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Naomi sat with her arms crossed impatiently drumming her fingers in a rhythmic fashion. This was the part she hated, the waiting, waiting for the latest mission that Vendetta decided to send her on. She sighed almost dramatically and crossed her legs and swapped to start tapping her foot against the leg of the table instead.

Finally the door to the room flew open and Ames stormed in, for a moment Naomi repressed the look of contempt that would have crossed her features, instead replaced it with something akin to disinterest.

He set his laptop down and began typing away furiously and before she knew it two almost identical faces were looking down on her from the screen, brown eyes and brown hair, long - past their shoulders, one with a round face and the other thinner, she couldn't help noticing that they were stunning, the both of them.

Instantly Ames lifted his gaze and stood brushing his already pristine suit down unnecessarily before he began pacing back and forth.

"Agents Kilo and Echo" He instructed whilst jabbing a finger towards the screen. "Deep cover operatives whose identities have been compromised." Naomi watched as he shook his head "We can't send a team in for extraction, it's too risky and the information held by the agents is far too great to risk by drawing attention to them with a large scale operation."

Naomi looked closer at him, he seemed rather agitated she realised that this must be a pretty important job to get Ames worked up quite so much, she watched as he clicked the button in his hand before she moved her gaze back to the screen that was now showing a map of the area.

"Both agents are here" another click and the screen zoomed in on the location "a hotel just outside the city, our intel suggests that one of the agents is injured and that there are teams scouring the local area in search to eliminate them, we fear their position may be located shortly, which is why were sending you both in tonight."

Naomi watched as he began pacing again back and forth. "Your cover will be as residents at the hotel, a reservation will be made under an Alias of your choosing, once inside you are to locate the agents and make the extraction at the first available opportunity"

Naomi continued to stare at the screen assessing the area, with a another click the imaged changed now showing two highlighted points on the map, one north heading towards the city and the other slightly to the west.

"Two extraction points have been arranged, it's imperative that we get the intel from these agents which is why we've decided to split them up. Oracle you will take the injured agent to the closest extraction point whereby a vehicle will be waiting." Naomi watched as he pointed to the site just west of and relatively close to the hotel.

"Rogue you will take the other to the extraction point closer to the town centre, an airfield, it's the most likely path they will expect...Dangerous yet necessary to distract away from Oracle who may be unable to defend herself and her cargo safely."

Great just great, Naomi thought, Effy got a short trip from the hotel to car that would drive them safe and sound with back up no doubt, and yet Naomi had what looked to be a 3 or 4 mile trek in a hostel environment. Just fan- fucking-tastic.

She chanced a look away from the screen across to Effy expecting to see a smirk on her face but she was already deep in thought.

Before she had a chance to raise a question Ames shut the laptop and turned to them both leaning forwards with his palms on the table "This is a class 1 priority I don't need to tell you how important it is that this goes off without a hitch, thats why I'm sending my two best girls" His gaze shifted from Naomi to Effy and back again focusing clearly on Naomi, who raised an eyebrow at him in challenge, did he really think that she was 'his' girl? She scoffed internally, of course he did she knew how to play her part well.

He shook his head and sighed "wheels up at eighteen hundred, watchtower will be your eye in the sky, remember they're on the lookout for both agents and it'll be a shoot first ask questions later deal so watch yourself" Naomi fought back the urge to laugh, she didn't believe for one minute that he actually gave a shit about her or Effy, he was just more concerned about getting the precious cargo back safe and sound with the oh so important intel and not having to report yet another failed mission to the board. She felt like she should point out that if he did insist on contracting idiots that had zero skills he wouldn't have to make such embarrassing calls.

She watched as he grabbed his things and left the room as swiftly as he had entered, for a man he was ridiculously dramatic, god knows who he must have killed to land himself such a prominent position.

Rising from her seat she looked over to Effy who was already standing her face now sporting the smirk that she had expected to see earlier "I have an idea..." she drawled before leaving the room with Naomi following after, if there's one thing she had learnt it was that Effy's idea's almost always paid off.

They walked hand in hand through the entrance to the hotel their arms swinging slightly between them before Effy pulled Naomi into a searing kiss. A cough from behind them caused them to break apart. Naomi felt Effy smirk against her lips before she moved away and pulled Naomi along to the reception desk.

"Reservation" the receptionist asked her face tinged with pink, clearly embarrassed and maybe just maybe a little disgusted by the scene she just witnessed.

"Scarlett" Effy replied with a devlish smirk as she traced her tongue over her bottom lip "we booked the honeymoon suite" she added with a wink before caressing Naomi's hand on the counter "isn't that right darling?"

Naomi just nodded her vibrant blue eyes sparkling clearly amused by the façade.

The receptionist slapped the keycard down on the desk noisily her discomfort becoming more and more obvious "Room 201 down the hall second corridor on the left."

Effy's smug expression did nothing to quell the poor girls discomfort "come on beautiful, better get you to bed before...well...before I jump you right here, right now" she shoved Naomi gently to get her to walk in front of her but not before sending another wink at the receptionist.

Once out of earshot Naomi turned to Effy "That wasn't part of the plan" Naomi admonished her partner with one brow raised before she snatched the card from her hand.

Effy just smirked in response and followed her in the room before dropping her bag on the floor and hopping onto the bed, licking her lips in the process "no, it wasn't...but it was fun...mmmm you taste like...cherry and nicotine" she added before she burst out laughing her eyes sparkling mischievously.

"Fuck you Ef and for the record its strawberry" she finished before she pulled the bag off the floor and threw it on her partner rather wickedly "now stop being a twat and get set up you tit" she pulled small black box from the bag and then turned and left the room to the sound of Effy's sniggers.

She took a brief walk around the hotel familiarising herself with the layout before taking the short walk back to reception to see the same woman sitting at the front desk. Poor cow, she thought, not only did she have to deal with Effy's little impromptu PDA but now she was going to have to deal with being tricked into giving them just the information she needed.

She slipped a hand inside her sleeve pulling out a slim knife which she turned in her hand before drawing the blade across her finger, ignoring the slight sting it left behind. She squeezed it a little to speed up the blood flow slightly before she slipped it back in the sheath on her forearm and headed towards the desk.

"Hey" she smiled politely at the receptionist "I don't suppose you guys have a first aid kit or even a plaster handy" she questioned raising her finger to the receptionist who visibly paled at the sight before she turned and disappeared out of site. Naomi presumed it was to throw up in the bin as she heard a splattering sound coming from behind the desk which caused Naomi to wrinkle her nose in disgust before she sucked her finger and removed the apparently offending blood.

"Errrr are you okay?" she asked hesitantly before walking around the desk to check on the girl who still appeared to be emptying her stomach, she rolled her eyes, anyone would of thought her finger was hanging off the way this woman reacted, uncomfortable around two women kissing and squeamish...Jeez what a catch! Naomi ducked down to get a better look at the girl, Kelly or at least that what was on her name tag.

"Kelly?" she asked and a whimper was all she received before a rather pale looking face looked up at her slightly distressed "Sorry, not good with blood" her reply was pretty feeble, Naomi bit back the scathing retort that she would have normally rattled off and instead settled on a half smile.

"Really? And there was me thinking the sight of me made you barf, why don't you go clean up, I'll wait here just encase anyone comes up" She watched as Kelly nodded rather mutely before walking to the bathroom, the bin still clutched in her arms.

Naomi just chuckled quietly to herself before sinking down behind the desk and tapping away on the keys looking for the room number that Kilo and Echo were in all the while keeping an eye out for Kelly's return from the bathroom. Scrolling the list she found nothing but single bookings and couples, nothing that looked like friends or sisters, she kept searching though and then something odd caught her eye, a name with a familiar looking combination 'Olie Hock', an anagram clever... very clever she thought.

She checked the room number and went back to the main screen before rising and moving back to lean against the front desk waiting for Kelly to drag her sorry arse out of the bathroom, she almost felt guilty for the pale look Kelly was now sporting...almost..."So about that plaster" she smiled as she watched Kelly pale further before reaching into the cupboard behind her and pulling out the first aid kit, handing the whole thing over to Naomi. "Thanks" she smiled as she took what she needed and left to head back to Effy.

She walked in her thumb rubbing gently across the plaster now covering her forefinger as she watched Effy tapping away. "Did you even plant the transmitter?" Effy asked before she looked up to see Naomi waving the small black box in the air before throwing it towards her.

"No need, I worked my magic" Naomi replied which just caused Effy to scoff loudly.

"Your magic? Since when did you become a magician, you didnt have enough time to sleep with her so it couldn't have been that" she chucked as she slammed the lid down and threw the laptop down on the bed.

"Fuck you" she replied watched as Effy moved as graceful as ever to the dresser before moving to pick up the phone

"Only ever in your dreams...room?" she questioned as if it wasn't obvious what she was about to do.

"307" Naomi replied without looking as she turned and grabbed her stuff before walking into the bathroom to change into something a lot less touristy and a lot more stealthy.

She changed quickly, pulling on a pair of black combats and a plain long sleeved tee before she splashed a little water on her face and stared at her reflection not quite sure if she even knew who it was that was staring back at her anymore. She shook her head and drew in a deep breath dismissing the thoughts, now wasn't the time to dwell on useless information. She was Naomi Campbell, cold hearted and strong willed and here to complete her mission, no matter what.

She walked out to find Effy already changed and checking her gear before she pulled her boots on and followed suit pulling her gun from her pack and releasing the mag, checking and reloading it, before aiming down the sight. Satisfied she slipped the weapon into the back of her pants and shrugged her jackets on over the top.

"10 minutes in the western corner of the car park" Effy instructed.

One of the reasons Effy was so good at what she done was her skilled detachment, something that Naomi herself had learnt the hard way a long time ago. Detachment was a necessary part of her life, you couldn't take another person's life be it in self defence or cold blood and still sleep peacefully at night if you didn't distance yourself. It would just eat away at you until there was nothing left, not that she was really sure there was anything left of the old her now anyway. She was quite literally a new person.

She loaded a few other items into her pack before sealing it and throwing it over her shoulder as she walked to the window and forced it open, she instantly felt the cold breeze that drifted in through the now open window and closed her eyes inhaling deeply allowing herself to adjust to the freshness.

"Ready?" she asked Effy with a brief glance over her shoulder.

"Good to go" Effy replied with a swift nod as she pulled her pack on her shoulders before shutting off the lights to their room.

Naomi leant her head out the window and glanced left then right and back again, she then hoisted herself so her bum was resting on the ledge before she thrust herself forward slightly and landed on the floor crouched as low as she could get without actually laying on it. She reached her hand behind her back and pulled the pistol out as she scanned the area before raising her hand in the air and motioning forwards giving Effy the go ahead to follow her down, she heard the dull thud of Effys boots on the soft ground next to her and then began to move towards the western corner of the car park, she noticed there were no lights there it was perfect to meet, shrouded in darkness it would give them the cover they needed to begin their trek to their separate extraction points.

They made their way across the grounds to the location for the meet where they found agents Kilo and Echo one of which was currently leaning heavily on the other.

Effy hurried towards the injured agent and relieved her sister of her burden as she slipped her pack off and knelt on the ground next to her. She instantly reached for her leg and drew the fabric up to give her access, there was a large angry wound on the side of her knee which she gently pressed her thumb against eliciting a hiss of pain from the agent.

"Watch it that fucking hurts you bitch" she lisped at Effy who simply smirked.

"You'll live" was the simple retort given before Naomi watched her pull gauze and a support from her pack and got to work strapping her agent up.

Naomi rolled her eyes, she was almost glad that she had the trek now, at least the other one whoever that was didn't seem like such a bitch, not that she could really tell based on the fact she hadn't said a word yet.

"Oracle you ready to move out?" Naomi asked Effy whilst glancing around every so often constantly on alert.

Effy finished securing the support and tugged the trouser leg back down, Naomi noticed it was probably a little bit harsher than need be and knew her suspicious were right when she saw the devlish glint in Effys steel blue eyes when she turned to face her, and another hiss of pain leave her patients lips.

"Ready, see you on the flip side Rogue" she added with a smirk as she slipped her pack back on.

"Not if I see you first" Naomi replied in challenge though delivered with a gentle smile, this was the other reason she loved working with Effy, she may be all business but she was at least still Effy, not like those other moronic idiots she had been teamed up with before who didn't seem to know their arse from their elbow half the time and had clearly been stood in the wrong queue when they were giving out personalities and humour, not that what they did was a joking matter.

Naomi saw the sisters move towards one another a brief hug being shared, she turned away not wanting to watch the exchange for the uncomfortable feeling it left her with was like a bitter taste, she pushed it down, steeled herself and instead cleared her throat gently and pressed her hand to her ear activating her coms link.

"Watchtower, precious cargo secured en route to extraction" she turned to Effy giving her a swift nod,

"This is Watchtower, all clear...proceed to extraction."

Naomi turned to her agent "which one are you?" It came out much colder than she had intended but it was too late now.

"Echo" the husky voice replied, her unwavering gaze never leaving that of the blue eyes before her, Naomi noticed it was almost defiant. Instead she simply turned and started to walk into the darkness her eyes darting left and right, her ears trained for that of any movement, and sound other than herself and Echo.

"We have a hike to our extraction point" Naomi informed her curtly as they moved through the woodland area heading towards the city by the cover of darkness. They walked in silence for sometime the only noise was that of the gentle thud of their footfall, the crunch of the leaves on the ground and the sound of their breathing that was now both rhythmic and synchronised.

Naomi set a fast pace, mostly to keep warm and fend off the cold but on the plus side they had at least made good headway, it wasn't long after they had set out that Naomi had heard from Watchtower that Oracle and Kilo had made it to their extraction point and were on their way back to base. Echo's face was one of relief on hearing that her sister had at least made it back safe, as was Naomi's on knowing that Effy was okay, not that she would admit it. It would be impossible to live down the constant jibes she would get in return, plus she was the ice queen she didn't give a shit about anyone and they didn't give a shit about her. It was exactly the way she wanted it - friends and families just caused hurt.

She noticed after the news of her sisters safe passage, some of the tension radiating off the smaller woman next to her vanished which made her relax too as the silence provided comfort that they were at least alone.

She checked her watch again and took the opportunity to stop for a moment, the trees around providing both protection and shelter. She slipped off her pack and pulled a bottle from her bag taking a large gulp of the water before offering the bottle to Echo who accepted it greedily.

Naomi then pulled out her cigarettes and lit one before taking a drag enjoying the familiar rush of nicotine, she offered the cigarette to Echo who again followed suit.

"So Echo..." she started, slightly unsure of how to continue, she felt strange, guilty almost for the way she spoke to Echo earlier, abrupt and direct.

Echo passed the cigarette back and blew the smoke out slowly clearing her lungs "Call me Emily"

Emily, it sounded...perfect, Naomi admonished herself, how could a name sound perfect? It was ludicrous.

She held her hand out to the woman before her "Naomi" she stated simply and she felt a small yet firm grip meet her own which did nothing but increase her guilt, here was Emily polite and adorable versus Naomi's cold indifference.

"So...what happened?" Naomi founder herself asking, but not sure why she was really asking, I mean she didn't care, her mission was clear just get her cargo out safe and sound and then collect her cheque and yet here she was making small talk learning about what it was that lead her agent here to this very spot next to her.

"An ex of my darling sisters showed up at an impromptu moment and ruined everything, we were so close as well, stupid bastard" Naomi noticed the change in Emilys body language, she shifted from loose and relaxed (considering their circumstances) to tense in an instant her knuckles white on account of the death grip she was currently demonstrating.

"Who are they?" she asked taking another drag on the cigarette watching the smoke as she exhaled slowly, still surprising herself with her curiosity.

"Bastards, thats who they are, and we almost had them, almost had the ring leader" she watched as Emily's head dropped into her hands and she rubbed her face in frustration, she looked exhausted, Naomi wondered idly just how long ago their cover had been blown, just how long her and her sister had been running.

She shook her head and flicked her cigarette to the floor stubbing it out with the heel of her boot. "Come on, it's not far now" she leant her hand down and helped Emily rise before setting off again moving ever closer to their extraction point.

They travelled another five minutes or so, every so often she checked to make sure that Emily was close behind her, she noticed her steps were getting more and more clumsy as her feet dragged along the floor rather than taking a clear crisp step.

That was until something caught her attention, she raised her fist into the air to halt Emily who stopped in an instant. As her other hand snuck behind her back to remove the pistol she had stowed there, she heard Emily do the same the click of the safety being released as they both crouched down low to the floor.

She heard another noise to her left she was certain of it now positive it wasn't just a figment of her imagination, her body tensed as she turned her gun to the very direction her eyes glancing left and right as she tried to identify who was there. She turned briefly to Emily, saw the sheer determination on her face as her eyes were scanning back and forth across the woodland too, they were maybe another 10 minutes from the airfield but Naomi doubted they would be able to make it there without alerting them to their presence.

Naomi shifted back towards Emily her gun still raised in the direction she had had heard the noise only a moment before.

She leaned in close to Emily and whispered in her ear inhaling an addictive scent, Emilys shampoo she presumed. "We need to get to cover" Emily nodded, she was glad she agreed the last thing she wanted was a stubborn agent who wanted to get all gun-ho on her ass. Though clearly Emily was more than aware about how dangerous this situation could be.

Together they moved as quietly as possible in the opposite direction, Naomi knew there was a time and a place to stand and fight and this wasn't it. She linked her hand in Emily's and pulled her in the direction she wanted to head. There were of course other routes to the airfield, slightly longer now though which wasn't ideal considering the cold however it had to be better than trying to sneak past whoever it was they had heard, and her experience, generally scouts were out in force.

As luck would have it they made it only a few hundred yards and they heard the click of a radio followed by a foreign voice "fuck" she muttered under her breath as she felt Emilys grip tighten in her own.

It seemed her choice was going to be taken from her, there were only so many routes to the airfield and she would have bet the gun in her hand that every single one would be blocked, stand and fight may be the only thing they had, or run back to the hotel but what would that achieve? Sooner or later they were going to catch up with them.

She made a conscious decision there and then, they were going to have to fight their way through, silently taking them out one at a time to avoid drawing attention to their presence, guns were definitely off limits.

She leaned into Emily again "do you have a knife?" she noticed Emily shiver slightly from the cold before she shook her head. Naomi reached down and pulled her knife out of a holster strapped to her ankle passing it across handle first before she slipped the gun back behind her and pulled her other knife from the sheath on her forearm.

She motioned with for Emily to follow her, received a nod in reply before she felt Emily's hand on her shoulder which caused a ripple of warmth to spread through her body. She pulled herself together and began her movement forwards, Emily's hand still firmly planted on her shoulder as they moved in unison towards their pray.

It didn't take long to find him he was stood with his back to them looking out across the woodland apparently searching for them, it was ideal with his back to them he would be almost easy pickings.

Naomi felt Emily's hand give her shoulder one firm squeeze before the warmth was taken away, she inhaled a deep breath counting to three in her head, preparing herself to strike...One the third second she moved forward swiftly, her boots barely disturbing the ground beneath her and before he had a chance to react her knife was at his throat holding fast.

"One move and I won't hesitate to slit your throat" she rasped in his ear, she felt him nod in response.

"Now throw your weapon..." he did so without question "Good, I want you to call in, tell them you saw movement in the trees bearing North, remember one false move and it's all over" she highlighted her point by drawing the blade closer, cutting ever so slightly into his skin.

He nodded again and followed her actions without question and she heard the teams reply that they were on the move, she breathed a small sigh of relief, that would at least buy them some time to get to their transport.

Removing the blade from his throat she moved it around to rest squarely between his shoulder blades before she drew her arm back and jammed the handle firmly into the back of his head as he slumped to the floor unconscious.

Emily was at her side in an instant, tying his hands behind his back and then linking them to his feet also, giving him no opportunity to run before she cut a slither of fabric from his jacket and shoved it in his mouth so he couldn't scream or shout.

"That should keep him quiet" Emily added as she moved to retrieve the gun that had been discarded on the floor only movements ago.

"So what's the plan" Emily asked her face still tired but now far more alert.

"Now we move forward, take them one by one till were at that airfield and on our merry way back to base." At least that was the plan, whether they could pull it off only time would tell.

Naomi turned to do just as she had planned but it all happened so quickly, she took just one pace before saw him stood in front of her, before she saw him raise his gun and the heard the fire of the rounds leaving the chamber, before she felt the shot that was fired.

Her hands grasped at her chest as she began to stumble backwards finally falling as she fought for breath.

She heard one more shot, clear and certain and then she saw before her Emily's face, that beautiful face she was meant to be saving and yet here they were, roles completely reversed. She left Emily batting her hands out of the way as she fought to draw air into her lungs once more felt her jacket being parted and her shirt ripped open as she saw Emily's eyes widen.