One week later

Cater was sitting in the cafeteria. Talking to Eddie about her plans for the weekend and his upcoming date with Brooke. They had started to date several weeks before and Brooke had become a good friend when she got out of Chelsea's hold.

"So, Carter, is Rosie coming over soon?" Eddie had asked.

"Why?"

" I have to ask her if she would let me make a filmed tour of her palace for filmography. I could use some extra credit"

"She's won't be over here for a while," Carter responded, "and aren't you getting an A in that class?"

"Yeah but I'm failing math so I need to balance my average." Eddie replied trying to come up with a funny comment to add.

While Carter mindlessly chatted with her friends she wondered about how Rosie was doing. Rosie would have a tough time trying to manage a kingdom while making trips to Brazil to check on the Princess they rescued, Isabella. Carter wanted to go with her but the Director had felt that she had been gone for too long and constant disappearances would cause suspicion.

All this Carter thought about as she rose to put away her tray. Her eyes made a brief pass of the cafeteria, taking in hundreds of details in an action that had become a habit as thoughtless as blinking. Her mind unconsciously checking for anything out of place in this familiar scene.

But as familiar as this was to her something was there, distinctly unfamiliar but I identifiable. Walking through the double doors into the room, a teenager dressed in dark clothing, faded black jeans long dark gray coat and a solid black shirt with a triple "P" logo mostly hidden by his coat. With a pass of his eyes similar to the one Cater used to notice him he scanned the room stopping for an instant on Eddie and Brooke then moving on until they halted on Carter. With a small gesture he waved her over.

As she approached this boy, she had a flash of memory that told her the identity of the agent. She had seen him turning in a report from a mission, he had dressed in black then too. This flash of insight only made her worry about what could have brought him here, usually the Director contacted her through a secure phone.

Carter stopped in front of him, noticing his warm smile and his cold eyes.

"Hello, Agent Mason. I am Mortimer Umbra, and due to a very unfortunate event I will be your temporary partner. You can call me you by my code name: Shadow." His voice was a deep whisper that sent shivers down Carter's spine.

Carter was stunned, "What happened?"

"A mole leaked the location of Princess 213," her look of confusion led him to add, "that Voskel girl you rescued. But that was just the beginning, Agent Gonzalez was supposed to be there and she yet to check in."

"Why didn't the Director let me know beforehand?"

"The Director shut down the PPP to find the mole and silence him. There is no communication in or out." Shadow checked his watch. "Finish the day, go home, get ready to leave, we will be going after our missing agent and princess. "

With that he turned and left, moving silently out of sight. Carter was glad that Shadow was on her side, he seemed to have formidable abilities. She walked back to her table with Eddie and Brooke.

Brooke asked "what took you so long Carter?"

"A friend of Dad's with some bad news" That was all she told them.

This is for those who reviewed and because I had it mostly written already.