(Chapter 3. Sorry it's a bit short. Hope you like it. I own nothing but Helene)

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"You look tired." Jane observed, raising an eyebrow the minute she saw Helene finally make her way out of the passport security line at the Dubai International airport.

Brandt turned when he heard Jane address her, but Helene did not look back at him.

"There was a baby crying in my cabin." She shrugged, knowing her excuse probably wouldn't fool anyone. Still she was grateful that no one could see exactly how tired she was through the dark lenses of her sunglasses.

She hadn't slept at all on the airplane nor had she managed to catch more than a few minutes of shut eye in the train car last night.

"That's never bothered you before." Brandt smirked slightly reaching to adjust his sunglasses just as a sleek white jeep pulled up in front of the airport.

Helene started to shoot Brandt a look when Benji suddenly stuck his head out from the front seat of the car.

"All aboard!" He chirped, patting the side of the car as if it were a well bred horse. Ethan leaned over from the driver's side. "What he said."

Jane and Brandt exchanged glances with each other before picking up their bags and making their way towards the back of the car. Helene followed, but a bit more sluggishly.

"All right there, sleepyhead?" Benji teased still smiling brightly as the younger woman scowled slightly from behind her shades.

"Shut it." She nearly growled, surprising Benji as she chucked her bag into the back of the jeep almost hitting the back of Benji's headrest. Ethan chuckled as Jane stared curiously at her.

"Nice Kitty." Brandt joked, patting Helene on the shoulder before getting into the back seat. Helene followed.

"Benji out." Jane jabbed her thumb behind her shoulder as she walked around to the front seat of the jeep. Benji looked stunned.

"What? Why?" He asked, clearly not wanting to give up his seat despite the way Jane was looking at him. Brandt and Helene exchanged glances as Jane lowered herself over Benji's face.

"Because I'm a lady and I said so." She said in a soft innocent tone that matched her smile. Benji tried to look to Ethan for help, but he just smiled and shrugged clearly amused by their little interaction.

Sighing, Benji reluctantly vacated his seat grumbling something no one could understand before making his way into the back across from Brandt.

"Thank you Benji." Jane smiled at Benji through the rearview mirror before closing the door and buckling her seatbelt. Benji snorted at her before opening up his laptop on his lap.

At that moment Ethan gunned the engine and floored the gas pedal so suddenly that Benji nearly tipped over into Brandt's lap laptop and all. Helene meanwhile barely managed to avoid slamming herself face first on the floor next to him.

"You all right?" Ethan asked, looking back at everyone through the rearview mirror with a smile on his face.

Benji waved signalling that he was fine while Helene grimaced at the stinging in her feet caused by the friction. She glared at Ethan.

"You trying to kill somebody?" She asked in a slightly annoyed tone, causing Jane to snicker slightly from next to the driver.

Ethan merely shrugged and continued to speed down the nearly deserted desert road as Brandt gazed at her slightly in concern.

Helene shook her head at him.

"So, how long have you two been knowing each other?" Benji asked suddenly pointing from Brandt to Helene as Ethan swerved around a corner.

Brandt finally averted his gaze. "For a good several years now...we trained together." He muttered earning a sharp glance from Helene.

"Really?" Benji was intrigued. He took his sunglasses off to smile at them. "But I thought she was a medic." Jane looked at Helene through the rearview mirror causing the other woman to drop her gaze uncomfortably to her lap.

"She is...She switched to the medical field about two years ago." Brandt turned to glance at Helene as he continued, his right hand going up to adjust his sunglasses.

Helene bit her lip.

"I don't want to talk about this." She nearly snapped, though she was barely audible over the roaring of the car engine.

Realizing that she was annoyed, Benji immediately went back to whatever he was doing on his computer and Jane went back to looking out the window.

"So...even if we can double Wistrom and Moreau at the Burj Khalifa, how do we keep them in separate rooms while having them think that they're in the same room?" Brandt asked after a long awkward minute causing Ethan to look away from the road briefly.

"We give the hotel a facelift. Wistrom will think he's arriving at Moreau's suite, but really he'll be walking into our decoy room." He explained as Jane turned from the window.

"Where I'll be doubling Moreau." She continuing smiling a smile that had danger written all over it.

"Downstairs Benji will double Wistrom." Ethan continued. "Masks!" Benji put in excitedly and Helene gave him a strange look.

"And meet with Moreau where I'll get diamonds off Jane and transfer payment to Benji to give to the real Moreau." Ethan finished. Brandt nodded his head.

"And uh...what will Meyer and I be doing?" He asked glancing at Helene briefly before returning his attention to Ethan.

"You?" Benji spoke up suddenly with his sunglasses dangling out of his mouth. "You're the helper, and back up support." He winked at Helene causing her to snort at his cheesy sense of humor.

"Helper. That's great." Brandt said meekly, grinning before looking down at Helene again. This time she looked up to meet his gaze and smiled briefly before dropping her eyes again.

"Okay so to the extent that I understand what you're talking about here...the Burj Khalifa. It's the tallest building in the world and you want to alter it's infrastructure with the hope of convincing two people that they've had a meeting which actually really never happened. Right?" Brandt quickly recounted everything he had just been told and looked up at Ethan as if seeking confirmation.

Ethan grinned at him. "Pretty much." He started to ease off the accelerator a little.

"Uh!" Jane suddenly pointed out the front windshield and Ethan barely slammed the brakes in time to avoid a collision.

Helene gasped as the force knocked her sharply backward, but Brandt reached out and braced her before she could hit her head on the window.

Benji started to reach forward at the same time when his laptop started to slide off his lap. "Ah!" He winced when his head slammed discomfortably into Jane's seat beside him interrupting his attempt to protect his computer gear.

Ethan glanced back briefly then chuckled at everyone's expressions as he stared out the front window. "Camels." He grinned.

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