I do not own Alex Rider
I watched him try his hardest to be normal. How can we be normal now? After all they did, the least they could have done was to give him a therapist. Alex is broken. There is no questioning that. He can barely eat and sleep, much less go to school. He wants to though; go to school I mean.
Alex Rider has always wanted to be normal. We always knew that we were different. How could we not? Being raised by a top spy calls for a very different childhood. We would sometimes go with dad if mom was busy and it was a relatively easy assignment. Dad has been deep undercover as an assassin for almost 15 years now. We only found this out recently.
Normal kids don't know 3 languages so well that they can pass as a native speaker. Normal kids haven't learned mixed martial arts since they were 6 years old. Normal kids don't get blackmailed by MI6 to do their dirty work.
Alex has always been the 'lucky' one. He has survived 9 missions from his 'Rider luck.' I think dad or Ian might have actually coined that phrase. Alex was the field agent. I was the techie. They probably would have sent me with Alex, but I have asthma. Not good on high risk missions. Dad and Ian taught both Alex and I how to hack and use technology to our benefit. I always was better at it.
When MI6 first blackmailed us, they sent Alex to the SAS and me to Mr. Smithers. Mr. Smithers and I tried our hardest to stop the manipulation and eventual breaking of my brother. It really didn't matter in the end though. We have seen horrors beyond horrors and now all Alex wants to do is to be normal.
We can't be normal! We have become used to this horrible lifestyle over this past year. How can we be normal if we can't sit in a room without knowing every way in and out? How can we be normal if we keep looking over our shoulders for a sniper or a tail? We can't! We can't be normal! Not anymore.
Please R&R! I would love to know what you think!