Chapter 6- The fire

Dan ordered Zoe a hot chocolate and a cake and he got himself a cappuccino at the café they went to. It was a nice, cosy, warm place where most couples went. Zoe drank her hot chocolate and got cream all over her nose! "Nice moustache!" Dan laughed. Dan had cheered up Zoe a lot but she was still worried about the note but she managed to hide her concern. A woman who worked at the café came over to their table.
"Sorry guys, we're closing now" the woman said.
"Come on, let's go" Dan said to Zoe and they put their cups on a tray and walked out.

It was now six o'clock. "Where should we go now?" Dan asked.
"Well I still need to go to the market to get some Easter stuff" Zoe replied.
"Okay let's go then" Dan said.
The market was still heaving but they managed to get stuff with Zoe getting Easter eggs for Frank, Stella, Tom, and Aniesha and secretly buying one for Dan when he wasn't looking. Dan bought the same and he got one for his mum and dad too.
"Come on, Dan. I'm got to be back in 25 minutes" Zoe said.
"Yeah okay" Dan replied and they headed for the bus station.

It was about 1:30am. Dan was asleep on his small, blue bed just beside his window. Suddenly, he was woken by screams. He looked around confused, thinking it was a bad dream but then he heard them again and realised they were real. He quickly looked out his window and saw the house across the street was on fire. "Please save my girl! She's only six! She's going to die! Please someone, please!" A woman was screaming. He stared in horror and quickly grabbed his jacket and ran outside. His parents caught him leaving the house.
"Dan what are you doing!" His mum shouted as he walked out.
"It's too dangerous! You'll get killed! Dan stop!" His dad called.
"I'm sorry!" Dan called back and ran into the burning building. The whole place was engulfed in flames but he could faintly hear a child shouting help from upstairs. But there was a problem. Half of the stairs had been burnt to ashes. He would have to find a new way to get up. He managed to climb the strong parts of the walls using a banister and his spy techniques.
"Hello!" Dan called.
"I'm in here! Please help me!" A small voice shouted. Dan followed the voice and found the girl hiding in a small cupboard. He picked her up but a piece of the ceiling fell blocking the way. He was starting to sweat heavily but he knew he had to get the girl out safely. Luckily, a room they could get to hadn't been affected by the fire and the window was open, wide enough for him and the girl to fit through. But he couldn't get out and there was a ladder but it was at the back of the garden. Four fire men ran into the garden and noticed them leaning out the window.
"Ladder! I need the ladder" Dan shouted and almost immediately they ran and got the ladder so they could climb out safely.

He gave the girl back to the woman who hugged and kissed her well.
"Thank you. I would of lost her if you hadn't of come along" the woman thanked him and tears fell down her cheeks. He was about to say something when the paramedics escorted him to an ambulance.

He was checked over and everything seemed fine.
"You were very brave, young man" A woman paramedic said. Dan's parents were waiting for him. Mrs Morgan ran to hug him and you could tell she was worried sick.
"Don't you ever do anything that dangerous again!" She shouted at him softly.
"We were so worried! It was like you were some kind of super spy!" Mr Morgan added.
"If only you knew" Dan muttered quietly to himself. As they were walking back inside Dan noticed graffiti on the wall: I won't hurt them if you comply.

He didn't sleep that night. He kept thinking about the graffiti and what it meant. He knew it had something to do with the fire and he thought it must have been related to the note and he was certain it was KORPS but the question was why? It had to do with Zoe he thought and maybe this was a warning and they had to bring Zoe or something. He promised he would never let KORPS get Zoe and he knew he would protect her. He loved her too much to let her go again.

When it was 7:00am, Dan turned his phone to find 20 messages from Zoe, Aniesha and Tom. Tom's read: You saved a kid from a burning building! This is defo going on your MI9 report! Don't worry we told the newsagents not to put it on the news. Safety first! One of Aniesha's read: OMG seriously, how do you do it?! One of Zoe's read: Wow when we found out about this you gave me the shock of my life! You're so heroic I l love you xxxxxx. Dan was relieved that it wasn't all over the news somehow but he was still puzzled about the graffiti.

Safe house

Zoe was in the kitchen getting a bowl of cereal when Frank came down.
"Hey Frank. You okay?" Zoe asked
"Yes and we've got a mission for you and the team" he said.

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