Betrayed...but by who

[Animegurl5]

"Petra, I'm fine. The only easy access that I would be able to get out of this dress would be my purse and what is the likelyhood that security won't check it? I know how to fight and I am a pretty fast runner, even in heels. I have the phone so if I were to need you guys I would just call, besides I am more likely to get myself killed by carrying the gun than by having friends who are doing the gun carrying." Skylar looked at the pistol she had been handed with a pout.

[Lady Jenn]

"Well I suppose I can't make you carry a gun if you don't want to," she said, taking the gun back and putting it back in the suitcase. "Do you think Yuchi will like my ass? Obviously not going to let him see the fact my gun is there unless I have to use it," she said with a laugh. "At least I know you wouldn't be perving over it, not so sure Morrison wouldn't be if he was in this room too."

[Animegurl5]

"Obviously any man who doesn't love your ass is either incredibly foolish or quite confused." She laughed and took a seat on the nearest chair. "Trust me, I am not one to perv over anything, let alone your ass so you are fine there. I can, however, see your point with Morrison... Easily distracted that one."

[Lady Jenn]

"Can you blame him when he's got us two distracting him?" she asked, barely stifling a giggle. She gave her makeup one last check over, before handing it to Skylar. "Not that you need it, but in case you want to add any more glamour." She snuck over to the bedroom door, opening it a small enough amount, and quietly enough, that she could spy on Morrison unnoticed. "I think you might want to see this Skylar," she said with a smirk. Morrison was topless, revealing a more toned body than his uniform normally revealed. "I think we should suggest to Tom Morrison spends more time in casual clothing if he's going to look like that." She couldn't help noticing a scar on Morrison belly, although she couldn't tell where it had come from.

[Animegurl5]

"Now, now deary. Don't go distracting me." She stalked over to the door anyway and peeked inside. "Ok, not bad... I'll give him that." She turned around and then began applying a touch of make up just to complete the look. "Petra could you help me with the eye shadow... I don't want it too dark and I have never been good about my eyes." She said, staring at the little thing of makeup.

[Lady Jenn]

"Sure," she said, taking the applicator and making sure the eyeshadow looked as good as she thought it could be, stepping back to take a look at her and grinning. "I have to admit if I was a guy or a lesbian I'd fancy you too, especially looking like that." Tom appeared a moment or two later, his suit sorted and his weapon and tech hidden safely enough that even Petra couldn't see it. "So, do we hang around here for a bit or go straight to the party?" Petra asked, looking between the other two to watch their reactions.

[Animegurl5]

Wanting so much to slap her forehead with her hand Skylar replied, "Thanks for your imput Petra." Rolling her eyes she caught sight of Morrison coming in and was surprised by her own reaction. A deep blush erupted on her face and she quickly turned around in the direction of the door. "I think we should go straight there. The faster we get there the sooner the mission is completed." She said without even looking back over her shoulder.

[Lady Jenn]

"Good plan," Petra said, dialling the number for the limo driver and telling him to meet them outside the door in three minutes. "Well Captain, I think you should escort us two beautiful ladies to our car," Petra said, grabbing one of Morrison's arms and smirking slightly as he tried and failed to hide how red he was going. "Don't worry, you've got us to look after you, there's nothing me and Skylar can't handle if you get into trouble during the party."

[Animegurl5]

Having gotten over her lack of control quickly she fell back and latched onto Morrison's other arm. "Quite right, and remember just give a shout if you fall into trouble. We shouldn't be too far away." She gave an overly dramatic wink with a sly smile. "We're off to go to a party, a wonderful party indeed."

[Lady Jenn]

They got to the limo without a hitch, the drive taking a little over ten minutes before they found themselves being driven through the gates to a huge mansion and up to a door being guarded by two rather intimidating looking bouncers who at that moment were talking to a rather scruffy looking man evidently attempting to talk his way into the party.

"Considering the people who own this place I don't think Mr Scruff over there is going to have much luck getting in," Morrison said with a laugh as he came round and held the door open for the two girls. "Don't worry, I remembered our tickets," he said, patting one of the pockets of his jacket more to reassure himself they were there than anything else.

[Animegurl5]

"Aw, poor guy. Oh well, it's not his fault we are privaledged with invitations and he was not. Better luck next time." She felt bad for the guy but she was pleased with going to the party. "Oh you do? I thought I saw them laying on the table when we were on our way out the door but just brushed it off as a trick of the light." Her grin gave it away that she was messing with him and hooked onto his arm gently when she had gotten out of the car.

[Lady Jenn]

"We need to be careful," Petra whispered as they walked towards the bouncers. "They're well hidden but those guys are packing army-issue pistols hidden under their suits." She smiled slightly at Morrison's look of surprise. "I work as a spy Rick, this is the kind of thing I get paid to notice."

"Tickets please," said one of the bouncers when they had reached the door. He took a look at them, studying his list before turning to have a whispered conversation with his colleague, which made Petra feel more tense. But a moment later he came back. "My apologies for the delay, you may enter," the bouncer said, moving aside to let them through.

They found themselves in an immense ballroom, packed full of men and women of a wide variety of ages deep in conversation, the occasional waiter moving between groups with champagne or plates of nibbles.

"I don't see Snake or Yuchi here yet," Petra said, turning her head so only Skylar and Morrison could hear what she was saying. "Carlo is though, at the top of the stairs talking to the tall, leggy blonde girl. Hard to miss him because he's the only guy who'd wear red shoes to a party like this."

[Animegurl5]

"Red shoes? Even my own father doesn't have that bad of a fashion sense." She raised an eyebrow as she saw the shoes that Petra had mentioned. Quite an interersting choice...." She sighed before leaning in to whisper in Petra's ear. "So what now? We can't just sit around waiting for the other guys to show up, it would be suspicious."

[Lady Jenn]

"Mingle," Petra replied. "Sure we don't know anyone here but I doubt complete strangers turning up at this party is that suprising, especially the line of work the Inner Circle work in." Suddenly something caught her eye across the room from them. "Rick, your target is directly across the room from us."

"Wha-" he started saying before he noticed a redhead who must have been at least 6 foot 5 sat by herself at one of the few tables dotted around the room. "Remind me who she is?"

"Keeley Redmond, the financial brains behind the Inner Circle," Petra replied. "Graduated from college with the best maths exam score in the entire country, has an IQ which few outside of world-class scientists can match. Be careful, she's not the naive little kid me and Skylar will be dealing with, you'll need to be careful if you're going to get her to talk about the Circle without blowing your cover."

[Animegurl5]

Skylar let out a little whistle when she saw the woman on the other side of the room. "That is what I call gorgeous. Lucky you." She winked and gave him a little push forward. "See ya later tiger." And with that she hooked her arm around Petra's and pulled her away to leave him alone. "Do you think he can do it?" She asked after they had departed from the Captain.

[Lady Jenn]

"Well I would suggest he take that top off and she'll probably do anything he asks," Petra replied with a laugh. "But since he can't do that he'll just have to sweet talk her. That or have an intelligent conversation with her, apparentely she's single partly because most men become a bit distracted by her...'assets' if you catch my drift." She let out a gasp as she saw a man who had just walked up to Carlo who was dressed differentely to the last time they had seen him but his face was unmistakable. "Snake just arrived," she said, subtly nodding in his direction. "I hope Yuchi turns up soon, we can't let Morrison have ALL the fun now can we?"

[Animegurl5]

"I am completely fine with doing absolutely nothing but it would have been pointless to get all dolled up for nothing so..." She couldn't help but to feel a little jealous but she quickly tried to stay focused on this mission. "He can't be too far off now. Hopefully we wont have to wait for long, I tend to be a little impatient when I have nothing else to do."

[Lady Jenn]

"Same here," Petra said as she scanned the crowd again, suddenly noticing the man they were waiting for who had entered the room and had evidently caught sight of the two but seemed more interested in grabbing a snack from one of the passing trays. "Hmm, we might have to grab his attention." She suddenly put an arm around Skylar, kissing her passionately before looking round and seeing Yuchi was beckoning them to come over. "He seems a bit greedy," she said with a laugh. "He wants to spend time with both of us."

[Animegurl5]

"God Petra... What is wrong with you." Skylar kept the look of her being weirded out hidden and instead just gave a flirty smile in his direction. "Quite greedy, so let's not keep him waiting. And please.... Don't do that again." She smiled sweetly but it was the one where 'or else' still hung in the air.

[Lady Jenn]

"Good evening ladies," Yuchi said, bowing to them, can I get you a drink?"

"We'll have whatever you're having," Petra said, returning the smile as they sat at one of the other tables, by chance within eyesight of where Morrison was sat, evidently deep in conversation with Keeley. "I am Natalya and this is my friend Jessica, what's your name?"

"I am Yuchi," the young man said. "This is supposed to be my birthday party but Carlo has rather hijacked it as usual. Speaking of Carlo, I'll be back in a moment." Yuchi got up and walked over to where Carlo, who had come down the stairs, was now stood.

"I would suggest we invite Keeley and Yuchi back to our room but I'm worried Snake is already wary of us, if we make Yuchi vanish then we might be in serious trouble. We just have to try and persuade him to open up a bit about his job."

[Animegurl5]

"Well, what if we were to persuade him into taking us to wherever it is that he is staying rather than asking him to come with us? If he is the reason for his own departure then Snake has no reason to be suspicious." She suggested, taking a sip of her drink.

[Lady Jenn]

"And leave Rick here by himself with Keeley?" Petra replied, raising an eyebrow. "I'm more worried about his safety than ours if we do that," she said with a laugh, suddenly caught off guard when Morrison and the woman walked over.

"Natalya, Keeley here said she knows a little cafe just down the road from here," Morrison said. "She thinks Yuchi deserves a treat and as long as she's with us Snake will be less suspicious."

Petra got up as if to kiss his cheek but was intending to whisper in his hear instead.

"Are you sure we can trust her?" she whispered.

"We don't have many other options," Morrison replied. "She let slip the head of the Inner Circle himself is on his way here."

[Animegurl5]

"Well, it is his birthday. I don't see why not." Sky said with a smile. "I for one thinks it's a great idea, then we can really talk. Don't you think?" She held down the excitement in her stomach, the plan seeming to go rather smoothly. Perhaps a little too smoothly but she wasn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth, for they hadn't done anything suspicious... yet.

[Lady Jenn]

"We can take my sports car," Yuchi said, a comment that made Keeley raise an eyebrow.

"I may not have known you as long as I knew your brother Yuchi but there's no way we'll all fit in your car..." she paused. "I'll be taking Rick here in my Ferrari then I take it."

"We'll be a moment," Morrison said. "Get the cars started." He waited till they were out of earshot before turning around. "Be careful, we don't want to encourage him too much, I keep having to dodge the question when she suggests she takes me back to hers."

When  they came out a sleek black BMW and a classy looking Ferrari were parked out front.

"Well, guess I'll see you two in about three minutes time then," Morrison said with a smile."

[Animegurl5]

"We will be just fine. See you there." She smiled before heading towards the black BMW. "Nice ride if I do say so myself. She is quite the beauty." And that wasn't entirely false. It was a pretty nice car, but she had exaggerated slightly in order to flatter it's owner. She smiled before sliding into the back seat, leaving the front open for Petra. "So how much was she? I just have to know."