Disclaimer: I don't own Alex Rider.

This is not my story. A friend of mine wrote it as an essay for school and the teacher decided she didn't like it. She gave my friend a mark of 12/30 for it. I think it's worth more. What mark do you think my friend should have gotten?

Survival

If he climbed up a tree, it would be useless. The black creature was a really good climber. There was only one way to get rid of it.

The boy ran as fast as he could and when he reached what seemed to be a carpet of leaves, he jumped over it and kept on running. As the creature stepped onto the leafy carpet, the carpet collapsed into a hole taking the creature with it. From what he could see with the moonlight above him, the creature was a black panther. Beautiful but ferocious. He sighed, sorry for removing the cat's freedom. He went near the beach and sat on the warm sand and started drawing his initials: ALEX RIDER. He was still a young boy, aged fifteen, and yet he had already been put through a lot of misery.

Three weeks ago, he was forced here by a killer who was determined to put an end to Alex's job, by ending his life. Using his fighting skills, Alex gave the killer a deadly blow and had been on the island since then. Alex had dug out the emergency signal: SOS, but no one had spotted it. He didn't like to kill animals but he had to to survive.

Rabbits were one of the easiest prey to catch. During the night, after eating, he had to throw away the leftover meat and light a fire before any predators came along. Water was crucial, but it wasn't a problem to get. Almost every night huge rainstorms would rain over the island. He had made a shelter out of pieces of timber left over from the boat he was brought to the island on.

Another day arrived. Alex made a harpoon out of a long,straight branch and a knife he had found on the boat, which was tied to the branch using rabbit intestines. He waded into the water and waited patiently for a fish to swim near him. Then, without a second to spare, he threw the harpoon with deadly accuracy.

While he was cooking the fish he had caught, a military helicopter passed overhead. Without any hesitation Alex started to shout to attract the pilot's attention. The pilot noticed him and landed. The pilot got out and stared at the boy standing in front of him.

"Agent Alex Rider?...I..I can't believe you survived out here!"