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Chapter 4- The effects of failure

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! A bomb was in the warehouse and it was ticking. What was I going to do? I did the only thing I could do. I ran for my life. Suddenly, there was an immensely loud bang and I was thrown of my feet. I must have hit my head on a rock or something because I had a splitting headache when I hit the ground and I felt a warm liquid run down my face. Then my world became black.

I was sitting in HQ. The team and I were celebrating after another successful mission. We had taken down a major KORPS base and tons of KORPS agents had been taken into custody and questioned.

"If we hadn't of taken down the KORPS base then we could have all been killed. Well done agents!" Stella praised. I laughed. I hadn't really seen Stella happy before. Suddenly, a mobile went off. Dan went to answer it. Moments later, he ended the call.

"My Mum wants me back home. See you tomorrow guys," Dan said.

"Yeah I think I'll go too. It is kinda late," Keri decided.

"I know. Me and Stella have paperwork to do back at MI9 HQ. You two coming?" Frank asked, directing the question at me and Aniesha.

"We'll catch up with you," Aniesha said simply. The four nodded and went into the lift which closed a second later. Aniesha came over to me and sat on the chair next to me.

"Hey Niesh," I said happily. She smiled the smile I loved.

"Hey Tom. You know you were great on that mission," She praised. Her tone of voice was different than her usual one. I think I'm going to melt.

"You...were... g-good as well... I mean... g-great no... amazing," I stuttered. She giggled and stared into my eyes. I couldn't help but do the same. Then, it was like some unseen force acting on us which was pushing our faces closer and closer. I knew exactly what this force was. In no time at all, Aniesha pressed her soft lips against mine. Pure bliss. I kissed back and when we pulled away, she smiled that amazing smile. A soft smile sat on my lips and I was about to say something but the air became cold. Very cold. I developed a splitting headache and then everything started fading away...

I woke up, lying face down. Quickly, I sat up and looked at the burning building before me. Alerted, I stood up as quickly as I could and started to run as fast as I could to the wall which divided this place from the busy world.

I climbed over the gate and walked back to the blue Ford Fiesta which was parked at the side of the road. I kept debating with myself about whether I should drive home or not due to my head injury but I imagine that my mum would be pretty pissed off if she knew that I had been driving her new car and it would be worse if I just left it parked at the side of the road some twenty miles away. So I jumped into the car and headed of home.

Apart from one or two beeps from angry drivers and getting lost a couple times, I came home in one piece and more importantly, so did the car. I parked it safely and then entered the house.

Almost immediately, I looked in the mirror. I had a large cut over my forehead and there was dried blood at the sides of my face. My head still hurts like hell and it's probably wise if I went to the hospital but I don't want them asking loads of questions and calling my mum. So I cleaned my face up to rid the crimson stains and I scoured the medicine cupboard for a large plaster, which I eventually found.

I sat down and replayed the events of the day. I visited Dan. Mum left for London. I drove to a field. I went into a warehouse which had a bomb wired up inside it. The bomb blew up. I was thrown of my feet and I hit my head and passed out. I had this dream. I stopped replaying the events of the day. I remembered the dream well. It felt so real. It felt amazing. I loved that dream. I loved Aniesha in that dream like I loved her in reality. There was no denying it now. I had risked my life to try and save her, only to find that she was nowhere to be found and KORPS had tried to blow me up. Unless she wasn't there all along.

When the thought of failing to save her hit me, I felt utterly useless and hopeless. I had been so confident in finding her that I hadn't thought of the possibility that she wasn't even there. And KORPS must have been expecting me. It was too much of a coincidence that a bomb was set to explode where I had suspected her to be held. I remember what Dan had said. Call me when you get her out or if you're in trouble. Quickly, I grabbed my phone and dialled Dan's number.

"Hello Dan. Are you out of hospital yet?" I asked when I heard his voice on the other end. "You're at your Dad's house? I... Well... I went to the warehouse but there was no one there. Instead there was this bomb it well... blew up," I stuttered. "Yes I'm fine, just hit my head? No you don't need to come round. Okay I'll see you on Monday. Bye." I ended the call and put my phone in my pocket. Dan had promised not to tell anyone what had happened. I felt extremely tired so I trudged up to my room and I fell into a dreamless sleep.

I was surprised when I woke up at seven the next morning and I found a text from Dan. When I read it, I became happier but also wary. He said that an MI9 agent had a sighting of Aniesha in a car and she and her assailants were apparently heading to some place where a conference was being held and I was supposed to be at HQ in an hour. I didn't hesitate to get changed in some fresh clothes and run straight out the door. Maybe we could get her back. Maybe she was really there. But I wasn't so sure...