Yeah and there is a thing called Child Abuse, nut head." Yelled Kerry. Somehow she was smiling and laughing inside. This reminded her of when they were CHERUBs and how they used to fight. Bruce stopped and nodded "Sorry Kerry, I-just. Having to leave my life behind and come back here so soon is like kicking me when I'm down. Or shall I say kicking me in the head." He smirked recalling there big fight where Kerry had broken his leg
Kerry laughed "Come on Bruce, come over to the obstacle course with us and vent a little." Bruce nodded and the 5 of them went off to the obstacle course.
An hour and a half later the five came in laughing and soaking wet. 'I swear, I'm going to have a bruise the size of a cd when I wake up!" Vander said
"Great, it'll go with the whole bad boy look!" Kerry replied
The five of them had bonded fantastically having relay races and such across the obstacle course. As they all arrived at Vander's room Bruce looked across the hall "Hey this is James' old room, you must have had it soon after we all left, or summen."
Vander was surprised "Really?"
"Yeah, now that Ithin about it, Bruce wasn't your room like right over there?" Kerry asked
Bruce nodded and walked into the room after Vander who had frozen in the door "I think this was James' room, considering he picked my lock." He said and moved further into the room to see James and Lauren having a furious Halo 3 battle. James paused the game "sorry mate, I didn't think you would mind. I made it up to you by opening your Halo game." He smiled all previous tension gone. Lauren turned "James! You told me that was your new game!" she yelled and laughed as she hit him over the head
"Sorry!" James cried out
"It's fine, I was going to open it any, and seeing as you have it on….I'll give a round James!" Vander said and jumped over his bed and landed next to James. "Fine" Lauren said shoving the control over.
James and Vander chose their people and started playing, it was clear who was going to win. Vander smoked James in all three round they played. James was amazed "Well, I never thought I would see the day when James got beat in video games" Lauren laugh and ducked as James threw the case at her.
The rest of the night was fun with the arrival of Kyle, Callum and Conner, they played Mario cart and watched movies until Kerry decided they should go to sleep. Kyle, Bruce, Callum and Conner left while everyone took spots on the sofa, floor and bed. Vander sighed and looked up at the ceiling Looks like we do have a shot at this mission. He thought and rolled over, going to sleep.