Mouse stretches as she is slowly wakeing-up. She looks towards the window in the bedroom she slept in last night. She enjoyed the Broadway show she went and saw last night. She just lay there and stares up at the ceiling. She was trying to motivate herself to get out of bed. She lays there for a few more minutes, before getting up and slipping her house robe on.

She walks into the kitchen and looks through the cabinets. She wanted to see what breakfast items her uncle had the place stock with. She spotted some of her favorites from home and some American coffee as well.

She takes one of the K cups of dark roast and put it in the coffee brewer. It was a good thing she knew how to operate one of these machines. While the coffee brews, she looks inside the refrigerator and takes out everything she needed to make an American breakfast.

She starts cooking breakfast, while she sips her coffee. It was a good thing her mother made her learn how to cook. The first time she cooked something to eat, she smoked the kitchen up. Her mother made her clean the kitchen up afterward as punishment.

Once her breakfast was ready, Mouse sits down and turn the television on. She enjoyed watching the news when she had time to eat breakfast. She couldn’t believe some of the things going on in America currently.

Mouse looks at her cellphone to see what her agenda was for today. She wanted to visit Ellis Island and a few more museums. She was thinking about going to Atlantic City and doing some gambling while she was on vacation.

Mouse finishes her breakfast and cleans the kitchen up, before heading to the bedroom. She strips out of her nightclothes and steps into the bathroom and takes a nice relaxing shower. She spends some time in the shower before the water starts getting cold.

Once she was done with her shower and getting dress. She decided to go to Ellis Island and visit some more museums as well. She grabs her purse and key to the apartment and heads down to take a cab. She’ll drive the Charger when she goes to Atlantic City tomorrow.

Mouse manages to flag down a cab. The driver was an overweight bloke with a bald spot in the middle of his black hair.

“Where to, ma’am?” Steve had spotted a cute young woman with emo style coloring standing in front of a high-class apartment building.

“Ellis Island please.” Mouse looks at the interior of the cab and notices it wasn’t as well maintained like the ones in England.

“Ellis Island.” Steve presses the meter and starts driving towards the place.

He noticed that the young lady had a British accent in her speech. He looks at her in the rearview mirror “so, what part of England are you from?”

“What makes you say, I’m from England?” Mouse had a smirk on her face.

“Your accent. You have a British accent.” Steve has heard a few different accents during his years as a taxi driver.

“I’m from London. Since you know a little about me, what part of the city are you from?”

“Queens, New York. Born and raised.”

“Which community Belle Harbor or Breezy Point?” Mouse did a little research on New York and the different cultures.

“Breezy Point.”

“So, that would make you Irish-American.” Mouse looks at Steve in the rear-mirror.

“I have some Irish in me. However, I’m mostly German. My father was third-generation German.”

“The Germans are nice people.” Mouse remembered going to visit a friend of her mother’s in Germany.

Steve manages to deliver Mouse to Ellis Island. He figures, depending on how long she was going to be, he could wait around for her.

“If you want, I could wait around for you.” Steve turns to look at Mouse.

“How much to hire you for the rest of the day?” Mouse figures it might be a good idea.

“How does two hundred- and fifty-dollars sound to you?” Steve figures that would cover what he would lose waiting on her.

“It’s a little steep, but it would be nice not to have to wait on someone. Do you take credit cards?” Mouse was about to pull her card out.

“Yes ma’am.” Steve picks up the card reader and hands it to Mouse.

Mouse puts her card into the chip reader and follows the directions on the screen. After she is finished, she puts her card away.

“Here you go, I shouldn’t be too long.” Mouse hands the reader back to Steve.

“Okay, I’ll be right here waiting on you.” Steve watches as Mouse leaves, before pulling his Fire Kindle out to read.

Mouse goes and enjoys herself. She stands in line to go inside the statue. She pulls her camera out and takes lots of pictures of the island and from the Statue. She spends several hours or more at Ellis island. Afterward, she heads back to where Steve was parked.

She notices Steve was reading something when she gets back to the cab. She gets in and makes herself comfortable.

“Sorry, for keeping you waiting so long, Steve.”

“You’re fine. It gave me time to catch up on a murder mystery I’ve been wanting to read. So, where to now?” Steve turns to look at Mouse.

“How about I treat you to some lunch?” Mouse had a smile on her face.

“Sounds like a plan. If you trust my judgment, I know the perfect place.”

“I trust you.” Mouse sits back and lets Steve surprise her.

Steve starts the cab and heads for one of his favorite pubs. He figures with her being British, she might like a nice pub lunch. The place he goes to wasn’t too far from where they were.

“Here you go. I think you’ll like this place.” Steve finds a nice parking spot and escorts Mouse into the pub.

The pub they stopped at had a unique collection of bar food. Mouse noticed that some of them matched what the pubs in London served. She
chooses something that was more American. She looks at Steve “choose whatever you would like. It’s on me.”

“Thanks.” Steve spots his normal.

“Have you decided what you would like to order?” Emilly had come over to see what her customers wanted.

“I’ll have your beer batter fish and chips, with a sweet iced tea, please.” Mouse closes her menu.

Emilly looks at Steve “I’ll have your bangers and mash.”

Emilly writes the order down “what would you like to drink?”

“A sweet iced tea would be nice.” Steve figures he would be safe.

He would like a Guinness, but he was driving. He looks at Mouse “so, how long are you going to be in America?”

“For a week or two. I still haven’t decided yet.” Mouse knew she could only stay for the time she put in for.

“Are you here just for pleasure?” Steve was curious about Mouse.

“I’m visiting my family and enjoying some downtime.” Mouse didn’t mind telling Steve a little about herself.

After a while, their waitress comes back with their drinks and later with their food. They enjoy the food, making small talk as they ate. Mouse does order dessert for them.

After they pay and leave a hefty tip for their waitress. Steve takes Mouse to the museum she wanted to visit. He does join her inside, instead of sitting out in his cab. He was never the artistry type but enjoys what they were looking at.

“Well, I have had fun today, Steve. Thanks for being my driver.” Mouse watches as Steve drops her off in front of the apartment building.

“You’re welcome and thank you for everything as well. I had fun with you today.” Steve loved everything they did and the food they had.

“You’re welcome. See you later.” Mouse gets out and head inside the building and up to her apartment.

Mouse checks into the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. She informed her Aunt Anika that she was going to spend two nights in Atlantic City. She had booked a suite in the South Tower Apollo Ocean suite, which gave her a nice view of the ocean.

She walks over towards the huge window and moves the curtain aside to look out towards the ocean. She loved how clear the day was and spotted people out on the water, enjoying their sailboats and such.

Mouse unpacks what clothes she brought with her and put them away. She takes some of the money she brought with her and put half in the safe in the suite. She only brought five thousand of her own earned money to gamble with. She wasn’t going to do any gambling right away. She wanted to see some of the attractions on the boardwalk.

She grabs her shades, purse, and head down to the lobby. She had her cellphone with her, and it was linked to her earpiece. She breathes in the warm sea air and walks along the boardwalk. She couldn’t believe how warm and sunny it was. She had her shades on and was glad she brought them with her.

The first place she stops is Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Attraction. She pays the thirteen-dollar cover fee and walks around inside. She wishes her best friend had come with her because she knew she was into the strange and unusual type of stuff.

Mouse takes plenty of pictures for her friend and buys some souvenirs for her and her mother. The next place she stops at is an old fashion arcade that dated back to the fifties and forties. She looks at some of the old machines that have been refurbished. A smile appears on her face, as she thinks about teasing a few of her uncle’s and mother. Saying that she found something older than them.

She tries a funnel cake and loves it. Around two in the afternoon she stops and has lunch at a nice hot dog place. She had read about the place while planning her vacation. She visits the Korean War Memorial. Some of her relatives had been involved in that conflict. She knew there has been someone from the Bounty family involved in all sorts of conflicts in the world. Her mother gave her a history lesson about the family and how they were descendants from when the Romans came to Ireland.

She might not be related to her aunts and uncles by blood and genetics, but she was still considered a Bounty. Well, she was related to her mother by blood. They shared the same rare blood type. That brings a smile to her face as she continues exploring. She keeps exploring, before heading back to the Hard Rock by late afternoon.

She goes to her suite first to drop off the items she bought to take back to England with her. She takes some money out of the safe to gamble with. Afterward, she heads down to one of the restaurants in the hotel to have dinner. After dinner, Mouse tries her luck at the one-arm bandits.

The first few she tries, she loses. She moves on to a few others and ends up winning ten thousand dollars on one machine and five thousand on another machine. She takes pictures of them and sends them to her mother with a smile on her face.

London, England:
Countess Basset was enjoying a nice quiet evening. It wasn’t often she had an evening to herself, between her work and obligations with the Royal family. She was reading an old German novel when her cellphone beeps alerting her a text had arrived. She looks at it and notices it was from her daughter. There were two pictures of slot machines, showing her that Mouse had won fifteen thousand dollars total on the one-arm bandits.

“Congratulations sweetie! Your vacation is paid for. Don’t forget to transfer the money to your account.”

Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA:
Mouse hears her cellphone beep. She looks at the message from her mother and smiles. She starts typing a replay to her.

London, England:
“I won’t forget, mom. Love you.”

Mouse puts her cellphone away. She wanted to try her luck at poker. She used to be pretty good. She learned from some friends when she was younger and was running the streets. She finds a table that has nothing but men at it.

“Do you gentlemen mind if I join you?” Mouse looks at all the men.

“Not at all, little lady.” Jerald looks at the young woman with strange colored hair and an English accent.

The other men look at Mouse “not at all. I hope you don’t mind losing money.”

“Well, I prefer to win money, but if I have to lose to win. I don’t mind.” Mouse takes a seat and flag a waitress down.

She orders a drink and turns her attention back to the men at the table. The guy that spoke to her first, she noticed he had a Texas accent. She remembers meeting Bart and he had the same accent to his speech. The second guy that spoke didn’t have an accent to his speech.

In the first few hands, she has bad luck. She does observe the other players, as she plays. She knew they were doing the same to her. She just smiles at them. By the time she gets to her sixth hand, she wins some of the money she lost back.

“Looks like your luck is changing.” The Texas guy smiles at Mouse.

“Maybe, the night isn’t over yet.” She smiles back at him.

Mouse flags down her waitress and gets a refill on her drink. She knew to take it easy because she could get drunk easily. In the next few hands, the winning goes from one player to another player. She manages to win four more times.

“Well, gentlemen, it's been fun.” As Mouse covers up a yawn.

“I have to agree with you. It’s been fun playing against you.” The Texas guy smiles at Mouse.

Mouse collects her winning, which came to thirty thousand dollars. She started with five thousand dollars. She heads up to her suite and put the money in the safe. She covers up another yawn as she strips out of her clothes and slips her nightgown on. She was enjoying herself, but wish she had someone else with her to enjoy her vacation with.

She crawls into bed and slowly falls asleep. When Mouse wakes-up, she gets dressed and order a light breakfast. She figures she’ll visit the art gallery and see what they have for sale. Her mother helped install a love of art in her.

Once Mouse eats her breakfast, she grabs her purse and heads towards the art gallery. Along the route to the gallery, she passes a young woman drawing people’s pictures. She stops and observes her. She liked what the young woman was doing. When the young woman was done.

“Your technique is really good. Did you go to school to learn how to draw?” Mouse watches the young woman.

“No ma’am, I’m self-taught.” Cindy brushes aside a lock of her dark brown hair.

“Well, I think you do good, for someone self-taught.”

“Thank you. Would you like your portrait done?” Cindy liked the woman standing in front of her.

“Why not. My mother back in England will love it.” Mouse walks around and sits in the chair in front of the young woman.

“So, you’re from England?” Cindy grabs her pencil and starts drawing.

“Yes, I’m over here on vacation. By the way, you can call me Mouse.”

A smirk appears on Cindy’s face “I’m Cindy, Mouse. It’s nice to meet you.”

Cindy starts drawing Mouse’s picture. She wonders why she was named Mouse. She could tell just from watching Mouse, that she was aware of everything going on around her. She works on the picture, capturing Mouse’s image.

Mouse sits still and waits for the young artist to finish. She watches the people around her as they walk by. Events from her past and things her mother taught her, made it a habit for her.

After a while “it's finished. I hope you like it.” Cindy turns the picture around to show Mouse.

Mouse looks at the picture and loved it. Cindy did a really good job at capturing her facial features and eyes.

“You did a really good job, Cindy.” Mouse couldn’t wait to send it home to her mother.

She reaches into her purse and pulls out a thousand dollars. She knew Cindy wasn’t charging people much money for the drawings, but she felt the young woman did a really good job.

“Here, take this, Cindy.” Mouse hands the money to Cindy.

Cindy looks at the money and notices it was more than what she was asking “it's too much. I can’t take it.”

“Cindy, you did an incredible job at capturing me. Please, I want you to have this money.” Mouse kept holding it out to Cindy.

“Thank you.” Cindy accepts the money.

“You’re welcome.” Mouse accepts the picture.

“Here’s one of my business cards. If you ever need anything, feel free to call me.” Mouse hands the business card to Cindy.

Cindy accepts it and notices it had a female mouse lady leaning against the edge of the card. It had Mouse’s full name and a phone number on it. The lettering was raised and in gold.

“Just one question Mouse. How are you going to help me if you’re in England?” Cindy looks at Mouse with a puzzled looked on her face.

“I have relatives that live in New York and other places. Trust me, I’ll be able to help you.” Mouse smiles at Cindy.

Cindy wonders who Mouse was and why there was a female mouse lady on the card. Then it dawns on her, that the female mouse woman represents Mouse herself. She watches as Mouse walks off with the picture she just did.

Mouse does end up going to the art gallery and buying several pieces of art. She arranges to have them sent to her mother's house in England. After she leaves the art gallery, she stops and buys a container to mail the picture Cindy did, home to her mother.

The rest of the day, she explores some more, before trying her luck at another casino. She was going to try her luck again on the one arm bandits and poker.

Mouse was enjoying the drive back to New York. She woke up early and checked out before she had to. She could have extended her stay, but there were other things she wanted to do. A smile appears on her face as she thinks about the men she played against at the other casino.
They couldn’t believe a little ole girl like her could beat them. She walked away from that game with close to forty thousand dollars.

One player had given her a dirty look when she won the last hand with a royal flush. He had a good hand and would have won if she hadn’t had the royal flush in her hand. It doesn’t take her long to arrive back at her uncle’s condo in New York.

She takes everything upstairs to be washed. She might go out later for lunch, if there wasn’t anything on hand she felt like cooking. She takes her shoes off as soon as she enters the apartment. She heads towards the laundry room, to get her laundry going.

While the laundry is going, she takes the money she brought back with her and put it in the wall safe. Once the money was put away, she walks into the kitchen to fix herself a coffee to drink. While the coffee is brewing, she pulls her work laptop out and checks in with MI 6 to let them know she was still alive. She also answers some emails that were sent to her.

Some of them were simple requests that she could do from where she was. She logs into the MI 6 network and goes to work. There were a few requests she’ll have to do from her station at work. She forwards those requests to her supervisor. He could handle those requests until she comes back to work. Once she was done, answering emails, and fixing minor problems. She gets up and grab her coffee cup and sit back down at her laptop.

Mouse logs off the MI 6 network and browses the web for a while. She was looking for what restaurants were nearby. She didn’t want anything that was British or Irish. She could get those at home. She locates a nice Mexican restaurant that was within walking distance of her location.

Mouse finishes her coffee and locates the restaurant. There were some high-end stores nearby, that she wanted to checkout. She heads back into the laundry room and moves her laundry from the washer to the drier. Once that task was done, Mouse grabs her purse and heads out of the condo.

When she exits the building, she walks up to where the crosswalk was and crosses when it tells her. She had to go up a whole block before she came to one of the stores she wanted to check out. She walks into the place and notices right away that it was a very high-end place.

“Can I help you Mrs.?” Betty noticed an emo color hair girl wearing middle-class clothes walk into her store.

“I’m fine, thank you.” Mouse spots a nice pant set that would make her look more professional at work.

She walks over to it and looks at it. Her mother taught her what to look for when she was in high-end stores. The cut of the pant set seems to be perfect for her body. The suit jacket that went with it, looked to be about her size.

She turns around to look at the woman that spoke to her when she entered the store. She spots her watching her “excuse me, but do you have this in a size 2?”

Betty walks over to Mouse and looks at her. She didn’t see anything special about the young woman. She did notice that she had a British accent.

“I think we have one in the back. Let me go and get it for you.”

“Thank you.” Mouse noticed that the woman gave her a once over, before making up her mind to help her.

She may or may not buy the pant set, depending on the woman’s attitude when she comes back. She continues to look around the store, waiting for the woman to return. She does spot several other outfits and dresses that were nice.

“Here we go, ma’am.” Betty holds up the suit set.

“Do you mind if I try it on?” Mouse looks at the suit.

“Yes. The dressing rooms are over here.” Betty escorts Mouse over to the dressing room.

Mouse steps inside and try the outfit on. It fit her perfectly and she loved how it was made. She slips her normal clothes back on and steps out with the pant set. She looks at Betty “if you have two more, I would like those as well. I would also, like them delivered to the building I am staying at.”

“There will be a charge for the delivery.” Betty didn’t mind to delivery the purchases.

“That’s fine. Just tell the person at the door, the delivery is for Mr. Bounty. He’ll know what to do with it.”

Betty writes the instructions down. She adds two more suits to the first one. Betty rings the purchases up and gives Mouse the total.

Mouse hands her credit to Betty. She watches her carefully and signs the receipt after checking everything.

“If you need anything else, ma’am. Please feel free to come back.” Betty loved the sale she just had.

“I will, thank you.” Mouse tucks the receipt into her purse and heads out of the store.

She leaves the store and walks down the sidewalk. She stops every once-in-awhile to window shop. She spots a young girl sitting next to one of the buildings. People walked by her, just ignoring her. She walks up to the girl and notices she had a sign in front of her asking for money and a job.

Lilly was feeling lightheaded and hungry. She hasn’t had anything to eat for the past three days. All the money she had, had been taken from her, by some bullies. Her chest still hurt, where they punched her. She notices a shadow fall on her.

She looks up and saw a nice woman with emo-colored hair looking down at her. She wonders if she’ll be nice and help her. She hasn’t had any luck since a few days ago.

Mouse looks down at the young woman. She looked like someone had beaten her. She noticed the black eye she had. She doesn’t know what she can do, but she knew what living on the streets was like.

“When is the last time you have had a nice meal?” Mouse figures the girl could use a nice meal.

“I haven’t eaten anything in the last three days.” Lilly looked at the young woman standing in front of her.

“Well???” As Mouse looks at the young woman.

“Lilly, my name is Lilly.”

“Well Lilly, my name is Mouse and today is your lucky day. I’m on my way to have some lunch. I wouldn’t mind some company if you wouldn’t mind joining me.” Mouse extends her hand to the young woman.

“I would be honored.” Lilly takes the young woman’s hand.

“Grab your stuff and come with me.” Mouse smiles at the young woman.

“Yes ma’am.” Lilly grabs her garbage bag, which had everything she owned in it.

Lilly follows Mouse down to a Mexican restaurant. She knew the place and knew the owner didn’t like her. She stops, just before she walks into the place.

Mouse noticed that Lilly had stopped at the door. She turns around to look at her “don’t you like Mexican food?”

“Yes ma’am, I do. But the owner of the place doesn’t like me and won’t let me into the place.”

“We’ll see about that.” Mouse takes Lilly’s hand and pulls her into the restaurant.

Mouse walks into the place holding Lilly’s hand. Just as they walk into the place. An older man comes walking up to her and Lilly.

“I told you girl, that you aren’t welcome in here. Carry your disease self out of here, NOW!” Jorge didn’t want his fine restaurant soiled by the street trash.

“Excuse me? How dare you talk to a guest of mine in that tone. You will apology or I will report your rude attitude to the whole wide world.”
Mouse didn’t like the way this guy spoke to Lilly.

Lilly would have fled from the restaurant, but Mouse still held her hand. She also noticed that Mouse’s speech became more royal and British in the way she spoke. She never had anyone stand up for her before.

Jorge looks at the emo color hire girl “who do you think you are, telling me what to do?” He steps closer to Mouse.

Mouse step closer and got right in the guy's face “I’m a paying customer, and you don’t treat customers this way. I don’t know what your problem is with my guest, but if you don’t want your business ruined, you’ll apologize to her and show us a table.”

Jorge noticed the thick British accent in the woman’s speech. He also noticed she was commanding as well. He didn’t think he could bully her, but he wasn’t going to bend.

“You can leave this restaurant with that street trash as well. I reserve the right to serve who I want to.” Jorge wasn’t bending or backing down.

“Fine! I know a better restaurant and its head chef. Chef Brandis will be more than happy to serve us. Come, Lilly, let’s go.”

Jorge stops in his tracks. Chef Brandis was a well-known and respected chef in New York. His restaurants have won several awards for their food and service.

“Wait, how do you know Chef Brandis?” Jorge wanted to know.

“It doesn’t matter. It's too late for you.” Mouse wouldn’t eat at this restaurant now.

Mouse walks out of the restaurant, dragging Lilly with her. She spots a cab and waves it down.

“I’m sorry about what happened.” Lilly felt bad about them being thrown out.

“It’s not your fault, Lilly. No one should be treated like he was treating you.” Mouse knew how Lilly must feel now. No one likes to be treated like they weren’t human.

“Here we are, ladies.” The cab driver pulls in front of the restaurant Chef Brandis owned.

Mouse pays the fare in cash. She exists first and waits for Lilly to exist. She watches as Lilly gets out with her garbage bag in hand.

Lilly was nervous as she follows Mouse into the restaurant. When they walk in, they are greeted by a young woman “how many in your party?”

“Just two. By the way, is Chef Brandis here today?”

“He never leaves, unless my mom makes him.”

“You’re his daughter?” Mouse didn’t know that.

“Yes, I’m his and Shigeko adopted daughter. My parents just adopted me, about three months ago.” Cindy was happy she had parents who loved her now.

“That I didn’t know.” Mouse was curious now.

“Well, if you’ll follow me, please.” Cindy grabs some menus and escorts Mouse and her friend to one of the tables reserve for her father’s friends.

“Your server will be over in a few minutes. Is there anything special you would like?”

“Sweet Iced Tea for me. What would you like Lilly?” Mouse looks at Lilly.

“I’ll have the same thing as well.” Lilly smiles at Mouse.

“Alright, I’ll have your drinks brought to you.”

“Thanks, Cindy.”

Cindy smiles and walks off. Once she was gone, Mouse looks at Lilly “order whatever you want, Lilly. I don’t mind.”

“Thank you, Mouse.” Lilly looks at the menu and spots several dishes she would love to eat.

Their waitress shows up to take their order and deliver their drinks. After she leaves, Mouse looks at Lilly “here is my job offer to you. I’m on vacation and so far, it’s been alright. However, it has also been kind of boring as well. I have no one to talk to about the places I go, and I get lonely not having someone traveling with me. So, I’ll pay you to travel with me and give you money to buy whatever you like. I’ll also provide room and board as well.”

“What am I supposed to do after your done with your vacation?” Lilly didn’t want to seem ungrateful, but she wanted something long-term.

“Well, I have contacts here in the United States that could help you out or you could come back to England. If you come back to England, my mother could hire you to work at our place or we know people who would be willing to hire you. If you don’t like England, I’ll pay for you to come back to the states and give you enough money to survive for a few months. So, what do you think?”

“It’s a nice offer. Do you mind if I think about it?”

“Sure. You have until my vacation is over to decide. So, what do you want to eat?”

When their waitress comes back to take their order. Lilly orders a nice steak lunch with all the fixings. Mouse told her to get whatever she
wanted. Mouse orders a fancy fish dish, she has never had before. She also orders an appetizer for them to munch on until their order arrives.

When the appetizer arrives, Lilly started to salivate. She inhales the aroma from the food and held it.

“Enjoying the smell?” Mouse had seen the look on Lilly’s face.

“Yes, it has been six months since I have enjoyed something as good as this.” Lilly tries not to think about what the last six months have been for her.

“You know, I can sort of understanding what you might have gone through. When I was younger, I use to roam the streets and joined a gang made up of other runaways and homeless kids. I’m not proud to say I committed a lot of crimes; I should have been arrested for.”

“What got you off the streets?” Lilly was curious about Mouse.

“My adopted mother did. She worked for MI 5 and was investigating who was hacking into the camera system London has.”

“Let me guess, you were the hacker?” Lilly looks at Mouse.

“Yep, I was the hacker. The leader of the gang I was in thought I should be punished. So, I was secured to a pole and raped by several male members of my gang and shot afterward. If my adopted mother hadn’t come along when she did, I would be dead. I still would have died
anyway, because I have a very rare blood type and only 0.6% of people have my type of blood. I was lucky that my adopted mother had my blood type.”

“So, your mother was the agent investigating your gang and she had the same blood type as you. That was luckily for you.”

“Yeah, I was very lucky that day. I was also lucky that she adopted me as her daughter as well.” Mouse was happy the countess adopted her and made her part of her family.

“So, what type of work do you do now?” Lilly takes a bite of her steak.

“I’m a computer expert. I have a natural talent for it. I can also speak twelve different languages as well.” Mouse moans from taking a bite of her fish.

“Damn, I can only speak two languages, English and Spanish.”

“Well, don’t worry about it. You’ll be speaking the Queen’s English in London if you decide to come back to England with me.”

The rest of lunch, Lilly enjoys. She finishes everything on her plate and the appetizers as well. She orders some dessert with Mouse's encouragement. Afterward, all she wanted to do was soak in a nice hot tub.

Mouse escorts Lilly back to the condo she was staying at. She noticed how sleepy Lilly was looking. When they arrive at the apartment after Mouse picks up her delivery.

“Look, why don’t you strip out of everything you have on and wear something of mine. I’ll toss them into the washer.”

“Thanks, Mouse.” Lilly heads into the bedroom across from Mouses.

Lilly takes everything she has to own off and lets them drop to the floor. She couldn’t wait to soak for a while.

“Here’s something of mine that should fit you.” Mouse walks into the bedroom with some clothes in her hands.

She stops when she sees that Lilly is naked. She also notices that Lilly had male bits, but moderate size breasts.

“I hope you're not changing your mind.” Lilly knew some people didn’t like people like her.

Mouse just smirks “no, Lilly you’re fine here. I have cousins that used to be like you.”

“Are you sure? I know, some people don’t like who I am.” Lilly hopes Mouse meant what she said.

Mouse steps up to Lilly “I meant every word I said. You’re safe here and I don’t mind. Now, go take a nice hot bath and use whatever you find in the bathroom. While you’re doing that, I’ll take what clothes you have and wash them. We’ll go out tomorrow and buy you some new clothes.”

“Thank you, Mouse.” Tears leak from Lilly’s eyes.

“You’re welcome. Now, go and take a bath.” Mouse starts picking up all of Lilly’s clothes to wash them.

Lilly grabs a clean robe from the stack that Mouse brought into her bedroom and head towards the bathroom.

Lilly wakes up and stretches as she stares up at the ceiling above her. She felt so energized and rested, which was something she hasn’t felt in a while. She slides out of bed and slips the robe that Mouse gave her to wear.

She wonders if Mouse was already up and about as she heads towards the kitchen. When she walks into the kitchen, she spots Mouse talking to a young girl dressed in a black lace bodysuit and faded blue jeans. The blue jeans looked like someone had painted them onto the girl. She had dark brown hair that was cut short.

“I hope I’m not interrupting anything.”

“You’re not Lilly. This is Katja and she is a courier that works for my uncle. Katja, this is my new friend Lilly.”

“It's nice to meet you, Lilly.” Katja holds her petite hand out to shake Lilly’s.

Lilly notices that when she goes to shake Katja’s hand, that her fingernails were painted a coppery red color. She wonders why Katja painted her nails that color.

“That’s a unique color on your fingernails.”

“Thanks, it's one of my favorite colors.” A friendly smile appears on Katja’s angelic face.

Lilly couldn’t believe how young and angelic Katja looked. She couldn’t be any more than thirteen or fourteen years old. She had the physical build of a gymnast.

“Well, I better get going. I have several more stops I need to make. It was nice meeting you, Lilly.”

“And you as well, Katja.” Lilly watches as Katja leaves the apartment.

“There’s coffee and whatever you would like for breakfast, Lilly.” Mouse figures Lilly could decide what she wanted to eat.

“Thanks.” Lilly walks into the kitchen and looks at what was available to make breakfast for herself.

Lilly noticed the kitchen and refrigerator were well stocked. She grabs a few items to make a breakfast sandwich of eggs, bacon, and cheese
on toasted bread slices. As she is cooking, she notices that Mouse was watching her.

“What?”

“Nothing, you just seem so domesticated.” Mouse had a playful smile on her face.

“I enjoy cooking. I use to do it a lot when I had a place of my own.” Lilly misses her old place and all the things she had to give away.

“Well, you can always get a new place and start again. Also, I figure today I would treat you to a full-body makeover at one of those Japanese spas I have heard so much about, and afterward, we can go shopping and update your wardrobe.” Mouse saw what condition Lilly’s clothes were when she took them out of the dryer and Lilly was going to need a major upgrade.

“Mouse, why are you willing to spend so much money on me?” Lilly looks at Mouse and her unusual haircut and coloring.

“Because, like I told you before. My adopted mother took a London street rat off the streets of London and gave her a better life. I am only
trying to pass on what was done for me to someone who needs it now. Besides, it's nice to be pampered every once in a while.” Mouse had a sweet smile on her face.

“I just don’t want to be treated as a charity case is all.”

“Oh, you’re not. Trust me on that one. When your done eating breakfast, we’ll leave and go to the spa. We’re also going to have lunch with my
aunt Anika later on this afternoon.” Mouse had received a text from her aunt, inviting her and her new friend to lunch.

A few hours later, Lilly and Mouse were in one of the most expensive dress shops in New York city with Lilly trying on outfit after outfit on. Mouse was checking her out and looking at which outfits look good on Lilly and which ones didn’t.

“How does this one look, on me?” Lilly turns slowly so Mouse good check her out.

“That one looks better than the first two before it. That one is a keeper.” Mouse liked how Lilly looked in it.

“Cool.” Lilly liked the outfit she had on.

She has stopped looking at the prices after the first few she tried on. Mouse told her not to worry about how much the clothes were going to cost. She had it covered. That also included the shoes to go with the outfits.

Lilly tries on a few more outfits before Mouse reminds her, they were having lunch with her aunt. Lilly goes to change out of the outfit she had on.

“Lilly, pick out one of your new outfits to wear to lunch.” Mouse remembered they were going to a high-end restaurant for lunch.

“Okay.” Lilly looks at all the new clothing she and Mouse picked out. She chooses a nice off-the-shoulder dress.

She puts the dress on and looks around for the shoes they found to go with it. After searching for them after a while, she finds them. She puts the shoes on and carries everything up and takes it to the cashier.

After checking out, Mouse puts all of Lilly’s new purchases in the trunk of the Charger she was driving. She liked how Lilly was dressed. She looked like a respectable businesswoman.

Dominic’s Steak:
Anika looks at the little girl she was holding in her arms. Aylin had found her in a dumpster with her umbilical cord and placenta still attached to her. Someone had placed her inside a trash bag and tossed it into the dumpster. If Aylin hadn’t heard her whimper while chasing after a crook, she would have died.

Anika couldn’t believe how quiet she was while being held. The doctor Aylin and Mark took her too, hadn’t found anything wrong with her. Her hair color looked to be heading towards a strawberry red color. It was still too early to tell, but the child had red hair with some blonde highlights mixed into it. She had fair skin and the brightest green eyes Anika has ever seen.

Anika just stares into Kiera’s bright green eyes “you were lucky your big sister came along when she did, Kiera.”

The little girl just looks up at Anika. A smile appears on her face as she yawns.

“Hey Aunt Anika, watch you got in your hands?” Mouse looks at her aunt, as she sits down.

Lilly sits down across the table from Anika. She notices that she was holding a little red-haired girl in her arms. She wonders whose child she was. Because Anika had shoulder-length blonde hair.

“My new daughter.” Anika looks at Mouse and her new friend.

The woman looked to be in her early twenties. She also noticed she was watching her as well. A smile appears on Anika’s face.

“You’re new daughter? When did this happen?” Mouse was curious.

“While you were away gambling in New Jersey. Aylin found the poor child abandoned and thrown into a dumpster.”

“Did the baby still have her cord and placenta still attached to her?” Lilly was curious.

“Yes, why?” Anika looks at Lilly for an answer.

“Sometimes, girls who got pregnant by their boyfriends or lovers will give birth and toss the child into the trash. I’ve seen it done a few times while living on the streets.” Lilly figures Anika must already know a little bit about her, being Mouse’s aunt.

“Don’t they know there are safe havens where they can leave the child, with no questions asked?” Anika couldn’t believe a mother could be so foolhardy to do something like that.

“You’re talking about scared teenage girls or women who don’t want their parents or lovers to find out.” Lilly has seen a lot on the streets.

“Still, that’s no excuse.” Anika looks down at Keira.

“Have you told my mother and uncle Jack yet?” Mouse looks over at the little girl.

“Nope, the only people who know are Aylin and her boyfriend. None of my other agents know yet.” Anika hasn’t told any of her team yet.

“Well, if you don’t tell grandma that you are adding a new member to the family, she’s going to be upset and she’ll want to meet your new child as well.” Mouse knew how her grandmother felt about wanting to meet her new children and grandchildren.

“You, young lady know too much.” Anika smiles at Mouse.

“That’s because I spend time with grandma. How about you Lilly? Did you ever spend time with your grandmother?” Mouse was curious about her new friend.

“As much as I could, before she died a few years ago, in her sleep.” Lilly misses her grandmother.

Their waitress shows up to take their order.

Zoey tosses and turns as images filter through her dreams warning her of upcoming danger and past dangers. The image of her father being tortured to death in his home office, while she watched from her hiding spot. The thundering sound of the gun going off. She felt the pain her father suffered and then nothing as his life slipped away.

A loud clap of thunder wakes her from her dreams. She sits up in bed and looks around her. It takes her mind a few seconds to register where she was. She looks around the plain-looking room, as she sat in bed while the covers pooled around her.

She glances over towards her art easel that had a painting on it that she has been working on lately. She walks over to it and removes the sheet covering it. The painting was of a young woman with multi-color emo color hair. She had neon blue coloring fading down to a neon purple color at the end of her hair. She also had a stylish pair of gold rim color glasses that framed her very observant eyes.

A humanoid female mouse was sitting on her shoulder dressed like James Bond. Sitting next to the young-looking woman was another woman with short dark brown hair and a kind face. She was dress as if she was a schoolteacher. They were in a car traveling on a highway with rain coming down.

Zoey didn’t know why these two women were important, but she knew they could be trusted to help her and US Marshall Weather. She knew Marshal Weather came from a family of famous US Marshal’s. His mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great, great grandmother were all former US Marshal’s.

She covers the painting up and walks over to the window. She moves the curtain aside to watch the rain as it came down. The danger was coming and she would have to leave the safety of this room. She didn’t know how soon danger was going to come, but she could feel it.

Zoey turns around and walks back over to the suitcase she has been living out of for the past few months. She changes out of her nightgown and puts on a plain light color t-shirt. Which she hated to wear and a pair of faded blue jeans. She puts on a pair of socks and starts packing everything up, so she and agent Weather can leave quickly. She wonders where he is going to take her this time.

Chris was half asleep when his cellphone starts ringing. He picks it up and recognizes the number. It was his cousin Katja from New York
“hello?”

“You need to get out of where you are, right now, Chris.” Katja fires back at the guy trying to shoot her.

Chris could hear that a gunfight was going on in the background. He sits up “how in the hell did they find out where we are?”

“There’s a snitch in the US Attorney office. I don’t have a name yet, but I traced it back to that office.” Katja had followed up on a lead from an informant she trusted.

“How long do I have?” Chris slips his shoes back on and rushes to Zoey’s bedroom. He doesn’t bother knocking, as he rushes in.

“I would say at least twenty minutes or less.” Katja couldn’t give Chris an exact time frame.

“Alright, thanks.” Chris ends the call. He finally notices that Zoey was already, ready to go.

Zoey looks at Agent Weather when he burst into her bedroom. She saw the look on his face as he talked with someone on his cellphone. She also noticed how worried he looked.

“We have to go, Zoey. But you already knew that didn’t you?” He noticed all her stuff was packed and ready to go.

Zoey shakes her head yes. She was born mute, but not deaf. It was frustrating at times because Agent Weather didn’t know much sign language and she had to teach him. She had to concentrate to read his lips when he spoke to her.

She grabs her bags and art supplies and follows Marshal Weather out of the hotel room they had been staying in. The place was low class and out in the slums. They rush down to the SUV Marshal Weather was driving, during the downpour that was coming down.

Just as they were backing up and pulling away from the parking spot. Two dark color SUV’s come speeding up to block them in. Bullets hit the front end of the SUV Marshal Weather and Zoey were in, as they speed past the two other SUVs.

Chris had the gas pedal floored as they shot past the two other SUVs trying to stop them. He didn’t even bother to use the driveway and cut across the sidewalk, into oncoming traffic. He manages to make it to the on-ramp to the interstate before the other two SUVs could follow him.
The downpour from the rain also made it hard for anyone to track him.

“I hate driving in the rain.” Mouse was trying to be careful in the downpour that was coming down.

Lilly just smirks as she watches as Mouse drives the Charger. They were following the map laid out on Google map to Washington D.C. Lilly didn’t mind going to Washington D.C. and visiting some of the museums with Mouse. After all, it was Mouse, who decided to go to Washington D.C., instead of Boston.

It had only been lightly raining when they left the apartment building in New York. Mouse had the radio in the car tuned to a local station that played the type of music she and Lilly liked.

“So, Lilly what did you do before your boyfriend screwed you over?” Mouse glances at Lilly as she drove.

“I was going to school to be a schoolteacher. I’ve always wanted to become a teacher, ever since I was little. How about you? I know you said you work with computers. Has that always been your dream?” Lilly looks at Mouse.

“To be honest with you, I never knew what I wanted to do. I was too busy surviving on the streets and stealing from people. However, after I was introduced to technology by certain people. I came to enjoy the thrill of hacking into databases and governments computer systems.”
Mouse wanted to tell Lilly she was with MI 6, but she couldn’t.

“That’s strange.” Lilly spots a teenage girl jumping up and down and waving her arms in the air on the side of the road ahead of them.

Mouse looks in the direction as well and notices the girl trying to get their attention. She spotted a black SUV with smoke coming out of the engine department behind the girl. There was an older man, that was either the girl’s father or brother.

“It’s like she is trying to get your attention, Mouse.” Lilly notices the girl was looking directly at them.

Chris couldn’t believe his luck. They had managed to get fifty miles away from where they had been staying when the engine in his SUV locked up. He managed to pull it over out of traffic onto the emergency lane.

He turns and looks at Zoey “stay here and keep the doors lock.”

Chris gets out of the SUV and walks around towards the front of the SUV. The rain was still coming down, but not as heavy as before. He goes to open the hood and burn his fingers doing it. He looks at the front of the SUV and several bullet holes went through the front grille and the radiator. Not only had the bullets gone through the radiator, but also the top radiator hose and the main drive belt as well.

Steam was coming out of the broken hose and holes in the radiator. Chris couldn’t believe the luck he was having. Now his ride was damage and the people looking for them will be able to catch up.

Zoey started getting a feeling that the people she painted were approaching. She gets out of the SUV and step into the rain to look for the car she saw in her dream. The rain was heavy and was making it difficult, but she manages to spot the car.

She starts jumping up and down and waving her arms to get the driver's attention. She didn’t want them to leave her and Chris. She was tempted to run out onto the highway to force them to stop.

Chris heard the passenger side door open and shut. He looks over to that side of the SUV and spots Zoey jumping up and down. She was also waving her arms in the air like she was trying to flag someone down. He walks up to her to find out why she was doing what she was doing.

As he stops near her, the car she had been trying to flag down, pulls up behind them. He notices it was a nice-looking Dodge Charger and two good-looking women were sitting inside of it.

“Are you sure we are doing the right thing, Mouse?” Lilly looks at the young girl and the man standing behind her.

“To be honest, no I don’t. However, that girl was purposely flagging us down. I want to know why.” Mouse has never seen someone so
persistent in trying to get her attention.

Zoey runs up and over to the driver's side to look at the neon hair colored woman. She motions for her to roll her window down. She couldn’t believe the woman she has been painting was right in front of her.

Mouse rolls her window down “is everything all right?”

Zoey shakes her head no. She starts signing to Mouse that they need help because their car broke down. She could see that the neon color hair woman was watching her intently.

Mouse watches as the wet young girl signs to her. It’s been a while since she has used sign language. She makes sure to watch the girl carefully.

“So, your car broke down and you need our help?” Mouse wanted to make sure she got the message right.

Zoey smiles when Mouse repeats what she just signed. She was also looking for the little female mouse girl she saw as well. She was supposed to be right on the other woman’s shoulder.

Chris walks around to the driver's side of the car to stand next to Zoey. He looks at the two women inside the Charger “we could use your help. My SUV blew a head gasket and I need to get my sister here to Washington D.C.”

Chris figures Zoey might be safer in Washington D.C. He could get some extra help and place her under extra security, where no one could get at her.

Mouse looks at the two people and something the guy said didn’t make sense to her, but she does notice that he was standing protectively close to the young girl.

“It’s against my better judgment, but why don’t you put whatever gear you have in my trunk.”

“Thank you, ma’am.” Chris was glad this woman was willing to help them out.

“You’re welcome.” Mouse pops the trunk for the gentleman.

“Here, why don’t you come around and get in on my side.” Lilly was looking at the young girl.

She was soaking wet from the rain. She could see that the girl wasn’t wearing a bra under the t-shirt she had on, not that she needs it. Her breasts were small enough, she could go braless.

Lilly lets the girl get in first. It seemed she wanted to sit behind Mouse for some reason. She gets in the back with her as well. This way, Mouse could keep an eye on the man as he sat next to her.

Chris transfers all of Zoey’s stuff, along with his two gym bags to the trunk of the Charger. He noticed how clean the trunk was. He also noticed that there were already suitcases in the trunk. He rearranges everything, so he can get everything in and shut the trunk.

When Chris is done, he heads back towards the front of the car and notices Zoey was sitting in the back, behind the neon hair woman. The woman with dark brown hair was sitting next to her in the back. He didn’t know why, but he gets in and buckles up on the passenger side.

“Thanks for stopping and helping us.” Chris looks at the neon hair woman.

“You’re welcome and my name is Mouse, and my friend's name is Lilly.” A smile appears on her face.

“Well Mouse, thank you and your companion for stopping. I’m Chris and my sister’s name is Zoey.”

Mouse looks in the rear-view mirror at the Young girl “it’s nice meeting you, Zoey.”

Zoey just smiles at Mouse. She couldn’t believe she was meeting the two women she has been having dreams about. She also notices that Mouse had a British accent to her words.

Mouse pulls back into traffic, just as two SUVs were approaching their location.

Mouse glances up at her rearview mirror and notices two black SUVs were following her. She had gotten a few miles down the highway. When she noticed they were being followed, after picking up the man and teenage girl.

She steps on the gas pedal and increases her speed. She watches as the SUVs she spotted increase their speed as well. She looks ahead and spots two eighteen-wheelers and several other SUVs. She speeds between the two eighteen-wheelers and zig and zag between the other cars. She drops back, so she is hidden by the eighteen-wheelers.

“Mouse, what’s going on?” Lilly had noticed how Mouse was driving.

“We’ve picked up some unwanted visitors.” Mouse glances towards Chris when she says that.

Mouse drops back, so she is behind the eighteen-wheelers and slides over to get behind the SUV. It was a good thing her mother made her take an offensive and defensive drivers’ course before she got her driver’s license. She spots the two SUVs up ahead of her.

“Hold on, everybody.” Mouse stays behind the SUVs, so they don’t see her.

Her uncle’s car had a few special surprises built into it, but she didn’t want to use them right now. She watches as the SUVs speed ahead of her. She would do more to them, but she didn’t want to endanger her friend or the young girl sitting behind her.

She gets off the highway at the next exit and heads towards the Hardee’s she spotted from the highway. She pulls into the parking lot and
parks on the other side of an Rv. Once she was parked, Mouse looks at Chris with her weapon in her hand “now, tell me why those SUVs were following us?”

Chris looks at Mouse as she pointed her gun at him. He saw how she handled herself with the people following him.

“They are mercenaries that were hired to kill me and the witness I am protecting. I’m a US Marshal.”

“Show me your credentials.” Mouse didn’t like being lied to.

Chris reaches for his wallet, in his back pocket.

“Slowly.” Mouse had her gun pointed at him.

“Easy, Mouse. I’m just getting my wallet.” Chris pulls his wallet out and opens it. He shows his badge and identification card to Mouse.

Lilly watches from the back seat. She notices that Zoey was sound asleep next to her. She also didn’t know Mouse carried a gun.

Mouse takes her cellphone out and takes a picture of the id of Chris. She calls Morgana at Camelot Network Solutions.

Camelot Network Solution:
Morgana was busy breaking into another system that belonged to the Hunter’s when her private line rings. She transfers the call to her computer system “hello?”

“Hey, Morgana it's Mouse. Can you verify a person for me?”

“Sure, send me the information.” Morgana splits the screen to receive the info.

Hardee’s Parking Lot:
Mouse sends the information from her cellphone to Morgana. She waits while Morgana does the research. She watches Chris and figures her trip to Washington D.C. was now spoiled.

Her cellphone beeps letting her know the information was coming through. Mouse looks at the information and notices that everything Chris told her was true. He is a US Marshal and was assigned to protect an important witness by the name of Zoey Douglass.

Mouse puts her gun away and sends a text message to Morgana telling her thanks. She looks at Chris “you know how to spoil a girl’s vacation.”

“Sorry.”

“Now what are we going to do?” Lilly looks at Mouse.

“I’ll call my aunt and see if my uncle has a safe house near our location and head there.” Mouse dials her aunt Anika’s number.

Anika’s Townhouse:
Anika was sitting in the rocking chair Aylin bought for her at an antique store. She also bought a nice crib for her little sister. She looks down at Kiera as she held her. She was a little fussy, but she finally managed to put her asleep.

Anika gets up and lays Kiera down in her crib. Just as she lays Kiera down to sleep. Her cellphone starts ringing. She pulls it out of her pocket and notices it was Mouse’s number.

“Hi Mouse, what can I do for you?” Anika wonders why Mouse was calling her.

“I need one of Uncle Jack’s safe house locations.” Mouse couldn’t believe her vacation was ruined.

“Do I want to know why?” Anika wonders why Mouse needs one of her uncle’s safe house locations.

“It would take time to explain, Aunt Anika. But it does involve a US Marshal and his witness.”

“Alright, if you can make it to Alexandria, Va. There are three safe houses you can use. One is in downtown Alexandria that you can use.”

“Alright, send me the address to that one. I should be able to make it there.” Mouse figures she could avoid the goons looking for Chris and Zoey.

“I’m sending the information now. Let me know when you arrive, so I can give you my access code.” Anika knew Mouse wasn’t in her brother’s system yet.

“Alright.” Mouse ends the call.

“So, no museums?” Lilly was kind of disappointed.

“No museums.” Mouse starts the Charger and programs the location for Alexandria, Va.

She pulls out of the parking space and heads towards Alexandria.

60 Wolfe St, Alexandria, VA.:
Mouse covers up a yawn as she pulls into a private garage. She spots an old light blue with wood paneling caprice station wagon parked inside the garage. Standing next to the car was a middle-aged black hair woman. She looked to be wearing a dark blouse and faded blue jeans. She just watches as she parks.

Chris spots the middle-aged woman and wonders who she is. He looks towards Mouse “do you know her?”

“I have never met her before. However, if she is in this garage, she must work for my uncle.” Mouse turns the charger off.

“Stay in here, until I find out who she is.” Mouse tucks the gun into her waistband.

Mouse gets out of the charger and looks at the middle-aged woman. She looked like she could be someone’s mother or something.

“Who are you?” Mouse watches the woman.

Betty had been contacted by Anika and informed her, that her niece Mouse from England was coming to Washington D.C. She needed the Wolf street safehouse prep and prepared for her. She also wasn’t in the system and would need to be added. A picture of Anika’s niece had been sent, so Betty could identify her.

“I’m called the Housekeeper. Your uncle employs me to maintain his homes here in Alexandria.”

“So, who told you I was coming here?” Mouse didn’t think her uncle knew she was in trouble.

“Your Aunt Anika Jagger.” Betty figures that should answer Mouse’s question.

“Alright.” Mouse motions to the others inside the car.

“Wait, before your friends join us. I need to add you to the housing database. So, let’s do that first and then all of you can go inside and relax.”

“Okay.” Mouse walks over to Betty.

Betty takes a tablet out of her station wagon and plugs it into the security system. She enters her passcode, which was sixteen characters long and had numerous characters to it.

“I’m impressed with your passcode. Most people use simple passcodes.” Mouse had a smile on her face.

“I’m retired Navy and I use to work with Top Secret documents and such.” Betty was surprised when Mr. Bounty approached her with a job.

Betty takes a snapshot of Mouse and inputs it into the housing database. She goes through the process of adding it also to a few more
databases as well. She looks at Mouse “I need three things from you. The first one is a statement or saying only you know. The second, choose a character or image that represents you and the last a unique code from the symbols you will see on the pad.”

Betty hands her tablet to Mouse. She knew with Mouse was a computer expert with British Secret Service. Anika had told her when she asked why she was being added to the access list.

Mouse accepts the tablet and looks at the first one and types in a statement she has never told anyone before. The second one was easy, as she chooses her favorite humanoid muse image that was her trademark. The last one, took a few minutes to do, because she had to think of something she could remember, but make it hard for someone else to guess. Once Mouse was done with the questions and security setup, she hands the tablet back to Betty.

Betty accepts it and looks over it. She doubles and triple checks everything, before uploading the new information to the house. She taps a few buttons on the house security system.

“Alright, let’s see if everything is accepted.” She steps aside to let Mouse test it.

Mouse steps up to the system and goes through the three-step security check. It takes the system a few seconds, but it recognizes Mouse.

“You’ve been approved. I’ll be back tomorrow with supplies. How long do you think you’re going to be in Alexandria?”

“I’m not sure. Why don’t you bring about two weeks’ worth of supplies?” Mouse figures would be the best bet.

“Okay, you have three other people in your car, and one looks to be a teenager.” Betty had accessed the internal camera with her tablet.

“How did you do that?” Mouse was curious.

“All of Jack’s cars are equip with internal cameras.” Betty knew a few things about her boss.

“Well, damn. Why don’t people tell me these things?” Mouse looked surprised.

“Sometimes, it's better not to know somethings, than to know a lot. You’re safer that way.”

Mouse just looks at Betty and wonders what other secrets does she know? She knew her mother and the rest of the family were secretive about what they did or what resources they had.

“Don’t worry, I’m good at keeping secrets.” Betty had noticed Mouse looking at her intensely.

“I bet since my uncle wouldn’t hire a loose lip person.” Mouse knew how her uncles and aunts react.

“If you need anything, just give me a call.” Betty takes a business card out of her pocket and hands it to Mouse.

“Thanks.” Mouse accepts the card and tucks it into a pocket.

Betty gets in her car and leaves the garage. As she is leaving, she watches as everyone exits from the charger Mouse showed up in. She spots an older man, lifting a teenager out of the car.

Mouse opens the door to the place and turns the lights on. She walks in first and looks at everything. She knew Lilly was following behind her.
Lilly looks at the layout of the place as they walked in. It looked like it was decorated for a high middle-class family. Everything looked to be top-of-the-line kitchen equipment and top-of-the-line furniture.

“Are all of your uncle’s places decorated this nicely?”

“I think so. This is only the second safe house I’ve been to. The place in New York belongs to my uncle as well.” Mouse learns the place had three floors and four bedrooms.

She turns to look at Lilly “so, which bedroom do you want?”

“I’m sleeping with you. It’s safer that way.” Lilly didn’t mind sharing a bed with Mouse.

Mouse just smirks “I have to warn you, I hog the blankets.”

“That’s fine, so do I.”

Chris comes walking in carrying Zoey in his arms. She was sound to sleep.

“What room do you want me to put her in?” Chris figures the place had several bedrooms.

“Do you want to share the bedroom with her?” Mouse figures they could take the bedroom next to the one she and Lilly were going to sleep in.

“Depends.” Chris adjust how he was carrying Zoey.

“Put her in the bedroom on the second floor, next to the master bedroom.” Mouse figures Zoey would feel more comfortable next to her and Lilly.

“Alright. I’ll sleep on the floor in that room.” Chris carries Zoey up to the second floor.

“Let’s get our stuff and call it a night.” Mouse covers up a yawn.

“I think that is a good idea.” Lilly was feeling tired as well.

The two of them head out to the garage and start unloading the trunk.

Mouse was the first one up. She looks over at Lilly, who had slept with her last night. She was lucky the covers covering the bed were huge because both had curled up under them. She manages to get out of bed without waking Lilly.

She had gone to bed in her favorite nightshirt and the lace panties she had worn. She steps into the master bathroom and takes a quick shower. She comes out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her body.

She steps back into the master bedroom and starts getting dressed. She looks through her panty collection and finds the pair she was looking for. She slips them on and the bra she wore yesterday. After that, she slips on a pair of tights and a black t-shirt with the image of a flaming
Ghost Rider on the front of it. She slips on her comfortable shoes and grabs her purse.

She left the gun she pointed at Chris in the Charger. She didn’t think she needs to carry it. She writes a note telling Lilly where she went on the dresser.

Mouse walks out the front door of the townhouse. She looks up and down the street, trying to decide which way she wanted to go. She pulls her cellphone out “goggle, where’s the nearest donut shop?”

Three shops appear and Mouse spots the nearest one. It was within walking distance to the townhouse. She follows the directions on the screen as she walks down the sidewalk. She figured, since there wasn’t any food in the townhouse, she would buy some donuts, and if the place had coffee, some coffee as well.

The weather was nice outside. There was a little breeze coming off the water, that was across from the townhouse. She spots the donut shop before she got to it. It was called Heavenly Donut. The front windows were decorated with all sorts of images of different donuts.

Mouse walks inside and couldn’t believe the selection of fresh donuts on display. She could smell the donuts cooking in the back, behind the counter.

“Can I help you, ma’am?” Carol spotted an emo-color woman wearing a Ghost Rider t-shirt come into the shop.

“Yes, I would like to get a dozen donuts and if you have it, some coffee as well.” Mouse figures a dozen donuts should be enough.

“We have coffee and it comes in different sizes.” Carol watches the young woman standing in front of her.

“Let me get two medium coffees with three sugars and two vanilla french cremes in them and one extra-large coffee with a sugar and crème
packets on the side. Also, a medium-size orange juice as well. As for the donuts, two bear claws, two apple fritters, three Eclairs, three glazed and two chocolate donuts.” Mouse figures the selection she made would be enough.

Carol rings up the purchases. She noticed the young woman had a British accent to her speech.

“Your total comes to thirty-two dollars, ma’am.” Carol looks at the woman.

Mouse opens her purse and pulls out two twenties. She hands them to the young lady.

Carol accepts them and inputs the amount into the cash register. She pulls out the change “here you go, miss.” As she hands Mouse her change.

Mouse notices a tip jar sitting on the counter. She puts the change into the jar. She watches as the young woman walks off to prepare her order.

While Mouse watches the young woman fill her order. A young teenager comes walking into the donut store. The poor thing looked like they had bags under their eyes. Their hair was rough-looking. The clothes the poor thing had on, looked to be too big on them and unwashed.
There was a stench coming from him as well. The poor thing stood a few feet from her.

“Here you go, ma’am.” Carol's hands Mouse her order.

“Thank you.” Mouse accepts the order.

Carol looks at the young boy that came into the store. She felt sorry for him each time she saw him. She has seen him begging out on the streets either for money or for work.

Asher steps up to the counter and looks at Carol. She has always been nice to him “Carol, can I get a milk and a donut please?”

“It’s going to be two dollars, Asher.” Carol looks at Asher.

“Here’s what I got.” Asher pulls a dirty plastic sandwich bag out of his pocket filled with coins.

He empty’s the bag out on the counter. He hopes he has enough money because he hasn’t eaten anything in the past few days. No one would hire him to do any work.

Carol counts the money. Most of it was dirty pennies. There were a few dimes and nickels in the mix.

“You’re fifty cents short, Asher.” Carol looks at the poor boy.

“I got him covered.” Mouse was about to walk out of the shop.

She opens her purse and takes out some change she had. She hands it to Carol.

“Here you go.”

“Thank, you ma’am.” Asher looks at the strange hair colored woman.

“You’re welcome.” Mouse smiles at the young teenage boy.

She watches as Carol gives the teenage boy a bag with a donut and a small coffee cup filled with milk. She could tell she cared for the young man.

“Thank you.” Asher accepts the bag and coffee cup.

“You’re welcome.” Carol smiles at Asher.

Asher turns around and starts walking towards the front door. He couldn’t wait to take a bite of the donut inside the bag. He could tell Carol put an extra one in the bag for him. He walks out the door and was about to head to the park he slept at last night.

“Hey, if you’re not doing anything, I could use your help.” Mouse hopes the boy will come with her.

Asher stops and turns around to look at the multi-hair color hair woman. He noticed she had a big box of donuts and a drink carrier.

“Sure, what can I do for you, ma’am.” Asher walks over to her.

“Well, you can call me Mouse and if you could. Can you carry this drink carrier for me, please?” Mouse looks at the teenage boy.

“Sure.” Asher didn’t mind.

“Thanks.” Mouse hands the drink carrier to Asher.

Asher accepts the drink carrier. He looks at the woman and wonders who she was. He hasn’t seen her in this neighborhood before.
Mouse starts walking towards the townhouse. She glances at the boy as they walk down the sidewalk.

“So, tell me a little about yourself. Are you from this neighborhood?” Mouse was curious about the young man.

“No ma’am. I use to live in Maryland. I did some work for a person a month ago and he dropped me off here.”

“Did you try to call your parents or friends?” Mouse looks at the young man.

“My father doesn’t want to have anything to do with me and I don’t have many friends.”

“How about your mother? Doesn’t she care?”

“She left me and my father when I was just six years old. All she and my father did was argue all the time. Sometimes, she would blame me for
ruining her life.” Asher was trying to hold back the tears threatening to come out.

“Why doesn’t your father want to help you?”

Asher looks at Mouse as they continue to walk towards the townhouse. There must be a reason Asher’s father didn’t want him and she’s hoping she is wrong.

“He came home and caught me wearing lingerie and wearing makeup. I was making money online doing porn. I was trying to help my father with all the bills we had.”

“By making porn movies?” Mouse was surprised at what Asher admitted.

“I tried to do side jobs around the neighborhood and part-time work at a grocery store. The money wasn’t enough. No matter how much money
I made, we never had enough. So, a friend of mine said that he made a lot of money doing live web movies.”

“So, you decided to follow in his footsteps.”

“I did a few scenes with him at his place and made more money in a few days than I would in a week.” Asher was hesitant at first to do gay scenes with his friend.

“So, you decided to do your site?”

“Yes ma’am. I figure could make enough money to help my father with our bills.”

“Did you tell your father this?”

“I tried too, but he picked me up while I was dressed and tossed me out into the front yard. When I tried to go back inside the house, he punched me in the face. He said I was dead to him and that he never wanted to see me again.”

“So, you have been living on the streets since then?”

“Yes ma’am. I’ve been doing what I have to do to live?” Asher hated to admit what he has done.

Mouse stops in front of the townhouse and looks at Asher “why don’t you come inside with me. You don’t need to live on the streets anymore.”
Asher looks at Mouse and wonders if she had another agenda. He’s learned not to trust people like he used to.

“What is in it for you? No one goes around helping people like you are offering without getting something out of it.” Asher looks at Mouse with a suspicious look on his face.

“You know, someone like you just recently said something similar to me. I’ll tell you the same thing I told her. I used to live on the streets of London, but I was rescued by a Countess.”

Asher just looks at Mouse. He wants to get off the streets.

“You don’t have a problem with me wearing women lingerie?” Asher enjoyed wearing women's clothes.

“Well, I’m hoping you enjoy wearing more than women lingerie.” Mouse smiles at Asher.

“I do.”

“Well, let’s go inside so I can introduce you to some friends of mine.” Mouse starts walking towards the front door of the townhouse.
Asher follows behind Mouse as they headed towards a nice townhouse.

Asher follows behind Mouse as she enters the townhouse. He follows her into the kitchen and watches as she puts the donuts she was carrying down on the counter. He’s surprised when a young teenage girl comes rushing in and over to Mouse.

Mouse had just put the box of donuts on the counter when she is hugged from behind. She turns around in the person's arms and saw it was Zoey. She was still wearing her pajamas.

“Well, good morning to you as well.” Mouse hugs Zoey.

“She’s been worried about you. She knew you weren’t in the house.” Chris had followed Zoey downstairs from the bedroom they slept in. He also noticed the young man standing in the kitchen as well.

“I woke up early and knew there wasn’t any food in the townhouse. So, I went down the street and got donuts and coffee for everyone. Also, I would like you to meet Asher.”

Chris looks at Asher and noticed he was wearing a bunch of clothes that were too big for him. He also noticed that the poor boy could use a good bath.

“Asher, I would like you to meet my friend Zoey and US Marshal Weather.” Mouse motions to Chris and Zoey, who was still holding her.

“Don’t I get a mention?” Lilly comes walking into the kitchen.

Asher notices a dark-haired woman that was a little taller than Mouse comes walking into the kitchen. She looked like she could be a teenager from her looks.

“Asher, this my friend, Lilly. Lilly, this is Asher. Now that everyone has been introduced to everyone. I have coffee and donuts for everyone since we don’t have any food in the house. You, young lady, are getting juice.” Mouse looks into Zoey’s eyes.

Zoey just smiles at Mouse. She didn’t care that Mouse got her juice. She thought something bad had happened to her.

“It looks like you got an assortment of donuts.” Lilly noticed that Mouse picked out some of her favorites.

“Chris, I got you a large coffee, straight black because I didn’t know what you took in it. I did get you some sugar and creamers to go with it.”

“Thanks, Mouse.” Chris spots the straight black one.

“You’re welcome. Now, why doesn’t everyone grab what they want and head to the dining room.” Mouse looks into Zoey’s eyes “that includes you too, young lady.”

Zoey just smiles and grabs what donuts she wants. She picks up her juice as well. She looks at Asher and smiles at him. She heads into the dining room and sits down at the table.

Asher follows behind her and sits down at the dining room table as well. He takes a sip of his milk, before taking a bite out of his donut. He notices Zoey was enjoying the éclair she got for herself.

Lilly, Mouse, and Chris walk into the dining room with their drinks and donuts and sit down at the table. Zoey motions to Mouse for her to sit down next to her. She liked Mouse a lot.

“I think someone likes you a lot.” Lilly had noticed how attached Zoey was to Mouse.

“She’s got good taste.” Mouse takes a sip from her coffee.

Lilly sits down near Asher and takes a sip of her coffee. She looks at Asher “so, how long have you been living on the streets?”

“Almost a year now.” Asher takes a sip of his milk.

“What did you do, before you were forced to live on the streets?” Lilly was curious about Asher.

“I was living with my father until he caught me making porn movies and wearing women undergarments.” Asher was embarrassed about admitting that he liked wearing women’s clothing.

“How come you were wearing women's clothing and making porn movies?” Marshal Weathers was curious about that.

“I was trying to help my father pay our bills. All the other jobs I had weren’t paying enough money. So, I started appearing in online porn. It was the only thing that paid enough money.” Asher takes another bite from his donut.

“Let me guess, your father found out what you were doing and tossed you out of the house?” Lilly felt sorry for Asher.

She has heard similar stories about teenagers who came out to their parents about being gay and such. Or girls who had gotten pregnant and their parents toss them out of the house. She has met a lot of homeless teens and women while living on the streets.

“Well Asher, you won’t have to worry about that happening again.” Mouse looks at Asher like a big sister would.

“We still have our other problem to handle.” Lilly looks at Mouse.

“One problem at a time. Asher, when your done eating. I want you to take a bath in the bathroom in my and Lilly’s bedroom. You’re about my size, so some of my things should fit you until we go and buy you some clothes.” Mouse figures some of her clothes might be a little big on Asher, but they should fit him.

Zoey starts signing that she wants to help Asher. She had some t-shirts, panties, and socks that should fit him. She figures that he prefers to look like a girl.

“Okay, Zoey. See what you have that might fit Asher.”

Asher looks at Zoey “thank you.”

Zoey gets up and walks over to him and hugs him. She had a dream about him and knew they were going to be good friends. She releases him and walks over and sits back down at her place.

Chris, Lilly, and Mouse had watched the two teenagers and smiled. They were surprised by Zoey’s actions and glad the two teenagers would get along. After breakfast, Lilly takes Asher upstairs to her and Mouse’s bedroom.

“Here you go, kiddo.” Zoey shows Asher the bathroom.

“Wow! He has never seen a shower/bathtub setup he was looking at before.”

“I know, this bathroom is amazing. Feel free to use whatever shampoo and body soap you want to.” Lilly noticed that Mouse had set out everything they packed.

“Thank you.” Asher smiles at Zoey.

Dining Room:
Mouse looks over at Chris “okay, what is the story about why you were broken down on the side of the road. And that SUV that had followed us?”

Chris sighs before he begins telling Mouse what is going on. He looks at her “according to my cousin, someone in the justice department is feeding information to those mercenaries. They knew every safe house we stayed at and where we were heading.”

“Who’s your cousin?” Mouse was wondering if they might be revealing Chris’s location.

“Her name is Katja.”

“Katja? Does she look like this?” Mouse brings Katja’s picture up on her cellphone and shows it to Chris.

“Yeah, that’s my cousin. How do you know her?” Chris looks at Mouse with a suspicious look on his face.

“She works for my uncle and gathers information for him.”

“So, you’re related to her mysterious boss?” Chris has always wanted to know more about the person his cousin worked for.

“Before you ask, I can’t talk much about my uncle. I’m just his niece from England. I can tell you this, he is very good at what he does, and if you're ever in a bind, he’s the man you want on your side.” Mouse was proud of her uncle.

“So, what suggestions do you have about my problem?” Chris was still figuring out his next move.

“Well, first I need to make a phone call to my aunt in New York and explain what is going on. Secondly, I need to call my mother and talk with her.” Mouse knew her mother would want to know what she has gotten herself into.

“Why your mother and aunt?” Chris was puzzled about that.

“Because my aunt will want to know why I suddenly changed my vocation plan. As for my mom, let’s just say the countess doesn’t like getting secondhand news from anyone else.” Mouse knew her mother would want to know what was going on and she wanted to tell her about Zoey and Asher.

“You’re a countess daughter?” Chris was surprised by that.

“Yes, I’m the daughter of a countess. However, my mom isn’t just any countess. She’s a very special person.” Mouse wishes she could tell
Chris her mother was the director of one of the branches of MI 5.

Chris could tell Mouse was holding something back. What it was, he couldn’t tell, but he could see it in her eyes.

“Alright.”

Zoey comes back downstairs with Lilly after laying out some clothes for Asher. She had her drawing pad with her. She walks over to Mouse and shows her a picture on it. The picture was of her cousins Hatter, Hatter’s boyfriend Shade, Anika, Gina, and Dakota. There was a black-looking angry ghostly car in the background.

Mouse looks at Zoey “did you do this?”

Zoey shakes her head yes. She turns the page and there was a picture of the countess, Mouse, Lilly, Asher, and herself. They were standing in front of the Washington monument.

Mouse looks up at Zoey again “does everything you draw come true?”

“So, far it has.” Chris knew what it meant when Zoey had her sketchpad out.”

Mouse keeps looking at the pictures. The drawings were pretty accurate of the people who were in them. The one of Hatter brings a smile to her face because it showed her with an evil grin on her face.

“Looks like we are going to have some company then.” She looks at Lilly “I hope you don’t mind meeting my family.”

Lilly looks at the pictures on the sketchpad “are all of these people your family?”

“Everyone except, Dakota and the ghostly black angry car.”

“What do Dakota and the car mean?” Chris was curious about those two.

“If I had to guess, the angry car is Dakota’s husband’s car named Wraith. Let’s just say that your mercs don’t stand a chance against it. I’ve seen it in action before. As for Dakota, she’s a hand-to-hand expert like her brother. She’s also an undercover expert.”

“Sounds like we are going to have a lot of back-ups.” Chris wonders what they were going to do with so many people.

“Oh, trust me. Your mercs won’t stand a chance against my family. My cousin Gina or my aunt Anika alone could take all of them out. Hatter
would have too much fun with them.” Mouse pulls her cellphone out.

“Let me guess, you’re calling your aunt?” Chris kept watching Mouse.

“I have to. We have no other choice.” Mouse presses the preprogrammed number for her aunt Anika.

Gina’s Hotel Room, Courtyard by Marriott Washington Downtown/Convention Center:
Arnold looks at Gina as she laid in bed. He had woken up early to work on a case he brought with him. He also had a meeting at the Justice
Department. He was still amazed at what happened to the Golden Eagle Squad and how they were able to pass as normal-looking people.

According to what he had learned, magic was real and the simple glamour spell the team was using. Didn’t take a lot of energy or concentration to maintain. He and Gina never thought that mystical creatures from fairy tales and legends were ever real.

A smile appears on his face as he thinks about how some of the Senators and Congressmen and women didn’t like the fact that they were being assigned, bodyguards. They were hoping to be assigned either US Marshals or Secret Service agents. Instead, they got highly trained bodyguards. Some of the Republicans found out when they tried to boss their guards around.

Just as he was about to go back to work on the case he had. Gina’s cellphone starts ringing. He puts his legal pad down and walks over to Gina’s side of the bed and picks her cellphone up. He notices it was Anika’s phone number on the display.

He presses accept “Hey Anika, what’s the problem?”

“Hey Arnold, is Gina nearby?” Anika was surprised Gina’s husband Arnold answered the phone.

“She’s asleep. We got in late last night. Why what’s up?”

“Mouse is in Alexandria and it seems she needs our help. She didn’t go into detail, but she did say it involves mercs and a US Marshal.” Anika spoke briefly with Mouse.

“Alright, let me wake her.” Arnold reaches down and shakes Gina’s shoulder gently.

Gina opens her eyes and notices her husband was standing next to her. She noticed he had her cellphone in her hands. She looks up at him
“who is it?”

“Your Aunt Anika.” He hands her cellphone to her.

“Hey, Anika, what’s up?” Gina covers up a yawn.

She watches as Arnold walks over to the coffee machine in their hotel room and starts brewing some coffee. She was going to need a cup of coffee.

“Mouse needs our help.”

“I thought she was over here for vocation. What has she gotten herself into?” Gina knew her cousin and knew she was going to spend time in Washington D.C.

“It involves mercs, a US Marshal and his witness.”

“Where is she now?” Gina sits up.

She wasn’t wearing anything under the blankets. They pooled around her waist as she sat on the bed. She watches as a smile appears on Arnold’s face. As long as they have been married, she always loved seeing his smile.

“She’s at the Wolfe Street safe house in downtown Alexandria. According to Betty, there were at least three other people in the car with her.”

“Alright, I’ll get dress and head over there.”

“Okay, Me, Hatter, Shade, and Dakota will be down in about three hours.”

“All of you are coming?” Gina was surprised by how many were coming.

“Yes, because of the mercs. Also, you know Hatter wouldn’t want to miss beating someone up.” Anika knew how Hatter loved beating up bad guys.

“You have one strange daughter, Aunt Anika.” Gina has met Hatter and she thought she was rather strange.

“Well, I have another daughter and a possible grandchild as well.” Anika has seen how much Aylin cared for Bree.

“Oh?” Gina was surprised by that statement.

“Yeah. I’ll tell you more when I see you.”

“Alright.” Gina ends the call.

“What’s going on with Mouse?” Arnold looks towards his wife. He met Mouse and the Countess the last time they went to England.

“It seems, Mouse has gotten herself involved in a matter with a US Marshal and some mercs.” Gina stands up off the bed and walks over to Arnold.

“Do you want me to come with you?” Arnold wraps his arm around his wife’s naked body.

“No, I can handle it. Tell Sammy she has the day off today, for me.” Gina kisses Arnold.

Arnold returns the kiss. He loved Gina a lot.

“You be careful.”

“Oh, I’m always careful. Besides with the support coming down from New York, I don’t think there will be any problems.” Gina hopes there
aren’t any problems.

Arnold kisses Gina again. He holds her naked body against his body. He could feel some of the scars she has on her body from various situations she has been in.

Gina breaks the kiss “I got to go and take a shower.”

“I’ll join you.” Arnold releases Gina.

A smile appears on Gina’s face as she walks into the bathroom. She puts a little wiggle into her walk and sly looks over her shoulder towards her husband. She winks at him as she walks into the bathroom.

60 Wolfe St, Alexandria, VA.:
Asher looks at himself as he tried on the new clothes that Mouse and Lilly had bought for him. They had gone out after breakfast to a mom-and-pop clothes store that wasn’t too far from the townhouse. Zoey and Marshal Weather had stayed behind and let the housekeeper in. She had brought enough food and supplies for them to survive on for two weeks.

“So, do you like the clothes?” Mouse had walked into her and Lilly’s bedroom to check on Asher.

“They are very nice.” Asher walks over and hugs Mouse.

Mouse returns the hug. She has a feeling her mother was about to adopt two children.

“Let’s go downstairs and see how everyone else is doing.”

“Okay.” Asher releases Mouse and heads out of the bedroom.

He follows Mouse downstairs in his new dress. Asher loved the way it felt as it moved against his thighs. Mouse showed him how to tuck. He was curious how she knew and she told him she had been born a male. That had surprised him, because she didn't look like she had ever been a male before.

Luke pulls up in front of the Courtyard to pick Mrs. Bounty up. He had received a text message from her. He spots Gina Bounty walking out to his car. He gets out and opens the passenger back door for her.

Gina spots Luke Winter holding open the passenger door of his black Mercedes-Benz S-Class for her. He was also one of her father’s agents that operated out of Washington D.C. and an amateur race car driver as well. Before he came to work for her father, he uses to be a Lt. Commander in the United States Navy.

“Long time, no see, Luke.” Gina likes Luke a lot.

“HI, Mrs. Bounty. I heard you were in town.” Luke had a few Lyft and cab driver buddies. He also had a few connections that worked at the airport as well.

Gina stops and looks at him with a surprised look on her face “Oh?”

“Yes.” A playful look appears on his face.

“I should have known.” Gina gets into the car.

Luke closes the car door and walks around to the driver's side and gets in. Once he was buckled in. He looks at Gina through his rearview mirror “were too, Mrs. Bounty?”

“60 Wolfe St, Alexandria, VA., please.”

Luke taps the address into his cellphone and once the directions come up. He starts driving towards the location. As he is driving “how long are you to be in Washington D.C., Mrs. Bounty?”

“I’m not sure, Luke. How is your family?” Gina knew Luke had twin girls and his wife worked for the government.

“They are doing fine. My girl’s birthday is approaching, and my wife has been promoted at work.” Luke was proud of his wife. She was finally getting the recognition she deserved. Her ex-supervisor use to steal her ideas.

“How old are your girls now?” Gina couldn’t remember how old they were.

“Going on fourteen years old. I never knew teenage girls could be so dramatic about things.” Luke loved his girls a lot, but sometimes they were so sensitive about how they look and what they wore.

“You have to remember, Luke. Girls have a lot of pressure on them in society. There’s so much out there that defines how they should look or act. Also, girls are social creatures and we want to be accepted by our friends.”

“Speaking of girls. How is your daughter doing?” Luke knew about Gina’s daughter Arabella.

“Her body is starting to change, and she just recently had her first period. She was at school when it happened.” Gina knew Arabella felt so embarrassed when she got her first period.

“Oh, man. That happened to my girls. It was their last class of the day when their period started.” Luke remembers getting a phone call from his wife asking him to pick his daughters up.

“Arabella had hers in the middle of the day. I had to take off work and pick her up. She knew what had happened to her.”

“I’m glad I never had to experience anything as your girls do.” Luke had a smile on his face.

“Yeah, you guys are so lucky,” Gina remembers back to when she had been kidnapped and experimented on by Dr. Horst Blome.

He and his sadistic assistants had operated on her and several other runaway kids. Even after all these years, she wished her father hadn’t killed him so fast, but made him suffer. She looks out the window as Luke drove her to Wolfe St.

After twenty minutes, Luke pulls up in front of a nice townhouse. He noticed the townhouse was in a nice area and that it faced the river.

“Well, we’re here, Mrs. Bounty. Do you want me to wait around or come back to pick you up?”

“No, I’ll be fine. Tell your wife and daughters I said hello.”

“I will.” He gets out of the car and walks around to open her car door.

Gina climbs out of the car and hands Luke a fifty-dollar bill.

“You don’t need to do this, Mrs. Bounty.” Luke was a little reluctant to accept the money.

“I know, take your daughters out and buy them some new outfits or something.” Gina knew she didn’t need to pay Luke. All her father’s companies had an account with him.

“I will and thanks.” Luke accepts the money.

60 Wolfe St, Alexandria, VA.:
Mouse managed to sneak away from everyone to check her email. She also accesses MI 6 database to search for Asher. Through MI 6 she had access to the United States Criminal Database as well. She didn’t find anything on Asher at all in the criminal database, which meant she has never been arrested before.

She did however find the porn videos Asher had made with her friend and streamed herself. She bookmarks them and makes a mental note to bring them to her mother’s attention. Speaking of which, she sends an email to her mother about Asher and Zoey. She gives a brief description about them and suggests that Zoey might be better protected in England under her care, then left here in the states and the government
learning about her unique gift.

She disconnects from the internet and heads back downstairs. As she is walking down the stairs, she hears the front doorbell ring. She accessed the front door camera system and notices it was her cousin Gina standing outside.

Marshal Weather was walking by the foyer of the townhouse when he hears the doorbell ring. He walks towards the front door and accesses the monitor built into the mirror that was posted near the front door. Mouse had informed him that it recorded everyone at the door and when they walked into the townhouse. He could also use it to see who was on the other side of the door.

He accesses the mirror and spots a young Asian woman dressed in a light color blouse and dress slacks. She had a black purse with her, that hung from her left shoulder. He wonders who she is and what she wanted.

“Go ahead and let her in.” Mouse had reached the bottom of the stairs and spotted Chris at the front door.

“Who is she?” Chris was curious.

“She’s my cousin, Gina Bounty. Her father owns this townhouse.” Mouse looks at Chris.

“Can she be trusted?” Chris wasn’t in a trusting mood lately.

“Let’s put it this way. If she wanted to, she could override the security system and come in here and pretty much kill all of us.”

“What is she?” Chris had a hard time imagining that young Asian woman doing something like that.

“She’s the CEO of Chaos Armor System and their Private Security division. She’s also been trained by her father, my uncle who has the
nickname The Devil’s Bounty Hunter. So, I would let her in.” Mouse knew Gina wouldn’t do anything so drastic without seeing if it was safe inside.

“Okay.” Chris opens the front door and smiles at Gina.

Gina watches as the front door opens and an older man in his early thirties late twenties opens the door for her. He was dress in a pair of blue jeans, a dress shirt, and a pair of worn cowboy boots. She also spots her cousin Mouse standing behind the guy as well.

“Hi, I’m Gina Bounty. I’m here to see my cousin Mouse.” Gina holds her hand out to Chris.

“I’m Chris and she’s standing right here behind me. Please come in.” Chris shakes Gina's petite hand. He moves aside to let her walk past him. He doesn’t see how she could be so dangerous.

She looked like she could be the girl next door or a young mother. He had to admit, she had a nice figure and a sweet-sounding voice when she spoke. He closes the front door behind her when she enters.

Gina spots her cousin Mouse standing a few feet away from the front door. She walks over to her and hugs her.

Mouse returns the hug and holds her cousin. After a few minutes, she releases her.

“What have you gotten yourself into?” Gina looks into Mouse’s eyes.

“I promise, it’s not my fault. It’s his and Zoey’s fault.”

“Who’s Zoey?” Gina had a puzzled look on her face as she looked at Mouse.

“Come on, I’ll introduce you to everyone. Oh, by the way. That is US Marshal Chris Weather. He’s protecting Zoey.” Mouse escorts Gina to the kitchen where the kids and Lilly were.

“Okay.” Gina wonders who Zoey is and why is a US Marshal protecting her.

Chris follows behind Gina and Mouse as they walk towards the kitchen.

Shade looks at Hatter as they drove towards Washington D.C. He could tell she wasn’t happy about leaving Bree behind or leaving her.

“Are we doing the right thing about adopting Bree?” Aylin looks at Mark as he sat behind the steering wheel.

“Yes, and you knew from the beginning that there will be times we will have to leave her. Look at Dakota and Terry. They sometimes have to leave the twins when Anika has a mission for them.”

“But they have an older adopted daughter now and a new younger sister.” Aylin visited the garage one time and ran into Terry’s new sister.

She was shorter than Terry but observant. She had been sitting in a race car that looked a little like Wraith. Some design features matched Wraith’s overall design.

“And we have your mother, Elizabeth, and our friends. You know Clair and Brandy would have babysat for us if they could.” Mark had cruise control engaged on the Lincoln.

He’s been talking to Terry about doing some upgrades to the Lincoln. So, the only upgrade he has had done to the Lincoln is had some Kevlar armor added to the body. The glass has been replaced as well. The Lincoln could withstand small arms fire, but nothing like Wraith and Noble could dish out and withstand. Terry told him that to do a full upgrade to the Lincoln, he would have to take the car to the frame and rebuild from there.

“I know, I’m just worried about Bree. Besides you and the other members of our team, I’ve never cared for people.” Hatter watches as they traveled down the interstate.

“That’s not exactly true. You care about your adopted family in England.” Mark knew Aylin always sent money to the couple that took her in and treat her as if she was their daughter.

According to what Aylin told him about them. They took her off the streets when she got her revenge on the doctor that experimented on her and her birth father. She had been injured and high as a kite when they found her. Lottie and Cyril took her in and nursed her back to health.

They also were the ones that brought her humanity back from the darkness she had been absorbed into. According to Lottie, Aylin was acting more animal, than human. What the doctor did to her, seriously messed her up. Also, it didn’t help she had been separated and imprisoned since she was six years old.

He learned a lot by talking with them about Aylin. They also told him about all the kindness she did for several families as well. He knew she didn’t want to have anything to do with her stepmother or brother in England.

“How much longer do we have before we get there?” Aylin was getting bored with just driving.

“Another hour-n-half, sweetie. Why don’t you relax and take a nap or something? Because you know we are going to be busy helping your
cousin Mouse.”

“I’m not tried. I’m more bored and worried than anything else.” Hatter looks at the picture she took of Bree. She had caught Bree doing something silly and took a picture of it.

“I’m missing Bree as well.” Mark couldn’t believe how attached he has become to Bree.

He hasn’t taken Bree to meet his parents yet. Between coming back from Brazil and being in several MMA matches. He has finally had some time to spend with Bree and getting to know her.

Inside of Wraith:
“So, how does it feel to be raising a newborn and having a granddaughter now, Anika?” Dakota looks over towards Anika.

She had Wraith on self-drive mode. She loved she didn’t have to drive him.

“Weird. I never thought in a million years I would become a mother to a newborn or have grandchildren.” Anika never thought of herself as the motherly type.

“You took in Hatter and made her your daughter. Why do you feel so strange being a mother to a newborn?”

“Aylin just needed someone to guide her and help her overcome what was done to her. Most of the hard work had already been done in straightening her out. She has people in England that see her as their adopted daughter. As for Kiera, I never thought when I decided to become a woman, that I would want to be a mother as well. My whole purpose for becoming a woman was to get revenge on the ones who had tried to kill me and my friends.”

“But you did know that somewhere down the line your motherly instincts would kick in. I know mine did when I saw what I was missing when I saw families.” Dakota knew she had been hit hard by how she felt for the twins.

“Why do you think I was such a workaholic? I was burying myself with work, so I wouldn’t have those feelings. It also didn’t help becoming Aylin’s mother and visiting my brother and seeing his girls. I always thought Jack was too cold to be a father, but I was mistaking. I saw how his personality changed when he was around his girls and what he would do to protect them.”

“I know what you mean. Bart and his wife have always wanted children, but because they couldn’t. I always felt sorry for my sister-in-law. She wanted to be a mother so bad, but because Bart uses to be a CIA agent, he was a little scared his past would come back and hunt him. And it did. The Russian agent that attacked his wife almost destroyed him.”

“I remember, Bart was away on a mission for Cheshire when it happened. When he got back, he found out his wife had been attacked. He decided that he wanted revenge and took matters into his own hands. I was sent to bring him back, but I couldn’t. So, I joined him on his revenge mission.”

“Terry is the same way. He built Wraith as a revenge vehicle against the Taliban and Isis terrorists hiding out in America. Wraith isn’t happy unless he has shed some Taliban blood.” Dakota pats Wraith’s dash.

There was a slight growl that came from Wraith when she pats his dash.

“Did he just growl?” Anika was surprised.

“Yes, he did.” A smile appears on Dakota’s face.

“Okay, I didn’t know Wraith was like KITT from Night Rider.”

“He’s not, but he does have a spirit about him that develops from all the terrorists he has killed. It’s like he enjoys killing terrorists.”

“Okay.” Anika looked stumped.

60 Wolfe St, Alexandria, VA.:
Gina looks at the three women in the kitchen making pizza dough. One was a young female that looked to be in her early teens, and she was wearing a faded pair of tight blue jeans, that had flour on them. Next to her was a dark-haired young girl and she was wearing a light dress.
The third woman looked to be in her early twenties and had dark hair as well. She was showing the two teens how to twirl the pizza dough in the air.

“Who would have thought, Lilly knew how to toss a pizza?” Mouse looks at her new friend.

They watch as Lilly lays the pizza dough out on the pizza pan and starts adding the other ingredients. Even Chris was amazed at how talented Lilly was. He didn’t think anyone knew how to toss a pizza as his favorite pizza restaurant did.

“Which one is Lilly?” Gin leans into Mouse.

“The tall one. The teenager standing on her left is Ashley and Zoey, is on her right-hand side.” Mouse points the teenagers out.

Zoey puts her pizza dough on the next pizza pan and turns around to wave at Gina and Mouse. She looks at Gina and behind her to see where the wolf was.

“What is she looking for?” Gina looks behind her.

Zoey heard what Gina said and sign to Mouse asking where the wolf was? Zoey wanted to see the big bad wolf she saw in her dreams.

“Zoey wants to know where Cadmus is?” Mouse was getting used to Zoey’s predictions.

“He’s at home protecting my daughter. He doesn’t like flying.” Gina had turned back around and wonder how she knew about Cadmus.

“You own a wolf?” Ashley looks towards Gina when she asks that question.

“Yes, he’s my best friend and my bodyguard. The problem is, he hates flying.” Gina knew Cadmus didn’t like flying that much, just like his sire, Chaos.

“Oh, okay.” Ashley was happy with that explanation.

“So, why are people trying to kill Zoey and you?” Gina turns to face Marshal Weather.

“Because she can identify the killers and knows the account number and password of where her father stored the information.” Chris looks at Gina when he informs her.

Gina looks at Zoey and could sense the girl was intelligent and special. Something inside her could just tell.

“How long have you been on the run and how did it happen that you managed to drag my cousin into this problem?” Gina was curious.

Zoey holds up one finger and runs off to get her art pad. She runs upstairs to the bedroom she and Chris slept in.

“Zoey saw your cousin getting involved in the case.” Chris walks over to the pizza Zoey had been working on and finishes it. He knew what she liked, after the weeks of protecting her.

Lilly finishes her pizza up and places it into the oven. She turns around and looks at Gina and notices she was Asian-looking.

“No offense to you Mrs. Bounty, but are your parents Oriental?” Lilly didn’t want to appear rude to Mouse’s cousin.

A smile appears on Gina’s face “I was adopted by her uncle. You should see my other three sisters. My oldest sister looks like the actress Charisma Carpenter. My two younger sisters are Russian and Mexican. My father is part American and part Irish.”

“So, you have three other sisters?” Ashley looks at Gina.

“Yep, my older sister is a Montana K9 police officer. My next youngest sister is an International Chess Master, and my youngest sister is a well-respected baker. She makes the most tasteful cakes and pies.”

“Are all your sister trained like you?” Marshal Weather looks at Gina.

“Only me and my oldest sister are the only ones, besides our parents that you have to worry about. My other sisters can defend themselves if they are attacked. However, I and my older sister are the ones you have to worry about and our wolves as well.”

“Why your wolves?” Ashley was curious.

“Because they have been trained to protect me and my family members. Also, they are trained to kill as well.” An evil smile appears on Gina’s face after saying that.

“I don’t think I want to meet them.” A shiver runs down Ashley’s back.

A few minutes later, Zoey shows back up and shows her art pad to Gina. Gina looks through it and notices that the men after Zoey were in the art pad. She also notices that the account number was hidden in the picture as well. Most people would overlook it, but her keen eyes spotted it right away.

She continues to flip through the artwork and notices the one of Mouse and the mouse lady dress as James Bond. She glances towards Mouse “she caught you, cousin.”

Mouse looks at the mouse lady and now everything was falling into place. She notices Zoey was looking at her with a puzzled look on her face. A smile appears on Mouse’s face as she looks at the different pictures that have been done.

“Pizza is ready.” Ashley has been monitoring the pizzas in the oven.

She starts taking them out and setting them on the counter. She lets them cool, before she cuts them under Lilly’s watchful eyes.

“Okay, now that everyone is here. Why don’t you tell us everything about this case?” Gina looks at Marshal Weather.

Marshal Weather takes a deep breath as he stands up from the sectional sofa he had been sitting. He was surprised by how many people had shown up from Mouse’s phone call. From what he has learned so far about the people that have shown up. Is that they were either related to Mouse or worked for her uncle.

“Zoey’s father use to laundry and invest money for criminal organizations and crime lords. One of his clients is a member of the Osman family. Abdulmejid found out that Zoey’s father was laundering money for some of his competitors.”

“And he wanted the money?” Gina could see where this was heading.

“Yes, but what he didn’t know, was Zoey’s father was also siphoning money from all the clients he was working for.” Marshal Weather had learned about that bit of information.

“Which means he wants the account number and the information on the other clients.” Anika looks at Marshal Weather.

“So, why come after Zoey? That’s the part I don’t understand.” Lilly couldn’t figure that out.

“Because Zoey predicted what was going to happen and put it into a painting.” Marshal Weather shows the painting Zoey did. He had brought it downstairs to show everyone.

“Aw!” Lilly looked at the painting and noticed the men involved in the killing of Zoey’s father.

“But why didn’t Zoey warn her father?” Aylin looks at Zoey when she asks that question.

Zoey starts signing to Aylin. “Because he didn’t believe in her abilities. He thought she was crazy and was making things up.”

“Hey, I’m the only crazy one here. No one has the right to claim that title.” An evil smile appears on Aylin.

Shade wraps his arms around Aylin and pulls her against him. Aylin was sitting on his lap during this briefing.

“You’re not crazy sweetie, you’re just freaking nuts.” He places a kiss on her cheek.

Gina just shakes her head at Shade's comment. She looks back towards Marshal Weather “okay, that’s problem one. Problem two is what?”

“Every safehouse I have taken Zoey to, we have been attacked at. The only one where that has not happened is here. I haven’t let anyone know where I have gone too.”

“That means there is a mole in your office feeding information to Abdulmejid. That’s the only way they would know where you are, besides tagging you.” Dakota has been known to use that tactic before.

“True, so we will use that to our advantage, but we can’t do it here in Alexandra. The city is too crowded.” Gina takes her pad out of her purse and looks up the property her father owned in this area.

She finds a converted garage that had been turned into exercise business. Her father hadn’t hired anyone yet to run the business.

“Dad just bought some property not far from here. He hasn’t done anything with it yet. So, we can use it to set a trap for the merc’s.” Gina looks at the layout and it would be perfect.

“Don’t forget Gina, we still need to capture Abdulmejid as well.” Anika knew they needed to arrest him as well.

“I haven’t.”

“What do you have in mind, Gina?” Dakota was curious about the plan.

“We lure the mercs to the warehouse and take them out. Afterward, we arrest Abdulmejid and find out who the mole is in the Marshal’s office.”
Gina knew there were some holes in her plan, but Abdulmejid has never dealt with a Bounty before.

“Do I get to do the torture?” Aylin was rubbing her hands together because had some ideas.

Anika just shakes her head at her daughter’s comment. She knew Aylin loved to either fry men’s testicles or shock them with her cattle prod.

“Yes, you get to have some fun, Aylin.” Gina smiles at her cousin.

“One question, what is going to happen to us? While you guys are doing this?” Lilly was concerned about her and the kid’s safety.

“You’re going to remain here with my cousin, myself, and Marshal Weather. Abdulmejid and his men don’t know about this place and between
the three of us, we are capable of protecting you.” Gina wishes there was another building they could use.

“I’ll stay as well, Gina.” Anika looks at her niece.

“Alright.” Gina didn’t mind her aunt staying and helping. She was trying to protect what Mouse was capable of doing.”

“There’s still the problem of finding the mole.” Marshal Weather looks at Gina.

“No there isn’t Mr. Weather. I’m going to give access to my father’s communication satellites to my cousin. She can monitor any outgoing calls from the US Marshal office.”

“That isn’t going to be possible. All the communication from the US Marshal office is encrypted.”

A smile appears on Gina’s face “I know.”

Marshal Weather just looks at Gina and wonders how she knew. He just looked at Gina with a dumbfounded look on his face.

“So, which car am I driving?” Shade looks at Gina.

“Since they know what Mouse’s car looks like. You’ll be driving that one with Aylin looking like Zoey.”

“Wraith and I will be backing you up.” Dakota liked the plan already.

“Just try not to hit me with those missiles of yours.” Mark looks at Dakota. He knew what Wraith was capable of.

“I never miss.”

For the rest of the meeting, Gina fills in what the rest of the plan is.

“Mouse, I’m going to give you access to Eruption Communications satellite system. You should be able to monitor all cellphone calls coming and going from the US Marshal’s office.” Anika sits down at the dining room table where Mouse’s laptop was sitting.

Lilly, Zoey, US Marshal Weather, and Ashley didn’t know Mouse brought her laptop with her.

“How do you have access to a telecommunications companies satellite system?” Marshal Weather looks at Anika.

“Because I work there, and my brother owns it.” Anika looks at Marshal Weather when she responds to him.

Anika noticed that Mouse’s laptop was set up in British style. It was a good thing she had experience using British computer layouts. She logs onto Eruption’s computer system, after making sure the connection was secured. She goes through several systems checks before she gets to the one, she needed.

“Alright Mouse, your logged into Eruption’s Satellite system.” Anika gets up out of the chair, so Mouse could sit down.

“Thanks, Aunt Anika.” Mouse sits down at the table.

“Alright Marshal Weather, you’re going to call your contact and tell them you have found a new safe house and are heading towards it right now.” Gina looks at Marshal Weather.

“What’s the name of the place and where is it?” Marshal Weather knew his contact was going to ask.

“It’s Ray’s Gym and it’s located at 3425 Bush Hill Drive, Rose Hill, Va. If your contact, ask why you are heading there. Tell them that the person you are riding with Uncle’s owns it.”

“A truth buried within a lie. I like it.” Marshal Weather pulls his cellphone out and calls his contact.

Mouse locks onto the number Marshal Weather were calling. It was registered to the US Marshal service. The number itself belonged to an agent at the Department of Justice.

Department of Justice:
Agent Javon Woods was sitting at his desk wondering where Marshal Weather and the person he was protecting had disappeared too. He hasn’t heard anything from him in the last twenty-four hours. The SUV he had been driving had been found shot up on the side of Highway 395. According to the men that had been sent after him, Marshal Weather and the girl he was protecting had been last seen getting into a dark red Dodge Charger.

They were unable to provide him with the license plate because of how hard the rain had been coming down. All they knew is one minute they had the car in their sights and the next, it was gone. They traveled up and down the highway looking for it and several exits, but they have been unable to locate it.

As he is sitting there looking at a map on his computer screen, his cellphone starts ringing. He looks at the number and notices it was
Marshal’s Weather’s number. He picks up the phone and presses accept “Woods here, where are you Weather?”

Wolf Street:
“I’m on my way to a new location Woods. It seems whoever those mercs were that have been coming after me and the witness, found us again.” Weather watches as Mouse locks onto the cell signal.

“Are you and the witness okay?” Woods grabs a pen and paper.

“Yeah, we’re okay. A nice young woman pulled over and is giving us a lift to her Uncle’s place. I’m going to see if he’ll let us stay there until I get another vehicle.”

“Do you know where she is taking you?” Woods prepares to write the information down.

“Hey Angela, can you tell me where we are heading?” Marshal Weather looks towards Anika.

“My uncle has a place he just bought over off Bush Hill Drive in Rose Hill, Va. It’s some sort of gym.” Anika had changed her voice to sound a little dizzy.

Woods was writing down the information as he received it. He taps a few keys on his keyboard and finds a place called Ray’s Gym located on Bush Hill drive. According to the information, it had just been sold recently.

“Alright, call me when you arrive. I want to make sure you and the witness are safe. By the way, where are you now?”

“We’re on Interstate 95 heading towards state route 644.” Marshal Weather was looking at a map Gina brought up.

Gina showed me the location of the place and how to get there. She brought the location up on her tablet.

“Well, call me when you get there.” Woods brings up the location on his computer.

The men that had been sent after Marshal Weather was too far away to catch up. They were going to need some time to get to the location.

“I will. I don’t know how we keep being found.” Marshal Weather was playing it up. He watches as Mouse hacks into Woods’s cellphone. He was amazed at her talent.

“I think they have a person working with them here in the office. I’m going to snoop around and see if I can out who. You just be careful and get the witness to that location.” Woods knew he was going to need to work fast.

“I will. I’ll text you when we arrive.” Marshal Weather ends the call.

Mouse continues to monitor Woods’s cellphone. She watches on her screen as he leaves the building and heads several blocks away. She remotely turns on his camera to see what he was doing.

She watches as he pulls a simple-looking cellphone out hiding spot in his car. She locks onto his location and monitors for any signal leaving. She picks up the signal and intercepts the signal.

“He’s going to be at a place called Ray’s gym over off Bush Hill street in a few hours. I’ll text you when I know when he gets there. He’s traveling with the person who picked him and the witness up. Make sure no one survives.”

They hear the call end.

“Well, we know who the mole is now, and the bait has been set.” Gina looks at everyone.

Lilly, Zoey, and Ashley were concerned about everyone’s safety. Lilly looks at Gina “aren’t you worried things might now go your way?”

“Not really. We have surprise on our side because they think Marshal Weather and Zoey are going to be by themselves. They won’t be expecting all of them.” Gina motions to Hatter, Shade, and Dakota. She has decided to go as well and leave her aunt here to protect Marshal Weather and everyone else.

“Trust me, Lilly, Wraith has enough firepower to take on an armored car. There’s no way they can outrun him or outfight him. Plus, everyone that is going are trained assassins or trained fighters.” Dakota knew what everyone was capable of.

“I hope you are right.” Lilly still sounded doubtful.

“She is Lilly.” Anika places her hand on Lilly’s shoulder.

Department of Justice:
Agent Javon Woods hopes that Abdulmejid's men will be able to capture Marshal Weather and Zoey Hansley. If Ms. Hansley testifies, his involvement with Abdulmejid will come to life. A beeping sound comes from his cellphone. It was a warning that the alarm for his car was going off. He tries to turn it off, but it keeps beeping.

“Damn!” He leaves his office and heads down to the parking garage.

He spots his car and notices the alarm going off. He tries deactivating the alarm again, but nothing happens. He walks closer to his car and tries the remote one more time. Just as he presses the remote, the alarm turns off. A white smoke cloud engulfs him and the next thing he
feels is someone hitting him. He passes out as his body hits the ground.

A few seconds later, a black SUV pulls up in front of agent Woods’s car. A figure dressed from head to toe in a black suit picks agent Woods’s body up and places him in the back of the SUV. Once Woods is loaded, the SUV drives off as the figure in black, shimmers as they disappear.

The SUV leaves the garage area of the justice department. As it gets a few blocks away, the paint job on the SUV changes. The license plates change as well. Once it leaves the Washington D.C. metro area. It heads towards the address it was given.

Abdulmejid Osman Hotel Room, New York:
The sofa Abdulmejid sat on was getting furious. He couldn't believe that Zoey Hansley was still alive. He wanted those account numbers. He had just gotten off the phone with Agent Woods and learned where her and Marshal Weather was hiding. He hopes that he will finally put an end to Marshal Weather and Zoey Hansley.

He opens his laptop and starts checking his investments and answering some emails. The power in his hotel room turns off. Just as the power turns off, one of the glass windows explode, and a figure dressed in a full black bodysuit appears. A black helmet covered their head.

Before the bodyguards in the room could react, they start twitching and drop to the floor. The figure looks over towards Abdulmejid.

“Who are you?” Abdulmejid looks at the figure in black.

The person doesn’t say anything as they raised their arms. Abdulmejid pulls his gun and fires at the person. The bullet he fired hits center mass.The person stumbles backward, but not before a small object hits Abdulmejid directly in the chest.

Abdulmejid starts doing the twenty thousand jig. Electricity travels throughout his body as he finally falls to the ground.

The person touches the side of their helmet “Abdulmejid Osman is ready for pick-up.”

The figure picks Abdulmejid's unconscious form and carries him over to the window they came through. A line with a harness dangles outside the window. The figure in black reaches out the window and pulls the line into the room. They secure the harness to Abdulmejid's unconscious form. The figure makes sure that Abdulmejid's unconscious form doesn’t get cut as he is pushed out of the window. The figure watches as
Abdulmejid is lifted into the helicopter hovering high up past the building. Once Abdulmejid is lifted safely into the helicopter. The figure jumps out of the hotel window and glides away from the building.

Wolf Street:
Anika was playing a board game with Lilly, Ashley, and Zoey. Mouse, Marshal Weather, and Gina were monitoring the situation going on with Dakota, Shade, and Hatter. Mouse was linked through Wraith’s camera system and a hidden camera attached to Hatter. The signal went from Hatter to Wraith’s system and transmitted the signal to Mouse.

Mouse was still linked to the satellite system. She was watching and recording everything, as it took place. Mouse looks up when she hears Gina’s cellphone beep.

“Who’s calling you, now cousin?” Mouse was curious because Gina has been on her cellphone most of the morning.

“I’ll tell you in a few minutes.” Gina steps away from her cousin.

“We got Agent Woods and we’re on our way to the gym.” Gina was glad everything went as planned. It was short notice, but Zak and Siri managed to pull it off.

“Alright, Zak. Did you make sure the cameras were jammed?”

“Yes, ma’am. There’s no recording of us coming or going.”

“Good. Wait until you hear from Dakota before bringing Agent Woods into the gym.”

“Yes ma’am.” Zak ends the call.

Mouse looks at her cousin “you pulled in extra people?”

“There was already a second team in Washington D.C. I just went ahead and used two members of the second team to capture Agent Woods.”

“That makes sense. Otherwise, he might have gotten away.” Mouse understood why Gina did what she did.

Anika’s cellphone starts playing the theme to Night Rider. She picks it up off the table and presses accept “is it done?”

“It’s done, boss. We have Abdulmejid Osman in custody. He might need a change of underwear.” Terry glances back to Abdulmejid's unconscious form.

“Alright, transport him to the local Marshal office with all the information we have collected.” Anika was going to make sure Abdulmejid was put in jail.

“I will.” Terry was heading towards the airport to meet up with Carla.

She was supposed to bring the armored van to transport Abdulmejid to the marshal's office. Terry had bought an armored van a while ago at a government auction. He had restored the van and has been using it to transport some dangerous items to his workshop.

The new suit Carla was using, was designed by the person who did Hatter’s and Shade’s electric motorcycles. He had met her and talked about a few ideas he had with her. He also was getting items he needed for his projects as well.

Anika ends the call to Terry. Agent Weather looks at Anika and Gina “why didn’t you tell the others what you were up to?”

“Because there wouldn’t have been anything they could do. I still had some of my team in New York. Since Abdulmejid was in New York on business. I figure I would have my other teammates arrest him.”

“What about his diplomatic immunity? Won’t he be able to use it to get out of being arrested?” Marshal Weather knew a lot of diplomats use it to escape what they have done.

“I put him on the wanted terrorist list. He isn’t going to be able to escape or use any legal tactic to avoid spending some time in your jails.” Mouse was proud of herself.

“Who are you?” Marshal Weather looks at Mouse with a puzzled look on his face.

“I shouldn’t be telling you this, but I work for MI 6.” Mouse figured Marshal Weather was going to find out sooner or later.

Lilly looks at Mouse “you work for MI 6?”

“Yes, I’m not an agent, per se. I work in their computer department.”

“So, what you told me was true?” Lilly couldn’t believe that Mouse was a British agent.

Ray’s Gym:
Hatter was walking around looking at the place. She was getting antsy and wanted some action. She turns around and looks at Shade “what do you think Bree is doing?”

“Probably playing on her tablet.” Shade knew how much Aylin cares for Bree.

“Well, I promise to spend a lot of time with her when we get back.” Aylin wanted Bree to know how much she cared for her.

“I think she will like that.” Shade cared about Bree as well.

“I hope so. Is there any sign of those merc’s yet?” Aylin knew Dakota was outside watching the parking lot.

“Not yet, Aylin.” Dakota was sitting outside in Wraith waiting for the attack.

She had parked next to a dumpster and used the new function that Terry added. Wraith could now blend with any object he parked next to. It was the same type of special coating that the Black Knight had.

She has been in contact with Terry and learned that Anika had given him and Carla a mission. After she spoke with Terry, she talked with her babysitter Lilly to see how the twins were doing. She missed not being around her girls.

As Dakota is sitting and watching the gym, she spots three SUVs pulling into the parking lot.

“We have guests, guys. At least three SUVs.” Dakota watches as a guy exists from one of the SUVs and kills the power to the place.

Shade and Aylin smile as the lights turned off. Darkness was their favorite playtime.

“Let the games begin.” Aylin rubs her hands together.

The main entrance to the gym is blown off its hinges. Several guys charge into the gym tossing flash bombs and smoke grenades. Hatter and Shade were watching from their hiding spots. The two of them were wearing the specialized helmets that they used with their motorcycles.

The flash bombs and smoke didn’t bother them at all. They watched as eight men came into the gym. They were armed with rifles, wearing body armor and helmets. They watched as the men use hand signals to communicate with one another.

A smile appears on Aylin’s face, as she drops down from the rafter behind one of the guys. She puts her needler against the guy’s neck and pulls the trigger. The fast-acting coating on the needle punctures the guy’s skin and knocks him out. She lets the guy drop and goes for the next guy. She knew her needler wasn’t going to penetrate these guys' body armor.

Shade attacks the next guy with his bo-staff. He hits him right on his neck, knocking him out. One of the mercs turns around and fires at Hatter. She uses the body of the guy she had as a shield. She slips one of her throwing knives into her hand and throws it into the helmet face shield.

The guy stumbles backward, pulling the trigger on his gun. He hits another guy, and that guy goes down. Another fires at Hatter and hits her.
The bulletproof jacket she wore protected her from the bullets. She turns around quickly and throws one of her throwing knives into the face shield of the guy's helmet.

Shade gets hit by one of the mercs, but his heavy bulletproof jacket absorbs the impact. He swings his sword and shoves it through the guy’s
chest. He is thrown off his feet and when a flash grenade goes off near him.

Hatter looks up at the guy laying on top of her. Someone threw a flash grenade near her and Shade. She pushes the guy off her and looks over towards where the grenade came from and saw Dakota standing there. A guy was laying at her feet.

“Why did you do that?” Hatter stands up off the floor.

“I didn’t. He had it in his hand when I shot him.” Dakota saw the guy about to throw it at Hatter and Shade.

Hatter kicks the guy as she walks by the guy. She pulls her throwing knives out of the two men she threw them at.

“I’m going outside and see about turning the power back on.” Shade steps outside to see if he can turn the power back on.

Hatter and Dakota drag the mercs still breathing over to one pile. The ones they had killed, are dragged over to another pile. Luckily, there
were only three people that had been killed. After a few minutes, the lights come back on inside the gym.

“Looks like Shade has the lights on.” Dakota takes her helmet off.

“Oh, goodie! Now I get to play.” Hatter walks over to the one she used her needler on and starts removing his clothes and body armor.

“I’m worried about you, Aylin.” Dakota helps prepare another guy.

“Why?” Hatter looks at Dakota with a confused look on her face.

“Because you enjoy torturing the bad guys too much with electricity.”

“Why should it matter? They are bad guys, and they knew what they were getting into. Besides, look at this guy’s penis. It’s so puny.” Hatter had the guy she knocked out lifted off the floor by his hands.

Dakota strips a few more guys and suspends them off the floor. She hopes they were going to need to torture these too much.

“I got your play toys, Hatter.” Shade comes walking in with Hatter’s favorite torture toys.

Hatter looks over towards Shade and notices he had her black bag which had all her torture devices in it. She slaps her hands together and rubs them.

“Thanks, sweetie.” She kisses Shade on the lips.

“Hey, where do you want this guy?” Zak and Siri come walking into the gym with an unconscious Agent Javon Woods being carried between the two of them.

“Who’s that? And who are you two?” Dakota had no idea who the two Asian people were.

“I’m Zak and this is my wife Siri. We work for Gina Bounty and she instructed us to bring this guy to you. His name is Agent Javon Woods.” Zak looks at the two women and the guy.

He and Siri noticed several other guys were hanging by their arms. Siri looks at her husband and then back at everyone.

“Bring him over here.” Hatter had thrown another rope up to the rafters and had it hanging next to her.

“Okay.” Zak and Siri carry the unconscious form of Agent Javon Woods over to Hatter.

Hatter strips Agent Javon of his clothes and ties his hands together. Shade lifts him into the air by the rope. He secures the rope and steps aside to let Hatter have her fun.

Zak and Siri watch as the young girl dressed as the Mad Hatter take out some cattle prods. He looks at Shade and Dakota “she’s not going to use those, is she?”

A smile appears on Dakota’s face “yes, she is.”

“Ouch!” Siri couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

“Let’s wake our guy up.” Hatter gives the counter agent for the knockout drug from the needles on the first guy she shot.

“Wakey, wakey! Mr. Bad Guy.” Hatter touches the cattle prod to the guy.

The man shakes from being shocked as his eyes open. He loses control of his bladder as piss squirts from his penis.

“Oh, the poor guy pissed himself.” Hatter shocks him again.

The guy shakes as he feels the jolt from the cattle prod. He tries to keep from biting his tongue. The electrical shock he was feeling stops.
Dakota walks around to stand in front of him “who hired you to try and kill Marshal Weather and the young girl?”

Giotto just sneers at the black-haired woman standing in front of him. Another red hair woman was standing near him with a cattle prod.

“I would answer her question, because if you don’t. Well, my girlfriend enjoys playing with people.” Shade stands near the black-haired woman.

Giotto looks at the red-haired woman as she twirls a black cattle prod in her hand. He spots four of his companions hanging next to him and a guy he didn’t recognize. He looks at how many people were looking at him and his hanging companions.

“If I tell you, what are you planning on doing with us afterward?” Giotto looks at the black hair guy.

“Well, you’ll get a nice stay at one of our maximum-security prisons. As for how long you’ll serve, will be determined by the judge.” Shade didn’t know how long they would get.

“5, 4, 3, 2, 1!” Hatter touches the cattle prod to Giotto’s penis.

“Hatter! He was thinking about it.” Dakota looks at Hatter.

“He was taking too long. It was a simple yes or no question.” Hatter didn’t want to give him any more time.

Giotto looks at the red-haired teen. He was starting to hate her. He knew if he didn’t talk, she was going to keep torturing him or move on to his companion.

“Fine! I’ll tell you everything you want to know.” Giotto wasn’t getting paid enough by Abdulmejid to take this type of torture. He would rather take a bullet to the head.

“Damn! There goes my fun.” Hatter was mad because she wanted to torture the guy some more.

“Sweetie, you have four others and Agent Woods you can torture.” Shade hugs Hatter.

Hatter perks up and look at Agent Woods “I’m going to have fun with him.”

Siri leans close to Zak “what is with the red hair girl? Is she nuts or something?”

“I don’t know. This is my first time meeting her.” Zak was wondering the same thing about Hatter.

No one in his group enjoyed torturing people like she likes to do. He wonders if he would have the stomach to do some things like this. He wonders what these people did and if they worked for Mrs. Bounty.

Hatter leaves Shade’s arms and walks over to agent Woods and touches his penis with the cattle prod. She makes sure he gets a big jolt from her cattle prod. She was going to make him confess to the crimes he committed.

Agent Woods wakes up and pisses himself as the shock he received jolted him awake. He looks around and finds himself surrounded by five people. He notices several other guys hanging by their arms next to him.

“Hello, Agent Woods. It’s time for you to confess to your crimes.” Dakota stands in front of him.

“You can’t make me say anything.” Agent Woods wasn’t going to say anything.

“You’re right, I’m can’t make you say anything, but she can.” Dakota points towards Hatter.

“Please don’t confess. Because I want to have some more fun and watch you pee yourself.” Hatter causes the cattle prod to crackle.

“You don’t have the authority...”

“Hatter, if you would please!” Dakota was getting tired of the speech.

“With pleasure!” Hatter touches her cattle prod to Agent Woods penis and gives him a big shock.

Agent Woods screams as Hatter holds the cattle prod to his penis. He pisses himself as well.

“That’s enough, Hatter.” Shade felt sorry for the poor guy.

Agent Woods felt embarrassed for pissing in front of everyone. He looks at the person dressed like Blade from the movies. If he hadn’t stopped the red hair girl when he did. He would have emptied his bowels as well.

“Fine! I’ll talk. Just keep that crazy bitch away from me.”

Agent Woods screams again, as Hatter shocks him with the cattle prod.

“You shouldn’t have called Hatter, a crazy bitch.” Shade looks at Agent Woods.

“Talk, or I will let her go full bore on you.” Dakota was going to let Hatter have her fun.

“I’ll talk! Just keep that bitch away from me.”

Hatter was about to thrust the cattle prod into agent Woods’s penis. She is stopped by Shade “come on sweetie. Let Dakota take his confession.

Zak and Siri had watched as Hatter tortured the other guys. They couldn’t believe how creative she could be with the cattle prod and a butane torch. The butane torched came into play, when Agent Javon Woods wouldn’t talk from the cattle prod being used against him. Hatter grabbed the butane torch and started singing:

My nuts roasting on an open fire,
The smell nipping on my nose,
Can feel the pain heightened by my ire,
The smoke dressed all the flaming "toes".
Everybody wants some jerky and some jiggy Joes,
Got to quell the season's hype.
Blood sausage will come out by the flow,
Will find it nice to eat tonight.
You know that Fanta's on the way;
It's loaded lots of fizz and sugar by the way.
With every hyper child is going to cry,
To see if they can really learn how to fly.
Weeeeeee-*crash*
Song lyrics by: Max Power

Zak and Siri couldn’t believe how crazy Hatter was as she got closer and closer to Agent Woods with the torch. Siri wonders if Hatter was willing to use the torch on the guy. She watches as Hatter got close to Agent Woods's testicles and burned the hair on them.

“I’ll tell you what you want to know!” Agent woods felt the heat from the torch as it burned the hair surrounding his testicles.
Siri looks at Hatter “you’re crazy.”

“One hundred percent guilty and I have the paperwork to prove it.” A cheshire smile appears on Hatter’s face.

Zak looks at Shade “is she telling the truth?”

“I’m afraid so. However, I still love her.” Shade places a kiss on Hatter’s cheek.

Dakota extracts the information they need to prove Agent Woods's involvement and his connections to Abdulmejid himself. Once they have the information, Dakota places a call for pick-up.

“You know, Uncle Jack is going to be a little mad with us.” Aylin was looking at the door that got blown off the hinges.

“I think your uncle will be okay with it.” Shade was glad they kept the damage to a minimum.

Later in the evening:
Zak and Siri look at everyone sitting around the dining room table. Agent Woods and the merc’s they had taken out had been picked up by US Marshal’s. All the information and confessions they had gathered had been copied and given to the US Marshals.

Marshal Weather looks at everyone gathered at the table. He couldn’t believe how connected Mouse was and how many people sitting at the table were law enforcement.

“I have a question. Do you guys always look after one another?” Weather looks at Mouse and Gina when he asks that question.

“We protect our own and go after those criminals that normal law enforcement can’t touch. Why do you ask?” Gina was curious why this subject came up.

“Because I have never seen a family like yours before. You have a MI 6 agent, a private security contractor, and whatever your aunt and her people are sitting at this table.”

“Don’t forget, you have two MMA fighters sitting here too.” Hatter bites into an eggroll.

“Okay, two MMA fighters as well.” Marshal Weather couldn’t believe that the red-haired woman and her boyfriend were special agents.

“I think it’s cool.” Asher was sitting between Gina and Anika.

Zoey nods her head in agreement. She was enjoying the General Tso's chicken they had ordered.

“Our family have always been in law enforcement or military. Besides we're good at it.” Gina knew their family has handled a lot of dangerous missions.

“Well, remind me to never have you guys come after me.” Marshal Weather takes a bite of his curry beef.

Zoey stops eating and signs to Mouse. She gets up from the table and rushes to the front door.

Gina and Anika look at Mouse “what did she say?”

“We have company.” Mouse gets up from the table.

Just as she does, the doorbell rings. Anika looks towards Gina “are you expecting anyone?”

“No.” Gina looks towards Lilly.

“Do you know if Mouse was expecting anyone?”

“No.” Lilly was curious as well.

When Zoey gets to the front door and answers it. A surprised look appears on Mouse’s face when she spots her mother on the other side.

“Mom, what brings you here?” As Mouse steps past Zoey.

“I thought I would see what trouble my daughter has gotten into.” Countess Charlotte Basset looks at her daughter with a smile on her face.

Zoey moves past Mouse and hugs Charlotte. She had seen the Countess in her dreams.

“Who is this charming young lady?” Charlotte looks down at the young girl hugging her.

“Your new daughter, mom.” A smile appears on Mouse’s face.

Charlotte looks at the young girl as she hugs her. She taps her shoulder “it’s nice to meet you as well. Let’s go inside, sweetie.”

Zoey lets go of Charlotte and step aside to let her into the townhouse.

Zoey holds Countess Basset’s hand as they tour the National Zoo. Mouse was holding Asher’s hand as they walked over towards the Panda Bears. Charlotte looks at Zoey and Asher as they walked. She had talked to Mouse about her adopting the two of them and wanted to see how she felt.

Mouse has always been the only child that Charlotte Basset has ever raised. Now, she was going to have two siblings she’ll need to look after. She knows Zoey will never join The Secret Intelligence Service. She was too much of an artist and with her gift to predict the future. The SIS
would take advantage of it and she knew her mother wouldn’t allow that. As for Asher, she knew her mother used to have a daughter that was MTF.

She figures Asher would make a good MI5 agent with her mother’s help. However, she needed to go back to school and have the surgery before she joins. Her friend Lilly turned her offer down, but her aunt Anika was willing to hire her for a position at a small television station her Uncle Jack recently bought. She could work at the television station and go back to college to finish her teaching degree.

“So, Asher. What do you think about moving to England?” Mouse looks at her new sister.

“I’ve never been to England and it will be something new. Also, it will give me a fresh start.” Asher looks at Mouse.

“You do know, you’ll be required to attend royal functions and you can’t tell anyone that mom and I are SIS agents.” That was the one thing Mouse hated about being in the SIS.

“What should I tell people when they ask me about you two?” Asher looks at Mouse and Charlotte.

“Well, for me. I’m a computer consultant for mom’s import/export business. It’s technically not a lie, because we do own several businesses.”

Zoey was listening to Mouse and Asher as they talked. She had her sketch pad with her, so she could sketch out some of the animals. She liked Countess Basset, Asher, and Mouse. She knew she would be safer with Countess Basset, instead of staying in the United States with a foster family.

Mouse, Asher, Zoey, and Charlotte take their time touring the zoo. They stop to have lunch at one of the eateries in the zoo. Zoey and Asher smirk when their new mother bites into an American hamburger.

Zoey ordered two chili dogs and steak fries. Asher ordered a double cheeseburger and Mouse ordered two cheeseburgers as well.

“What’s so funny, Zoey?” Mouse looks at Zoey for an answer.

Zoey signs that she was amused by her new mother’s expression as she ate the burger. She had never seen someone who has never had a normal burger before.

“It’s just different, Zoey.” Charlotte takes another bite of her burger.

After lunch, they continue to explore the zoo. Charlotte buys some t-shirts and plush animals for Zoey and Asher. Once they were done with the zoo. They take a cab back to the safe house.

“Mom, do you think Uncle Jack is going to keep using this safe house?”

“I doubt it. It’s too well known, now.”

“Do you think Uncle Jack would let us use it when we are in town?” Mouse was curious.

“I’ll talk with your uncle about me buying it off him.” Charlotte wouldn’t mind keeping the place and using it when they come to Washington D.C.

“How long are we going to stay in Alexandria?” Mouse was curious.

“I thought we would stay for a few more days and then go and see your uncle in Montana.” Charlotte wouldn’t mind seeing her brother and his wife.

“Do you think he’ll mind me?” Asher looks at Charlotte.

A smile appears on her face “your uncle Jack won’t mind you, sweetie. Now, how about we go and get some dinner?” Charlotte looks at her children.

“Sounds good, mom.” All three children speak at once.