Begone

Joliesme

Disclaimer: I do not own Alex Rider.

A/N: My First Alex Rider Fanfiction! In any case, the last book happened but Jack did not die, Blunt was still on the post, Alex is not heartbroken and well… just like other books, ending's good.

Chapter 1: How it all started.

"What do you think of this, Tom?"

Tom Harris looked over to the item that Alex Rider was holding and shrugged a little.

Alex sighed. It's hard to get a birthday present for his American housekeeper. There are nothing much she liked; She hated soapy dramas and well, anything that could thin her patience. It was always a wonder to Alex that she could wait for his to get home after missions. Alex shook her head and turned to his best friend.

"How about this?" He held out a box that was decorated with spirals and balloons. Alex raised an eyebrow and glanced at Tom with a wary eye. His crazy friend is definitely…

Tom opened up the box and a clown sprung out, accidentally boxing Alex in the chin.

Up to some crazy stuns…

Alex rubbed his chin absent-mindedly and closed the box, letting out a sigh as he gave his friend a little knock on the head.

"Seriously, Tom!"

"I'm being serious! How can Jack not do with some Jack-in-a-box!" Tom glanced a little closer at Alex's face and rubbed Alex's temple.

"What-!" Alex flinched, stepping backwards and wincing as he accidentally hit a man. Muttering a quick apology, he turned back to Tom and the said boy was smiling.

Tom gave a shrug and pointed to another box. This was pink with sparkles.

Surely not another Jack…

Alex gave a sigh and Tom pushed it towards Alex. Tom walked down to the other aisle. Alex pressed the box slightly and a loud "YOU GOT ME" rang out from the box. A small clown jumped out of the box, jutting Alex in the chin. A soft chuckle was heard from the other aisle. Alex closed his eyes in annoyance and pressed the clown back into the stupid pink box. He closed the box, placed it back on the shelf and looked upwards. The top shelf was labeled "Jack-in-the-boxes!" in italics.

Giving out an exasperation shout, "TOM HARRIS, GET BACK HERE!"

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Eagle, or Dexter Taylor, gave the boy a look as he began to pick out his vegetables. Alex picked up his broccoli and with a disgust, silently placed it in the plate of Tom's. Tom was talking to Wolf, or Raymond Jackson, pretty loudly about beautiful women or sorts. Wolf was giving a little frown, but was listening, perhaps just out of courtesy. Fox, or Ben Daniels, was helping with Jack with the last dish, surprisingly finishing the last dish in 15 minutes. Snake, or Cedrick Reddy, was sitting at the edge of the dining table reading a book.

It was Friday and Friday was day the K-unit was always invited to stay over for dinner at Alex's. They have decided to come over, on their own accord after hearing from Fox about Alex's last mission about gunning another boy.

"Alright! Let's start dinner!" Jack's voice rang out as she stepped out of the kitchen with a bowl of soup. Fox grinned as he placed seven bowls in the middle, surrounding the larger bowl.

"Is that green thing-" Alex started.

"CACTUS-CHICKEN-FEET SOUP!" Tom shouted, jumping out of his seat. Tom quickly served himself one bowl and he smelt the bowl of 'cactus-chicken-feet' soup. Wolf choked on his chicken and gave the soup a quick glance before turning away, face almost green.

Jack gave an exasperated reply of "yes" and she sat down beside Eagle.

"It's good for your legs," Snake called out, smiling to the two kids and muttering a soft "let's eat!"

"Yuck. How do you put cactus and chicken feet together," Wolf commented, sticking out his tongue as he picked up some broccoli and placing it in Tom and Alex's plate, much to Alex's disgust.

"It's chicken feet to place them together," Tom commented before picking up one cactus from the soup and placing in his mouth. He gave a roll of the eyes when Alex let out a choking sound. Alex picked up his broccoli and continued on the quest of transferring them to Tom.

Jack poured a bowl of soup for Alex and pushed it over to him. He pushed it to his right, where Tom was sitting and said," My legs are strong enough."

Jack gave a angry flash in her eyes and pushed the bowl back to Alex and said loudly," Oh no you don't!" She smacked Alex's hand which was trying to place the broccoli's that Wolf gave him to Tom again. Alex frowned. "Drink it! Your leg injuries have yet to fully recover! You know you are feeling the ghosts of pain!"

Alex gave a small choking sound as he froze up. The entire table glanced at Alex and back at Jack who realised her mistake; She should never comment about his last mission, ever! Alex dropped his fork down and he looked up. He gave a smile, a smile so fake, but yet…

"It's alright."

Alex downed the soup down, took back all the broccoli he passed to Tom and ate them. He finished the entire plate of food and took the plate to the kitchen, hurriedly.

"I'm going back to my room." Alex rushed up the steps and a soft click was heard.

Tom stared at his best friend then at his own plate, pretty unaffected by the entire thing. He gave a small frown, "did he give me his broccoli and stole all my broccoli back?"

Eagle placed his cutlery down and sighed. "I'll go take a look at him," he gave a smile at the table and glanced at Jack. He patted her shoulders and gave a peck on her forehead and followed the way to Alex's bedroom.

It's going to be a long day…

I thank you if you have placed Begone in your favourites or if you have followed the story. Do review to tell me what you want to see more (and I might place them inside somehow) and also to urge me to write faster. Do review to allow me to improve. Thank you!

Alright! I'm going to end it here. That's not the end! I started this off with a one-shot in mind and as I continue typing, I realised I wanted to put this into a plot. Hehe! Do review, and I'll try to clarify anything that is weird!