AN: well, this random cross-over fic came to me some time after I read 'Fill in the Blanks" by skabs. In this story, though, I am leaving Yassen in his grave, so for all you Yassen lovers, sorry.
DISCLAIMER: I wonder what happens if I don't disclaim… hmmm, there's a thought for all you ff writers to ponder…
RINNNNG! Jack and I both sigh at the same time, as the phone interrupts our dinner of gnocchi. "I'll answer it Alex" Jack says, pushing herself off the kitchen bench.
"Hello, Jack speaking" Jack answers.
I watch her silently, chewing a mouth full of potato pasta, and frown as Jacks face goes from happy to frustrated. "Why both of us?" She asks bluntly, I think it is the bank. But why would they be asking for both of us?
"Fine, we'll be there, but it had better not be a mission for Alex" the bank it is, "or else i will castrate you with a marshmallow then drop kick your but to hell".
I half choke on half chewed gnocchi in a miserably failed attempt to not laugh at Jacks threat. She then bangs the phone down, and calls to me, "Alex, can you please bring my gnocchi with you, we have to go to the bank".
"Ok Jack, do you know what they want?" I ask her, picking up mine and hers gnocchi in both hands, along with the two forks we where eating it with.
"Nope" she replies, and opens the garage door for me, then the car door for me too, and backs the car out of the house and off to the bank.
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Half an hour of being stuck in the horrid London traffic, we finally arrive at the bank, when Jack asks "So… Where do we park?"
I burst out laughing, almost spilling Jacks gnocchi (I ate mine in the way). "Well" She huffs, "It is a good question!"
As I calm down and look around, I realize that it is a good question. All the other times I've been here, I've rode, caught the tube or been picked up by them. "Hmmm, it is a good question" I tell Jack. "Lets park there" I point to one of those parking spots where you have to get a ticket to the side of the bank entrance.
We park, and I give Jack her gnocchi as I get the parking ticket, and put it on the cars dashboard. Once Jack has finished her gnocchi, we walk into the bank.
Both of us avoid where I was shot…
Inside, Mrs Jones is waiting for us, and we go up the elevator. As usual, Mrs Jones is sucking on a peppermint, and still as usual, I wonder why she always is.
Jack and I follow her silently up to Blunts office, Jack and I exchange nervous looks, both of us wondering what is happening.
In Blunts office is Mr Blunt, obviously, and Joe Bryn of the CIA. What's going on I wonder?
Jack gives me a nervous glance, and we stand quietly, waiting for someone to fill us in on what's happening.
"Ah, Mr Rider and Ms Starbright" Alan Blunt begins, "I'm glad that both of you could come in this evening."
"Well, its not like you wouldn't of sent someone to get us if we didn't come" I say back snarkily. "Yes, well" he dismisses what I said with a slight wave of his hand, "You both are here because, we have decided not to use you any more." Wha…?? "and so, with the help of the CIA we are going to give you and Ms Starbright a new identity, and you shall live in Los Angeles" he looks at me and Jack, and I'm sure that Jack looks just as gob smacked as me, and waits for our reply.
"Why now?" I ask, my voice sounding a little, well I guess not a little… more like a lot, surprised.
"Because Mr Rider, you have done your country proud, and this way, there is a small chance that any of you enemies will find you or Ms Starbright".
Wow… they are actually concerned for mine and Jacks safety.
"What are the conditions?" I ask, I sneak a glance at Jack, and she seems shocked, but is listening carefully.
"Well" Joe Bryn speaks for the first time, "you will have to get new identities, and you would not be able to contact any one you know in the states" Jack frowns at this one, "Basically, it will be like starting a new life for both of you, free from harassment from the CIA or MI6".
"So I wont be able to contact my parents if we agree to this?" Jack asks.
"No" Alan Blunt says, "if you do choose this, you will start a new life, with no contact from this one, its for safety reasons Ms Starbright"
Jack nods, "Can Alex and I have some time to ourselves to talk it over?" Jack asks.
"Yes you may, but you will have to stay here until you make the decision" Alan Blunt says. Jack and I nod, and walk out into the hallway.
"So…" I say, when Jack closes the door, "What do you think?"
"Well, it would be a really good opportunity, and if you, we, don't go they might use you again… but… " Jack finishes her slight ramble with a sigh, and I mull over what she said.
It would be a great opportunity to leave the spy world forever, and it might help me get back on track with school… but then the CIA might use me like MI6 have done…
But the chance to start over again, to live life like a normal kid, with friends and such… I look at Jack, and we both nod. "Ok, we'll go then" I state. Jack nods some more, and we head back into the devils lair, to agree.
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After our meeting with Alan Blunt and Joe Bryn, we had 24 hours to pack what stuff we wanted to take, before we left.
MI6 would sell our house, and give us the money, and both MI6 and the CIA would support us in thanks.
The story was, that Jack could no longer take care of me, and so she was going back to America, and I was going to some orphanage. In Los Angeles, Jack and I would become Jacob and Lola Mannings, from England. We don't know where we are going to live, nor where I am going to school.
And now, I look out of the plane window, waiting for my new life to start.
AN: well, there you have it. Alex and Jack, or Jacob and Lola as I should say, are moving to America. What will happen there? Wait and see.
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