Hey there, I'm C.R. Richardson, your author for this fic.

Please don't hate me! I am so so so sorry! I can't believe it's been like three months since I've updated – I actually feel terrible! But I promise I haven't forgotten about this story! I have ideas still for upcoming chapters...

This chapter left me somewhat uninspired and I know it's ridiculously short for such a long wait but I hope it's ok? I mean it's really just a bunch of describing there's no talking which is what I'm best at writing so I can only hope that you don't completely give up on me! Just think of the banter to come between Alex and Sabina – boy am I looking forward to writing that! :P

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C.R. Richardson xx

She woke with a start as she felt a hand on her shoulder.

"What's going on?" Her voice was groggy and slick with sleep. Sabina's first thought was that she couldn't see anything. Her world was a black field of nothing. Her other senses went into overdrive due to the loss of her sight and straight away her ears picked up on the low hum of a motor.

Raising a hand to her face she tugged at the material around her face and pulled off the eye mask that had been restricting her view. Light burst into her vision, making her feel slightly disorrientated. Luckily, she was sitting and didn't have to worry about losing her balance.

It had been Alex who had woken her, the plane had just landed on the small island they were investigating. "Calm down, Sleeping Beauty." Alex spoke as he noticed her confusion.

She rolled her eyes at this comment and looked out of the window. She had been hoping for picturesque scenery, showing the lush landscape she had seen in picutures. However, what she got was the polar opposite. The stark grey concrete runway looked anything but natural and continued for miles. The huge building could be seen only a few meters away, but like the runway it was grey and boring. Just a regular box shaped airport.

The passengers were taken off the plane down a flight of stairs and led towards the doors. To Sabina the security seemed pretty slack. They were allowing the passengers to walk across the tarmac after all. Little did she know that there were high definition cameras littered on the inside and outside of the building, picking up every movement they made.

The cameras were trained on every single passenger aboard the plane that had just arrived. One would take a still shot of each persons face and it would be run through a system. This system would recognise any government worker from any country that was considered a threat. Their system had illegally got hold of pictures of all workers from units like the CIA to MI6. It had already stopped it's fair share of government officials that were most likely sent to spy on Titov.

If the cameras did recognise you, for one security reason or another, you would be pulled aside, and were never seen again. It was as simple as that. The cameras did their job, and then the "security guards" did theirs.

It may be considered harsh, but that's the way life was on this island. If you were a tourist with no secrets than your life was just another party. But if you had a job that sent you to spy on the owner of this island – then you may just find that this was your last vacation destination.

Sabina, Alex, Sue and Jacob all stayed together in a tight pack as they went through security control, which again seemed lacking in the security department. But why would they need it when they had such high security measures on computers?

Little did this family know that behind scenes alarm bells were ringing. Sue and Jacobs' faces had been projected onto a big screen that had recognised the two adults as MI6 workers. The only hesitation in the workers' minds was that they had children. Why would they take their children on a mission with them? To the men it didn't make sense. They stayed staring at the screen in confusion, not knowing whether to pursue the spys or let them go. In the end, the decision was made for them. They had waited too long and the family had passed through security before they had been stopped.

"Well that was easy," Sabina muttered as she jumped into the back of a taxi. She was squashed into the middle, Alex on one side and Sue on the other. The humid conditions and lack of air conditioning made the car trip even less enjoyable than she had expected.

The taxi pulled up outside of a flash looking hotel. The sheer size of it was enough to hurt Sabina's neck as she craned it to try and see the top. It looked like the roof was almost touching the clouds; there were too many floors to even try counting.

Sue and Jacob didn't waste time on pointless things such as counting the level of floors. Being spies they were used to living in both the best and worst conditions. Their lives often depended on their reactions and so remaining stony faced came easy to them. They acted like rich parents who had seen better than the extremely expensive hotel in front of them.

Following Alex's reaction, Sabina hastly strode into the hotel, head held high pretending that she was a stuck up child. She played her part well, not even bothering to make eye contact with the staff. Why should she? They were working for her. Not the other way around. Or at least that was what her character, Sabina Mathews, would be thinking.

After they were shown their suite, to which Sabina had entered and yelled "wow, this suite is sweet" but got only grimances at, the two teenagers had gone exploring. Sue had innocently suggested the two of them get familiarised with the hotel while she unpacked. Of course this was her way of having a private briefing with Jacob, Alex had assumed.

They ventured down in the elevator and found themselves in the lobby. There was a small game room off to one side, entering the door they noticed it was a video game heaven. It was one arcade game after another with all the classics piled in. Over to one side of the room were a couple of pool tables which had caught Sabina's attention. She wasn't very good at the game, but had dabbled, her father had taught her a few years back.

They left the room and took notice of a casino through another door, however it was restricted to people over 18, which was unfortunately neither of them. Sabina followed Alex outside as they found the pool area.

Now this, she thought, is a place I can spend time.

The blue water looked so refreashing in this stifling heat, that she wished she could dive in right then. The edges of the pool were littered with lounge chairs for the occupants of the hotel, there was a small bar off to one side, which she assumed opened at night and plenty of palm trees.

She spied two teenage boys who looked to be about her age, sitting on the edge of the pool with their feet dangling in. She only noticed them because as her eyes scanned the area she could see theirs on her. As they stared at her slim figure a small smile quirked at the corner of her lips. Sabina kept sending the boys flirty looks, she couldn't help it if there were two very attractive people gawking at her.

Alex seemed to have noticed the silent interaction going on between the only three other people by the pool and rolled his eyes. When he realised that Sabina was still sending suggestive smiles to the boys he cleared his throat, "just remember, we're here for business not pleasure." He warned before walking away.

She felt like a child who had been caught with their hand in the cookie jar. Following after Alex they re-entered the lobby. His long legs meant that she had to jog to reach him. "Last time I checked we were here on a family holiday, Brother," she said his title with heavy sarcasm, "so I can flirt with whoever I want to."

The teenage spy had stopped in the middle of the lobby and turned to face his 'sister'. "No, you can't. We're not here to have fun."

"But I suppose if there was a really hot girl then it would be fine for you to flirt with her?" Sabina tried to point out some double standards that he was bound to have.

He shook his head in disbelief and turned away from her. "No, I would never."

Sabina just raised her eyebrows, not believing a word he said and watched him walk towards the elevator. He hit the call button, but didn't have to wait long for the doors to ping open. "You coming?" He asked her as he gestured at the empty metal box.

She hesitated before shaking her head. She tried to think of the one thing she could say that would annoy him the most, a small smile touched her lips as she thought of it. "I think I'll go spend some time by the pool," she dropped him a wink, hoping he would pick up the not so subtle meaning behind it.

The doors closed on him before he could stop gaping at the girl and think of a witty come back. Cursing himself inwardly, he pushed the button that would take him back to their suite.

Sabina felt triumphant as the doors to the elevators closed and the sign told her it was rising to her floor. But she knew that Alex was right and that they were there for business, which meant that getting distracted by a boy wasn't the best option.

So instead of sunbathing pool with cute boys, she made her way to the games room and set up a pool table like a good girl.