I run through the school, shoes squeaking as I skid to a stop in front of Dannys' math classroom.

I shove the door open, ignoring the indignant shout coming from the teacher.

"I need Danny"

My eyes gravitate towards those brown ones that always seem to draw me in, the concerned look on his face making my heart skip a beat.

"Excuse me, who do you think you are?" The teacher harrumphs, crossing his arms as he glares at me.

"It's about his father" I blurt out without thinking.

Danny moves quickly, leaving half his stuff behind as he races to the door.

"My father? Is he okay?"

I quickly grab his arm and run down the hall, he struggles to keep up at first before catching up and running beside me.

"What is happening?" He asks, eyes wide with alert.

"I can't tell you"

"What's happened to my dad?"

"I can't tell you just yet"

"What can you tell me?" He stops, pulling me up beside him.

"He is safe" I mutter, urging him to hurry "and soon you will be too?"

"Safe?" He spreads his arms wide, refusing to move "Am I not safe right now? We're in school"

"Danny, please?" I look into his eyes.

I grab his arm at the same time the school doors open, the sounds of many footsteps echoing. I quickly pull Danny to the closest empty classroom, pushing him in and closing the door behind me. Putting my fingers to my lips to indicate for him to be quiet.

He rolls his eyes at me but does as I say.

I roll my eyes back before peaking through the small window in the door, waiting for the footsteps to grow louder so I can see who it is.

Three men crowd down the hall, their wide frames taking up most of the hallway as they walk side by side.

I duck back behind the door, my eyes straying to the windows against the wall.

"We have to hurry" I whisper, dragging Danny to the windows and slowly opening the one in the middle.

"Why? What is going on?"

I turn to him, eyes blazing "There are people here to kill you, and if not to kill you they are going to take you and use you to get to your father"

"How do you know this?"

"I just do. Please trust me"

There's a long pause before he nods his head hesitantly before it becomes more confident
"I trust you"

I smile "Good, now get through the window"

He shakes his head "Yes, sir" He climbs out.

I roll my eyes before following after him, rushing us towards my car.

I quickly get in the driver seat as he gets in the passenger seat.

I start the car, racing out of the school parking lot.

"Where are you taking me?"

"To your father"

I take a turn, driving the backroads back to the safe house because;

One, its safer.

Two, its faster.

If I speed, there is less chance of the police being notified. Which is exactly what I'm hoping for as I press on the accelerator.

"You coloured your hair" He says quietly without looking at me "I like it"

"It's only temporary" I utter back before glancing at him.

Danny looks out the window, his nerves shot and its obvious on his face.

"It's going to be okay" I mutter, glancing at him from the corner of my eye.

He doesn't say anything for a moment, the silence stretching for one, two, three minutes before he turns to me.

"Who are you?"

"Reid Beckett" I shrug, glancing at the road hastily before looking at him.

He gives me a deadpan look "Who are you really?"

I chew my lip, I want to tell him but I know I shouldn't.

Fuck it, I wasn't one for rules anyway and he'll just find out from his father anyway.

"I'm a secret agent" I say it, a sense of relief lifting from me.

"What the fuck" he mutters and I grin, my eyes straying to the mirrors.

"Get down!" I yell, pushing Dannys' head down as a bullet soars through the back window, the car swerving to the side as I swear. "Stay down" I tell him as I press harder on the accelerator, the sparse buildings blurring as I race past them.

I quickly reach for the glove compartment, keeping one eye on the car coming up behind us.

I finally retrieve the gun and tighten my grip on it, laying it in my lap as I place both hands on the wheel once more, applying slight pressure to the breaks as I swiftly turn the car around and put it in reverse, Holding the gun out the window as I fire back at them.

The car falls back as the bullets exit my gun in quick succession, my teeth ground in concentration.

I quickly spin my car back around, putting it back into drive and accelerating.

I glance over toward Danny, my eye catching his pink tinted cheeks.

"That was hot"

I cough, trying to focus.

"Thanks" I end up muttering out, keeping my eyes on the road behind us as the car starts speeding up.

"Stay down" I warn, twisting the car quickly down a side street.

My heart starts thumping erratically as they gain on us, firing once more at my car.

A feel the car jump as a bullet pierces one of the back tyres, my heart in my throat as the car swerves to the side and I overcorrect it by spinning the wheel the opposite way, losing control of the car.