The teams have been divided up to investigate Perfect Match. Afterwards. Last chappie.

"God Aneisha ! What did I do ?" whimpered Keri.

Aneisha grimaced. "Well, I guess you went a little bit crazy there," she said looking sympathetically at Keri. "You like him don't you ?" she asked, so quietly, that Keri barely heard her, nodding towards Dan.

"Of course I like him. He's our friend isn't he ?" said Keri.

"No, I mean like, like," said Aneisha, nodding at Keri.

"Oh ! Like, like," said Keri vaguely. "I guess," she said in a whisper.

The rest of the night seemed to stretch out forever for Keri. She watched Dan being loaded up on to a stretcher, wrapped in blankets and towed away. Someone helped her to follow and she was shown into the same ambulance. "Is he alright ?" she asked the paramedic once the ambulance was driving through the night.

"He's sleeping," said the paramedic as he checked the monitor on Dan's finger and wrote something on a sheet of paper. "Why don't you lie down. You look all in," he said, smiling at Keri. She lay down on the spare stretcher she was sitting on and drifted off to sleep.

Keri woke blinking in bright sunshine. She was lying in a hospital bed, separated from the next bed by a blue curtain. She looked around curiously and realised that Tom was sitting beside her, playing on his games console. "Tom ?" she asked. Her voice was a bit croaky so she cleared her throat.

"Oh Keri, you're awake," said Tom smiling up at her. "You want a drink ?" he asked her.

"Please," said Keri. Tom leapt to his feet and poured Keri a drink from a jug on the table beside her. She gulped down the drink gratefully and handed Tom the cup. He gave her another which she also drank. "Mm, thanks. That's better," she said, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand. "Why am I in here ?" she asked curiously.

"Oh, they said you were exhausted," explained Tom. "I think they just want to make sure you've had some sleep and eaten before they let you go home," he said.

"Where's Dan ?" asked Keri.

Tom pointed to the curtain. "He's through there. He's still asleep," he said.

"Is he alright ?" asked Keri anxiously.

"He's fine. They've given him painkillers and antibiotics and left him to sleep it off," Tom said. "I'll go and give him a kiss to wake him up if you like," he said cheekily.

"Oi ! I heard that," complained a hoarse voice behind the curtain.

Laughing, Tom got up and pulled the curtain back. A sleepy and grumpy looking Dan lay in the bed next to Keri's. "How long have you been awake ?" asked Tom.

"Since I heard someone talking," said Dan, shaking his head and blinking. Tom got him a drink and Dan took it gratefully. "Oh thanks mate," said Dan as Tom got him another. Tom surreptitiously glanced between Keri and Dan. Between the two of them, Keri definitely looked better. Dan was still pale and looked weary.

"I'll let them know you're awake," said Tom, slipping out of the door. When he returned, he was followed by a smiling nurse and a man pushing a trolley loaded with trays of food. Their beds were raised and plates of food put in front of them.

"I'm looking for empty plates," warned the nurse before she left the room.

Keri realised she was starving and tore into her food. It was way better than she expected for hospital food although she was so hungry she would have eaten just about anything. Once her worst hunger pangs had been satisfied she looked across to Dan who was eating more slowly. "It's not bad is it ?" she asked him. He nodded, still chewing. "Did you get enough information on Perfect Match, you and Rose ?" Keri asked Tom.

"Yes. Luckily we had what we needed when the SWAT team arrived. As soon as they broke in, the Perfect Match people set a programme running to wipe all of their data," said Tom. "It's all gone now," he said. "We've got information on all of the people they've replaced. It looks like they've been operating for over five years now. We haven't counted how many people's identities they've stolen, but it could be nearly a hundred."

"That's horrible," said Dan. Tom was surprised to see Dan looking at him with a troubled look on his face. "It's a horrible thing to do to someone," said Dan vaguely, before sighing and going back to his food.

"Yes, it's nasty," agreed Tom, puzzled at why Dan was so upset by it. He normally went on missions, locked up the bad guys and came back looking satisfied at a job well done. Tom had never seen an empathetic side to Dan, except where his friends were concerned. Maybe he had underestimated the guy. He had always assumed Dan just liked the thrill of being a spy. Maybe there was a bit more to it than that.

Keri cleared her plates. Dan ate over half his food before putting down his knife and fork and leaning back against his pillows.

"Still tired ?" asked Tom sympathetically. Dan just nodded, his eyelids drooping. Within seconds he was asleep again. "I guess Dan won't be going home just yet," Tom whispered to Keri. She smiled at him and shook her head.

"Was anyone hurt ?" Keri asked anxiously.

"Some minor injuries," said Tom. "Fortunately, Carrie and Oscar set an explosion off in a safe full of weapons and explosives so that the enemy wouldn't be able to use them against us."

"That's good," said Keri.

"Yeah, except that it was in the storage room with all the physical stuff from people who had been targeted by Perfect Match. All the paper records and artefacts were destroyed by the fire," said Tom. "All we've got now are the electronic records that Rose and I found. There are loads of people out there living out someone else's life. We might not know about them."

"You'll find them," said Keri confidently.

"You think ?" asked Tom.

"I know. You and Rose are the two cleverest people I know. I reckon the two of you will have it sewn up in no time," said Keri smiling at him. Tom blushed and smiled back.

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Later in the afternoon Keri sat with Aneisha, Tom and Frank in MI9 HQ. "Dan will be mad if he wakes up and we've all gone," said Aneisha.

"He needs the rest. No alternative really," said Frank. He stood up and smiled as Rose, Carrie, Ilya and Oscar came into the room. They all hugged one another. "Thanks for taking care of them," said Frank.

"They don't need much taking care of Frank," said Carrie laughing. "Keri can kick ass."

"Tom is nearly as good as me on the computer," said Rose. She didn't see Carrie and Oscar rolling their eyes at the others. Aneisha and Keri covered their mouths to hide their grins.

"Aneisha is also very nearly as good as me undercover," said Ilya completely straight-faced. Everyone except Rose laughed. She looked puzzled by the hilarity.

"And Dan," said Oscar shaking his head.

"He did give up once he was unconscious," said Ilya. "If he could think of a way to keep fighting while unconscious, he probably would."

"So what happens next ?" asked Keri. "What's going to happen to Perfect Match ?"

"Well, nobody's talking," said Frank with a sigh. "Fortunately we think we have enough information from the data which Tom and Rose collected to track down all of the replacement criminals. There's going to be a joint international operation to locate these people, arrest them, and track down the funds these illegal activities have been collecting for Perfect Match. You guys will be helping with that," he said, nodding towards Rose, Oscar, Carrie and Ilya.

"Not us ?" asked Aneisha.

"No, you have other work to do," said Frank. "You're the only MI High team at the moment. The adult agents can deal with the clear-up from Perfect Match."

"I guess we'd better say bye then," said Rose walking up to Tom with her hand out. They shook hands. Carrie gave Tom, Aneisha and Keri a big hug. Oscar and Ilya gave the girls a hug and Tom a handshake before leaving.

"Right, time to go home everyone," said Frank, clapping his hands together.

"What about Dan ?" asked Keri.

"Don't worry about Dan. I'll see he's alright," promised Frank.

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Dan woke to the sound of voices again. The light wasn't as bright. He looked across to Keri's bed and it was empty. Worried, he spotted his watch on the bedside cabinet. He checked and was shocked to find it was early evening. "No way ! I've been asleep all day !" he complained.

"Good," said Frank, appearing from the doorway, followed by Oscar. "You needed it. How's your leg ?" he asked.

Dan wiggled his leg experimentally. "Bit better," he reported. "Can I go now ?" he asked.

"Not up to me," said Frank shrugging. "Hungry ?" Dan nodded. He really was hungry this time. "I'll get some food organised," said Frank.

Oscar dropped into the chair beside the bed. "You've got a good line in chucking grenades from the bottom of a bin," said Oscar with a smile.

"Uh, lucky hit I think," said Dan.

"Nothing lucky about it," said Oscar. "You're a good team," he said.

"So are you," said Dan. "Carrie's a great fighter," he said admiringly.

Oscar smiled widely. "Yes. She's great in lots of ways," he said. Dan cocked an eyebrow at him and Oscar laughed. "Yeah maybe," he said, quite shyly. Dan didn't push it. Oscar was too much like him and he really liked the guy. Oscar stretched his legs out in front of him and folded his hands over his stomach. "You Okay ?" Oscar asked him.

"Yeah. My leg will be fine soon," said Dan.

"That's not what I meant," said Oscar. "It really bothered you didn't it ?" he asked gently.

Dan thought back to that room full of people's personal things in boxes. It made his toes curl thinking about the photos of the little girls and the jewellery in the box they had opened. It did bother him. He didn't know why it bothered him so much. "I don't know why," he said hesitantly. "It's usually Aneisha who thinks about things like that," he admitted. "I just get on with stuff, you know, trying to be professional. I guess I wasn't myself so much this time," he said apologetically.

"You don't need to apologise Dan," said Oscar. "You have to be a human being as well as a professional in this job. The instant you stop being a human being, that's when you become a rotten agent. That's when you turn into the thing you're fighting against." He paused, and Dan thought about what Oscar had said. "You care," said Oscar gently, "and that's what makes you a great agent." Dan looked at him in astonishment. "Well, that and the ability to chuck grenades accurately when semi-conscious," said Oscar thoughtfully. They were both laughing when Frank came back in with more food.

"How hungry are you ?" asked Frank.

"Ravenous," said Dan.

"Good ! I guessed correctly," said Frank, putting down a tray piled high with different foods. "Enjoy !"

THE END

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