AN: So as usual, I don't own MI High, nor anything you may recognise. I just own Demi, Harry and Jamie.
We were at our rendezvous point, stood waiting with Stella. My dad eventually walked in late, laughing with the man off that awful video about cheese. "Now, Frank, which one is Demietra? I haven't seen her since she was a child!" The cheese man said. What, he knew me? Well that's awkward.
"That'd be me. Sorry, my memory's really bad, who are you?" He looked offended that I had forgotten him.
"Demi, this is Janus. He's an old friend of mine, you met when you were 2." I nodded and smiled.
"She looks so much like her mother." Janus said, causing my smile to drop. He noticed. "Oh, have I said something wrong?" I shook my head.
"No, it's fine." I said, as Stella interrupted.
"Hello Janus." Well, she looked happy to see him.
"Stella! Look at you! You haven't changed a bit!" Janus said, walking up to her and kissing her cheeks.
"Neither have you. Now if you don't mind we're on a tight schedule." Stella said coldly. Wow, she really didn't like this guy.
"Yes sir!" Janus said, saluting her.
"Incredibly, Janus is an MI9 informant." Stella said. Really? "It's because of him we're here." She continued.
"I recently discovered that SNARL, the Boldovian secret service, have developed a device. Code name the Aardvark." My dad brought an image up on the screen and Janus continued, "It does to computers what it's namesake does to termite mounds. It breaks in, and sucks out all of the information in the blink of an eye!" Oh really, how fascinating. If you can't tell, I'm not really interested, there's something odd about this guy.
"At the same time, it infects the machine with a virus, that wipes on the network." My father added.
"If a SNARL agent plugs the aardvark into a computer wired up to the MI9 network..." Stella trailed off,
"The Boldovians would have the location of every spy base in the world." Dan finished.
"The identity of every agent." Aneisha added.
"Records of every mission." Zoe said.
"Not to mention the blueprints for all our gadgets." Tom said.
"Now that'd be bad. Very bad, so let me guess you want us to steal this thing, yeah?" I asked. Janus nodded.
"If SNARL uses the Aardvark against us, that will destroy MI9." Stella said.
"Then we'd better use it against them first." Dan said. "Where's the Aardvark now?"
"It's in a high security vault." Janus said, as my dad brought up a map on the screen. "In the middle of SNARL HQ. There are cameras with motion and heat detectors all along this corridor. And when you get to the door, it's made of 600 mm of reinforced steel."
"You know, one of these days, you're gonna have to start making it hard for us." Tom joked, causing me and Neish to smile.
"This is no laughing matter." Stella said, down to earth as usual.
"So how do we get in?" Zoe asked.
"Through this ventilation shaft." Frank said, pointing it out on the map.
"What would spies do without them?" Dan asked.
"A SNARL Agent is designated to pick up the Aardvark at 1800 hours this evening." Well thanks for the notice! Could he not have told us before? When we had more time? "An attack on MI9 is imminent." Janus dramatically finished.
"Your mission is to steal the aardvark, before the Boldovians can launch an attack. The lives of hundreds of agents and the country depend on it." Stella said.
"OK, let's do this." Dan said. Janus nodded, and then he and my father high-fived as Stella sighed. I rolled my eyes, and walked out.
AN: And I'm going to end it there! Hope you enjoyed!