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Alex stared at Chloe in astonishment.

"What did I say?" Chloe thought to herself.

Chloe obviously didn't know her dad's real identity,Alex realised. "Look, we better get going, breaks nearly over," he muttered. "Fuck it, it's not like you've ever cared much about missing school before, now tell me, why did you just freeze up as soon you found out my dad worked in the bank?"

Alex sighed, he was torn between what to do, he didn't want her getting involved in that world but he knew she wasn't the type of person to just let it drop."Well?" Chloe repeated.

"Trust me, your much better of not knowing," stated Alex, avoiding her gaze.

Chloe let out a sarcastic laugh. "Do I look eight years old to you? I'm old enough to look after myself, but fine, don't tell me, I'm not going to beg you, I'll just go to the bank and ask dads ex boss a few questions."

"No!" Alex was started to get pissed and begin to rant. " I'm fucking serious, this isn't a game, it would be much better if you didn't uncle was working for the 'bank' as well, he got killed and I was left to deal with the shit and now there's no turning back!"

After a minute of silence, Chloe murmured "Your uncle got killed? Wasn't it a car accident?"

"It doesn't matter, I'm just trying to make you understand, just leave it. Forget about all this," sighed Alex.

"Alex," Chloe mumbled after an akward silence. "Did my dad get killed as well?"

"No idea," he answered, though in his head he knew he had, and judging by Chloe's expression, Alex could tell she knew what he was thinking.

"I'm sorry," said Alex quietly.

"Do you know who killed your uncle?" asked Chloe blankly.

Alex didn't know what reaction he had expected after she found out her dad had probaly been murdered, maybe a few tears but not this- Chloe's face had gone blank and her eyes looked empty.

"Yes, he's dead," Alex muttered, wondering in his head why he was feeling sorry about this. He just wished the Russian was still alive so he could ask more about his dad and didn't have to live with the guilt of knowing he was alive because Yassen died for him.

"Lucky you, did you kill the bastard yourself?" Remarked Chloe coldly.

"No, he died saving my life," said Alex quietly, sounding slightly ashamed.

"I see," she muttered sarcastically. "So are you going to bother explaining to me?"

"What do you mean?" asked Alex warily.

"Well who exactly are the 'bank' for starters?"

"MI6,"Alex informed her. He was past caring now, he'd warned her it was best not to ask but she just wouldn't give up.

"Judging by the tone of your voice, you sound completely serious, but I might as well ask, are you having a laugh?" exclaimed Chloe.

"Not really," answered Alex dully.

They both fell silent again, then after a while Chloe spoke up, "Does that mean my dad was killed by a terrorist?"

Alex shrugged. "Could be, but more likely he knew too much and was on his back to report to MI6, or maybe it was just revenge or a warning to MI6."

"Great." Chloe had lots of questions to ask, but she didn't know where to begin. All she knew for definite was that somehow she fully intended to get revenge, and find out everything about her fathers death and his killer. She hoped Alex would help her as he seem pretty use to these kind of things happening, but she doubted it. Might as well give it a go, thought Chloe to herself. "Alex, will you help me find out who killed dad, and exactly how he died?"

"Whaat!?" exclaimed Alex loudly, causing several bystanders to turn around and give them a disapproving look. "I told you this ain't a game, even if you do find the killer, do you really believe you can murder in cold blood?"

"Let me see, he or she murdered my father,the man who raised me, who was also my only living relative. I'll probably have to go into care, not that I plan to, but back to your question, yeah, I think I'll just about manage it," Chloe replied boredly.

Alex shook his head. "Yeah I think we all wish it was that easy, how do you intend on killing him or her, hang on, you don't even know who it is do you, or what country there in, or how your going to get there, the list goes on."

Chloe tilted her head to the side and gave Alex a big smile.

"What now?" he asked warily.

"Well like I said, I wouldn't mind a few tips from the expert."

"Me…. expert? You can't be serious, what makes you think I'm an expert?"

"Well from everything I've heard so far, I've concluded every time you've vanished from school, supposedly ill, you were actually working for M16. So I'm guessing you've got much more experience than me,though I am black belt so I wont be that useless," finished Chloe.

Alex just stared at her, not knowing what to say, he found it hard to believe this was happening.

A thought struck Chloe. "Hey, have you got a gun by any chance?"

Alex let out a bitter laugh. "I'm old enough to be sent to do their dirty work for them, yet I'm too young to carry a gun for protection apparently."

"What a shame, it would have saved us a lot a trouble," sighed Chloe dramatically.

"You've lost it," muttered Alex.

"Excuse me, but what did you do when you found our your uncle had actually been murdered,did you just lie back and concentrate on revising?i sumhow doubt it,any sane person would want to give the bastards whats coming to them."

"Well yeah, but it's pretty complex. When I came face to face with my uncles killer a while ago, I just couldn't pull the trigger. He's pretty twisted, he really believes there's nothing wrong with killing people, and then there's the fact he saved my life and ended up dead because of it," said Alex sounding frustrated.

"Do you hate him?" asked Chloe quietly.

"That's the thing, I just don't know," sighed Alex.

"Well, will you help me, what have you got to lose?"

"Let me see, my life?" responded Alex sarcastically.

"Okay, well thanks for the help,you've obviously done your best to help me, I'll be off now, I'll see you around," said Chloe getting up.

Alex raised an eyebrow. " I wasn't born yesterday, I know your not going to let go of it that easy, but no offence or anything, I really doubt you'll get far."

"Watch me," Chloe shot and stalked of.

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Please review and let me know what you think. There was a lot of mistakes in this chapter which ive now corrected i think. I only realised when i actualy read through it. Thats what you get when your up at midnight writing,half asleep. :L

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