Cherub: Target

Chapter 2: Surprise

James got back to the hotel, packed his bags, got all his gear together and left in a taxi. He'd have time on the train to have a look at the information on the flashdrive, plus he really wanted to get back to campus to see Kerry and the others, even though it had only been 2 days away, on a solo mission he tended to get lonely and missed the gang.

The taxi pulled up next to the station, James paid the driver and got his bags out of the boot. Normally he would have checked the area out first to make sure there were no threats before leaving the taxi but since this was a small mission, he didn't bother, if he had bothered he would have realized that the same black SUV that was at the Insurance Office and parked outside his hotel had followed him here but James paid no attention to this, he didn't even know about the SUV in the first place.

He just got his bags, walked to the ticket counter, got a ticket to a station 10kms from campus, Jason would be there to pick him up and that would be the end of another mission, all he had to do was put the information together into a case against Ken Bold for the police, basically make a detailed time line of the criminal events he was involved with.

James sat down in train with his feet on the chair next to him so no one would bother him by sitting next to him and got to work.

"The mark has just entered the station, he has no idea we've followed him" Said a man as he talked into the walkie talkie, he had a good view of the target from inside the black SUV parked outside the station.

"Good, keep it that way, once the train is moving move in on him and get the flashdrive back" Said a man on the other end of the walkie talkie. "Yes sir, is there anything else?"

"Yes, there is actually, how did he find his way to the office?"

"We believe he followed a Ken Bold"

"Ahhhh, this must be about the internet fraud Ken is involved with, amazing, using an agent for such a petty crime, normally they would be saving the world of terrorists"

"So you don't think they know about our secret plans sir?"

"No... no I'm sure they don't, if they did it would have been a bigger operation, more agents, not just a solo one, it's by pure luck they stumbled upon it but they will know about it if that drive gets back to the campus, stop him by any means necessary, Understood?"

"Understood clearly sir"

James was looking through the files on the flashdrive, he hadn't come anything of interest, maybe this guy wasn't a business partner and was just a friend but there was something that James found funny, he'd been looking for a while and had come across nothing to do with insurance, so he checked his notebook to make sure that it was an insurance company and there it was "P&J Insurance", weird.

James was just about to turn off the laptop for a break when he finally noticed something that would be worth the time he spent on this mission, he saw a folder at the bottom of the screen named: Top Secret: Ultra. "Bingo" laughed James, he'd been looking in the wrong place. As James open the folder he saw several other files, PM Blackmail, Gun Import, Training Camps . He started grinning at this, this guy was going away for a long time.

James started coping all the files connected with something illegal to a second flashdrive for the police when he saw a folder he had missed, he wiped the grin off his face and his heart skipped a few beats, the file was named "Cherub", James finally realized he was probably being stupid and the name didn't mean anything, it was probably a planned surprise for his wife or daughter or something like that, James double clicked the folder to open it and his worst fears were confirmed, inside there were satellite photos of the campus, profiles of agents and staff, maps stating the weak points of the campus and more.

James didn't know what to do, he was in a state of shock, finally he pulled himself together, he needed to find a way to see if this was all true, he double clicked the profile list and it came up with a huge database with all the profiles of agents and staff, he scanned the page and his heart dropped when he saw his own name. He clicked open his profile and knew at once that all the information was fact and not fiction, it even stated that Kerry was his girlfriend.

He exited out of the profile section and looked at the other folders and files when he came across a file titled : Mission Briefing, he double clicked it open.

Mission Briefing

Cherub

What is Cherub:

Cherub is a branch of British Intelligence. Its agents are aged between 10 and 17 years. Cherubs are all orphans who have been taken out of care homes and trained to work undercover. They live on Cherub campus, a secret facility hidden in the English countryside.

They use youths because even a master criminal doesn't suspect that the kid next door is a spy.

Our part in this:

Countless times our plans have been foiled by Cherub, more than they probably know of, our main source of income, The Survivors, has had a huge dent put in it because of cherub, the money coming in has been cut it half, luckily we had money stashed else where so we have been able to stay afloat and regain some ground, we now have new sources of income.

How did we find out about Cherub:

Mike Express, second in command of HelpEarth!, started dating an Ex-Cherub agent, she had been kicked out of Cherub for using drugs, with revenge set in her mind she spilled all she knew about Cherub to Mike, later on Mike started investigating this, the more he looked into it the more it become clearer, Kids aged between 10-17 had been involved at each of the foiled plans, Mike later when onto tell the first in command, this is how this mission has come about

Our Mission:

To many times have our plans been foiled by Cherub, if Cherub were out of the way we would have a greater success with our future plans also it would be nice to get revenge for our humiliation.

We are planning to enter the Cherub campus when there guards are down.

How:

Step 1

The campus has many entrance points, from the north, east, south and west. Getting in should not be a problem, we will have 8 teams of 20, 1 team will enter from each side to neutralize any threats before the second lot of teams come in to gather the information cherub has, that information could be very useful in future missions.

Note: Cherub agents should not be a threat, even though they a trained agents, they are not exactly trained soldiers, they have had gun experience but we are sure they don't have live guns and ammo on site, our main concern is the MI5, MI6 and Army getting involved, meaning we will need to be in and out asap.

Step 2:

We would like most Cherubs agents and staff to be keep alive for interrogation, use of children would be very useful in the future, all captures will be taken to various vehicles to be taken to secure locations for interrogation.

Step 3:

Dispose of all extra Cherub agents and staff after interrogation, assess the information we have received and store in secure locations, clean up all evidence linking he Cherub Attack to us.

When:

We are planned to enter the campus on the 25th of December when We think there defences would be at a minium, more information concerning your role in this mission will be sent out to you at a later date incase this briefing ends up in the wrong hands. You will hear from us soon. Good Luck.

James was stunned when he finished reading the briefing, the 25th was a week away. After what seemed a lifetime but was probably only 2 mins he started functioning again, suddenly he was alert and thinking straight, he grabbed his cellphone and rang Jason, after the 8th ring the answerphone kicked in, " Jason, if your there pick up, this is urgent, Jason this is life threatening, the campus is in danger, I repeat the campus is in danger, get even one out now or they will all die" James hung up and was trying to think of what to do, there must be something.

It was highly unlikely that after getting this information that he hadn't been followed so at the next stop he'd get off and hide a copy of the information then make his way back to campus, while copying all the cherub information onto the second flash drive he had an idea, he kicked himself for not thinking of it before, he grabbed his cellphone and dialled his sisters number, she picked up,

"Hey James, I thought you weren't allowed to make personal calls duri-" Suddenly she was cut off by James " Lauren, Shut up, this is urgent" , In the background James could hear Good Charlotte playing and Laurens friends laughing, " Guys shut up, this is important, all ears James", The laughing in the background stopped and so did Good Charlotte.

"Lauren, listen very carefully, you need to get everyone out of campus"

"What, are you serious, you must be joking"

"Lauren, Do it now!!!! your life is in danger"

"Haha James, im not falling for it, you can try it on some-"

"LAUREN!! Do It Now, I've found information about-" James never got to finish the sentence because at that moment he felt a hand on his shoulder, his phone was snatched out of his hand and thrown out the window. James turned to see 2 well built guys looming over him, the one with his hand on James' shoulder said " We wouldn't you telling everyone our secret plan now would we?"

Authors Note

2nd chapter up, thanks for the reviews, i was surprised to get them, i thought no one would review for a while lol anyway this is a bit longer and i hope you like it :D:D:D, remember to review, good or bad, thanks