A/N: Okay, so now that one of the twists had been revealed, I can say what I had intended to say from the very beginning. This story is dedicated to my mind twin. I know she is reading this and I just wanted to point out how amazing she is. Thank you for everything.

Anyways, I hope this chapter doesn't disappoint you…

I still don't own them.

Chapter 3

The words caused the effect of an explosion. There was a complete silence as Ethan, Brandt and Jane stared at their teammate, trying to comprehend what they had just heard.

"You've got a brother?" Brandt was the first one to speak. The fact that Benji had a twin brother wasn't that shocking by itself, but the fact that he had managed to keep it secret for so long was. The team had grown very close over the time that had passed since their Ghost Protocol mission, and they seemed to have learned everything about each other. And now it turned out it wasn't true at all.

"Why have you never told us?" Jane's voice was quiet and timid because of the astonishment. Benji just shrugged and shook his head.

"I don't understand," Ethan intervened, peaking at the screen from behind the Brit's shoulder and noticing that the opened page was just a search among the current news tagged 'kidnapping'. "He got grabbed right in front of a CCTV camera. It should have made news. But I can't see anything about it. Do the police know about it? Or are they hiding it?"

Benji nodded.

"That's what weirded me out at first," he admitted, his stare still blank and unfocused. "But then… you see, my brother is a police officer. A very good one, probably the best".

"So their best man gets captured and they do nothing about it?" Brandt asked, ridiculed. Benji shrugged.

"Maybe they don't know what to do and are trying to buy some time…" he suggested thoughtfully. "Maybe the police were also somehow after these guys. That might be why he was in London to begin with. I wonder why he agreed," the technician swallowed. "I thought he didn't want to ever come back".

He fell silent, and for a while nobody spoke, as no-one had any idea where to even start. It felt like that comment had an entire story behind it but nobody was eager to ask.

"So what are we going to do?" Jane inquired at last.

"We look for our targets," Ethan's tone was firm as he tried to make his teammates feel more confident. "Proceed with our mission".

"And Benji should lay low," Brandt continued. "We don't want any more confusion".

"But we have no idea where they are," Benji argued. "I agree that I can't be seen by anyone now but we need somewhere to start from".

Ethan closed his eyes with concentration. After hearing the news about Benji's apparent kidnapping they had had to cut off some connections and now they had lost their lead to the target. Now he could see Benji's point but felt a bit lost.

"Are you suggesting we try and get this information from the police?" he asked, his voice lacking any enthusiasm whatsoever.

"They might have more evidence," Benji got that defensive look he always had when his ideas were being doubted. "All we have is one short video which doesn't lead us anywhere. It's obviously just a small part of what they have access to".

"But look at this secrecy, Benji," Brandt argued softly. "We have no idea what policemen to talk to or where to go even if we do manage to infiltrate their forces".

Benji rubbed his face.

"You are not going to impersonate him, are you?" Jane asked incredulously, her attentive gaze never leaving the blond man's features.

"No," Benji replied, obviously having had the idea in his mind. "It might only raise a lot of unnecessary questions and suspicions. We need to find another way. That would be our last resort…"

"Jesus, you are actually considering this!" Brandt exclaimed. "That's ridiculous! We don't even know what his role in this was! And whether he had a role in this story at all!"

"Which is why I said we need to find another way," Benji also raised his voice before falling silent as he remembered that the front door was missing and the conversation could be heard by anyone.

"Okay," Ethan broke in, hoping to turn the tension down. "Benji, did anyone in the IMF know about your brother?"

"Of course," Benji would have rolled his eyes but he tried to keep his nerves under control so much that his voice was almost completely emotionless. "It wasn't like he was hiding in a cave all this time. He made headlines a few times actually. Our agents in Britain knew about him very well".

Ethan nodded. Somewhere deep down inside he felt a bit offended by the fact that absolutely random people knew more about Benji's family than his closest friends did. But now was not the time to think about that.

"We're gonna contact those agents and see what they know," the team leader continued. "Maybe they know what your brother has been up to. What's his name, by the way?"

"Nick," Benji let his chin rest on his hands as he put his elbows on the table, staring in front of him melancholically. "I mean, Nicholas. Nicholas Angel".