Disclaimer: hhmmm, lets see the checklist:
Human? Yup!
English? Check!
Male? Darn...
Nope. Turns out I dont own the Alex Rider books...
Daniel Stanley and Mike Fletcher weren't stupid men. They knew it was a bad idea to try and pick pocket an Olympic sprinter, steal meat from a rabid dog or nick a police car.
But what they didn't know was that it was also a very, very bad idea to try and break into Alex Rider's house. Especially when he was in.
But how where they to know? They where just low level crooks, even if they had committed a lot of nasty crimes in the past and happened to think very highly of themselves.
They had had the presence of mind to watch the house for a couple of days before attempting to ransack the place. The only one they had ever seen go in or out of the house was a young, red haired women. Hardly a challenge if she returned while they where still there.
They hadn't, how ever, been watching when a black car with tinted windows had pulled up late the night before. They hadn't seen the red haired lady rush over to it to meet a blond haired boy as he finally returned from his latest mission. Even if they had, would it have changed anything? Perhaps. If they had known that there would be someone home when they finally broke in, they might have walked away and waited to the next day. On the other hand, it was just one, tired looking 15 year-old, what threat could he have possible been to them?
Urgh...so short...
The next one will be longer, I promise!
I'm not entirely sure how violent this may get...theres going to be a bit of fighting, but who knows how far that might go?...
Depending on if this gets much interest and if my brain can stay focused enough, I do have a couple of ideas for this.