Alex walked into Mr. Blunt's office, with Ms. Jones close behind him.
"I'm sure you know why you're here?" Mr. Blunt said without even looking up from the papers he was looking through.
"I know why I'm here, so could you get on with it?" Alex looked a little annoyed.
"Well, William Cavalier was assassinated, it so happens that he was in great debt to Darius Sayle, I'm sure remember Darius?"
"How could I forget?"
"Regardless, we first thought this assassination was Sayle's doing, but all signs point to James Robert, a multi-millionaire. Robert was in fact responsible for a big part of the Stormbreaker project."
"And…?"
"And, we need to keep an eye on him," Mr. Blunt paused, " And if required, kill him before he could anything else, but only if need be."
"No, I'm not going to take place in a killing."
" You're not, maybe, I said if we need to."
"Fine, but how exactly do we spy on him, I mean he's a multi-millionaire, won't he have like an army of guards?"
"He will, or something like that. That's the reason why we need a teenager."
"So how do we do it?"
"Well he does have a son. And since you are in fact, male, you could only get so close, so we are assigning you a partner."
"What? I don't need a-" but before Alex could finish his statement, Ms. Jones was already ushering him out the door. The Alex turned to her and continued, "I don't need a sidekick." Alex could have sworn he saw Ms. Jones laugh.
"Need I remind you Alex, we are assigning you a partner not a sidekick. In fact, I think it's safe to say, she can out-do you." Ms Jones glanced at Alex, "No offence."
"None taken- whoa wait! Did you say 'she'?"
"Yes I did, Her name is Jordan Riley. She is a black belt in martial arts, and excels in every know sport, as well as academics. She learns quickly and she speak 7 different languages, fluently at that." Ms. Jones smiled at Alex. "And her acting skills have proven useful. Let's say, Jordan is our teenage 'Master of Disguise'"
"How old is she exactly?"
"She is 15, I think 2 months younger than you." As they turned a corner, Alex stepped aside for a MI6 worker who seemed very busy, "Ms. Jones, can you tell me why I need a partner?"
Without looking back at Alex, Ms Jones replied. "Alex, like Mr. Blunt said, Mr. Robert's only child is a boy. His name is Lien, your age, and is very close to his father. Since we cannot reach Mr. Roberts, considering all his bodyguards, we will sneak our way in, using his son." Ms. Jones made another turn, "If you become his best friend, we doubt you'll be able to get close enough, now, if Lien had Jordan as a girlfriend she would have the ability to get inside information, and his father would have no choice but let his son be happy. Maybe go the occasional dinner." Ms. Jones opened a door.
"But," Alex stepped inside, "What if Lien won't take Jordan?"
"Don't worry Alex, no boy could resist our Jordan, especially when she has to get close to them." There was silence. Alex had to get this straight. He didn't quite understand so he broke the silence-
"Then what am I for?"
"You will do the, what's are the words I'm looking for- 'dirty work'? Yes, and if necessary, help Jordan get closer to Lien, maybe by using the jealousy game." Ms. Jones let out one small laugh.
"Ah, I see." Alex felt a little weird at this, "Where are you taking me?"
"To Jordan's room."
"She has an office? Why don't I get an office?"
"No, Alex, I said room. Jordan, she lives here."
"What?"
"She was abandoned at birth and MI6 took her in. Ah, here's her room."
Alex was shocked, he knew this kind of thing happened all the time, but he never met anyone who've had that happen to them. In his dazed state, Alex did not hear Ms. Jones knock on the door, but he saw her open it, and they both walked in. The place was a definite change of scenery. It looked like a normal 15-year-old girls bedroom. And on the bed was a girl, is short shorts, and a red t-shirt had a picture of a crown on it.
"Hello Jordan, I'm sure you are aware of you new mission." The girl nodded in response, " And this is Alex Rider, your partner." Jordan sat up in her bed, and looked at Alex, their eyes locked.
Oh god, she's gorgeous. Alex thought. Ms. Jones left the room saying, I'll leave you two to get to know each other more. And she closed the door behind her, but neither of the teens noticed.
Jordan's blue eyes mesmerized his, and her straight silky, black hair was barely passed her shoulders. Alex was speechless. Most would call this a romantic moment, but Jordan throwing a knife right passed Alex's face and onto the wall kind of ruins it.
"Stop staring at me." Jordan jumped off her bed, and told Alex he could sit down, he was just a bit taller than her "So you're Alex Rider."
"Yes, I am." Alex felt really uncomfortable. Jordan looked down at herself.
"I'm going to take a shower."
"You-you go do that." With that Jordan went to her closet and pulled out some clothes, and a towel, and right before she went into the bathroom. (That was in her room too ) She told Alex-
"Make yourself at home, well as much as you can get." Then she left. Alex fell back on the bed.
"This is going to be an interesting mission."