Lauren Adams - Involvement in CHERUB - Divine Madness

Divine Madness

Lauren Adams along with her brother, James, and Dana Smith are sent on a mission to Australia, posing as the children of an ASIS agent. They are sent to determine whether a very serious religious cult, The Survivors, are associated with Help Earth!, a terrorist group. As the mission develops, the trio are sent to a 'recruitment hotbed' area. The supposed 'family' begins to visit cult meetings, and are eventually accepted into the commune. Lauren and James are accepted into the elite academic foundation in the Ark, the cult's headquarters. There, James befriends Rathbone 'Rat' Regan, a son of the cult's founder, whom Lauren develops a crush on. He uses his influence with one of his father's many wives to get Lauren a fairly simple job in the office, rather than in the stifling warehouse or laundry rooms.

However, as the story develops, ASIS discovers the links between Help Earth! and The Survivors. Having previously been waiting for an excuse to attack the Ark, elite troops are acquired and sent in to dispose of it, despite the CHERUB agents' warnings that the cult is well-prepared for such an event. A helicopter and dozens of troops are killed in the first attack, and in the lull that follows, Lauren, aided by James and Rat hatch an escape plan and attempt to do so. However, the three are caught and captured by a sadistic overseer, who locks them in a room full of toddlers.

When they manage to eventually overpower her, Lauren points out that they must bring the children with them as there is a risk of them being killed. James reluctantly agrees, and the half-asleep toddlers join them. Rat states that the most likely way out is through the sewage system, but as James is journeying through the tank, an engineer appears. A brief moment of panic is proved unfounded as Rat persuades the man that he is on a divine mission, and as such is helped eagerly by the man, who asks them why they haven't turned the light on.

The now-eight strong group escape, but later hear that in another unnecessary ASIS attack, several dozen children were killed when a wall collapsed on them. Rat is reported dead, but is revealed to be alive, recruited by CHERUB, and actually very good friends with Lauren. Lauren, for her impressive performance during the mission is given a black t-shirt - the highest rank for an agent at CHERUB and also one of the youngest to wear it, aged just 11.