"Daisy…" As if being woken up from a deep sleep Daisy blinked and her eyes focused on the scene before her. Blane in her living room, her face flushed from the memory of their night together.

"I've told you this before! I was drunk and it was a mistake. You know as well as I do that we would not go well together."

Sighing, Blane impatiently ran his hands through his hair, "I don't know that! You just keep telling me that. We have been saving the world together for years now. If we can do that as a pair, we can do other things too."

Shaking her head sadly Daisy had tears in her eyes as she said, "we won't work Blane. Now get out of my flat."

Dejected and miserable, Daisy watched as Blane turned and sulkily walked to the door. Opening it, he paused and she wondered whether he might change his mind and fight for her. Staring at her over his shoulder Blane whispered "we sure as hell won't work well now, will we Daisy?"

Staring at the floor, she waited until she heard the front door slam to finally let the tears come.

At around midday, Daisy was just settling down to have lunch. Reaching for her sandwich, she was about to take an eager bite when her pen communicator started ringing. Rolling her eyes, Daisy smirked at her boss' impeccable timing. She always seemed to pick the most annoying moments to call on Daisy.

"Yes mam?" Daisy said as she clicked the top of the biro to accept the call.

"Daisy get to HQ immediately. I have an urgent mission for you and Blane, which I need to give to you in person."

"Understood mam. I'll be there in 5 minutes."

"Be prompt" Said the head of M.I.9 sharply, ending the call.

Standing up, Daisy took her plate back to the kitchen, making sure to take her sandwich to eat on the way. Who knows when the briefing would end?

Grabbing her leather jacket and keys on the way out, Daisy slammed the door behind her, being sure to activate the intruder alarm. Heading out into the bright street, she walked swiftly to the underground station, located only a few blocks from her apartment.

Slipping into the crowd of people, Daisy felt inconspicuous as she shuffled along, delayed by the large mass of bodies. Looking left and right to be sure she was not being followed, Daisy turned a corner. Ahead was a door with the words "DO NOT ENTER. RESTRICTED PERSONNEL ONLY." Glancing at the sign with a smug smile on her face, Daisy twisted the door handle anticlockwise and placed her thumb on the scanner that popped out from behind a tile. Within seconds she was through the door and into the secret M.I.9 base.

Making her way towards the briefing room Daisy wondered what mission would be so important that the Head of M.I.9 felt she needed to be present for the briefing.

Finally she arrived at the door and scanned her finger again in order to access the room. Upon entering the room Daisy heard a feminine voice say "Tut, tut, Daisy. It took you five minutes and 30 seconds. I thought Lenny taught us better than that."

Squinting into the dark corner of the room where the voice came from, Daisy couldn't believe her eyes when a petite girl with dark skin, her hair pulled back into a high messy ponytail stepped into the light. Clad all in leather, it took several seconds for her to make the connection between this woman the geeky girl she used to know.

"Rose!" Squealed Daisy, pulling the girl into a tight embrace.