Disclaimer: If you are reading this then most likely you are a fan of the Alpha Force books. If so, any characters in this story that you recognise are Chris Ryan's; any that you don't recognise are mine and mine alone.

A/N: The majority of the information in here is true, but there is some that I made up. I had to do a newspaper article thingo for school, where we had to find a newspaper article, summarise it and then right about how we felt after reading the article. Riveting fun really :( But I found an article on baby-trafficking in China and felt like I had to right an Alpha Force story based on that. Right up their alley I think! Also, they can drive. Ok. They can drive.

Amber sat on her bed, absentmindedly playing with a tassel on her pillow. She gave a bored sigh and flung herself backwards, so she was lying, stretched out, on the bed.

A knock on the door woke her. Looking at her watch, Amber was shocked to realise she had been asleep for two hours. The knock came again, louder this time.

'Amber?' John Middleton pushed open the door and poked his head around the corner. 'There you are.' Amber gave a small smile and gestured to the bed she was still sitting on.

'I guess I fell asleep,' she said sheepishly. John laughed then came across the room to sit next to her on the bed. He was holding a hat upside that was filled with small pieces of folded paper. Amber raised a perfectly plucked eyebrow and stared at her uncle. He grinned and shook the hat.

'Go on. Pick one,' he urged her. Amber was puzzled but eagerly pulled out a piece of paper. She unfolded it and turned to her uncle.

'What...?' John clapped his hands together once as he read what was written on the paper over his niece's shoulder.

'Go ring your friends Amber. Then get packing. You leave tomorrow.' Amber smiled then hugged John.

'Wow! Really? Are you serious?' He nodded and Amber's grin got wider. And slyer. 'Hex will hate this,' she laughed happily.