Here is chapter 6. Enjoy! I won't have much internet access the next few days but hopefully by Sunday night I will have a couple of chapter for everyone. Good luck!

Chapter Six: The Farmhouse

Aaron's POV

He had, had a bad feeling about this mission from the start. When he arrived at his destination his contact had not been at the agreed location. This made him very nervous and he suddenly became very cautious. The warehouse where the meeting was to take place was located in an isolated area which made it an easy access place for an ambush. His original mission was to gather lintel on a covert operation about a foreign military operation. It should have been a quick in and out. Instead nothing had gone right from the get go. It was almost like someone was purposely trying to blow this mission. That may even be the actual exercise. Sometimes they would throw in these "free' training missions to try and catch their agents off guard. He made sure that he was ever diligent. It still didn't feel right and he wasn't sure why.

Aaron ever so slowly entered the warehouse making sure that he hadn't been followed. To his right he heard a sound. Hardly detectable but he heard it, just whisper of a sound. Like the scuff of a foot as it was tiring ever so slightly to be quiet. He turned his head to get a better look and didn't see anything. That's when he ducked behind a pile of wooden pallets that were stacked on top of one another. He drew his side arm and had it at the ready. That was when he heard the unmistakable click of a gun in his right ear. At that moment he quickly reacted. He wheeled on his opponent, only to have his gun knocked from his hand. In return he engaged in hand to hand knocking his opponent's gun from his hand as well. They were pretty evenly matched and continued this dance for several minutes. Each one getting a blow in here or there. Aaron was finally able to get away and reached for one of the guns that had been lost in the struggle. He turned and fired, hitting the assailant point blank causing him to fall forward dead. Aaron realized at that moment that his attacker was another agent that he had worked with several times before. Someone who was like him. He searched the body and discovered a file hidden in the man's jackets. The file contained orders and pictures. Pictures of doctors, scientist and lab assistances who had worked in the facility that he had just came from. There were pictures of agents as well. Some had the word "Terminated" across them. In that pile he also discovered a picture of him, which would explain the latest assassination attempt. It looked to him that everyone who had worked on the project was being targeted. Why, he didn't know, but the part that bothered him the most was the fact that Lily had been in that pile of pictures.

Lily's POV

She had a plan. Not a very good one but it was a plan. Maybe. She had originally thought that she would have a few days but after recent events she had to move up her plan. She had finally made her way to the farmhouse that she owned deep in a wooded area. The house was in need of massive repair. Something that she had put on the back burner and didn't have much motivation to finish. The house had some really bad memories for her and she wasn't really attracted to it. Why her uncle kept this place for so long, she would never know. It had never been a happy place and when she had finally returned after being gone for so long, she had found that it had stood empty. This made for the perfect hiding place.

She ran up the spiral stair case and into the bedroom to gather a few clothes, her passport, and some money from a safe. To that she added a few precious items including two photos and a silver locket. She had just zipped up her overnight bag when her doorbell rang. She froze for a moment not sure rather she should answer it or not. They couldn't have figured it out yet, could they? She made her way down stairs and stowed her bag behind a chair in the sitting room. He peeked into the peep hole and saw about three agents on her stoop. She saw one of them knock on the door and heard them say.

"Doctor Carmichael we just wanted to see if you were okay?' Okay she could play for a few minutes and then she might be able to find out what was really going on. She slowly opened the door and peered out.

"I okay. Why, what's happened?" She asked innocently.

"You were in the building when the shooting happened" The female agent said bluntly. Okay so they knew she had been there but what else did they know she wondered.

"It's okay Doctor we just want to ask you a few question. Can you let us in?" She asked. Lily took a moment to decide this. Every fiber in her body and mind was screeching "Don't let them in" like something you would shout at the movie screen during a slashed flick when the innocent girl goes off by herself only to meet certain death. Yeah kind of like that, she however was that girl because she let them in. Lily told herself that she did this over morbid curiosity but truth be told she really didn't know what to do. She stepped aside and let them in, leading them to the kitchen. Yeah smart she thought to herself, show your back to three heavily armed secret agents. They had just positioned themselves around her small kitchen when they started to fir question at her.

"Doctor, do you know what happened today in the lab?" the one who had spoken to her earlier asked.

"Yes, I had heard about a shooting. Did you catch the guy?" She asked Turing her back once again and made like she was fixing herself a cup of tea but in reality was looking for some kind of exit or an out.

"My question for you is why were you in the lab when it happened but not there when security showed up" okay so they knew something.

"I'm not sure what you are talking about" she said turning around holding her cup in front of her to stop herself from shaking.

"You know very well what we want to know" this was starting to get uncomfortably tense. "What was it that you took from the lab Doctor?" Okay so they knew a lot, not good so she had to act fast.

"I still don't know or like what you are suggesting so; I suggest that you leave now before you say anything more. I really don't like you line of questions. Agent… what did you say your name was again?" Lily asked as she turned back to the sink to put her cup down. She could hear the click of a gun and she just reacted. Her survival mode kicked in and she flung her cup at the nearest agent, who now had her gun trained on her, hitting her between the eyes causing her to drop her gun, she then managed to grab a very heavy frying pan and started swinging it like a baseball bat. It connected with a head because the next second a body crumpled to the ground. She heard the pantry door fly open, banging against the wall and something or someone flew out at the other agent. Lily didn't wait around to find out but instead flew up the stairs, with her frying pan, and into one of the many empty rooms. She managed to squeeze herself between a wall and a dresser to wait. She heard several gun shots and then silent. She was really getting tired of getting shot at today. She waited with bated breath and that is when she heard the slight shift of the floor board. She gripped the pan tighter, closed her eyes and came out swinging, only to find it knocked from her hand and being roughly shoved up against the wall.

"Hey, Lily it's me. I'm not going to hurt you!" A very familiar voice spoke out. Her eyes flew open and she was looking into the most gorgeous eyes she had ever seen. Aaron Cross had once again come to her rescue.

I hope you enjoy. My chapters keep getting longer!