Wow you're all too sweet, I've gotten such nice reviews, so early update full of frella! I don't know if I'll be able to update until next weekend because it's exam week, but I'll definitely try. Enjoy!
"THEY'VE WHAT?" Frank shouted through the phone.
"They've left Frank, completely gone, they didn't go with their communicators either, so we can't track them" said Stella, her voice wavering with concern.
"I just don't understand, why would they do this?, I know it's been difficult without Zoe, and with the new replacement, but surely they should have learned to be responsible spies by now" Frank's voice was laced with frustration, as he ran a hand through his hair.
"Frank you don't think they have.." Stella trailed off.
"Of course why didn't I think of that, it must have been Dan's idea" said Frank.
"Tom and Aneisha wouldn't have gone unless they felt like they had to" said Stella firmly.
"I should've known they would do something like this, they've been acting suspicious for that last week" said Frank, feeling guilty.
"Frank this isn't your fault, they chose to leave and they must deal with the consequences, even if it means losing their job" said Stella, sadly.
Frank didn't want that to happen, as furious as he was right now, he loved them and they were his family, the thought of them losing their job frustrated him further, and now he didn't know where they were, he has no idea what trouble they could get themselves into, Frank just felt helpless.
"I don't know what to do" said Frank weakly, Stella could imagine him sliding down a wall to sit on his heels with a shaky hand against his face.
"I'll be there" said Stella, quietly before hanging up.
Frank waited for Stella to come. He couldn't deal with this right now, the team struggled missions with just the three of them, what was he supposed to do with just one. Maybe if he'd have said something to make Zoe stay, they would all be here right now. But he was a bad father figure, as well as a bad mentor and on top of that it seemed he was weak.
Stella rushed in to see that Frank had been in the position she imagined him in. She walked over slowly and sat next to him, straitening her dress.
"I can't imagine how hard this is for you, first Zoe and then Dan, Aneisha and Tom, I'm sorry Frank" said Stella, softly.
"I fell like I've let them down" Frank sighed.
"You haven't, you are making the best decisions you can with the information you have" said Stella.
"Your amazing" said Frank suddenly.
Stella turned to him slightly shocked.
"You are" Frank whispered.
"Frank I..." Stella began, but she couldn't get the words out.
"Don't say anything, it's fine, you just needed to know" Frank said with a pained expression.
Frank was staring at the wall, almost catatonic, but he flinched and looked down to see that Stella had grasped his shaking hand and then looked up to see her smiling at him softly.
"It's going to be okay, we'll find them, Frank we will, we're MI9" said Stella, firmly.
"how can you know that?" asked Frank.
After long pause, as Stella had a look of concentration on her face, trying to form a reply, she said,
"Well I don't know..." she trailed off.
They both looked at each other lovingly in the same moment.
"But I truly believe"
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